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> 6:2
And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: 'I am the LORD; 6:3 and
I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty,
but by My name (f5) Yud-Hay-Vav-Hay I made Me not known to them.
(Footnote 5: The ineffable name, read Adonai, which means, the Lord.
Additional note: "Yud-Hay-Vav-Hay" is the spelling of the
tetragrammaton. In this verse, the original Jewish Publication
Society text uses the Hebrew letters that correspond to the actual
spelling of the name.) 6:4 And I have also established My covenant
with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their
sojournings, wherein they sojourned. 6:5 And moreover I have heard
the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in
bondage; and I have remembered My covenant. 6:6 Wherefore say unto
the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their
bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with
great judgments; 6:7 and I will take you to Me for a people, and I
will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God,
who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 6:8 And
I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My
hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give
it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.' 6:9 And Moses spoke so unto
the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for
impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
> 6:10 And the
LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 6:11 'Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king
of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.'
6:12 And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: 'Behold, the children
of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me,
who am of uncircumcised lips?'
> 6:13 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of
Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt.
> 6:14 These are the heads of
their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel:
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of
Reuben. 6:15 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. These
are the families of Simeon. 6:16 And 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 a hundred thirty and
seven years. 6:17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to
their families. 6:18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a
hundred thirty and three years. 6:19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli
and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their
generations. 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to
wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of
Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. 6:21 And the sons of
Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 6:22 And the sons of Uzziel:
Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba,
the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she
bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 6:24 And the sons of
Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of
the Korahites. 6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the
daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the
heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their
families. 6:26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said:
'Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to
their hosts.' 6:27 These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of
Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that
Moses and Aaron. 6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD
spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 6:29 that the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 'I am the LORD; speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt
all that I speak unto thee.' 6:30 And Moses said before the LORD:
'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken
unto me?'
> 7:1
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'See, I have set thee in God's stead to
Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 7:2 Thou shalt
speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto
Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 7:3
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My
wonders in the land of Egypt. 7:4 But Pharaoh will not hearken unto
you, and I will lay My hand upon Egypt, and bring forth My hosts, My
people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, by great
judgments. 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when
I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of
Israel from among them.' 7:6 And Moses and Aaron did so; as the LORD
commanded them, so did they. 7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old,
and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spoke unto
Pharaoh.
> 7:8 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying: 7:9 'When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying: Show a wonder
for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it
down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.' 7:10 And Moses and
Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had
commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his
servants, and it became a serpent. 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for
the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of
Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts. 7:12 For they cast
down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod
swallowed up their rods. 7:13 And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and
he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
> 7:14 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth
to let the people go. 7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo,
he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's
brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt
thou take in thy hand. 7:16 And thou shalt say unto him: The LORD,
the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying: Let My people
go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto
thou hast not hearkened; 7:17 thus saith the LORD: In this thou shalt
know that I am the LORD--behold, I will smite with the rod that is in
my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be
turned to blood. 7:18 And the fish that are in the river shall die,
and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to
drink water from the river.'
> 7:19 And the LORD said unto
Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over
the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over
their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become
blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt,
both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.' 7:20 And Moses and
Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and
smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and
in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the
river were turned to blood. 7:21 And the fish that were in the river
died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink
water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of
Egypt. 7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their
secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not
unto them; as the LORD had spoken. 7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went
into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. 7:24 And all
the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for
they could not drink of the water of the river. 7:25 And seven days
were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
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7:26 And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto
him: Thus saith the LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
7:27 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs. 7:28 And the river shall swarm with frogs, which
shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed-chamber, and
upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy
people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs. 7:29 And
the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon
all thy servants.'
8:1 And the
LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with
thy rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and
cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.' 8:2 And Aaron
stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came
up, and covered the land of Egypt. 8:3 And the magicians did in like
manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of
Egypt. 8:4 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said:
'Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from me, and from my
people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto
the LORD.' 8:5 And Moses said unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou this glory
over me; against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy
servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee
and thy houses, and remain in the river only?' 8:6 And he said:
'Against to-morrow.' And he said: 'Be it according to thy word; that
thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. 8:7
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from
thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river
only.' 8:8 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried
unto the LORD concerning the frogs, which He had brought upon
Pharaoh. 8:9 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the
frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the
fields. 8:10 And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land
stank. 8:11 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened
his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
>
8:12 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch out thy
rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats
throughout all the land of Egypt.' 8:13 And they did so; and Aaron
stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth,
and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the
earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt. 8:14 And the
magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but
they could not; and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast. 8:15
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God';
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as
the LORD had spoken.
