Shemot 16:1 - 23:33

16:1 Vayis'u me'Eilim vayavo'u kol-adat benei-Yisrael el-midbar-Sin asher bein-Eilim uvein Sinai bachamishah asar yom lachodesh hasheni letzetam me'eretz Mitzrayim.
And they journeyed from Eilim, and all the congregation of the children of Yisrael came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Eilim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt.

2 Vayilonu kol-adat benei-Yisrael al-Moshe ve'al-Aharon bamidbar.
Then the whole congregation of the children of Yisrael complained against Moshe and Aharon in the wilderness.

3 Vayomru alehem benei Yisrael mi-yiten mutenu veyad HASHEM be'eretz Mitzrayim beshivtenu al-sir habasar be'ochlenu lechem lasova ki-hotzetem otanu el-hamidbar hazeh lehamit et-kol-hakahal hazeh bara'av.
And the children of Yisrael said to them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of HASHEM in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

4 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe hineni mamtir lachem lechem min-hashamayim veyatza ha'am velaktu dvar-yom beyomo lema'an anasenu hayelech betorati im-lo.
Then HASHEM said to Moshe, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My Torah or not.

5 Vehayah bayom hashishi vehechinu et asher-yavi'u vehayah mishneh al asher-yilketu yom yom.
And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."

6 Vayomer Moshe ve'Aharon el-kol-benei Yisrael erev vidatem ki HASHE hotzi etchem me'eretz Mitzrayim.
Then Moshe and Aharon said to all the children of Yisrael, "At evening you shall know that HASHEM has brought you out of the land of Egypt.

7 Uvoker ure'item et-kevod HASHEM beshom'o et-tlunoteIchem al-HASHEM venachnu mah ki talinu aleinu.
And in the morning you shall see the glory of HASHEM; for He hears your complaints against HASHEM. But what are we, that you complain against us?"

8 Vayomer Moshe betet HASHEM lachem ba'erev basar le'echol velechem baboker lisboa bishmoa HASHEM et-tlunoteichem asher-atem malinim alav venachnu mah lo-aleinu telunoteichem ki al-HASHEM.
Also Moshe said, "This shall be seen when HASHEM gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for HASHEM hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against HASHEM.'

9 Vayomer Moshe el-Aharon emor el-kol-adat benei Yisrael kirevu lifnei HASHEM ki shama et telunoteichem.
Then Moshe spoke to Aharon, "Say to all the congregation of the children of Yisrael, 'Come near before HASHEM, for He has heard your complaints.'"

10 Vayehi kedaber Aharon el-kol-adat benei Yisrael vayifnu el-hamidbar vehineh kvod HASHEM nir'ah be'anan.
Now it came to pass, as Aharon spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Yisrael, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of HASHEM appeared in the cloud.

Shishi

11 Vayedaber HASHEM el-Moshe lemor.
And HASHEM spoke to Moshe, saying,

12 Shamati et-telunot benei Yisrael daber alehem lemor bein ha'arba'imn tochlu vasar uvaboker tisbe'u-lachem vidatem ki ani HASHEM Elokeichem.
I have heard the complaints of the children of Yisrael. Speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am HASHEM your G-d.'"

13 Vayehi va'erev vata'al haslav vatechas et-hamachaneh uvaboker haytah shichvat hatal saviv lamachaneh.
So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.

14 Vata'al shichvat hatal vehineh al-penei hamidbar dak mechuspas dak kakfor al-ha'aretz.
And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground.

15 Vayir'u venei Yisrael vayomeru ish el-achiv man hu ki lo yad'u mah-hu vayomer Moshe alehem hu halechem asher natan HASHEM lachem le'ochlah.
So when the children of Yisrael saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moshe said to them, "This is the bread which HASHEM has given you to eat.

16 Zeh hadavar asher tsivah HASHEM liktu mimenu ish lefi ochlo omer lagulgolet mispar nafshoteichem ish la'asher be'aholo tikachu.
This is the thing which HASHEM has commanded: 'Let every man gather it according to each one's need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.'"

17 Vaya'asu-chen benei Yisrael vayilketu hamarbeh vehamam'it.
Then the children of Yisrael did so and gathered, some more, some less.

18 Vayamodu va'omer velo hedif hamarbeh vehamam'it lo hechsir ish lefi-ochlo lakatu.
So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need.

19 Vayomer Moshe alehem ish al-yoter mimenu ad-boker.
And Moshe said, "Let no one leave any of it till morning."

20 Velo-sham'u el-Moshe vayotiru anashim mimenu ad-boker vayarum tola'im vayiv'ash vayiktsof alehem Moshe.
Notwithstanding they did not heed Moshe. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moshe was angry with them.

21 Vayilketu oto baboker baboker ish kefi ochlo vecham hashemesh venamas.
So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

22 Vayehi bayom hashishi laktu lechem mishneh shnei ha'omer la'echad vayavo'u kol-nesi'ei ha'edah vayagidu le-Moshe.
And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moshe.

