Genesis — WLC Hebrew compared with BLB English

Chapter 1

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2And the earth was formless and void, and darkness [was] over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. → Note

3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

4And God saw the light, that [it was] good. And God divided between the light and between the darkness.

5And God called the light “Day,” and the darkness He called “Night.” And there was evening and there was morning—day one.

6And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it be dividing between waters [and] waters.”

7And God made the firmament, and He divided between the waters that [were] under the firmament, and between the waters that [were] above the firmament. And it was so.

8And God called the firmament “Heavens.” And there was evening and there was morning—the second day.

9And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land be seen.” And it was so.

10And God called the dry land “Earth,” and the gathering of the waters He called “Seas.” And God saw that [it was] good.

11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: The plant bearing seed [and] the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind (whose seed [is] in it) on the earth.” And it was so.

12And the earth brought forth vegetation: The plant bearing seed according to its kind, and the tree producing fruit (whose seed [is] in it) according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

13And there was evening and there was morning—the third day.

14And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens, to divide between the day and between the night, and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years,

15and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens, to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

16And God made the two great lights: The greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

17And God set them in the firmament of the heavens, to shine upon the earth,

18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide between the light and between the darkness. And God saw that [it was] good.

19And there was evening and there was morning—the fourth day.

20And God said, “Let the waters swarm [with] a swarm of living souls, and let the bird fly above the earth, on the face of the firmament of the heavens.” → Note

21And God created the great sea creatures and every living soul that is crawling, with which the waters swarmed according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the bird multiply in the earth.”

23And there was evening and there was morning—the fifth day.

24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living soul according to its kind: Livestock and the crawling thing and beast of the earth according to its kind.” And it was so.

25And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, and the livestock according to its kind, and every crawling thing [on] the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

26And God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls upon the earth.” → Note

27And God created the man in His image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

28And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it. And rule over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens and over every living thing that is crawling upon the earth.”

29And God said, “Behold, I have given to you⁺ every plant bearing seed which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree that [has] in [it] the fruit of a tree bearing seed—it shall be for food to you⁺—

30and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything crawling upon the earth which [has] in it a living soul, every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, [it was] very good! And there was evening and there was morning—the sixth day.

Chapter 2

1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

2And God finished by the seventh day His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. → Note

3And God blessed the seventh day, and He sanctified it, because on it He ceased from all His work that God had created for making.

4These [are] the generations of the heavens and the earth in their being created, in the day when יהוה God made the earth and the heavens.

5And any bush of the field had not yet come to be on the earth, and any plant of the field had not yet sprouted, for יהוה God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and man was not there to work the ground.

6And a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

7And יהוה God formed the man [from] dust of the ground, and He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul. → Note

8And יהוה God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and He put there the man whom He had formed.

9And יהוה God made sprout from the ground every tree [that] is pleasing to the sight and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided and became four heads:

11The name of the one [is] Pishon; it [is] the one winding [through] the whole land of the Havilah, where there [is] the gold.

12And the gold of that land [is] good, [and] the bdellium and the onyx stone [are] there.

13And the name of the second river [is] Gihon; it [is] the one winding [through] the whole land of Cush.

14And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel; it [is] the one going [along] the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river, it [is] the Euphrates.

15And יהוה God took the man and He caused him to rest in the garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it.

16And יהוה God placed a command upon the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden you may surely eat.

17And from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, from it you shall not eat. For in the day of your eating from it, you shall surely die!”

18And יהוה God said, “[It is] not good [for] the man to be alone; I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.” → Note

19And יהוה God formed from the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and He brought [them] to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called it—each living soul—that [was] its name.

20And the man called names to all the livestock, and to the bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field. And for the man there was not found a helper as his counterpart.

21And יהוה God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept, and He took one from his sides, and He closed up the flesh in its place.

22And יהוה God built the side—which He had taken from the man—into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

23And the man said, “This at last [is] bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh; for this shall be called ‘Woman,’ because out of Man this was taken.” → Note

24Upon thus a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

25And the two of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

Chapter 3

1And the serpent was cunning above every beast of the field that יהוה God had made. And he said to the woman, “[Is it] true that God has said, ‘You⁺ shall not eat from any tree of the garden?’” → Note

2And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

3and from the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You⁺ shall not eat from it, and you⁺ shall not touch it, lest you⁺ die.’”

4And the serpent said to the woman, “You⁺ will not surely die!

5For God knows that in the day of your⁺ eating from it, your⁺ eyes will be opened and you⁺ will be like God, knowing good and evil.” → Note

6And the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes and the tree [was] desirable to make one wise. And she took from its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

7And the eyes of the two of them were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked, and they sewed together leaves of the fig tree and made for themselves loincloths.

8And they heard the voice of יהוה God walking about in the garden in the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of יהוה God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

9And יהוה God called to the man, and He said to him, “Where [are] you?”

10And he said, “Your voice I heard in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked, and I hid myself.”

11And He said, “Who told you that you [were] naked? From the tree of which I commanded you not to eat from it, have you eaten?”

12And the man said, “The woman whom You gave [to be] with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

13And יהוה God said to the woman, “What [is] this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14And יהוה God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed [are] you above all the livestock and above every beast of the field. On your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat, all the days of your life.

15And enmity I will put between you and between the woman, and between your seed and between her seed. He shall bruise you [on] the head, and you shall bruise him [on] the heel. → Note

16To the woman He said, “I will surely multiply your pain and your childbearing; in pain you will bear children. And toward your husband your desire [will be], and he will rule over you.” → Note

17And to the man He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘you shall not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground on your account, in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life,

18and thorn and thistle it will cause to grow for you, and you shall eat the vegetation of the field.

19By the sweat of your nose you shall eat bread, until your returning to the ground, for from it you were taken. For dust you [are], and to dust you shall return.”

20And the man called the name of his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. → Note

21And יהוה God made for the man and for his wife tunics of skin, and He clothed them.

22And יהוה God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, in knowing good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever:”

23And יהוה God sent him out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

24And He drove out the man, and He caused to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim and the flame of the sword that turns itself to guard the way to the tree of life.

Chapter 4

1And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain and said, “I have acquired a man by יהוה.” → Note

2And she continued to give birth [to] his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain was a worker of the ground.

3And it came to pass at the end of days that Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground an offering to יהוה.

4And Abel, he also brought from the firstborn of his flock, even from their fat. And יהוה looked with favor unto Abel and unto his offering.

5And to Cain and to his offering He did not look with favor, and it burned to Cain exceedingly, and his face fell.

6And יהוה said to Cain, “Why has it burned to you, and why has your face fallen?

7Is it not [that] if you do well, [there is] elevation? But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire [is] for you, and you must rule over it.” → Note

8And Cain said to Abel his brother, [ “Let us go into the field.” ] And it came to pass in their being in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. → Note

9And יהוה said to Cain, “Where [is] Abel your brother?” And He said, “I do not know. [Am] I my brother’s keeper?” → Note

10And He said, “What have you done? The voice of the bloods of your brother is crying out to Me from the ground!

11And now, cursed [are] you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the bloods of your brother from your hand.

12When you work the ground, it shall not continue to give its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

13And Cain said to יהוה, “Greater [is] my punishment than I can bear! → Note

14Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground, and from Your face I shall be hidden, and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. And it will come to pass [that] anyone finding me will kill me!”

15And יהוה said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain, sevenfold shall vengeance be taken on him.” And יהוה set on Cain a mark, lest anyone finding him [should] slay him. → Note

16And Cain went out from before the face of יהוה and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

17And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he began building a city, and he called the name of the city according to the name of his son, Enoch.

18And to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad begat Mehujael, and Mehujael begat Methushael, and Methushael begat Lamech.

19And Lamech took for himself two wives: The name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the second [was] Zillah.

20And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those dwelling in tents and [having] livestock.

21And the name of his brother [was] Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

22And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain [was] Naamah.

23And Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, give ear to my speech: For a man I have killed for my wound, and a young man for my bruise.

24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy and sevenfold!”

25And Adam again knew his wife, and she gave birth to a son and called his name Seth, “For God has appointed for me another seed in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

26And to Seth, [to] him also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time they began to call on the name of יהוה. → Note

Chapter 5

1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day God created man, in the likeness of God He made him.

2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them and called their name “Man,” in the day they were created.

3And Adam lived thirty and a hundred years, and he begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image, and he called his name Seth.

4And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

5And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred years and thirty years, and he died.

6And Seth lived five years and a hundred years, and he begat Enosh.

7And Seth lived after his begetting Enosh seven years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

8And all the days of Seth were two [and] ten years and nine hundred years, and he died.

9And Enosh lived ninety years, and he begat Cainan.

10And Enosh lived after his begetting Cainan five [and] ten years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

11And all the days of Enosh were five years nine hundred years, and he died.

12And Cainan lived seventy years, and he begat Mahalalel.

13And Cainan lived after his begetting Mahalalel forty years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

14And all the days of Cainan were ten years and nine hundred years, and he died.

15And Mahalalel lived five years and sixty years, and he begat Jared.

16And Mahalalel lived after his begetting Jared thirty years and eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

17And all the days of Mahalalel were five and ninety years and eight hundred years, and he died.

18And Jared lived two and sixty years and a hundred years, and he begat Enoch.

19And Jared lived after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

20And all the days of Jared were two and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.

21And Enoch lived five and sixty years, and he begat Methuselah.

22And Enoch walked with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

23And all the days of Enoch were five and sixty years and three hundred years.

24And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God had taken him.

25And Methuselah lived seven and eighty years and a hundred years, and he begat Lamech.

26And Methuselah lived after his begetting Lamech two and eighty years and seven hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

27And all the days of Methuselah were nine and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.

28And Lamech lived two and eighty years and a hundred years, and he begat a son.

29And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall give us comfort from our work and from the toil of our hands on account of the ground that יהוה has cursed.”

30And Lamech lived after his begetting Noah five and ninety years and five hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

31And all the days of Lamech were seven and seventy years and seven hundred years, and he died.

32Noah was a son of five hundred years, and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Chapter 6

1And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters were born to them,

2that the sons of God saw the daughters of mankind, and they [were] good. And they took for themselves wives from all that they chose. → Note

3And יהוה said, “My Spirit shall not strive with mankind forever, for indeed he [is] flesh. And his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.” → Note

4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of mankind, and they bore [children] to them. Those [were] the mighty men who [were] from of old, men of the name.

5And יהוה saw that the wickedness of mankind on the earth [was] great and [that] every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil all the day.

6And יהוה regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7And יהוה said, “I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the ground—from mankind to beast, to crawling thing, to the bird of the heavens—for I regret that I have made them!”

8And Noah found favor in the eyes of יהוה.

9These [are] the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations; Noah walked with God. → Note

10And Noah begat three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11And the earth was corrupt before the face of God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.

12And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

13And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before My face, for the earth is filled [with] violence from their faces. And behold, I am destroying them [along] with the earth!

14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make rooms in the ark and you shall cover it inside and outside with a covering. → Note

15And this [is] how you shall make it: Three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height.

16You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above, and you shall set the door of the ark in its side. [With] lower, second, and third [decks] you shall make it.

17And I—behold, I, am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh that [has] in it the breath of life from under the heavens. Everything that [is] on the earth shall perish!

18And I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark—you and your sons and your wife and the wives of your sons with you.

19And from every living thing, from all flesh, two of every [kind] you shall bring into the ark to keep [them] alive with you; male and female they shall be.

20And from the bird according to its kind, [and] the animal according to its kind, [and] from every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every [kind] shall come to you to be kept alive.

21And you shall take for yourself from all food that is eaten, and you shall gather [it] to yourself, and it shall be for you and for them for food.”

22And Noah did according to all that God had commanded him; so he did.

Chapter 7

1And יהוה said to Noah, “Go, you and all your house, into the ark, because you I have seen righteous before My face in this generation.

2From every clean animal you shall take with you seven [by] seven, a male and his female; and from the animals that [are] not clean, [from] these two: A male and his female;

3also from each bird of the heavens, seven [by] seven, male and female, to keep alive the seed upon the face of all the earth.

4For after seven more days I am sending rain upon the earth [for] forty days and forty nights; I will wipe out every living thing that I have made from the face of the ground!”

5And Noah did according to all that יהוה had commanded him.

6And Noah [was] a son of six hundred years, and the flood of waters came upon the earth.

7And Noah entered—and his sons, and his wife, and the wives of his sons with him—into the ark, from the face of the waters of the flood.

8From the clean animal, and from the animal that [is] not clean, and from the bird and everything that crawls on the ground,

9two [by] two they came to Noah, to the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

10And it came to pass, after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

11[In] the six hundredth year, in [that] year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seven and tenth day of the month—on this day burst forth all the fountains of the great deep, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

12And rain was upon the earth [for] forty days and forty nights.

13On this very day entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark—

14they and every beast according to its kind, and all the livestock according to its kind, and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind (every bird of every wing).

15And they came to Noah, to the ark, two [by] two, from all the flesh in which [is] the breath of life.

16And those coming in, male and female from all flesh, they went [in] as God had commanded him. And יהוה shut [it] behind him.

17And the flood kept coming forty days on the earth, and the waters multiplied, and they lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

18And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark moved about on the face of the waters.

19And the waters prevailed greatly, greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains that [were] under all the heavens were covered.

20Five [and] ten cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered.

21And all flesh that moved on the earth perished—the bird, and the livestock, and the beast, and every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, and all mankind.

22Everything that [had] in its nostrils the breath of the spirit of life—of all that [was] on the dry land—died.

23And He wiped out every living thing that [was] on the face of the ground: From mankind to livestock to crawling thing and to the bird of the heavens. And they were wiped out from the earth, and only Noah remained, and those who [were] with him in the ark.

24And the waters prevailed on the earth fifty and a hundred days.

Chapter 8

1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that [were] with him in the ark. And God made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

2And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

3And the waters turned back from the earth, going and returning, and the waters decreased at the end of fifty and a hundred days.

4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seven and tenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

5And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month, [and] in the tenth [month] on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

6And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,

7and he sent forth the raven and it went out, going out and returning, until the waters had dried up from the earth.

8And he sent forth the dove from himself to see [if] the waters had receded from the face of the ground.

9And the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him in the ark; for the waters [were still] on the face of all the earth. And he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself in the ark.

10And he waited yet another seven days, and he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

11And the dove came [back] to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf [was] in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

12And he waited yet another seven days and he sent forth the dove, and she did not continue to return to him again.

13And it came to pass in the one and six hundredth year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and he looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.

14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried.

15And God spoke to Noah, saying,

16“Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and the wives of your sons with you.

17Every living thing that [is] with you—all flesh, the bird, and the livestock, and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—bring out with you, and let them swarm on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.

19And every animal, every crawling thing, every bird, [and] everything [that] moves on the earth, according to their families, they went forth from the ark.

20And Noah built an altar to יהוה. And he took from every clean animal and from every clean bird, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21And יהוה smelled the pleasing aroma, and יהוה said in His heart, “I will not continue to curse anymore the ground on account of mankind, though the inclination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth. I will not continue anymore to destroy every living thing, as I have done. → Note

22Throughout all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”

Chapter 9

1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

2And the fear of you⁺ and the dread of you⁺ shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the heavens, on all that moves [on] the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. Into your⁺ hand they are given—

3every moving thing that [has in] it life, for you⁺ it shall be for food; as the green plants, I have given to you⁺ everything.

4But flesh with its life—its blood—you⁺ shall not eat.

5And surely your⁺ blood for your⁺ lives I will require; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of the man; from the hand of each man’s brother I will require [for] the life of the man. → Note

6Whoever sheds the blood of the man, by the man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He has made the man.

7And you⁺, be fruitful and multiply; swarm on the earth and multiply on it.”

8And God said to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

9“And I—behold, I, am establishing My covenant with you⁺ and with your⁺ seed after you⁺,

10and with every living creature that [is] with you⁺, among the bird, among the livestock, and among every beast of the earth with you⁺, from all those going out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

11And I have established My covenant with you⁺, that all flesh shall never again be cut off by the waters of the flood; and there shall never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12And God said, “This [is] the sign of the covenant that I am giving between Me, and between you⁺, and between every living soul that [is] with you⁺, for generations everlasting.

13My bow I have set in the cloud, and it shall be for [a] sign of the covenant between Me and between the earth.

14And it shall come to pass in My bringing a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud.

15And I will remember My covenant, that [is] between Me, and between you⁺, and between every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and between every living soul of all flesh that [is] on the earth.”

17And God said to Noah, “This [is] the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and between all flesh that [is] on the earth.”

18And the sons of Noah who went out from the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth. And Ham—he [was] the father of Canaan.

19These [were] the three sons of Noah, and from these all the earth was scattered.

20And Noah began [to be] a man of the ground, and he planted a vineyard.

21And he drank from the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent.

22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and he told his two brothers outside.

23And Shem took—and Japheth—the garment, and they laid [it] on the shoulders of the two of them and they went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces [were] backward, and the nakedness of their father they did not see.

24And Noah awoke from his wine and he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

25And he said, “Cursed [be] Canaan! A servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.”

26And he said, “Blessed [be] יהוה, the God of Shem! And may Canaan be a servant to him.

27May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be a servant to them.”

28And after the flood Noah lived three hundred years and fifty years.

29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred years and fifty years, and he died.

Chapter 10

1And these [are] the generations of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And were born to them sons after the flood.

2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Rodanim. → Note

5From these were separated the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each according to his language, according to their clans, in their nations.

6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

7And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

8And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

9He was a mighty hunter before the face of יהוה; upon thus it is said: “Like Nimrod, [a] mighty hunter before the face of יהוה.”

10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-ir and Calah, → Note

12and Resen between Nineveh and between Calah; it [is] the great city.

13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14and Pathrusim, and the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorim.

15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the clans of the Canaanite were scattered.

19And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; [and] as you go toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20These [are] the sons of Ham, according to their clans, according to their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

21And [sons] were also born to Shem—the father of all the sons of Eber—the brother of Japheth the elder.

22The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

25And to Eber two sons were born: The name of the one [was] Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother [was] Joktan.

26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] the sons of Joktan.

30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31These [are] the sons of Shem, according to their clans, according to their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

32These [are] the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations. And from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

Chapter 11

1And all the earth had one language and one speech. → Note

2And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

3And they said, each man to his brother, “Come, let us make bricks and burn [them] for burning.” And the brick was to them for stone, and the tar was to them for the mortar.

4And they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, and its top in the heavens, and let us make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

5And יהוה came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built.

6And יהוה said, “Behold, the people [are] one, and one language [is] to them all, and this they have begun to do. And now nothing will be restrained from them of all that they devise to do.

7Come, let Us go down there and confuse their language, so that one man may not understand the language of his companion.”

8And יהוה scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased to build the city.

9Upon thus its name is called Babel, for there יהוה confused the language of all the earth, and from there יהוה scattered them over the face of all the earth.

10These [are] the generations of Shem. Shem [was] a son of a hundred years, and he begat Arphaxad two years after the flood.

11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and he begat Shelah.

13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Shelah three years and four hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

14And Shelah lived thirty years, and he begat Eber.

15And Shelah lived after he begat Eber three years and four hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and he begat Peleg.

17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg thirty years and four hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

18And Peleg lived thirty years, and he begat Reu.

19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu nine years and two hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and he begat Serug.

21And Reu lived after he begat Serug seven years and two hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

22And Serug lived thirty years, and he begat Nahor.

23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and he begat Terah.

25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah nine [and] ten years and a hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

26And Terah lived seventy years, and he begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27And these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begat Lot.

28And Haran died before the face of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29And Abram and Nahor took for themselves wives; the name [of] the wife of Abram [was] Sarai; and the name [of] the wife of Nahor [was] Milcah daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

30And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, the son of his son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. And they came as far as Haran and they dwelt there.

32And the days of Terah were five years and two hundred years, and Terah died in Haran.

Chapter 12

1And יהוה had said to Abram, “Go for yourself from your land and from your kindred and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you.

2And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you and I will make great your name, and you shall be a blessing.

3And I will bless those blessing you, and him who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” → Note

4And Abram departed as יהוה had spoken to him, and Lot departed with him. And Abram [was] a son of five years and seventy years when he went out from Haran.

5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot, son of his brother, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had made in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan. And they came to the land of Canaan.

6And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the Oak of Moreh. And at that time the Canaanite [was] in the land.

7And יהוה appeared to Abram and said, “To your seed I will give this land.” And he built there an altar to יהוה, who had appeared to him.

8And he moved on from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And he built there an altar to יהוה, and he called on the name of יהוה.

9And Abram journeyed, going on and journeying toward the Negev.

10And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [was] severe in the land.

11And it came to pass when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Behold now, I know that you [are] a woman beautiful in appearance.

12And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This [is] his wife.’ And they will kill me, and you they will let live.

13Say, please, you [are] my sister, so that it may go well with me for your sake, and my soul may live because of you.”

14And it came to pass, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she [was] very beautiful.

15And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and they commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into the house of Pharaoh.

16And Abram he treated well for her sake, and he had for himself sheep, and cattle, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels.

17And יהוה plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of the matter [of] Sarai, wife of Abram.

18And Pharaoh called to Abram and said, “What [is] this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she [was] your wife?

19Why did you say, ‘She [is] my sister,’ so that I took her to myself as a wife? And now, behold, your wife; take [her] and go!”

20And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Chapter 13

1And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had—and Lot with him—to the Negev.

2And Abram [was] very rich in the livestock, in the silver, and in the gold.

3And he went on his journey from the Negev, and even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning between Bethel and between Ai,

4to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of יהוה.

5And also Lot, who went with Abram, had a flock and a herd, and tents.

6And the land was not able to support them to dwell together, for their possessions were great, and they were not able to dwell together.

7And there was strife between the shepherds of livestock of Abram and between the shepherds of livestock of Lot. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land.

8And Abram said to Lot, “Please let there not be strife between me and between you, and between my shepherds and between your shepherds, for we [are] men—brothers.

9Is not all the land before you? Separate, please, from me—if to the left, then I will go to the right; and if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and he saw all the plain of the Jordan, for all of it [was] well watered (before יהוה destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of יהוה, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar.

11And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed toward the east. And they separated, a man from his brother.

12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched [his] tent toward Sodom.

13And the men of Sodom [were] wicked and exceedingly sinful before יהוה.

14And יהוה said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you [are]—northward and southward and eastward and westward.

15For all the land that you are seeing, I give to you and to your seed unto eternity.

16And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man is able to number the dust of the earth, [then] also your seed could be numbered.

17Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for to you I give it.”

18And Abram moved [his] tent, and he went and dwelt by the Oaks of Mamre which [are] in Hebron, and he built there an altar to יהוה.

Chapter 14

1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

2[that] they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and Birsha king of Gomorrah, [and] Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that [is], Zoar).

3All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that [is], the Salt Sea).

4Two [and] ten years they had served Chedorlaomer, and in the three and tenth year they rebelled.

5And in the four and tenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings who [were] with him, and they struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzites in Ham, and the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

6and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness.

7And they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that [is], Kadesh), and they struck all the territory of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who was dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.

8And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that [is], Zoar). And they arrayed in battle with them in the Valley of Siddim—

9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against the five.

10And the Valley of Siddim had pits, pits of tar; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and [some] fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.

11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

12And they took Lot, son of Abram's brother, and his goods, and they departed; and he was dwelling in Sodom.

13And the escapee came, and he told Abram the Hebrew, and he was dwelling by the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were possessors [of] a covenant with Abram.

14And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, and he drew out his trained men, those born in his house, eight [and] ten and three hundred, and he went in pursuit as far as Dan.

15And he divided himself against them by night—he and his servants—and he struck them and he pursued them as far as Hobah, which [is] north of Damascus.

16And he brought back all the goods, and also Lot, his brother, and his goods; he also brought back the women and the people.

17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from striking Chedorlaomer and the kings who [were] with him at the Valley of Shaveh (that [is], the King’s Valley).

18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine, and he [was] priest of El-Elyon. → Note

19And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram to El-Elyon, Possessor of the heavens and earth,

20and blessed be El-Elyon, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave to him a tenth of everything.

21And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give to me the souls, and take the goods for yourself.”

22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to יהוה El-Elyon, Possessor of the heavens and earth,

23from a thread even to a strap of a sandal, that I will [not] take anything that [is] yours—lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’—

24Except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

Chapter 15

1After these things the word of יהוה came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I [am] a shield to you; your reward is exceedingly great.”

2And Abram said, “O Lord יהוה, what can You give to me, and I go childless, and the son of possession of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

3And Abram said, “Behold, You have not given to me offspring; and behold, a son of my house is inheriting me.”

4And behold, the word of יהוה [came] to him, saying, “This one will not inherit you, but rather one who will come from your inward parts, he will inherit you.”

5And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall be your seed.”

6And he believed in יהוה, and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. → Note

7And He said to him, “I [am] יהוה who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give to you this land to possess it.”

8And he said, “Lord יהוה, by what shall I know that I will possess it?”

9And He said to him, “Bring Me a heifer being three years [old], and a female goat being three years [old], and a ram being three years [old], and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

10And he brought to Him all these, and he cut them in two in the middle and placed each piece opposite the other; and the bird he did not cut in two.

11And the bird of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12And the sun was going [down], and a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And behold, a terror of great darkness fell upon him.

13And He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your seed will be a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

14And the nation whom they serve I will judge, and after this, they shall come out with great possessions.

15And as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

16And the fourth generation, they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite here [is] not yet complete.”

17And it came to pass when the sun went [down] and it was dark, and behold, a smoking firepot and a burning torch that passed between these pieces.

18On that day יהוה cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates,

19with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”

Chapter 16

1And Sarai the wife of Abram has not borne to him, and she had a maidservant, an Egyptianess, and her name [was] Hagar.

2And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, יהוה has restrained me from bearing [children]. Go in, please, to my maidservant; perhaps I shall be built up from her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3And Sarai, wife of Abram, took Hagar the Egyptianess, her maidservant, after ten years [of] Abram dwelling in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to Abram, her husband, for a wife.

4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And she saw that she had conceived, and her mistress became despised in her eyes.

5And Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong [be] upon you. I gave my maidservant into your bosom, and she saw that she had conceived, and I became despised in her eyes. May יהוה judge between me and between you.”

6And Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed, your maidservant [is] in your hand. Do to her what is good in your eyes.” And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her presence.

7And the angel of יהוה found her by the spring of waters in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

8And He said, “Hagar, maidservant of Sarai, from where [is] this [that] you have come, and where are you going?” And she said, “From the presence of Sarai my mistress I am fleeing.”

9And the angel of יהוה said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself under her hand.”

10And the angel of יהוה said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed, and it shall not be counted for multitude.”

11And the angel of יהוה said to her, “Behold, you [are] conceiving, and you shall bear a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, for יהוה has listened to your affliction.

12And He shall be a wild donkey [of a] man; His hand against everyone, and the hand of everyone against him, and over against the face of all his brothers he shall dwell.”

13And she called the name of יהוה who spoke to her: “You [are] El-Roi,” for she said, “Even here I have seen after Him who sees me?” → Note

14Upon thus the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. Behold, [it is] between Kadesh and between Bered.

15And Hagar bore to Abram a son, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar had borne, Ishmael.

16And Abram [was] a son of eighty years and six years when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Chapter 17

1And Abram was a son of ninety years and nine years, and יהוה appeared to Abram and said to him, “I [am] El-Shaddai; walk before Me and be blameless.

2And I will make My covenant between Me and between you, and I will multiply you greatly, greatly.”

3And Abram fell on his face, and God spoke with him, saying,

4“As for me, behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

5And your name shall no longer be called Abram, and your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

6I will make you fruitful—greatly, greatly—and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come out from you.

7And I will establish My covenant between Me and between you and between your seed after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you, and to your seed after you.

8And I give to you and to your seed after you the land in which you are a sojourner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.”

9And God said to Abraham, “And as for you, you shall keep My covenant—you and your seed after you, throughout their generations.

10This [is] My covenant, which you⁺ shall keep between Me, and between you⁺, and between your seed after you: Every male child among you⁺ shall be circumcised.

11And you⁺ shall be circumcised in the flesh of your⁺ foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and between you⁺.

12And a son of eight days among you⁺ shall be circumcised—every male child in your⁺ generations who is born in your house or bought with silver from any son of a foreigner who is not of your seed.

13And he must surely be circumcised—he who is born in your house, or he who is bought with your silver. And My covenant shall be in your⁺ flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, the soul [of] that one shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

15And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [is] her name.

16And I will bless her, and also I have given to you a son by her. And I have blessed her, and she has become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

17And Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, and he said in his heart, “To a son of a hundred years shall [a child] be born? Or [shall] Sarah, a daughter of ninety years, bear [a child]?”

18And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live before You!”

19And God said, “Sarah your wife surely will bear to you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him and I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly, greatly. Two [and] ten princes He shall beget, and I will make him into a great nation. → Note

21And I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this appointed time in the next year.”

22And He finished speaking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his silver—every male among the men in the house of Abraham—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins on that very day, as God had spoken with him.

24And Abraham [was] a son of ninety-nine years when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25And Ishmael his son [was] a son of three and ten years when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26And on that very day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son,

27and all the men of his house—born in the house or bought with silver from a son of a foreigner—were circumcised with him.

Chapter 18

1And יהוה appeared to him by the Oaks of Mamre, and he was sitting in the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day.

2And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him. And he saw [them], and he ran to meet them from the entrance of the tent, and he bowed himself to the earth.

3And he said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your eyes, please, do not pass on by Your servant.

4Please let a little water be brought, and wash your⁺ feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

5And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your⁺ hearts; afterward, you⁺ may pass on, for upon thus you⁺ have come to your⁺ servant.” And they said, “Yes, you may do as you have said.”

6And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly [take] three seahs of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes.”

7And Abraham ran to the herd, and he took a tender and good son of the herd and gave [it] to the young man, and he hurried to prepare it.

8And he took butter and milk and the son of the herd that he had prepared, and he set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

9And they said to him, “Where [is] Sarah your wife?” And he said, “Behold, in the tent.”

10And He said, “I will surely return to you according to the time of life; and behold—a son to Sarah, your wife.” And Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, and it [was] behind him.

11And Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; it had ceased to be for Sarah the way of women.

12And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I am worn out, shall there be to me pleasure? And my lord is old!”

13And יהוה said to Abraham, “Why did this one, Sarah, laugh, saying, ‘Shall I truly bear [a child] when I am old?’

14Is any word is too difficult for יהוה? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and unto Sarah [will be] a son.”

15And Sarah denied [it], saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

16And the men rose from there and looked on the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to send them off.

17And יהוה said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?

18And Abraham will surely become a nation great and mighty, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.

19For I have known him in order that he may command his children and his house after him that they keep the way of יהוה by doing what is right and just, that יהוה may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”

20And יהוה said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grievous,

21I will go down now and see whether the outcry against it that has come to Me they have done completely—and if not, I will know.”

22And the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, and Abraham still stood before יהוה.

23And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

24Suppose there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; would You also destroy and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who [are] within it?

25Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice?”

26And יהוה said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account.”

27And Abraham answered and said, “Behold, please, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, and I [am] dust and ash.

28Suppose there are lacking five of the fifty righteous? Would You destroy for the five the whole city?” And He said, “I will not destroy [it] if I find there forty and five.”

29And he added again to speak to Him, and he said, “Suppose there should be found there forty?” And He said, “I will not do [it] on account of the forty.”

30And he said, “Please, may the Lord not be hot, and I will speak. Suppose there should be found thirty.” And He said, “I will not do [it] if I find there thirty.”

31And he said, “Behold, please, I have ventured to speak to the Lord. Suppose there should be found twenty.” And He said, “I will not destroy [it] on account of the twenty.”

32And he said, “Please may the Lord not be hot, and I will speak but once more. Suppose there should be found ten.” And He said, “I will not destroy [it] on account of the ten.”

33And יהוה went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

Chapter 19

1And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw [them], and he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his nose to the earth.

2And he said, “Behold now, my lords, please, turn in to the house of your⁺ servant, and spend the night and wash your⁺ feet. And you⁺ may rise early and go on your⁺ way.” And they said, “No, for we will spend the night in the open square.”

3And he insisted on it strongly, and they turned in to him and entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and he baked unleavened [bread], and they ate.

4And before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—encricled the house, from young to old, all the people from the end.

5And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you this night? Bring them out to us that we may know them.”

6And Lot went out to them through the doorway, and he shut the door behind him.

7And he said, “Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

8Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please let me bring them out to you⁺, and you⁺ may do to them according to what [is] good in your⁺ eyes. Only to these men do not anything, for upon thus they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

9And they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This one came in to sojourn, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will act wickedly to you more than to them!” And they pressed hard against the man Lot, and they came near to break down the door.

10And the men stretched out their hands and pulled Lot with them into the house, and they shut the door.

11And they struck with blindness the men who [were] at the doorway of the house, from small and to great, and they grew weary [trying] to find the door.

12And the men said to Lot, “Who else do you have here—[your] son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whoever you have in the city? Get [them] out of the place.

13For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of יהוה, and יהוה has sent us to destroy it.”

14And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the ones who had taken his daughters, and he said, “Get up, get out of this place, for יהוה will destroy the city.” And he seemed to be joking to his sons-in-law.

15And as the dawn came up, and the angels pressed Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be destroyed in the iniquity of the city.”

16And he lingered, and the men took hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife and of the hand of his two daughters—יהוה being merciful to him—and they brought him out and set him outside of the city.

17And it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay in all the plain! Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed!”

18And Lot said to them, “No, please, my lords! → Note

19Behold, please, your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have increased your kindness, which you have shown me by saving my life. And I am not able to escape to the mountains, lest the evil overtake me and I die.

20Behold, please, this city [is] near to flee there, and it [is] a small place. Let me escape there, please. Is it not a small place? And my soul shall live!”

21And he said to him, “Behold, I have sustained you also concerning this thing without overthrowing the city about which you have spoken.

22Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Upon thus the name of the city was called Zoar.

23When the sun had risen upon the earth and Lot had entered Zoar,

24then יהוה rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from יהוה out of the heavens.

25And He overthrew these cities, and all the plain, and all those dwelling in the cities, and what grew on the ground.

26And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27And Abraham rose early in the morning [and went] to the place where he had stood there before the face of יהוה.

28And he looked toward the face of Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold, smoke from the land went up like the smoke of the furnace.

29And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.

30And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he dwelt in the cave—he and his two daughters.

31And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father [is] old, and [there is] no man on the earth to come in to us, as is the way of all the earth.

32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father.”

33And they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

34And it came to pass on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed, last night I lay with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in [and] lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father.”

35And they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

36And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

37And the firstborn bore a son, and she called his name Moab; he [is] the father of the Moabites to this day.

38And the younger, she also bore a son, and she called his name Ben-ammi; he [is] the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

Chapter 20

1And Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev, and he dwelt between Kadesh and between Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar.

2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She [is] my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

3And God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken—and she is married to a husband.”

4And Abimelech has not come near her, and he said, “Lord, will You slay even a righteous nation?

5Did not he say to me, ‘She [is] my sister’? And even she herself said, ‘He [is] my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and in the innocence of my hands I have done this.”

6And God said to him in the dream, “Indeed, I myself knew that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and I withheld you, indeed I, from sinning against Me; upon thus I did not let you touch her.

7And now return the man’s wife, for he [is] a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return [her], know that you will surely die—you and all that is yours.”

8And Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants, and he told all these words in their ears; and the men were exceedingly afraid.

9And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Deeds that are not to be done, you have done to me.”

10And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”

11And Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place, and they will kill me on account of my wife.’

12And indeed she [is] also my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.

13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from the house of my father, that I said to her, ‘This [is] your kindness that you should do for me: In every place where we go there, say of me, “He [is] my brother.”’”

14And Abimelech took flock, and cattle, and menservants, and maidservants, and he gave [them] to Abraham, and he returned to him Sarah his wife.

15And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land [is] before you. Dwell wherever is good in your eyes.”

16And to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given a thousand [pieces] of silver to your brother; behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes, to all who [are] with you, and before all you are vindicated.”

17And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants, and they bore [children].

18For יהוה had completely closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah the wife of Abraham.

Chapter 21

1And יהוה visited Sarah as He had said, and יהוה did for Sarah as He had spoken.

2And Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

3And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

4And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, a son of eight days, as God had commanded him.

5And Abraham [was] a son of a hundred years when Isaac his son was born to him.

6And Sarah said, “God has brought to me laughter; all who hear will laugh with me.”

7And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne a son in his old age.”

8And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.

9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [her son]. → Note

10And she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maidservant and her son, for the son of this maidservant shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac.”

11And the matter was very displeasing in the eyes of Abraham, for the cause of his son.

12And God said to Abraham, “Let it not be wrong in your eyes because of the boy or because of your maidservant; all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For in Isaac your seed will be reckoned.

13Yet the son of the maidservant I will make into a nation, because he [is] your seed.”

14And Abraham rose early in the morning, and he took bread and a skin of water, and he gave [them] to Hagar, putting [them] on her shoulder, and the boy; and he sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15And the water was used up from the skin, and she cast the boy under one of the bushes.

16And she went and sat down by herself opposite [him], as distance of the shot of a bow, for she said, “Do not let me see the death of the boy.” And she sat opposite [him] and lifted up her voice and wept.

