Yitro
Weekly Parshah 17, Yitro; (Jethro);
SH'MOT 18:1-20:26 (Ex. 18:1-20:26);
Haftarah:
Yesha'yahu 6:1-13 (Isa. 6:1-13)
B'rit Hadashah:
Mat. 5:21-30; 15:1-11; 19:16-30; Mark 7:5-15; 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30; Acts 6:1-7;
Rom. 2:17-29; 7:7-12; 13:8-10; Eph. 6:1-3; 1 Tim. 3:1-14; 2 Tim. 2:2; Tit. 1:1-9; Heb. 12:18-29;
Ya'akov 2:8-13; (James 2:8-13); 1 Kefa 2:9-10 (1 Pet. 2:9-10).
SH'MOT 18:1-20:26
1 When Yitro, the kohen of Midyan, Moshe's khoten (father-in-law), heard of all that Elohim had done for Moshe, and for Yisrael His people, and that YeHoVaH had brought Yisrael out of Mitzrayim; 2 Then Yitro, Moshe's khoten, received Tzipporah, Moshe's wife, after Moshe had sent her away, 3 And her two banim; of which the shem of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a ger in a foreign land;4 And the shem of the other was Eliezer; for the Elohei Avi, said he, was ezri (my help), and delivered me from the cherev of Pharaoh;
5 And Yitro, Moshe's khoten, came with his banim and his isha unto Moshe into the midbar, where he encamped at the Har HaElohim; 6 And he said unto Moshe, I thy khoten (father-in-law) Yitro am come unto thee, and thy isha, and her two banim with her. 7 And Moshe went out to meet his khoten, bowed low, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their shalom (welfare); and they came into the ohel. 8 And Moshe told his khoten all that YeHoVaH had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for the sake of Yisrael, and all the travail that had befallen them along the derech, and how YeHoVaH saved and delivered them. 9 And Yitro rejoiced for all the tovah which YeHoVaH had done for Yisrael, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Yitro said, Baruch YeHoVaH, Who hath rescued you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and Who hath delivered HaAm from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I have da'as that YeHoVaH is gadol than kol haelohim; for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly He was above them. 12 And Yitro, Moshe's khoten, brought an olah and zevakhim for Elohim; and Aharon came, and kol Ziknei Yisrael, to eat lechem with Moshe's khoten before HaElohim.
(ii)
13 And it came to pass on next day, that Moshe sat to judge HaAm; and HaAm stood around Moshe from the boker unto erev. 14 And when Moshe's khoten saw all that he was doing for HaAm, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and kol HaAm stand around thee from boker unto erev? 15 And Moshe said unto his khoten, Because HaAm come unto me to inquire of Elohim; 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the chukkei HaElohim, and His torot (Torah, Teachings).
17 And Moshe's khoten said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not tov. 18 Thou wilt surely wear out, both thou, and HaAm hazeh that is with thee; for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Shema (pay heed) now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and may Elohim be with thee; be thou for HaAm before HaElohim, that thou mayest bring the disputes unto HaElohim; 20 And thou shalt teach them chukkim and torot, and shalt show them the derech wherein they must walk, and the ma'aseh that they must do.21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of kol HaAm anshei chayil (able men), yirei Elohim, anshei emes, hating bribes; and place such over them, to be over thousands, and over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens; 22 And let them judge HaAm at all times; and it shall be, that every davar hagadol they shall bring unto thee, but every davar hakaton they shall judge; so shall it be eased for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and Elohim command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and kol HaAm hazeh shall also go to their place in shalom.
(iii)
24 So Moshe paid heed to the voice of his khoten, and did all that he had said.25 And Moshe chose anshei chayil out of kol Yisrael, and made them rashim over HaAm, over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. 26 And they judged HaAm at all times; the davar hakasheh (difficult case) they brought unto Moshe, but every devar hakaton they judged themselves. 27 And Moshe let his khoten depart; and he went his way into his own land.
SH'MOT 19:1-25
(iv)
1 In the chodesh hashelishi (third new moon), after the Bnei Yisrael had their exodus from Eretz Mitzrayim, on that very day they came into the Midbar Sinai.2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to Midbar Sinai, and had encamped in the midbar; and there Yisrael camped before HaHar. 3 And Moshe went up to HaElohim, and YeHoVaH, called out unto him from HaHar, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the Bais Ya'akov, and declare unto the Bnei Yisrael; 4 You yourselves have seen what I did unto the Mitzrayim, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto Myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice very carefully, and be shomer over My brit, then ye shall be a segullah (treasured possession) unto Me above all people; for kol ha'aretz is Mine; 6 And ye shall be unto Me a mamlechet kohanim, and a goy kadosh. These are the words which thou shalt recount unto the Bnei Yisrael.