 

Preparation for the Shabbat

23 Vayomer alehem hu asher diber HASHEM Shabbaton Shabbat-kodesh l'HASHEM machar et asher-tofu efu ve'et asher-tevashlu bashelu ve'et kol-ha'odef hanichu lachem lemishmeret ad-haboker.
Then he said to them, "This is what HASHEM has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to HASHEM. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.'"

24 Vayanichu oto ad-haboker ka'asher tzivah Moshe velo hiv'ish verimah lo hayetah-bo.
So they laid it up till morning, as Moshe commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.

25 Vayomer Moshe ichluhu hayom ki-Shabbat hayom l'HASHEM hayom lo timtza'uhu basadeh.
Then Moshe said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to HASHEM; today you will not find it in the field.

26 Sheshet yamim tilketuhu uvayom hashvi'i Shabbat lo yiheyeh-bo.
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there will be none."

27 Vayehi bayom hashvi'i yats'u min-ha'am lilkot velo matza'u.
Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.

28 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe ad-anah me'antem lishmor mitsvotai vetorotai.
And HASHEM said to Moshe, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?

29 Re'u ki-HASHEM natan lachem haShabbat al-ken hu noten lachem bayom hashishi lechem yomayim shvu ish tachtav al-yetze ish mimekomo bayom hashvi'i.
See! For HaShem has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."

30 Vayishbetu ha'am bayom hashvi'i.
So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 Vayikre'u veit-Yisrael et-shmo man vehu kezera gad lavan vetamo ketsapichit bidvash.
And the house of Yisrael called its name man[na]. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

32 Vayomer Moshe zeh hadavar asher tsivah HASHEM melo ha'omer mimenu lemishmeret ledoroteichem lema'an yir'u et-halechem asher he'echalti etchem bamidbar behotzi'i etchem me'eretz Mitzrayim.
Then Moshe said, "This is the thing which HASHEM has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

33 Vayomer Moshe el-Aharon kach tzintsenet achat veten-shamah melo-ha'omer man vehanach oto lifnei HASHEM lemishmeret ledoroteichem.
And Moshe said to Aharon, "Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before HASHEM, to be kept for your generations."

34 Ka'asher tsivah HASHEM el-Moshe vayanichehu Aharon lifnei ha'edut lemishmaret.
As HASHEM commanded Moshe, so Aharon laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

35 Uvenei Yisrael achlu et-haman arba'im shanah ad-bo'am el-eretz noshavet et-haman achlu ad-bo'am el-ketzeh eretz Kenaan.
And the children of Yisrael ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Kenaan.

36 Veha'omer asirit ha'efah hu.
Now an omer is one-tenth of an efah.

Shevi'i

Water from the Rock

17:1 Vayis'u kol-adat bnei-Yisrael mimidbar-Sin lemas'eihem al-pi HASHEM vayachanu biRefidim ve'ein mayim lishtot ha'am.
Then all the congregation of the children of Yisrael set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of HASHEM, and camped in Refidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

2 Vayarev ha'am im-Moshe vayomeru tnu-lanu mayim venishteh vayomer lahem Moshe mah-terivun imadi mah-tenasun et-HASHEM.
Therefore the people contended with Moshe, and said, "Give us water, that we may drink." And Moshe said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt HASHEM?'

3 Vayitzma sham ha'am lamayim vayalen ha'am al-Moshe vayomer lamah zeh he'elitanu miMitzrayim lehamit oti ve'et-banai ve'et-miknai batzama.
And the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moshe, and said, "Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?"

4 Vayitz'ak Moshe el-HASHEM lemor mah e'eseh la'am hazeh od me'at uskaluni.
So Moshe cried out to HASHEM, saying, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

5 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe avor lifnei ha'am vekach itcha miziknei Yisrael umatcha asher hikita bo et-haYe'or kach beyadcha vehalachta.
And HASHEM said to Moshe, "Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Yisrael. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go.

6 Hineni omed lefaneIcha sham al-hatsur beChorev vehikita vatzur veyats'u mimenu mayim veshatah ha'am vaya'as ken Moshe le'einei ziknei Yisrael.
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Chorev; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moshe did so in the sight of the elders of Yisrael.

7 Vayikra shem hamakom Masah uMerivah al-riv benei Yisrael ve'al nasotam et-HASHEM lemor hayesh HASHEM bekirbenu im-ain.
So he called the name of the place Masah and Merivah, because of the contention of the children of Yisrael, and because they tempted HaShem, saying, "Is HASHEM among us or not?"

Amalek

8 Vayavo Amalek vayilachem im-Yisrael biRefidim.
Now Amalek came and fought with Yisrael in Refidim.

9 Vayomer Moshe el-Yehoshua bechar-lanu anashim vetse hilachem ba'Amalek machar anochi nitsav al-rosh hagiv'ah umateh ha'Elokim beyadi.
And Moshe said to Yehoshua, "Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of G-d in my hand."

