Parsha Behaalotecha

(8,1) And Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(8,2) Speak to Aharon, and say to him; When you light the lamps towards the face of the Menorah shall the seven lamps cast [their] light.

(8,3) Aharon did so; towards the face of the Menorah he lit its lamps, just as Adonoy commanded Moshe.

(8,4) This is how the Menorah was made; beaten from [a block of] gold, from its base until its flowers it is beaten out [of a solid block], according to the vision which Adonoy showed to Moshe, so he made the Menorah.

(8,5) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(8,6) Take the Levites from among Bnei Yisroel and purify them.

(8,7) This is what you shall do to them, to purify them; sprinkle them with the sin-offering waters, and cause a razor to pass over (shave) their entire bodies, and they shall wash their garments and purify themselves.

(8,8) They should take a young bullock and its meal-offering of flour mixed with oil, and you shall take a second young bullock, for a sin-offering.

(8,9) You shall bring the Levites near, before the Tent of Meeting, and you shall gather the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel.

(8,10) You shall bring the Levites near, before Adonoy, and Bnei Yisroel shall lay their hands on the Levites.

(8,11) Aharon shall wave the Levites as a wave-offering before Adonoy from Bnei Yisroel and they will be [entrusted] to do the worship of Adonoy.

(8,12) The Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the bulls and make the one for a sin-offering and the [other] one for a burnt-offering to Adonoy, to atone for the Levites.

(8,13) You shall set the Levites before Aharon and before his sons, and lift them up as a wave-offering to Adonoy.

(8,14) You shall separate the Levites from among Bnei Yisroel and the Levites shall be Mine.

(8,15) After this is done, the Levites shall come to work in the Tent of Meeting, and you shall purify them, and you shall lift them up as a wave-offering,

(8,16) For they are given; they are given to Me from among Bnei Yisroel in place of those who open the womb,—every firstborn of Bnei Yisroel—I have taken them to be Mine.

(8,17) For every firstborn of Bnei Yisroel is Mine, human and animal; on the day in which I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I have sanctified them to be Mine.

(8,18) I have taken the Levites instead of all firstborn of Bnei Yisroel,

(8,19) and I have given the Levites to be given as a gift to Aharon and to his sons from among Bnei Yisroel to do the duties of Bnei Yisroel in the Tent of Meeting, and to atone for Bnei Yisroel, so that there will not be a plague among Bnei Yisroel when Bnei Yisroel approach the sanctuary.

(8,20) Moshe, Aharon, and the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel did to the Levites just as Adonoy commanded Moshe regarding the Levites, so did Bnei Yisroel do to them.

(8,21) The Levites underwent purification and they washed their garments, and Aharon lifted them as a wave-offering before Adonoy; and Aharon achieved atonement on their behalf, to purify them.

(8,22) Afterwards, the Levites came to perform their duties in the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aharon and in the presence of his sons; just as Adonoy commanded Moshe regarding the Levites, so they did unto them.

(8,23) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(8,24) This concerns the Levites; from the age of twenty-five years and above he shall enter the division for the duties of the Tent of Meeting.

(8,25) From the age of fifty he shall retire from the work force, and shall no longer work.

(8,26) But shall serve his brethren in the Tent of Meeting to keep the watch, and he shall not do any service; so you shall have the Levites do in their guard duties.

(9,1) Adonoy spoke to Moshe in the desert of Sinai in the second year of their exodus from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying;

(9,2) Bnei Yisroel shall perform the Pesach-offering in its proper time.

(9,3) On the fourteenth day of this month, in the afternoon, you shall perform it in its proper time; according to all its statutes and according to all its laws you shall perform it.

(9,4) Moshe spoke to Bnei Yisroel [telling them] to perform the Pesach-offering.

(9,5) They performed the Pesach-offering in the first [month] on the fourteenth day of the month in the afternoon in the Sinai desert; according to all that Adonoy commanded Moshe, so did Bnei Yisroel do.

(9,6) There were men who were impure, having had [contact with] a corpse, and they were not able to perform the Pesach-offering on that day, and they drew near before Moshe and before Aharon, on that day.

(9,7) Those men said to him: “We are impure, having had contact with a corpse; why should we be excluded and not be able to bring the offering of Adonoy in its proper time, among Bnei Yisroel?”

(9,8) Moshe said to them: “Stand and I will listen to what Adonoy will instruct for you.”