(v)
7 And Moshe came and summoned the Ziknei HaAm, and set authoritatively before their faces all these words just as YeHoVaH commanded him. 8 And kol HaAm answered together, and said, All that YeHoVaH hath spoken we will do. And Moshe brought back the words of HaAm unto YeHoVaH. 9 And YeHoVaH said unto Moshe, Hinei, I am coming unto thee in a thick cloud, that HaAm may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee l'olam. Then Moshe told the words of HaAm unto YeHoVah.
10 So YeHoVaH said unto Moshe, Go unto HaAm, and set them apart as kodesh today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothing, 11 And be ready by Yom HaShelishi [T.N. See 1C 15:4]; for Yom HaShelishi YeHoVaH will come down in the sight of kol HaAm upon Mt. Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set boundaries unto HaAm all around, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into HaHar, or touch the edge of it; whosoever toucheth HaHar shall be surely put to death; 13 There shall no yad touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or surely mortally shot; whether it be behemah or ish, it shall not live; when the yovel soundeth long, they shall come up to HaHar.
(vi)
14 So Moshe came down from HaHar unto HaAm, and set apart as kodesh HaAm; and they washed their clothes. 15 Then he said to HaAm, Be ready by Sheloshet Yamim; come not into your isha.
16 And it came to pass on the Yom HaShelishi when the boker was breaking, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon HaHar, and the blast of the shofar exceeding loud; so that kol HaAm that was in the machaneh trembled with terror. 17 And Moshe led HaAm forth out of the machaneh to encounter HaElohim; and they stood at the foot of HaHar.
18 And Mt. Sinai was altogether smoking, because YeHoVaH descended upon it in eish; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of the furnace, and kol HaHar shook violently. 19 And when the sound of the shofar was moving [closer], and grew louder and louder, Moshe spoke, and HaElohim answered him in thunder.
(vii)
20 And YeHoVaH came down upon Mt. Sinai, onto the top of HaHar; and YeHoVaH summoned Moshe up to the top of HaHar; and Moshe went up. 21 And YeHoVaH said unto Moshe, Go down, warn HaAm, lest they push through toward YeHoVaH to gaze, and many of them fall perishing. 22 And let the kohanim also, which come near to YeHoVaH, set themselves apart as kodesh, lest YeHoVaH break forth upon them. 23 And Moshe said unto YeHoVaH, HaAm cannot come up to Mt. Sinai; for You Yourself charged us, saying, Establish boundaries for HaHar, and set it apart as kodesh. 24 And YeHoVaH said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aharon with thee; but let not the kohanim and HaAm push through to come up unto YeHoVaH, lest He break forth upon them. 25 So Moshe went down unto HaAm and told them.
SH'MOT 20:1-26
1 Then Elohim spoke all these words, saying,
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2 I am YeHoVaH Eloheicha, Who brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim, out of the bais avadim (house of slaves).
ב
3 Thou shalt have no elohim acherim in My presence.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any pesel, or any temunah of any thing that is in Shomayim above, or that is in ha'aretz beneath, or that is in the mayim under ha'aretz. 5 Thou shalt not tishtacheveh to them, nor serve them; for I YeHoVaH Eloheicha am an El kanna, visiting the avon Avot upon the Banim unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; 6 But showing chesed unto thousands of them that love Me, and are shomer over My mitzvot.
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7 Thou shalt not take the Shem YeHoVaH Eloheicha in vain; for YeHoVaH will not hold him guiltless that taketh Shmo in vain.
ד
8 Remember Yom HaShabbos, to keep it kodesh. 9 Sheshet yamim shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the Yom HaShevi'i is the Shabbos of YeHoVaH Eloheicha; in it thou shalt not do any melachah, thou, nor thy ben, nor thy bat, thy eved, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ger that is within thy gates; 11 For in sheshet yamim YeHoVaH made Shomayim and Ha'Aretz, the yam, and all that in them is, and rested Yom HaShevi'i; for this reason YeHoVaH blessed Yom HaShabbos, and set it apart as kodesh.
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12 Honor thy av and thy em; that thy yamim may be long upon ha'adamah which YeHoVaH Eloheicha giveth thee.
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13 Thou shalt not murder.
ז
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
ח
15 Thou shalt not steal.
ט
16 Thou shalt not bear ed sheker against thy neighbor.
י
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's bais, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's isha, nor his eved, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
22 And YeHoVaH said unto Moshe, Thus thou shalt say unto the Bnei Yisrael, You yourselves have seen that from Shomayim I have spoken with you. 23 Ye shall not make beside Me elohei kesef, neither shall ye make for yourselves elohei zahav.24 Mizbe'ach adamah thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy olot, and thy shelamim, thy tzon, and thine oxen; in all places where I cause My Shem to be remembered, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make Me a Mizbe'ach avanim, thou shalt not build it of cut stone; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast rendered it polluted. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by stairs unto Mine Mizbe'ach, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. [MISHPATIM]
Haftarah:
Yesha'yahu 6:1-13 (Isa. 6:1-13)
1 In the year that the Melech Uziyah died, I saw Adonoi sitting upon a kisse, high and lifted up, and His robe filled the Heikhal. 2 Above Him stood ministering the [flaming] seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, is YeHoVaH Tzva'os; kol ha'aretz is full of His kavod.