10 Vaya'as Yehoshua ka'asher amar-lo Moshe lehilachem ba'Amalek uMoshe Aharon veChur alu rosh hagiv'ah.
So Yehoshua did as Moshe said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moshe, Aharon, and Chur went up to the top of the hill.

11 Vehayah ka'asher yarim Moshe yado vegavar Yisrael vecha'asher yaniach yado vegavar Amalek.
And so it was, when Moshe held up his hand, that Yisrael prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12 Videi Moshe kvedim vayikchu-even vayasimu tachtav vayeshev aleiha ve'Aharon veChur tamchu veyadav mizeh echad umizeh echad vayehi yadav emunah ad-bo hashamesh.
But Moshe hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aharon and Chur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 Vayachalosh Yehoshua et-Amalek ve'et-amo lefi-charev.
So Yehoshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Maftir

14 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe ketov zot zikaron basefer vesim be'oznei Yehoshua ki-machoh emcheh et-zecher Amalek mitachat hashamayim.
Then HASHEM said to Moshe, "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Yehoshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."

15 Vayiven Moshe mizbeach vayikra shmo HASHEM Nissi.
And Moshe built an altar and called its name, HASHEM-IS-MY-MIRACLE;

16 Vayomer ki-yad al-kes yah milchamah l'HASHEM ba'Amalek midor dor.
for he said, "The hand is on G-d's throne, HASHEM will be at war with Amalek for all generations."

Parashat Yitro

 

Yitro's Arrival

18:1 Vayishma Yitro chohen Midyan choten Moshe et kol-asher asah Elokim le-Moshe ule-Yisrael amo ki-hotzi HASHEM et-Yisrael miMitzrayim.
And Yitro, the priest of Midyan, Moshe's father-in-law, heard of all that G-d had done for Moshe and for Yisrael His people--that HASHEM had brought Yisrael out of Egypt.

2 Vayikach Yitro choten Moshe et-Tziporah eshet Moshe achar shilucheiha.
Moshe's father-in-law, Yitro took Moshe's wife, Tziporah, after he had sent her back [home],

3 Ve'et shnei vaneiha asher shem ha'echad Gershom ki amar ger hayiti be'eretz nochryah.
along with her two sons.  The name of one was Gershom, because he [Moshe] had said, "I was a stranger in an alien land."

4 Veshem ha'echad Eli'ezer ki-Elokei avi be'ezri vayatzileni mecherev Par'oh.
The name of the [other] one was Eliezer, because the G-d  of my father was my help and rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.

5 Vayavo Yitro choten Moshe uvanav ve'ishto el-Moshe el-hamidbar asher-hu choneh sham har ha'Elokim.
Moshe's father-in-law, Yitro came with his sons and his wife to Moshe in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of G-d.

6 Vayomer el-Moshe ani chotencha Yitro ba eleicha ve'ishtecha ushnei vaneiha imah.
Now he had said to Moshe, "I, your father-in-law Yitro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her."

7 Vayetze Moshe likrat chotno vayishtachu vayishak-lo vayish'alu ish-lere'ehu leshalom vayavo'u ha'ohelah.
So Moshe went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. And they asked each other about their well-being, and they went into the tent.

8 Vayesaper Moshe lechoteno et kol-asher asah HASHEM le-Par'oh ul-Mitzrayim al odot Yisrael et kol-hatla'ah asher metza'atam baderech vayatzilem HASHEM.
And Moshe told his father-in-law all that HASHEM had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Yisrael's sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how HASHEM had delivered them.

9 Vayichad Yitro al kol-hatovah asher-asah HASHEM le-Yisrael asher hitzilo miyad Mitzrayim.
Then Yitro rejoiced for all the good which HASHEM had done for Yisrael, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10 Vayomer Yitro baruch HASHEM asher hitzil etchem miyad Mitzrayim umiyad Par'oh asher hitzil et-ha'am mitachat yad-Mitzrayim.
And Yitro said, "Blessed be HASHEM , who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

11 Atah yadati ki-gadol HASHEM mikol-ha'elohim ki vadavar asher zadu aleihem.
Now I know that HASHEM is greater than all the G-d; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them."

12 Vayikach Yitro choten Moshe olah uzvachim l'Elokim vayavo Aharon vechol ziknei Yisrael le'echol-lechem im-choten Moshe lifnei ha'Elokim.
Then Yitro, Moshe's father-in-law, took a burnt offering and other sacrifices to offer to G-d. And Aharon came with all the elders of Yisrael to eat bread with Moshe's father-in-law before G-d.

Sheni

13 Vayehi mimachorat vayeshev Moshe lishpot et-ha'am vaya'amod ha'am al-Moshe min-haboker ad-ha'arev.
And so it was, on the next day, that Moshe sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moshe from morning until evening.

14 Vayar choten Moshe et kol-asher-hu oseh la'am vayomer mah-hadavar hazeh asher atah oseh la'am madua atah yoshev levadecha vechol-ha'am nitzav aleycha min-boker ad-arev.
So when Moshe's father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?"