> 8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses:
'Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he
cometh forth to the water; and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Let
My people go, that they may serve Me. 8:17 Else, if thou wilt not let
My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon
thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses; and the
houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also
the ground whereon they are. 8:18 And I will set apart in that day
the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies
shall be there; to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD
in the midst of the earth. 8:19 And I will put a division between My
people and thy people--by to-morrow shall this sign be.' 8:20 And the
LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house
of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses; and in all the land of
Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies. 8:21 And
Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said: 'Go ye, sacrifice
to your God in the land.' 8:22 And Moses said: 'It is not meet so to
do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the
LORD our God; lo, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, will they not stone us? 8:23 We will go three
days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God,
as He shall command us.' 8:24 And Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go,
that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye
shall not go very far away; entreat for me.' 8:25 And Moses said:
'Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the
swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from
his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more
in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.' 8:26 And
Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. 8:27 And the
LORD did according to the word of Moses; and He removed the swarms of
flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there
remained not one. 8:28 And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also,
and he did not let the people go.
> 9:1
Then the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him:
Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that
they may serve Me. 9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt
hold them still, 9:3 behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle
which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the
camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks; there shall be a very
grievous murrain. 9:4 And the LORD shall make a division between the
cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die
of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.' 9:5 And the LORD
appointed a set time, saying: 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing
in the land.' 9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all
the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel
died not one. 9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so
much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of
Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.
> 9:8
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of
soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight
of Pharaoh. 9:9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of
Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and
upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.' 9:10 And they took
soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up
heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man
and upon beast. 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses
because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon
all the Egyptians. 9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
>
9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD, the God
of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 9:14 For I
will this time send all My plagues upon thy person, and upon thy
servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is
none like Me in all the earth. 9:15 Surely now I had put forth My
hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst
been cut off from the earth. 9:16 But in very deed for this cause
have I made thee to stand, to show thee My power, and that My name
may be declared throughout all the earth. 9:17 As yet exaltest thou
thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go? 9:18
Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very
grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was
founded even until now. 9:19 Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle
and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast that
shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail
shall come down upon them, and they shall die.' 9:20 He that feared
the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants
and his cattle flee into the houses; 9:21 and he that regarded not
the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
> 9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch forth thy hand
toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon
man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the
land of Egypt.' 9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven;
and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth;
and the LORD caused to hail upon the land of Egypt. 9:24 So there was
hail, and fire flashing up amidst the hail, very grievous, such as
had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 9:25
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in
the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the
field, and broke every tree of the field. 9:26 Only in the land of
Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 9:27
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them:
'I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people
are wicked. 9:28 Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these
mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay
no longer.' 9:29 And Moses said unto him: 'As soon as I am gone out
of the city, I will spread forth my hands unto the LORD; the thunders
shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest
know that the earth is the LORD'S. 9:30 But as for thee and thy
servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.'-- 9:31 And
the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear,
and the flax was in bloom. 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt were not
smitten; for they ripen late.-- 9:33 And Moses went out of the city
from Pharaoh, and spread forth his hands unto the LORD; and the
thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders
were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his
servants. 9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not
let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
Haftorah
Va-ayra > Ezekiel 28.25-29.21
> 28:25
Thus saith the Lord GOD: When I shall have gathered the house of
Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be
sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell
in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 28:26 And they
shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant
vineyards; yea, they shall dwell safely; when I have executed
judgments upon all those that have them in disdain round about them;
and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'
> 29:1
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the
month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 29:2 'Son of man,
set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him,
and against all Egypt; 29:3 speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD:
behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon
that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said: My river is
mine own, and I have made it for myself. 29:4 And I will put hooks in
thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy
scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and
all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 29:5 And I
will cast thee into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy
rivers; thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be
brought together, nor gathered; to the beasts of the earth and to the
fowls of the heaven have I given thee for food. 29:6 And all the
inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have
been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 29:7 When they take hold
of thee with the hand, thou dost break, and rend all their shoulders;
and when they lean upon thee, thou breakest, and makest all their
loins to be at a stand. 29:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD:
Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee
man and beast. 29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and
waste, and they shall know that I am the LORD; because he hath said:
The river is mine, and I have made it. 29:10 Therefore, behold, I am
against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of
Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene even unto the
border of Ethiopia. 29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor
foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited
forty years. 29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the
midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the
cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years; and I will
scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them
through the countries.
> 29:13 For thus saith the Lord GOD: At
the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples
whither they were scattered; 29:14 and I will turn the captivity of
Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into
the land of their origin; and they shall bethere a lowly kingdom.
29:15 It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any
more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that
they shall no more rule over the nations. 29:16 And it shall be no
more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to
remembrance, when they turn after them; and they shall know that I am
the Lord GOD.'
> 29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and
twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month,
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 29:18 'Son of man,
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great
service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder
was peeled; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the
service that he had served against it; 29:19 Therefore thus saith the
Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her abundance, and take her
spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which he
served, because they wrought for Me, saith the Lord GOD.
>
29:21 In that day will I cause a horn to shoot up unto the house of
Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of
them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'
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