(9,9) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

(9,10) Speak to Bnei Yisroel, saying; any person, if he will be impure from a corpse, or [is] on a distant road, [whether among] yourselves or for your descendants, he shall perform the Pesach-offering for Adonoy

(9,11) in the second month, on the fourteenth day in the afternoon he shall perform it. Together with matzohs and bitter herbs they shall eat it.

(9,12) They shall not leave any of it over until the morning and they shall not break any of its bones; according to all the statutes of the Pesach-offering they shall perform it.

(9,13) The person who is pure and was not on the road, and refrained from performing the Pesach-offering, that soul shall be cut off from its people, for the offering of Adonoy he did not bring in its proper time; that person shall bear his sin.

(9,14) If a proselyte dwells among you and brings the Pesach-offering to Adonoy; according to the statues of the Pesach-offering and according to its laws so shall he perform it; there shall be the same statute for yourselves; [both] for the proselyte and for the native born citizen.

(9,15) On the day that the Mishkon was erected, the Cloud covered the Mishkon [which served] as the Tent of Testimony; and in the evening, there was over the Mishkon an appearance of fire, until morning.

(9,16) So it always was, the Cloud covered it, and an appearance of fire, at night.

(9,17) Whenever the Cloud was lifted from the Tent, afterwards, did Bnei Yisroel travel; in the place where the Cloud came to rest, it is there that Bnei Yisroel did camp.

(9,18) On the word of Adonoy, did Bnei Yisroel travel and on the word of Adonoy, did they camp; all those days on which the Cloud will rested above the Mishkon, did they camp.

(9,19) When the Cloud tarried above the Mishkon, for many days, Bnei Yisroel would keep the watch of Adonoy and they would not travel.

(9,20) It sometimes happened that the Cloud was for a number of days above the Mishkon; on the order of Adonoy did they camp and on the order of Adonoy did they travel.

(9,21) It sometimes happened that the Cloud was [there] [but] from evening until morning, and then the Cloud rose in the morning and they traveled; or, [the Cloud was there] for a day and a night and the Cloud was lifted, and they traveled.

(9,22) Or two days or a month or a year that the Cloud prolonged its stay above the Mishkon to rest upon it; Bnei Yisroel remained encamped and they did not travel; when it rose they traveled.

(9,23) On the order of Adonoy they camped and on the order of Adonoy they traveled; they kept the watch of Adonoy on the order of Adonoy, through Moshe.

(10,1) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:

(10,2) Make for yourself two silver trumpets; you shall make them, beaten [from one block], and they shall be used by you to summon the congregation and to initiate the departure of the camps.

(10,3) When they will blow them, the entire congregation shall present itself to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

(10,4) But if they blow one of them, the leaders shall present themselves to you, the heads of Israel’s thousands.

(10,5) When you blow a teruah; the camps that are camped eastward shall travel.

(10,6) If you blow a second teruah, then shall travel the camps that are camped on the south side. They shall blow a teruah for their journeys.

(10,7) But when gathering the congregation, you shall blow [a blast], but not a teruah.

(10,8) The sons of Aharon, the kohanim, shall sound the trumpets. This shall be for you an everlasting statute, for all your descendants.

(10,9) If war shall come into your land against the oppresor who oppresses you and you shall blow teruahs with the trumpets and you will be remembered before Adonoy, your God, and you will be delivered from you enemies.

(10,10) On your joyous days and on your festivals and on the beginnings of your months you shall blow with the trumpets for your burnt-offerings and for your peace-offerings; and it shall be a remembrance for you before your God, I am Adonoy your God.

(10,11) It was in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month that the Cloud rose up from above the Mishkon of the Testimony.

(10,12) Bnei Yisroel traveled along on their journeys, from the Sinai desert, and the Cloud came to rest in the desert of Paran.

(10,13) This was the first time that they traveled, on the order of Adonoy, through Moshe.

(10,14) Then traveled the banner of the sons of Yehudah’s camp in the forefront according to their divisions; in charge of its divisions [was] Nachshon the son of Aminadav.

(10,15) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Yissachar, [was] Nesanel the son of Tzu’ar.

(10,16) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Zevulun, [was] Eliav the son of Cheilon.

(10,17) [Then] the Mishkon was dismantled and the sons of Gershon traveled, with the sons of Merori, those who carried the Mishkon.

(10,18) [Then] the banner of Reuven’s camp traveled, according to their divisions. In charge of its division [was] Elitzur the son of Shdeiur.

(10,19) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Shimon, [was] Shlumiel the son of Tzurishadai.

(10,20) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Gad, [was] Elyasaf the son of De’uel.