4 And the doorposts shook at the voice of him that cried, and the Beis [Hamikdash] was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Oy (Woe) is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen HaMelech, YeHoVaH Tzva'os.
6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his yad, which he had taken with the tongs from off the Mizbe'ach: 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Hinei, this hath touched thy lips; and thine avon (iniquity) is taken away, and kapporah is made for the purging of thy chattat (sin).
8 Also I heard the voice of Adonoi, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then said I, Hineini; send me.
9 And He said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the lev HaAm hazeh stubborn, and make their ears stopped up, their eyes heavy; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their lev. And have a spiritual turnaround conversion, and be healed.
11 Then cried I, Adonoi, ad mosai (how much longer [will this go on]? And He answered, Until the towns be wasted without inhabitant, and the batim (houses) are without man, and the ground be utterly desolate, a wilderness,
12 And YeHoVaH have removed men far away, and there be many forsaken places within the land.
13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall be given up to destruction, like the terebinth and like the oak, when they are felled, leave [as a remnant] a root-stump: so the root-stump shall be the zera kodesh.
B'rit Hadashah:
Mat. 5:21-30; 15:1-11; 19:16-30; Mark 7:5-15; 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30; Acts 6:1-7;
Rom. 2:17-29; 7:7-12; 13:8-10; Eph. 6:1-3;
1 Tim. 3:1-14; 2 Tim. 2:2; Tit. 1:1-9; Heb. 12:18-29;
Ya'akov 2:8-13; (James 2:8-13); 1 Kefa 2:9-10 (1 Pet. 2:9-10).
B'rit Hadashah:
Mat. 5:21-30; 15:1-11; 19:16-30; Mark 7:5-15; 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30; Acts 6:1-7;
Rom. 2:17-29; 7:7-12; 13:8-10; Eph. 6:1-3; 1 Tim. 3:1-14; 2 Tim. 2:2; Tit. 1:1-9; Heb. 12:18-29;
Ya'akov 2:8-13; (James 2:8-13); 1 Kefa 2:9-10 (1 Pet. 2:9-10).
Mat. 5:21-30;
21 You have heard that it was said to the ancients, LO TIRTZACH (Do not murder, SHEMOT 20:13; DEVARIM 5:17), and every rotzeach (murderer) shall be liable before the Bet Din (Court). 22 But I say to you, that everyone who harbors kaas (anger) against his Ach [b'Moshiach], his chaver, shall be subject to mishpat (judgment); and whoever shall say to his Ach [b'Moshiach], Reyka! (Good for nothing!) will be subject to the Sanhedrin; and whoever shall say Shoteh! (Fool) shall be subject to Eish Gehinnom (Fire of Hell). 23 Therefore, if you bring your korban (sacrifice) to the Mizbeach (altar), and there you remember that your Ach [b'Moshiach] has something against you, 24 leave your korban there before the Mizbeach, and go and first be reconciled to your Ach [b'Moshiach]; and then come offer your korban. 25 Come to terms quickly with your ish riv (opponent in a lawsuit), while you are a fellow-traveler on the derech eretz, lest the ish riv might deliver you to the shofet (judge), and the shofet might deliver you to the shoter (law official), and the shoter might deliver you to the beit hasohar (prison house). 26 For, omein, truly I say to you, you may never come out from there until you repay the last peruta (small coin).
27 You have heard that it was said, LO TINAF (Do not commit adultery, SHEMOT 20:14). 28 But I say to you that everyone looking upon a woman with taavah (lust) for her has already committed niuf (adultery) with her in his heart. 29 And if your right eye causes you to commit chet (sin), tear it out and throw it from you, for it is better for you that one of your evarim (members) be lost and not your whole basar (body, flesh) be thrown into Gehinnom. 30 And if your right hand causes you to commit chet, cut it off and throw it from you, for it is better for you that one of your evarim (members) be lost and not that your whole basar may go into Gehinnom.
Mat. 15:1-11;
1 Then Perushim and Sofrim (rabbonim) from Yerushalayim approach Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, 2 Why do your talmidim transgress the Masoret HaZekenim (the Tradition of the Elders)? For they do not do the netilat yadayim before meals. 3 But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, in reply to them, said, Why [do] also you transgress the mitzvat YeHoVaH for the sake of your own masoros? 4 For YeHoVaH has said, KABED ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA (honor your father and your mother, SHEMOT 20:12; DEVARIM 5:16), and MKALEL AVIV VIMMO MOT YUMAT (the one cursing his father and mother to die he must die, SHEMOT 21:17; VAYIKRA 20:9). 5 But you say, Whoever says to his abba or his em, whatever support you might have had from me, [it is] a gift [i.e., korban, dedicated to G-d].6 By no means does [anyone who says this] honor his abba or em. And you nullify the Dvar YeHoVaH on account of your masoros. 7 You tzevuim, well did Isaiah give a dvar hanevuah concerning you, saying,
8 YAAN KI NIGASH HAAM HAZEH BEFIV UVISHFATAV KI-BDUNI VLIBO RICHAK MIMENI VATEHI YIRATAM OTI MITZVAT ANASHIM MELUMADAH (This people with their lips honor me, but their heart is far away from me,
9 and in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of [mere] men, YESHAYAH 29:13.)
