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Parashah
Achrei Mot (after the death) |
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Vayikra
(Lev) 1
YHWH spoke to Mosheh after the death of the two sons of Aharon
who died when they approached YHWH. 2
YHWH said to Mosheh: "Tell your brother Aharon not to come
whenever he chooses into the 3
"This is how Aharon is to enter the sanctuary area: with a
young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 4
He is to put on the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments
next to his body; he is to tie the linen sash around him and put on the
linen turban. These are sacred garments; so he must bathe himself with
water before he puts them on. 5
From the Israelite community (Edat Yisrael) he is to take two
male goats for a sin offering (chatta’ah) and a ram for a burnt
offering (owlah). 6
Aharon is to offer the bull for his own sin offering (chatta’ah)
to make atonement for himself and his household. 7
Then he is to take the two goats and present them before YHWH at
the entrance to the Tent of Appointment (Ohel Mow-ed). 8
He is to cast lots for the two goats-- one lot for YHWH and the
other for the scapegoat. 9
Aharon shall bring the goat whose lot falls to YHWH and sacrifice
it for a sin offering (chatta’ah). 10
But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented
alive before YHWH to be used for making atonement by sending it into the
desert as a scapegoat. 11
Aharon shall bring the bull for his own sin offering (chatta’ah)
to make atonement for himself and his household and he is to slaughter
the bull for his own sin offering (chatta’ah). 12
He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar
before YHWH and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take
them behind the curtain. 13
He is to put the incense on the fire before YHWH and the smoke of
the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the testimony, so
that he will not die. 14
He is to take some of the bull's blood and with his finger
sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle
some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover. 15
He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the
people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did
with the bull's blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and
in front of it. 16
In this way he will make atonement for the 17
No one is to be in the Tent of Appointment (Ohel Mow-ed) from the
time Aharon goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place (Qodesh
Qadashiym) until he comes out, having made atonement for himself, his
household and the whole community of Israel (Kohl Edat B’nei Yisrael). 18
Then he shall come out to the altar (miz-beach [miz-bay-ach])
that is before YHWH and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the
bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on all the horns of
the altar. 19
He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven
times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of B’nei
Yisrael. 20
When Aharon has finished making atonement for the 21
He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess
over it all the wickedness and rebellion of B’nei Yisrael, all their
sins, he shall put them on the goat's head. He shall send the goat away
into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task. 22
The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place
and the man shall release it in the desert. 23
Then Aharon is to go into the Tent of Appointment (Ohel Mow-ed)
and take off the linen garments he put on before he entered the 24
He shall bathe himself with water in a holy (qodesh, set-apart)
place and put on his regular garments. Then he shall come out and
sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the
people, to make atonement for himself and for the people. 25
He shall also burn the fat of the sin offering (chatta’ah) on
the altar (miz-beach [miz-bay-ach]). 26
The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat (azazel) must wash
his clothes and bathe himself with water and afterward he may come into
the camp. 27
The bull and the goat for the sin offerings (chatta’ah) whose
blood was brought into the 28
The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself
with water and afterward he may come into the camp. 29
This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of
the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work, whether
native-born or an alien living among you, 30
because on this day atonement (caphar, covering) will be made for
you, to cleanse you. Then, before YHWH, you will be clean from all your
sins. 31
It is a Shabbat of rest and you must deny yourselves; it is a
lasting ordinance. 32
The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as
high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen
garments 33
and make atonement for the Most Holy Place (Qodesh Qadashiym),
for the Tent of Appointment (Ohel Mow-ed) and the altar (miz-beach [miz-bay-ach])
and for the priests and all
the people of the community (am ha qahal). 34
This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be
made once a year for all the sins of B’nei Yisrael. And
it was done, as YHWH commanded Moshe. Chapter
17 1
YHWH said to Moshe, 2
Speak to Aharon and his sons and to all B’nei Yisrael and say
to them: This is what YHWH has commanded: 3
Any man of the house of Yisrael who slaughters an ox, a lamb or a
goat in the camp or outside of it 4
instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Appointment
(Ohel Mow-ed) to present it
as an offering to YHWH in front of the tabernacle (Mishkan) of YHWH,
that man shall be considered guilty of bloodshed for he has shed blood
and must be cut off from the midst of his people. 5
This is so B’nei Yisrael will bring to YHWH the sacrifices they
are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest,
that is, to YHWH, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and sacrifice
them as fellowship offerings. 6
The priest is to sprinkle the blood against the altar (miz-be-ach)
of YHWH at the entrance to the Tent of Appointment (Ohel Mow-ed) and
burn the fat (cheleb) as an aroma pleasing to YHWH. 7
They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat
idols to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting
ordinance for them and for the generations to come. 8
Say to them: 'Any one of the house of Yisrael or any alien living
among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9
and does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting
(Ohel Mow-ed) to sacrifice it to YHWH, must be cut off from his people. 10
Any one of the house of Yisrael or any alien living among them
who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats
blood and will cut him off from his people. 11
The life of a creature is in the blood and I have given it to you
to make atonement for yourselves on the altar. It is the blood that
makes atonement for one's life. 12
Therefore I say to B’nei Yisrael, None of you may eat blood,
nor may an alien living among you eat blood. 13
Any one of the house of Yisrael or any alien living among you who
hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and
cover it with earth, because the life of every creature is its blood. 14
That is why I have said to B’nei Yisrael, You must not eat the
blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood
and anyone who eats it must be cut off. 15
Anyone, whether native-born or alien, who eats anything found
dead or torn by wild animals must wash his clothes and bathe with water
and he will be ceremonially unclean till evening and then he will be
clean. 16
But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will be
held responsible. CHAPTER
18:1-30 1
YHWH said to Mosheh, 2
Speak to B’nei Yisrael and say to them: I am YHWH Eloheykhem. 3
You must not do as they do in Egypt (Mitzrayim), where you used
to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan (Kena-an),
where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. 4
You must obey My laws and be careful to follow My decrees. I am
YHWH Eloheykem. 5
Keep My decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by
them. I am YHWH.
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No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual
relations. I am YHWH. 7
Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your
mother. She is your mother and you do not have relations with her. 8
Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife for that
would dishonor your father. 9
Do not have sexual relations with your sister (full or half
sister) both your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether
she was born in the same home or elsewhere. 10
Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your
daughter's daughter for that would dishonor you. 11
Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's
wife, born to your father for she is your sister. 12
Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister for she is
your father's close relative. 13
Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, because
she is your mother's close relative. 14
Do not dishonor your father's brother by approaching his wife to
have sexual relations for she is your aunt. 15
Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is
your son's wife so you do not have relations with her. 16
Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife because
that would dishonor your brother. 17
Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.
Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her
daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness. 18
Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual
relations with her while your wife is living. 19
Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the
uncleanness of her monthly period. 20
Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and defile
yourself with her. 21
Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech , for
you must not profane the name of Eloheykha. I am YHWH. (4432
Molek-Molech = "king"; the god of the Ammonites and
Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the 22
Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman for that is a
disgusting, detestable abomination. 23
Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile your self
with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual
relations with it for that is a perversion. 24
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways because this is how
the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled. 25
Even the land was defiled so I punished it for its sin and the
land vomited out its inhabitants. 26
But you must keep My decrees and My laws. The native-born and the
aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27
for all these things were done by the people who lived in the
land before you, and the land became defiled. 28
And if you defile the land, it will spew you out as it spewed out
the nations that were before you. 29
Everyone who does any of these detestable things must be cut off
from their people.
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