17And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of the heavens and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has listened to the voice of the boy where he [is] there.

18Arise, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20And God was with the boy, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21And He dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt. → Note

22And it came to pass at that time [that] Abimelech spoke, and Phichol the commander of his army, to Abraham, saying, “God [is] with you in all that you do.

23And now swear to me before God here that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in that you are sojourning.”

24And Abraham said, “I swear.”

25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized.

26And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing, and you did not tell me, and I have not heard [of it] until today.”

27And Abraham took flock and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them cut a covenant.

28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven ewe lambs that you have set by themselves?”

30And he said, “For [these] seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that it may be a witness for me that I have dug this well.”

31Upon thus, he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

32And they cut a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech rose, and Phichol the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

33And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of יהוה El-Olam.

34And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Chapter 22

1And it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Behold, I [am here].”

2And He said, “Take now your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell to you.”

3And Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and he took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and he arose and went to the place of which God had told to him.

4And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw the place from a distance.

5And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over there, and we will worship, and we will come back to you⁺.”

6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid [it] on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife, and they went, the two of them, together.

7And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Behold, I [am here], my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, and where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?”

8And Abraham said, “God will see for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And they went, the two of them, together.

9And they came to the place that God had told him, and there Abraham built the altar and arranged the wood, and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

11And the angel of יהוה called to him from the heavens and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Behold, I [am here].”

12And he said, “Do not stretch out your hand upon the boy, and do not do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me.”

13And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a ram behind [him], caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

14And Abraham called the name of that place “יהוה Yireh,” as it is said to this day, “On the mountain of יהוה it shall be seen.” → Note

15And the angel of יהוה called to Abraham a second time from the heavens

16and said, “By Myself I have sworn, says יהוה, that because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only one,

17that I will surely bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which [is] on the shore of the sea; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

18And in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have listened to My voice.”

19And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

20And it came to pass after these things that it was told to Abraham, saying, “Behold, Milcah has borne—even she—sons to Nahor your brother:

21Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

23And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

24And his concubine (and her name [was] Reumah), she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

Chapter 23

1And the lifetime of Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years; the years of the lifetime of Sarah.

2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that [is], Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep [for] her.

3And Abraham rose up from before his dead one, and he spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

4“I [am] a sojourner and a stranger among you⁺; give to me a possession of a burial place with you⁺, that I may bury my dead from before me.”

5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

6“Hear us, my lord: You [are] a prince of God in our midst. In the choicest of our burial places bury your dead; none of us will withhold from you his burial place, from burying your dead.”

7And Abraham rose up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

8And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your⁺ desire that I bury my dead from before me, hear me and intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar,

9that he may give to me the cave of Machpelah which [is] his, which [is] at the end of his field. For full silver let him give it to me, in your⁺ midst, as a possession of a burial place.”

10And Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth—of all those entering at the gate of his city—saying,

11“No, my lord, hear me: The field I give to you, and the cave that [is] in it I give it to you; before the eyes of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

12And Abraham bowed himself before the people of the land,

13and he spoke to Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, “Only if you—please—hear me: I give the silver for the field; take [it] from me, and I will bury my dead there.”

14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

15“My lord, hear me: Land [worth] four hundred shekels of silver—between me and between you, what [is] it? And bury your dead.”

16And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth—four hundred shekels of silver, passing with the merchant.

17And the field of Ephron that [was] in Machpelah, that [was] before Mamre—the field and the cave that [was] in it, and all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all its surrounding border—was established

18to Abraham as a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, of all those entering at the gate of his city.

19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that [is], Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

20And the field and the cave that [is] in it were established to Abraham as a possession of a burial place from the sons of Heth.

Chapter 24

1And Abraham was old, advanced in days. And יהוה had blessed Abraham in all things.

2And Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, the one who is ruling over all that is his, “Put, please, your hand under my thigh,

3and I will make you swear by יהוה, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, among whom I am dwelling.

4But to my land and to my kindred you shall go, and you shall take a wife for my son, for Isaac.”

5And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Shall I surely cause your son to return to the land from which you came?”

6And Abraham said to him, “Take heed to yourself that you do not take my son there.

7יהוה, God of the heavens, who took me from the house of my father and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your seed I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only, my son you shall not cause to return there.”

9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and he swore to him concerning this matter.

10And the servant took ten camels from the camels of his lord, and he went—with all the goods of his lord in his hand—and he arose and went to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor.

11And he made the camels kneel … outside of the city by the well of water at the time of the evening, the time of the coming out of the women who draw water.

12And he said, “יהוה, God of my lord Abraham, please cause it to happen before me today, and do kindness to my lord Abraham.

13Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

14And it shall be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Let down, please, your jar, and I will drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and also I will water your camels,’ she [is the one] You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have done kindness to my lord.”

15And it came to pass, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, was coming out, and her jar [was] on her shoulder.

16And the young woman [was] very beautiful of appearance, a virgin, and no man had known her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.

17And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”

18And she said, “Drink, my lord.” And she hurried and lowered her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.

19And she finished giving him a drink, and she said, “Also for your camels I will draw until … they have finished drinking.”

20And she hurried, and she emptied her jar into the trough, and she ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

21And the man gazed at her remaining silent, to know whether יהוה had made his way prosperous or not.

22And it came to pass, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden ring, a beka its weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten [shekels] of gold their weight.

23And he said, “Whose daughter [are] you? Tell me, please. Is there a place in the house of your father for us to lodge?”

24And she said to him, “I [am] the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

25And she said to him, “Both straw and feed [are] abundant with us, and also a place to lodge.”

26And the man bowed his head and worshiped to יהוה.

27And he said, “Blessed [be] יהוה, God of my lord Abraham, who has not forsaken His kindness and His truth toward my lord; I, being on the way, יהוה has led me to the house of the brother of my lord.”

28And the young woman ran, and told these words to the house of her mother.

29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban; and Laban ran to the man, out to the spring.

30And it came to pass, when he saw the ring and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” then he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

31And he said, “Come in, blessed of יהוה. Why do you stand outside? And I have cleared the house and a place for the camels.”

32And the man came into the house, and he loosened the camels, and he gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who [were] with him.

33And [food] was set before him to eat, and he said, “I will not eat until … I have spoken my words.” And he said, “Speak.”

34And he said, “I [am] Abraham’s servant.

35And יהוה has blessed my lord greatly, and he has become great; and He has given to him flock and cattle, and silver and gold, and menservants and maidservants, and camels and donkeys.

36And Sarah, wife of my lord, bore a son to my lord after her old age, and he has given to him all that is his.

37And my lord made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.

38But rather, to the house of my father you shall go, and to my kindred, and you shall take a wife for my son.’

39And I said to my lord, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me?’

40And he said to me, ‘יהוה, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and will prosper your way, and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from the house of my father.

41Then you will be clear from my oath—when you come to my kindred; and if they do not give [her] to you, then you will be released from my oath.’

42And I came today to the spring and I said, ‘יהוה, God of my lord Abraham, if now You will prosper the way on which I am going—"

43behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and let it be that the virgin who comes out to draw [water], and I say to her, ‘Give me to drink, please, a little water from your jar,’ → Note

44and she says to me, ‘Drink, and I will draw’ for you and also for your camels, she [is] the woman whom יהוה has appointed for the son of my lord.

45And before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah was coming out, and her jar [was] on her shoulder. And she went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, ‘Give me a drink, please.’

46And she hurried and lowered her jar from herself and said, ‘Drink, and also your camels I will give drink.’ And I drank, and also she gave a drink [to] the camels.

47And I asked her and said, ‘Whose daughter [are] you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ And I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

48And I bowed my head and worshiped to יהוה, and I blessed יהוה, God of my lord Abraham, who led me in the way of truth to take the daughter [of the] brother [of my] lord for his son.

49And now if you⁺ are doing kindness and truth with my lord, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left.”

50And Laban answered—and Bethuel—and they said, “From יהוה the matter has gone out; we are not able to speak to you evil or good.

51Behold, Rebekah [is] before you; take [her] and go, and let her be wife to the son of your lord, as יהוה has spoken.”

52And it came to pass, when the servant of Abraham heard their words, that bowed himself to the earth before יהוה.

53And the servant brought out articles of silver, and articles of gold, and clothing, and he gave [them] to Rebekah; and precious things he gave to her brother and to her mother.

54And they ate and they drank, he and the men who [were] with him, and they spent the night there. And they arose in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my lord.”

55And her brother said—and her mother—“Let the young woman stay with us [a few] days, or ten [days]. Afterward she may go.”

56And he said to them, “Do not delay me, since יהוה has prospered my way. Send me away so that I may go to my lord.”

57And they said, “Let us call for the young woman and let us ask at her mouth.”

58And they called for Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”

59And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham and his men.

60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become the [mother] of thousands of myriads, and may your seed possess the gate of those who hate him.”

61And Rebekah and her young women arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah and departed.

62And Isaac had come in from the entrance to Beer-lahai-roi, and he was dwelling in the Negev.

63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, camels [were] coming.

64And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and she saw Isaac, and she fell from upon the camel.

65And she said to the servant, “Who [is] this man, the one walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my lord.” And she took the veil and covered herself.

66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

67And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s [death].

Chapter 25

1And Abraham again took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.

2And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

3And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurites, and Letushites, and Leummites.

4And the sons of Midian [were] Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these [were] sons of Keturah.

5And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

6And to the sons of the concubines unto Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from Isaac his son while [he was] still living eastward, to the land of the east.

7And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived: A hundred years and seventy years and five years.

8And Abraham expired, and he died at a good old age, old and satisfied, and he was gathered to his people.

9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite which [is] before Mamre—

10the field that Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt near Beer-lahai-roi.

12And these [are] the generations of Ishmael son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptianess, maidservant of Sarah, bore to Abraham.

13And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: Nebajoth the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

14and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

15Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

16These were the sons of Ishmael, and these [were] their names, by their towns and their settlements—two [and] ten princes according to their tribes.

17And these [were] the years of the life of Ishmael: A hundred years and thirty years and seven years. And he expired and died, and he was gathered to his people.

18And they dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which [is] before Egypt, as you go toward Asshur; Against the faces of all his brothers has he fallen.

19And these [are] the generations of Isaac son of Abraham: Abraham begat Isaac,

20and Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean from Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him as wife.

21And Isaac entreated יהוה for his wife, because she [was] barren. And יהוה was entreated for him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

22And the children struggled together within her, and she said, “If so, why this I?” And she went to inquire of יהוה.

23And יהוה said to her, “Two nations [are] in your womb, and two peoples from your bowels shall be separated; and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

24And her days to give birth were fulfilled, and indeed [there were] twins in her womb.

25And the first came out ruddy all over, hairy like a cloak, and they called his name Esau.

26And afterward his brother came out, and his hand was grasping at the heel of Esau, and he called his name Jacob. And Isaac [was] a son of sixty years when she bore them.

27And the boys grew, and Esau was a skillful man, a hunter and a man of the field; Jacob was a blameless man, dwelling in tents. → Note

28And Isaac loved Esau because of the game in his mouth, and Rebekah loved Jacob.

29And Jacob boiled a stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he [was] weary.

30And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me gulp down, please, from the red, the red, this one, for I [am] weary!” (Upon thus his name was called Edom.)

31And Jacob said, “Sell—today—your birthright to me.”

32And Esau said, “Behold, I [am] going to die; and for what [is] this birthright to me?”

33And Jacob said, “Swear to me today.” And he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

34And Jacob gave to Esau bread and stew of lentils, and he ate and he drank, and he arose and went; and Esau despised the birthright.

Chapter 26

1And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar.

2And יהוה appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell to you.

3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and I will bless you. For to you and to your seed I will give all these lands, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

4And I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and I will give to your seed all these lands. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

5because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

7And the men of that place asked about his wife, and he said, “She [is] my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “[She is] my wife,” lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, because she [is] beautiful of appearance.

8And it came to pass, when the days had been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through the window, and he saw—and behold—Isaac was caressing Rebekah his wife.

9And Abimelech called to Isaac and said, “Surely behold, she [is] your wife! And how did you say, ‘She [is] my sister?’” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘lest I die on account of her.’”

10And Abimelech said, “What [is] this you have done to us? One of the people had almost lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

11And Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “The one who touches this man or his wife, he shall surely be put to death.”

12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he reaped in that year a hundred fold, and יהוה blessed him.

13And the man became great, and he went on, going on and becoming greater, until that he became very great.

14And he had a possession of flock, and a possession of cattle, and much service; and the Philistines envied him.

15And all the wells that the servants of his father had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up and filled them with earth.

16And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go from us, for you have become much mightier than we.”

17And Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and he dwelt there.

18And Isaac returned dug the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he called to them names, according to the names that his father had called them.

19And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and they found there a well of living water.

20And the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying, “The water [is] ours!” And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

21And they dug another well, and they strove also over it. And he called its name Sitnah.

22And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not strive over it. And he called its name Rehoboth and said, “For now יהוה has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

23And he went up from there to Beersheba.

24And יהוה appeared to him in that night and said, “I [am] the God of Abraham your father; do not fear, for I [am] with you, and I will bless you and I will multiply your seed for the sake of Abraham My servant.”

25And he built there an altar and called on the name of יהוה. And he pitched there his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well.

26And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his companion, and Phichol the commander of his army.

27And Isaac said to them, “Why have you⁺ come to me? And you⁺—you⁺ hated me and you⁺ sent me away from you⁺.”

28And they said, “We have surely seen that יהוה has been with you, and we said, let there be, please, an oath between us—between us and between you—and let us cut a covenant with you,

29that you will do to us [no] evil, since we have not touched you, and since we have done to you only good and sent you away in peace. You [are] now blessed of יהוה!”

30And he made for them a feast, and they ate and they drank.

31And they arose early in the morning, and they swore, a man to his brother; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32And it came to pass on that day that the servants of Isaac came and told to him about the circumstances of the well that they had dug, and they said to him, “We have found water.”

33And he called it Shibah; upon thus the name of the city [is] Beersheba to this day.

34And Esau was a son of forty years, and he took a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite,

35and they were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Chapter 27

1And it came to pass when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim for seeing, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son,” and he answered him, “Behold, [it is] I.”

2And he said, “Behold, please, I have grown old; I do not know the day of my death.

3And now take, please, your weapons—your quiver and your bow—and go out to the field, and hunt for me game.

4And make for me savory foods, as I have loved, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”

5And Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring [it].

6And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I have heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,

7‘Bring me game and make for me savory foods, and I will eat and bless you before יהוה before my death.’

8And now, my son, listen to my voice, according to what I am commanding you.

9Go now to the flock and take for me from there two good kids of the goats, and I will make them savory foods for your father, as he loves.

10And you shall bring [it] to your father that he may eat [it], so that he may bless you before his death.”

11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man.

12Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will be in his eyes as a deceiver, and I shall bring on myself a curse and not a blessing.”

13And his mother said to him, “Let your curse [be] on me, my son. Only listen to my voice and go get [them] for me.”

14And he went and he got [them] and he brought [them] to his mother; and his mother made savory foods, as his father loved.

15And Rebekah took the finest clothes of Esau her elder son that [were] with her in the house, and she clothed Jacob her younger son.

16And the skins of the kids of the goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

17And she gave the savory foods and the bread that she had made into the hand of Jacob her son.

18And he went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Behold, [it is] I. Who [are] you, my son?”

19And Jacob said to his father, “I [am] Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told to me. Arise, please, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

20And Isaac said to his son, “What [is] this—you have so quickly found [it], my son?” And he said, “Because יהוה your God caused it to happen before me.”

21And Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, please, and I will feel you, my son—are you he, my son Esau, or not?”

22And Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands [are] the hands of Esau.”

23And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like the hands of Esau his brother. And he blessed him,

24and he said, “Are you he, my son Esau?” And he said, “I [am].”

25And He said, “Bring [it] near to me and I will eat of the game, my son, so that my soul may bless you.” And he brought [it] near to him, and he ate; and he brought to him wine, and he drank. → Note

26And Isaac his father said to him, “Come near, please, and kiss me, my son.”

27And he came near and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and he blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son [is] like the smell of a field that יהוה has blessed.

28And may God give to you from the dew of the heavens, and from the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and new wine.

29May peoples serve you and may nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. Those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

30And it came to pass, as Isaac finished blessing Jacob, then it came to pass—Jacob [had] only just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father—that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

31And he also made savory foods and he brought [them] to his father, and he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of the game of his son, that your soul may bless me.”

32And Isaac his father said to him, “Who [are] you?” And he said, “I [am] your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

33And Isaac trembled with an exceedingly great trembling, and said, “Who then is the one who hunted game and brought [it] to me, and I ate of [it] all before you came, and I have blessed him? [And] indeed, he shall be blessed.”

34And Esau heard the words of his father, and he cried out an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and he said to his father, “Bless me also, my father!”

35And he said, “Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing.”

36And [Esau] said, “Is it because his name is called Jacob? And he has supplanted me these two times. He has taken my birthright, and behold, now he has taken my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved for me a blessing?” → Note

37And Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him master over you, and all his brothers I have given to him as servants, and grain and new wine I have sustained him with; and for you now, what shall I do, my son?”

38And Esau said to his father, “[Is] it one blessing, that you have my father? Bless me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, from the fatness of the earth shall be your dwelling, and from the dew of the heavens above. → Note

40And by your sword you shall live, and your brother you shall serve. And it shall come to pass when you become restless, that you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father draw near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

42And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah, and she sent and called for Jacob her younger son, and she said to him, “Behold, Esau your brother is comforting himself concerning you, to kill you.

43And now, my son, listen to my voice, and arise—flee for yourself to Laban my brother in Haran.

44And you shall stay with him a few days, until the fury of your brother turns back—

45until the anger of your brother turns away from you. And he forgets that which you did to him. Then I will send and I will take you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you⁺ both [in] one day?”

46And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, why to me [is] life?”

Chapter 28

1And Isaac called to Jacob, and he blessed him, and he commanded him and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

2Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, the father of your mother, and take for yourself from there a wife from the daughters of Laban, the brother of your mother.

3And may El-Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and you shall be an assembly of peoples.

4And may He give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and your seed with you, to inherit the land of your sojourning which God gave to Abraham.”

5And Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

6And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take for himself from there a wife, and as he blessed him, he commanded him, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

7And Jacob listened to his father and to his mother and he went to Paddan-aram.

8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan [were] evil in the eyes of Isaac his father.

9And Esau went to Ishmael, and he took as his wife Mahalath daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham [and] sister of Nebajoth, in addition to the wives unto him.

10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

11And he came to the place and he lodged there because the sun had set, and he took from the stones of the place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place.

12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder [was] set up on the earth, and its top reached to the heavens. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

13And behold, יהוה was standing above it and said, “I [am] יהוה, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying—to you I will give it, and to your seed. → Note

14And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall break forth to the west, and east, and north, and south. And all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your seed.

15And behold, I [am] with you and will keep you in every [place] that you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until that I have done what I have spoken to you.”

16And Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely יהוה is in this place, and I—I did not know [it].”

17And he feared and he said, “How awesome this place is! This [is] none other than the house of God! And this [is] the gate of the heavens!”

18And Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head, and he set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.

19And he called the name of that place Bethel, but Luz was the name of the city at the first.

20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I am going and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

21so that I may return in peace to the house of my father, then יהוה will be my God.

22And this stone that I have set up as a pillar shall be a house of God, and all that You give to me, I will surely tithe it to You.”

Chapter 29

1And Jacob lifted his feet and he went to the land of the sons of the East.

2And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and behold, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it, for from that well they watered the flocks. And the stone [was] great on the mouth of the well.

3And all the flocks would be gathered there, and they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and they would water the sheep, and they would return the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.

4And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, from where [are] you⁺?” And they said, “We [are] from Haran.”

5And he said to them, “Do you⁺ know Laban son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know [him].”

6And he said to them, “[Is it] well with him?” And they said, “[It is] well, and behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.”

7And he said, “Behold, [it is] still broad daylight; [it is] not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep and go pasture them.”

8And they said, “We are not able until that all the flocks are gathered together and they have rolled the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep.”

9He was still speaking with them, and Rachel came with the sheep that belonged to her father, for she was a shepherdess.

10And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, the brother of his mother, and the sheep of Laban, the brother of his mother, that Jacob drew near and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and he watered the sheep of Laban, the brother of his mother.

11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and he lifted up his voice and wept.

12And Jacob told to Rachel that he [was] a brother of her father, and that he [was] a son of Rebekah. And she ran and told it to her father.

13And it came to pass when Laban heard the report about Jacob, the son of his sister, that he ran to meet him, and he embraced him and he kissed him, and he brought him to his house. And he told to Laban all these things.

14And Laban said to him, “Surely my bone and my flesh you [are].” And he dwelt with him a month of days.

15And Laban said to Jacob, “Because you [are] my brother, then should you serve me for nothing? Tell me, what [is] your wage?”

16And Laban had two daughters; the name of the older [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.

17And Leah’s eyes [were] tender, and Rachel was beautiful of form and beautful of appearance.

18And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”

19And Laban said, “[It is] better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Dwell with me.”

20And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were to him a few days, because of his love for her.

21And Jacob said to Laban, “Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”

22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and he made a feast.

23And it came to pass in the evening that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.

24And Laban gave to her Zilpah his maidservant, to Leah his daughter, [as] a maidservant.

25And it came to pass in the morning that behold, it [was] Leah! And he said to Laban, “What [is] this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? And why have you deceived me?”

26And Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give to you also this one for the service that you will serve with me—yet another seven years.”

28And Jacob did so, and he fulfilled the week of this one; and he gave to him Rachel his daughter, to him, for a wife.

29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maidservant, to her as a maidservant.

30And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel also, more than Leah, and he served with him yet another seven years.

31And יהוה saw that Leah [was] hated, and He opened her womb, and Rachel [was] barren.

32And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Surely יהוה has looked on my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

33And she conceived again and bore a son and she said, “Surely יהוה has heard that I [am] hated, and He has given to me also this one.” And she called his name Simeon.

34And she conceived again and bore a son and she said, “Now this time my husband will join himself to me, because I have borne to him three sons.” Upon thus his name was called Levi.

35And she conceived again and bore a son and she said, “This time I will praise יהוה.” Upon thus she called his name Judah. And she stopped bearing.

Chapter 30

1And Rachel saw that she was not bearing [children] to Jacob, and Rachel was envious of her sister and she said to Jacob, “Give to me sons, and if not, I will die.”

2And the anger of Jacob burned against Rachel, and he said, “[Am] I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

3And she said, “Behold, my maidservant Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear [children] on my knees, and I also shall be built up from her.”

4And she gave to him Bilhah her maidservant for a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

5And Bilhah conceived, and bore to Jacob a son.

6And Rachel said, “God has judged me, and He has also heard my voice, and has given to me a son.” Upon thus she called his name Dan.

7And Bilhah, the maidservant of Rachel, conceived again, and bore a second son to Jacob.

8And Rachel said, “With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” And she called his name Naphtali.

9And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her maidservant, and gave her to Jacob for a wife.

10And Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah, bore to Jacob a son.

11And Leah said, “How fortunate!” And she called his name Gad.

12And Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah, bore a second son to Jacob.

13And Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me happy.” And she called his name Asher.

14And Reuben went in the days of the harvest of wheat, and he found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, “Please give to me [some] of the mandrakes of your son.”

15And she said to her, “Is [it] a small [matter] your taking my husband, that you would also take the mandrakes of my son?” And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for the mandrakes of your son.”

16And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and she said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with the mandrakes of my son.” And he lay with her that night.

17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and she bore to Jacob a fifth son.

18And Leah said, “God has given me my reward, because I have given my maidservant to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar.

19And Leah conceived again, and she bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20And Leah said, “God has endowed me—me—[with a] good endowment; this time my husband will honor me, for I have borne to him six sons.” And she called his name Zebulun.

21And afterward she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.

22And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and He opened her womb.

23And she conceived, and she bore a son and she said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

24And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May יהוה add to me another son.”

25And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.

26Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and I will go. For you—you know my service which I have served you.”

27And Laban said to him, “Please [stay], if I have found favor in your eyes. I have learned by divination that יהוה has blessed me for your sake.”

28And he said, “Specify your wage to me, and I will give [it].”

29And he said to him, “You—you know how I have served you, and how your livestock has been with me.

30For little [was] what you had before me, and it has burst forth into a multitude, and יהוה has blessed you at my foot. And now, when shall I provide also for my own house?”

31And he said, “What shall I give to you?” And Jacob said, “You shall not give to me anything. If you will do for me this thing, I will turn back; I will pasture your flock, I will keep [it].

32I will pass through all your flock today; remove from there every one speckled and spotted, and every brown one among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. And [these] shall be my wage.

33And my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when you come upon my wage before your face—every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs—it was stolen if it is with me.”

34And Laban said, “Behold—oh that it were according to your word.”

35And that day he removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and he gave [them] into the hand of his sons.

36And he put a journey of three days between himself and between Jacob, and Jacob was pasturing the flock of Laban, the remaining ones.

37And Jacob took for himself rods of fresh poplar and of almond and plane tree, and he peeled in them white stripes exposing the white that [was] in the rods.

38And he set the rods that he had peeled in the channels, in the watering troughs, where the flock came to drink—before the flock—and they conceived when they came to drink.

39And the flock conceived before the rods, and the flock brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted ones.

40And Jacob separated the lambs, and he set the face [of] the flock toward the striped, and all the brown in the flock of Laban. And he set for himself flocks by themselves, and he did not set them with the flock of Laban.

41And it came to pass whenever the strong of the flock conceived, that Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the flock in the channels, that they might conceive in front of the ro ds.

42And the flock [that] were feeble, he did not put [them] in. So the feeble ones were to Laban, and the strong ones to Jacob.

43And the man burst forth greatly, greatly, and he had to him many flocks, and maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

Chapter 31

1And [Jacob] heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken away everything that belonged to our father, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth.”

2And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and behold, it [was] not with him as yesterday and the day before yesterday.

3And יהוה said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

4And Jacob sent and called for Rachel and for Leah to the field, to his flock,

5and he said to them, “I can see the face of your⁺ father, that it [is] not toward me as yesterday and the day before yesterday; and the God of my father has been with me.

6And you⁺ know that with all my strength I have served your⁺ father.

7And your⁺ father has deceived me, and has changed my wage ten times; and God did not allow him to do evil with me.

8If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wage,’ then all the flock bore speckled. And if he said thus: ‘The striped shall be your wage,’ then all the flock bore stripes.

9And God has snatched away the livestock of your⁺ father and gave [them] to me.

10And it came to pass at the time the flock was conceiving, that I lifted my eyes and saw in the dream, and behold, the male goats going up on the flock [were] striped, speckled, and spotted.

11And the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ And I said, ‘Behold, [it is] I.’

12And He said, ‘Lift up now your eyes and see, all the he-goats going up on the flock [are] striped, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

13I [am] the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed to Me a vow. Now arise, go out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”

14And Rachel and Leah answered and they said to him, “Is there still for us a portion and an inheritance in the house of our father?

15Are we not considered by him strangers, for he has sold us and he has indeed eaten our silver.

16For all the riches that God has snatched away from our father are ours and our children’s. And now, all that God has said to you—do.”

17And Jacob rose and lifted his sons and his wives on the camels,

18and he drove all his livestock, and all his possessions that he had gotten, the livestock of his acquiring that he had gotten in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father, in the land of Canaan.

19And Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the teraphim that belonged to her father.

20And Jacob stole the heart of Laban the Aramaean, by not telling him that he was fleeing.

21And he fled—he and all that [was] unto him—and He rose and he passed over the River and set his face [toward] the hill country of Gilead. → Note

22And it was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.

23And he took his brothers with him, and pursued after him a journey of seven days, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

24And God came to Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night and said to him, “Guard yourself, lest you speak to Jacob from good to evil.”

25And Laban overtook Jacob. And Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban pitched [his tent] with his brothers in the hill country of Gilead.

26And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? And you have stolen my heart, and you have driven my daughters like captives of the sword!

27Why have you fled secretly and stolen from me and not told me? And I would have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourines and with harps?

28And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters! Now you have acted foolishly in doing [this].

29It is in the power of my hand to do with you⁺ evil; but the God of your⁺ father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Guard yourself from speaking with Jacob from good to evil.’

30And you have surely gone away because you have surely longed for the house of your father. Why did you steal my gods?”

31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said: Lest you take by force your daughters from me.

32With whomever you find your gods, he shall not live; before our brothers discern what of yours [is] with me, and take [it] with you.” And Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

33And Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two maidservants, and he did not find [anything]. And he went out of the tent of Leah and entered into the tent of Rachel.

34And Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat on them. And Laban felt all about the tent, and he did not find [them].

35And she said to her father, “Do not let it burn in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise before you, for the way of women [is] with me.” And he searched and he did not find the teraphim.

36And Jacob's anger burned, and he strove with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, “What [is] my trespass? What [is] my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?

37For you have felt about all my things, what have you found of all the things of your house? Set [it] here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between the two of us.

38These twenty years I [have been] with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flock I have not eaten.

39That which was torn I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. From my hand you required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.

40[There] I was: In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost in the night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

41This [is] my twentieth year in your house. I served you four [and] ten years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wage ten times.

42Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen, my affliction and the toil of my hands and He judged last night.”

43And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “[These] daughters [are] my daughters, and [these] sons [are] my sons, and the flock [is] my flock, and all that you see is mine. And for my daughters, what can I do to these today, or to their sons whom they have borne?

44And now, come, let us cut a covenant, I and you; and let it be a witness between me and between you.”

45And Jacob took a stone and raised it up [as] a pillar.

46And Jacob said to his brothers, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.

47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

48And Laban said, “This [is] the heap—a witness between me and between you today.” Upon thus he called its name Galeed,

49and Mizpah, because he said, “May יהוה watch between me and between you when we are hidden one from another.

50If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, [although] no man [is] with us, see [that] God [is] witness between me and between you.”

51And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold, this [is] the heap, and behold, the pillar that I have placed between me and between you.

52This heap [is] a witness, and the pillar [is] a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for evil.

53The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

54And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on the mountain, and he called his brothers to eat bread, and they ate bread and spent the night on the mountain.

55And Laban rose early in the morning and kissed his sons and his daughters, and he blessed them. And Laban departed and returned to his place.

Chapter 32

1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2And Jacob said when he saw them, “This [is] the camp of God.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

4And he commanded them, saying, “Thus you⁺ shall say to my lord, to Esau, thus says your servant Jacob: ‘With Laban I have sojourned and I have delayed until now.

5And I have oxen and donkeys, flock, and menservants and maidservants. And I have sent to declare to my lord, to find favor in your eyes.’”

6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother, to Esau, and he is also coming to meet you, and four hundred men [are] with him.”

7And Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people who [were] with him, and the flock and the cattle and the camels, into two camps,

8and he said, “If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the remaining camp shall be for an escape.”

9And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, יהוה, the One saying to me, ‘Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will do good with you,’

10I am not worthy of all the kindnesses and of all the faithfulness that You have done for Your servant. For with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

11Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me—mother with sons.

12And You said, ‘I will surely do good with you and I will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be counted for multitude.’”

13And he lodged there that night, and he took from what is coming into his hand as a gift for Esau his brother:

14Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams.

15And thirty nursing camels and their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.

16And he gave [them] into the hand of his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, “Pass over before me and put some distance between herd and between herd.”

17And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom [are] you? And where are you going? And to whom [are] these before you?’

18Then you shall say, ‘To your servant Jacob; it [is] a gift, sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he [is] also behind us.’”

19And he commanded also the second one, also the third one, also all those going after the herds, saying, “In this manner you⁺ shall speak to Esau when you⁺ find him.

20And you⁺ shall say also, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob [is] behind us.’” For he said, “I will cover his face with the gift that goes before my face, and after that I will see his face; perhaps he will lift up my face.”

21And the gift passed over before his face, and he lodged that night in the camp.

22And he rose that night and he took his two wives and his two maidservants and his one [and] ten sons, and he passed over the ford of Jabbok.

23And he took them and caused them to pass over the stream, and he caused to pass over what belonged to him.

24And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the dawn.

25And he saw that he did not prevail against him, and he touched the socket of his hip, and the socket of the hip of Jacob was out of joint as he wrestled with him.

26And he said, “Send me away, for the dawn has broken.” And he said, “I will not send you away, unless you bless me.”

27And he said to him, “What [is] your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

28And he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men, and you have prevailed.” → Note

29And Jacob asked and said, “Tell [me], please, Your name.” And he said, “Why do you ask this about My name?” And he blessed him there.

30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been delivered.” → Note

31And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penuel, and he was limping on his hip.

32Upon thus the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew tendon which is on the socket of the hip to this day, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the sinew tendon.

Chapter 33

1And Jacob lifted up his eyes and he saw, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two maidservants.

2And he put the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind [them], and Rachel and Joseph behind [them].

3And he himself passed over before them and he bowed himself to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and he fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

5And he lifted up his eyes and he saw the women and the children and he said, “Who [are] these with you?” And he said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

6And the maidservants came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

7And Leah also came near, and her children, and they bowed themselves. And afterward Joseph came near, and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

8And he said, “What [is] all this camp to you, that I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

9And Esau said, “I have much, my brother. Let it be to you what is yours.”

10And Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your eyes, then you shall take my gift from my hand, for upon thus I have seen your face which is like seeing the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

11Please, take, my blessing that is brought to you, because God has been gracious to me, and because I have all.” And he urged him, and he took [it].

12And he said, “Let us journey and go on, and I will go before you.”

13And he said to him, “My lord knows that the children [are] tender, and the flock and the cattle with me are nursing; and if they are driven hard one day, then all the flock will die.

14Please, let my lord go on before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the work that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until that I come to my lord in Seir.”

15And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you [some] of the people who [are] with me.” And he said, “Why this? Let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

16And Esau turned back that day on his way to Seir.

17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built for himself a house, and for his livestock he made booths. Upon thus he called the name of the place Succoth.

18And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram. And he pitched his tent before the city.

19And he bought the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent from the hand [of the] sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah.

20And he erected there an altar, and he called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Chapter 34

1And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

2And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her and lay with her and violated her.

3And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke to the heart of the young woman.

4And Shechem spoke to Hamor his father, saying, “Get for me this young woman for a wife.”

5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field, and Jacob was silent until they came in.

6And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.

7And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard; and the men were grieved, and it burned to them exceedingly because he has done an outrage in Israel—to lie with the daughter of Jacob; and such ought not to be done.

8And Hamor spoke with them, saying, “Shechem my son—his soul longs for your⁺ daughter. Please, give her to him for a wife.

9And make marriages with us; your⁺ daughters you⁺ shall give to us, and our daughters you⁺ shall take for yourselves.

10And with us you⁺ shall dwell, and the land shall be before you⁺. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”

11And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your⁺ eyes, and whatever you⁺ say to me, I will give.

12Increase on me very much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you⁺ say to me. And give to me the young woman as a wife.”

13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and they spoke because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

14and they said to them, “We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin, for that [is] a reproach to us.

15Only on this condition we will consent to you⁺; if you⁺ will become as we [are]—[that] every male among you⁺ be circumcised.

16And we will give our daughters to you⁺, and your⁺ daughters we will take for us. And we will dwell with you⁺, and we will become one people.

17But if you⁺ will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will go.”

18And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, son of Hamor.

19And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter; and He [was] more honorable than all the house of his father. → Note

20And Hamor came—and Shechem his son—to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of their city, saying,

21“These men, they [are] at peace with us; so let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for, behold, the land [is] broad of hands before them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give our daughters to them.

22Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people: If every male among us be circumcised as they [are] circumcised.

23Their livestock and their property and every animal of theirs, will they not [be] ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

24And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, and they came upon the city boldly and they killed every male.

26And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the mouth of the sword, and they took Dinah from the house of Shechem and they went out.

27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and they plundered the city because they had defiled their sister:

28Their flock and their cattle and their donkeys, and what [was] in the city and what [was] in the field, they took.

29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their women they took captive, and they plundered all that [was] in the house.

30And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, “You⁺ have troubled me, to make me stink among those dwelling in the land, among the Canaanite and among the Perizzite; and I [am] few in number, and they will gather themselves against me and strike me, then I shall be destroyed, I and my house.”

31And they said, “Shall he make our sister like a prostitute?”

Chapter 35

1And God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there, and make there an altar to God who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

2And Jacob said to his house and to all who [were] with him, “Remove the foreign gods that [are] in your⁺ midst, and purify yourselves, and change your⁺ garments.

3And let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me in the way that I have gone.”

4And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that [were] in their hands, and the rings that [were] in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak that [was] by Shechem.

5And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] all around them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

6And Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan—that [is], Bethel—he and all the people who [were] with him.

7And he built there an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

8And Deborah, nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak, and he called its name Allon-bachuth.

9And God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.

10And God said to him, “Your name [is] Jacob; your name shall [no] longer be called Jacob, but rather Israel shall be your name.” And He called his name Israel.

11And God said to him, “I [am] El-Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of nations shall be from you, and kings will come from your loins.

12And the land that I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I give to you. And to your seed after you I will give the land.”

13And God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.

14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him—a pillar of stone. And he poured on it a drink offering, and he poured on it oil.

15And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16And they journeyed from Bethel, and there was still some distance of land to go to Ephrathah, and Rachel gave birth, and she had great difficulty in giving birth.

17And it came to pass, when she having difficulty in giving birth, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for also this [is] a son for you.”

