Wednesday
- 12-Jan-2011; (7-Shevat-5771). Day 4 before - Parasha Beshalach - When He
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Exodus
16.
1 \Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnestLOW”\. Bread from Heaven. .\Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnest”\.
They took their journey from Elim,
and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of
Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month
after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 The whole congregation of the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
3 and the children of Israel said to them, “We
wish that we had died by the hand of YHWH in the land of Egypt, when we sat by
the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into
this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
4 Then YHWH said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain
bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s
portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my Torah (teaching
and instruction), or not.
5 It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that
they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as
they gather daily.”
6 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of
Israel, “At evening, then you shall know that YHWH has brought you out from the
land of Egypt;
7 and in the morning, then you shall see the
glory of YHWH; because he hears your murmurings against YHWH! Who are we, that
you murmur against us?”
8 Moses said, “Now YHWH shall give you meat to
eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because YHWH hears
your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings
are not against us, but against YHWH!”
9 Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the
congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come near before YHWH, for he has
heard your murmurings.’”
10 It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole
congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,
and behold, the glory of YHWH appeared in the cloud.
11 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
12 “I have heard the murmurings of the children
of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the
morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am YHWH your
ELOHIM!’”
13 It happened at evening that quail came up
and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on
the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on
the ground.
15 When the children of Israel saw it, they
said one to another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said
to them, “It is the bread which YHWH has given you to eat.”
16 This is the thing which YHWH has commanded:
“Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to
the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in
his tent.”
17 The children of Israel did so, and gathered
some more, some less.
18 When they measured it with an omer, he who
gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They
gathered every man according to his eating.
19 Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it
until the morning.”
20 Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses,
but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became
foul: and Moses was angry with them.
21 They gathered it morning by morning,
everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
22 It happened that on the sixth day they
gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses.
23 He said to them, “This is that which YHWH
has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to YHWH! Bake that which
you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains
over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”
24 They laid it up until the morning, as Moses
asked, and it didn’t become foul, neither was there any worm in it.
25 Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath
to YHWH! Today you shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the
seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”
27 It happened on the seventh day, that some of
the people went out to gather, and they found none.
28 YHWH said to Moses, “How long do you refuse
to keep my commandments and my Torah (teachings and instructions)?
29 Behold, because YHWH has given you the
Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days.
Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 The house of Israel called its name Manna,
and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with
honey.
32 Moses said, “This is the thing which YHWH
has commanded, ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations,
that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I
brought you forth from the land of Egypt.’”
33 Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot, and put an
omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before YHWH, to be kept throughout your
generations.”
34 As YHWH commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up
before the Testimony, to be kept.
35 The children of Israel ate the manna forty
years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came
to the borders of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an efah.
Acts
21.
1 \Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnestLOW”\. Warnings on the Journey to
Jerusalem. .\Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnest”\.
When it happened that we had
parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and
the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2 Having found a ship crossing over to
Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.
3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving
it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship
was to unload her cargo.
4 Having found disciples, we stayed there seven
days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to
Jerusalem.
5 When it happened that we had accomplished the
days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children,
brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the
beach, we prayed.
6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went
on board the ship, and they returned home again.
7 When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we
arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.
8 On the next day, we, who were Paul’s
companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip
the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who
prophesied.
10 As we stayed there some days, a certain
prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
11 Coming to us, and taking Paul’s belt, he
bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: ‘So will
the Judeans at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him
into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
12 When we heard these things, both we and they
of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, “What are you doing,
weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to
die at Jerusalem for the name of ADONAI YESHUA!”
14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased,
saying, “ADONAI’s will be done.”
15 \Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnestLOW”\. Paul Urged to Make Peace. .\Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnest”\.
After these days we took up our
baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also
went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we
would stay.
17 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers
received us gladly.
18 The day following, Paul went in with us to
Jacob; and all the elders were present.
19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by
one the things which ELOHIM had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20 They, when they heard it, glorified ELOHIM!
They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the
Judeans of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Torah.
21 They have been informed about you, that you
teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them
not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.
22 What then? The assembly must certainly meet,
for they will hear that you have come.
23 Therefore do what we tell you. We have four
men who have taken a vow.
24 Take them, and purify yourself with them,
and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will
know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about
you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the Torah.
25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we
have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that
they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from
strangled things, and from sexual immorality.”
26 \Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnestLOW”\. Arrested in the Temple. .\Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnest”\.
Then Paul took the men, and the
next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the
fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for
every one of them.
27 When the seven days were almost completed,
the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the
multitude and laid hands on him,
28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is
the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the Torah, and
this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled
this holy place!”
29 For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian,
with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the
temple.
30 All the city was moved, and the people ran
together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the
doors were shut.
31 As they were trying to kill him, news came
up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an
uproar.
32 Immediately he took soldiers and centurions,
and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers,
stopped beating Paul.
33 Then the commanding officer came near,
arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he
was and what he had done.
34 Some shouted one thing, and some another,
among the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he
commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
35 When he came to the stairs, it happened that
he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
36 for the multitude of the people followed
after, crying out, “Away with him!”
37 \Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnestLOW”\. Addressing the Jerusalem Mob. .\Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnest”\.
As Paul was about to be brought
into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?” He
said, “Do you know Greek?
38 Aren’t you then the Egyptian, who before
these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four
thousand men of the Assassins?”
39 But Paul said, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in
Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to
the people.”
40 When he had given him permission, Paul,
standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a
great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
! ! End of
Today’s TORAH and Related Scriptures! Praise Yah! (HNV-yet version, in the public domain.)
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