15 Vayomer Moshe lechotno ki-yavo elai ha'am lidrosh Elokim.
And Moshe said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of G-d.

16 Ki-yihyeh lahem davar ba elai veshafateti bein ish uvein re'ehu vehodati et-chukei ha'Elokim ve'et-torotav.
When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of G-d and His laws."

17 Vayomer choten Moshe elav lo-tov hadavar asher atah oseh.
So Moshe's father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

18 Navol tibol gam-atah gam-ha'am hazeh asher imach ki-chaved mimcha hadavar lo-tuchal asohu levadecha.
Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself.

19 Atah shmah bekoli iyatzecha vyhi Elokim imach heyeh atah la'am mul ha'Elokim veheveta atah et-hadevarim el-ha'Elokim.
Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and G-d will be with you: Stand before G-d for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to G-d.

20 Vehizhartah ethem et-hachukim ve'et-hatorot vehodata lahem et-haderech yelchu vah ve'et-hama'aseh asher ya'asun.
And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

21 Ve'atah techezeh mikol-ha'am anshei-chayil yir'ei Elokim anshei emet son'ei vatsa vesamta alehem sarei alafim sarei me'ot sarei chamishim vesarei asarot.
Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear G-d, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

22 Veshaftu et-ha'am bechol-et vehayah kol-hadavar hagadol yavi'u eleicha vechol-hadavar hakaton yishpetu-hem vehakel me'aleicha venas'u itach.
And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you.

23 Im et-hadavar hazeh ta'aseh vetsivecha Elokim veyacholta amod vegam kol-ha'am hazeh al-mekomo yavo veshalom.
If you do this thing, and G-d so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace."

Shlishi

24 Vayishma Moshe lekol chotno vaya'as kol asher amar.
So Moshe heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.

25 Vayivchar Moshe anshei-chayil mikol-Yisrael vayiten otam rashim al-ha'am sarei alafim sarei me'ot sarei chamishim vesarei asarot.
And Moshe chose able men out of all Yisrael, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

26 Veshaftu et-ha'am bechol-et et-hadavar hakasheh yevi'un el-Moshe vechol-hadavar hakaton yishputu hem.
So they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moshe, but they judged every small case themselves.

27 Vayeshalach Moshe et-chotno vayelech lo el-artso.
Then Moshe let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land.

Revi'i

Arrival at Mount Sinai

19:1 Bachodesh hashlishi letzet benei-Yisrael me'eretz Mitzrayim bayom hazeh ba'u midbar Sinai.
In the third month after the children of Yisrael had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

2 Vayis'u meRfidim vayavo'u midbar Sinai vayachanu bamidbar vayichan-sham Yisrael neged hahar.
For they had departed from Refidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Yisrael camped there before the mountain.

3 UMoshe alah el-ha'Elokim vayikra elav HASHEM min-hahar lemor koh tomar leveit-Yaakov vetageid livnei Yisrael.
And Moshe went up to G-d, and HASHEM called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Yaakov, and tell the children of Yisrael:

4 Atem re'item asher asiti le-Mitzrayim va'esa etchem al-kanfeI nesharim va'avi etchem elai.
'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.

5 Ve'atah im-shamoa tishme'u bekoli ushmartem et-briti viheyitem li sgulah mikol-ha'amim ki-li kol-ha'aretz.
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.

6 Ve'atem tiheyu-li mamlechet kohanim vegoy kadosh eleh hadevarim asher tedaber el-benei Yisrael.
And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Yisrael."

Chamishi

7 Vayavo Moshe vayikra leziknei ha'am vayasem lifneihem et kol-hadevarim ha'eleh asher tzivahu HASHEM.
So Moshe came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which HASHEM commanded him.

8 Vaya'anu chol-ha'am yachdav vayomeru kol asher-diber HASHEM na'aseh vayashev Moshe et-divrei ha'am el-HASHEM.
Then all the people answered together and said, "All that HASHEM has spoken we will do." So Moshe brought back the words of the people to HASHEM.

9 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe hineh anochi ba eleicha be'av he'anan ba'avur yishma ha'am bedabri imach vegam-becha ya'aminu le'olam vayaged Moshe et-divrei ha'am el-HASHEM.
And HASHEM said to Moshe, "Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." So Moshe told the words of the people to HASHEM.

10 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe lech el-ha'am vekidashtam hayom umachar vechibesu simlotam.
Then HASHEM said to Moshe, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.

11 Vehayu nechonim layom hashlishi ki bayom hashlishi yered HASHEM le'einei chol-ha'am al-har Sinai.
And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day HASHEM will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

12 Vehigbalta et-ha'am saviv lemor hishamru lachem alot bahar unegoa bekatzehu kol-hanogea bahar mot yumat.
You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

13 Lo-tiga bo yad ki-sakol yisakel o-yaroh yiyareh im-behemah im-ish lo yichyeh bimshoch hayovel hemah ya'alu vahar.
Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain."