18And it came to pass, as her soul was departing—for she died—that she called his name Ben-oni. And his father called him Benjamin.

19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrathah, that [is], Bethlehem.

20And Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that [is] the pillar of the grave of Rachel to this day.

21And Israel journeyed, and he pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

22And it came to pass while Israel was dwelling in the land, that Reuben went in and lay with Bilhah, concubine of his father, and Israel heard [of it]. And the sons of Jacob were two [and] ten:

23The sons of Leah: Reuben, firstborn of Jacob and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

24the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

25and the sons of Bilhah, maidservant of Rachel: Dan and Naphtali;

26and the sons of Zilpah, maidservant of Leah: Gad and Asher. These [are] the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that [is], Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned there.

28And the days of Isaac were a hundred years and eighty years.

29And Isaac expired and he died, and he was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

Chapter 36

1And these [are] the generations of Esau (he [is] Edom).

2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

3and Basemath, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth.

4And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz, and Basemath bore Reuel,

5and Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These [were] the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his animals, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went to a land away from the face of Jacob his brother.

7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to support them because of their cattle.

8And Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

9And these [are] the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in the hill country of Seir.

10These [are] the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz, son of Adah, wife of Esau, and Reuel, son of Basemath, wife of Esau.

11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

12And Timna was a concubine to Eliphaz, son of Esau; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These [are] the sons of Adah, wife of Esau.

13And these [are] the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.

14And these were the sons of Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

15These [are] the chiefs of the sons of Esau: The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau—Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,

16Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, [and] Chief Amalek. These [were] the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these [were] the sons of Adah.

17And these [are] the sons of Reuel, son of Esau: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These [are] the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these [were] the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.

18And these [are] the sons of Oholibamah, wife of Esau: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. These [are] the chiefs from Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, wife of Esau.

19These [are] the sons of Esau (he [is] Edom), and these [were] their chiefs.

20These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who were inhabiting the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

21and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. These [are] the chiefs of the Horite, sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

22And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and a sister of Lotan [was] Timna.

23And these [are] the sons of Shobal: Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

24And these [are] the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. He [was] the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of Zibeon his father. → Note

25And these [are] the sons of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.

26And these [are] the sons of Dishan: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

27These [are] the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.

28These [are] the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

29These [are] the chiefs of the Horite: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah,

30Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These [are] the chiefs of the Horite according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

31And these [are] the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the sons of Israel:

32And Bela, son of Beor, reigned in Edom, and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah.

33And Bela died, and Jobab, son of Zerah, from Bozrah, reigned in his place.

34And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanite reigned in his place.

35And Husham died, and in his place reigned Hadad, son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab. And the name of his city [was] Avith.

36And Hadad died, and Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

37And Samlah died, and Saul from Rehoboth [by] the River reigned in his place.

38And Saul died, [and] Baal-hanan, son of Achbor, reigned in his place.

39[And] Baal-hanan, son of Achbor, died, and Hadad reigned in his place. And the name of his city [was] Pau, and the name of his wife [was] Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab.

40And these [are] the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans according to their places, by their names: Chief Timna, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth,

41Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,

42Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,

43Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These [are] the chiefs of Edom according to their settlements in the land of their possession. He [is] Esau, the father of Edom.

Chapter 37

1And Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father, in the land of Canaan.

2These [are] the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seven [and] ten years, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, and the boy was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, wives of his father. And Joseph brought an evil report of them to his father. → Note

3And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he [was] the son of his old age, and he made him a long sleeved tunic. → Note

4And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him and were not able speak to him peaceably.

5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] to his brothers. And they continued hating him. Even more

6and he said to them, “Hear, please, this dream that I have dreamed,

7and behold, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your⁺ sheaves gathered around and bowed themselves to my sheaf.”

8And his brothers said to him, “Will you surely reign … over us? Or Will you surely rule … over us?” And they continued hating him even more for his dreams and for his words.

9And he dreamed yet another dream, and he told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and one and ten stars were bowing themselves to me.”

10And he told [it] to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, “What [is] this dream that you have dreamed? Will we surely come—I and your mother and your brothers—to bow down before you to the earth?”

11And his brothers envied him, and his father kept the matter [in mind].

12And his brothers went to shepherd the flock of their father in Shechem.

13And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers shepherding in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Behold, [it is] I.”

14And he said to him, “Go, please, and see the welfare of your brothers, and the welfare of the flock, and bring back to me word.” And he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.

15And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, “What [are] you seeking?”

16And he said, “I am seeking my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are shepherding.”

17And the man said, “They have journeyed from this [place]. For I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” And Joseph went after his brothers and he found them in Dothan.

18And they saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

19And they said each man to his brother, “Behold, this master of dreams is coming!

20And now come and let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say an evil beast has devoured him. And we will see what will become of his dreams.”

21And Reuben heard, and he delivered him out of their hand and said, “Let us not take his life.”

22Reuben said to them, “Do not shed blood; cast him into this pit, which [is] in the wilderness. And do not stretch out a hand against him,”—that he might deliver him out of their hand to return him to his father.

23And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brothers that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the long sleeved tunic that [was] on him,

24and they took him and cast him into the pit. And the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.

25And they sat down to eat bread. And they lifted their eyes and they saw, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, and their camels were bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to bring [them] down to Egypt.

26And Judah said to his brothers, “What profit [is it] if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let our hand not be upon him, for he [is] our brother, our flesh.” And his brothers listened.

28And men passed by, Midianite traders; and they pulled up and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty [shekels] of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.

29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit. And he tore his clothes,

30and he returned to his brothers and said, “The boy [is] not! And I, where am I going?”

31And they took the tunic of Joseph and they slaughtered a kid of the goats and they dipped the tunic in the blood.

32And they sent the long sleeved tunic, and they brought [it] to their father and said, “We have found this. Please recognize, [is] it the tunic of your son or not.”

33And he recognized it and said, “My son's tunic! An evil beast has devoured him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

34And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his waist, and he mourned for his son many days.

35And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, and he refused to be comforted. And he said, “For I shall go down to my son mourning, to Sheol.” And his father wept for him.

36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh [and] captain of the guards.

Chapter 38

1And it came to pass at that time that Judah went down from his brothers, and settled to a man, an Adullamite, and his name [was] Hirah.

2And Judah saw there a daughter of a man, a Canaanite, and his name [was] Shua. And he took her and went in to her.

3And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

4And she conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.

5And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. And he was at Chezib when she bore him.

6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name [was] Tamar.

7And Er, firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of יהוה; and יהוה killed him.

8And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to the wife of your brother and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her and raise up seed for your brother.”

9And Onan knew that the seed would not belong to him. And it came to pass, when he went in to the wife of his brother, that he destroyed it on the earth, so that he would not give seed to his brother.

10And what he did was evil in the eyes of יהוה, and He killed him also.

11And Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in the house of your father until Shelah my son is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt in the house of her father.

12And the days multiplied, and Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah was comforted, and he went up to the shearers of his sheep, he and Hirah his friend, the Adullamite, at Timnah.

13And it was told to Tamar, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

14And she took off the garments of her widowhood from her, and covered [herself] with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Enaim which [is] on the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah had grown, and she was not given to him for a wife. → Note

15And Judah saw her, and he thought her for a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

16And he turned aside to her by the way and said, “Come now, please, let me come in to you.” For he did not know that she [was] his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give to me that you may come in to me?”

17And he said, “I—I will send a kid of the goats from the flock.” And she said, “Only if you will give [me] a pledge until you send it.”

18And he said, “What [is] the pledge that I shall give to you?” And she said, “Your seal, and your cord, and your staff that [is] in your hand.” And he gave [them] to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

19And she arose, and went away, and she took off her veil from her, and she put on the garments of her widowhood.

20And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he did not find her.

21And he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the temple prostitute—she [was] in Enaim by the way?” And they said, “There has not been a temple prostitute in this [place].”

22And he returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her, and the men of the place said, ‘There has been no temple prostitute in this [place].’”

23And Judah said, “Let her take [them] for herself, lest we become despised. Behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.”

24And it came to pass about three months [later], that it was told to Judah, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the prostitute, and also behold, she [is] pregnant by prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned.”

25She [was] being brought out, and she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these belong, I [am] pregnant.” And she said, “Recognize, please, to whom [are] these—the signet and the cords and the staff.”

26And Judah recognized [them] and said, “She is more righteous than I, for upon thus I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he did not continue to know her anymore.

27And it came to pass at the time of her giving birth that behold, twins [were] in her womb.

28And it came to pass when she was giving birth, that one put out a hand, and the midwife took [it] and tied on his hand a scarlet [thread], saying, “This one came out first.”

29And it came to pass, as he was drawing back his hand, that behold, his brother came out. And she said, “How you have burst forth—for yourself, a breach!” And he called his name Perez.

30And afterward his brother came out, who had on his hand the scarlet [thread], and his name was called Zerah.

Chapter 39

1And Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guards, an Egyptian man, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.

2And יהוה was with Joseph, and he was a successful man, and he was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.

3And his lord saw that יהוה [was] with him, and all that he was doing, יהוה was making successful in his hand.

4And Joseph found favor in his eyes and he served him. And he appointed him over his house, and all [that] he had to him, he put in his hand.

5And it came to pass from the time he had appointed him over his house and over all that he had, that יהוה blessed the house of the Egyptian on account of Joseph. And the blessing of יהוה was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

6And he left all that [was] unto him in the hand of Joseph and he did not know with him anything except for the bread that he was eating. And Joseph was handsome in form and handsome in appearance.

7And it came to pass after these things that the wife of his lord lifted up her eyes to Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

8And he refused, and said to the wife of his lord, “Behold, my lord has not known with me what [is] in the house, and all that he had he has put in my hand.

9[There is] no one greater in this house than I, and he has not withheld from me anything except you, because you [are] his wife. And how can I do this great evil and sin against God?”

10And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie beside her, to be with her.

11And it came to pass on such a day that he went into the house to do his work, and not a man of the men of the house [was] there in the house.

12And she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand, and he fled, and he went outside.

13And it came to pass when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and he fled outside,

14that she called to the men of her house and she said to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a man, a Hebrew, to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, and I cried out in a loud voice.

15And it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment beside me and he fled, and he went outside.”

16And she kept his garment beside her until his lord came to his house.

17And she spoke to him with these words, saying, “The Hebrew, the servant whom you brought to us, came to me to mock me.

18And it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment beside me and he fled outside.”

19And it came to pass when his lord heard the words of his wife that she spoke to him, saying, “According to these words your servant did to me,” that his anger burned.

20And the lord of Joseph took him and put him into the prison house, a place where the prisoners of the king [were] confined. And he was there in the prison. House

21and יהוה was with Joseph and extended kindness to him and He gave him favor in the eyes of the captain of the prison house.

22And the captain of the prison house gave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who [were] in the prison house. And all that they were doing there, he was the one doing.

23The captain of the prison house was not looking at anything at all in his hand, because יהוה was with him. And what he was doing, יהוה was making successful.

Chapter 40

1And it came to pass after these things that the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the baker sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt.

2And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, with the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.

3And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guards, in the prison house, the place where Joseph [was] confined.

4And the captain of the guards appointed Joseph to them, and he served them, and they were days in custody.

5And they dreamed a dream, the two of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream—the cupbearer and the baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who [were] confined in the prison. House

6and Joseph came to them in the morning and he saw them, and behold, they were troubled.

7And he asked the officers of Pharaoh who [were] with him in custody [in] the house of his lord, saying, “Why are your⁺ faces evil today?”

8And they said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell [them], please, to me.”

9And the chief of the cupbearers told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream, and behold, a vine [was] before me.

10And in the vine [were] three branches. And it [was] as though it budded, its blossoms came up, [and] its clusters ripened grapes.

11And the cup of Pharaoh [was] in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I put the cup in the hand of Pharaoh.”

12And Joseph said to him, “This [is] its interpretation: The three branches, they are three days.

13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put the cup of Pharaoh into his hand according to the former manner, when you were his cupbearer.

14But only that you remember me when it is well with you, and please, do kindness with me and make mention of me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house.

15For I was surely stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and also here I have not done anything that they should put me in the pit.”

16And the chief of the bakers saw that he interpreted well, and he said to Joseph, “I [was] also in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread [were] on my head.

17And in the uppermost basket [were] all [kinds of] food, for Pharaoh, the work of a baker; and the birds were eating them out of the basket from upon my head.”

18And Joseph answered and said, “This [is] its interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

19Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from upon you and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat your flesh from upon you.”

20And it came to pass on the third day, the day of Pharaoh's birth, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers in the midst of his servants.

21And he restored the chief of the cupbearers to his cupbearership, and he put the cup in the hand of Pharaoh.

22And the chief of the bakers he hanged, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23And the chief of the cupbearers did not remember Joseph, and he forgot him.

Chapter 41

1And it came to pass at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was standing by the River.

2And behold, out of the River came up seven cows, beautiful of appearance and fat of flesh, and they grazed among the reeds.

3And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the River, ugly of appearance and thin of flesh, and they stood beside the cows on the edge of the River.

4And the cows [that were] ugly of appearance and thin of flesh ate the seven cows beautiful of appearance and fat. And Pharaoh awoke.

5And he slept and dreamed a second [time], and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, fat and good.

6And behold, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, were sprouting after them.

7And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven heads fat and full. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, [it was] a dream.

8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, and [there was] no one interpreting them to Pharaoh.

9And the chief of the cupbearers spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “My sin I am remembering this day;

10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guards—me and the chief of the bakers.

11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; each man according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.

12And there [was] with us a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards. And we told to him, and he interpreted for us our dreams; each man according to his dream he interpreted.

13And it came to pass as he interpreted to us—so it came to pass. Me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.”

14And Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they hurried him from the pit. And he shaved and changed his clothing, and he came to Pharaoh.

15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no one interpreting it. And I have heard it said of you [that] you hear a dream to interpret it.”

16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “[It is] not in me; God will answer Pharaoh with peace.”

17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the edge of the River,

18and behold, out of the River came up seven cows fat of flesh and beautiful of appearance, and they grazed among the reeds.

19And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly of appearance and thin of flesh. Never have I seen such as these in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

20And the thin and ugly cows ate the first seven fat cows.

21And they went into their bellies, and no one would have known that they had gone into their bellies, and they [were] as ugly as at the beginning. And I awoke.

22And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good,

23and behold, seven heads of grain withered, thin, [and] scorched by the east wind, were sprouting after them.

24And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads of grain. And I told [this] to the magicians, and [there was] no one who interpreted [it] for me.”

25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God [is] about to do He has declared to Pharaoh.

26The seven good cows—they are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain—they are seven years. The dream is one.

27And the seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them—they are seven years; and the seven empty the heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

28This [is] the word that I have spoken to Pharaoh. What God [is] about to do He has shown Pharaoh.

29Behold, seven years are coming—great abundance in all the land of Egypt,

30and seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will consume the land.

31And the abundance will not be known in the land because of that famine after thus; for it [is] very severe.

32And as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice—it is because the thing [is] established by God, and God is hastening to do it.

33And now, let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

34Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers over the land and let him take a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.

35And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh—food in the cities—and guard it

36and the food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine that shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not be cut off by the famine.”

37And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

38And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man [such] as this, in whom [is] the Spirit of God?”

39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made known to you all this, [there is] no one as discerning and wise as you.

40You shall be over my house, and according to your mouth all my people will kiss. Only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

42And Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on the hand of Joseph, and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the chain of gold around his neck.

43And he had him ride in the second chariot that [was] his, and they called out before him, “Abrek!” And he set him over all the land of Egypt.

44And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I [am] Pharaoh, and apart from you, no man may lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”

45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave to him Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, for a wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

46And Joseph [was] a son of thirty years when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and he passed through all the land of Egypt.

47And the land made as handfuls in the seven years of abundance.

48And he gathered all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and he placed the food in the cities. The food of the fields of the city that surrounded them, he placed in its midst.

49And Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he stopped counting, for [it was] without number.

50And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.

51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For God has made me forget all my toil and all the house of my father.”

52And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53And the seven years of abundance, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

54And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all the lands, and in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55And all the land of Egypt hungered. And the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all Egypt, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you⁺, do.”

56And the famine was over all the face of the land, and Joseph opened all that was in them and sold to the Egyptians, and the famine was strong in the land of Egypt.

57And all the earth came to Egypt to buy, to Joseph, because the famine was strong in all the earth.

Chapter 42

1And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you⁺ look at one another?”

2And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, and we shall live and not die.”

3And ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4And Jacob did not send Benjamin, brother of Joseph, with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm befall him.”

5And the sons of Israel came to buy in the midst the ones coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6And Joseph—he was the ruler over the land; he was the one selling to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came, and they bowed themselves before him, noses to the earth.

7And Joseph saw his brothers and he recognized them, and he made himself strange to them, and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, “From where have you⁺ come?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

8And Joseph recognized his brothers, and they did not recognize him.

9And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You⁺ [are] spies! You⁺ have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

10And they said to him, “No, my lord, and your servants have come to buy food.

11We [are] all sons of one man. We [are] honest; your servants are not spies.”

12And he said to them, “No! But rather, you⁺ have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

13And they said, “Two [and] ten [are] your servants, we [are] brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan. And behold, the youngest [is] with our father today, and the one [is] no more.”

14And Joseph said to them, “It [is] that which I spoke to you⁺, saying, You⁺ [are] spies!

15By this you⁺ shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you⁺ shall not go forth from this, except if your youngest brother comes here.

16Send one of you⁺ and let him bring your⁺ brother, and you⁺ shall be confined, and your⁺ words shall be tested, whether truth [is] with you⁺. And if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you⁺ [are] spies.”

17And he put them all together in custody three days.

18And Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and you will live; I fear God:

19If you⁺ [are] honest, let one of your⁺ brothers be confined in the house of your⁺ custody, and you⁺ go and carry grain for the famine of your⁺ houses.

20And you⁺ shall bring your⁺ youngest brother to me, and your⁺ words will be verified, and you⁺ shall not die.” And they did so.

21And they said each man to his brother, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we did not listen. Upon thus, this distress has come upon us.”

22And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you⁺, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’? and you⁺ did not listen! And also, his blood, behold, it is required.”

23And they did not know that Joseph was listening, for the interpreter was between them.

24And he turned himself away from them and wept, and he returned to them and spoke to them, and he took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes.

25And Joseph commanded, and they filled their vessels with grain, and to return their silver, each man to his sack, and to give to them provisions for the journey. And he did so. For them

26and they lifted the grain upon their donkeys and departed from there.

27And the one opened his sack to give feed to his donkey at the lodging place, and he saw his silver, and behold, it [was] in the mouth of his bag.

28And he said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned, and also, behold, it is in my bag.” And their hearts went out, and they trembled, saying each man to his brother, “What [is] this God has done to us?”

29And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and they told him all that had happened to them, saying,

30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke to us harshly and treated us as spies of the land.

31And we said to him, ‘We [are] honest; we are not spies.

32We [are] two [and] ten brothers, sons of our father. The one [is] no more, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’

33And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you⁺ [are] honest: Your⁺ one brother leave with me, and take [food] [for] the famine of your⁺ houses and go.

34And bring your⁺ youngest brother to me, and I shall know that you⁺ [are] not spies, but [that] you⁺ [are] honest. Your⁺ brother I will give to you⁺, and you⁺ may trade in the land.’”

35And it came to pass, they were empyting their sacks, and behold, each man’s bundle of his silver [was] in his sack; and they saw their bundles of silver, they and their father, and they were afraid.

36And Jacob their father said to them, “You⁺ have bereaved me. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and Benjamin you⁺ will take. All these things are against me!”

37And Reuben said to his father, saying, “My two sons you will put to death, if I do not bring him [back] to you! Put him in my hand, and I will return him to you.”

38And he said, “My son shall not go down with you⁺, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. And if harm should befall him in the way in which you⁺ go, then you⁺ would bring down my gray hair in sorrow to Sheol.”

Chapter 43

1And the famine [was] severe in the land.

2And it came to pass when they had finished eating the grain that they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Return, buy for us a little food.”

3And Judah said to him, saying, “The man surely warned us, saying, ‘You⁺ shall not see my face unless your⁺ brother [is] with you⁺.’

4If you send our brother with us, we will go down and we will buy for you food.

5But if you are not sending [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You⁺ shall not see my face unless your⁺ brother [is] with you⁺.’”

6And Israel said, “Why have you⁺ done evil to me, to tell the man you had yet to you⁺ a brother?”

7And they said, “The man surely asked about us and about our family, saying, ‘[Is] your⁺ father still alive? Is there unto you⁺ a brother?’ And we told him, according to the mouth, these words. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring down your⁺ brother’?”

8And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and let us arise and let us go and we will live and not die, both we and you [and] also our little ones.

9I myself will guarantee him; from my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him [back] to you and set him before you, then I shall bear the blame to you all the days.

10For if we had not lingered, surely now we would have returned these two times.”

11And Israel their father said to them, “If so, then do this: Take from the best products of the land in your⁺ vessels, and carry down to the man [as] a gift—a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

12And double the silver take in your⁺ hand, and the silver that was returned in the mouth of your⁺ bags you⁺ shall return in your⁺ hand. Perhaps it [was] a mistake.

13And take your⁺ brother and arise; return to the man.

14And may El-Shaddai give to you⁺ mercy before the man, and may he release to you⁺ your⁺ other brother and Benjamin! And I—if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

15And the men took this gift, and double the silver they took in their hand, and Benjamin. And they arose and went down to Egypt, and they stood before Joseph.

16And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and he said to the one over his house, “Bring the men to the house, and slaughter an animal and prepare [it], for the men will eat with me at noon.”

17And the man did as Joseph had said, and the man brought the men into the house of Joseph.

18And the men were afraid because they were brought into the house of Joseph. And they said, “[It is] because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time that we are being brought in, to roll himself upon us, and to fall upon us, and to take us for servants, and our donkeys.”

19And they drew near to the man who was over the house of Joseph, and they spoke to him at the door of the house

20and they said, “Please, my lord, we surely came down the first time to buy food.

21And it came to pass when we came to the lodging place and we opened our bags, and behold, the silver [of each] man was in the mouth of his bag—our silver in its weight—and we have brought it back in our hands.

22And other silver we have brought down in our hand to buy food; we do not know who put our silver in our bags.”

23And he said, “Peace to you⁺. Do not fear; your⁺ God and the God of your⁺ father has given to you⁺ hidden treasure in your⁺ bags; your⁺ silver came to me.” And he brought out to them. Simeon

24and the man brought the men into the house of Joseph, and he gave water, and they washed their feet. And he gave feed to their donkeys.

25And they prepared the gift for the coming of Joseph at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there.

26And Joseph came into the house, and they brought to him the gift that [was] in their hand into the house, and they bowed themselves before him to the earth.

27And he asked them about their wellbeing, and he said, “Is your⁺ father well, the old man of whom you⁺ spoke? [Is] he still alive?”

28And they said, “[It is] well for your servant; for our father, he [is] still alive.” And they bowed down and worshiped. → Note

29And he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, son of his mother, and he said, “Is this your⁺ youngest brother, of whom you⁺ spoke to me?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son!”

30And Joseph hurried, for his compassions yearned for his brother, and he sought to weep, and he went into the chamber and wept there.

31And he washed his face and went out, and he restrained himself and said, “Set the bread.”

32And they set for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, because the Egyptians are not able to eat bread with the Hebrews, for that [is] an abomination to Egypt.

33And they sat before him the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men were astonished, each man to his neighbor.

34And he lifted up portions from before him to them, and the portion of Benjamin was greater than the portions of all of them—five hands. And they drank and became drunk with him.

Chapter 44

1And he commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as much as they are able to carry, and put the silver of each man in the mouth of his bag.

2And my cup, the silver cup, put in the mouth of the bag of the youngest, and the silver for his grain.” And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

3The morning was light, and the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

4They had gone out of the city, they had not gone far, and Joseph said to the one over his house, “Get up, pursue after the men, and you shall overtake them, and you shall say to them, ‘Why have you⁺ repaid evil for good?

5[Is it] not this from which my lord drinks, and he surely divines with it? You⁺ have done evil in that which you⁺ have done.’”

6And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.

7And they said to him, “Why does my lord speak according to these words? Far be it to your servants from doing according to this word.

8Behold, the silver that we found in the mouth of our bags, we returned to you from the land of Canaan. And how could we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord?

9With whomever of your servants it is found, then he shall die, and also we will be to my lord as servants.”

10And he said, “Also now, according to your⁺ words, so it [is]; whoever is found with it shall be to me a servant, and you⁺ shall be blameless.”

11And they hurried, and they lowered each man his bag to the earth, and they opened each man his bag.

12And he searched—with the oldest he began, and with the youngest he finished. And the cup was found in the bag of Benjamin.

13And they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and they returned to the city.

14And Judah and his brothers came to the house of Joseph, and he [was] still there, and they fell before him on the ground.

15And Joseph said to them, “What deed [is] this that you⁺ have done? Did you⁺ not know that a man such as I, surely divines?”

16And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? And how shall we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we [are] to my lord as servants, both we and also [he] with whom the cup was found.”

17And he said, “Far be it to me from doing this; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be to me a servant. And you⁺, go up in peace to your⁺ father.”

18And Judah came near to him and said, “Please my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you [are] like Pharaoh.

19My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Is there for you⁺ a father or a brother?’

20And we said to my lord, ‘We have to us a father, an old man, and a son of [his] old age, [who is] young. And his brother died, and he alone is left to his mother, and his father loves him.’

21And you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, and let me set my eye on him.’

22And we said to my lord, ‘The boy is not able to leave his father, and [if] he should leave his father, then he shall die.’ → Note

23And you said to your servants, ‘If your⁺ youngest brother does not come down with you⁺, you⁺ shall not again see my face.’

24And it came to pass when we went up to your servant, my father, that we told to him the words of my lord.

25And our father said, ‘Return; buy for us a little food.’

26And we said, ‘We are not able to go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down. For we are not able to see the face of the man, and our youngest brother [is] not with us.’

27And your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You⁺ know that my wife bore to me two [sons].

28And the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him until now.

29And if you⁺ take also this one from my face and harm befalls him, then you⁺ shall bring down my gray hair in evil to Sheol.’

30And now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy [is] not with us, and his soul is bound up in his soul,

31and it will come to pass when he sees that the boy [is] no more, then he will die. And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to Sheol.

32For your servant guaranteed the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him [back] to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father all the days.’

33And now, please, let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go up with his brothers.

34For how shall I go up to my father, and the boy [is] not with me? Lest I see the evil that will find my father.”

Chapter 45

1And Joseph was not able to restrain himself before all those who were standing by him, and he cried out, “Make go out every man from me!” And no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

2And he gave his voice in weeping, and Egypt heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3And Joseph said to his brothers, “I [am] Joseph. Is my father still alive?” And his brothers were not able to answer him, for they were terrified in his presence.

4And Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near, and he said, “I [am] Joseph your⁺ brother, whom you⁺ sold into Egypt.

5And now, do not be grieved and let it not burn in your⁺ eyes that you⁺ sold me here, for to preserve life God sent me before you⁺.

6For these two years the famine [has been] in the midst of the earth, and [there are] still five years in which [there is] no plowing and harvesting.

7And God sent me before you⁺ to make for you⁺ a remnant in the earth, and to give life to you⁺ by a great deliverance.

8And now, you⁺ have not sent me here, but God. And He has made me for a father to Pharaoh, and for a lord of all his house, and ruler in all the land of Egypt.

9Hurry and go up to my father and you⁺ shall say to him, ‘Thus says Joseph your son: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.

10And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me—you and your sons, and the sons of your sons, and your flock and your herd, and all that [is] yours.

11And I will provide for you there, for [there are] still five years of famine, lest you come to poverty—you and your house and all that [is] yours.’

12And behold, your⁺ eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that my mouth is the one speaking to you⁺.

13And you⁺ shall tell to my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you⁺ have seen. And you⁺ shall hurry and bring down my father here.”

14And he fell on the necks of Benjamin his brother and wept, and Benjamin wept on his necks.

15And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. And after that his brothers spoke with him.

16And the sound was heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, “The brothers of Joseph have come.” And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants.

17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your⁺ animals and depart. Go to the land of Canaan,

18and take your⁺ father and your⁺ households, and come to me, and I will give to you⁺ the good of the land of Egypt, and you⁺ will eat the fat of the land.’

19And you—you have been commanded, ‘Do this: Take for yourselves from the land of Egypt carts for your⁺ little ones, and for your⁺ wives, and bring your⁺ father, and come.

20And let your⁺ eye not grieve over your⁺ vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt—it is yours⁺.’”

21And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave to them carts, according to the mouth of Pharaoh, and he gave to them provisions for the journey.

22To all of them he gave—to each man—changes of garments, and to Benjamin he gave three hundred [shekels] of silver and five changes of garments.

23And to his father he sent this: Ten donkeys carrying the good of Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread and food for his father for the journey.

24And he sent away his brothers, and they departed, and he said to them, “Do not be shaken along the way.” → Note

25And they went up out of Egypt and they came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father,

26and they told him, saying, “Joseph [is] still alive! And he [is] ruling in all the land of Egypt.” And his heart went numb for he did not believe them.

27And they spoke to him all the words that Joseph had said to them, and he saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him, and the spirit of Jacob their father revived.

28And Israel said, “Enough! Joseph my son [is] still alive! I will go and I will see him before I die.”

Chapter 46

1And Israel journeyed, and all that [was] his, and he came to Beersheba and he sacrificed sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Behold, [it is] I.”

3And He said, “I [am] God, the God of your father; do not fear from going down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up, and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”

5And Jacob arose from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6And they took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him,

7his sons, and the sons of his sons with him, and his daughters, and the daughters of his sons, and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt.

8And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel, the ones coming to Egypt—Jacob and his sons: The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.

9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess.

11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

13And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Job, and Shimron.

14And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

15These [are] the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, and together with Dinah his daughter. All the souls, his sons and his daughters, [were] thirty and three.

16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

18These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob—six [and] ten souls.

19The sons of Rachel, wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.

20And there were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him: Manasseh and Ephraim.

21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

22These [are] the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—four [and] ten souls in all.

23And the sons of Dan: Hushim.

24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

25These [are] the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob—seven souls in all.

26All the souls—the ones coming to Jacob, to Egypt, the ones coming out of his thigh, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob—[were] sixty and six souls in all.

27And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, [were] two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, the ones coming to Egypt, [were] seventy.

28And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.

29And Joseph harnessed his chariot, and he went up to Goshen to meet Israel his father, and he appeared to him, and he fell on his necks, and he wept on his necks a long time.

30And Israel said to Joseph, “Let me die now, after my seeing your face, for [you are] still alive.”

31And Joseph said to his brothers and to the house of his father, “I will go up and let me tell Pharaoh and let me say to him, ‘My brothers and the house of my father, who [were] in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

32And the men are shedherds of sheep, for they have been men of livestock; and their flocks and their herds and all that [is] theirs, they have brought.’

33And it shall be, when Pharaoh calls you⁺ and says, ‘What [are] your⁺ works?’

34That you⁺ shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth and even until now, both we [and] also our fathers,’ so that you⁺ may dwell in the land of Goshen. For an abomination of Egypt [is] every shepherd of sheep.”

Chapter 47

1And Joseph went and told Pharaoh and he said, “My father, and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that [is] theirs, have come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen.”

2And from the end of his brothers, he took five men and he presented them before Pharaoh.

3And Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What [are] your⁺ works?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants [are] shepherds of sheep, both we [and] also our fathers.”

4And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land because [there is] no pasture for the sheep that your servants have, for the famine [is] severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

5And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

6The land of Egypt, it [is] before you. In the best of the land cause your father and your brothers to dwell; let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them men of valor, then you shall appoint them captains of livestock over what is mine.”

7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and he caused him to stand before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many [are] the days of the years of your life?”

9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojournings [are] a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the lives of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.”

10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and he went out from before Pharaoh.

11And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all the house of his father with bread, according to the mouth of the little ones.

13And [there was] no bread in all the earth, for the famine [was] very severe. And the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

14And Joseph gathered up all the silver found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain that they were buying, and Joseph brought the silver to the house of Pharaoh.

15And the silver was finished from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan, and all Egypt came to Joseph and said, “Give to us bread, and why should we die in your presence? For the silver is gone.”

16And Joseph said, “Give your⁺ livestock, and I will give [it] to you⁺ for your⁺ livestock, if the silver is gone.”

17And they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave to them bread for the horses, and for the livestock of the sheep, and for the livestock of the cattle, and for the donkeys. And he led them with bread for all their livestock that year.

18And that year ended, and they came to him in the second year and said to him, “we will not hide from my lord that the silver is gone and the livestock of the animals belong to my lord. Nothing remains before my lord, except our bodies and our land.

19Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we will be—we and our land—servants to Pharaoh. And give [us] seed, and we will live and not die, that the land will not be desolate.”

20And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of Egypt sold his field because the famine was severe upon them. And the land became unto Pharaoh.

21And the people—he reduced them to servitude, from one end of the border of Egypt and to its [other] end. → Note

22Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for a fixed portion [belonged] to the priests from Pharaoh, and they ate their fixed portion that Pharaoh gave to them. Upon thus they did not sell their land.

23And Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you⁺ this day, and your⁺ land, for Pharaoh. Behold, seed for you⁺, and you⁺ shall sow the land.

24And it shall come to pass at the harvest that you⁺ shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the hands shall be for you⁺: As seed of the field, and for your⁺ eating, and for those in your⁺ houses, and to eat for your⁺ little ones.”

25And they said, “You have caused us to live. We find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.”

26And Joseph made it a statute to this day over the land of Egypt: For Pharaoh, the fifth. Only the land of the priests, [which is] unto them alone and has not come to belong to Pharaoh.

27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they took possession in it, and they were fruitful, and they multiplied exceedingly.

28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seven [and] ten years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were seven years and forty and a hundred years.

29And the days drew near for Israel to die, and he called for his son, for Joseph, and said to him, “If, please, I have found favor in your eyes, put, please, your hand under my thigh, and you shall do with me kindness and truth. Please, do not bury me in Egypt,

30and I shall lie with my fathers. And you shall carry me out of Egypt and you shall bury me in their burial place.” And he said, “I—I will do according to your word.”

31And he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him, and Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.

Chapter 48

1And it came to pass after these things, that someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father [is] sick.” And he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

2And someone told, Jacob and said, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you.” And Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

3And Jacob said to Joseph, “El-Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and He blessed me

4and He said to me, ‘Behold, I am making you fruitful, and I will multiply you, and I will give you to [be] an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after you [as] an everlasting possession.’

5And now, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before my coming to you in Egypt, they are mine: Ephraim and Manasseh; like Reuben and like Simeon, they shall be mine.

6And your offspring, whom you beget after them, shall be yours. By the name of their brothers they will be called in their inheritance.

7And I, when I was coming from Paddan, Rachel died upon me in the land of Canaan, on the way, when [there was] a distance of land to go to to Ephrathah. And I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (that [is], in Bethlehem).

8And Israel saw the sons of Joseph and said, “Who [are] these?”

9And Joseph said to his father, “They [are] my sons, whom God has given to me in this [place].” And he said, “Bring them, please, to me, and I will bless them.”

10And the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he was not able to see. And he brought them near to him, and he kissed them and he embraced them.

11And Israel said to Joseph, “To see your face I had not expected, and behold, God has shown me also your seed.”

12And Joseph brought them from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his nose to the earth.

13And Joseph took the two of them: Ephraim in his right hand, from the left of Israel, and Manasseh in his left hand, from the right of Israel, and he brought [them] near to him.

14And Israel stretched out his right hand and set [it] on the head of Ephraim—and he [was] the younger—and his left hand on the head of Manasseh; he acted wisely [with] his hands, for Manasseh [was] the firstborn. → Note

15And he blessed Joseph and said, “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd from my continued being unto this day,

16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, and may they multiply like fish into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

17And Joseph saw that his father had set his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of the hand of his father to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.

18And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this [one is] the firstborn; set your right hand on his head.”

19And his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. And yet, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of the nations.”

20And he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’” And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

21And Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, and God will be with you⁺ and He will bring you⁺ back to the land of your⁺ fathers.

22And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

Chapter 49

1And Jacob called to his sons and he said, “Gather together, and I will tell you⁺ what shall befall you⁺ in the last days.

2Assemble yourselves, and listen, sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your⁺ father.

3Reuben, you [are] my firstborn, my might, and the first of my strength, exceeding in rank, and exceeding in power.

4Uncontrolled as the waters, you shall not excel, because you went up [to the] bed of your father; then you defiled [it]—he went up [onto] my couch.

5Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; instruments of violence [are] their swords.

6Into their council let not my soul enter; to their assembly let not my honor be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.

7Cursed [be] their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

8Judah—you, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand [shall be] on the neck of your enemies; sons of your father shall bow down to you.

9Judah [is] a whelp of a lion; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouched, he lay down as a lion, and like a lioness, who shall rouse him?

10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until that he comes to Shiloh; and to him [is] the obedience of the peoples. → Note

11Binding his donkey to the vine, and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine; he washed in the wine his garment, and in the blood of grapes his robe.

12His eyes [are] darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

13Zebulun shall dwell by the shore of the sea, and he [shall be] a haven for ships, and his border [shall be] to Sidon.

14Issachar is a strong-boned donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

15And he saw rest, that [its was] good, and the land, that [it was] pleasant, and he extended his shoulder to bear [a burden], and he became a servant at forced labor.

16Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, biting the heels of the horse, and its rider falls backward.

18For Your salvation I have waited, יהוה.

19Gad—a troop shall assault him, and he will attack the heel.

20Out of Asher his bread [shall be] rich, and he shall give royal delicacies.

21Naphtali [is] a doe set free, the one giving sayings of beauty.

22Joseph [is] a son of fruitfulness, a son of fruitfulness by a spring; daughters march over the wall.

23The masters of arrows—and they have embittered him, and shot and hated him.

24And his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; from there [is] the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel.

25By the God of your father, and He will help you, and by Shaddai, and He will bless you [with] blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of breasts and womb.

26The blessings of your father have excelled over the blessings of my ancestors up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the prince of his brothers. → Note

27Benjamin is a wolf [that] tears; in the morning he shall devour prey, and in the evening he shall divide spoil.”

28All these [are] two [and] ten tribes of Israel, and this [is] what their father spoke to them, and he blessed them—each one according to his own blessing, he blessed them.

29And he commanded them and he said to them, “I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

30in the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] before the face of Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.

31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

32The field and the cave that [is] in it [were] purchased from the sons of Heth.”

33And Jacob finished commanding his sons, and he gathered his feet into the bed and he expired, and he was gathered to his people.

Chapter 50

1And Joseph fell on the face of his father, and he wept over him, and he kissed him.

2And Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

3And forty days were fulfilled for him, for such are fulfilled [are] the days for the embalming; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

4And the days of his weeping passed, and Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your⁺ eyes, speak, please, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:

5My father made me swear, saying, ‘Behold, I am dying; and in my grave that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.’ And now let me go up, please, and bury my father, and I will return.”

6And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

7And Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8and all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and the house of his father. Only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.

9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very large.

10And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which [is] beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with great and very solemn lamentation, and he made seven days of mourning for his father.

11And the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, and they said, “This [is] solemn mourning for the Egyptians.” Upon thus its name was called Abel-mizraim, which [is] beyond the Jordan.

12And his sons did for him so, as he had commanded them.

13And his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, the field that Abraham bought for a possession of a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, before the face of Mamre.

14And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

15And the brothers of Joseph saw that their father was dead, and they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and he will surely return to us all the evil that we did to him.”

16And they commanded to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before his death, saying,

17‘Thus you⁺ shall say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin, for they did to you evil.’ And now, please forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we [are] your servants.”

19And Joseph said to them, “Fear not, for [am] I in the place of God?

20And you⁺—you⁺ intended evil against me, God intended it for good, in order to bring about a day like this, to keep alive many people.

21And now, fear not; I will provide for you⁺ and your⁺ little ones.” And he comforted them, and he spoke to their heart.

22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and the house of his father. And Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

23And Joseph saw the third [generation] of Ephraim’s sons. Also, the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, were born on the knees of Joseph.

24And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying. And God will surely attend to you⁺ and bring you⁺ out of this land, to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

25And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely attend to you⁺, and you⁺ shall carry up my bones from this [place].”

26And Joseph died, a son of a hundred and ten years. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Exodus — Verified vs WLC

Chapter 1

1And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each man and his house they came:

2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

5And all the souls coming out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt. → Note

6And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

7And the sons of Israel were fruitful and they swarmed, and they multiplied, and they grew mighty exceedingly, exceedingly, and the land was filled with them.

8And there arose a new king over Egypt, who had not known Joseph.

9And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel [are] many and mightier than us.

10Come, let us act wisely with him, lest he multiply, and it comes to pass when war meets us, that he also may join himself to those hating us and fight against us and go up out of the land.”

11And they set over him chiefs of forced labor in order to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

12And as they afflicted him, so he multiplied and so he burst forth. And they were in dread from the face of the sons of Israel.

13And Egypt made the sons of Israel serve with harshness,

14and they made bitter their lives with hard labor—with mortar and with bricks and with all manner of labor in the field, all their service in which they made them serve—with harshness.

15And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, of whom the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the second [was] Puah.

16And he said, “When you⁺ cause the Hebrewesses to give birth and you⁺ see [them] on the birthstools, if he [is] a son, then you⁺ shall kill him; but if she [is] a daughter, then she shall live.”

17And the midwives feared God and they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded to them. And the male children they kept alive.

18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you⁺ done this thing and kept alive the male children?”

19And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrewesses [are] not like the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; and before the midwife comes to them, they have given birth.”

20And God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and they grew mighty exceedingly.

21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He provided for them houses.

22And Pharaoh commanded to all his people, saying, “Every son born [to the Hebrews] you⁺ shall cast him into the River, and every daughter you⁺ shall let live.”

Chapter 2

1And a man from the house of Levi went, and he took a daughter of Levi.

2And the woman conceived and bore a son, and she saw him, that he [was] good, and she hid him for three months.

3And she was not able to hid him anymore, and she took for him an ark of papyrus and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and she put the child in it and she placed it in the reeds along the edge of the River.

4And his sister stationed herself from a distance, to know what would be done to him.

5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the River, and her maidens were walking along the hand of the River. And she saw the ark in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her maidservant and she took it.

6And she opened [it], and she saw the child, and behold, a boy weeping. And she had compassion on him, and she said, “This [is] [one of] the children of the Hebrews.”

7And his sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Shall I go and call for you a nursing woman from the Hebrewesses, that she may nurse for you the child?”

8And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Go.” And the girl went and called the mother of the child.

9And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Take away this child and nurse him for me, and I will give [you] your wage.” And the woman took the child and nursed him.

10And the child grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became to her as a son. And she called his name Moses and she said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

11And it came to pass in those days, and Moses had grown, and he went out to his brothers and he saw in their burdens, and he saw a man, an Egyptian, striking a man, a Hebrew, from his brothers.

12And he turned this way and that way, and he saw that [there was] no man, and he struck the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

13And he went out on the second day, and behold, two men, Hebrews, were fighting. And he said to the wicked one, “Why do you strike your companion?”

14And he said, “Who appointed you as a man—a ruler and a judge—over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” And Moses feared and said, “Surely the matter is known.”

15And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and he sought to kill Moses. And Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and he dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by the well.

16And the priest of Midian [had] seven daughters. And they came and drew water and they filled the troughs to water the flock of their father.

17And the shepherds came and drove them away, and Moses arose and saved them, and he watered their flock.

18And they came to Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19And they said, “A man, an Egyptian, delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also he has surely drawn water for us, and he watered the flock.”

20And he said to his daughters, “And where [is] he? Why [is] this, [that] you⁺ have left the man? Call to him, and let him eat bread.”

21And Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

22And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have become a sojourner in a foreign land.”

23And it came to pass after those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out, and their cry went up to God because of the bondage.

24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

25And God saw the sons of Israel, and God knew.

Chapter 3

1And Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness and he came to the mountain of God, [to] Horeb.

2And the angel of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of the bush. And he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with the fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.

3And Moses said, “Let me turn aside, please, and see this great sight. Why does the bush not burn?”

4And יהוה saw that he had turned aside to look, and God called to him from the midst of the bush and He said, “Moses! Moses!” And he said, “Behold, [it is] I.”

5And He said, “Do not come near here. Remove your sandals from upon your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

6And He said, “I [am] the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look toward God.

7And יהוה said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and their cry I have heard from before their taskmasters, for I know their pains;

8and I have come down to deliver them from out of the hand of Egypt and to bring them up from that land to a land good and broad, to a land flowing with milk and honey—to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

9And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me, and also I have seen the oppression with which Egypt is oppressing them.

10And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and you shall bring out My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”

11And Moses said to God, “Who [am] I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”

12And He said, “Surely I will be with you, and this [is] the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you⁺ shall serve God on this mountain.”

13And Moses said to God, “Behold, I am coming to the sons of Israel and I will say to them, ‘The God of your⁺ fathers has sent me to you⁺,’ and they will say to me, ‘What [is] His name?’ What shall I say to them?”

14And God said to Moses, “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘Ehyeh has sent me to you⁺.’”

15And God said moreover to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘יהוה, the God of your⁺ fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you⁺.’ This [is] My name forever, and this [is] My memorial from generation to generation.

16Go and gather together the elders of Israel, and say to them, ‘יהוה, the God of your⁺ fathers, has appeared to me—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob—saying: I have surely attended to you⁺ and what is being done to you⁺ in Egypt.

17And I have said I will bring you⁺ up out of the affliction of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite—to a land flowing with milk and honey.’

18And they will listen to your voice, and you shall come—you and the elders of Israel—to the king of Egypt, and you⁺ shall say to him, ‘יהוה, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. And now, let us go, please, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to יהוה our God.’

19And I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you⁺ to go, unless by a mighty hand.

20And I will stretch out My hand, and I will strike Egypt with all My wonders that I will do in its midst. And after that, he will send you⁺ out.

21And I will give favor to this people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it will come to pass when you⁺ go, you⁺ shall not go emptily.

22And every woman shall ask from her neighbor, and from the one dwelling in her house, articles of silver, and articles of gold, and clothing. And you⁺ shall put [them] on your⁺ sons and on your⁺ daughters, and you⁺ shall plunder the Egyptians.”

Chapter 4

1And Moses answered and said, “And if they will not give credence to me and they will not listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘יהוה has not appeared to you.’”

2And יהוה said to him, “What [is] in your hand?” And he said, “A staff.”

3And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” And he cast it to the earth, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from before it.

4And יהוה said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and seize [it] by its tail”—and he stretched out his hand and grasped hold of it, and it became a staff in his palm—

5“so that they may believe that יהוה, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

6And furthermore יהוה said to him, “Put now your hand into your bosom.” And he put his hand into his bosom, and he took it out, and behold, his hand [was] leprous, like snow.

7And He said, “Return your hand into your bosom.” And he returned his hand into his bosom and he took it out from his bosom, and behold, it was restored like his flesh.

8“And it shall come to pass, if they will not give credence to you and they will not listen to the voice of the first sign, then they will give credence to the voice of the latter sign.

9And it shall come to pass, if they will not give credence even to these two signs and will not listen to your voice, then you shall take from the waters of the River and you shall pour [them] on the dry land, and it will happen that the waters which you take from the River, they will become blood on the dry land.”

10And Moses said to יהוה, “Please, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, neither from yesterday nor from the day before yesterday nor from the time You have spoken to Your servant. For I [am] slow of mouth and slow of tongue.”

11And יהוה said to him, “Who has made a mouth for the man? Or who makes mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is [it] not I, יהוה?

12And now go, and I—I will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you shall say.”

13And he said, “Please, my Lord, send, please, by the hand [of another] whom You send.”

14And the anger of יהוה burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he surely speaks. And also, behold, he is coming out to meet you, and he will see you, and he will be glad in his heart.

15And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I—I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you⁺ what you⁺ shall do.

16And he will speak for you to the people. And it shall come to pass that he shall be to you as a mouth, and you shall be to him as God.

17And this staff you shall take in your hand, with which you shall perform the signs.”

18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me go, please, and return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

19And יהוה said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and he set them on the donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

21And יהוה said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt, see all the wonders that I have put in your hand, and you do them before the face of Pharaoh. And I will strengthen his heart, and he will not send out. the people

22And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says יהוה: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel.

23And I say to you, send out My son, that he may serve Me. And if you refuse to send him out, behold, I am killing your son, your firstborn.’”

24And it came to pass on the way, at the lodging place, that יהוה met him and sought to put him to death.

25And Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and she touched it to his feet and said, “Surely you [are] a bridegroom of blood to me.”

26And He let him alone. (At that time she said, “[You are] a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.)

27And יהוה said to Aaron, “Go to meet Moses in the wilderness.” And he went, and he met him on the mountain of God, and he kissed him.

28And Moses told Aaron all the words of יהוה with which He had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him.

29And Moses went—and Aaron—and they gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel.

30And Aaron spoke all the words that יהוה had spoken to Moses. And he did the signs before the eyes of the people,

31and the people believed; and they heard that יהוה had visited the sons of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction. And they bowed and worshiped.

Chapter 5

1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and they said to Pharaoh, “Thus says יהוה, God of Israel: ‘Send out My people, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

2And Pharaoh said, “Who [is] יהוה, that I should listen to His voice to send out Israel? I do not know יהוה, and moreover Israel I will not send out.”

3And they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go, please, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to יהוה our God, lest He meet us with the pestilence or with the sword.”

4And the king of Egypt said to them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you⁺ loosen the people from their works? Go to your⁺ burdens.”

5And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land [are] many now, and you⁺ make them rest from their burdens.”

6And that day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

7“You⁺ shall not continue to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks as yesterday and the day before yesterday. They shall go and gather straw for themselves.

8And the quota of bricks that they were making yesterday and the day before yesterday you⁺ shall set on them. You⁺ shall not diminish from it, for they are idle. Upon thus, they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God.’

9Let the service be heavy on the men, and let them be occupied with it. And let them not pay attention to lying words.”

10And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out, and they spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving straw to you⁺.

11You⁺ go, get straw for yourselves from wherever you⁺ can find it; for nothing is diminishing from your⁺ service.’”

12And the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13And the taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your⁺ works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there was the straw.”

14And the officers of the sons of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them, were beaten saying, “Why have you⁺ not fulfilled your⁺ quota for making bricks as yesterday and the day before yesterday, both yesterday and today?”

15And the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why are you doing this to your servants?

16Straw is not being given to your servants, and they are saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants [are] beaten, and the fault [is] in your people.”

17And he said, “You⁺ [are] idle—idle! Upon thus you⁺ are saying, ‘Let us go, let us sacrifice to יהוה.’

18And now, go—work! And straw shall not be given to you⁺, and the quota of bricks you⁺ shall deliver.”

19And the officers of the sons of Israel saw themselves in trouble, in saying, “You⁺ shall not diminish from your⁺ bricks, the matter of a day in its day.”

20And they met Moses and Aaron, who were standing to meet them as they came out from Pharaoh.

21And they said to them, “May יהוה look on you⁺ and judge, because you⁺ have made our scent stink in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

22And Moses returned to יהוה and said, “My Lord, why have You done evil to this people? [Is] this why You have sent me?

23And since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; and deliver—You have not delivered—Your people.”

Chapter 6

1And יהוה said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a mighty hand he will send them out, and by a mighty hand he will drive them out from his land.”

2And God spoke to Moses, and He said to him, “I [am] יהוה,

3and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai; and [by] My name יהוה I was not known to them.

4And also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourning, in which they sojourned.

5And also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel whom Egypt is making serve, and I have remembered My covenant.

6Therefore say to the sons of Israel, ‘I [am] יהוה, and I will bring you⁺ out from under the burdens of Egypt, and I will deliver you⁺ from their service, and I will redeem you⁺ with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

7And I will take you⁺ to Me for a people, and I will be to you⁺ for God; and you⁺ shall know that I [am] יהוה your⁺ God, the One bringing you⁺ out from under the burdens of Egypt.

8And I will bring you⁺ into the land that I lifted up my hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And I will give it to you⁺ as a possession. I [am] יהוה!’”

9And Moses spoke in this way to the sons of Israel, and they did not listen to Moses, from shortness of spirit and from hard service. → Note

10And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

11“Go in, tell to Pharaoh king of Egypt and he shall send out the sons of Israel from his land.”

12And Moses spoke before the face of יהוה, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; and how shall Pharaoh listen to me, and I [am] uncircumcised of lips?”

13And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron and He gave them a command toward the sons of Israel and toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt.

14These [are] the heads of the houses of their fathers: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.

15And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess. These [are] the clans of Simeon.

16And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi [were] seven and thirty and a hundred years.

17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their clans.

18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath [were] three and thirty and a hundred years.

19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These [were] the clans of Levi according to their generations.

20And Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister for himself for a wife, and she bore to him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram [were] seven and thirty and a hundred years.

21And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

22And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

23And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to himself for a wife. And she bore to him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahite.

25And Eleazar son of Aaron took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel to him for a wife, and she bore to him Phinehas. These [are] the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their clans.

26[It was] this Aaron and Moses to whom יהוה said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, according to their hosts.”

27They [are] the ones speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and Aaron.

28And it came to pass on the day [that] יהוה spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29that יהוה spoke to Moses, saying, “I [am] יהוה; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.”

30And Moses said before the face of יהוה, “Behold, I [am] uncircumcised of lips, and how will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Chapter 7

1And יהוה said to Moses, “See, I have made you God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

2You shall speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he may send out the sons of Israel from his land.

3And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

4And Pharaoh will not listen to you⁺, and I will put My hand on Egypt and I will bring out My armies, My people, the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

5And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] יהוה when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”

6And Moses and Aaron did as יהוה commanded them; so they did.

7And Moses [was] a son of eighty years and Aaron was a son of three and eighty years when they spoke to Pharaoh.

8And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

9“When Pharaoh speaks to you⁺, saying, ‘Give for yourselves a wonder,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast [it] down before the face of Pharaoh,’ let it become a monster.”

10And Moses went in—and Aaron—to Pharaoh, and they did so, as יהוה had commanded. And Aaron cast down his staff before the face of Pharaoh and before the face of his servants, and it became a monster.

11And Pharaoh also called for the wise men and for the sorcerers; and they—the magicians of Egypt—they also did so with their secret arts.

12And each man cast down his staff, and they became monsters, and the staff of Aaron swallowed up their staffs.

13And the heart of Pharaoh was strengthened, and he did not listen to them, as יהוה had spoken.

14And יהוה said to Moses, “The heart of Pharaoh [is] heavy; he has refused to send out. the people

15Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water, and you shall stand to meet him by the edge of the River. And the staff that was turned into a serpent you shall take in your hand.

16And you shall say to him, ‘יהוה, God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying: Send out My people that they may serve Me in the wilderness. And behold, you would not listen until now.

17Thus says יהוה: By this you shall know that I [am] יהוה. Behold, I am striking with the staff that [is] in my hand upon the waters that [are] in the River, and they shall be turned to blood.

18And the fish that [are] in the River shall die, and the River shall stink. And the Egyptians shall be weary to drink water from the River.’”

19And יהוה said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, and they shall become blood.’ And there shall be blood in all the land of Egypt, even in the [vessels of] wood and in the [vessels of] stone.”

20And Moses and Aaron did so, as יהוה had commanded; and he lifted up the staff and struck the waters that [were] in the River, in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, and all the waters that [were] in the River were turned to blood.

21And the fish that [were] in the River died, and the River stank, and Egypt was not able to drink water from the River, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.

22And the magicians of Egypt with their secret arts did so. And the heart of Pharaoh was strengthened, and he did not listen to them, as יהוה had spoken.

23And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not set his heart even to this.

24And all Egypt dug around the River for water to drink, because they were not able to drink from the waters of the River.

25And seven days were fulfilled after יהוה struck the river.

Chapter 8

1And יהוה said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him: Thus says יהוה, ‘Send out My people, that they may serve Me.

2And if you refuse to send [them] out, behold, I am striking all your territory with the frogs.

3And the River shall teem [with] frogs, and they shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and onto your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.

4And on you and on your people and on all your servants the frogs shall come up.’”

5And יהוה said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams, and over the ponds, and bring up the frogs on the land of Egypt.’”

6And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frog came up and covered the land of Egypt.

7And the magicians with their secret arts did so, and they brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.

8And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, “Pray to יהוה, that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people. and I will send out, the people that they may sacrifice to יהוה.”

9And Moses said to Pharaoh, “Glorify yourself over me—for when shall I pray for you and for your servants, and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you and from your houses? Only in the River they shall remain.”

10And he said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “[Let it be] according to your word, so that you may know that [there is] none like יהוה our God.

11And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. Only in the River they shall remain.”

12And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to יהוה concerning the matter of the frogs which He had placed upon Pharaoh.

13And יהוה did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died from the houses, from the courtyards, and from the fields.

14And they piled them up in heaps of heaps, and the land stank.

15And Pharaoh saw that there was relief, and he made heavy his heart, and he did not listen to them, as יהוה had spoken.

16And יהוה said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the land, and it shall become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’”

17And they did so, and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the land, and it became the gnat on the man and on the beast. All the dust of the land became gnats in all the land of Egypt.

18And the magicians with their secret arts did so to bring forth the gnats, and they could not. And the gnat was on the man and on the beast.

19And the magicians said to Pharaoh, “It [is] the finger of God.” And the heart of Pharaoh was strengthened, and he did not listen to them, as יהוה had spoken.

20And יהוה said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and stand before the face of Pharaoh—behold, he is going out to the water—and say to him, thus says יהוה: ‘Send out My people, that they may serve Me.

21For if you will not send out My people, behold, I am sending on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses the swarm. And the houses of Egypt shall be full of the swarm, and also the ground on which they [are].

22And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are standing, that no swarm shall be there, in order that you may know that I, יהוה, [am] in the midst of the land.

23And I will make a distinction between My people and between your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be.’”

24And יהוה did so, and heavy swarms came into the house of Pharaoh and the house of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt; the land was ruined from before the swarm.

25And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your⁺ God in the land.”

26And Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for the abomination of Egypt we shall sacrifice to יהוה our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of Egypt before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

27A journey of three days we will go into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to יהוה our God, as He says to us.”

28And Pharaoh said, “I will send you⁺ out, and you⁺ shall sacrifice to יהוה your⁺ God in the wilderness. Only you⁺ shall not go very far away. Pray for me.”

29And Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I will pray to יהוה, and the swarm shall depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only let Pharaoh not again deal deceitfully in not sending out the people to sacrifice to יהוה.”

30And Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to יהוה.

31And יהוה did according to the word of Moses, and He removed the swarm from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained.

32And Pharaoh made heavy his heart also at this time, and he did not send out the people.

Chapter 9

1And יהוה said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him: Thus says יהוה God of the Hebrews, ‘Send out, My people that they may serve Me.

2For if you refuse to send [them] out, and you are still holding on to them,

3behold, the hand of יהוה will be on your livestock that are in the field—on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the cattle, and on the flocks—a very severe pestilence.

4And יהוה will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and between the livestock of Egypt, and not a thing shall die from all [that belongs] to the sons of Israel.’”

5And יהוה set an appointed time, saying, “Tomorrow יהוה will do this thing in the land.”

6And יהוה did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died. And from the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died.

7And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. And the heart of Pharaoh was heavy, and he did not send out. the people

8And יהוה said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take for yourselves the fullness of both palms of soot of a furnace, and Moses shall scatter it toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh.

9And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and it shall become boils bursting [with] blisters, on man and on beast, in all the land of Egypt.”

10And they took soot of the furnace and stood before the face of Pharaoh. And Moses scattered it toward the heavens, and it became boils [with] blisters bursting, on the man and on the beast.

11And the magicians were not able to stand before the face of Moses, because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all Egypt.

12And יהוה strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as יהוה had spoken to Moses.

13And יהוה said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and stand before the face of Pharaoh and say to him: Thus says יהוה God of the Hebrews, ‘Send out My people, that they may serve Me.

14For at this time I am sending all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants, and on your people, in order that you may know that [there is] none like Me in all the earth.

15For now I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with the pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.

16But indeed for this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power, and in order to proclaim My name in all the earth.

17Still you are exalting yourself over My people, so as not to send them out.

18Behold, about this time tomorrow I am raining down very heavy hail, such as has not been like it in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

19And now, send—have your livestock brought in, and all that you have in the field; every man and beast that is found in the field and is not gathered to the house—the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die.’”

20The one who fears the word of יהוה among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.

21And he who did not set his heart to the word of יהוה left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22And יהוה said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there shall be hail in all the land of Egypt, on the man, and on the beast, and on every plant of the field in the land of Egypt.”

23And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and יהוה gave voices and hail, and fire went to the earth. And יהוה rained down hail on the land of Egypt.

24And there was hail, and fire coming in the middle of the hail, very heavy, such as that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

25And the hail struck in all land of Egypt all that [was] in the field—from man even to beast—and every plant of the field. The hail struck and shattered every tree of the field.

26Only in the land of Goshen, where there [were] the sons of Israel, there was no hail.

27And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and for Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time. יהוה [is] the righteous one, and I and my people [are] the wicked ones.

28Pray to יהוה, for there has been too much of God’s voices and hail. And I will send you⁺ out, and you shall no longer stay.”

29And Moses said to him, “As I leave the city, I will spread out my hands to יהוה, and the voices will cease, and there will not be the hail anymore, in order that you may know that the earth belongs to יהוה.

30And as for you and your servants, I know that (you⁺ do not yet fear from before the face of יהוה God.”

31(And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley [was] in ear, and the flax [was] in bud.

32And the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they [are] late crops.)

33And Moses went out from Pharaoh, out of the city, and he spread out his hands to יהוה, and the voices and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.

34And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the voices had ceased, and he continued to sin and made heavy his heart—he and his servants.

35And the heart of Pharaoh was strengthened, and he did not send out the sons of Israel, as יהוה had spoken by the hand Moses.

Chapter 10

1And יהוה said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have made heavy his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may set these signs of Mine within him,

2and so that you may recount in the ears of your son and the son of your son how I have dealt severely with Egypt, and My signs that I have set among them, and you⁺ shall know that I [am] יהוה.”

3And Moses came in—and Aaron—to Pharaoh, and they said to him, “Thus says יהוה God of the Hebrews, ‘Until when will you refuse to humble yourself before My face? Send out My people, that they may serve Me.

4For if you refuse to send out My people, behold, tomorrow I am bringing the locust into your territory.

5And it shall cover the eye of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. And it shall eat the remnant of what is left, what remains for you⁺ from the hail, and it shall eat every tree that grows for you⁺ from the field.

6And they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all Egypt—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, from the day that they were on the earth to this day.’” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

7And the servants of Pharaoh said to him, “Until when shall this one be a snare to us? Send out the men, that they may serve יהוה their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt has perished?”

8And Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve יהוה your⁺ God! Who and who [are] the ones going?”

9And Moses said, “With our young and with our old we will go, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go, for [it is] a feast of יהוה for us.”

10And he said to them, “Thus may יהוה be with you⁺ when I send out you⁺, and your⁺ little ones. See, for evil [is] before your⁺ faces.

11Not so! Go now, the men, and serve יהוה. For that is what you⁺ are seeking.” And they were driven out from the face of Pharaoh.

12And יהוה said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locust, and they shall go up upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land—all that the hail has left.”

13And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and יהוה drove an east wind over the land all that day and all the night. And when it was the morning, the east wind brought the locust. → Note

14And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the territory of Egypt. [It was] very severe; before them there had never been such a locust as it, and after it there shall never be such.

15And it covered the eye of all the land, and the land was darkened. And it ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. And there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field in all the land of Egypt.

16And Pharaoh hurried to call for Moses and for Aaron and said, “I have sinned against יהוה your⁺ God and against you⁺.

17And now forgive, please, my sin only this once, and pray to יהוה your⁺ God He may take away from me only this death.”

18And he went out from Pharaoh, and he prayed to יהוה.

19And יהוה turned a very mighty sea wind, and it lifted up the locust and blew it into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. → Note

20And יהוה strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not send out the sons of Israel.

21And יהוה said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there shall be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.”

22And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

23They could not see, each man his brother, and no man rose from his place [for] three days. And for all the sons of Israel there was light in their dwellings.

24And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, “Go, serve יהוה. Only your⁺ flocks and your⁺ herds shall stay behind; also your⁺ little ones shall go with you⁺.”

25And Moses said, “You also must give into our hands sacrifices and burnt offerings, and we shall make [them] to יהוה our God.

26And also our livestock shall go with us. Not a hoof shall remain, for from it we shall take to serve יהוה our God, and we do not know with what we shall serve יהוה until we arrive there.”

27And יהוה strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he was not willing to send them out.

28And Pharaoh said to him, “Go away from me! Take heed to yourself—do not again see my face! For in the day you see my face, you shall die!”

29And Moses said, “Thus you have spoken! I will not ever again see your face!”

Chapter 11

1And יהוה said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that he will send you⁺ out from this [place]. When he sends [you] out, he will surely drive you out completely from this [place].

2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let each man ask from his neighbor, and each woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.”

3And יהוה gave the people favor in the eyes of Egypt. Moreover, the man Moses [was] very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of the servants of Pharaoh and in the eyes of the people.

4And Moses said, “Thus says יהוה: ‘About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt,

5and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the maidservant who [is] behind the handmill, and every firstborn of a beast.

6And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, and never shall be like it again.

7And against all the sons of Israel a dog shall not sharpen its tongue, against man even to beast,’ so that you⁺ may know that יהוה distinguishes between Egypt and between Israel.

8And all these servants of yours shall come down to me and bow themselves to me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who [are] at your feet.’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh with burning anger.

9And יהוה said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you⁺, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

10And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before the face of Pharaoh, and יהוה strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not send out the sons of Israel from his land.

Chapter 12

1And יהוה said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

2“This month [shall be] for you⁺ the beginning of months; it [shall be] for you⁺ the first of the months of the year.

3Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, on the tenth of this month, and they shall take for themselves—each man—a lamb, according to the house of the fathers, a lamb for a house.

4And if the house is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor who is near to his house shall take [it] by the number of souls, each man according to the mouth of his eating, you⁺ shall count for the lamb. → Note

5An unblemished lamb, a male, a son of a year, shall be for you⁺. You⁺ shall take [it] from the sheep or from the goats.

6And it shall be kept for you⁺ until the four [and] tenth day of this month. And the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall slaughter it between the evenings,

7and they shall take from the blood and put [it] on the two doorposts and on the lintel on the houses in which they shall eat it.

8And they shall eat the flesh on this night; roasted in fire and with unleavened [bread] [and] with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9You⁺ shall not eat from it raw or boiled boiling—in water—but only roasted in fire, its head with its legs, and with its entrails.

10And you⁺ shall not leave from it until morning. And what remains from it until morning you⁺ shall burn with the fire.

11And thus you⁺ shall eat it: your⁺ loins girded, your⁺ sandals on your⁺ feet, and your⁺ staff in your⁺ hand; and you⁺ shall eat it in haste. It [is] יהוה's Passover.

12And I will pass through the land of Egypt on this night, and I will strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man even to beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments. I [am] יהוה.

13And the blood shall be a sign for you⁺ on the houses where you⁺ are, and I will see the blood, and I will pass over you⁺, and there shall not be among you⁺ a plague for destruction, in my striking in the land of Egypt.

14And this day shall be for you⁺ a memorial, and you⁺ shall celebrate it. as a feast to יהוה throughout your⁺ generations an everlasting—statute—you⁺ shall celebrate it.

15Seven days you⁺ shall eat unleavened [bread]; indeed, on the first day you⁺ shall remove leaven from your⁺ houses, for anyone eating leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. → Note

16And on the first day there shall be for you⁺ a holy convocation, and on the seventh day, a holy convocation. No manner of work shall be done on them, except [that] which every soul must eat—that alone may be done by you⁺. → Note

17And you⁺ shall keep the Unleavened, for on this same day I brought out your⁺ armies from the land of Egypt. And you⁺ shall keep this day throughout your⁺ generations—an everlasting statute.

18In the first [month], on the four [and] tenth day of the month, in the evening, you⁺ shall eat unleavened [bread], until the first and twentieth day of the month in the evening.

19Seven days leaven shall not be found in your⁺ houses; for anyone eating what is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, among the sojourner and among the native of the land. → Note

20Anything leavened you⁺ shall not eat; in all your⁺ dwellings you⁺ shall eat unleavened [bread].”

21And Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Draw out and take for yourselves lambs according to your⁺ families, and slaughter the Passover.

22And you⁺ shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip [it] in the blood that [is] in the basin, and you⁺ shall touch [it] to the lintel and to the two doorposts from the blood that [is] in the basin. and you⁺—each man—shall not go out from the door of his house until morning.

23And יהוה will pass through to strike Egypt, and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and יהוה will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your⁺ houses to strike [you].

24And you⁺ shall keep this word as a statute for you and for your sons unto eternity.

25And it shall come to pass, when you⁺ come to the land that יהוה will give to you⁺ as He has spoken, that you⁺ will keep this service.

26And it shall be, when your⁺ sons say to you⁺, ‘What [is] this service to you⁺?’

27And you⁺ shall say, ‘It [is] a sacrifice of Passover to יהוה, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck Egypt, and our houses He delivered.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

28And the sons of Israel went and did as יהוה had commanded Moses and Aaron; so they did.

29And it came to pass at midnight that יהוה struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who [is] in the house of the pit, and every firstborn of a beast.

30And Pharaoh rose in the night, he and all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for [there was] not a house where there [was] not a dead person.

31And he called for Moses and for Aaron by night and said, “Rise, go out from the midst of my people, both you⁺ and the sons of Israel. And go, serve יהוה, according to your⁺ word.

32Also take your⁺ flocks and also your⁺ herds as you⁺ have spoken, and go, and bless me also!”

33And the Egyptians were strong upon the people to hasten to send them out from the land, for they said, “We are all dead people!”

34And the people carried their dough before it was leavened, having bound up their kneading bowls in their clothes on their shoulders.

35And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses, and they asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, and articles of gold, and clothing.

36And יהוה gave the people favor in the eyes of Egypt, and they granted their request; and they plundered Egypt.

37And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from little ones.

38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, and flock and herd—very much livestock.

39And they baked the dough that they brought out from Egypt, of unleavened cakes, for it was not leavened for they were driven out from Egypt and were not able to delay, and also they had not made provisions for themselves.

40And the dwelling of the sons of Israel who lived in Egypt thirty years. and four hundred years

41And it came to pass at the end of thirty years and four hundred years—and it came to pass on this same day—that all the armies of יהוה went out from the land of Egypt.

42It [is] a night of vigil for יהוה to bring them out from the land of Egypt. This same night for יהוה, a vigil for all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

43And יהוה said to Moses and Aaron, “This [is] the statute of the Passover: Any son of a foreigner shall not eat of it.

44And every man’s servant purchased of silver, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it.

45A sojourner and a hireling shall not eat of it.

46In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not bring out from the house any of the flesh outside, and a bone of it you⁺ shall not break.

47All the congregation of Israel shall do it.

48And when a sojourner sojourns with you, and he does the Passover to יהוה, every male of his shall be circumcised; and then he may come near to do it, and he shall be as a native of the land. And any uncircumcised person shall not eat of it.

49One law shall be for the native and for the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst.”

50And all the sons of Israel did as יהוה commanded Moses and Aaron; so they did.

51And it came to pass on this very same day that יהוה brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt by their armies.

Chapter 13

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Sanctify to Me every firstborn—the one opening every womb among the sons of Israel, among the man and among the beast, it [belongs] to Me.”

3And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day that you⁺ came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by strength of hand יהוה brought you⁺ out from this [place]. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

4On this day in the month of Abib you⁺ are going out.

5And it shall come to pass when יהוה brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, and you shall serve this service in this month.

6Seven days you shall eat unleavened [bread], and on the seventh day [is] a feast to יהוה.

7Unleavened [bread] shall be eaten seven days, and leavened bread shall not be seen with you, nor shall leaven be seen with you in all your borders.

8And you shall declare to your son in that day, saying, ‘[It is] because of what יהוה did for me in my going out from Egypt.’

9And it shall be for you for a sign on your hand and for a memorial between your eyes, so that the law of יהוה may be in your mouth. For by a mighty hand יהוה brought you out from Egypt.

10And you shall keep this statute at its appointed time from days to days.

11And it shall be, when יהוה brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and He gives it to you,

12that you shall cause to pass over for יהוה every one opening a womb, and every one opening of the offspring of a beast that is unto you—the males belong to יהוה.

13And every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you do not redeem [it], then you shall break its neck. And every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

14And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What [is] this?’ That you shall say to him, ‘By strength of hand יהוה brought us out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh hardened himself to sending us out, that יהוה killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man and to the firstborn of beast. Upon thus I am sacrificing to יהוה all the males opening a womb; and every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

16And it shall be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand יהוה brought us out from Egypt.”

17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh sent out the people, that God did not lead them [by] way of the land of the Philistines, although it [was] near. For God said, “Lest the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.”

18And God turned the people [by] the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea And the sons of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt in battle array.

19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for the sons of Israel had sworn a solemn oath, saying, “God will surely attend to to you⁺, and you⁺ shall carry up my bones from this [place] with you⁺.”

20And they journeyed from Succoth and camped in Etham, at the edge of the wilderness.

21And יהוה went before their faces by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give light to them, to go by day and by night.

22He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night [from] before the faces of the people.

Chapter 14

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, that they turn back and camp before the face of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and between the sea, before the face of Baal-zephon. Before it you⁺ shall camp by the sea.

3And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed in on them.’

4And I will strengthen the heart of Pharaoh, and he will pursue after them. And I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that Egypt shall know that I [am] יהוה.” And they did so.

5And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and they said, “What [is] this [that] we have done, that we have sent out Israel from serving us?”

6And he harnessed his chariot, and he took his people with him.

7And he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

8And יהוה strengthened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel were going out with hand held high.

9And Egypt pursued after them—and all the horses [and] chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army—and overtook them camping by the sea by Pi-hahiroth before the face of Baal-zephon.

10And Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, Egypt was journeying after them, and they were very afraid. And the sons of Israel cried out to יהוה.

11And they said to Moses, “Because [there were] no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? What [is] this you have done to us, to bring us out from Egypt?

12[Is] this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, and we will serve Egypt.’? For [it is] better for us to serve Egypt than to die in the wilderness.”

13And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still and see the salvation of יהוה, which He will do for you⁺ today; for the Egyptians whom you⁺ see today, you shall see never again, unto eternity.