10 And having summoned the multitude, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Listen and understand! 11 It is not the thing entering into the mouth that makes the man tameh (unclean), but the thing going out from the mouth this makes the man tameh.
Mat. 19:16-30;
16 And one, having approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, said, Rebbe, what mitzvah, what good may I do that I may have Chayyei Olam? 17 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good, nu? But if you wish to enter into Chayyim (Life), do not fail to be shomer mitzvot. 18 He says to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Which mitzvah? And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, LO TIRTZACH, LO TINAF, LO TIGNOV, LO TAANEH VREIACHAH ED SHAKER, KABEID ES AVICHA VES IMMECHAH, VAHAVTAH LREACHA KAMOCHA (You shall not murder, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness; 19 Honor your father and your mother, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself, SHEMOT 20:13(13-16); DEVARIM 5:17-20; SHEMOT 20:12; DEVARIM 5:16; VAYIKRA 19:18. 20 The bocher (bachelor, young man) says to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, I was shomer mitzvot and frum in all these things, so where do I still fall short? 21 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, If you wish to be tamim (perfect), if you wish to have shelemut (perfection, completeness), then go and sell your possessions and give to the aniyim (poor) and you will have otzar (treasure) in Shomayim. Then come and follow me [Moshiach]. 22 But having heard the divrei Moshiach, the young man went away with agmat nefesh (grief), for he was having many possessions.
23 And he said to his talmidim, Omein, I say to you that an oisher with difficulty will enter into the Malchut HaShomayim. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for an oisher to enter into the Malchut HaShomayim. 25 And when Moshiach's talmidim heard this, they were exceedingly astounded, saying, Who then is able to receive the Yeshuat Eloheinu? 26 And having looked upon them, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, With Bnei Adam it is impossible; but with YeHoVaH all things are possible.
27 Then Kefa said in reply to him, Hinei! We have left everything and followed you [as Moshiach]! Where does that leave us? 28 And Moshiach said to them, Omein, I say to you, that you, the ones having followed me, when the Briah (Creation) becomes Chadasha (New), when the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach] sits upon his Kisei Kavod (Throne of Glory), you also will sit upon the Shneym Asar Kisot (Twelve Thrones) judging the Shneym Asar Shivtei Yisrael. 29 And anyone who left bais or achim or achayot or Abba or Em or banim or sadot (fields) on account of me [Moshiach] and my Name (Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8]), will receive a hundred times over and will inherit Chayyei Olam. 30 And many who are Rishonim (first ones) will be Acharonim (last ones), and the Acharonim, Rishonim.
Mark 7:5-15;
5 And the Perushim and the Sofrim question Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Why do your talmidim not follow the halachah according to the Masoret HaZekenim, but eat their lechem with yadayim temeiot?
6 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Isaiah rightly gave a dvar nevuah of you tzevuim, as it has been written, HAAM HAZEH BISFATAV KIBDUNI VLIBO RIKHAK MIMENI VATEHI YIRATAM OTI MITZVAT ANASHIM MELUMMADAH (This people with [their] lips honor me, but their heart is removed far away from me.
7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of men.) [YESHAYAH 29:13]
8 Abandoning the mitzvat YeHoVaH, you are holding to the Masoret HaBnei Adam.
9 And he was saying to them, You have a fine knack for setting aside the mitzvat YeHoVaH in order that your own Masorot might stand undisturbed. 10 For Moshe [Rabbeinu] said, KABED ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA (Honor your father and your mother), and, The one reviling AVIV VIMMO MOT YUMAT (father or mother let him be put to death. [SHEMOT 20:12, DEVARIM 5:16, SHEMOT 21:17, VAYIKRA 20:9]11 But you say, If a man says to his Abba or to his Em, whatever by me you might have benefited is Korban [that is, the taitsh (translation) of korban is an offering to YeHoVaH], 12 Then no longer do you permit him to do anything for his Abba or his Em. 13 You nullify and make void the dvar YeHoVaH by means of your Masoret you received. And you do many similar things.
14 And having summoned again the multitude, he was saying to them, Give ear to me and have binah (understanding). 15 There is nothing outside of a ben Adam (human being) entering into him which is able to make him tameh, but it is the things coming out from the ben Adam that make him tameh.
