Torah
Shemot18
Exodus · Chapter 18
When Jethro, the kohen of Midian, Mosheh’ father in torah, heard of all that Elohim had done for Mosheh, and for Yisra'el his people,
and that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had brought Yisra'el out of Mitsrayim;
Then Jethro, Mosheh’ father in torah, took Zipporah, Mosheh’ wife, after he had sent her back,
And her two sons; of which the name of the one
was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
And the name of the other
was Eliezer; for the Elohim of my father,
said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
And Jethro, Mosheh’ father in torah, came with his sons and his wife unto Mosheh into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of Elohim:
And he said unto Mosheh, I thy father in torah Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
And Mosheh went out to meet his father in torah, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of
their welfare; and they came into the tent.
And Mosheh told his father in torah all that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Yisra'el’s sake,
and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and
how 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) delivered them.
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had done to Yisra'el, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
And Jethro said, Blessed
be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Now I know that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly
he was above them.
And Jethro, Mosheh’ father in torah, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for Elohim: and Aharon came, and all the elders of Yisra'el, to eat bread with Mosheh’ father in torah before Elohim.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mosheh sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Mosheh from the morning unto the evening.
And when Mosheh’ father in torah saw all that he did to the people, he said, What
is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
And Mosheh said unto his father in torah, Because the people come unto me to enquire of Elohim:
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make
them know the statutes of Elohim, and his laws.
And Mosheh’ father in torah said unto him, The thing that thou doest
is not good.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that
is
with thee: for this thing
is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and Elohim shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to Elohim-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto Elohim:
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear Elohim, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place
such over them,
to be rulers of thousands,
and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be,
that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear
the burden with thee.
If thou shalt do this thing, and Elohim command thee
so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
So Mosheh hearkened to the voice of his father in torah, and did all that he had said.
And Mosheh chose able men out of all Yisra'el, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Mosheh, but every small matter they judged themselves.
And Mosheh let his father in torah depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Torah
Shemot19
Exodus · Chapter 19
In the third month, when the children of Yisra'el were gone forth out of the land of Mitsrayim, the same day came they
into the wilderness of Sinai.
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come
to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Yisra'el camped before the mount.
And Mosheh went up unto Elohim, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Ya'aqov, and tell the children of Yisra'el;
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and
how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my b'rit, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth
is mine:
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of kohanim, and an holy nation. These
are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Yisra'el.
And Mosheh came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) commanded him.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath spoken we will do. And Mosheh returned the words of the people unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Mosheh, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Mosheh told the words of the people unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Mosheh, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
And be ready against the third day: for the third day 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves,
that ye go
not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether
it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
And Mosheh went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at
your wives.
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that
was in the camp trembled.
And Mosheh brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with Elohim; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Mosheh spake, and Elohim answered him by a voice.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) called Mosheh
up to the top of the mount; and Mosheh went up.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Mosheh, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) to gaze, and many of them perish.
And let the kohanim also, which come near to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), sanctify themselves, lest 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) break forth upon them.
And Mosheh said unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aharon with thee: but let not the kohanim and the people break through to come up unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), lest he break forth upon them.
So Mosheh went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
Torah
Shemot20
Exodus · Chapter 20
And Elohim spake all these words, saying,
I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, which have brought thee out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness
of any thing that
is in shamayim above, or that
is
in the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim
am a jealous Elohim, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me;
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my mitsvot.
Thou shalt not take the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim in vain; for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the shabbat day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
But the seventh day
is the shabbat of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim:
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates:
For
in six days 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) made shamayim and earth, the sea, and all that in them
is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) blessed the shabbat day, and hallowed it.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that
is thy neighbour’s.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw
it, they removed, and stood afar off.
And they said unto Mosheh, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die.
And Mosheh said unto the people, Fear not: for Elohim is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
And the people stood afar off, and Mosheh drew near unto the thick darkness where Elohim
was.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Mosheh, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Yisra'el, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from shamayim.
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.