Shemoth (Exodus) 21:1 – 24:18
Shemoth (Exodus) 21
- Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
- If thou buy an Ivriy servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his woman shall go out with him.
- If his adonai have given him a woman, and she have born him sons or daughters; the woman and her children shall be her adonai’s, and he shall go out by himself.
- And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my adonai, my woman, and my children; I will not go out free:
- Then his adonai shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his adonai shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
- And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
- If she please not her adonai, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
- And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
- If he take him another woman; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
- And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
- He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
- And if a man lie not in wait, but Elohiym deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
- But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from Mine altar, that He may die.
- And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
- And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
- And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
- And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
- And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
- Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
- If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
- And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
- Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
- Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
- And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
- And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
- If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
- But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
- If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
- Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
- If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their adonai thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
- And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
- The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
- And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
- Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Shemoth (Exodus) 22
- If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
- If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
- If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
- If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
- If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
- If the thief be not found, then the adonai of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
- For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
- If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Then shall an oath of Yahuah be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
- And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
- If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
- And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
- But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
- And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his woman.
- If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
- Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
- Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
- He that sacrificeth unto any elohiym, save unto Yahuah only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
- Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Mitsrayim.
- Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
- If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry;
- And My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your women shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- If thou lend money to any of My people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
- If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
- For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
- Thou shalt not revile the elohiym, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
- Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
- Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it Me.
- And ye shall be set-apart men unto Me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Shemoth (Exodus) 23
- Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
- If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
- Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Mitsrayim.
- And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
- But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
- Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
- And in all things that I have said unto you be guarded: and make no mention of the name of other elohiym, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
- Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.
- Thou shalt keep the Feast of Matstsah: (thou shalt eat matstsah seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Aviv; for in it thou camest out from Mitsrayim: and none shall appear before Me empty:)
- And the Feast of Qatsiyr (Harvest), the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the Feast of Aciyph (Ingathering), which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
- Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before Adonai Yahuah.
- Thou shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with chamets (leavened bread); neither shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until the morning.
- The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Yahuah Elohayka. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
- Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Beware of Him, and obey His voice, provoke Him not; for He will not pardon your transgressions: for My name is in Him.
- But if thou shalt indeed obey His voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
- For Mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
- Thou shalt not bow down to their elohiym, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
- And ye shall serve את Yahuah Elohaykem, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
- There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
- I will send My fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
- And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
- I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
- By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
- And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your handאת; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
- Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their elohiym.
- They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against Me: for if thou serve their elohiym, it will surely be a snare unto thee..
Shemoth (Exodus) 24
- And He said unto Mosheh, Come up unto El-Yahuah, thou, and Aharon, Nadav, and Aviyhu, and seventy of the elders of Yashar’el; and worship ye afar off.
- And Mosheh alone shall come near El-Yahuah: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
- And Mosheh came and told the people את all the words of Yahuah, and את all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Yahuah hath said will we do.
- And Mosheh wrote את all the words of Yahuah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Yashar’el.
- And he sent young men of the children of Yashar’el, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto Yahuah.
- And Mosheh took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
- And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Yahuah hath said will we do, and be obedient.
- And Mosheh took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Yahuah hath made with you concerning all these words.
- Then went up Mosheh, and Aharon, Nadav, and Aviyhu, and seventy of the elders of Yashar’el:
- And they saw אֵ֖ת the Elohai of Yashar’el: and there was under His feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
- And upon the nobles of the children of Yashar’el he laid not his hand: also they saw Elohiym, and did eat and drink.
- And Yahuah said unto Mosheh, Come up to Me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a Torah, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
- And Mosheh rose up, and his minister Yahusha: and Mosheh went up into the Mount of Elohiym.
- And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aharon and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
- And Mosheh went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
- And the glory of Yahuah abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day He called unto Mosheh out of the midst of the cloud.
- And the sight of the glory of Yahuah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Yashar’el.
- And Mosheh went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Mosheh was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Haftarah Ha’Mishpatiym (הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים) — “The Judgments” – July 27th thru August 2nd
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 56:1 – 57:10
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 56
- Thus saith Yahuah, Guard ye judgment, and do justice: for My yeshuah (salvation) is near to come, and My righteousness to be revealed.
- Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of A’dam that layeth hold on it; that guards the Shabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
- Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to El-Yahuah, speak, saying, Yahuah hath utterly separated me from His people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
- For thus saith Yahuah unto the eunuchs that keep My Shabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and take hold of My covenant;
- Even unto them will I give in Mine house and within My walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
- Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to Yahuah, to serve Him, and to love the name of Yahuah, to be His servants, every one that keepeth the Shabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant;
- Even them will I bring to My set-apart mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer: their ascending smoke offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon Mine altar; for Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
- Adonai Yahuah, which gathereth the outcasts of Yashar’el saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
- All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
- His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
- Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 57
- The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
- But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
- Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood.
- Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
- Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
- Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
- Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than Me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
- And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
- Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
Brit Ha’Dasha Ha’Mishpatiym (הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים) — “The Judgments” – July 27th thru August 2nd
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 5:38-42 & 17:1-11
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 5:33-42
- 33. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Yahuah thine oaths:
- 34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is Elohiym’s throne:
- 35. Nor by the earth; for it is His footstool: neither by Yerushalaiym; for it is the city of the great King.
- 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- 37. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
- 38. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- 39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- 40. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
- 41. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
- 42. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 17:1-11
- And after six days Yahusha taketh Kepha, Ya’aqov, and Yochanon his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
- And was transfigured before them: and His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light.
- And, behold, there appeared unto them Mosheh and Eliyahu talking with Him.
- Then answered Kepha, and said unto Yahusha, Adonai, it is good for us to be here: if Thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for Thee, and one for Mosheh, and one for Eliyahu.
- While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.
- And when the talmidiym heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
- And Yahusha came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
- And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Yahusha only.
- And as they came down from the mountain, Yahusha charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of A’dam be risen again from the dead.
- And His disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Eliyahu must first come?
- And Yahusha answered and said unto them, Eliyahu truly shall first come, and restore all things.