Mark 10:17-31;
17 And as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was setting out to travel, one running and falling down before him, was asking him, Rabbi haTov, what mitzvah may I do that I might inherit Chayyei Olam? 18 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, Why do you call me tov? No one [is] tov except echad, Elohim, nu? 19 You have daas of the mitzvot, the Aseres HaDibros (The Decalogue), LO TIRTZACH, LO TINAF, LO TIGNOV, LO TAANEH VREIACHA ED SHAKER, KABEID ES AVICHA VES IMMECHAH (Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness (do not defraud), honor your father and mother.) [SHEMOT 20:12-16; DEVARIM 5:16-20] 20 And the man was saying to him, Rabbi, from kinderyoren I have been frum and shomer mitzvot, keeping all these things. 21 And looking at him and having ahavah for his neshamah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, One thing you lack: go and sell all your possessions and give to the aniyim, and you will have otzar (treasure) in Shomayim; and come, follow me. 22 But at the dvar HaMoshiach, his face turned gloomy and he departed with agmat nefesh (grief), for he had many possessions.
23 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, looking around, says to his talmidim, How difficult it will be for the oisher to enter the Malchut YeHoVaH! [Psa 52:7, 62:10]24 And the talmidim were amazed at his dvarim. But again Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach in reply, says to them, Yeladim, how difficult it is to enter into the Malchut YeHoVaH. 25 It is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for an oisher (rich person) to enter the Malchut YeHoVaH. 26 And they were even more amazed, saying to one another, Then who with the Yeshuat Eloheinu is able to be saved? 27 Having looked at them, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says, With Bnei Adam [this is] impossible, but not with YeHoVaH. For all things are possible with YeHoVaH.
28 Shimon Kefa began to say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Hinei! We left everything and have followed you! 29 Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8] said, Omein, I say to you, there is no one who left bais or achim or achayot or em or abba or banim or sadot (fields) for the sake of me and for the sake of the Besuras HaGeulah, 30 But that he shall receive a hundredfold now in the Olam Hazeh, batim (houses) and achim and achayot and imahot and banim and sadot with redifot (persecutions); and in Olam Habah, Chayyei Olam. 31 And many Rishonim (First Ones) will be Acharonim (Last Ones); and the Acharonim, will be Rishonim.
Luke 18:18-30;
18 And a certain one of the manhigim (leaders, one of the wealthier Baale-Battishe Jews) questioned Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, Mori HaTov (Good Teacher), what mitzvah must I do to inherit Chayyei Olam? 19 And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to him, Why do you call me tov? No one is tov except YeHoVaH alone, nu? 20 You have daas of the Mitzvot. LO TINAF, LO TIRTZACH, LO TIGNOV, LO TAANEH VREIACHAH ED SHAKER, KABEID ES AVICHA VES IMMECHAH. [SHEMOT 20:12-16; DEVARIM 5:16-20] 21 And he said, In all these things I have been shomer mitzvot and frum from my kinder-yoren. 22 And having heard, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to him, Still one thing for you is lacking. Everything as much as you have, sell and distribute to the aniyim, and you will have otzar in Himel; and come follow me. 23 But having heard these things, he fell into agmat nefesh (grief, sadness). For he had much kesef. 24 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, when he saw him fall into agmat nefesh, said, How difficult it is for the ones having osher (riches) to enter into the Malchut YeHoVaH. [MISHLE 11:28]25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for an oisher (rich man) to enter into the Malchut YeHoVaH. 26 But the ones, having heard, said, Then who is able to come to Yeshu'at Eloheinu? 27 And he said, The things impossible with Bnei Adam are possible with YeHoVaH.
28 And Kefa said, Hinei, we have left everything to follow you. 29 And he said to them, Omein, I say to you, that there is no one who left bais or isha or achim or horim (parents) or yeladim because of the Malchut YeHoVaH, 30 Who will not receive many times as much in this zman (time) and in the Olam HaBah, Chayyei Olam.
Acts 6:1-7;
1 Now in these yamim of the Messianic talmidim being increased, there was a complaint by the Greekspeaking Yehudim keneged (against) the Sabra Yehudim mitzad (as to) their Greek- speaking Jewish almanot being overlooked in the daily support. 2 And the Sheneym Asar, having called the multitude of the talmidim together, said, " It is not desirable for us to neglect the dvar YeHoVaH in order to serve tishen. 3 But select from among you Achim b'Moshiach, that is, shivah anashim, being of shem tov (good reputation) and full of the Ruach Hakodesh and chochmah, whom we will appoint over this duty; [SHEMOT 18:21; NECHEMYAH 13:13] 4 But we will be devoted to tefillah and to the avodas kodesh service of the Dvar of the Besuras HaGeulah. 5 And this dvar found approval before all the multitude and they chose Stefanos, a man full of emunah (faith) and of the Ruach Hakodesh, and they also chose Philippos and Prochorus and Nikanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicholas, a ger (proselyte) of Antioch 6 Whom they placed before the Moshiach's Shlichim. And having davened, Moshiach's Shlichim gave them s'michah, laying their hands on them. [BAMIDBAR 8:10; 27:18]
7 And the Dvar YeHoVaH was increasing, and the number of talmidim was being greatly multiplied in Yerushalayim, and a kama (quite a number) of the kohanim were obeying the [Orthodox Jewish Messianic] emunah (faith).