14 Vayered Moshe min-hahar el-ha'am vayekadesh et-ha'am vayechabsu simlotam.
So Moshe went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

15 Vayomer el-ha'am heyu nechonim lishloshet yamim al-tigshu el-ishah.
And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives."

16 Vayehi vayom hashlishi biheyot haboker vayehi kolot uvrakim ve'anan kaved al-hahar vekol shofar chazak me'od vayecherad kol-ha'am asher bamachaneh.
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

17 Vayotze Moshe et-ha'am likrat ha'Elokim min-hamachaneh vayityatzvu betachtit hahar.
And Moshe brought the people out of the camp to meet with G-d, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

18 Vehar Sinai ashan kulo mipenei asher yarad alav HASHEM ba'esh vaya'al ashano ke'eshen hakivshan vayecherad kol-hahar me'od.
Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because HASHEM descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

19 Vayehi kol hashofar holech vechazek me'od Moshe yedaber veha'Elokim ya'anenu vekol.
And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moshe spoke, and G-d answered him by voice.

Shishi

20 Vayered HASHEM al-har Sinai el-rosh hahar vayikra HASHEM le-Moshe el-rosh hahar vaya'al Moshe.
Then HASHEM came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And HASHEM called Moshe to the top of the mountain, and Moshe went up.

21 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe red ha'ed ba'am pen-yehersu el-HASHEM lir'ot venafal mimenu rav.
And HASHEM said to Moshe, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at HASHEM, and many of them perish.

22 Vegam hakohanim hanigashim el-HASHEM yitkadashu pen-yifrotz bahem HASHEM.
Also let the priests who come near HASHEM consecrate themselves, lest HASHEM break out against them."

23 Vayomer Moshe el-HASHEM lo-yuchal ha'am la'alot el-har Sinai ki-atah ha'edotah banu lemor hagbel et-hahar vekidashto.
But Moshe said to HASHEM, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.'"

24 Vayomer elav HASHEM lech-red ve'alita atah ve'Aharon imach vehakohanim veha'am al-yehersu la'alot el-HASHEM pen-yifrotz-bam.
Then HASHEM said to him, "Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aharon with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to HASHEM, lest He break out against them."

25 Vayered Moshe el-ha'am vayomer alehem.
So Moshe went down to the people and spoke to them..

The Ten Mitzvot

20:1 Vayedaber Elokim et kol-hadevarim ha'eleh lemor.
And G-d spoke all these words, saying:

2 Anochi HASHEM Elokeicha asher hotseticha me'eretz Mitzrayim mibeit avadim.
"I am HASHEM your G-d, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Lo yihyeh lecha elohim acherim al-panai.
You shall have no other god before Me.

4 Lo ta'aseh-lecha fesel vechol-temunah asher bashamayim mima'al va'asher ba'aretz mitachat va'asher bamayim mitachat la'aretz.
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

5 Lo-tishtachaveh lahem velo ta'ovdem ki anochi HASHEM Elokeicha El kana poked avon avot al-banim al-shileshim ve'al-ribe'im leson'ai.
you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, HASHEM your G-d, am a jealous G-d, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

6 Ve'oseh chesed la'alafim le'ohavaI uleshomreI mitzvotaI.
but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

7 Lo tisa et-shem-HASHEM Elokeicha lashav ki lo yenakeh HASHEM et asher-yisa et-shmo lashav.
You shall not take the name of HASHEM your G-d in vain, for HASHEM will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

8 Zachor et-yom haShabbat lekadsho.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Sheshet yamim ta'avod ve'asita chol-melachtecha.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

10 Veyom hashvi'i Shabbat l'HASHEM Elokeicha lo ta'aseh chol-melachah atah uvincha-uvitecha avdecha va'amatcha uvehemtecha vegercha asher bish'areicha.
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of HASHEM your G-d. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.

11 Ki sheshet-yamim asah HASHEM et-hashamayim ve'et-ha'aretz et-hayam ve'et-kol-asher-bam vayanach bayom hashvi'i al-ken berach HASHEM et-yom haShabbat vayekadeshehu.
For in six days HASHEM made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore HASHEM blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

12 Kaved et-avicha ve'et-imecha lema'an ya'arichun yameycha al ha'adamah asher-HASHEM Elokeicha noten lach.
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which HASHEM your G-d is giving you.

13 Lo tirtzach. Lo tin'af. Lo tignov. Lo-ta'aneh vere'acha ed shaker.
You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

14 Lo tachmod beit re'echa. Lo tachmod eshet re'echa ve'avdo va'amato veshoro vachamoro vechol asher lere'echa.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."

 

Shevi'i

15 Vechol-ha'am ro'im et-hakolot ve'et-halapidim ve'et kol hashofar ve'et-hahar ashen vayar ha'am vayanu'u vaya'amdu merachok.
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

16 Vayomru el-Moshe daber-atah imanu venishma'ah ve'al-yedaber imanu Elokim pen-namut.
Then they said to Moshe, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not G-d speak with us, lest we die."