14יהוה will fight for you⁺, and you⁺—you⁺ shall be silent.”

15And יהוה said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to Me? Speak to the sons of Israel, and they shall journey on.

16And you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the sons of Israel shall go in the midst of the sea on the dry land.

17And I, behold, I will strengthen the heart of the Egyptians, and they will come in after them. And I will gain honor through Pharaoh and through all his army, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.

18And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] יהוה, when I have gained honor for Myself through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.”

19And the angel of God, who was going before the face of the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before their face and stood behind them.

20And it came between the camp of Egypt and between the camp of Israel; and it was the cloud and the darkness, and it gave light by the night. And this one did not come near to the other all the night.

21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and יהוה drove [back] the sea by a strong east wind all that night, and He made the sea into the dry land, and the waters were divided. → Note

22And the sons of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters [were] a wall to them from their right and from their left.

23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them—all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen—into the midst of the sea.

24And it came to pass in the watch of the morning that יהוה looked down to the camp of Egypt through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw into confusion the camp of Egypt.

25And He turned aside the wheel of their chariots, and made it drive with heaviness. And Egypt said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for יהוה is fighting for them against Egypt.”

26And יהוה said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, and the waters shall return upon Egypt, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”

27And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength at the turning of the morning. And Egypt was fleeing toward it, and יהוה shook Egypt in the midst of the sea.

28And the waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, to all the army of Pharaoh that had come in after them into the sea. Not so much as one of them remained.

29And the sons of Israel had walked on the dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters [were] a wall to them from their right and from their left.

30And יהוה saved Israel on that day out of the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the edge of the sea.

31And Israel saw the great hand which יהוה had done against Egypt, and the people feared יהוה, and they believed in יהוה and in Moses His servant.

Chapter 15

1Then Moses sang—and the sons of Israel—this song to יהוה, and they spoke, saying: “I will sing to יהוה, for He has greatly triumphed; the horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.

2My strength and song [is] YAH, and He has become my salvation. This [is] my God, and I will praise Him, God of My father, and I will exalt Him.

3יהוה [is] a man of war; יהוה [is] His name.

4The chariots of Pharaoh and his army He has cast into the sea, and the choice of his captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

5The depths cover them; they went down into the depths like a stone.

6Your right hand, O יהוה, is glorious in power. Your right hand, O יהוה, shatters the enemy.

7And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those rising against You. You send forth Your burning anger; it consumes them like stubble.

8And by the breath of Your nostrils the waters were gathered together; the flowing waters stood upright like a heap; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be filled with them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’ → Note

10You blew with Your breath; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in mighty waters.

11Who [is] like You among the gods, O יהוה? Who [is] like You, majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

12You stretched out Your right hand; the earth swallowed them.

13You have led forth in Your loving devotion the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided [them] in Your strength to Your holy habitation. → Note

14Peoples heard; they are troubled. Anguish seized those dwelling in Philistia.

15Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; the mighty men of Moab; trembling seized them; all those dwelling in Canaan melted away.

16Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of Your arm they will be [as] still as a stone, until Your people pass over, O יהוה, until the people whom You have purchased pass over.

17You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance—the place for Your own dwelling, [which] You have made, O יהוה, the sanctuary, O Lord, [that] Your hands have established.

18יהוה shall reign forever and ever.”

19For the horses of Pharaoh went in, with his chariots and with his horsemen, into the sea, and יהוה brought back upon them the waters of the sea, and the sons of Israel walked on the dry land in the midst of the sea.

20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

21And Miriam answered them, “Sing to יהוה, for He has greatly triumphed; the horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.”

22And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

23And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter. (Upon thus its name was called Marah.)

24And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

25And he cried out to יהוה, and יהוה showed him a tree, and he cast [it] into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.

26And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of יהוה your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and you give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes; all of the diseases that I have brought on Egypt I will not put on you, for I [am] יהוה who heals you.”

27And they came to Elim, and there [were] two [and] ten wells of water and seventy palm trees. And they camped there by the waters.

Chapter 16

1And they journeyed from Elim, all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and between Sinai, on the five [and] tenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.

2And all congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.

3And the sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of יהוה in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of flesh, when we ate bread to the full. For you⁺ have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

4And יהוה said to Moses, “Behold, I am raining down for you⁺ bread from the heavens, and the people shall go out and gather the portion of a day in its day, so that I may test them whether they will walk in My law or not.

5And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be double over what they gather day [by] day.”

6And Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “And you⁺ shall know at evening that יהוה has brought you⁺ out from the land of Egypt,

7and in the morning you⁺ shall see the glory of יהוה, in His hearing your⁺ complaints against יהוה. And what [are] we, that you⁺ grumble against us?”

8And Moses said, “In יהוה giving to you⁺ flesh in the evening to eat, and bread in the morning to the full, in יהוה hearing your⁺ complaints that you⁺ complain against Him. And what [are] we? Your⁺ complaints [are] not against us, but against יהוה.”

9And Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘Come near before יהוה, for He has heard your⁺ complaints.’”

10And it came to pass as Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of יהוה appeared in the cloud.

11And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

12“I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘Between the evenings you⁺ shall eat flesh, and in the morning you⁺ shall be filled [with] bread, and you⁺ shall know that I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.’”

13And it came to pass in the evening that the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew was lying around the camp.

14And the lying of the dew went up, and behold, on the face of the wilderness a thin, flaky substance, [as] thin as frost on the earth.

15And the sons of Israel saw [it], and they said, each man to his brother, “What [is] it?” For they did not know what it [was]. And Moses said to them, “It [is] the bread that יהוה has given to you⁺ for food.

16This [is] the word that יהוה has commanded: ‘Let every man gather from it, according to the mouths of his eating, an omer for each person; [to] the number of your⁺ souls, each man shall take for those who [are] in his tent.’” → Note

17And the sons of Israel did so. And they gathered—the one much, and the one little.

18And they measured [it] with the omer, and he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Each man gathered according to the mouths of his eating.

19And Moses said to them, “Let no man leave any of it until morning.”

20And they did not listen to Moses, and [some] men left from it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

21And they gathered it morning by morning, each man according to the mouths of his eating; and when the sun grew hot, it melted.

22And it came to pass, on the sixth day, [that] they gathered double bread—two omers for each one—and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.

23And he said to them, “This [is] what יהוה has said: ‘Tomorrow [is] a complete rest, a holy Sabbath to יהוה,. What you⁺ bake, bake, and what you⁺ boil, boil; and all that remains, lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”

24And they laid it up until the morning, as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.

25And Moses said, “Eat it today; for today [is] a Sabbath to יהוה; today you⁺ will not find it in the field.

26Six days you⁺ shall gather it, and on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none in it.”

27And it came to pass on the seventh day, [that some] of the people went out to gather, and they found none.

28And יהוה said to Moses, “How long do you⁺ refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?

29See that יהוה has given to you⁺ the Sabbath; upon thus He gives to you⁺ on the sixth day bread for two days. Let each man remain in his place; let no man go out from his place on the seventh day.”

30And the people rested on the seventh day.

31And the house of Israel called its name Manna, and it [was] like white coriander seed, and its taste [was] like wafers with honey.

32And Moses said, “This [is] the word that יהוה has commanded: ‘The fullness of an omer from it [is] to be kept for your⁺ generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you⁺ in the wilderness when I brought you⁺ out from the land of Egypt.’”

33And Moses said to Aaron, “Take one pot, and put there the fullness of an omer of manna, and lay it up before the face of יהוה to be kept for your⁺ generations.”

34And as יהוה commanded Moses, Aaron laid it up before the face of the Testimony to be kept.

35And the sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

36And an omer is a tenth of an ephah.

Chapter 17

1And all the congregation of the sons of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sin on their journeys, according to the mouth of יהוה. And they camped in Rephidim, and [there was] no water for the people to drink.

2And the people contended with Moses and said, “Give to us water, that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you⁺ contend with me? Why do you⁺ test יהוה?”

3And the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why [is] this—you have brought us up from Egypt to kill me and my sons and my livestock with thirst?”

4And Moses cried out to יהוה, saying, “What shall I do for this people? A little longer and they will stone me!”

5And יהוה said to Moses, “Pass on before the face of the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel. And your staff with which you struck the River, take in your hand and go.

6Behold, I am standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out from it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so in the eyes of the elders of Israel.

7And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the sons of Israel, and because of their testing of יהוה, saying, “Is יהוה among us, or not?”

8And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

9And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men and go out—fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill, and the staff of God [will be] in my hand.”

10And Joshua did as Moses said to him, to fight with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11And it came to pass when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, that Amalek prevailed.

12And the hands of Moses [became] heavy, and they took a stone and put [it] under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands—one from this, and one from that—and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13And Joshua weakened Amalek and his people with the mouth of the sword.

14And יהוה said to Moses, “Write this [for] a memorial in the book, and put [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I will surely blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.”

15And Moses built an altar and called its name יהוה-Nissi.

16And he said, “Because a hand [is] on the throne of YAH, war belongs to יהוה with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Chapter 18

1And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heard all that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, that יהוה had brought Israel out from Egypt.

2And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah, wife of Moses, after he had sent her back,

3and her two sons, of whom the name of one [was] Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

4And the name of the one [was] Eliezer, for, “The God of my father [was] my help and He delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

5And Jethro father-in-law of Moses came—and his sons and his wife—to Moses, to the wilderness, where he was camping at the mountain of God.

6And he had said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, and your wife and her two sons with her.”

7And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed himself and kissed him, and they asked, each man to his neighbor, of their welfare, and they went into the tent.

8And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that יהוה had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for the sake of Israel, all the hardship that had found them on the way, and [how] יהוה had delivered them.

9And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that יהוה had done for Israel, that He had delivered them from the hand of Egypt.

10And Jethro said, “Blessed [be] יהוה, who delivered you⁺ from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.

11Now I know that יהוה [is] greater than all the gods, for in the matter in which they acted proudly [He was] above them.”

12And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, took a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before the face of God.

13And it came to pass on the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening.

14And the father-in-law of Moses saw all that he was doing to the people, and he said, “What [is] this thing that you are doing to the people? Why do you sit by yourself, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”

15And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

16When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and between his neighbor, and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”

17And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, “The thing that you are doing [is] not good.

18You will surely wear out, both you and this people who [are] with you. For this thing [is] too heavy for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.

19Now listen to my voice; I will counsel you, and God will be with you. You must be for the people before God, and you—you shall bring the matters to God.

20And you shall warn them of the statutes and of the laws and you shall make known to them the way in which they shall walk, and the work that they shall do.

21And you—you shall see from all the people men of valor, fearers of God, men of truth, haters of dishonest gain—and you shall appoint [these] over them [as] rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

22And they shall judge the people at all times. And it will be [that] every great matter they shall bring to you, and every small matter they shall judge themselves. And it will be lightened from you, and they will bear up with you.

23If you do this thing, and God commands you, then you will be able to endure, and also all this people will go to its place in peace.”

24And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he did all that he had said.

25And Moses chose men of valor out of all Israel, and he appointed them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

26And they judged the people at all times; the hard matter they would bring to Moses, and every small matter they would judge themselves.

27And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he went on his way to his land.

Chapter 19

1In the third month of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, on that day, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai.

2And they journeyed from Rephidim and entered the Wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness. And Israel camped there before the mountain.

3And Moses went up to God, and יהוה called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and you shall tell to the sons of Israel:

4‘You⁺ yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and I bore you⁺ up on wings of eagles, and I brought you⁺ to Myself.

5And now if you⁺ will listen carefully to My voice and keep My covenant, then you⁺ shall be to Me a treasured possession from among all the peoples—for all the earth belongs to Me.

6And you⁺—you⁺ shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These [are] the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people and he set before their faces all these words that יהוה commanded him.

8And all the people answered together and said, “All that יהוה has spoken, we will do.” And Moses brought back the words of the people to יהוה.

9And יהוה said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you in the thick cloud, so that the people may hear in My speaking with you, and also put their trust in you forever.” And Moses told the words of the people to יהוה.

10And יהוה said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and they shall wash their clothes,

11and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day יהוה will come down in the eyes of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

12And you shall set bounds [for] the people all around, saying, ‘Guard yourselves from going up on the mountain and touching on its base. Everyone who touches on the mountain must surely be put to death.

13A hand shall not touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or he shall be shot through, whether beast or man—he shall not live.’ At the drawing out of the horn, they shall go up on the mountain.”

14And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and he sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

15And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not draw near to a woman.”

16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was the morning, that there were voices and lightnings, and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the voice of the shofar [was] very mighty. And all the people who [were] in the camp trembled.

17And Moses brought the people out from the camp to meet God, and they stood at the bottom of the mountain.

18And Mount Sinai smoked—all of it—because יהוה descended on it in the fire. And its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled greatly.

19And the voice of the shofar was going on, and [was] very strong. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.

20And יהוה descended upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And יהוה called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses ascended.

21And יהוה said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to יהוה to see, and many from them fall.

22And also let the priests who draw near to יהוה shall sanctify themselves, lest יהוה break out against them.”

23And Moses said to יהוה, “The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, for You yourself warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the mountain and sanctify it.’”

24And יהוה said to him, “Go, descend, and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you. And the priests and the people, do not let them break through to come up to יהוה, lest He break out against them.”

25And Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

Chapter 20

1And God spoke all these words, saying,

2“I [am] יהוה your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

3You shall have no other gods before My face.

4You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness that [is] in the heavens above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters under the earth.

5You shall not bow down to them and you shall not serve them; for I, יהוה your God, [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons on the third and on the fourth for those who hate Me,

6and showing loving devotion to thousands for those who love Me and for those who keep My commandments. → Note

7You shall not take the name of יהוה your God in vain, for יהוה will not hold guiltless him who takes His name in vain.

8Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it.

9Six days you shall labor and you shall do all your work,

10and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to יהוה your God; you shall not do any work—you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your maidservant, and your livestock, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates.

11For [in] six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them; and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.

12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land that יהוה your God is giving to you.

13You shall not murder.

14You shall not commit adultery.

15You shall not steal.

16You shall not answer against your neighbor [as] a false witness.

17You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

18And all the people were seeing the voices, and the flames, and the voice of the shofar, and the mountain smoking; and the people saw, and they trembled and they stood from afar.

19And they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will listen; and let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

20And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come in order to test you⁺, and in order that His fear may be before your⁺ faces, so that you⁺ may not sin.”

21And the people stood from afar, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

22And יהוה said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘You⁺ yourselves have seen that I have talked with you⁺ from the heavens.

23You⁺ shall not make alongside Me gods of silver; and gods of gold you⁺ shall not make for yourselves.

24An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your flock, and your herd. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and I will bless you.

25And if you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build them of cut stone, for if you wave your tool on it, then you have profaned it.

26And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.’

Chapter 21

1[“] And these [are] the judgments that you shall set before their faces:

2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out as the free for nothing.

3If he comes in by himself, by himself he shall go out; if he [is] husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

4If his lord gives to him a wife, and she bears to him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be unto her lord, and he shall go out by himself.

5And if the servant surely declares, ‘I love my lord, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

6then his lord shall bring him to the judges. And He shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

7And if a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the manservants go out.

8If she is displeasing in the eyes of her lord who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall redeem her. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, in his dealing deceitfully with her.

9And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the judgment of the daughters.

10If he takes another [wife] for himself, her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights he shall not diminish.

11And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free without silver.

12The one who strikes a man so that he dies must surely be put to death.

13And if he did not lie in wait and God caused [it] to meet his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where there he may flee.

14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor to kill him by treachery, you shall take him away from My altar to die.

15And the one who strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

16And the one who steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he must surely be put to death.

17And the one who curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

18And if men contend with each other and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die and falls to bed,

19if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then the one who struck [him] shall be acquitted; only [for] the loss of his time he shall pay, and for his complete healing.

20And if a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be avenged.

21But if he stands a day or two, he shall not be avenged, for he [is] his silver.

22And if men fight and strike a pregnant woman and her children come out and there is not harm, he shall surely be fined as the husband of the woman lays upon him, and he shall give through the judges.

23But if there is harm, then you shall give life for life,

24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26And if a man strikes the eye of his manservant or the eye of his maidservant, and he destroys it, he shall send him out free for his eye.

27And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send him out free for his tooth.

28And if an ox gores a man or a woman, and they die, the ox must surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; and the owner of the ox [is] innocent.

29But if the ox itself has a habit of goring from yesterday and the day before yesterday, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not guarded it, and it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and also its owner shall be put to death.

30If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give the redemption of his soul according to all that is laid on him. → Note

31Whether it gores a son or it gores a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

32If the ox gores a manservant or a maidservant, he shall give thirty silver shekels to their lord, and the ox shall be stoned.

33And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit, and he does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in there,

34the owner of the pit shall repay. He shall return silver to its owner, and the dead [animal] shall be unto him.

35And if the ox of one man strikes the ox of his neighbor and it dies, then they shall sell the living ox and divide its silver, and also the dead [ox] they shall divide.

36Or if it was known that the ox itself has a habit of goring from yesterday and the day before yesterday, and its owner has not guarded it, he shall surely repay, ox for ox; and the dead [animal] shall be unto him.

Chapter 22

1[“] If a man steals an ox or a sheep and he slaughters it or sells it, five of the herd he shall repay for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.

2If the thief is found in the breaking in, and he is struck and he dies, [there is] no bloodguilt for him.

3If the sun has risen on him, [there is] bloodguilt for him. He shall surely repay …; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4If the theft is actually found in his hand alive—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he shall repay double.

5If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and he sends out his animal and it grazes in the field of another man, then from the best of his field and from the best of his vineyard he shall repay.

6If fire goes out and finds thorns, and stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, the one who kindled the fire, He shall surely repay.

7If a man gives to his neighbor silver or articles to keep and it is stolen from the house of the man, if the thief is found, he shall repay double.

8If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges [to see] if he has not stretched out his hand against the property of his neighbor.

9For every matter of trespass, for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, [or] for any lost thing that one says that this is it, the matter of the two of them shall come before the judges; whomever the judges condemn, he shall repay double to his neighbor.

10If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is taken captive, without one seeing [it],

11an oath of יהוה shall be between the two of them—that he has not stretched out his hand against the property of his neighbor, and its owner shall accept [this] and he shall not repay.

12But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall repay to its owner.

13If it was torn to pieces, [then] he shall bring it [as] a witness of the torn thing. He shall not repay.

14And if a man borrows from his neighbor and it is injured or dies, its owner not [being] with it, he shall surely repay.

15If its owner [was] with it, he shall not repay; if it was hired, it has come for its wages.

16And if a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and he lies with her, he must surely pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, [then] he shall weigh out silver according to the dowry of virgins.

18A sorceress you shall not permit to live.

19Whoever lies with an animal, he must surely be put to death.

20One who sacrifices to a god—except to יהוה alone—he must be devoted to destruction.

21And a sojourner you shall not oppress and you shall not crush, for you⁺ were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

22Any widow or fatherless child you⁺ shall not afflict.

23If you really afflict him, [then] surely if he cries out in distress to Me, I will surely hear his cry.

24And My anger will burn and I will kill you⁺ with the sword, and your⁺ wives shall be widows, and your⁺ sons fatherless.

25If you lend silver [to] My people, the poor with you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you⁺ shall not lay on him interest.

26If you at all take in pledge the garment of your neighbor, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.

27For that alone [is] his covering; it [is] his garment for his skin. In what will he sleep? And it will be that when he cries out to Me, then I will hear, for I [am] gracious.

28You shall not revile God, and a ruler of your people you shall not curse.

29Your fullness and your juices you shall not delay. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

30Likewise you shall do with your oxen [and] with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

31And you⁺ shall be to Me holy men. And flesh torn in the field you⁺ shall not eat; you⁺ shall throw it to the dog.

Chapter 23

1[“] You shall not lift up a vain report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be a violent witness.

2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil, and you shall not testify in a dispute to turn aside after many to turn aside [justice].

3And to a poor man you shall not honor in his dispute.

4If you encounter the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you shall surely return it to him.

5If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, then do not leave it; you must surely help him with it.

6You shall not turn aside the justice of your poor in his dispute.

7From a false matter you shall keep far, and the innocent and righteous you shall not kill, for I will not justify the wicked.

8And a bribe you shall not take, for the bribe blinds the clear-sighted and perverts the words of the righteous.

9And a sojourner you shall not oppress, for you⁺ yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, because you⁺ were sojourners in the land of Egypt. → Note

10And [for] six years you shall sow your land and gather its produce.

11And the seventh [year] you shall let it rest and let it lie fallow, and the poor of your people shall eat. And what they leave, the beast of the field shall eat. You shall do likewise for your vineyard [and] for your olive grove.

12Six days you shall do your works, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your maidservant and the sojourner may be refreshed.

13And take heed in all that I have said to you⁺. And the name of other gods you⁺ shall not mention, nor let it be heard on your mouth.

14Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to Me.

15The Feast of the Unleavened you shall keep; seven days you shall eat unleavened [bread], as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib; for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before My face empty.

16And the Feast of the Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you sow in the field; and the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors from the field.

17Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the face of the Lord יהוה.

18You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice on leavened bread, nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.

19The first of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of יהוה your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

20Behold, I am sending an angel before your face to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.

21Be guarded from his face and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your⁺ transgressions, for My name [is] within him.

22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

23For My angel will go before your faces and bring you in to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.

24You shall not bow down to their gods, and you shall not serve them, and you shall not do according to their works; for you must utterly demolish them and thoroughly break to pieces their pillars.

25And you⁺ shall serve יהוה your⁺ God, and He will bless your bread and your water, and I will take away sickness from among you.

26There will be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; the number of your days I will fulfill.

27My terror I will send before your faces, and I will confuse all the people among whom you come in; and I will give the neck of all your enemies to you.

28And I will send the hornet before your faces, and it shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before your faces.

29I will not drive them out from before your faces in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beast of the field become too numerous for you.

30Little by little I will drive them out from before your faces, until that you are fruitful and you take possession of the land.

31And I will set your border from the Red Sea and to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River. For I will give into your⁺ hands those dwelling in the land, and you shall drive them out from before your faces.

32You shall not cut a covenant with them or with their gods.

33They shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For [if] you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Chapter 24

1And to Moses He said, “Come up to יהוה, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

2And Moses alone shall draw near to יהוה, and they shall not draw near, and the people shall not go up with him.”

3And Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of יהוה and all the ordinances. And all the people answered [with] one voice and said, “All the words that יהוה has spoken, we will do.”

4And Moses wrote all the words of יהוה. And he rose early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, and two [and] ten pillars, according to the two [and] ten tribes of Israel.

5And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace to יהוה, young bulls.

6And Moses took half the blood and put [it] in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7And he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud in the ears of the people. And they said, “All that יהוה has spoken we will do, and we will listen.”

8And Moses took the blood and sprinkled [it] on the people, and he said, “Behold, the blood of the covenant which יהוה has cut with you⁺ according to all these words.”

9And Moses went up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel,

10and they saw the God of Israel, and under His feet [was] like the work of a pavement of sapphire, and like the substance of the heavens for purity.

11And on the nobles of the sons of Israel He did not stretch out His hand; and they saw God, and they ate and they drank.

12And יהוה said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain, and be there, and I will give to you the tablets of stone, and the law, and the command that I have written, that you may teach them.”

13And Moses arose, and Joshua his assistant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

14And to the elders he said, “Remain for us in this [place], until that we return to you⁺. And behold, Aaron and Hur [are] with you⁺. Whoever [is] a master of words shall come near to them.”

15And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

16And the glory of יהוה dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And He called to Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

17And the sight of the glory of יהוה [was] like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.

18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and he went up to the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Chapter 25

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and they shall take for Me a contribution. From every man whose heart impels him, you⁺ shall take My contribution.

3And this [is] the contribution that you⁺ shall take from them: gold, and silver, and bronze,

4and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen, and goats’ [hair],

5and ram skins dyed red, and badger skins, and acacia wood,

6oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the incense of spices,

7onyx stones, and stones as settings for the ephod and for the breastplate.

8And let them make for Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.

9According to all that I am showing you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its vessels—and thus you⁺ shall make [it].

10And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

11And you shall overlay it with pure gold—from within and from without you shall overlay it—and you shall make on it a molding of gold all around.

12And you shall cast for it four rings of gold and put [them] on its four feet, and two rings on the one side, and two rings on the second side.

13And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

14And you shall bring the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.

15In the rings of the ark shall be the poles; they shall not be taken from it.

16And you shall put into the ark the Testimony that I shall give to you.

17And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

18And you shall make two cherubim of gold—of hammered work you shall make them—from the two ends of the mercy seat.

19And make one cherub from this end, and one cherub from that end; from the mercy seat you⁺ shall make the cherubim on its two ends.

20And the cherubim shall be stretching out wings upward, covering over the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces each toward his brother; toward the mercy seat shall be the faces of the cherubim. → Note

21And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark from above, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I shall give to you.

22And I will meet with you there, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat (from between the two cherubim that [are] on the ark of the Testimony) all that I command you for the sons of Israel.

23And you shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

24And you shall overlay it with pure gold and make for it a molding of gold all around.

25And you shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for its frame all around.

26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and you shall put the rings on the four corners that [are] at its four feet.

27Close to the frame shall be the rings as holders for the poles, to carry the table.

28And you shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table may be carried with them.

29And you shall make its dishes, and its pans, and its pitchers, and its bowls with which it shall be poured out; of pure gold you shall make them.

30And you shall set on the table the Bread of the Presence before My face continually.

31And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold, it shall be made of hammered work; the lampstand, its base, and its branches, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be from it.

32And six branches shall come out from its sides, three branches out of the one side of the lampstand, and three branches of the lampstand out of the second side.

33Three cups made like almond blossoms on the one branch—a bud and a flower—and three cups made like almond blossoms on the one branch—a bud and a flower—thus for the six branches coming out from the lampstand.

34And on the lampstand itself [are] four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers.

35And a bud under two branches from it, and a bud under two branches from it, and a bud under two branches from it, for the six branches going out from the lampstand.

36Their buds and their branches are from it, all of it one hammered work of pure gold.

37And you shall make its seven lamps; and he shall cause its lamps to go up and they shall give light on the side of its face.

38And its wick trimmers and their firepans [are] of pure gold.

39Of a talent of pure gold it shall be made, with all these vessels.

40And see and make according to their pattern that you are being shown on the mountain.

Chapter 26

1[“] And you shall make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; [with] cherubim, the work of a designer, you shall make them.

2The length of the one curtain [is] eight and twenty by the cubit, and the width of the one curtain four by the cubit—one measurement for all the curtains.

3Five curtains shall be joined, each to her sister, and five curtains joined each to her sister.

4And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, from the end at the joining, and likewise you shall do on the edge of the outermost curtain, at the seam of the second.

5Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the end of the curtain that [is] at the seam of the second, that the loops may be clasped each to her sister.

6And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains each to her sister with the clasps, and the tabernacle shall be one.

7And you shall make curtains of goats’ [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle; one [and] ten curtains you shall make them.

8The length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the width of the one curtain four by the cubit. One measurement for the one [and] ten curtains.

9And you shall join the five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the face of the tent.

10And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost, at the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain at the seam of the second.

11And you shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and bring the clasps into the loops, and join together the tent, and it shall be one.

12And the excess that remains in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

13And the cubit from this [side] and the cubit from that [side], in the remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle from this [side] and from that [side] to cover it.

14And you shall make a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins from above.

15And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood standing upright.

16Ten cubits [is] the length of the board, and a cubit and a half cubit [is] the width of the one board,

17[with] two tenons in the one board for binding each to her sister. Thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side, southward.

19And forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty boards, two bases under the one board for its two tenons, and two bases under the one board for its two tenons.

20And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, [are] twenty boards,

21and their forty bases of silver, two bases under the one board, and two bases under the one board.

22And for the far side of the tabernacle, westward, you shall make six boards.

23And two boards you shall make for the corners of the tabernacle for the rear sides.

24And they shall be coupled from the bottom, and together they shall be complete at its top by the one ring. Thus it shall be for the two of them; they shall be for the two corners.

25And there shall be eight boards and their bases of silver, six [and] ten bases, two bases under the one board and two bases under the one board.

26And you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

27and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the rear sides westward.

28And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from the end to the end.

29And the boards you shall overlay with gold, and their rings make of gold [as] holders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.

30And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern that you were shown on the mountain.

31And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a designer; cherubim he shall make on it.

32And you shall put it upon four pillars of acacia [wood] overlaid with gold; their hooks of gold, upon four bases of silver.

33And you shall put the veil under the clasps, and you shall bring there within the veil the ark of the Testimony. And the veil shall divide for you⁺ between the Holy Place and between the Holy of Holies.

34And you shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies.

35And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle southward; and you shall put the table on the north side.

36And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a weaver.

37And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia [wood], and overlay them with gold. Their hooks [are] of gold, and you shall cast for them five bases of bronze.

Chapter 27

1[“] And you shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and three cubits its height.

2And you shall make its horns on its four corners; from it shall be its horns, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

3And you shall make its pots for removing its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its firepans; even all its vessels you shall make of bronze.

4And you shall make for it a grate of work of net of bronze; and you shall make on the net four bronze rings on its four ends.

5And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar from below, and the net shall be up to the middle of the altar.

6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

7And the poles shall be brought into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.

8Hollow, of boards, you shall make it; as it was shown you on the mountain; so shall they make [it].

9And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side, southward, hangings for the court of finely woven linen, a hundred by the cubit the length for the one side.

10And its twenty pillars, their twenty bases [are] of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands [are] silver.

11And likewise along the north side in length, hangings a hundred [cubits] long, and with its twenty pillars and their twenty bases of bronze. And the hooks of the pillars and their bands [are] of silver.

12And along the width of the court on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten bases.

13And the width of the court on the east side toward the sunrise [is] fifty cubits.

14And the hangings on one side [are] five [and] ten cubits, [with] their three pillars and their three bases.

15And on the second side [are] hangings five [and] ten [cubits], [with] their three pillars, and their three bases.

16And for the gate of the court [is] a screen twenty cubits [long], of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen, the work of a weaver; [with] its four pillars and its four bases.

17All the pillars around the court [shall have] bands of silver, [with] their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze.

18The length of the court [is] a hundred by the cubit, and the width fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of finely woven linen, and their bases of bronze.

19For all the vessels of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court [are] of bronze.

20And you shall command the sons of Israel, and they shall bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that [is] over the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening until morning before the face of יהוה; [it shall be] a statute forever for their generations with the sons of Israel.

Chapter 28

1[“] And you, bring near to you Aaron your brother and his sons with him from the midst of the sons of Israel, that he may minister as priest to Me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

2And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

3And you shall speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and they shall make the garments of Aaron to sanctify him, that he may minister as priest to Me. → Note

4And these [are] the garments that they shall make: A breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. And they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and for his sons, that he may minister as priest to Me.

5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet yarn, and the fine linen.

6And they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a designer.

7It shall have unto it two shoulder straps joined at the two ends, and it shall be joined.

8And the skillfully woven waistband of his ephod, that [is] on it, from it it shall be, according to its work: gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

9And you shall take two onyx stones and you shall engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;

11the work of an engraver of stone, engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; turned in settings of gold you shall make them.

12And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the face of יהוה on his two shoulders for a memorial.

13And you shall make settings of gold,

14and two chains of pure gold, a braided work, you shall make them cord; and you shall put the cords of chains on the settings.

15And you shall make the breastplate of judgment, the work of a designer. You shall make it according to the workmanship of the ephod; you shall make it of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

16It shall be square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its width.

17And you shall fill in it fillings of stone, four rows of stone: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald [are] the first row;

18and the second row [is] turquoise, sapphire, and diamond;

19and the third row [is] jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

20and the fourth row [is] beryl, and onyx, and jasper. They shall be set in gold in their fillings.

21And the stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel, two [and] ten, according to their names, the engravings of a signet, each one according to his name, they shall be for the two [and] ten tribes.

22And you shall make on the breastplate chains, cords of braided work of pure gold.

23And you shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24And you shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

25And the two ends of the two cords you shall put on the two settings, and you shall put [them] on the shoulder straps of the ephod, toward the front of its face.

26And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge that is toward the side of the ephod inwardly.

27And you shall make two rings of gold and you shall put them on the two shoulders of the ephod from below, toward its face, right at the seam above the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod.

28And they shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, to be on the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod, and the breastplate shall not come loose from on the ephod.

29And Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart when he goes into the Holy Place, for a memorial before the face of יהוה continually.

30And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over the heart of Aaron when he goes in before the face of יהוה. And Aaron shall bear the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the face of יהוה continually.

31And you shall make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue.

32And there shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have an edge for its opening all around, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a corselet, it shall be that it does not tear.

33And you shall make upon its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet on its hem all around, and bells of gold in the midst of them all around,

34a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around.

35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the face of יהוה and when he comes out, and he shall not die.

36And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and you shall engrave on it the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO יהוה.

37And you shall put it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be toward the front of the face of the turban.

38And it shall be on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel shall sanctify for all their holy gifts; and it shall be on his forehead continually, for a pleasing thing for them before the face of יהוה.

39And you shall weave the tunic of fine linen, and you shall make the turban of fine linen, and the sash you shall make, the work of a weaver.

40And for the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics, and you shall make for them sashes, and you shall make headbands for them for glory and for beauty.

41And you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him, and you shall anoint them and you shall fill their hand and you shall sanctify them, and they shall minister as priests to Me.

42And you shall make for them linen undergarments to cover naked flesh; they shall be from the waist and to the thighs.

43And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the Holy Place, and they shall not bear iniquity and die. [It shall be] a statute forever for him and for his seed after him.

Chapter 29

1[“] And this [is] the thing that you shall do to them to sanctify them to minister as priests to Me: Take one bull, a son of the herd, and two rams, unblemished,

2and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with the oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with the oil; you shall make them of fine flour of wheat.

3And you shall put them in one basket and bring them near in the basket and with the bull and the two rams.

4And you shall bring near Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall wash them with the water.

5And you shall take the garments, and you shall clothe Aaron—the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate—and you shall gird him with the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod.

6And you shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy diadem on the turban.

7And you shall take the anointing oil and pour [it] on his head and anoint him.

8And you shall bring his sons near, and put on them tunics.

9And you shall gird them with sashes—Aaron and his sons—and tie on them the headbands; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute. And you shall fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons.

10And you shall bring near the bull before the face of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

11And you shall slaughter the bull before the face of יהוה, [by] the door of the Tent of Meeting.

12And you shall take from the blood of the bull and put [it] on the horns of the altar with your finger, and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

13And you shall take all the fat that is covering the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, and you shall burn [them] on the altar.

14And the flesh of the bull, and its skin and its dung, you shall burn with the fire outside of the camp; it [is] a sin offering.

15And the one ram you shall take, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

16And you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle [it] on the altar all around.

17And the ram you shall cut into its pieces, and you shall wash its entrails and its legs, and you shall put [them] on its pieces and on its head.

18And you shall burn all the ram on the altar. It [is] a burnt offering to יהוה, a pleasing aroma; it [is] a fire offering to יהוה.

19And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

20And you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take from its blood and put [it] on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hands, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood on the altar all around.

21And you shall take from the blood that is on the altar, and from the anointing oil, and sprinkle [them] on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he shall be holy, and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

22And you shall take from the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that is covering the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, and the right thigh (for it [is] a ram of ordination),

23and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened [bread] that [is] before the face of יהוה,

24and you shall put all [these] on the palms of Aaron, and on the palms of his sons, and you shall wave them [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה.

25And you shall take them from their hands and burn [them] on the altar upon the burnt offering, a pleasing aroma before the face of יהוה; it [is] a fire offering to יהוה.

26And you shall take the breast from the ram of ordination that is for Aaron and wave it, a wave offering before the face of יהוה; and it shall be for you—your portion.

27And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the contribution, which is waved and which is raised from the ram of ordination, from that which is for Aaron and from that which is for his sons.

28And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons for a statute forever from the sons of Israel, for it [is] a contribution; and it shall be a contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their contributions to יהוה.

29And the holy garments that are for Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them and to fill their hand in them.

30[For] seven days the priest from among his sons shall put them on in his place when he enters into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place.

31And the ram of the ordination you shall take and boil its flesh in a holy place.

32And Aaron shall eat—and his sons—the flesh of the ram and the bread that [is] in the basket [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting.

33And they shall eat them, that which atonement was made by them, to fill their hand, to sanctify them. And an outsider shall not eat [them], because they [are] holy.

34And if remains from the flesh of the ordination or from the bread until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with the fire; it shall not be eaten, because it [is] holy.

35And you shall do thus to Aaron and to his sons according to all that I have commanded you; seven days you shall fill their hand.

36And a bull [as] a sin offering you shall offer day by day for the atonements, and you shall cleanse from sin upon the altar in your making atonement upon it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.

37Seven days you shall make atonement upon the altar and sanctify it, and the altar shall be holy of holies; anything that touches the altar shall be holy.

38And this [is] what you shall offer on the altar: Two lambs, sons of a year, day by day continually.

39The one Lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the second lamb you shall offer between the evenings.

40And shall be a tenth [of an ephah] of flour mixed with pressed oil, and a fourth of a hin [as] a drink offering, and a fourth of a hin of wine for the one lamb.