Rom. 2:17-29;
17 But if you are called by the name Yehudi (Jew) and rely on the Torah and boast in YeHoVaH [T.N. Contra Ro 3:20; 4:2]., 18 And have da'as of His will and approve the things that matter, being instructed from the Torah 19 And being confident that you are a moreh derech (guide) of the ivrim (blind ones), an ohr for those in choshech,20 A rabbinic moreh (teacher) of the foolish, a melammed (instructor) of the young, having the embodiment of da'as (knowledge) and Emes (Ro 1:25) in the Torah.21 You, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach LO TIGNOV (Do not steal!SHEMOT 20:15), do you steal? 22 You who say, LO TINAF (Do not commit adultery! SHEMOT 20:14), do you commit adultery? You who abhor elilim (idols), do you rob pagan temples? 23 You who boast in the Torah [Ro 4:2; Luke 17:10; Ro 2:29; 3:20; Gal 2:15-21] , through deviating from the Torah, you commit Chillul YeHoVaH. 24 As it is written, Among the Goyim KOL HAYOM YeHoVaH HAELOHIM MINNO'ATZ (All the day long the Name of G-d is being blasphemed(YESHAYAH 52:5) because of you.
25 For the milah (circumcision) is an asset [T.N. contra Acts 21:21] if you stand in mishma'at (obedience) to the Torah. But if [see Gal 5:2-4; Ya'akov 2:10-11 Deut. 27:26] you're mefir (violator) of the Torah) (2:23), your milah (circumcision) has become orlah (uncircumcision). 26 If then the ben Adam without milah who is shomer fulfilling the just requirements of the Torah (T.N. see Ro 8:4), will not his orlah (uncircumcision) be counted as milah? 27 And the naturally uncircumcised ben Adam who has mishma'at (obedience) to the Torah (T.N. see 2:15) will arise as a judgment on you. You! The very one who through chumra (stringency, strict adherence to the letter of the law) and circumcision (i.e., uncircumcision--2:25) are the transgressor [Ro 7:22-23; Yn 7:19] of Torah! 28 For the true Yehudi (Jew) is not the one [humanly] perceived as such, nor true milah that which is performed visibly in the flesh; 29 The true Yehudi is so in [YeHoVaH's] hidden way, and true milah is of the lev, in the [hitkhadshut (renewal) of the (Yn 3:3) Ruach Hakodesh, not in [chumra (stringency, boasting of zokheh merit in machmir meritorious strict)] letter. He has y'hodeh (praise Yehudah, yadah praise...see BERESHIS 29:35) that comes not from Bnei Adam but from YeHoVaH [T.N. Jer 31:31-34].
Rom. 7:7-12;
7 What then shall we say? That the Gezetz is considered as chet (sin)? Chas v'shalom! Nevertheless, I would not have experienced chet (sin) except through the Gezetz; for I would not have known chamdanut (covetousness, greediness) if the Torah had not said, LO TACHMOD (Thou shalt not covet SHEMOT 20:17). 8 But Chet (Sin), seizing its opportunity through the mitzvoh (commandment), stirred up all manner of chamdanut (covetousness) in me. For in the absence of the Gezetz, Chet (Sin) is dead. 9 And in the absence of the Gezetz I was once alive. But when the mitzvoh (commandment) came [BERESHIS 2:16- 17), Chet (Sin) became alive,10 and I died. The mitzvoh (commandment) intended as the Derech L'Chayyim (Way to Life) proved for me a means to mavet (death). 11 For Chet (Sin), seizing its opportunity through the mitzvoh (commandment), deceived me and, through the mitzvoh (commandment), killed me [BERESHIS 3:1-6]. 12 So that the Torah is kedoshah (holy) and the mitzvoh (commandment) is kedoshah and yasharah and tovah.
Rom. 13:8-10;
8 Owe, be indebted, obligated nothing to anyone except a choiv (debt) of ahavah (love); for he who has ahavah has fulfilled the Torah. 9 For the mitzvoh, LO TIN'AF, LO TIRTZACH, LO TIGNOV, LO TACHMOD, SHEMOT 20:13 15,17; DEVARIM 5:17-19,21) and any other of the mitzvot (commandments) is akitzur (restated, in summary), in this dvar Torah, V'AHAVTA L'RE'ACHA KAMOCHA (" You shall love your neighbor as yourself" VAYIKRA 19:18.) 10 Ahavah (agape) does no wrong to the re'a (neighbor); therefore the fulfillment of the Torah is ahavah.
Eph. 6:1-3;
1 Yeladim, obey your horim (parents) in Adoneinu, for this is right. [MISHLE 6:20]2 KABED ES AVICHA V'ES IMMECHA [SHEMOT 20:12; DEVARIM 5:16], (which is the mitzvah harishonah with a havtacha), 3 That it may be well with you and you will be a long time on ha'aretz.