17 Vayomer Moshe el-ha'am al-tira'u ki leva'avur nasot etchem ba ha'Elokim uva'avur tiheyeh yir'ato al-pneichem levilti techeta'u.
And Moshe said to the people, "Do not fear; for G-d has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin."

18 Vaya'amod ha'am merachok uMoshe nigash el-ha'arafel asher-sham ha'Elokim.
So the people stood afar off, but Moshe drew near the thick darkness where G-d was.

Maftir

19 Vayomer HASHEM el-Moshe koh tomar el-benei Yisrael atem re'item ki min-hashamayim dibarti imachem.
Then HASHEM said to Moshe, "Thus you shall say to the children of Yisrael: 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

20 Lo ta'asun iti elohei chesef ve'elohei zahav lo ta'asu lachem.
You shall not make anything to be with Me--gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.

21 Mizbach adamah ta'aseh-li vezavachta alav et-oloteicha ve'et-shlameicha et-tzoncha ve'et-bekarecha bechol-hamakom asher azkir et-shmi avo eleicha uverachticha.
An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you.

22 Ve'im-mizbach avanim ta'aseh-li lo-tivneh ethen gazit ki charbecha henafta aleiha vatechaleleha.
And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it.

23 Velo-ta'aleh vema'alot al-mizbechi asher lo-tigaleh ervatcha alav.
Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.'

Parasha Mishpatim

The Civil Law

21:1 Ve'eleh hamishpatim asher tasim lifneihem.
"Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:

2 Ki tikneh eved ivri shesh shanim ya'avod uvashvi'it yetze lachofshi chinam.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.

3 Im-begapo yavo begapo yetze im-ba'al ishah hu veyatze'ah ishto imo.
If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 Im-adonav yiten-lo ishah veyaldah-lo vanim o vanot ha'ishah viladeiha tihyeh la'adoneiha vehu yetze vegapo.
If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

5 Ve'im-amor yomar ha'eved ahavti et-adoni et-ishti ve'et-banei lo etze chofshi.
But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'

6 Vehigisho adonav el-ha'Elokim vehigisho el-hadelet o el-hamezuzah veratza adonav et-ozno bamartzea va'avado le'olam.
then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

7 Vechi-yimkor ish et-bito le'amah lo tetze ketzet ha'avadim.
And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

8 Im-ra'ah be'einei adoneiha asher-lo ye'adah vehefdah le'am nochri lo-yimshol lemochrah bevigdo-vah.
If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

9 Ve'im-livno yi'adenah kemishpat habanot ya'aseh-lah.
And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

10 Im-acheret yikach-lo she'erah ksutah ve'onatah lo yigra.
If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.

11 Ve'im-shlosh-eleh lo ya'aseh lah veyatze'ah chinam ein kasef.
And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

12 Makeh ish vamet mot yumat.
He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

13 Va'asher lo tzadah veha'Elokim inah leyado vesamti lecha makom asher yanus shamah.
However, if he did not lie in wait, but G-d delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

14 Vechi-yazid ish al-re'ehu lehorgo ve'ormah me'im mizbechi tikachenu lamut.
But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.

15 Umakeh aviv ve'imo mot yumat.
And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

16 Vegonev ish umecharo venimtza veyado mot yumat.
He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

17 Umekalel aviv ve'imo mot yumat.
And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

18 Vechi-yerivun anashim vehikah ish et-re'ehu be'even o ve'egrof velo yamut venafal lemishkav.
If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

19 Im-yakum vehithalech bachutz al-mish'anto venikah hamakeh rak shivto yiten verapo yerape.
if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.

Sheni

20 Vechi-yake ish et-avdo o et-amato bashevet umet tachat yado nakom yinakem.
And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

21 Ach im-yom o yomayim ya'amod lo yukam ki chaspo hu.
Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.

22 Vechi-yinatzu anashim venagefu ishah harah veyatze'u yeladeiha velo yihyeh ason anosh ye'anesh ka'asher yashit alav ba'al ha'ishah venatan biflilim.
If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 Ve'im-ason yihyeh venatatah nefesh tachat nafesh.
But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,

24 Ayin tachat ayin shen tachat shen yad tachat yad regel tachat ragel.
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 Kviyah tachat kviyah petza tachat patza chaburah tachat chaburah.
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 Vechi-yakeh ish et-ein avdo o-et-ein amato veshichatah lachofshi yeshalchenu tachat eino.
If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.

27 Ve'im-shen avdo o-shen amato yapil lachofshi yeshalchenu tachat shino.
And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.

28 Vechi-yigach shor et-ish o et-ishah vamet sakol yisakel hashor velo ye'achel et-besaro uva'al hashor naki.
If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.

29 Ve'im shor nagach hu mitmol shilshom vehu'ad bive'alav velo yishmerenu vehemit ish o ishah hashor yisakel vegam-be'alav yumat.
But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

30 Im-kofer yushat alav venatan pidyon nafsho kechol asher-yushat alav.
If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him.

