Haftarah For First Day Of Pesach

Visible layers

HAFTARAH FOR FIRST DAY OF PESACH

The following speaks about the Jewish Nation crossing over the Jordan River, being circumcised, and celebrating their first Pesach in the Land of Israel.

Haftarah

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הָעָם
הִתְקַדָּשׁוּ כִּי מָחָר יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה
בְּקִרְבְּכֶם נִפְלָאוֹת: וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים לֵאמֹר שְׂאוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן
הַבְּרִית וְעִבְרוּ לִפְנֵי הָעָם וַיִּשְׂאוּ
אֶת־אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית וַיֵּלְכוּ לִפְנֵי הָעָם:
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
אָחֵל גַּדֶּלְךָ בְּעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר
יֵדְעוּן כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי עִם־מֹשֶׁה
אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ: בָּעֵת הַהִיא אָמַר יְהוָה
אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עֲשֵׂה לְךָ חַרְבוֹת צֻרִים
וְשׁוּב מֹל אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שֵׁנִית:
וַיַּעַשׂ־לוֹ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ חַרְבוֹת צֻרִים וַיָּמָל
אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־גִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלוֹת:
וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־מָל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כָּל־
הָעָם הַיֹּצֵא מִמִּצְרַיִם הַזְּכָרִים
כֹּל ׀ אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה מֵתוּ בַמִּדְבָּר
בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתָם מִמִּצְרָיִם: כִּי־מֻלִים
הָיוּ כָּל־הָעָם הַיֹּצְאִים וְכָל־הָעָם
הַיִּלֹּדִים בַּמִּדְבָּר בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתָם
מִמִּצְרַיִם לֹא־מָלוּ: כִּי ׀ אַרְבָּעִים
שָׁנָה הָלְכוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר
עַד־תֹּם כָּל־הַגּוֹי אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה
הַיֹּצְאִים מִמִּצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ
בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לָהֶם
לְבִלְתִּי הַרְאוֹתָם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר
נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבוֹתָם לָתֵת לָנוּ אֶרֶץ
זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ: וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם הֵקִים
תַּחְתָּם אֹתָם מָל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כִּי־עֲרֵלִים
הָיוּ כִּי לֹא־מָלוּ אוֹתָם בַּדָּרֶךְ: וַיְהִי

Sephardi

Vayomer Yehoshua el-ha'am
hitkadshu ki machar ya'aseh Adonai
b'kirbechem nifla'ot: Vayomer Yehoshua
el-hakohanim leimor se'u et-aron
hab'rit v'ivru lifnei ha'am vayis'u
et-aron hab'rit vayeilchu lifnei ha'am:
Vayomer Adonai el-Yehoshua hayom hazeh
achel gadlekha b'einei kol-Yisrael asher
yeide'un ki ka'asher hayiti im-Moshe
eheyeh imach: Ba'et hahi amar Adonai
el-Yehoshua aseh lecha charvot tzurim
v'shuv mol et-b'nei-Yisrael shenit:
Vaya'as-lo Yehoshua charvot tzurim vayamol
et-b'nei Yisrael el-Giv'at ha'aralot:
V'zeh hadavar asher-mol Yehoshua kol-
ha'am hayotzei miMitzrayim hazekharim
kol | anshei hamilchamah meitu bamidbar
baderech b'tzeitam miMitzrayim: Ki-mulim
hayu kol-ha'am hayotz'im v'chol-ha'am
hayilodim bamidbar baderech b'tzeitam
miMitzrayim lo-malu: Ki | arba'im
shanah halechu b'nei-Yisrael bamidbar
ad-tom kol-hagoy anshei hamilchamah
hayotz'im miMitzrayim asher lo-sham'u
b'kol Adonai asher nishba Adonai lahem
l'vilti har'otam et-ha'aretz asher
nishba Adonai la'avotam latet lanu eretz
zavat chalav ud'vash: V'et-b'neihem hekim
tachtam otam mol Yehoshua ki-areilim
hayu ki lo-malu otam baderekh: Vay'hi

English

As the Jewish Nation camped at the Jordan River before crossing it into the Land of Israel, Joshua said to the nation: Prepare yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders in your midst. The next day, Joshua spoke to the priests, saying: Until now the Levites carried the Ark; however, today you will carry the Ark of the Covenant and pass before the nation. And so they carried the Ark of the Covenant and went before the nation. The Lord said to Joshua: This day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all of the descendants of Israel, so that they will know that just as I was with Moses, so will I be with you. At that time the Lord said to Joshua: Make sharp knives for yourself and, once again, circumcise all of the males among the Children of Israel who had not been circumcised during the forty years that the nation was in the desert, a second time—just as this was done forty years earlier, before the nation went out of Egypt. And so Joshua made sharp knives for himself and circumcised the Children of Israel at the Hill of Aralot. This is the reason why Joshua needed to circumcise the nation at this time: all of the people who left Egypt—the males, the men of war—had died in the desert during the forty years when the nation was traveling on the way to the Land of Israel, after they left Egypt. For all the people who left Egypt were circumcised. But all the people who were born in the desert when they were traveling on the way after they left Egypt were not yet circumcised, because it would have been dangerous to do so while they were in the desert. For the Children of Israel traveled in the desert for forty years, until all the men of the nation who were of age to be men of war when they left Egypt had all died, those who did not listen to the voice of the Lord, about whom the Lord had sworn not to show them the land that the Lord had sworn to their forefathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. He raised up their children in their stead, and it was they whom Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised because their parents did not circumcise them while they were traveling on the way. It was when all the males of the nation were finished being circumcised; they remained in their places