1 Tim. 3:1-14;
1 Trustworthy is the dvar Emes: if anyone aspires to the congregational office of Mashgiach Ruchani (Spiritual Overseer) over the Adat YeHoVaH (Congregation of G-d), he desires a good task. 2 It is necessary, therefore, for the congregational Mashgiach Ruchani to be without reproach, ba'al isha echat (husband of one wife), drug-free and clear-headed, a man of seichel, practiced in derech eretz and hachnosas orchim (hospitality), skillful as a rabbinic moreh (yeshiva teacher),3 Not a shikkor (drunkard) indulging in much wine, not violent but forbearing and eidel (gentle, courteous), not a ba'al machlokes (quarrelsome person), not a gelt-loving kamtzan (miser). 4 He must be a ba'al bayit who can manage his own household well, having his banim (children) in submission with all respect. 5 Now if anyone does not have da'as of how to manage his own bais, how will he be a menahel ruchani (spiritual administrator) who can give oversight to the Kehillah of YeHoVaH? 6 He must not be a neophyte in the emunah [of Moshiach], lest, having become a ba'al gaavah (a haughty person), he might fall into the din Hasatan (the judgment or verdict of the Adversary, the Accuser). 7 Now it is necessary also for him to have a keter shem tov (good name) with the outsiders, lest he might fall into reproach and a pakh (pitfall, trap) of Hasatan.
8 Messianic Shammashim similarly must be respectable men of derech eretz, not double-tongued, the Shammash not a shikkor (drunkard) indulging in much wine, not a lover of dishonest gain, 9 Keeping the sod haemunah (the mystery of the faith) with a clear matzpun (conscience, 1:5,19). 10 And let these Messianic Shammashim also be tested before holding office and then, if they prove unreprovable, let them have the avodas hakodesh sherut (ministry) of Messianic Shammashim. 11 Nashim (women, see Ro 16:1) serving as Shammashim similarly must be tzidkaniyot (righteous women), respectable, not yentas with mouths of lashon hora and rekhilus (gossip), but nashim who are temperate and faithful in all things. 12 Let the Shammashim be ba'alei isha achat (one wife husbands), managing well their banim and their own batim (households). 13 For the ones having served well in the avodas hakodesh of Messianic Shammashim acquire for themselves a good standing and much bitachon in emunah in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8].
14 I have the tikvah to come to you soon, but I am writing these directives so that,15 If I delay, you may have da'as of the halachah in the Beis YeHoVaH, which is the Adat HaEl Chai (the Community of the Living G-d), the ammud (pillar) and yesod (foundation) of HaEmes.
2 Tim. 2:2;
1 You, therefore, beni, be empowered in the Chen v'Chesed which is in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8]. 2 And what things you heard from me through edim rabbim, these things commit to anashim ne'emanim (faithful men) of zrizus (reliability) who will be qualified rabbinic morim to teach others also. 3 Take your place in suffering as a chaiyal tov (good soldier) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8].4 No one on duty as a chaiyal is entangled with the everyday chiloni (secular) affairs of inactive duty, in order that he may please the One who has enlisted him.5 And no participant in an athletic tacharut (competition) is crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is the hard working ikkar (farmer) who ought to have the rishonah mipri ha'adamah (the first share from the harvest of the earth). 7 Let your hitbonenut be on what I say, for YeHoVaH will give to you binah in all things.
Tit. 1:1-9;
1 Sha'ul an eved of YeHoVaH and a Shliach of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8], for the furtherance of the [charedi (orthodox)] emunah of the Bechirei YeHoVaH (chosen ones of G-d) and of da'as HaEmes (knowledge of the Truth) as pertains to chasidus [in Moshiach]. 2 The mekor (basis) of this is a tikvah of Chayyei Olam which YeHoVaH Who cannot speak sheker [BAMIDBAR 24:19; SHMUEL ALEF 15:29] promised before the Yamim HaOlam (days of eternity), 3 But revealed at the proper time YeHoVaH's dvar [Besuras HaGeulah] in the hachrazah (proclamation, kerygma), with which I was entrusted, according to the mitzvat YeHoVaH Moshieynu.
4 To Titos, beni ha'amitti baEmunah (my true son in the faith), the [orthodox Jewish] emunah shared in common. Chen v'Chesed YeHoVaH and Shalom from Elohim HaAv and Moshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8] Moshieynu.