31 O-ven yigach o-vat yigach kamishpat hazeh ye'aseh lo.
Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

32 Im-eved yigach hashor o amah kesef shloshim shkalim yiten la'adonav vehashor yisakel.
If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 Vechi-yiftach ish bor o ki-yichreh ish bor velo yechasenu venafal-shamah shor o chamor.
And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,

34 Ba'al habor yeshalem kesef yashiv live'alav vehamet yihyeh-lo.
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.

35 Vechi-yigof shor-ish et-shor re'ehu vamet umachru et-hashor hachai vechatzu et-kaspo vegam et-hamet yechetzun.
If one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide.

36 O noda ki shor nagach hu mitmol shilshom velo yishmerenu be'alav shalem yeshalem shor tachat hashor vehamet yihyeh-lo.
Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.

37 Ki yignov-ish shor o-seh utvacho o mecharo chamishah vakar yeshalem tachat hashor ve'arba-tzon tachat haseh.
If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

22:1 Im-bamachteret yimatze haganav vehukah vamet ein lo damim.
If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed.

2 Im-zarechah hashemesh alav damim lo shalem yeshalem im-ein lo venimkar bignevato.
If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

3 Im-himatze timatze veyado hagnevah mishor ad-chamor ad-seh chayim shnayim yeshalem.
If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.

Shlishi

4 Ki yav'er-ish sadeh o-cherem veshilach et-be'iroh uvi'er bisdeh acher meitav sadehu umeitav karmo yeshalem.
If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

5 Ki-tetze esh umatze'ah kotzim vene'echal gadish o hakamah o hasadeh shalem yeshalem hamave'ir et-habe'erah.
If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

6 Ki-yiten ish el-re'ehu kesef o-chelim lishmor vegunav mibeit ha'ish im-yimatze haganav yeshalem shnayim.
If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

7 Im-lo yimatze haganav venikrav ba'al-habayit el-ha'elohim im-lo shalach yado bimelechet re'ehu.
If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor's goods.

8 Al-kol-dvar-pesha al-shor al-chamor al-seh al-salmah al-kol-avedah asher yomar ki-hu zeh ad ha'elohim yavo dvar-shneihem asher yarshi'un elohim yeshalem shnayim lere'ehu.
For any kind of trespass, whether it concerns an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, or for any kind of lost thing which another claims to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

9 Ki-yiten ish el-re'ehu chamor o-shor o-seh vechol-behemah lishmor umet o-nishbar o-nishba ein ro'eh.
If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it,

10 Shvu'at HASHEM tihyeh bein shneihem im-lo shalach yado bimlechet re'ehu velakach be'alav velo yeshalem.
then an oath of HASHEM shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good.

11 Ve'im-ganov yiganev me'imo yeshalem live'alav.
But if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

12 Im-tarof yitaref yevi'ehu ed hatrefah lo yeshalem.
If it is torn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn.

13 Vechi-yish'al ish me'im re'ehu venishbar o-met be'alav eyn-imo shalem yeshalem.
And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good.

14 Im-be'alav imo lo yeshalem im-sachir hu ba bischaro.
If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

15 Vechi-yefateh ish betulah asher lo-orasah veshachav imah mahor yimeharenah lo le'ishah.
If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife.

16 Im-ma'en yema'en aviha letitah lo kesef yishkol kemohar habetulot.
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the bride-price of virgins.

17 Mechashefah lo techayeh.
You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

18 Kol-shochev im-behemah mot yumat.
Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

19 Zove'ach la'elohim yochoram bilti l'HASHEM levado.
He who sacrifices to any elohim, except to HASHEM only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

20 Veger lo-toneh velo tilchatzenu ki-gerim heyitem be'eretz Mitzrayim.
You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

21 Kol-almanah veyatom lo te'anun.
You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

22 Im-aneh te'aneh oto ki im-tza'ok yits'ak elay shamoa eshma tza'akato.
If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry;

23 Vecharah api veharagti etchem becharev vehayu nesheichem almanot uvneichem yetomim.
and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

24 Im-kesef talveh et-ami et-he'ani imach lo-tihyeh lo kenoshe lo-tesimun alav neshech.
If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

25 Im-chavol tachbol salmat re'echa ad-bo hashemesh teshivenu lo.
If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.

26 Ki hi chesutoh levadah hi simlato le'oro bameh yishkav vehayah ki-yitz'ak elay veshamati ki-chanun ani.
For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

Revi'i

27 Elokim lo tekalel venasi ve'amecha lo ta'or.
You shall not revile G-d, nor curse a ruler of your people.

28 Mele'atcha vedim'acha lo te'acher bechor baneycha titen-li.
You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

29 Ken-ta'aseh leshorcha letzonecha shiv'at yamim yihyeh im-imo bayom hashmini titno-li.
Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

30 Ve'anshei-kodesh tihyun li uvasar basadeh trefah lo tochelu lakelev tashlichun oto.
And you shall be holy men to Me: you shall not eat meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

Integrity of the Judicial Process

23:1 Lo tisa shema shav al-tashet yadcha im-rasha lihyot ed chamas.
You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

2 Lo-tihyeh acharei-rabim lera'ot velo-ta'aneh al-riv lintot acharei rabim lehatot.
You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.

