Parsha Naso

(4,21) And Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(4,22) Take the count of the sons of Gershon as well, according to the house of their fathers according to their families.

(4,23) From thirty years and above, until fifty years, you shall count them; all those who enter the division to serve in the Tent of Meeting.

(4,24) This is the service of the families of the Gershonites to serve, and to carry.

(4,25) They shall carry the tapestries of the Mishkon and [of] the Tent of Meeting, its covering and the covering of tachash which is on top of it, and the screen for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

(4,26) the hanging [tapestries] of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the gate of the courtyard which are over the Mishkon and altar on all sides, their ropes and all of their service utensils and all that will be given to them, and thus shall they serve.

(4,27) By instruction of Aharon and [one of] his sons shall be all the services of the sons of the Gershonites for all that they carry and for all their service. You shall fix specified appointments for them for everything they carry.

(4,28) This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their guardianship is in the hands of Isamar, the son of Aharon the kohein.

(4,29) The sons of Merori, according to their families and according to the house of their fathers you shall count them.

(4,30) From thirty years and above until fifty years, you shall count them; all who enter the division to serve in the Tent of Meeting.

(4,31) This is what they are entrusted to carry according to all their duties in the Tent of Meeting; the beams of the Mishkon, its bars, pillars and sockets.

(4,32) The pillars around the courtyard, their sockets, stakes and ropes; with all their utensils and for all their service; and by name shall you appoint the utensils to the charge of those who will carry them.

(4,33) This is the service of the families of the sons of Merori for all their service in the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Isamar, the son of Aharon, the kohein.

(4,34) They counted—Moshe, Aharon and the leaders of the congregation—the sons of the Kehosites according to their families and according to the house of their fathers.

(4,35) Those, from thirty years and above, until fifty years; all those who enter the division to serve in the Tent of Meeting.

(4,36) Their numbers, according to their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

(4,37) These are the numbers of the families of the Kehosites of all who serve in the Tent of Meeting whom Moshe and Aharon counted according to the word of Adonoy, through Moshe.

(4,38) The numbers of the sons of Gershon, according to their families and according to the house of their fathers.

(4,39) Those, from thirty years and above, until fifty years; all who enter the division to serve in the Tent of Meeting.

(4,40) Their numbers, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

(4,41) These are the numbers of the families of the sons of the Gershonites, of all those who serve in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moshe and Aharon counted, according to the word of Adonoy.

(4,42) The numbers of the families of the sons of the Merorites according to their families, according to the house of their fathers.

(4,43) Those, from thirty years and above, until fifty years; all who enter the division to serve in the Tent of Meeting.

(4,44) Their numbers were, according to their families, three thousand two hundred.

(4,45) These are the numbers of the families of the sons of the Merorites whom Moshe and Aharon counted according to the word of Adonoy, through Moshe.

(4,46) The total of the numbers counted by Moshe, Aharon and the leaders of the congregation [of] the Levites according to their families, according to the house of their fathers.

(4,47) Those from thirty years and above, until fifty years; all who enter to serve the service of service and the service of carrying in the Tent of Meeting.

(4,48) Their numbers were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

(4,49) According to the word of Adonoy he counted them, by the hand of Moshe, each man according to his service and according to what he carries; and they were counted, as Adonoy commanded Moshe.

(5,1) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(5,2) Command Bnei Yisroel that they must expel from the camp. anyone with tzora’as, and anyone from whom flows a [seminal] discharge and anyone who became defiled by a (departed) soul.

(5,3) Whether male or female you shall send them out. Beyond the camp you shall send them, and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.

(5,4) Bnei Yisroel did so, and they sent them beyond the camp; just as Adonoy spoke to Moshe, so did Bnei Yisroel do.

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

(5,6) Speak to Bnei Yisroel: When a man or a woman commits any of the sins against man, acting treacherously against Adonoy, and that person is guilty.

(5,7) They shall confess the sins which they committed and return the principal amount [of the object] of his guilt, and add one fifth to that amount. He shall then give it to whom he is indebted.