(10,21) [Then] the Kehos family traveled, the carriers of the sacred, and they erected the Mishkon by the time of their arrival.

(10,22) [Then] the banner of the sons of Ephraim’s camp traveled according to their divisions. In charge of its division, [was] Elishamah the son of Amihud.

(10,23) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Menashe, [was] Gamliel the son of Pedahtzur.

(10,24) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Binyamin, [was] Avidan the son of Gid’oni.

(10,25) [Then] the banner of the sons of Don’s camp traveled; the gatherer for all the camps, according to their divisions. In charge of its division, [was] Achiezer the son of Amishadai.

(10,26) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Asher, [was] Pagiel the son of Ochran.

(10,27) In charge of the division of the tribe of the sons of Naftali, [was] Achirah the son of Einan.

(10,28) These are the journeys of Bnei Yisroel according to their divisions; and they journeyed.

(10,29) Moshe said to Chovav the son of Reuel, the Midianite, Moshe’s father-in-law: “We are journeying to the place about which Adonoy said; ‘I will give it to you’, come along with us and we will treat you well, for Adonoy spoke of bringing good [fortune] on Israel.”

(10,30) He said to him “I will not go, but rather to my land and to my birthplace will I go.”

(10,31) He said to him “please do not forsake us, for, because you know of our encampment in the desert, and you will be our eyes.

(10,32) It will be, that when you go with us, it shall be that the very good which Adonoy will bestow on us we will bestow on (share with) you.

(10,33) They traveled from the mountain of Adonoy a journey of three days, and the Ark of the Covenant of Adonoy traveled in front of them a journey of three days, to prepare for them a place to settle.

(10,34) The Cloud of Adonoy was above them by day when they traveled from the camp.

(10,35) Whenever the Ark departed Moshe woud say: “Rise, Adonoy, and may Your enemies disperse, and those who hate You flee before You.”

(10,36) When it rested, he would say: “Come to rest, Adonoy, among the myriads and thousands of Israel.”

(11,1) The people were like complainers; [it was] wicked in the ears of Adonoy. Adonoy heard and His Anger flared and the fire of Adonoy burned among them and consumed [some] of the outcasts of the camp.

(11,2) The people cried out to Moshe, and Moshe prayed to Adonoy, and the fire subsided.

(11,3) He called the name of that place Taveirah, for it was there that burned among them the fire of Adonoy.

(11,4) The collection [of nationalities] among them began to have strong cravings, and Bnei Yisroel turned and began to weep; and they said “Who will feed us meat?

(11,5) We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions and garlic.

(11,6) Now our bodies are withered, there is nothing at all, but the manna before our eyes.”

(11,7) The manna was like coriander seed and it is similiar to the appearance of crystal.

(11,8) The people [merely] strolled about and they gathered it and they ground it with a millstone or crushed it in mortars and cooked it in pots and made cakes out of it. Its taste was like the taste of cake kneaded with oil.

(11,9) When the dew would descend on the camp, at night, the manna would descend on it.

(11,10) Moshe heard the people weep according to their families, at the door of each one’s tent. The Anger of Adonoy was greatly aroused and in Moshe’s eyes, it was evil.

(11,11) Moshe said to Adonoy: “Why have you dealt poorly with Your servant, and why have I not found favor in Your eyes that You place the burden of the entire people upon me?

(11,12) Have I conceived this entire people? have I given birth to it that You say to me, carry it in your lap as a nurse carries an infant, to the land which You swore to their forefathers?

(11,13) From where do I have meat to give to this entire people on account of which they cry to me, saying: “Give us meat and we shall eat.”

(11,14) I alone can not carry this entire people, for they are too burdensome for me.

(11,15) If this is the way You treat me, please kill me, if I have found favor in Your eyes; so that I will not see my evil.”

(11,16) Adonoy said to Moshe: “Gather seventy men for Me, from among the elders of Israel, [men] whom you know to be the people’s elders, and its officers, and you shall take them to the Tent of Meeting, and they shall stand there with you.

(11,17) I will descend and speak there with you, and I will make greater the spirit which is upon you, and place it on them, and they will bear, along with you, the burden of the people so that you need not bear it alone.

(11,18) You shall say to the people, prepare yourselves for the morrow and you shall eat meat, for you have cried in the ears of Adonoy, saying: “Who will feed us meat; we had it good in Egypt;” [now] Adonoy gives you meat and you shall eat.

(11,19) Not for one day will you be eating and not for two days; not for five days, not for ten days, and not for twenty days.

