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Weekly Torah Readings

Korach

קֹרַח

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Hebrew

סוּסִי: לְמַטֵּה דָן עַמִּיאֵל בֶּן־גְּמַלִּי: לְמַטֵּה
אָשֵׁר סְתוּר בֶּן־מִיכָאֵל: לְמַטֵּה נַפְתָּלִי נַחְבִּי
בֶּן־וָפְסִי: לְמַטֵּה גָד גְּאוּאֵל בֶּן־מָכִי: אֵלֶּה
שְׁמוֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח מֹשֶׁה לָתוּר אֶת־
הָאָרֶץ וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה לְהוֹשֵׁעַ בִּן־נוּן יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

Sephardi

Susi: L'mateh Dan Ammi'el ben-G'malli: L'mateh
Asher S'tur ben-Micha'el: L'mateh Naftali Nachbi
ben-Vafsi: L'mateh Gad G'u'el ben-Machi: Eleh
sh'mot ha'anashim asher-shalach Moshe latur et-
ha'aretz vayikra Moshe l'Hoshea bin-Nun Yehoshua:

English

Susi; for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; for the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; for the tribe of Naphtali, Nachbi son of Vophsi; for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to scout the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.

Yisrael

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה לָתוּר אֶת־אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם עֲלוּ זֶה בַּנֶּגֶב וַעֲלִיתֶם אֶת־הָהָר:
וּרְאִיתֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ מַה־הִוא וְאֶת־הָעָם הַיֹּשֵׁב
עָלֶיהָ הֶחָזָק הוּא הֲרָפֶה הַמְעַט הוּא אִם־
רָב: וּמָה הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הוּא יֹשֵׁב בָּהּ הֲטוֹבָה
הִוא אִם־רָעָה וּמָה הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר־הוּא יוֹשֵׁב
בָּהֵנָּה הַבְּמַחֲנִים אִם בְּמִבְצָרִים: וּמָה הָאָרֶץ
הַשְּׁמֵנָה הִוא אִם־רָזָה הֲיֵשׁ־בָּהּ עֵץ אִם־אַיִן
וְהִתְחַזַּקְתֶּם וּלְקַחְתֶּם מִפְּרִי הָאָרֶץ וְהַיָּמִים
יְמֵי בִּכּוּרֵי עֲנָבִים:

Sephardi

Vayishlach otam Moshe latur et-eretz Kena'an
vayomer aleihem alu zeh bannegev va'alitem et-hahar:
Ur'item et-ha'aretz mah-hi v'et-ha'am hayoshev
alehah hechazak hu harafeh ham'at hu im-
rav: Umah ha'aretz asher-hu yoshev bah hatovah
hi im-ra'ah umah he'arim asher-hu yoshev
bahenah hab'machanim im b'mivtzarim: Umah ha'aretz
hash'menah hi im-razah hayesh-bah etz im-ayin
v'hitchazaktem ul'kachtem mi-peri ha'aretz v'hayamim
yemei bikurei anavim:

English

Moses sent them to scout the land of Canaan, and he said to them, "Go up there into the Negeb and go up into the hill country, and see what the land is like, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or fortified, and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be strong, and take some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.

קֹרַח

KORACH

Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן־יִצְהָר בֶּן־קְהָת בֶּן־לֵוִי וְדָתָן
וַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן־פֶּלֶת בְּנֵי
רְאוּבֵן: וַיָּקֻמוּ לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה וַאֲנָשִׁים מִבְּנֵי־
יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתָיִם נְשִׂיאֵי עֵדָה קְרִאֵי
מוֹעֵד אַנְשֵׁי־שֵׁם: וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַל־
אַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם רַב־לָכֶם כִּי כָל־הָעֵדָה
כֻּלָּם קְדֹשִׁים וּבְתוֹכָם יְהוָה וּמַדּוּעַ תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ
עַל־קְהַל יְהוָה:

Sephardi

Vayikach Korach ben-Yitzhar ben-K'hat ben-Levi v'Datan
va'Aviram b'nei Eliav v'On ben-Pelet b'nei
Reuven: Vayakumu lifnei Moshe va'anashim mibnei-
Yisrael chamishim umatayim n'si'ei edah k'ri'ei
mo'ed anshei-shem: Vayikahalu al-Moshe ve'al-
Aharon vayomru aleihem rav-lachem ki kol-ha'edah
kulam k'doshim uvetocham Adonai umadu'a titnas'u
al-k'hal Adonai:

English

Now Korach son of Yitzhar son of Kehath son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men, and they rose up before Moses, with two hundred fifty men of the children of Israel, chieftains of the congregation, chosen in the assembly, men of renown. They assembled against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?"