41And the second lamb you shall offer between the evenings according to the grain offering of the morning, and according to its drink offering you shall offer with it for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to יהוה—

42a continual burnt offering throughout your⁺ generations [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting before the face of יהוה, where there I will meet you⁺ to speak to you there.

43And I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by My glory.

44And I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I will sanctify to minister as priests to Me.

45And I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and will be their God.

46And they shall know that I [am] יהוה their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, to dwell in their midst. I [am] יהוה their God.

Chapter 30

1[“] And you shall make an altar to burn incense. Of acacia wood you shall make it.

2A cubit its length, and a cubit its width. It shall be square, and two cubits its height. from it its horns [shall be].

3And you shall overlay it [with] pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.

4And you shall make two gold rings for it, under its molding, on two of its sides. You shall place [them] on both of its flanks, and they will be as holders for poles, to carry it with them.

5And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with gold.

6And you shall put it before the face of the veil that [is] over the ark of the Testimony, before the face of the mercy seat that [is] over the Testimony, where I will meet with you there.

7And Aaron shall burn on it incense of spices morning by morning; when he makes good the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.

8And when Aaron lifts up the lamps between the evenings, he shall burn incense continually before the face of יהוה throughout your⁺ generations.

9You⁺ shall not lift up strange incense on it, and a burnt offering, and a grain offering; and a drink offering you⁺ shall not pour on it.

10And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once in the year from the blood of the sin offering of the atonements; once in the year he shall make atonement upon it. Throughout your⁺ generations it [is] holy of holies to יהוה.”

11And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

12“When you take up the census of the sons of Israel for their number, then they shall give each man a ransom for his soul to יהוה when numbering them, and there shall not be a plague among them when numbering them. → Note

13This they shall give—everyone passing over among those who are numbered—a half shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (twenty gerahs [is] the shekel). The half shekel is a contribution to יהוה.

14Everyone passing over among those who are numbered, from a son of twenty years and above, shall give a contribution of יהוה.

15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half shekel, to give a contribution of יהוה to make atonement upon your⁺ souls. → Note

16And you shall take the silver of the atonements from the sons of Israel, and you shall give it to the service of the Tent of Meeting, and it shall be for the sons of Israel, for a memorial before the face of יהוה, to make atonement upon your⁺ souls.” → Note

17And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

18“And you shall make a basin of bronze, and its stand of bronze, for washing. And you shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and between the altar, and you shall put water in it.

19And Aaron and his sons shall wash from it their hands and their feet.

20When they go into the Tent of Meeting they shall wash with water, and they shall not die; or when they draw near to the altar to minister, to burn a fire offering to יהוה.

21And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and they shall not die; and it shall be to them a statute forever, to him and to his seed throughout their generations.”

22And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

23“And you, take for yourself the finest myrrh: five hundred [shekels] of liquid spices; and half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon, two hundred and fifty [shekels]; and sweet-smelling cane, two hundred and fifty [shekels];

24and cassia, five hundred [shekels], according to the shekel of the sanctuary; and olive oil, a hin.

25And you shall make it holy anointing oil, a compounded ointment, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

26And you shall anoint with it the Tent of Meeting and the Ark of the Testimony,

27and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense,

28and the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels, and the basin and its stand.

29And you shall sanctify them, that they may be holy of holies. Anything that touches them shall be holy.

30And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them to minister as priests to Me.

31And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘A holy anointing oil this is to Me throughout your⁺ generations.

32On the flesh of man it shall not be poured, and with its proportion you⁺ shall make no [other] like it. It [is] holy; it shall be holy to you⁺.

33A man who compounds like it, and whoever puts from it on an outsider, he shall be cut off from his people.’”

34And יהוה said to Moses, “Take unto you spices—gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum—spices and pure frankincense; there shall be part for part.

35And you shall make it incense, a compound, the work of a perfumer; salted, pure, [and] holy.

36And you shall grind some of it very fine and put some of it before the face of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you there. It shall be holy of holies to you⁺.

37And the incense that you shall make with its proportion, you⁺ shall not make for yourselves. It shall be holy to you for יהוה.

38A man who makes [something] like it to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”

Chapter 31

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

3And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge and in all [manner of] workmanship, → Note

4to design artistic works, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze,

5and in cutting stone for setting, and in cutting wood, to work in all [manner of] workmanship.

6And I, behold, have appointed with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And in the hearts of all who are wise of heart, I have put wisdom, and they shall make all that I have commanded you:

7The Tent of Meeting, and the ark of the Testimony, and the mercy seat that [is] on it, and all the vessels of the tent,

8and the table and its vessels, and the pure lampstand and all its vessels, and the altar of incense,

9and the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels, and the basin and its stand,

10and the woven garments and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister as priests,

11and the anointing oil, and the incense of spice for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.”

12And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

13“And You, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Truly My Sabbaths you⁺ shall keep, for it [is] a sign between Me and between you⁺ throughout your⁺ generations, that [you] may know that I [am] יהוה who sanctifies you⁺.

14And you⁺ shall keep the Sabbath, for it [is] holy to you⁺. Everyone who profanes [it], he must surely be put to death, for every doer of work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. → Note

15Six days work shall be done, and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to יהוה. Every doer of work on the Sabbath day, he must surely be put to death.

16And the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to do the Sabbath throughout their generations [as] an everlasting covenant.

17It [is] a sign between Me and between the sons of Israel forever; for [in] six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

18And He gave unto Moses, as He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

Chapter 32

1And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, and the people gathered together against Aaron and they said to him, “Arise, make for us gods who will go before our faces. For this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

2And Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden rings that [are] in the ears of your⁺ wives, your⁺ sons, and your⁺ daughters, and bring [them] to me.”

3And all the people broke off the golden rings that [were] in their ears and brought [them] to Aaron.

4And he took it from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool and he made a molten calf. And they said, “These [are] your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

5And Aaron saw, and he built an altar before its face. And Aaron proclaimed and said, “Tomorrow [is] a feast to יהוה.”

6And they rose early on the next day, and they offered burnt offerings, and they brought near peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and they rose up to play.

7And יהוה said to Moses, “Go, descend; for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted [themselves].

8They have turned aside quickly from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and they have bowed down to it, and they have sacrificed to it and they have said, ‘These [are] your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”

9And יהוה said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it [is] a stiff-necked people.

10And now, leave Me alone, and My anger may burn hot against them, and I may consume them. And I will make you into a great nation.”

11And Moses pleaded the face of יהוה his God, and he said, “Why, O יהוה, does Your anger burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

12Why should Egypt speak, saying, ‘In evil He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent over the evil against Your people.

13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants whom You swore to them by Yourself, and You said to them, ‘I will multiply your⁺ seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land, that I have said, I give to your⁺ seed, and they shall inherit [it] forever.’”

14And יהוה relented from the evil that He spoke to do to His people.

15And Moses turned, and he went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony [were] in his hand. The tablets [were] written on their two sides—on this and on that they were written.

16And the tablets, they [were] the work of God; and the writing, it [was] the writing of God engraved on the tablets.

17And Joshua heard the voice of the people in their shouting, and he said to Moses, “A voice of war [is] in the camp.”

18And he said, “[It is] not a voice of responses of might, and [it is] not a voice of responses of weakness; I hear a voice of singing.”

19And it came to pass as soon as he came near to the camp that he saw the calf and the dancing; and the anger of Moses burned, and he cast from his hands the tablets, and he shattered them at the base of the mountain.

20And he took the calf that they had made, and he burned [it] in the fire, and he ground [it] until it [was] powder, and he scattered [it] over the face of the waters, and made the sons of Israel drink [it].

21And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought upon them a great sin?”

22And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn. You have known the people, that it [is] in evil.

23And they said to me, ‘Make for us gods who shall go before our faces. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

24And I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let them break [it] off.’ And they gave [it] to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

25And Moses saw the people, that they were unrestrained—for Aaron had not restrained them, unto derision among their enemies.

26And Moses stood in the entrance of the camp and said, “Who [is] for יהוה? [Come] to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

27And he said to them, “Thus says יהוה God of Israel, ‘Put each man his sword on his side, pass over and turn back from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each man kill his brother, and each man his companion, and each man his neighbor.’”

28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell from the people in that day about three thousand men.

29And Moses said, “Fill your⁺ hand today for יהוה—for each man [is] against his son and against his brother—that He may bestow on you⁺ this day a blessing.”

30And it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, “You⁺—you⁺ have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to יהוה; perhaps I may make atonement for your⁺ sin.”

31And Moses returned to יהוה and said, “Oh, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.

32And now, if You will forgive their sin—. and if not, blot me out, please, from Your book that You have written.”

33And יהוה said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out from My book.

34And now go, lead the people to the [place] of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My angel shall go before your face. And in the day of My charging, then I will charge upon them their sin.”

35And יהוה struck the people because of what they made the calf that Aaron had made.

Chapter 33

1And יהוה said to Moses, “Depart, go up from this [place], you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘To your seed I will give it.’

2And I will send before your face an angel, and I will drive out the Canaanite, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

3[Go up] to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up among you, for you [are] a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”

4And the people heard this bad word, and they mourned; and no man put his ornaments on himself.

5And יהוה had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You⁺ [are] a stiff-necked people. In one moment I will come up among you and I will consume you. And now put down your ornaments from on you, and I will know what I shall do to you.’”

6And the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horeb.

7And Moses took the tent and he pitched it outside of the camp, far from the camp, and he called it the Tent of Meeting. And it came to pass [that] everyone seeking יהוה went out to the Tent of Meeting that [was] outside of the camp.

8And it came to pass, as Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose, and each man stood [at] the door of his tent and they looked after Moses until he had gone into the tent.

9And it came to pass, as Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud descended and it remained [at] the door of the tabernacle, and He talked with Moses.

10And all the people saw the pillar of cloud remaining [at] the door of the tent; and all the people rose and bowed down, each man, at the door of his tent.

11And יהוה would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, and his minister, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the midst of the tent.

12And Moses said to יהוה, “See, You are saying to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ and You have not made known to me whom You will send with me. And You, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and also you have found favor in My eyes.’

13And now if, please, I have found favor in Your eyes, make known to me, please, Your ways, and I shall know You, in order that I may find favor in Your eyes. And consider that this nation [is] Your people.”

14And He said, “My Presence will go [with you] and I will give rest to you.”

15And he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go [with us], do not bring us up from this [place].

16And by what will it be known then that I have found favor in Your eyes, I and Your people? Is [it] not by Your going with us, and we will be distinguished—I and Your people—from all the people who [are] upon the face of the earth?”

17And יהוה said to Moses, “Also this word that you have spoken, I will do, for you have found favor in My eyes, and I know you by name.”

18And he said, “Show me, please, Your glory.”

19And He said, “I will cause all My goodness to pass before your face, and I will proclaim in the name of יהוה before your face, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

20And He said, “You are not able to see My face, for a man shall not see Me and live.”

21And יהוה said, “Behold, a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.

22And it shall be, when My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and I will cover My palm over you until I pass by.

23And I will take away My palm, and you shall see My back, and My face shall not be seen.”

Chapter 34

1And יהוה said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you shattered.

2And be ready for the morning, and you shall come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain.

3And no man shall come up with you, and also let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; also the flock and the herd shall not pasture toward the front of that mountain.”

4And he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. And Moses rose early in the morning, and he went up to Mount Sinai, as יהוה had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.

5And יהוה descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed in His name, יהוה.

6And יהוה passed before his face and proclaimed, “יהוה, יהוה God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving devotion and truth, → Note

7keeping loving devotion to the thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and he will surely not acquit [the guilty], visiting iniquity of fathers upon sons and upon sons of sons, upon a third and upon a fourth.” → Note

8And Moses hurried and bowed down to the earth and worshiped.

9And he said, “If please I have found favor in Your eyes, O Lord my Lord, please, go among us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and You shall pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

10And He said, “Behold, I am cutting a covenant before all your people. I will do marvels that have not been created in all the earth and in all the nations. And all the people who [are] among you shall see the work of יהוה, for it [is] an awesome [thing] that I am doing with you.

11Keep for yourself what I am commanding you this day. Behold, I am driving out from before your face the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

12Guard for yourself lest you make a covenant with the dwellers of the land where you are entering, lest it become a snare in your midst.

13But their altars you⁺ shall break down, and their pillars you⁺ shall smash, and their Asherah poles you⁺ shall cut down.

14For you shall worship no other god, for יהוה, Jealous [is] his name, is a jealous God.

15Lest you cut a covenant with the dwellers of the land, and they play the prostitute with their gods, and they make sacrifice to their gods, and he calls to you, and you eat from his sacrifice,

16and you take from his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the prostitute with their gods, and they make your sons play the prostitute with their gods.

17Molten gods you shall not make for yourselves.

18The feast of the Unleavened you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened [bread], as I commanded you, in the appointed time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.

19All that open the womb belong to Me, and all firstborn of your livestock born a male, [whether] ox or sheep.

20And the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you do not redeem [it], then you shall break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem, and none shall appear before My face empty.

21Six days you shall work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: In the plowing time and in the harvest you shall rest.

22And the Feast of Weeks you shall observe with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year.

23Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the face of the Lord יהוה, God of Israel.

24For I will cast out the nations before your face and enlarge your border, and no man will covet your land when you go up to appear before the face of יהוה your God three times in the year.

25You shall not slaughter with leaven the blood of My sacrifice, and the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover shall not remain until the morning.

26The first of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of יהוה your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.”

27And יהוה said to Moses, “Write for yourself these words, for upon the mouth of these words I have cut a covenant with you and with Israel.”

28And he was there with יהוה forty days and forty nights; he has not eaten bread and has not drunk water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Words.

29And it came to pass when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony [were] in the hand of Moses when he came down from the mountain), and Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone in his speaking with Him.

30And Aaron saw—and all the sons of Israel—Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near to him.

31And Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.

32And afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that יהוה had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.

33And Moses finished from speaking with them, and he put on his face a veil.

34And whenever Moses went in before the face of יהוה to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until his coming out. And he would come out and speak to the sons of Israel whatever he had been commanded,

35and the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, and Moses would return the veil on his face until he went in to speak with Him.

Chapter 35

1And Moses gathered together all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “These [are] the words that יהוה has commanded—to do them:

2Six days work shall be done, and the seventh day shall be for you⁺ holy, a Sabbath of complete rest to יהוה. Every doer of work on it shall be put to death.

3You⁺ shall not kindle a fire in any of your⁺ dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

4And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “This [is] the word that יהוה has commanded, saying,

5take from among you⁺ a contribution to יהוה; everyone of a willing heart, he shall bring it [as] a contribution to יהוה: gold, and silver, and bronze,

6and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; and fine linen, and goats’ [hair];

7and ram skins dyed red, and badger skins; and acacia wood;

8and oil for the light; and spices for the anointing oil and for the incense of spices;

9and onyx stones, and stones as settings for the ephod and for the breastplate.

10And all wise of heart among you⁺ shall come, and they shall make all that יהוה has commanded:

11The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

12the ark and its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;

13the table and its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;

14and the lampstand of the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil of the light;

15and the altar of incense and its poles; and the anointing oil and the incense; of spices and the screen of the door for the entrance of the tabernacle;

16the altar of the burnt offering and the bronze grate that [is] for it, its poles and all its vessels; the basin and its stand;

17the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen of the gate of the court;

18the pegs of the tabernacle, and the pegs of the court, and their cords;

19the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister as priests.”

20And all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from before the face of Moses.

21And they came in—every man whom his heart lifted him and everyone whom his spirit impelled him—[and] they brought a contribution of יהוה for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. → Note

22And they came in, the men, man along with the women—everyone willing of heart—they brought hooks and earrings and rings and necklaces, every article of gold, and everyone who waved a wave offering of gold to יהוה.

23And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen, and goats’ [hair], and rams skins dyed red, and badger skins, brought [them] in.

24Everyone lifting a contribution of silver and bronze brought in a contribution of יהוה. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for every work of the service brought [it].

25And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they brought in what she had spun of the blue and the purple, of the scarlet yarn and of the fine linen.

26And all the women whose heart was lifted up with wisdom spun the goats’ [hair].

27And the rulers brought the onyx stones and stones as the settings for the ephod and for the breastplate,

28and the spice, and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the incense of spices.

29Every man and woman whose heart impelled him to bring in for all the work that יהוה had commanded to be done by the hand of Moses—the sons of Israel brought a freewill offering to יהוה.

30And Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, יהוה has called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

31And He has filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship, → Note

32and to design artistic works, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze,

33and in cutting stone for setting, and in cutting wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.

34And to teach He has given in his heart—he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

35He has filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work of an engraver and designer and weaver in the blue and the purple, in the scarlet yarn, and in the fine linen, and of a weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.

Chapter 36

1[“] And Bezalel and Oholiab and every man wise of heart in whom יהוה has put wisdom and understanding, to know to do all of the work of the service of the Holy Place, to do according to all that יהוה has commanded.”

2And Moses called to Bezalel and to Oholiab and to to every man wise of heart in whom יהוה had put wisdom in his heart—everyone whose heart lifted him—to come near to the work to do it.

3And they took from before the face of Moses all the contribution that the sons of Israel had brought out to do the work of the service of the Holy Place. And they continued bringing to him a freewill offering morning by morning.

4And all the wise ones doing all the work of the Holy Place came, every man, from his work that they were doing,

5and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the service of the work that יהוה has commanded [us] to do.”

6And Moses commanded, and they caused a voice to pass throughout the camp, saying, “Let not man or woman do anymore work for a contribution of the Holy Place.” And the people were restrained from bringing.

7And the work they had was sufficient for all the work to be done, and there was excess.

8And everyone wise of heart among those doing the work made the tabernacle; ten curtains of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; cherubim—the work of a designer—he made them.

9The length of the one curtain [was] eight and twenty by the cubit, and the width of the one curtain [was] four by the cubit, one measurement for all the curtains.

10And he joined five curtains one to one, and five curtains he joined one to one.

11And He made loops of blue on the edge of the one, the curtain from the end at the joining; likewise he did on the edge of the outermost curtain at the seam of the second.

12Fifty loops he made in the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain that [is] at the seam of the second; that the loops may be clasped one to one.

13And he made fifty clasps of gold and joined the curtains one to one with the clasps, and the tabernacle shall be one.

14And He made curtains of goats’ [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle; one [and] ten curtains he made them.

15And the length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, the width of the one curtain four cubits. One measurement for the one [and] ten curtains.

16And he joined the five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves.

17And he made fifty loops on the outermost edge of the curtain at the joining, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain at the seam of the second.

18And He made fifty clasps of bronze to join together the tent, and it shall be one.

19And he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins from above.

20And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

21Ten cubits [is] the length of the board, and a cubit and a half cubit [is] the width of the one board,

22[with] two tenons in the one board for binding one to one. Thus he did for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23And he made the boards for the tabernacle twenty boards for the south side, southward.

24And forty bases of silver he made under the twenty boards—two bases under the one board for its two tenons, and two bases under the one board for its two tenons.

25And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards

26and their forty bases of silver, two bases under the one board, and two bases under the one board.

27And for the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards,

28and He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle, for the rear sides.

29And they were coupled from the bottom, and together they were complete at its top by the one ring. Thus he made for the two of them, for the two corners.

30And there were eight boards and their bases of silver, six [and] ten bases—two bases, two bases under the one board.

31And he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

32and five bars for the boards on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the rear sides westward.

33And he made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards, from the end to the end.

34And he overlaid the boards with gold, and their rings he made of gold [as] holders for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

35And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a designer, cherubim he made on it.

36And He made for it four pillars of acacia [wood] and overlaid them [with] gold, their hooks of gold. And he cast for them four bases of silver.

37And He made a screen for the door of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a weaver,

38and its five pillars and their hooks. And he overlaid their tops and their bands [with] gold, and their five bases [were] bronze.

Chapter 37

1And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

2And he overlaid it with pure gold—from within and from without—and he made for it a molding of gold all around.

3And he cast for it four rings of gold on its four feet, and two rings on the one side and two rings on the second side.

4And He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5And he brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.

6And He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

7And He made two cherubim of gold—of hammered work he made them—from the two ends of the mercy seat,

8one cherub from this end, and one cherub from that end; from the mercy seat he made the cherubim from its two ends.

9And the cherubim spread out the wings upward, covering over the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces each toward his brother; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. → Note

10And He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

11And he overlaid it with pure gold, and he made for it a molding of gold all around.

12And he made for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and he made a gold molding for its frame all around.

13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and he put the rings on the four corners that [were] at its four legs.

14Close to the frame were the rings as holders for the poles, to carry the table.

15And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

16And He made the vessels which [were] on the table—its dishes, and its pans, and its bowls, and the pitchers with which to pour out—with pure gold.

17And He made the lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work he made the lampstand. Its base, and its branch, its cups, its buds, and its flowers—they were from it.

18And six branches came out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of the one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the second side.

19Three cups made like almond blossoms on the one branch—with a bud and a flower—and three cups like almond blossoms on the one branch—with a bud and a flower—thus for the six branches coming out from the lampstand.

20And on the lampstand itself [were] four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers.

21And a bud [was] under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, for the six branches going out from it.

22Their buds and their branches were from it, all of it one hammered work of pure gold.

23And he made its seven lamps, and its wick trimmers, and its firepans of pure gold.

24Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and with all its vessels.

25And He made the altar of the incense of acacia wood, a cubit its length, and a cubit its width—square—and two cubits its height. Its horns were from it.

26And he overlaid it [with] pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns, and He made for it a molding of gold all around.

27And He made two gold rings for it under the molding, on two of its sides on both of its flanks, as holders for poles to carry it with them.

28And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.

29And He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

Chapter 38

1And He made the altar of the burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its width—square—and three cubits its height.

2And He made its horns on the four corners; its horns were from it. And he overlaid it with bronze.

3And He made all the vessels of the altar: The pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all its vessels he made of bronze.

4And he made for the altar a grate of work of net of bronze under its ledge from below up to its middle.

5And He cast four rings for the four corners, for the grate of bronze, [as] holders for the poles.

6And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

7And he brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them. He made the altar hollow, of boards.

8And he made the basin of bronze, and its stand of bronze, with mirros of the serving women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

9And he made the court on the south side southward. The hangings of the court [were of] finely woven linen, a hundred by the cubit,

10[with] their twenty pillars and twenty bronze bases. The hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] silver.

11And the north side [was] a hundred by the cubit, with twenty pillars and twenty bronze bases. The hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] silver.

12And on the west side [were] hangings fifty by the cubit, with ten pillars and ten bases. The hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] silver.

13And the east side toward the sunrise [was] fifty cubits.

14The hangings on one side [were] five [and] ten cubits, [with] their three pillars and their three bases.

15And on the second side at the gate of the court, from this and from that, [were] hangings of five [and] ten cubits, [with] their three pillars and their three bases.

16All the hangings of the court [were of] finely woven linen all around.

17And the bases for the pillars [were] bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands [were] silver, and the overlay of their tops [was] silver, and they—all the pillars of the court—had bands of silver.

18And the screen of the gate of the court, the work of a weaver [was] of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen. And twenty cubits [was] the length, and the height along its width [was] five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

19And [there were] four pillars and their four bases of bronze; their hooks [were] silver, and the overlay of their tops and their bands [was] silver.

20And all the pegs of the tabernacle and of the court [were] bronze all around.

21These [are] the numberings of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which [were] counted by the mouth of Moses, the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

22And Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, did all that יהוה had commanded Moses.

23And with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and weaver in the blue and in the purple and in the scarlet yarn, and in the fine linen.

24All the gold used for the work in all the work of the Holy Place (and it was the gold of the wave offering) [was] nine and twenty talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

25And the silver of those numbered of the congregation [was] a hundred talents, and a thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary—

26a bekah per head, [that is,] half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who had passed over to be numbered, from a son of twenty years [old] and above, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

27And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the Holy Place and the bases of the veil—a hundred bases for the hundred talents, one talent per base.

28And the thousand and the seven hundred and five and seventy [shekels] he made the hooks for the pillars, and he overlaid their tops, and he made bands for them.

29And the bronze of the wave offering [was] seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

30And he made with it the bases of the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the bronze altar, and the bronze grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

31and the bases of the court all around, and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court all around.

Chapter 39

1And from the blue and the purple and the scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place; and they made the holy garments that [were] for Aaron, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

2And He made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

3And they beat the gold into plates, and they cut threads to work in the midst of the blue, and in the midst of the purple, and in the midst of the scarlet yarn, and in the midst of the fine linen—the work. of a designer

4They made shoulder straps for it to join [it] together; at its two ends it was joined together.

5And the skillfully woven waistband of his ephod that [was] on it, it was from it, according to its work: gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

6And they set the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved with engravings of a signet, with the names of the sons of Israel.

7And He put them on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

8And he made the breastplate, the work of a designer, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

9It was square; doubled they made the breastplate; a span its length and a span its width—doubled.

10And they filled in it four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald [was] the first row;

11and the second row [was] turquoise, sapphire, and diamond;

12and the third row [was] jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

13and the fourth row [was] beryl, onyx, and jasper. [They were] enclosed in settings of gold in their fillings.

14And the stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel, they were two [and] ten, according to their names, the engravings of a signet, each one according to his name, for the two [and] ten tribes.

15And they made on the breastplate chains, cords of braided a work of pure gold.

16And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

17And they put the two cords of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

18And the two ends of the two cords they put on the two settings, and they put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, toward the front of its face.

19And they made two rings of gold and put [them] on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge that [was] toward the side of the ephod inwardly.

20And they made two rings of gold, and they put them on the two shoulders of the ephod from below, toward its face, right at the seam above the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod.

21And they bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, to be on the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod, and the breastplate would not come loose from on the ephod, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

22And He made the robe of the ephod the work, of a weaver, entirely of blue.

23And [there was] an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a corselet, an edge for its opening all around, so it would not tear.

24And they made upon the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finely woven [linen].

25And they made bells of pure gold, and they put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around, in the midst of the pomegranates,

26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around, to minister, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

27And they made the tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons,

28and the turban of fine linen, and the ornate headbands of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of finely woven linen,

29and a sash of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of a weaver, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

30And they made the plate of the holy diadem of pure gold and wrote on it a writing, the engraving of a signet: HOLY TO יהוה.

31And they put on it a blue cord to put it on the turban from above, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

32And all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. And the sons of Israel did according to all that יהוה had commanded Moses; so they did.

33And they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent, and all its vessels, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its bases;

34and the covering of ram skins dyed red, and the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the screen;

35the ark of the Testimony and its poles, and the mercy seat;

36the table, all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;

37the pure [gold] lampstand, its lamps—lamps set in order—and all its vessels, and the oil for the light;

38and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the screen of the door of the tent;

39the bronze altar, and the grate of bronze that is for it, its poles, and all its vessels; the basin and its stand;

40the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases; and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting;

41the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.

42According to all that יהוה had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did all the work.

43And Moses looked over all the work, and behold, they had done it as יהוה had commanded; so they had done. And Moses blessed them.

Chapter 40

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“On the first day of the month, in the first month, you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

3And you shall put there the ark of the Testimony, and you shall cover over the ark with the veil.

4And you shall bring in the table, and you shall arrange its arrangement, and you shall bring in the lampstand, and you shall set up its lamps.

5And you shall set the gold altar for incense before the face of the ark of the Testimony, and you shall put up the screen of the door for the tabernacle.

6And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the face of the door of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

7And you shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and between the altar, and you shall set water there.

8And you shall put up the court all around, and you shall set up the screen of the gate of the court.

9And you shall take the anointing oil, and you shall anoint the tabernacle and all that [is] in it, and you shall sanctify it and all its vessels, and it shall be holy.

10And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its vessels, and you shall sanctify the altar, and the altar shall be holy of holies.

11And you shall anoint the basin and its stand, and you shall sanctify it.

12And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall wash them with the water.

13And you shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and you shall anoint him, and you shall sanctify him, and he shall minister as priest to Me.

14And you shall bring his sons, and you shall clothe them with tunics.

15And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father, and they shall minister as priests to Me. And their anointing shall surely be to them an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

16And Moses did according to all that יהוה had commanded him; so he did.

17And it came to pass, in the first month of the second year, on the first of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.

18And Moses raised up the tabernacle, and he set its bases, and he put its boards, and he set its bars, and he raised up its pillars.

19And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle, and he put the covering of the tent on it from above, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

20And he took and he set the Testimony into the ark, and he put the poles on the ark, and he set the mercy seat on the ark from above.

21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and he put up the veil of the screen, and he covered over the ark of the Testimony, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

22And he set the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

23And he arranged on it an arrangement of bread before the face of יהוה, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

24And he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

25And he lit the lamps before the face of יהוה, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

26And he put the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting before the face of the veil.

27And he burned on it incense of spices, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

28And he put up the screen of the door for the tabernacle.

29And he put the altar of the burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and he offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

30And he put the basin between the Tent of Meeting and between the altar, and he set water in it for washing.

31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed from it their hands and their feet.

32Whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

33And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and he set up the screen of the gate of the court. And Moses finished the work.

34And the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of יהוה filled the tabernacle.

35And Moses was not able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud dwelt on it, and the glory of יהוה filled the tabernacle.

36And whenever the cloud was taken up from on the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out in all their journeys;

37and if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up.

38For the cloud of יהוה [was] on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

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Chapter 1

1And He called to Moses, and יהוה spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: When any man from you⁺ brings near an offering to יהוה—from the livestock, from the herd, or from the flock—you⁺ shall bring near your⁺ offering.

3If his offering [is] a burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring near an unblemished male; to the door of the Tent of Meeting he shall bring it near of his own free will before the face of יהוה.

4And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him, to make atonement upon him.

5And he shall slaughter the son of the herd before the face of יהוה, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood, and they shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around, which [is at] the door to the Tent of Meeting.

6And he shall skin the burnt offering, and he shall cut it into its pieces.

7And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and they shall arrange the wood on the fire.

8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces with the head and with the fat on the wood that [is] on the fire that [is] on the altar.

9And its entrails and its legs he shall wash with the water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

10And if his offering [is] from the flock—from the sheep or from the goats—he shall bring near an unblemished male for a burnt offering.

11And he shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the face of יהוה, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around.

12And he shall cut it into its pieces, and with its head and with its fat, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that [is] on the fire that [is] on the altar.

13And the entrails and the legs he shall wash with the water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn [it] on the altar; it [is] a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

14And if his offering to יהוה [is] a burnt offering from the bird, then he shall bring near his offering from the turtledoves or from the sons of the pigeon. → Note

15And the priest shall bring it near to the altar, and he shall wring off its head, and he shall burn [it] on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out upon the side of the altar.

16And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and he shall cast it beside the altar eastward, into the place of the ashes.

17And he shall split it by its wings, he shall not divide [it] completely, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that [is] on the fire. It [is] a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

Chapter 2

1[“] And when a soul brings near a grain offering, an offering to יהוה, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and he shall put frankincense on it. → Note

2And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he shall take from it the fullness of his handful of fine flour and oil with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn [it], its memorial [portion], on the altar, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

3And the remainder of the grain offering [is] for Aaron and for his sons; [it is] holy of holies from the fire offerings to יהוה.

4And if you bring near an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with the oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with the oil.

5And if your offering [is] a grain offering on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour mixed with the oil, unleavened.

6You shall break it in pieces, and you shall pour oil on it; it [is] a grain offering.

7And if your offering [is] a grain offering [in] a covered pan, it shall be made of fine flour with the oil.

8And you shall bring near the grain offering that is made from these things to יהוה, and he shall bring it near to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.

9And the priest shall lift up from the grain offering its memorial [portion], and he shall burn [it] on the altar. [It is] a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

10And what is left from the grain offering [is] for Aaron and for his sons. [It is] holy of holies from the fire offerings to יהוה.

11Any grain offering that you⁺ bring near to יהוה shall not be made leavened, for any leaven, and any honey, you⁺ shall not burn from it a fire offering to יהוה.

12An offering of firstfruits you⁺ shall bring them near to יהוה; and they shall not go up on the altar for a pleasing aroma.

13And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with the salt. And the salt of the covenant of your God you shall not allow to cease from on your grain offering; on all your offerings you shall bring near salt.

14And if you bring near a grain offering of firstfruits to יהוה, you shall bring near heads of new grain roasted on the fire, crushed grain from full heads [for] a grain offering of your firstfruits.

15And you shall put oil on it, and you shall lay frankincense on it; it [is] a grain offering.

16And the priest shall burn its memorial [portion] from its crushed grain and from its oil with all its frankincense, [as] a fire offering to יהוה.

Chapter 3

1[“] And if his offering [is] a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is bringing near from the herd, whether male or female, he shall bring it near unblemished before the face of יהוה.

2And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and he shall slaughter it [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around.

3And he shall bring near from the sacrifice of the peace offerings a fire offering to יהוה: The fat that is covering the entrails, and all the fat that [is] on the entrails,

4and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, that [is] on the flanks, and the lobe of the liver above the kidneys, [which] he shall remove.

5And the sons of Aaron shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offering which [is] on the wood that [is] on the fire, [it is] a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

6And if his offering [is] from the flock, for a sacrifice of peace offerings to יהוה, male or female, he shall bring it near unblemished.

7If he is bringing near a lamb as his offering, then he shall offer it before the face of יהוה.

8And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and he shall slaughter it before the face of the Tent of Meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around.

9And he shall bring near from the sacrifice of the peace offerings a fire offering to יהוה, its fat, the entire fat tail close to the backbone, he shall remove it, and the fat that is covering the entrails, and all the fat that [is] on the entrails,

10and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, that [is] on the flanks, and the lobe of the liver above the kidneys, [which] he shall remove.

11And the priest shall burn it on the altar [as] food, a fire offering to יהוה.

12And if his offering [is] a goat, then he shall bring it near before the face of יהוה.

13And He shall lay his hand on its head, and he shall slaughter it before the face of the Tent of Meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around.

14And he shall bring near from it his offering, a fire offering to יהוה, the fat that is covering the entrails, and all the fat that [is] on the entrails,

15and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, that [is] on the flanks, and the lobe of the liver above the kidneys, [which] he shall remove.

16And the priest shall burn them on the altar [as] food, a fire offering for a pleasing aroma. All the fat belongs to יהוה.

17[This is] an everlasting statute throughout your⁺ generations in all your⁺ dwellings: Any fat and any blood you⁺ shall not eat.”

Chapter 4

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: When a soul sins in error from any of the commandments of יהוה which are not to be done, and he does from one of them— → Note

3if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then he shall bring near for his sin that he has sinned a young bull, a son of the herd, unblemished, to יהוה for a sin offering.

4And he shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before the face of יהוה, and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and he shall slaughter the bull before the face of יהוה.

5And the anointed priest shall take from the blood of the bull, and he shall bring it to the Tent of Meeting,

6and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and he shall sprinkle from the blood seven times before the face of יהוה, the face of the veil of the Holy Place.

7And the priest shall put from the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of spices before the face of יהוה, which [is] in the Tent of Meeting. And all the blood of the bull he shall pour at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is] at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

8And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering, he shall lift up from it the fat that is covering over the entrails and all the fat that [is] on the entrails,

9and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, that [is] on the flanks, and the lobe of the liver above the kidneys, [which] he shall remove,

10as it is lifted up from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offerings. And the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.

11And the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and its legs and its entrails and its dung—

12and he shall carry all of the bull outside of the camp to a clean place, to the place of the pouring out of the ashes, and he shall burn it on wood with the fire. It shall be burned on the place of the pouring out of the ashes.

13Now if the whole congregation of Israel errs, and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do one from all the commandments of יהוה which are not to be done, and they are guilty,

14and the sin that they have sinned against it becomes known, then the assembly shall bring near a young bull, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and they shall bring it before the face of the Tent of Meeting.

15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the face of יהוה, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the face of יהוה.

16And the anointed priest shall bring from the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting.

17And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and he shall sprinkle [it] seven times before the face of יהוה, the face of the veil.

18And from the blood he shall put on the horns of the altar that [is] before the face of יהוה, which [is] in the Tent of Meeting, and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering that [is] at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

19And all the fat he shall take from it, and he shall burn [it] on the altar.

20And he shall do to the bull as he did to the bull of the sin offering; thus shall he do to it. And the priest shall make atonement upon them, and it shall be forgiven for them.

21And he shall carry the bull to the outside of the camp, and he shall burn it as he burned the first bull; it [is] a sin offering of the assembly.

22When a ruler sins, and does one from all the commandments of יהוה his God that are not to be done, in error, and is guilty,

23or his sin which he sinned in it is made known to him, then he shall bring his offering: a kid of the goats, an unblemished male.

24And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and he shall slaughter it in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering before the face of יהוה; it [is] a sin offering.

25And the priest shall take from the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and he shall put [it] on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he shall pour its blood at the base of the altar of the burnt offering.

26And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement upon him from his sin, and it shall be forgiven for him.

27And if one soul from the people of the land sins in error, in doing one of the commandments of יהוה that are not to be done, and he is guilty, → Note

28or his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring as his offering: a female kid of the goats unblemished, a female, for his sin that he has sinned.

29And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and he shall slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

30And the priest shall take from its blood with his finger, and he shall put [it] on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he shall pour all the blood at the base of the altar.

31And all its fat he shall remove as the fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma to יהוה. And the priest shall make atonement upon him, and it shall be forgiven for him.