(11,20) But rather for a month of days, until it comes out of your nostrils and it will be repulsive to you; [this is] because you have rejected Adonoy Who is among you, and you have cried before Him, saying: “Why have we come out from Egypt?”

(11,21) Moshe said: “The people are six hundred thousand on foot that I am among and You say that I will give them meat, to eat it for a month of days?

(11,22) Will sheep and cattle be slaughtered for them would that be sufficient for them? If all the fish of the sea would be gathered for them, would that be sufficient for them?”

(11,23) Adonoy said to Moshe: “Has the Hand of Adonoy become short ? Now you will see if My words will occur unto you or not.”

(11,24) Moshe went out and spoke the words of Adonoy to the people, and he gathered seventy men from the elders of the people and he had them stand around the Tent.

(11,25) Adonoy descended in a cloud and spoke to him, and He magnified the spirit which was upon him and He gave it unto the seventy men, [who were] the elders. When the spirit came to rest upon them they prophesied, and they did not cease.

(11,26) Two people remained in the camp; one’s name was Eldad and the second one’s name was Meidad. The spirit rested upon them; they were among those inscribed, and they did not go out to the Tent, and they prophesied in the camp.

(11,27) The youth ran and told Moshe, and said: “Eldad and Meidad are prophesying in the camp.”

(11,28) Yehoshua the son of Nun answered, [he being] the attendant of Moshe, from his youth, and he said: “My master Moshe, destroy them!”

(11,29) Moshe said to him, “Are you vengeful for me? Would (that) it be that all Adonoy’s people were prophets, that Adonoy would give His Spirit upon them.”

(11,30) Moshe entered into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

(11,31) From Adonoy there gusted a wind and He caused quail to fly from the sea and spread them over the camp, about a day’s journey from this side and about a day’s journey from that side, around the camp, and about two amo¯s above the ground’s surface.

(11,32) The people arose all of that day, the entire night and the entire next day, and they gathered the quail. He who gathered the least amount, gathered ten heaps and they spread them for themselves around the camp.

(11,33) The meat was still between their teeth before it was [even] finished, when the wrath of Adonoy was incited upon the people, and Adonoy smote the people an enormous blow.

(11,34) He called the name of that place Kivros Hataavoh, for it was there that they buried the people who had these cravings.

(11,35) From Kivros Hataavoh the people journeyed to Chatzeiros, and they stayed in Chatzeiros.

(12,1) Miriam and Aharon spoke about Moshe concerning the Cushite woman that he married, for, he married a Cushite woman.

(12,2) They said: “Is it only to Moshe that Adonoy has spoken? Did He not also speak with us?” and Adonoy heard.

(12,3) The man, Moshe [was] most humble, more so than any other person on the face of the earth.

(12,4) Adonoy said, suddenly, to Moshe, Aharon and Miriam: “Come out, all three of you, to the Tent of Meeting,” and the three of them went out.

(12,5) Adonoy descended in a pillar of cloud and He stood at the entrance of the Tent, and He called [to] Aharon and Miriam, and both of them went out.

(12,6) He said: “Please listen to My words. If there will be a prophet among you, [I,] Adonoy, will make Myself known to him in a vision; in a dream I will speak to him.

(12,7) That is not the case with My servant, Moshe; in My entire house he is trusted.

(12,8) Mouth to mouth I speak to him, in a vision and not in riddles; he gazes at the likeness of Adonoy; so why are you not afraid to speak about My servant, about Moshe?”

(12,9) Adonoy’s anger flared against them and He left.

(12,10) The cloud departed from atop the Tent and behold! Miriam became afflicted with tzora’as white as snow; and Aharon turned towards Miriam and behold, she was afflicted with tzora’as.

(12,11) Aharon said to Moshe: “Oh, my master please do not put iniquity upon us for what we have foolishly done and for what we have transgressed.

(12,12) Please let her not be like the dead; That, since he came from his mother’s womb, it would be as half of his own flesh was consumed.”

(12,13) Moshe cried out [in prayer] to Adonoy, saying: “Please, God, please heal her.”

(12,14) Adonoy said to Moshe: “If her father were to spit in her face would she not be in shame for seven days? She shall be closed off for seven days, beyond the encampment, and after that, she may join again.”

(12,15) Miriam was closed off beyond the encampment for seven days, and the people did not depart until Miriam was brought in to join them.

(12,16) After that, the people traveled from Chatzeiros and they camped in the desert of Paran.