Levi

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמַע מֹשֶׁה וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו: וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־קֹרַח
וְאֶל־כָּל־עֲדָתוֹ לֵאמֹר בֹּקֶר וְיֹדַע יְהוָה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־
לוֹ וְאֶת־הַקָּדוֹשׁ וְהִקְרִיב אֵלָיו וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר־
בּוֹ יַקְרִיב אֵלָיו: זֹאת עֲשׂוּ קְחוּ־לָכֶם מַחְתּוֹת
קֹרַח וְכָל־עֲדָתוֹ: וּתְנוּ בָהֵן אֵשׁ וְשִׂימוּ עֲלֵיהֶן
קְטֹרֶת לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מָחָר וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר
יְהוָה הוּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ רַב־לָכֶם בְּנֵי לֵוִי:

Sephardi

Vayishma Moshe vayipol al-panav: Vaydaber el-Korach
v'el-kol-adato leimor boker v'yoda Adonai et-asher-
lo v'et-hakadosh v'hikriv elav v'et asher yivchar-
bo yakriv elav: Zot asu k'chu-lachem machtot
Korach v'chol-adato: U-tenu bahen esh v'simu aleihen
k'toret lifnei Adonai machar vehayah ha'ish asher-yivchar
Adonai hu hakadosh rav-lachem b'nei Levi:

English

When Moses heard it, he fell on his face. And he spoke to Korach and to all his company, saying, "In the morning the Lord will make known who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Him; the one whom He chooses He will bring near to Him. Do this: take censers, Korach and all his company, and put fire in them and place incense on them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!"

Yisrael

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־קֹרַח שִׁמְעוּ־נָא בְּנֵי לֵוִי:
הַמְעַט מִכֶּם כִּי־הִבְדִּיל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶתְכֶם
מֵעֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַקְרִיב אֶתְכֶם אֵלָיו לַעֲבֹד
אֶת־עֲבֹדַת מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה וְלַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי הָעֵדָה
לְשָׁרְתָם: וַיַּקְרֵב אֹתְךָ וְאֶת־כָּל־אַחֶיךָ בְּנֵי־לֵוִי
אִתָּךְ וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם גַּם־כְּהֻנָּה: לָכֵן אַתָּה וְכָל־עֲדָתְךָ
הַנֹּעָדִים עַל־יְהוָה וְאַהֲרֹן מַה־הוּא כִּי תַלִּינוּ
עָלָיו: וַיִּשְׁלַח מֹשֶׁה לִקְרֹא לְדָתָן וְלַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי
אֱלִיאָב וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא נַעֲלֶה: הַמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ
מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי־
תִשְׂתָּרֵר עָלֵינוּ גַּם־הִשְׂתָּרֵר:

Sephardi

Vayomer Moshe el-Korach shim'u-na b'nei Levi:
Ham'at mikem ki-hivdil Elohei Yisrael etchem
mei'adat Yisrael l'hakriv etchem elav la'avod
et-avodat mishkan Adonai v'la'amod lifnei ha'edah
l'shartam: Vayakrev ot'cha v'et-kol-acheicha b'nei-Levi
itach uvikashtem gam-k'hunah: Lachen atah v'chol-adat'cha
hano'adim al-Adonai veaharon mah-hu ki talinu
alav: Vayishlach Moshe likro l'Datan vela'Aviram b'nei
Eliav vayomru lo na'aleh: Ham'at ki he'elitanu
mei'eretz zavat chalav ud'vash lahamitenu bamidbar ki-
tistareir aleinu gam-histareir:

English

And Moses said to Korach, "Hear now, sons of Levi: Is it too little for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? And that He has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also? Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?" And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and they said, "We will not come up! Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?"

חֻקַּת

CHUKAT

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר:
זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה
לֵאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה
אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־
עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל: וּנְתַתֶּם אֹתָהּ אֶל־אֶלְעָזָר
הַכֹּהֵן וְהוֹצִיא אֹתָהּ אֶל־מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה וְשָׁחַט
אֹתָהּ לְפָנָיו: וְלָקַח אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן מִדָּמָהּ
בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ וְהִזָּה אֶל־נֹכַח פְּנֵי אֹהֶל־מוֹעֵד
מִדָּמָהּ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים: וְשָׂרַף אֶת־הַפָּרָה לְעֵינָיו
אֶת־עֹרָהּ וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָהּ וְאֶת־דָּמָהּ עַל־פִּרְשָׁהּ
יִשְׂרֹף: וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן עֵץ אֶרֶז וְאֵזוֹב וּשְׁנִי
תוֹלַעַת וְהִשְׁלִיךְ אֶל־תּוֹךְ שְׂרֵפַת הַפָּרָה:

Sephardi

Vaydaber Adonai el-Moshe v'el-Aharon leimor:
Zot chukat hatorah asher-tzivah Adonai
leimor daber el-b'nei Yisrael v'yikchu eilecha parah
adumah t'mimah asher ein-bah mum asher lo-
alah alehah ol: Un'tatem otah el-El'azar
hakohen v'hotzi otah el-michutz lamachaneh veshachat
otah lefanav: V'lakach Elazar hakohen midamah
b'etzba'o v'hizah el-nochach p'nei ohel-mo'ed
midamah sheva pe'amim: V'saraf et-haparah l'einav
et-orah v'et-b'sarah v'et-damah al-pirshah
yisrof: V'lakach hakohen etz erez v'ezov ush'ni
tola'at v'hishlich el-toch s'reifat haparah:

English

The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded, saying: Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect, and on which a yoke has never come. And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall take it outside the camp and slaughter it before him. And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times. And the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned. And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer.

Levi

Hebrew

וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו הַכֹּהֵן וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמַּיִם וְאַחַר
יָבֹא אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה וְטָמֵא הַכֹּהֵן עַד־הָעָרֶב:
וְהַשֹּׂרֵף אֹתָהּ יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו בַּמַּיִם וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ
בַּמַּיִם וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָרֶב: וְאָסַף | אִישׁ טָהוֹר
אֵת אֵפֶר הַפָּרָה וְהִנִּיחַ מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה בְּמָקוֹם
טָהוֹר וְהָיְתָה לַעֲדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת
לְמֵי נִדָּה חַטָּאת הִוא:

Sephardi

V'chibes b'gadav hakohen v'rachatz b'saro bamayim ve'achar
yavo el-hamachaneh v'tame hakohen ad-ha'arev:
V'hasoref otah y'chabes b'gadav bamayim v'rachatz b'saro
bamayim v'tame ad-ha'arev: V'asaf | ish tahor
et efer haparah v'hiniach michutz lamachaneh b'makom
tahor v'hayetah la'adat b'nei-Yisrael l'mishmeret
l'mei niddah chatat hi:

English

And the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening. The one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening. And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place. And they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water for impurity; it is a purification offering.

Yisrael

Hebrew

וְכִבֶּס הָאֹסֵף אֶת־אֵפֶר הַפָּרָה אֶת־בְּגָדָיו
וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָרֶב וְהָיְתָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלַגֵּר
הַגָּר בְּתוֹכָם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם: הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵת לְכָל־
נֶפֶשׁ אָדָם וְטָמֵא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים: הוּא יִתְחַטָּא־
בוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יִטְהָר וְאִם־
לֹא יִתְחַטָּא בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי לֹא
יִטְהָר: כָּל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵת בְּנֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר־
יָמוּת וְלֹא יִתְחַטָּא אֶת־מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה טִמֵּא
וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מֵי נִדָּה
לֹא־זֹרַק עָלָיו טָמֵא יִהְיֶה עוֹד טֻמְאָתוֹ בוֹ:
זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה אָדָם כִּי־יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל כָּל־הַבָּא
אֶל־הָאֹהֶל וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת
יָמִים: וְכֹל כְּלִי פָתוּחַ אֲשֶׁר אֵין־צָמִיד פָּתִיל
עָלָיו טָמֵא הוּא: וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה
בַּחֲלַל־חֶרֶב אוֹ בְמֵת אוֹ־בְעֶצֶם אָדָם אוֹ בְקָבֶר
יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים: וְלָקְחוּ לַטָּמֵא מֵעֲפַר
שְׂרֵפַת הַחַטָּאת וְנָתַן עָלָיו מַיִם חַיִּים אֶל־כֶּלִי:

Sephardi

V'chibes ha'oseef et-efer haparah et-b'gadav
v'tame ad-ha'arev v'hayetah livnei Yisrael v'lager
hagar b'tocham l'chukat olam: Hanogea b'met lechol-
nefesh adam v'tame shiv'at yamim: Hu yitchata-
vo bayom hash'lishi uvayom hash'vi'i yithar ve'im-
lo yitchata bayom hash'lishi uvayom hash'vi'i lo
yithar: Kol-hanogea b'met b'nefesh ha'adam asher-
yamut v'lo yitchata et-mishkan Adonai time
v'nichr'tah hanefesh hahi miYisrael ki mei niddah
lo-zorak alav tamei yihyeh od tum'ato vo:
Zot hatorah adam ki-yamut b'ohel kol-haba
el-ha'ohel v'chol-asher ba'ohel yitma shiv'at
yamim: V'chol keli patuach asher ein-tzamid patil
alav tamei hu: V'chol asher-yiga al-p'nei hasadeh
bachalal-cherev o v'met o-v'etzem adam o v'kever
yitma shiv'at yamim: V'lakchu latame mei'afar
s'reifat hachatat venatan alav mayim chayim el-keli:

English

And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And this shall be for the children of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them a statute forever. Whoever touches a dead body, the body of any person, shall be unclean seven days. He shall cleanse himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean. But if he does not cleanse himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean. Whoever touches a dead person, the body of any man who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him. This is the law when a person dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days. And every open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean. Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword or a dead body or a bone of a man or a grave shall be unclean seven days. For the unclean they shall take some of the ashes of the burnt purification offering, and fresh water shall be added in a vessel.

בָּלָק

BALAK

Hebrew

וַיַּרְא בָּלָק בֶּן־צִפּוֹר אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה
יִשְׂרָאֵל לָאֱמֹרִי: וַיָּגָר מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי הָעָם
מְאֹד כִּי רַב־הוּא וַיָּקָץ מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל: וַיֹּאמֶר מוֹאָב אֶל־זִקְנֵי מִדְיָן עַתָּה
יְלַחֲכוּ הַקָּהָל אֶת־כָּל־סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ כִּלְחֹךְ הַשּׁוֹר
אֵת יֶרֶק הַשָּׂדֶה וּבָלָק בֶּן־צִפּוֹר מֶלֶךְ לְמוֹאָב
בָּעֵת הַהִוא:

Sephardi

Vayar Balak ben-Tzipor et kol-asher-asah
Yisrael la'Emori: Vayagar Mo'av mipnei ha'am
me'od ki rav-hu vayakatz Mo'av mipnei b'nei
Yisrael: Vayomer Mo'av el-ziknei Midyan atah
y'lachachu hakahal et-kol-s'vivoteinu kilchoch hashor
et yerek hasadeh uValak ben-Tzipor melech l'Mo'av
ba'et hahi:

English

Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the children of Israel. And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." Now Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

Levi

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל־בִּלְעָם בֶּן־בְּעוֹר פְּתוֹרָה
אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַנָּהָר אֶרֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹ לִקְרֹא־לוֹ לֵאמֹר
הִנֵּה עַם יָצָא מִמִּצְרַיִם הִנֵּה כִסָּה אֶת־עֵין
הָאָרֶץ וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב מִמֻּלִי: וְעַתָּה לְכָה־נָּא אָרָה־
לִּי אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה כִּי־עָצוּם הוּא מִמֶּנִּי אוּלַי
אוּכַל נַכֶּה־בּוֹ וַאֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ כִּי יָדַעְתִּי
אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ מְבֹרָךְ וַאֲשֶׁר תָּאֹר יוּאָר: וַיֵּלְכוּ
זִקְנֵי מוֹאָב וְזִקְנֵי מִדְיָן וּקְסָמִים בְּיָדָם וַיָּבֹאוּ
אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלָיו דִּבְרֵי בָלָק:

Sephardi

Vayishlach malachim el-Bil'am ben-B'or P'torah
asher al-hanahar eretz b'nei-ammo likro-lo leimor
hineh am yatza miMitzrayim hineh chisah et-ein
ha'aretz vehu yoshev mimuli: V'atah l'chah-na arah-
li et-ha'am hazeh ki-atzum hu mimeni ulai
uchal nakeh-bo va'agarsheinu min-ha'aretz ki yadati
et asher-t'varech mevorach va'asher ta'or yu'ar: Vayeilchu
ziknei Mo'av v'ziknei Midyan uk'samim beyadam vayavo'u
el-Bil'am vaydab'ru elav divrei Balak:

English

He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the River, in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me. Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed." So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.