(5,8) But if the man has no redeemer (relative) to whom the debt may be returned, the debt being returned then belongs to Adonoy, [then] to the kohein. This is besides the ram of forgiveness with which he [his sin] will be atoned.

(5,9) Every terumah-gift of all the sacred things of Bnei Yisroel that they will bring to the kohein, shall be his.

(5,10) A man’s sacred objects shall be his; whatever a man gives to the kohein, shall be his.

(5,11) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(5,12) Speak to Bnei Yisroel and say to them: If any man’s wife goes astray and acts treacherously toward him.

(5,13) And a man has lain with her conjugally but it was hidden from her husband’s eyes and she was concealed and has become defiled and there is no witness against her, and she was not seized forcibly.

(5,14) [When] a spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife and she was defiled or, a spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife and she was not defiled,

(5,15) that man shall bring his wife to the kohein and he shall bring her offering for her; [which is] one tenth of an epha of barley flour; he shall not pour oil over it and he shall not put frankincense on it, for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of remembrance, recalling an iniquity.

(5,16) The kohein shall bring her near and station her before Adonoy.

(5,17) The kohein shall take sanctified waters in a clay utensil, and of the earth that will be on the floor of the Mishkon, the kohein shall take and put into the water.

(5,18) The kohein shall station the woman before Adonoy, and expose the woman’s hair, and place on her palms the meal-offering of remembrance; it is a meal-offering of jealousy and there will be in the kohein’s hand, the bitter, lethal waters.

(5,19) The kohein shall place her under oath and say to the woman: If a man has not lain with you [conjugally] and if you have not gone astray to be defiled while you were married to your husband, you shall be absolved of these bitter, lethal waters.

(5,20) [But] you, if you have gone astray while you were married to your husband, and if you have been defiled, and if a man has lain conjugally with you, [a man] other than your husband.

(5,21) The kohein shall place the woman under oath with the oath of accursedness, and the kohein shall say to the woman: “Adonoy shall make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Adonoy causes your thigh to collapse and your abdomen to swell.

(5,22) This bitter, lethal water will enter your abdomen to swell the abdomen, and collapse the thigh and the woman shall say “Amein, Amein”.

(5,23) The kohein shall write all these curses, on the scroll and dissolve them (the writing) in the bitter waters.

(5,24) He shall have the woman drink the bitter, lethal waters and the lethal waters, shall enter her to become bitter.

(5,25) The kohein shall take from the woman’s hand the meal-offering of jealousy and he shall wave the meal-offering before Adonoy, and bring it close to the Altar.

(5,26) The kohein shall scoop out from the meal-offering its commemoration and burn it on the Altar, and after that he shall cause the woman to drink the water.

(5,27) He shall make her drink the water, and it shall be that if she had been defiled and had deceived her husband, the lethal waters shall enter her to become bitter, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will collapse, and the woman will be a curse among her people.

(5,28) But if the woman was not defiled and [she] is pure, she will be cleansed and shall bear seed.

(5,29) This is the law of jealousies, when a woman goes astray during her marriage to her husband and is defiled.

(5,30) If a man is overcome with a spirit of jealousy and he is jealous of his wife, then he shall have the woman stand before Adonoy, and the kohein shall do unto her all of these laws.

(5,31) The man is cleansed of sin and that woman shall bear [the burden of] her iniquity.

(6,1) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(6,2) Speak to Bnei Yisroel and say to them: If a man or a woman sets apart a vow, a nazirite vow, to set [himself] apart for Adonoy.

(6,3) From new or old [intoxicating] wine, he must abstain. Vinegar made from new wine and vinegar made from old wine he shall not drink; anything steeped in grapes he shall not drink; moist grapes or dried grapes (raisins) he shall not eat.

(6,4) As long as he is a Nazir from anything made of the grape-vine, from seeds to skin, he shall not eat.

(6,5) As long as he is under his nazirite oath a razor shall not pass over [to touch] his head. Until he completes his days as a Nazir to Adonoy he shall be sacred, he shall let the hair of his head grow long.