3 Vedal lo tehedar berivo.
You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.

4 Ki tifga shor oyvecha o chamoro to'eh hashev teshivenu lo.
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

5 Ki-tir'eh chamor sona'acha rovetz tachat masa'o vechadalta me'azov lo azov ta'azov imo.
If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.

Chamishi

6 Lo tateh mishpat evyoncha berivo.
You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.

7 Midvar-sheker tirchak venaki'i vetzadik al-taharog ki lo-atzdik rasha.
Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

8 Veshochad lo tikach ki hashochad ye'aver pikchim visalef divrei tzadikim.
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 Veger lo tilchatz ve'atem yedatem et-nefesh hager ki-gerim heyitem be'eretz Mitzrayim.
Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Sabbaths

10 Veshesh shanim tizra et-artzecha ve'asafta et-tvu'atah.
Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,

11 Vehashevi'it tishmetenah unetashtah ve'achlu evyonei amecha veyitram tochal chayat hasadeh ken-ta'aseh lecharmecha lezeitecha.
but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.

12 Sheshet yamim ta'aseh ma'aseicha uvayom hashvi'i tishbot lema'an yanuach shorcha vachamorecha veyinafesh ben-amatcha vehager.
Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed.

13 Uvechol asher-amarti aleichem tishameru veshem elohim acherim lo tazkiru lo yishama al-picha.
And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.

The Three Pilgrimage Festivals

14 Shalosh regalim tachog li bashanah.
Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year:

15 Et-chag hamatzot tishmor shiv'at yamim tochal matzot ka'asher tziviticha lemo'ed chodesh ha'aviv ki-vo yatzata miMitzrayim velo-yera'u fanay reikam.
You shall keep the Festival of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Aviv, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty);

16 Vechag hakatzir bikurei ma'aseicha asher tizra basadeh vechag ha'asif betzet hashanah be'ospecha et-ma'aseicha min-hasadeh.
and the Festival of the Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.

17 Shalosh pe'amim bashanah yera'eh kol-zechurecha el-penei ha'Adon HASHEM.
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Master HASHEM.

18 Lo-tizbach al-chametz dam-zivchi velo-yalin chelev-chagi ad-boker.
You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.

19 Reshit bikureI admatecha tavi Beit HASHEM Elokeicha lo-tevashel gedi bachalev imo.
The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of HASHEM your G-d. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Shishi

20 Hineh anochi shole'ach mal'ach lefaneicha lishmorcha badarech velahavi'acha el-hamakom asher hachinoti.
Behold, I send an angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

21 Hishamer mipanav ushma bekolo al-tamer bo ki lo yisa lefish'achem ki shmi bekirbo.
Beware of him and obey his voice; do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions; for My Name is in him.

22 Ki im-shamoa tishma bekolo ve'asita kol asher adaber veayavti et-oyeveicha vetzarti et-tzorereicha.
But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 Ki-yelech mal'achi lefaneicha vehevi'acha el-ha'Emori vehaChiti vehaPrizi vehaKna'ani haChivi vehaYevusi vehichechadetiv.
For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the Emori and the Chiti and the Prizi and the Kna'ani and the Chivi and the Yevusi; and I will cut them off.

24 Lo-tishtachaveh le'eloheihem velo to'ovdem velo ta'aseh kema'aseihem ki hares teharsem veshaber teshaber matzevoteihem.
You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.

25 Va'avadetem et HASHEM Elokeichem uverach et-lachmecha ve'et-meimeicha vahasiroti machalah mikirbecha.
So you shall serve HASHEM your G-d, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

Shevi'i

26 Lo tihyeh meshakelah va'akarah be'artzecha et-mispar yameicha amale.
No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

27 Et-eimati ashalach lefaneicha vehamoti et-kol-ha'am asher tavo bahem venatati et-kol-oyveicha eleicha oref.
I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

28 Veshalachti et-hatzir'ah lefaneicha vegereshah et-haChivi et-haKna'ani ve'et-haChiti milfaneicha.
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Chivi, the Kna'ani, and the Chiti from before you.

29 Lo agarshenu mipaneicha beshanah echat pen-tihyeh ha'aretz shmamah verabah aleicha chayat hasadeh.
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beast of the field become too numerous for you.

30 Me'at me'at agarshenu mipaneicha ad asher tifreh venachalta et-ha'aretz.
Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.

31 Veshati et-gvulcha miYam-Suf ve'ad-yam Plishtim umimidbar ad-hanahar ki eten beyedchem et yoshvei ha'aretz vegerashtamo mipaneicha.
And I will set your bounds from the Reed Sea to the sea, Pelishtim, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

32 Lo-tichrot lahem vele'eloheihem berit.
You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 Lo yeshvu be'artzecha pen-yachati'u otcha li ki ta'avod et-eloheihem ki yihyeh lecha lemokesh.
They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."