5 For this reason I left you in Crete that you should set beseder (according to acceptable order) what remains and give messianic s'michah to Zekenim (SHEMOT 12:21) city by city, as I directed you. 6 If anyone is without reproach, a ba'al isha echat (husband of one wife), his banim being ma'aminim in Moshiach, and not under accusation of debauchery and zenut or sorrut (rebelliousness, insubordination) [SHMUEL ALEF 2:22], 7 For it is necessary for the congregational Mashgiach Ruchani to be without reproach as YeHoVaH's mefake'ach al Beis YeHoVaH (steward or supervisor of the House of G-d), not a ba'al gaavah (a haughty person), not quick in ka'as (anger), not a shikkor (drunkard) given to much wine, not violent, not a gelt-loving kamtzan (miser). 8 Rather, the Mashgiach Ruchani must be one who practices hachnosas orchim (hospitality), an ohev es haTov (a lover of the good), having seichel, a tzaddik, kadosh (holy), with shlitah atzmi (selfcontrol), 9 Devoted to the faithful hatafah (preaching) of the Besuras HaGeulah, adequate for hora'ah (teaching) that exhorts to [Moshiach's] orthodox Jewish doctrine and for refuting and exposing with conviction the ones speaking against it.
Heb. 12:18-29;
18 For you have not come to a Har that can be touched and to a blazing Eish and to choshech and gloom and storm, 19 And to the blast of a shofar and the sound of dvarim, which sound was such that the ones having heard begged that no further dvar be spoken to them. 20 For they could not bear the mitzvah " If even a BEHEMAH" (" animal" SHEMOT 13:19) should touch the Har, the punishment will be seqilah (stoning). 21 And so fearful was the sight that Moshe Rabbeinu said " YAGORTI" (" I am afraid" Dt 9:19) and trembling, 22 But you have come to Mount Tziyon, that is, HaIr HaElohim Chayyim, to the Yerushalayim in Shomayim and to myriads of malachim in a knesset innumerable, 23 And to the Kehillat HaBechorim who are inscribed in Shomayim and to YeHoVaH, the Shofet HaKol, and to the ruchot (spirits) of the tzaddikim made shleimim, 24 And to Yehoshua/Yeshua [Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8], the Metavekh of a Brit Chadasha and to the dahm hahazzayah (blood of sprinkling Isa 52:15), which speaks better than the dahm haHevel (blood of Abel).
25 See to it that you do not refuse the One speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused Him who gave them warning on ha'aretz, much less shall we escape who turn away from the One whose warning comes from Shomayim.26 And the bat kol of YeHoVaH shook ha'aretz then, but now He has given havtachah (promise), saying, " Yet once more V'ANI MARISH ES HASHOMAYIM V'ES HA'ARETZ (" And I will shake the heavens and the earth." CHAGGAI 2:6)27 Now the phrase, " Yet once more" denotes the removal of that which can be shaken, that is, created things, in order that the unshakeable may remain.28 Therefore, als (since) we are receiving a malchut unshakeable, let us hold on to the Chen v'Chesed YeHoVaH through which we may offer to YeHoVaH, an acceptable avodas kodesh, with yirat Shomayim and chasidus. 29 For, indeed, Eloheinu is a consuming Eish. [Dt 4:24; 9:3; Isa 33:14]
Ya'akov 2:8-13; (James 2:8-13);
8 If indeed you are shomer regarding the Dat HaMalkhut (Royal Decree), as it is written in the Kitvei Hakodesh, " V'AHAVTAH L'REI'ACHA KAMOCHA" (" And thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." [VAYIKRA 19:18]) you do well. 9 But if you show maso panim (favoritism), you are chote'im (sinners) committing averos (transgressions) against the Torah. [DEVARIM 1:17] 10 For whoever is shomer over kol haTorah but stumbles in one mitzvah, such is condemned as ashem (guilty) of averoh (transgression) of kol mitzvot. 11 For the One having said, LO TINAF (" You shall not commit adultery" ) said also LO TIRTZACH (" You shall not murder" ). Now if you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a Poshei'a al mitzvot HaTorah (Transgressor of the Torah). [SHEMOT 20:13,14; DEVARIM 5:17,18] 12 So let your dvarim (words) be and so let your ma'asim (deeds) be as those who are about to come under the judgment of the Torah HaCherut [1:25]. 13 For the Din (Judgment) will be without rachamim (mercy) to the one not having shown rachamim. Rachamim wins the nitzachon (victory) over HaDin.
1 Kefa 2:9-10 (1 Pet. 2:9-10)
9 But you are an AM NIVCHAR (" a chosen people" YESHAYAH 43:20; SHEMOT 6:7), a MAMLECHET KOHANIM (" a kingdom of priests, royal priests" Ex 19:6), a GOY KADOSH (" a holy nation" Ex 19:6), an AM SEGULLAH (" a people of treasured possession" Ex 19:5; Mal 3:17), for this purpose: that you may declare the wondrous deeds of the One who gave you the kri'ah (calling) and summoned you out of choshech into his marvelous ohr [Isa 43:21; 42:12]. 10 You, who once were LO AMI (" not My people" Hos 1:9) but now AMI ATAH (" My people you are" Hos 2:25), the AM YeHoVaH (" the people of G-d" ), the ones having not received rachamim, but now having received rachamim (Hos 2:25).