(6,6) All the days that he is a Nazir to Adonoy, he shall have no contact with the dead.

(6,7) For his father, mother, brother and sister he shall not [ritually] defile himself for them when they die. For, the nazirite crown of his God is upon his head.

(6,8) All the days of his separation, he is sacred to Adonoy.

(6,9) If someone died near him suddenly, or unexpectedly, and caused his nazirite crowned head to be defiled, he shall shave his head on the day of his purification, he shall shave it on the seventh day.

(6,10) On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the kohein, to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

(6,11) The kohein shall prepare one for a sin-offering and one for a burnt-offering and atone on his behalf from his sin [of contact] with a [departed] soul, and he shall sanctify his head on that day.

(6,12) He shall set apart, for Adonoy, his nazirite days, and bring a sheep in its first year as a guilt-offering. The first days shall elapse because his nazirite crown was defiled.

(6,13) This is the law of the Nazir: when the days of his nazirite status are fulfilled, he shall bring himself to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

(6,14) He shall bring his offering to Adonoy; one unblemished sheep, in its first year, as a burnt-offering, and one unblemished ewe, in its first year as a sin-offering, and one unblemished ram as a peace-offering.

(6,15) A basket of matzos of fine flour, loaves mixed with oil and matzoh-wafers spread with oil and their meal-offerings and libations.

(6,16) The kohein shall bring it before Adonoy and do the service of his sin-offering and of his burnt-offering.

(6,17) He shall make the ram a peace-offering for Adonoy along with the basket of matzos, and the kohein shall do the service of his meal-offering and libation.

(6,18) The Nazir shall shave—at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting—the nazirite crown of hair on his head, and he shall take the hair from the nazirite crown on his head and put it in the fire which is under the peace-offering sacrifice.

(6,19) The kohein shall take the cooked foreleg from the ram and one matzoh-loaf from the basket, and one matzoh-wafer, and put it on the palms of the Nazir after he has shaved his nazirite crown.

(6,20) The kohein shall wave them as a wave-offering, before Adonoy. It is consecrated to the kohein besides the breast of the wave-offering and the separated thigh portion. After this, the Nazir may drink wine.

(6,21) This is the law of the Nazir who has vowed—[this is] his offering to Adonoy for his nazirite vow, aside from what he can afford to bring according to his vow that he vows. So shall he fulfill in addition to the laws of his nazirite [vows.]

(6,22) Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

(6,23) Speak to Aharon and to his sons, saying; This is how you shall bless Bnei Yisroel, saying to them:

(6,24) May Adonoy bless you and protect you.

(6,25) May Adonoy cause His countenance to shine upon you and favor you.

(6,26) May Adonoy lift His face to you, and grant you peace.

(6,27) They shall bestow My Name upon Bnei Yisroel, and I will bless them.

(7,1) It came to pass, on the day Moshe finished erecting the Mishkon, and he anointed it and consecrated it and all of its utensils, and the Altar and all its utensils, and he anointed them and consecrated them.

(7,2) The leaders of Israel brought, [those who were] the heads of their fathers’ houses; they were the leaders of the tribes, they stood by during the counting.

(7,3) They brought their offerings before Adonoy; six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for each two leaders and an ox for each individual, and they placed them before the Mishkon.

(7,4) Adonoy said to Moshe, saying:

(7,5) Take [the offering] from them, and let them be used for the service of the Tent of Meeting. Give them to the Levites, each man according to his work.

(7,6) Moshe took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

(7,7) Two [of the] wagons and four [of the] oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their work.

(7,8) Four [of the] wagons and eight [of the] oxen he gave to the sons of Merori. According to their work they were in the charge of Isamar the son of Aharon the kohein.

(7,9) He did not give any to the sons of Kehos because the sacred work was [incumbent] upon them, which they had to carry on their shoulders.

(7,10) The leaders brought forward the [offerings for] the consecration of the altar on the day it was anointed. The leaders placed their offering before the altar.

(7,11) Adonoy said to Moshe: One leader each day, one leader each day, they shall bring forth their offering, for the dedication of the altar.