32And if he brings a lamb [for] his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring an unblemished female,

33and he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and he shall slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering.

34And the priest shall take from the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and he shall put [it] on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and he shall pour all its blood at the base of the altar.

35And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the fire offerings to יהוה. And the priest shall make atonement upon him, upon his sin that he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven for him.

Chapter 5

1[“] And if a soul sins and hears the voice of an oath, and he [is] a witness, whether he has seen or he has known, if he does not tell, then he shall bear his iniquity. → Note

2Or if a soul touches any unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing, and it is hidden from him, then he [is] unclean and guilty. → Note

3Or if he touches uncleanness of man, according to all his uncleanness by which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and he realizes [it], then he shall be guilty.

4Or if a soul swears, to utter with [his] lips to do evil or to do good, according to all that the man utters by an oath, and it is hidden from him, and he realizes [it], then he shall be guilty in one of these. → Note

5And it shall be, when he is guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that he has sinned in it.

6And he shall bring his guilt offering to יהוה for his sin that he has sinned: A female from the flock, a lamb or a female kid of the goats, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement upon him from his sin.

7And if his hand does not reach to the sufficiency of a lamb, then he shall bring [for] his guilt offering that he has sinned—two turtledoves or two sons of a pigeon to יהוה, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.

8And he shall bring them to the priest, and he shall bring near [that] which [is] for the sin offering first, and he shall wring off its head from its neck, and he shall not divide [it] completely.

9And he shall sprinkle from the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the remainder of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It [is] a sin offering.

10And the second he shall do [as] a burnt offering, according to the ordinance. And the priest shall make atonement upon him from his sin that he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven for him.

11And if his hand does not reach to two turtledoves or to two sons of a pigeon, then he shall bring near for his offering that he has sinned a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall not put oil on it, and he shall not put frankincense on it, for it [is] a sin offering.

12And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take from it the fullness of his handful, its memorial [portion], and he shall burn [it] on the altar, on the fire offerings to יהוה; it [is] a sin offering.

13And the priest shall make atonement upon him, upon his sin that he has sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven for him. And [the remainder] shall be for the priest, like the grain offering.”

14And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

15“If a soul acts unfaithfully—an unfaithfulness—and sins in error from the holy things of יהוה, then he shall bring his guilt offering to יהוה: an unblemished ram of the flock, in your valuation of silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. → Note

16And [for] that which he has sinned from the holy thing he shall repay, and its fifth he shall add on it, and he shall give it to the priest. And the priest shall make atonement upon him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it shall be forgiven for him.

17And if a soul sins and does one from all the commandments of יהוה which are not to be done, and he has not known, and he is guilty, then he shall bear his iniquity. → Note

18And he shall bring an unblemished ram from the flock, in your valuation, for a guilt offering to the priest. And the priest shall make atonement upon him regarding his error in which he erred and he did not know [it], and it shall be forgiven for him.

19It [is] a guilt offering; he was surely guilty against יהוה.”

Chapter 6

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“If a soul sins and acts unfaithfully—an unfaithfulness—against יהוה and has lied to his neighbor concerning a deposit, or concerning a pledge of hand, or concerning a robbery, or if he has extorted his neighbor, → Note

3or if he has found a lost thing and has lied concerning it, and has sworn upon falsehood—upon one from all that the man does, to sin in them.

4And it shall be, when he sins and is guilty, that he shall return the plunder that he has stolen, or the extortion that he has extorted, or the deposit that has been deposited with him, or the lost thing that he found,

5or from all about which he swore to a lie. And He shall restore it in its principal and he shall add a fifth to it; to whomever it belongs, he shall give it in the day of his guilt offering.

6And his guilt offering he shall bring to יהוה, an unblemished ram from the flock, in your valuation, for a guilt offering, to the priest.

7And the priest shall make atonement upon him before the face of יהוה, and it shall be forgiven for him regarding one thing from all that he does, to be guilty in it.”

8And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

9“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, this [is] the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering [is] on the hearth on the altar all the night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.

10And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put his linen undergarments on his flesh, and he shall lift up the ashes that the fire consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

11And he shall take off his garments, and he shall put on other garments, and he shall carry the ashes to outside of the camp to a clean place.

12And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out, and the priest shall burn wood on it morning by morning, and he shall arrange on it the burnt offering, and he shall burn on it the fats of the peace offerings.

13A fire continually shall be kept burning on the altar; it shall not be put out.

14And this [is] the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall bring it near before the face of יהוה, before the face of the altar.

15And he shall lift up from it in his handful from the fine flour of the grain offering, and from its oil, and all the frankincense that [is] on the grain offering, and he shall burn [it] on the altar for a pleasing aroma, its memorial [portion], to יהוה.

16And the remainder of it, Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened, in a holy place; in the court of the Tent of Meeting they shall eat it.

17It shall not be baked [with] leaven; their portion I have given it from My fire offerings. It [is] holy of holies, like the sin offering and like the guilt offering.

18All the males among the sons of Aaron shall eat it; [it is] an everlasting statute throughout your⁺ generations from the fire offerings of יהוה. All that touches them will be holy.”

19And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

20“This [is] the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall bring near to יהוה in the day of his being anointed: A tenth of an ephah of fine flour, a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.

21It shall be made on a griddle with the oil—you shall bring it in well mixed; you shall bring near the baked pieces of a grain offering, a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

22And the anointed priest in his place from among his sons shall do it [as] an everlasting statute to יהוה; it shall be burned completely.

23And every grain offering of a priest shall be a whole [offering]. It shall not be eaten.”

24And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

25“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying: This [is] the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the face of יהוה; it [is] holy of holies.

26The priest—the one cleansing from sin [with] it—shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.

27All that touches its flesh shall be holy, and if its blood is sprinkled on any garment, that on which it is sprinkled you shall wash in a holy place.

28And an earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and it shall be rinsed in the water.

29Every male among the priests may eat it; it [is] holy of holies.

30And any sin offering from which the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place shall not be eaten; it shall be burned in the fire.

Chapter 7

1[“] And this [is] the law of the guilt offering: It [is] holy of holies.

2In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering, they shall slaughter the guilt offering; and he shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around.

3And he shall bring near all its fat from it, the fat tail, and the fat that is covering the entrails,

4and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them that [is] on the flanks, and the lobe of the liver above the kidneys—he shall remove it.

5And the priest shall burn them on the altar, a fire offering to יהוה; it [is] a guilt offering.

6Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it [is] holy of holies;

7Like the sin offering, like the guilt offering; one law [is] for them. The priest who makes atonement with it, unto him it shall be.

8And the priest who brings near a burnt offering of a man—the skin of the burnt offering that he has brought near, it is for the priest, for him.

9And every grain offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is made in the pan or on a griddle,—it shall be for the priest who brings it near, for him.

10And every grain offering mixed with the oil, or dry, it shall be for all sons of Aaron, each man like his brother.

11And this [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that he shall bring near to יהוה:

12If he brings it near for thanksgiving, then he shall bring it near with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with the oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with the oil, and well-mixed cakes of fine flour mixed with the oil.

13Upon the cakes, he shall bring near leavened bread [as] his offering with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

14And he shall bring near from it one [cake] from each offering, a contribution to יהוה. For the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings, for him it shall be.

15And the flesh of the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering, it shall be eaten on the day of its offering; he shall not leave from it until morning.

16And if the sacrifice of his offering [is] a vow or a freewill offering, in the day of his bringing near his sacrifice, it shall be eaten; and on the next day the remainder of it may be eaten;

17and the remainder from the flesh of the sacrifice in the third day must be burned in the fire.

18And if from the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten at all in the third day, it shall not be accepted for him who is bringing it near, nor shall it be reckoned to him. It shall be an abomination, and the soul who eats from it shall bear his iniquity. → Note

19And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned in the fire. And the flesh, every clean one shall eat flesh.

20And the soul who eats the flesh from the sacrifice of the peace offerings that [is] to יהוה, and his uncleanness [is] on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. → Note

21And if a soul touches any unclean thing—for uncleanness of man, or for an unclean animal, or for any unclean abomination—and he eats from the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offerings that [is] to יהוה, then that soul shall be cut off from his people.” → Note

22And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

23“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Any fat of an ox, or sheep, or goat, you⁺ shall not eat.

24And the fat of a carcass, and the fat of a torn thing, may be used for any work; and eating. you⁺ shall not eat it

25For anyone eating fat from the beast of which he brings near, a fire offering to יהוה, then the soul eating shall be cut off from his people. → Note

26And any blood you⁺ shall not eat in any of your⁺ dwellings, of the bird and of the beast. → Note

27Any soul who eats any blood, then that soul shall be cut off from his people.’” → Note

28And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

29“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘He who is bringing near the sacrifice of his peace offerings to יהוה shall bring his offering to יהוה from the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

30His hands shall bring fire offerings to יהוה; the fat upon the breast he shall bring with the breast to wave it [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה.

31And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, and the breast shall be for Aaron and for his sons.

32And the right thigh you⁺ shall give [as] a contribution to the priest from the sacrifices of your⁺ peace offerings.

33The one from the sons of Aaron bringing near the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, to him shall be the right thigh for a portion.

34For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution I have taken from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons for an everlasting statute from the sons of Israel.’”

35This [is] the anointing [portion] of Aaron and his sons from the fire offerings to יהוה on the day [Moses] presented them to minister as priests to יהוה,

36which יהוה commanded to give to them on the day of his anointing them from the sons of Israel—an everlasting statute throughout their generations.

37This [is] the law for the burnt offering, for the grain offering, and for the sin offering, and for the guilt offering, and for the ordination offerings, and for the sacrifice of the peace offerings,

38that יהוה commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day of His commanding the sons of Israel to bring near their offerings to יהוה in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Chapter 8

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of the unleavened [bread];

3and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting.”

4And Moses did as יהוה commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

5And Moses said to the congregation, “This [is] the word that יהוה commanded to do.”

6And Moses brought near Aaron and his sons, and he washed them with the water,

7and he put the tunic on him, and he girded him with the sash, and he clothed him with the robe, and he put the ephod on him, and he girded him with the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod, and he bound [it] on him with it.

8And he put on him the breastplate, and he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.

9And he put the turban on his head, and he put on the turban, toward the front of its face, the golden plate, the holy diadem, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

10And Moses took the anointing oil, and he anointed the tabernacle and all that [was] in it, and he sanctified them.

11And he sprinkled from it on the altar seven times, and he anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its stand, to sanctify them.

12And he poured from the anointing oil on the head of Aaron, and he anointed him, to sanctify him.

13And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron, and he clothed them [with] tunics, and he girded them [with] sashes, and he bound headbands, to them, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

14And he brought near the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.

15And he slaughtered [it], and Moses took the blood, and he put [it] on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and he cleansed from sin the altar, and he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and he sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.

16And he took all the fat that [was] on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses burned [them] on the altar.

17And the bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung, he burned in the fire outside of the camp, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

18And he brought near the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

19And he slaughtered [it], and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.

20And he cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

21And the entrails and the legs he washed in the water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It [was] a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma; it [was] a fire offering to יהוה, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

22And he brought near the second ram, the ram of the ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

23And he slaughtered [it], and Moses took from its blood, and he put [it] on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

24And he brought near the sons of Aaron, and Moses put from the blood on the tips of their right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.

25And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that [was] on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.

26And from the basket of the unleavened [bread] that [was] before the face of יהוה he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and he put [them] on the fat and on the right thigh.

27And he set all [these] on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and he waved them [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה.

28And Moses took them from their palms, and he burned [them] on the altar, on the burnt offering. They [were] ordination offerings for a pleasing aroma; it [was] a fire offering to יהוה.

29And Moses took the breast, and he waved it [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה. From the ram of the ordination it was for Moses, for a portion, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

30And Moses took from the anointing oil and from the blood that [was] on the altar, and he sprinkled [it] on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him. And he sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

31And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the flesh [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there you⁺ shall eat it, and the bread that [is] in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

32And the remainder among the flesh and among the bread you⁺ shall burn in the fire.

33And you⁺ shall not go from the door of the Tent of Meeting [for] seven days, until the day of the fullness, the days of your⁺ ordination—for seven days he will fill your⁺ hand.

34As he has done in this day, יהוה has commanded to do, to make atonement upon you⁺.

35And you⁺ shall stay [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting, day and night [for] seven days, and you⁺ shall keep the charge of יהוה, and you⁺ shall not die; for so I have been commanded.”

36And Aaron and his sons did all the words that יהוה had commanded by the hand of Moses.

Chapter 9

1And it came to pass on the eighth day [that] Moses called for Aaron and for his sons and for the elders of Israel,

2and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a calf, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, unblemished, and bring [them] near before the face of יהוה.

3And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Take a kid of the goats for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb—sons of a year, unblemished—for a burnt offering,

4and a bull and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the face of יהוה, and a grain offering mixed with the oil. For today יהוה will appear to you⁺.’”

5And they brought what Moses had commanded to the face of the Tent of Meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the face of יהוה.

6And Moses said, “This [is] the thing that יהוה has commanded you⁺ to do, and the glory of יהוה will appear to you⁺.”

7And Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and do your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement on your behalf and on behalf of the people. And do the offering of the people and make atonement on their behalf, as יהוה commanded.”

8And Aaron drew near to the altar, and he slaughtered the calf of the sin offering that [was] for himself.

9And the sons of Aaron brought near the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood, and he put [it] on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

10And the fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

11And the flesh and the skin he burned with the fire outside of the camp.

12And he slaughtered the burnt offering. And the sons of Aaron presented to him the blood, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around.

13And they presented the burnt offering to him by its pieces and the head, and he burned [them] on the altar.

14And he washed the entrails and the legs, and he burned [them] on the burnt offering on the altar.

15And he brought near the offering of the people, and he took the goat of the sin offering that [was] for the people, and he slaughtered it, and he cleansed from sin, like the first one.

16And he brought near the burnt offering, and he did it according to the ordinance.

17And he brought near the grain offering, and he filled his palm from it, and he burned [it] on the altar in addition to the burnt offering of the morning.

18And he slaughtered the bull and the ram [as] the sacrifice of the peace offerings that [were] for the people, and the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around.

19And the fat from the bull and the ram, the fat tail, and the covering, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver,

20and they put the fat on the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar.

21And the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה, as Moses had commanded.

22And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and he blessed them, and he came down from doing the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.

23And Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and they came out, and they blessed the people, and the glory of יהוה appeared to all the people.

24And fire came out from before the face of יהוה, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar, and all the people saw, and they shouted, and they fell on their faces.

Chapter 10

1And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his firepan, and they put fire in it, and they put incense on it, and they brought near before the face of יהוה strange fire, which He had not commanded them.

2And fire went out from before the face of יהוה, and it consumed them, and they died before the face of יהוה.

3And Moses said to Aaron, “It [is] what יהוה spoke, saying, ‘By those drawing near to Me I will be shown holy, and before the faces of all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron was silent.

4And Moses called to Mishael and to Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and he said to them, “Draw near, carry your⁺ brothers from the face of the Holy Place, to the outside of the camp.”

5And they drew near, and they carried them in their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had spoken.

6And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar his sons, “Do not uncover your⁺ heads and do not tear your⁺ clothes, and you⁺ shall not die, and upon all the congregation He will be angry. And your⁺ brothers, the whole house of Israel, shall weep the burning that יהוה has burned.

7And you⁺ shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you⁺ die; for the anointing oil of יהוה [is] upon you⁺.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

8And יהוה spoke to Aaron, saying,

9“Wine and strong drink you shall not drink, you and your sons with you, when you⁺ go into the Tent of Meeting, and you⁺ shall not die. [It is] a statute forever throughout your⁺ generations,

10and to distinguish between the holy and between the common, and between the unclean and between the clean,

11and to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes that יהוה has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”

12And Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar his sons, the ones remaining, “Take the grain offering, the one remaining from the fire offerings of יהוה, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it [is] holy of holies.

13And you⁺ shall eat it in a holy place, because it [is] your portion and the portion of your sons from the fire offerings of יהוה; for so I have been commanded.

14And the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution you⁺ shall eat in a clean place—you and your sons and your daughters with you; for your portion and the portion of your sons, they are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

15The thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the fire offerings of fat to wave [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה. And it shall be for you and for your sons with you for an everlasting statute, as יהוה has commanded.”

16And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, the ones remaining, saying,

17“Why have you⁺ not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, for it [is] holy of holies, and He has given it to you⁺ to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement upon them before the face of יהוה?

18Behold, its blood was not brought in to the Holy Place within. You⁺ surely should have eaten it in the Holy Place, as I commanded.”

19And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they have brought near their sin offerings and their burnt offerings before the face of יהוה, and [things] as these have befallen me; and [if] I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the eyes of יהוה?”

20And Moses listened, and it was good in his eyes.

Chapter 11

1And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This [is] the living thing that you⁺ may eat from among all the beasts that [are] on the earth:

3Every one dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hooves, [and] bringing up the cud among the beasts, it you⁺ may eat.

4Nevertheless this you⁺ shall not eat from among the ones bringing up the cud, and from among the ones dividing the hoof: The camel, though it [is] bringing up the cud, but the hoof it [is] not dividing—it [is] unclean to you⁺.

5And the rock badger, though it [is] bringing up the cud, but the hoof it [is] not dividing—it [is] unclean to you⁺.

6And the hare, though it [is] bringing up the cud, but the hoof it has not divided—it [is] unclean to you⁺.

7And the swine, though it [is] dividing the hoof and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, but the cud it does not chew—it [is] unclean to you⁺.

8From their flesh you⁺ shall not eat, and their carcass you⁺ shall not touch—they [are] unclean to you⁺.

9This you⁺ shall eat from all that [are] in the waters: Everything that has fin and scale in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them you⁺ shall eat.

10And everything that does not have fin and scale in the seas and in the rivers, from every swarming thing of the waters, and from every living creature that [is] in the waters—they [are] an abomination to you⁺.

11And an abomination they shall be to you⁺; from their flesh you⁺ shall not eat, and their carcasses you⁺ shall detest.

12All that does not have fin and scale in the waters—it [is] an abomination to you⁺.

13And these you⁺ shall detest from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they [are] an abomination: The eagle, and the bearded vulture, and the black vulture, → Note

14and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind,

15every raven according to its kind,

16and the daughter of the ostrich, and the screech owl, and the gull, and the hawk according to its kind,

17and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

18and the white owl, and the desert owl, and the osprey,

19and the stork, the heron according to its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

20Every swarming thing that flies, the one walking on four [legs], it [is] an abomination to you⁺.

21Only this you⁺ may eat from every swarming thing that flies, the one walking on four [legs]: That which has jointed legs above its feet to leap with them on the earth.

22These from them you⁺ may eat: The locust according to its kind, and the katydid according to its kind, and the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.

23And every swarming thing that flies that has four feet, it [is] an abomination to you⁺.

24And by these you⁺ shall become unclean; anyone who touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

25And everyone who lifts from their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

26To every beast that [is] dividing the hoof, and [is] not cleaving a cleft, and [is] not bringing up the cud, it [is] unclean to you⁺. Anyone who touches them shall be unclean.

27And everything walking on its palms among all the living that go on four [legs], they [are] unclean to you⁺. Everyone who touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

28And the one lifting their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening—they [are] unclean to you⁺.

29And this [is] unclean to you⁺ among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: The mole, and the mouse, and the large lizard according to its kind,

30and the gecko, and the monitor lizard, and the lizard, and the skink, and the chameleon.

31These [are] unclean to you⁺ among every swarming thing; anyone who touches them in their death shall be unclean until the evening.

32And on all that, from their death, it falls, shall be unclean. From every vessel of wood, or garment, or skin, or sackcloth. Every vessel in which work is done, it must be put in the water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; and it shall be clean.

33And every earthen vessel that falls from them into its midst, all that [is] in its midst shall be unclean, and you⁺ shall break it.

34From all the food that may be eaten, on which water comes, it shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk from [such] a vessel shall be unclean.

35And everything on which their carcass falls, it shall be unclean: An oven or a hearth, it shall be broken down. They [are] unclean, and they shall be unclean to you⁺.

36Only a spring and a cistern, a collection of water, shall be clean, and the one touching their carcass shall be unclean.

37And if their carcass falls on any planting seed that is to be sown, it [is] clean.

38And if water is put on the seed, and their carcass falls on it, it [is] unclean to you⁺.

39And if from the beast that [is] for food for you⁺ dies, the one touching its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

40And the one eating from its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; and the one lifting its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

41And every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth it [is] an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

42Everything crawling on its belly and everything walking on four [legs], as far as everything multiplying feet among all the swarming things that swarm upon the earth, you⁺ shall not eat them, for they [are] an abomination.

43You⁺ shall not make your⁺ souls detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, and you⁺ shall not make yourselves unclean with them, and you⁺ shall not become unclean by them. → Note

44For I [am] יהוה your⁺ God. And you⁺ shall sanctify yourselves, and you⁺ shall be holy, for I [am] holy. And you⁺ shall not make unclean your souls with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth. → Note

45For I [am] יהוה, the One bringing you⁺ up from the land of Egypt, to be your⁺ God; and you⁺ shall be holy, for I [am] holy.

46This [is] the law of the beast and the bird and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that swarms upon the earth, → Note

47to distinguish between the unclean and between the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and between the living thing that may not be eaten.’”

Chapter 12

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘A woman, that conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. As in the days of the uncleanness of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.

3And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

4And thirty days and three days she shall continue in the blood of [her] purification. She shall not touch any holy thing, and she shall not come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

5And if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks like her menstruation, and sixty days and six days she shall continue in the blood of [her] purification.

6And in the fulfilling of the days of her purification, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring near a lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, and a son of a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest.

7And he shall bring it near before the face of יהוה, and he shall make atonement upon her, and she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This [is] the law of the one giving birth, for the male or for the female.

8And if her hand is not able to bring a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two sons of a pigeon, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement upon her, and she will be clean.’”

Chapter 13

1And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

2“When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes a plague of leprosy in the skin of his flesh, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one from his sons, the priests.

3And the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of his flesh. And if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague [is] deeper than the skin of his body, it [is] a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and he shall pronounce him unclean.

4And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance [is] not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the [one with] the plague seven days.

5And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and behold, [if] the plague has stood in his eyes, the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up a second seven days.

6And the priest shall examine him on the second seventh day, and behold, [if] the plague has faded and the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It [is] a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and he shall be clean.

7And if the scab spreads at all in the skin after he has been seen by the priest for his cleansing, then he shall be seen a second [time] by the priest.

8And the priest shall examine [him], and behold, [if] the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] leprosy.

9When a plague is leprous in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.

10And the priest shall examine [him], and behold, [if] the swelling [is] white in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and [there is] a spot of living flesh in the swelling,

11it [is] an old leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he [is] unclean.

12And if leprosy breaks out at all in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the [one with] the plague, from his head and to his feet, to all that appears to the eye of the priest,

13then the priest shall examine [him], and behold, [if] the leprosy has covered all his flesh, then the [one with] the plague he shall pronounce clean; it has all turned white; he [is] clean.

14And in the day of the appearing of living flesh in him, he shall be unclean.

15And the priest shall examine the living flesh and pronounce him unclean, the living flesh [is] unclean; it [is] leprosy.

16Or if the living flesh turns back, and it is turned to white, then he shall come to the priest,

17and the priest shall examine him, and behold, [if] the plague has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean the [one with] the plague; he [is] clean.

18And when the flesh has a boil in the skin and it is healed,

19and there is in the place of the boil a white swelling, or a reddish-white bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest.

20And the priest shall examine [him] and behold, [if] its appearance is lower than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil.

21And if the priest examines it and behold, [there is] not white hair in it, and it [is] not lower than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.

22And if it spreads at all in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a plague.

23And if the bright spot stands in its place, it has not spread, it [is] the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

24Or if the flesh has a burn of fire in its skin and the raw [spot] of the burn becomes a reddish-white bright spot, or white,

25then the priest shall examine it, and behold, [if] the hair has been turned white in the bright spot, and its appearance [is] deeper than the skin, it [is] leprosy. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a plague of leprosy.

26And if the priest examines it, and behold, [there is] not white hair in the bright spot, and it is not lower than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.

27And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if it has spread at all in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a plague of leprosy.

28And if the bright spot stands in its place, it has not spread in the skin, and it has faded, it [is] the swelling of the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it [is] the scar of the burn.

29And if a man or woman has a plague in him in the head or in the beard,

30then the priest shall examine the plague, and behold, [if] its appearance [is] deeper than the skin, and in it [is] thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a scale—it [is] a leprosy of the head or of the beard.

31And if the priest examines the plague of the scale, and behold, its appearance [is] not deeper than the skin, and black hair [is] not in it, then the priest shall shut up [the one who has] the plague of the scale seven days.

32And the priest shall examine the plague on the seventh day, and behold, [if] the scale has not spread, and there is not yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the scale is not deeper than the skin,

33then he shall shave himself, and the scale he shall not shave. And the priest shall shut up the [one who has] the scale a second seven days.

34And the priest shall examine the scale on the seventh day, and behold, [if] the scale has not spread in the skin, and the appearance of it is not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be clean.

35And if the scale spreads at all in the skin after his cleansing,

36then the priest shall examine him, and behold, [if] the scale has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he [is] unclean.

37And if in his eyes the scale has stood, and black hair has grown up in it, the scale has been healed; he [is] clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38And if a man or a woman has in the skin of their flesh bright spots—white bright spots—

39then the priest shall examine, and behold, [if] in the skin of their flesh [are] dull white bright spots, it [is] a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he [is] clean.

40And when a man’s head is made bare, he [is] bald; he [is] clean.

41And if from the side of his face his head is made bare, he [is] bald of forehead; he [is] clean.

42And if there is in the bald head or in the bald forehead a reddish-white … plague, it [is] leprosy breaking out in his bald head or in his bald forehead.

43And the priest shall examine him, and behold, [if] the swelling of the plague [is] reddish-white … in his bald head or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the flesh,

44he [is] a leprous man; he [is] unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague [is] in his head.

45And the leper who [has] in him the plague, his clothes shall be torn, and his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache. And he shall call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

46All the days that the plague [is] in him he shall be unclean; he [is] unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling [is] outside of the camp.

47And if [there is] a garment that has a plague of leprosy in it—in a garment of wool or in a garment of linen—

48or in the warp or in the woof, for the linen and for the wool, or in skin or in any work of skin,

49and the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it [is] a plague of leprosy, and it shall be shown to the priest.

50And the priest shall examine the plague, and he shall shut up the plague seven days.

51And he shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, for any work that the skin is made for, the plague [is] a harmful leprosy; it [is] unclean.

52And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, in the wool or in the linen, or any article of skin that the plague is in it, for it [is] a harmful leprosy. In the fire it shall be burned.

53And if the priest examines, and behold, the plague has not spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin,

54then the priest shall command, and they shall wash that in which [is] the plague, and he shall shut it up a second seven days.

55And the priest shall examine the plague after it has been washed, and behold, [if] the plague has not turned its eye, and the plague has not spread, it [is] unclean, and you shall burn it in the fire; it [is] a rot in its back part or in its front part.

56And if the priest examines, and behold, the plague has faded after washing it, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof.

57And if again it appears in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it [is] breaking out; you shall burn it in the fire, that in which the plague [is].

58And if the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any article of skin that you wash, and the plague departs from it, then it shall be washed a second [time], and it shall be clean.

59This [is] the law of the plague of leprosy of a garment of wool or of linen, or of the warp or of the woof, or any article of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.”

Chapter 14

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. And he shall be brought to the priest,

3and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. And the priest shall examine [him], and behold, [if] the plague of the leprosy is healed in the leper,

4then the priest shall command, and he shall take for the one being cleansed two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet yarn, and hyssop.

5And the priest shall command, and he shall slaughter one of the birds in an earthen vessel over living water.

6The living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird [that was] slaughtered over the living water.

7And he shall sprinkle it on the one being cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and he shall send out the living bird upon the face of the field.

8And the one being cleansed shall wash his clothes and he shall shave off all his hair, and he shall wash himself in the water, and he shall be clean. And afterward he shall come into the camp, and he shall dwell outside of his tent seven days.

9And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair—his head and his beard and his eyebrows—and all his hair he shall shave off. And he shall wash his clothes, and he shall wash his flesh in the water, and he shall be clean.

10And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs, unblemished, and one ewe lamb, a daughter of a year, unblemished, and three tenths [of an ephah] of fine flour [as] a grain offering, mixed with the oil, and one log of oil.

11And the priest, the one cleansing, shall present the man, the one being cleansed, and together with these before the face of יהוה [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting.

12And the priest shall take the one male lamb, and he shall bring it near for a guilt offering, and the log of the oil, and he shall wave them [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה.

13And he shall slaughter the lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a holy place; for like the sin offering, the guilt offering. It [is] for the priest; it [is] holy of holies.

14And the priest shall take from the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put [it] on the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

15And the priest shall take from the log of the oil, and he shall pour [it] upon the palm of the priest's left [hand],

16and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that [is] upon his left palm, and he shall sprinkle from the oil with his finger seven times before the face of יהוה.

17And from the remainder of the oil that [is] upon his palm, the priest shall put [some] on the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering.

18And the rest of the oil that [is] upon the palm of the priest, he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement upon him before the face of יהוה.

19And the priest shall do the sin offering, and he shall make atonement upon the one being cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

20And the priest shall cause the burnt offering and the grain offering to go up on the altar. And the priest shall make atonement upon him, and he shall be clean.

21And if he [is] poor, and his hand cannot reach, then he shall take one male lamb, a guilt offering, for a wave offering, to make atonement upon him, a tenth [of an ephah] of fine flour, one mixed with the oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

22and two turtledoves or two sons of a pigeon, which his hand can reach; and one shall be a sin offering, and the one a burnt offering.

23And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before the face of יהוה.

24And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and the log of the oil, and the priest shall wave them [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה.

25And he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take from the blood of the guilt offering, and he shall put [it] on the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

26And the priest shall pour from the oil upon the palm of the priest's left [hand].

27And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger from the oil that [is] upon his left palm seven times before the face of יהוה.

28And the priest shall put from the oil that [is] upon his palm on the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.

29And the remainder from the oil that [is] upon the palm of the priest he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed, to make atonement upon him before the face of יהוה.

30And he shall do one from the turtledoves or from the sons of the pigeon, from which his hand reaches to,

31that which his hand reaches, the one [as] a sin offering and the one [as] a burnt offering, with the grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement upon the one being cleansed before the face of יהוה.

32This [is] the law of him in whom [is] a plague of leprosy, whose hand does not reach in his cleansing.”

33And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

34“When you⁺ come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you⁺ for a possession, and I put a plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your⁺ possession,

35then he to whom the house [belongs] shall come, and he shall tell the priest, saying, ‘[Something] like a plague has appeared to me in the house.’

36And the priest shall command, and they shall empty the house before the priest goes in to examine the plague, and all that [is] in the house shall not become unclean. And after thus, the priest shall go in to examine the house.

37And he shall examine the plague, and behold, [if] the plague [is] in the walls of the house—hollow spots, greenish or reddish—and their appearance [is] lower than the wall,

38then the priest shall go out from the house to the door of the house, and he shall shut up the house seven days.

39And the priest shall return on the seventh day and he shall examine, and behold, [if] the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

40then the priest shall command, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague [is], and they shall cast them to the outside of the city, to an unclean place.

41And he shall cause the house to be scraped from the house all around, and they shall pour out the dust that they have scraped off to the outside of the city, to an unclean place.

42And they shall take other stones, and they shall bring [them] to the place of the stones; and he shall take other mortar, and he shall plaster the house.

43And if the plague returns and it breaks out in the house after his taking out of the stones, and after his scraping the house, and after his plastering,

44then the priest shall come and he shall examine, and behold, [if] the plague has spread in the house, it [is] a harmful leprosy in the house; it [is] unclean.

45And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timbers, and all the mortar of the house, and he shall carry [them] to the outside of the city, to an unclean place.

46And the one coming into the house all the days of his shutting it up shall be unclean until the evening.

47And the one lying down in the house shall wash his clothes, and the one eating in the house shall wash his clothes.

48And if the priest surely comes and examines [it], and behold, the plague has not spread in the house after the plastering of the house, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the plague has been healed.

49And he shall take to cleanse from sin the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet yarn, and hyssop,

50and he shall slaughter one of the birds in an earthen vessel over living water.

51And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn, and the living bird, and he shall dip them in the blood of the bird [that was] slaughtered and in the living water, and he shall sprinkle [it] toward the house seven times.

52And he shall cleanse from sin the house with the blood of the bird, and with the living water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet yarn.

53And he shall send away the living bird to the outside of the city to the face of the field, and he shall make atonement upon the house, and it shall be clean.

54This [is] the law for every plague of leprosy, and for the scale,

55and for leprosy of the garment and of the house,

56and for a swelling, and for the scab, and for the bright spot—

57to teach in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean. This [is] the law of the leprosy.”

Chapter 15

1And יהוה spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, ‘Any man—when there is a discharge from his flesh his discharge—it [is] unclean.

3And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge—[whether] his flesh runs with his discharge, or his flesh is stopped up from his discharge; it [is] his uncleanness.

4Every bed on which the one discharging lies is unclean, and every vessel that he sits on shall be unclean.

5And a man that touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

6And the one sitting on the vessel on which the one discharging sits shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

7And the one touching the flesh of the one discharging shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

8And if the one discharging spits on one who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

9And any saddle on which the one discharging rides shall be unclean.

10And anyone who touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening, and the one carrying them shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

11And all who touch against the one discharging, and his hands he has not rinsed in the water, then he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

12And the earthen vessel that the one discharging touches, shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in the water.

13And when the one discharging is clean from his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in living water, and he shall be clean.

14And on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two sons of a pigeon, and he shall come before the face of יהוה to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and he shall give them to the priest.

15And the priest shall do them, one [as] a sin offering and the one [as] a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement upon him before the face of יהוה from his discharge.

16And if a man’s seed [from] lying goes out from him, then he shall wash in the water all his flesh, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

17And every garment and every skin on which there is seed [from] lying, it shall be washed with the water, and it shall be unclean until the evening.

18And a woman that a man lies with, [and there is] seed [from] lying, then they shall bathe in the water, and they be unclean until the evening.

19And a woman—when she is discharging, her discharge consisting of blood from her flesh, she shall be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her shall be unclean until the evening.

20And everything on which she lies in her menstruation shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.

21And anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

22And anyone who touches any vessel on which she sits shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

23And if it [is] on the bed, or on the vessel that she sits upon, in his touching it he shall be unclean until the evening.

24And if any man really lies with her, and her menstruation is on him, then he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed that he lies upon shall be unclean.

25And a woman—when her discharge [is] a discharge of her blood [for] many days, not in the time of her menstruation, or if she discharges beyond her menstruation, all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be like the days of her menstruation; she [is] unclean.

26Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like the bed of her menstruation, and every vessel on which she sits shall be unclean like the uncleanness of her menstruation.

27And anyone who touches them shall be unclean, and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

28And if she is clean from her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and afterward she shall be clean.

29And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two sons of a pigeon, and she shall bring them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

30And the priest shall do the one [as] a sin offering and the one [as] a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement upon her before the face of יהוה from the discharge of her uncleanness.

31And you⁺ shall separate the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they shall not die in their uncleanness when they defile My tabernacle that [is] in their midst.

32This [is] the law of the one discharging, and of the one whose seed [from] lying goes from him, to be unclean by it,

33and the menstruating [woman] in her menstruation, and the one discharging his discharge, for the male and for the female, and for a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

Chapter 16

1And יהוה spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the face of יהוה, and they died.

2And יהוה said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother, and he shall not come in at any time to the Holy Place inside the veil before the face of the mercy seat that [is] on the ark, and he will not die. For in the cloud I appear above the mercy seat.

3In this [way] Aaron shall come to the Holy Place; with a bull, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

4And he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments he shall have on his flesh, and he shall gird himself with a linen sash, and he shall wrap himself with the linen turban; these [are] holy garments. And he shall bathe his flesh in the water, and he shall put them on.

5And from the congregation of the sons of Israel he shall take two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

6And Aaron shall bring near the bull of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and he shall make atonement on behalf of himself, and on behalf of his house.

7And he shall take the two goats, and he shall present them before the face of יהוה [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting.

8And Aaron shall give lots upon the two goats, one lot for יהוה and one lot for Azazel.

9And Aaron shall bring near the goat upon which the lot for יהוה came up, and he shall do it [as] a sin offering.

10And the goat upon which the lot for Azazel came up shall be presented alive before the face of יהוה, to make atonement upon it, to send it away to Azazel into the wilderness.

11And Aaron shall bring near the bull of the sin offering that is for himself, and he shall make atonement on behalf of himself, and on behalf of his house, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering, which [is] for himself.

12And he shall take the fullness of the firepan of burning coals of fire from on the altar before the face of יהוה, and the fullness of his handfuls of fine incense of spices, and he shall bring [it] inside the veil.

13And he shall put the incense on the fire before the face of יהוה, and the cloud of incense shall cover the mercy seat that [is] on the Testimony, and he will not die.

14And he shall take from the blood from the bull, and he shall sprinkle [it] with his finger on the face of the mercy seat on the east [side]; and before the face of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle the blood seven times with his finger.