Hebrew

כַּאֲשֶׁר־תַּמּוּ כָל־הַגּוֹי לְהִמּוֹל וַיֵּשְׁבוּ
תַּחְתָּם בַּמַּחֲנֶה עַד חֲיוֹתָם: וַיֹּאמֶר
יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַיּוֹם גַּלּוֹתִי אֶת־
חֶרְפַּת מִצְרַיִם מֵעֲלֵיכֶם וַיִּקְרָא
שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא גִּלְגָּל עַד הַיּוֹם
הַזֶּה: וַיַּחֲנוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּגִּלְגָּל
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַפֶּסַח בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר
יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעֶרֶב בְּעַרְבוֹת יְרִיחוֹ:
וַיֹּאכְלוּ מֵעֲבוּר הָאָרֶץ מִמָּחֳרַת
הַפֶּסַח מַצּוֹת וְקָלוּי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם
הַזֶּה: וַיִּשְׁבֹּת הַמָּן מִמָּחֳרַת בְּאָכְלָם
מֵעֲבוּר הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־הָיָה עוֹד לִבְנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל מָן וַיֹּאכְלוּ מִתְּבוּאַת אֶרֶץ
כְּנַעַן בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא: וַיְהִי בִּהְיוֹת
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּירִיחוֹ וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא
וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ עֹמֵד לְנֶגְדּוֹ וְחַרְבּוֹ
שְׁלוּפָה בְּיָדוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֵלָיו
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הֲלָנוּ אַתָּה אִם־לְצָרֵינוּ:
וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לֹא כִּי אֲנִי שַׂר־צְבָא־יְהוָה
עַתָּה בָאתִי וַיִּפֹּל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־פָּנָיו
אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה אֲדֹנִי
מְדַבֵּר אֶל־עַבְדּוֹ: וַיֹּאמֶר שַׂר־צְבָא
יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שַׁל־נַעַלְךָ מֵעַל
רַגְלֶךָ כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹמֵד
עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ הוּא וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כֵּן:
וִירִיחוֹ סֹגֶרֶת וּמְסֻגֶּרֶת מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵין יוֹצֵא וְאֵין בָּא: וַיְהִי יְהוָה
אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיְהִי שָׁמְעוֹ בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ:

Sephardi

Ka'asher-tamu kol-hagoy l'himol vayeshvu
tachtam bamachaneh ad chayotam: Vayomer
Adonai el-Yehoshua hayom galoti et-
cherpat Mitzrayim mei'aleichem vayikra
shem hamakom hahu Gilgal ad hayom
hazeh: Vayachanu b'nei-Yisrael baGilgal
vaya'asu et-hapasach b'arba'ah asar
yom lachodesh ba'erev b'arvot Yericho:
Vayochlu mei'avur ha'aretz mimochorat
hapesach matzot v'kaluy b'etzem hayom
hazeh: Vayishbot haman mimochorat b'ochlam
mei'avur ha'aretz v'lo-hayah od livnei
Yisrael man vayochlu mitevu'at eretz
K'na'an bashanah hahi: Vay'hi bihyot
Yehoshua biYericho vayisa einav vayar
v'hineh-ish omed l'negdo v'charbo
sh'lufah b'yado vayeilech Yehoshua elav
vayomer lo halanu atah im-l'tzareinu:
Vayomer | lo ki ani sar-tz'va-Adonai
atah bati vayipol Yehoshua el-panav
artzah vayishtachu vayomer lo mah adoni
m'daber el-avdo: Vayomer sar-tz'va
Adonai el-Yehoshua shal-na'alkha mei'al
raglekha ki hamakom asher atah omed
alav kodesh hu vaya'as Yehoshua ken:
ViYericho sogeret um'sugeret mipnei b'nei
Yisrael ein yotze v'ein ba: Vay'hi Adonai
et-Yehoshua vay'hi sham'o b'chol-ha'aretz:

English

in the camp until they fully recovered from the circumcision. The Lord said to Joshua: On this day, I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from upon you. Therefore, the name of the place was called Gilgal—which means to roll away—until this very day. The Children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and on the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the month of Nissan, they offered the Pesach-offering in the plains of Jericho. On the day after the Pesach-offering, on the first day of Pesach, they ate from the produce of the land—matzot and roasted grain—because on this very day they finished eating the manna. On that same day, when they ate from the produce of the land, the manna was depleted. The Manna had ceased to fall for them on the seventh of Adar, the day that Moses passed away, but they still had enough left in their jars until Pesach. However, on the following day, on the second day of Pesach, the Children of Israel no longer had manna. And so, that year and onward they ate from the grain of the land of Canaan. It was when Joshua was in the outskirts of Jericho, he raised his eyes and suddenly saw a man standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and asked him, "Have you come here to help us or to help our enemies?" He answered, "No, I am not a man, for I am the angel Michael, commander of the Lord's legion, and I have come now to help you bring down the walls of Jericho." Joshua fell to the ground and prostrated himself, and then said to him, "What do you, my master, come to say to me, his servant?" The angel Michael, commander of the Lord's legion, said to Joshua, "Remove your shoes from your feet, for the place upon which you are standing is holy ground," and Joshua did so. As they came to Jericho they saw that its gates were closed and locked with iron and copper bolts, so that the Children of Israel would not be able to enter; no one could go out or come in. The entire Jewish army laid siege to the city for seven days, and on the twenty-eighth of Nissan, God miraculously brought down the walls. It was then that everyone saw that the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame became known throughout the entire land.