(7,12) The one that brought his offering on the first day [was] Nachshon the son of Aminadav, of the tribe of Yehudah.

(7,13) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,14) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,15) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,16) [And] one he-goat, for a sin-offering.

(7,17) For the peace -offering, two oxen, five rams, five kids, and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Nachshon the son of Aminadav.

(7,18) On the second day, [he that] brought [was] Nesanel the son of Tzu’ar, the leader of Yissachar.

(7,19) He brought forward his offering, one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty [shekolim]; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,20) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim] filled with incense.

(7,21) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,22) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,23) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids, and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Nesanel the son of Tzu’ar.

(7,24) On the third day, the leader of the sons of Zevulun, Eliav the son of Cheilon.

(7,25) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,26) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,27) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,28) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,29) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of of Eliav the son of Cheilon.

(7,30) On the fourth day, the leader of the sons of Reuven, Elitzur the son of Shdeiur.

(7,31) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,32) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,33) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,34) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,35) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Elitzur the son of Shdeiur.

(7,36) On the fifth day, the leader of the sons of Shimon, Shlumiel the son of Tzurishadai.

(7,37) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,38) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,39) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,40) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,41) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Shlumiel the son of Tzurishadai.

(7,42) On the sixth day, the leader of the sons of Gad, Elyasaf the son of Deu’el.

(7,43) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,44) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,45) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,46) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,47) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Elyasaf the son of Deu’el.

(7,48) On the seventh day, the leader of the sons of Ephraim, Elishamah the son of Amihud.

(7,49) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,50) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,51) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,52) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,53) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Elishamah the son of Amihud.

(7,54) On the eighth day, the leader of the sons of Menashe, Gamliel the son of Pedahtzur.

(7,55) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,56) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,57) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,58) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,59) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Gamliel the son of Pedahtzur.

(7,60) On the ninth day, the leader of the sons of Binyomin, Avidan the son of Gidoni.

(7,61) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,62) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,63) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,64) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,65) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Avidan the son of Gidoni.

(7,66) On the tenth day, the leader of the sons of Don, Achiezer the son of Amishadai.

(7,67) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,68) One spoon weighing ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,69) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,70) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,71) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Achiezer the son of Amishadai.

(7,72) On the day of the eleventh day, the leader of the sons of Asher, Pagi’el the son of Ochran.

(7,73) His offering was one silver tray, its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,74) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,75) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,76) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,77) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Pagi’el the son of Ochran.

(7,78) On the day of the twelfth day, the leader of the sons of Naftali, Achirah the son of Einon.

(7,79) His offering was one silver tray its weight was one hundred thirty shekolim; one silver bowl [that weighed] seventy shekolim according to sanctuary weights. Both were filled with fine flour kneaded with [olive] oil, for a meal-offering.

(7,80) One spoon of ten gold [shekolim], filled with incense.

(7,81) One young bull, one ram, and one yearling sheep for a burnt-offering.

(7,82) [And] one he-goat for a sin-offering.

(7,83) For the peace-offering sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five kids and five yearling sheep. This was the offering of Achirah the son of Einon.

(7,84) This was the dedication of the altar on the day that it was anointed, given by the leaders of Israel; twelve silver trays twelve silver bowls and twelve golden spoons.

(7,85) One hundred thirty each silver tray and each bowl weighed seventy [shekolim]. All the silver vessels weighed two thousand four hundred [shekolim] according to sanctuary weights.

(7,86) Twelve golden spoons filled with incense; each spoon weighed ten [shekolim] according to sanctuary weights. The total of the golden spoons is one hundred twenty [shekolim].

(7,87) The total of the oxen for the burnt-offering is twelve oxen, twelve rams, twelve yearling sheep and their meal-offerings, and twelve he-goats for a sin-offering.

(7,88) The total of the oxen for the peace -offering sacrifice is twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty kids and sixty yearling sheep. This was the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.

(7,89) When Moshe would enter the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him (God), he would hear the Voice being spoken to him from above the Ark-cover which is atop the Ark of the Testimony from between the two cherubim; and He spoke to him.