15And he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering that [is] for the people, and he shall bring its blood to the inside of the veil, and he shall do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and he shall sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the face of the mercy seat.

16And he shall make atonement upon the Holy Place from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel and from their transgressions, for all their sins; and thus he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, the one dwelling with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.

17And any man shall not be in the Tent of Meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and he may make atonement on behalf of himself and on behalf of his house and on behalf of all the assembly of Israel.

18And he shall go out to the altar that [is] before the face of יהוה and he shall make atonement upon it; and he shall take from the blood of the bull, and from the blood of the goat, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar all around.

19And he shall sprinkle on it from of the blood with his finger seven times, and he shall cleanse it, and he shall sanctify it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.

20And he shall finish from making atonement [upon] the Holy Place and the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and he shall bring near the living goat.

21And Aaron shall lay his two hands on the head of the living goat, and he shall confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and he shall send [it] away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.

22And the goat shall carry on itself all their iniquities, to a land inaccessible; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.

23And Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and he shall take off the linen garments that he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and he shall leave them there.

24And he shall bathe his flesh with the water in a holy place, and he shall put on his garments, and he shall come out, and he shall do his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and he shall make atonement on behalf of himself and on behalf of the people.

25And the fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar.

26And the one sending away the goat to Azazel shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in the water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

27And the bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be brought out to the outside of the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins and their flesh and their dung.

28And the one burning them shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in the water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

29And it shall be an everlasting statute for you⁺: In the seventh month on the tenth of the month you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls, and you⁺ shall not do any work—the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst. → Note

30For on this day he shall make atonement upon you⁺ to cleanse you⁺ from all your⁺ sins before the face of יהוה, [and] you⁺ shall be clean.

31It [is] a Sabbath of complete rest for you⁺, and you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls; [it is] an everlasting statute. → Note

32And the priest shall make atonement, he who is anointed and he whose hand is filled to minister as priest in place of his father, and he shall put on the linen garments, the holy garments.

33And he shall make atonement [upon] the Sanctuary of Holiness and the Tent of Meeting; and he shall make atonement [upon] the altar; and he shall make atonement upon the priests and upon all the people of the assembly.

34And this shall be an everlasting statute for you⁺, to make atonement upon the sons of Israel, from all their sins, once in the year.” And he did as יהוה had commanded Moses.

Chapter 17

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: This [is] the word that יהוה has commanded, saying,

3‘Any man of the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who slaughters [it] outside of the camp,

4and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to bring it near [as] an offering to יהוה before the face of the tabernacle of יהוה—blood shall be reckoned to that man; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people,

5in order that the sons of Israel bring their sacrifices, which they are sacrificing upon the face of the field, and bring them to יהוה, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them [as] sacrifices of peace offerings to יהוה.

6And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of יהוה [at] the door of the Tent of Meeting, and he shall burn the fat for a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

7And they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons after whom they have prostituted themselves. This shall be an everlasting statute for them throughout their generations.’

8And you shall say to them: Any man from the house of Israel, and from the sojourners who sojourn in their midst, who brings near a burnt offering or a sacrifice

9and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to do it to יהוה—then that man shall be cut off from his people.

10And any man from the house of Israel, and from the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, who eats any blood, I will set My face against the soul who is eating the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people. → Note

11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you⁺ upon the altar to make atonement upon your⁺ souls; for it [is] the blood [that] makes atonement by the soul. → Note

12Upon thus I said to the sons of Israel, ‘Not any soul among you⁺ shall eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst shall not eat blood.’ → Note

13And any man, from the sons of Israel and from the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst, who hunts living game or bird that may be eaten, then he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with dust. → Note

14For the soul of all flesh [is] its blood; in its soul it [is]. And I said to the sons of Israel, ‘Blood of any flesh you⁺ shall not eat, for the soul of all flesh [is] its blood; all who eat it shall be cut off.’ → Note

15And any soul who eats a carcass or torn thing, among the native and among the sojourner, he shall both wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean. → Note

16And if he does not wash [them] and does not bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.”

Chapter 18

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

3You⁺ shall not do according to the work of the land of Egypt in which you⁺ dwelt, and according to the work of the land of Canaan where I am bringing you⁺, you⁺ shall not do, and in their statutes you⁺ shall not walk.

4You⁺ shall do My judgments, and you⁺ shall keep My statutes, to walk in them. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

5And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which the man shall do them, and he shall live by them. I [am] יהוה.

6Any man shall not draw near to any close relative of his flesh to uncover nakedness. I [am] יהוה.

7The nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She [is] your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

8The nakedness of the wife of your father you shall not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of your father.

9The nakedness of your sister the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother born [at] home or born outside [it], you shall not uncover their nakedness.

10The nakedness of the daughter of your son or of the daughter of your daughter—you shall not uncover their nakedness; for they [are] your own nakedness.

11The nakedness of the daughter of the wife of your father, begotten of your father—she [is] your sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness.

12The nakedness of the sister of your father you shall not uncover; she [is] a close relative of your father.

13The nakedness of the sister of your mother you shall not uncover, for she [is] a close relative of your mother.

14The nakedness of the brother of your father you shall not uncover. To his wife you shall not draw near; she [is] your aunt.

15The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you shall not uncover; she [is] the wife of your son. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

16The nakedness of the wife of your brother you shall not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of your brother.

17The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover—the daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover her nakedness. They [are] close relatives; it [is] wickedness.

18And a woman to her sister you shall not take, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness beside her in her life.

19And to a woman in the menstruation of her uncleanness you shall not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

20And to the wife of your neighbor you shall not give your lying to seed to defile yourself with her.

21And from your seed you shall not give to pass over to Molech, and you shall not profane the name of your God. I [am] יהוה.

22And with a male you shall not lie the lyings of a woman; it [is] an abomination.

23And with any animal you shall not give your lyings to defile yourself with it, and a woman shall not stand before the face of an animal to lie with it. It [is] perversion.

24Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for by all these the nations have defiled themselves, which I [am] sending away from before your⁺ faces.

25And the land is defiled; and I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out those dwelling in it.

26And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and you⁺ shall not do from all of these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst—

27for the men of the land who [were] before your⁺ faces have done all these abominations, and the land was defiled—

28And the land will not vomit you⁺ out when you⁺ defile it, as it vomited out the nation that [was] before your⁺ faces.

29For anyone who does from all these abominations—then the soul who do [them]—shall be cut off from among their people. → Note

30And you⁺ shall keep My charge, to not do from the statutes of the abominations that have been done before your⁺ faces, and you⁺ shall not defile yourselves by them. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.”

Chapter 19

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: You⁺ shall be holy, for I [am] holy—יהוה your⁺ God.

3Each man shall fear his mother and his father, and you⁺ shall keep My Sabbaths. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

4You⁺ shall not turn to the idols, and you⁺ shall not make molten gods for yourselves. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

5And when you⁺ sacrifice a sacrifice of peace offerings to יהוה, you⁺ shall sacrifice it for your⁺ acceptance.

6It shall be eaten on the day of your⁺ sacrificing and on the next day. and the remainder until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.

7And if any of it is eaten on the third day, it [is] an abomination; it shall not be accepted.

8And the one who eats it shall bear his iniquity because he has profaned the holy thing of יהוה, and that soul shall be cut off from his people. → Note

9And in your⁺ reaping the harvest of your⁺ land, you shall not complete reaping the edge of your field, and the gleanings of your harvest you shall not gather.

10And your vineyard—you shall not glean, and the fallen grapes of your vineyard you shall not gather. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

11You⁺ shall not steal, and you⁺ shall not deal falsely, and you⁺ shall not lie—a man to his neighbor.

12And you⁺ shall not swear by My name to a lie and so profane the name of your God. I [am] יהוה.

13You shall not oppress your neighbor, and you shall not rob. The wage of a hireling shall not remain with you until morning.

14You shall not curse the deaf, and before the face of the blind you shall not put a stumbling block, and you shall fear your God. I [am] יהוה.

15You⁺ shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not lift up the face of the poor, and you shall not honor the face of the great; in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

16You shall not go about [as] a slanderer among your people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I [am] יהוה.

17You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor and you shall not you shall not lift up upon him sin.

18You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not bear [a grudge] against sons of your people, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I [am] יהוה.

19My statutes you⁺ shall keep: Your livestock you shall not cause to breed [with] two kinds; your field you shall not sow [with] two kinds, and a garment of two kinds of mixed material shall not go up upon you.

20And when a man lies with a woman, a lying of seed, and she [is] a maidservant betrothed to a man and has not been redeemed at all, or freedom has not been given to her, there shall be punishment. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21And he shall bring his guilt offering to יהוה, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, a ram of a guilt offering.

22And the priest shall make atonement upon him with the ram of the guilt offering before the face of יהוה, upon his sin that he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven for him from his sin that he has sinned.

23And when you⁺ come into the land, and you plant every [kind] of tree for food, then you⁺ shall regard their fruit uncircumcised. Three years it shall be uncircumcised to you⁺; it shall not be eaten.

24And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy praises to יהוה.

25And in the fifth year you⁺ shall eat its fruit, to add to you⁺ its yield. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

26You⁺ shall not eat with the blood. You⁺ shall not practice divination, and you⁺ shall not practice soothsaying.

27You⁺ shall not round off the edge of your⁺ head, and you shall not destroy the edge of your beard.

28And a cutting for a soul you⁺ shall not make in your⁺ flesh, and a tattoo mark you⁺ shall not put on yourselves. I [am] יהוה. → Note

29You shall not profane your daughter by making her practice prostitution, and the land will not practice prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

30My Sabbaths you⁺ shall keep, and My sanctuary you⁺ shall fear. I [am] יהוה.

31You⁺ shall not turn to the mediums and to the spiritists; you⁺ shall not seek after them to be defiled by them. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

32Before the face of the gray headed you shall rise, and you shall honor the presence of an old [man], and you shall fear your God. I [am] יהוה.

33And if a sojourner sojourns with you in your⁺ land, you⁺ shall not oppress him.

34As a native from among you⁺ shall be to you⁺ the sojourner who is sojourning with you⁺, and you shall love him as yourself, for you⁺ were sojourners in the land of Egypt. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

35You⁺ shall not do injustice in judgment in measure, in weight, and in volume.

36Righteous scales, righteous stones, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin shall be unto you⁺. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37And you⁺ shall keep all My statutes and all My judgments, and you⁺ shall do them. I [am] יהוה.”

Chapter 20

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“And to the sons of Israel you shall say, ‘Any man of the sons of Israel or from the sojourner who is sojourning in Israel who gives of his seed to Molech, he must surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

3And I will set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, for of his seed he has given to Molech to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

4And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes from that man when he gives of his seed to Molech, and they do not kill him,

5then I will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut him off—and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit prostitution with Molech—from among their people.

6And the person who turns to the mediums and to the spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

7And consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

8And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and perform them. I [am] יהוה who sanctifies you⁺.

9For any man who curses his father or his mother, he must surely be put to death. His father or his mother He has cursed; his blood [is] on him.

10And the man who commits adultery with the wife of a man—who commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor—the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

11And the man who lies with the wife of his father has uncovered the nakedness of his father—both of them must surely be put to death; their blood [is] upon them.

12And a man, if he lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them must surely be put to death. They have committed perversion; their blood [is] on them.

13And a man, if he lies with a male as he lies with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood [is] on them.

14And a man, if he marries a woman and her mother, it [is] wickedness. They shall be burned with the fire, he and they, that there may not be wickedness in your⁺ midst.

15And a man who commits his copulation with an animal, he must surely be put to death, and the animal you⁺ shall kill.

16And a woman, if she approaches unto any animal and mates with it, then you shall kill the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood [is] on them.

17And a man, if he takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it [is] a wicked thing, and they shall be cut off in the eyes of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his guilt. → Note

18And a man, if he lies with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. And the two of them shall be cut off from among their people.

19And the nakedness of the sister of your mother or the sister of your father you shall not uncover, because he would uncover his close relative. They shall bear their guilt.

20And a man, if he lies with his aunt, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle; they shall bear their sin. They shall die childless.

21And a man, if he takes the wife of his brother, it [is] an unclean thing. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother. They shall be childless.

22And you⁺ shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you⁺ there to dwell may not vomit you⁺ out.

23And you⁺ shall not walk in the statutes of the nation that I am casting out before you⁺, for all these things they commit, and I abhor them.

24And I have said to you⁺ that you⁺ shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you⁺ to possess it—a land flowing with milk and honey. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God, who has separated you⁺ from the peoples.

25And you⁺ shall distinguish between the clean and between the unclean animals, and between the unclean and between the clean birds; and you⁺ shall not make yourselves detestable by the beast or by the bird or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you⁺ as unclean. → Note

26And you⁺ shall be holy to Me, for I, יהוה, [am] holy; and I have separated you⁺ from the peoples, that you should be unto Me.

27And a man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist, they must surely be put to death. With stones they shall stone them. Their blood [is] on them.’”

Chapter 21

1And יהוה said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: No one shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

2except for his close relative [who are] near to him—his mother, and his father, and his son, and his daughter, and his brother,

3and his sister, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not had a husband. He may defile himself for her.

4As a chief man he shall not defile himself among his people, to profane himself.

5They shall not make baldness on their heads, and they shall not shave the edges of their beards, and they shall not make a cutting in their flesh.

6They shall be Holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the fire offerings of יהוה, the bread of their God; and they shall be holy.

7And they shall not take a woman, a prostitute or defiled, or a woman cast out from her husband they shall not take, for he [is] holy to his God.

8And you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He is Holy to you, for holy [am] I, יהוה, sanctifying you⁺.

9And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with the fire.

10And the high priest among his brothers, on whose head is poured the anointing oil and [who] has consecrated his hand to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head and not tear his clothes.

11And he shall not go near any dead body; he shall not defile himself for his father or his mother.

12And he shall not go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him. I [am] יהוה.

13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman—a prostitute—these he shall not marry; for rather he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.

15He shall not profane his posterity among his people. For I [am] יהוה, sanctifying him.”

16And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

17“Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘No man of your seed to their generations who has a blemish in him shall draw near to bring near the bread of his God.

18For any man who has a blemish in him shall not approach—a man blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,

19or a man who has in him a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

20or a hunchback, or dwarfed, or a man who has a blemish in his eye, or itch, or scab, or a crushed testicle.

21Any man of the seed of Aaron the priest who has a blemish in him shall not come near to offer the fire offerings to יהוה; he has a blemish in him. He shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

22He may eat the bread of his God from the holies of holies, and from the holies.

23Only he shall not go near the veil. And he shall not approach the altar, because he has a blemish in him. And he shall not profane My sanctuaries, for I [am] יהוה, sanctifying them.’”

24And Moses told [it] to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel.

Chapter 22

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to Aaron and his sons, and they shall be separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, lest they profane My holy name that they dedicate to Me. I [am] יהוה.

3Say to them throughout your⁺ generations: Any man of all your⁺ seed who goes near the holy things that the sons of Israel dedicate to יהוה, and his uncleanness [is] upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence. I [am] יהוה.

4Any man of the seed of Aaron and [who] is a leper or has a discharge—the holy offerings he shall not eat until that he is clean; and whoever touches anything made unclean [by] a corpse or a man from whom a laying of seed goes out,

5or a man who touches any swarming thing that is unclean to him or any person who is unclean to him, whatever his uncleanness may be,

6then the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat of the holy things, unless if he bathes his flesh with the water.

7And when the sun goes down, then he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because it [is] his food.

8A carcass or torn thing he shall not eat, to defile himself with it. I [am] יהוה.

9And they shall keep My ordinance and bear no sin for it that they die in it because they profane it. I [am] יהוה, sanctifying them.

10And not any outsider shall eat the holy thing; one who dwells with the priest and a hireling shall not eat the holy thing.

11And if a priest buys a person with his silver, he may eat it. And one who is born in his house, they may eat his food.

12And the daughter of a priest, if she is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy contributions.

13And the daughter of a priest, if she is a widow or divorced and has no seed to her and has returned to the house of her father as in her youth, she may eat from the bread of her father, and no outsider shall eat it.

14And if a man eats the holy thing in error, then he shall add a fifth to it and he shall restore [it] to the priest with the holy thing.

15And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they offer to יהוה,

16or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy things. For I [am] יהוה, sanctifying them.”

17And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

18“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings that they offer to יהוה as a burnt offering,

19you⁺ must offer freely an unblemished male of the herd from the sheep or from the goats.

20Anything that has a blemish in it, you⁺ shall not offer; for it shall not be acceptable on your⁺ behalf.

21And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to יהוה to fulfill [his] vow, or a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, it must be perfect for acceptance; there shall not be any blemish on it.

22Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a running sore, or itch, or scab—these you⁺ shall not offer to יהוה, nor make of them a fire offering on the altar to יהוה.

23And an ox or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short, you may offer [as] a freewill offering, and for a vow it shall not be accepted.

24And what is bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut you⁺ shall not offer to יהוה. And in your⁺ land you⁺ shall not do it.

25And you⁺ shall not offer as the bread of your⁺ God from the hand of a son of a foreigner, from any of these, because their corruption [is] in them [and] defects [are] in them; they shall not be accepted on your⁺ behalf.’”

26And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

27“When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, then it shall be seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted for an offering, a fire offering to יהוה.

28And an ox or a sheep—do not kill both her and her young in one day.

29And when you⁺ offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to יהוה, offer [it] of your⁺ own free will.

30On that day it shall be eaten; you⁺ shall leave none of it until morning. I [am] יהוה.

31And you⁺ shall keep My commandments and perform them. I [am] יהוה.

32And you⁺ shall not profane My holy name, and I will be acknowledged as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. I [am] יהוה, sanctifying you⁺,

33the One bringing you out of the land of Egypt, to be your⁺ God. I [am] יהוה.”

Chapter 23

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The feasts of יהוה that you⁺ shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations—these are My feasts.

3Six days work shall be done, and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You⁺ shall not do any work; it [is] the Sabbath of יהוה in all your⁺ dwellings.

4These [are] the feasts of יהוה, holy convocations, which you⁺ shall proclaim at their appointed times.

5In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, [is] the passover to יהוה.

6And [on] the fifteenth day of this month [is] the feast of the Unleavened to יהוה. Seven days you⁺ must eat unleavened [bread].

7On the first day you⁺ shall have a holy convocation. You⁺ shall not do any customary work.

8And you⁺ shall offer a fire offering to יהוה [for] seven days. The seventh day [is] a holy convocation; you⁺ shall not do any customary work.’”

9And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

10“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you⁺ come into the land that I am giving to you⁺ and you⁺ reap its harvest, then you⁺ shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your⁺ harvest to the priest.

11And he shall wave the sheaf before the face of יהוה to be accepted on your⁺ behalf. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12And you⁺ shall offer on that day when you⁺ wave the sheaf a male lamb, unblemished, a son of a year, as a burnt offering to יהוה.

13And its grain offering [is] two tenths [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with the oil, a fire offering to יהוה, a pleasing aroma. And its drink offering [is] of wine, a fourth of a hin.

14And you⁺ shall not eat bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day that you⁺ have brought an offering to your⁺ God; [it shall be] an everlasting statute throughout your⁺ generations in all your⁺ dwellings.

15And you⁺ shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you⁺ brought the sheaf of the wave offering—they are seven completed Sabbaths—

16until the day after the seventh Sabbath. You⁺ shall number fifty days, and you⁺ shall offer a new grain offering to יהוה.

17From your⁺ dwellings you⁺ shall bring bread of a wave offering, two [loaves], of two tenths [of an ephah] of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven, the firstfruits to יהוה.

18And you⁺ shall offer with the bread seven lambs unblemished, sons of a year, and one bull, a son of the herd, and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to יהוה, and with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, a fire offering for a pleasing aroma to יהוה.

19And you⁺ shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs, sons of a year, as a sacrifice of peace offerings.

20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits [as] a wave offering before the face of יהוה, besides the two lambs; they shall be holy to יהוה for the priest.

21And you⁺ shall proclaim on this same day [that] it is a holy convocation to you⁺. You⁺ shall not do any customary work; [it shall be] an everlasting statute in all your⁺ dwellings throughout your⁺ generations.

22And in your⁺ reaping the harvest of your⁺ land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field in your reaping, and you shall not gather the gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them to the poor and to the sojourner. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.’”

23And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

24“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first of the month, it shall be to you⁺ a complete rest, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation.

25You⁺ shall not do any customary work, and you⁺ shall offer a fire offering to יהוה.’”

26And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

27“Indeed on the tenth of this seventh month, it [is] the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you⁺ a holy convocation, and you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls and offer a fire offering to יהוה. → Note

28And you⁺ shall not do any work on this same day. For it [is] the Day of Atonement, to make atonement upon you⁺ before the face of יהוה your⁺ God.

29For any person who is not afflicted on this very day shall even be cut off from his people.

30And any person who does any work on this very day, I will even destroy that person from among his people.

31You⁺ shall not do any work; [it is] an everlasting statute throughout your⁺ generations in all your⁺ dwellings.

32It [is] to you⁺ a Sabbath of complete rest, and you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls. On the ninth of the month at the evening, from evening to evening you⁺ shall celebrate your⁺ sabbath.” → Note

33And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

34“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month [is] the Feast of Booths [for] seven days to יהוה.

35On the first day [is] a holy convocation; you⁺ shall not do any customary work.

36[For] seven days you⁺ shall offer a fire offering to יהוה. On the eighth day you⁺ shall have a holy convocation, and you⁺ shall offer a fire offering to יהוה. It [is] a sacred assembly; you⁺ shall not do any customary work.

37These [are] the feasts of יהוה that you⁺ shall proclaim as holy convocations, to offer a fire offering to יהוה, a burnt offering, and a grain offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings—everything on its proper day—

38besides the Sabbaths of יהוה, and besides your⁺ gifts, and besides all your⁺ vows, and besides all your⁺ freewill offerings that you⁺ give to יהוה.

39Indeed on the five [and] tenth day of the seventh month, when you⁺ have gathered in the produce of the land, you⁺ shall keep the feast of יהוה [for] seven days. On the first day [is] a complete rest, and on the eighth day a complete rest.

40And you⁺ shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook. And you⁺ shall rejoice before the face of יהוה your⁺ God [for] seven days.

41And you⁺ shall keep it as a feast to יהוה [for] seven days in the year, an everlasting statute in your⁺ generations. In the seventh month you⁺ shall celebrate it.

42You⁺ shall dwell in booths [for] seven days; all the native of Israel shall dwell in booths,

43that your⁺ generations may know that I made the sons of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.’”

44And Moses declared the feasts of יהוה to the sons of Israel.

Chapter 24

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you pure olive oil, pressed, for the light, to make the lamps to go up continually.

3Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning before the face of יהוה continually; [it is] an everlasting statute in your⁺ generations.

4On the pure [gold] lampstand He shall arrange the lamps before the face of יהוה continually.

5And you shall take fine flour and bake with it two [and] ten cakes; two tenths [of an ephah] shall be one cake.

6And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure [gold] table before the face of יהוה.

7And you shall put on each row pure frankincense, that it may be with the bread for a memorial, a fire offering to יהוה.

8On the Sabbath day by Sabbath day he shall arrange it before the face of יהוה continually on behalf of the sons of Israel as an everlasting covenant.

9And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place. For it [is] holy of holies to him from the fire offerings of יהוה—an everlasting statute.”

10And a son of a woman, an Israelitess, went out (and he the son of an Egyptian man) in the midst of the sons of Israel. And this son of the Israelitess and a man of the Israelites fought each other in the camp.

11And the son of the woman, the Israelitess, blasphemed the Name and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. And His mother’s name [was] Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

12And they put him in custody, that it might be shown to them upon the mouth of יהוה.

13And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

14“Take him who has cursed to the outside of the camp, and let all who heard [him] lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any man curses his God, then he shall bear his sin.

16And whoever blasphemes the name of יהוה must surely be put to death. All the congregation must surely stone him, as the sojourner, as the native; when he blasphemes the name he shall be put to death.

17And whoever kills any man, he must surely be put to death.

18And he who kills an animal shall make it good—the life of animal for animal.

19And if a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

20Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has caused disfigurement in the man, so shall it be done to him.

21And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; and whoever kills a man, he shall be put to death.

22You⁺ shall have one law. As the sojourner it shall be as the native, for I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.’”

23And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they took him who had cursed to the outside of the camp, and they stoned him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as יהוה had commanded Moses.

Chapter 25

1And יהוה spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When you⁺ come into the land that I am giving to you⁺, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to יהוה.

3Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather its fruit.

4And in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land, a Sabbath to יהוה. Your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune.

5What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your untended vine [you shall] not gather. It is a year of complete rest for the land.

6And the Sabbath of the land to you⁺ shall be food for you, and for your manservant, and for your maidservant, and for your hireling, and for your sojourner sojourning with you,

7and for your livestock, and for the beast that [is] in your land. All its produce shall be for food.

8And you shall count for yourself seven Sabbaths of years—seven years seven times—and the days of seven Sabbaths of years shall be to you nine and forty years.

9And the shofar of the Jubilee you shall cause to sound in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, in the Day of the Atonements. You⁺ shall make the shofar to sound throughout all your⁺ land.

10And you⁺ shall consecrate the year, the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all its dwellers. It shall be a Jubilee for you⁺, and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.

11That fiftieth year shall be a year of Jubilee to you⁺. You⁺ shall not sow, nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather of your untended vine.

12For it [is] a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you⁺. You⁺ shall eat its produce from the field.

13In the Year of this Jubilee each of you shall return to his possession.

14And if you⁺ sell anything to your neighbor or buy from the hand of your neighbor, you⁺ shall not oppress one another.

15According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops, he shall sell to you.

16According to the multitude of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for he is selling to you a number of crops.

17And you⁺ shall not oppress one another, and you shall fear your God. For I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

18And you⁺ shall observe My statutes, and keep My ordinances and perform them, and you⁺ will dwell in the land in safety.

19And the land will yield its fruit, and you⁺ will eat your fill and dwell in safety there.

20Now you⁺ may say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?’

21And I will command My blessing on you⁺ in the sixth year, and it will bring forth enough produce for three years.

22And you⁺ shall sow in the eighth year, and eat of the old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you⁺ shall eat [of] the old [harvest].

23And the land shall not be sold permanently, for the land [is] Mine, for you⁺ [are] strangers and sojourners with Me.

24And in all the land of your⁺ possession, you⁺ shall grant redemption of the land.

25If one of your brothers becomes poor and he has sold [some] of his possession, then the redeemer to him, if he comes to redeem it, he may redeem what his brother sold.

26And if the man, there is unto him no one to redeem [it], and he has found his own hand has attained sufficiency [for] its redemption,

27then let him count the years of its sale and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, that he may return to his possession.

28But if his hand has not found sufficiency to have [it] restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of the Jubilee. And it shall be released in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his possession.

29And if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then it shall be that he may redeem it within the completion of a year from its selling; during that year it may be redeemed.

30But if it is not redeemed within the filling for it of a full year, the house that [is] within that walled city, then it shall belong forever to the buyer of it throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the Jubilee.

31And the houses of the villages that have no wall around them, as the fields of the country, shall be counted redeemed; and they may be unto it; they shall be released in the Jubilee.

32And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses the Levites shall be a redemption of perpetuity in the cities of their possession.

33And as to him who redeems from the Levites, then both the sale of a house and the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel.

34And the field of the pastureland of their cities may not be sold, for it [is] an everlasting possession to them.

35And if one of your brothers among you becomes poor and his hand has failed, then you shall help him like a sojourner or a stranger, and he may live with you.

36And you shall not take usury from him or interest; you shall fear your God, that your brother may live with you.

37You shall lend your silver to him, not for usury at a profit, nor sell him your food.

38I [am] יהוה your⁺ God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give to you⁺ the land of Canaan [and] to be your⁺ God.

39And if [one of] your brothers among you becomes poor, and he sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.

40He shall be as a hireling [and] a sojourner with you; he shall serve you until the Year of the Jubilee.

41And he shall depart from you, and his children with him, and he shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers he shall return.

42For they [are] My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

43You shall not rule over him with rigor, and you shall fear your God.

44And your manservant and your maidservant whom you may have [are] from the nations that are around you⁺; from them you⁺ may buy [a] manservant and maidservant.

45Moreover, the sons of the sojourners who dwell among you⁺, these you⁺ may buy, and their clans who are with you⁺ that they beget in your⁺ land; and they shall be unto you⁺ for a possession.

46And you⁺ may take them as an inheritance for your⁺ children after you⁺ to inherit [them] [as] a possession forever; in them shall be your⁺ slaves, and regarding your⁺ brothers, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with rigor one over another.

47And if a sojourner or stranger among you becomes rich, and [one of] your brothers by him becomes poor and sells himself to the sojourner or stranger among you, or to a member of the family of a sojourner,

48after he is sold, there is unto him the right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him,

49or his uncle or a son of his uncle may redeem him, or [someone] from a close relative of his flesh from his family may redeem him, or if his own hand has attained, then he may redeem himself.

50And he shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he was sold to him, until the Year of the Jubilee. And the price of his release shall be according to the number of years; it is according to the time of a hireling for him.

51If yet [there are] many years according to them, he shall repay the price of his redemption from the silver with which he was bought.

52And if but a few years remain until the Year of the Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him according to his years; he shall repay him the price of his redemption.

53As a hireling year by year he shall be with him. He shall not rule over him with rigor in your eyes.

54And if he is not redeemed in these [years], then he shall be released in the Year of the Jubilee—he and his children with him.

55For the sons of Israel [are] servants to Me. They [are] My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

Chapter 26

1[“] You⁺ shall not make for yourselves idols, and you⁺ shall not rear up for yourselves a graven image or standing image, and you⁺ shall not set up an engraved stone in your⁺ land to bow down to it. For I [am] יהוה your⁺ God.

2You⁺ shall keep My Sabbaths and you⁺ shall revere My sanctuary. I [am] יהוה.

3If you⁺ walk in My statutes and and keep My commandments and do them,

4then I will give to you⁺ rain in its season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit,

5and your⁺ threshing shall last until the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last until the time of sowing, and you⁺ shall eat your⁺ bread to the full and dwell safely in your⁺ land.

6And I will give peace in the land, and you⁺ shall lie down, and nothing will make [you] afraid. And evil beasts I will cause to cease from the land, and the sword will not go into your⁺ land.

7And you⁺ will pursue your⁺ enemies, and they shall fall before you⁺ by the sword.

8And five of you⁺ shall pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you⁺ shall pursue a myriad, and your⁺ enemies shall fall before you⁺ by the sword.

9And I will turn to you⁺ and make you fruitful and multiply you⁺, and I will establish My covenant with you⁺.

10And you⁺ shall eat the old store a long time, and you⁺ will move out the old store because of the new.

11And I will set My tabernacle in your⁺ midst, and My soul shall not abhor you⁺. → Note

12And I will walk in your⁺ midst, and I will be unto you⁺ God, and you⁺ will be unto Me for a people.

13I [am] יהוה your⁺ God, who brought you⁺ out of the land of Egypt, that [you] should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bands of your⁺ yoke and made you walk upright.

14But if you⁺ do not obey Me and do not observe all these commandments,

15and if you⁺ despise My statutes, and if your⁺ soul abhors My ordinances so as not to perform all My commandments to your⁺ breaking My covenant, → Note

16then I also will do this to you⁺: I will appoint over you⁺ terror, wasting disease, and fever, which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart, and you⁺ shall sow your⁺ seed in vain, and your⁺ enemies shall eat it.

17And I will set My face against you⁺, and you⁺ shall be defeated by your⁺ enemies. And those who hate you⁺ shall reign over you⁺, and you⁺ shall flee when none pursues you⁺.

18And if after these [things] you⁺ do not obey Me, then I will add to punish you⁺ sevenfold for your⁺ sins.

19And I will break the pride of your⁺ power, and I will make your⁺ heavens like iron and your⁺ earth like bronze.

20And your⁺ power shall be spent in vain, and your⁺ land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

21And if you⁺ walk contrary to Me and are not willing to obey Me, then I will add to you⁺ a plague sevenfold, according to your⁺ sins.

22And I will send among you⁺ the wild beast, and it shall rob you of your⁺ children and destroy your⁺ livestock and make you⁺ few in number, and your⁺ highways shall be desolate.

23And if by these things you⁺ are not reformed by Me, and you⁺ walk contrary to Me,

24then I will also walk contrary to you⁺, and I will punish you⁺—even I—sevenfold for your⁺ sins.

25And I will bring against you⁺ a sword that will kill the vengeance of the covenant. And [when] you⁺ are gathered together within your⁺ cities, then I will send pestilence in your⁺ midst, and you⁺ shall be given into the hand of the enemy.

26In My breaking your⁺ staff of bread, then ten women shall bake your⁺ bread in one oven, and they shall bring back your⁺ bread by weight, and you⁺ shall eat and not be satisfied.

27And if after all this you⁺ do not obey Me, and [if] you⁺ walk contrary to Me,

28then I will also walk contrary to you⁺ in fury, and I will chastise you⁺—even I—sevenfold for your⁺ sins.

29And you⁺ shall eat the flesh of your⁺ sons; even the flesh of your⁺ daughters you⁺ shall eat.

30And I will destroy your⁺ high places and cut down your⁺ incense altars and cast your⁺ carcasses on the lifeless forms of your⁺ idols, and My soul will abhor you⁺. → Note

31And I will lay waste your⁺ cities and bring to desolation your⁺ sanctuaries, and I will not smell your⁺ pleasing. aromas

32And I will bring to desolation the land, and your⁺ enemies who dwell in it will be astonished at it.

33And I will scatter you⁺ among the nations and draw out after you⁺ a sword. And your⁺ land will be desolate and your⁺ cities will become waste.

34Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths, all the days of the desolation—and you⁺ [are] in the land of your⁺ enemies. Then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.

35All the days of the desolation it shall rest, for it did not rest in your⁺ Sabbaths, when you⁺ dwelt in it.

36And those remaining of you⁺, I will send faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a shaken leaf will cause them to flee, and they will flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they will fall when none pursues.

37And they will stumble over one another as it were before a sword, when none pursues. And you⁺ shall have no standing before the face of your⁺ enemies.

38And you⁺ shall perish among the nations, and the land of your⁺ enemies shall eat you⁺ up.

39And those who are left of you⁺ shall waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your⁺ enemies, and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall waste away with them.

40And if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and also that they have walked contrary to Me,

41and also [that] I have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and then they accept their guilt,

42then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac, and I will remember My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

43And the land shall be left empty by them, and it will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. And they will accept their guilt because, even because, they have despised My ordinances and their souls have abhorred My statutes. → Note

44And also even this, in their being in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor will I abhor them to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them. For I [am] יהוה their God.

45And I will remember for their sake the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the eyes of the nations, that I might be their God. I [am] יהוה.”

46And these [are] the statutes and the ordinances and the laws that יהוה made between Himself and between the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Chapter 27

1And יהוה spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man makes a wonderful vow, in your valuation of his soul to יהוה, → Note

3your valuation, if it is a male from a son of twenty years and up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

4And if it [is] a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;

5and if from a son of five years and up to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels;

6and if from a son of a month and up to five years old, then your valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your valuation [is] three shekels of silver;

7and if from a son of sixty years and above, if [it is] a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

8And if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall present him before the face of the priest, and the priest shall value him according to mouth, after the reach of the hand who vowed, the priest shall value him.

9And if [it is] an animal that men may bring as an offering to יהוה, all that he gives of such to יהוה shall be holy.

10He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good. And if he actually substitutes animal for animal, then it shall be that it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.

11And if [it is] any unclean animal, which they do not offer as a sacrifice to יהוה, then he shall present the animal before the face of the priest.

12And the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you value it, so the priest shall set it.

13But if he really redeems it, then he must add a fifth to your valuation.

14And when a man dedicates his house [to be] holy to יהוה, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad. As the priest values it, so shall it stand.

15And if he who dedicated it would redeem his house, then he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

16And if a man dedicates to יהוה [part] of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it—a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

17If he dedicates his field in the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

18But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon due to him the silver according to the years that remain until the Year of the Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation.

19And if he who dedicates it really redeems the field, he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him.

20But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore.

21And the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy. As a field devoted to יהוה, it shall be the possession of the priest.

22And if one dedicates to יהוה a field which he has bought, which is not a field of his possession,

23then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of the Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day [as] a holy thing to יהוה.

24In the Year of the Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom [is] the possession of the land.

25And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be to the shekel.

26But the firstborn that [is] to יהוה firstborn of the animals, no man shall dedicate, whether [it is] an ox or a sheep; it belongs to יהוה.

27And if an animal [is] unclean, then he shall redeem [it] according to your valuation and shall add a fifth to it. Or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

28Nevertheless any devoted thing that a man may devote to יהוה of all that [is] unto him, man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall not be sold and it shall not be redeemed. Every devoted thing [is] holy of holies to יהוה.

29Any devoted thing that is devoted to destruction among men shall not be redeemed; it must surely be put to death.

30And all the tithe of the land, [whether] of the seed of the land [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] to יהוה; it [is] holy to יהוה.

31And if a man really redeems of his tithes, he shall add a fifth to it.

32And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, the tenth of whatever passes under the rod shall be holy to יהוה.

33He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it. And if he actually substitutes, then it shall be that it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”

34These [are] the commandments that יהוה commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.