Yisrael

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם לִינוּ פֹה הַלַּיְלָה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִי
אֶתְכֶם דָּבָר כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֵלָי וַיֵּשְׁבוּ
שָׂרֵי־מוֹאָב עִם־בִּלְעָם: וַיָּבֹא אֱלֹהִים אֶל־
בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר מִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה עִמָּךְ: וַיֹּאמֶר
בִּלְעָם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים בָּלָק בֶּן־צִפֹּר מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב
שָׁלַח אֵלָי: הִנֵּה הָעָם הַיֹּצֵא מִמִּצְרַיִם וַיְכַס
אֶת־עֵין הָאָרֶץ עַתָּה לְכָה קָבָה־לִּי אֹתוֹ אוּלַי
אוּכַל לְהִלָּחֶם בּוֹ וְגֵרַשְׁתִּיו: וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים
אֶל־בִּלְעָם לֹא תֵלֵךְ עִמָּהֶם לֹא תָאֹר אֶת־הָעָם
כִּי בָרוּךְ הוּא:

Sephardi

Vayomer aleihem linu foh halailah vahashivoti
etchem davar ka'asher y'daber Adonai elai vayeishvu
sarei-Mo'av im-Bil'am: Vayavo Elohim el-
Bil'am vayomer mi ha'anashim ha'eleh imach: Vayomer
Bil'am el-ha'Elohim Balak ben-Tzipor melech Mo'av
shalach elai: Hineh ha'am hayotzei miMitzrayim vaychas
et-ein ha'aretz atah l'chah kavah-li oto ulai
uchal l'hilachem bo v'gerashtiv: Vayomer Elohim
el-Bil'am lo telech imahem lo ta'or et-ha'am
ki baruch hu:

English

And he said to them, "Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?" And Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, 'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'" God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed."

פִּינְחָס

PINCHAS

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר: פִּינְחָס בֶּן־
אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן הֵשִׁיב אֶת־
חֲמָתִי מֵעַל בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקַנְאוֹ אֶת־קִנְאָתִי
בְּתוֹכָם וְלֹא־כִלִּיתִי אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקִנְאָתִי:
לָכֵן אֱמֹר הִנְנִי נֹתֵן לוֹ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי שָׁלוֹם:

Sephardi

Vaydaber Adonai el-Moshe leimor: Pinchas ben-
Elazar ben-Aharon hakohen heshiv et-
chamati mei'al b'nei-Yisrael b'kan'o et-kin'ati
b'tocham v'lo-chiliti et-b'nei-Yisrael b'kin'ati:
Lachen emor hineni noten lo et-b'riti shalom:

English

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My jealousy. Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace.'"

Levi

Hebrew

וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו בְּרִית כְּהֻנַּת
עוֹלָם תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר קִנֵּא לֵאלֹהָיו וַיְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל: וְשֵׁם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמֻּכֶּה אֲשֶׁר הֻכָּה
אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִית זִמְרִי בֶּן־סָלוּא נְשִׂיא בֵית־אָב
לַשִּׁמְעֹנִי: וְשֵׁם הָאִשָּׁה הַמֻּכָּה הַמִּדְיָנִית כָּזְבִּי
בַת־צוּר רֹאשׁ אֻמּוֹת בֵּית־אָב בְּמִדְיָן הוּא:

Sephardi

V'hayetah lo ulzar'o acharav berit k'hunat
olam tachat asher kine leilohav vaychaper al-b'nei
Yisrael: V'shem ish Yisrael hamukeh asher hukah
et-hamidyanit Zimri ben-Salu n'si beit-av
laShim'oni: V'shem ha'ishah hamukah hamidyanit Kozbi
bat-Tzur rosh umot beit-av b'Midyan hu:

English

And it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the children of Israel. The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, a chief of a father's house among the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was the head of the people of a father's house in Midian.

Yisrael

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר: צָרוֹר אֶת־
הַמִּדְיָנִים וְהִכִּיתֶם אוֹתָם: כִּי צֹרְרִים הֵם לָכֶם
בְּנִכְלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר־נִכְּלוּ לָכֶם עַל־דְּבַר פְּעוֹר וְעַל־
דְּבַר כָּזְבִּי בַת־נְשִׂיא מִדְיָן אֲחֹתָם הַמֻּכָּה בְיוֹם־
הַמַּגֵּפָה עַל־דְּבַר־פְּעוֹר: וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַמַּגֵּפָה
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן
הַכֹּהֵן לֵאמֹר: שְׂאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי־

Sephardi

Vaydaber Adonai el-Moshe leimor: Tzaror et-
hamidyanim v'hikitem otam: Ki tzorerim hem lachem
b'nichleihem asher-niklu lachem al-d'var P'or ve'al-
devar Kozbi bat-n'si Midyan achotam hamukah v'yom-
hamagefah al-d'var-P'or: Vay'hi acharei hamagefah
vayomer Adonai el-Moshe ve-el Elazar ben-Aharon
hakohen leimor: Se'u et-rosh kol-adat b'nei-

English

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Harass the Midianites and strike them down, for they have harassed you with their wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor." After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of