1. Hebrew Bible, Song of Songs, 4.11-4.12, 4.15, 8.6-8.8, 8.10 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 4.11. נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ כַּלָּה דְּבַשׁ וְחָלָב תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֵךְ וְרֵיחַ שַׂלְמֹתַיִךְ כְּרֵיחַ לְבָנוֹן׃ 4.12. גַּן נָעוּל אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה גַּל נָעוּל מַעְיָן חָתוּם׃ 4.15. מַעְיַן גַּנִּים בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים וְנֹזְלִים מִן־לְבָנוֹן׃ 8.6. שִׂימֵנִי כַחוֹתָם עַל־לִבֶּךָ כַּחוֹתָם עַל־זְרוֹעֶךָ כִּי־עַזָּה כַמָּוֶת אַהֲבָה קָשָׁה כִשְׁאוֹל קִנְאָה רְשָׁפֶיהָ רִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה׃ 8.7. מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה וּנְהָרוֹת לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּהָ אִם־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת־כָּל־הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ׃ 8.8. אָחוֹת לָנוּ קְטַנָּה וְשָׁדַיִם אֵין לָהּ מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לַאֲחֹתֵנוּ בַּיּוֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּהּ׃ | 4.11. Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey— Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 4.12. A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 4.15. Thou art a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon. 8.6. Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm; For love is strong as death, Jealousy is cruel as the grave; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of the LORD. 8.7. Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can the floods drown it; If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned. 8.8. We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts; What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? 8.10. I am a wall, And my breasts like the towers thereof; Then was I in his eyes As one that found peace. |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 8.7, 33.13 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 8.7. כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מְבִיאֲךָ אֶל־אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מָיִם עֲיָנֹת וּתְהֹמֹת יֹצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה וּבָהָר׃ 33.13. וּלְיוֹסֵף אָמַר מְבֹרֶכֶת יְהֹוָה אַרְצוֹ מִמֶּגֶד שָׁמַיִם מִטָּל וּמִתְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּחַת׃ | 8.7. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills;" 33.13. And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath," |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 19.16, 24.10, 26.35 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 19.16. וַיְהִי בַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בִּהְיֹת הַבֹּקֶר וַיְהִי קֹלֹת וּבְרָקִים וְעָנָן כָּבֵד עַל־הָהָר וְקֹל שֹׁפָר חָזָק מְאֹד וַיֶּחֱרַד כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּחֲנֶה׃ 26.35. וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָן מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן עַל צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן תֵּימָנָה וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן תִּתֵּן עַל־צֶלַע צָפוֹן׃ | 19.16. And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a horn exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled." 24.10. and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness." 26.35. And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and thou shalt put the table on the north side." |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1.7, 2.7, 7.11, 8.2, 8.22, 9.12-9.17, 26.19, 28.17, 49.25 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 1.7. וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַיְהִי־כֵן׃ 2.7. וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה׃ 7.11. בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי־נֹחַ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כָּל־מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּחוּ׃ 8.2. וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה וַיִּקַּח מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וּמִכֹּל הָעוֹף הַטָּהֹר וַיַּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 8.2. וַיִּסָּכְרוּ מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמָיִם וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ 9.12. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים זֹאת אוֹת־הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי נֹתֵן בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֲשֶׁר אִתְּכֶם לְדֹרֹת עוֹלָם׃ 9.13. אֶת־קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן וְהָיְתָה לְאוֹת בְּרִית בֵּינִי וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ׃ 9.14. וְהָיָה בְּעַנְנִי עָנָן עַל־הָאָרֶץ וְנִרְאֲתָה הַקֶּשֶׁת בֶּעָנָן׃ 9.15. וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂר וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה עוֹד הַמַּיִם לְמַבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר׃ 9.16. וְהָיְתָה הַקֶּשֶׁת בֶּעָנָן וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם בֵּין אֱלֹהִים וּבֵין כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ 9.17. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־נֹחַ זֹאת אוֹת־הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר הֲקִמֹתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵין כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ 26.19. וַיַּחְפְּרוּ עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָק בַּנָּחַל וַיִּמְצְאוּ־שָׁם בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים׃ 28.17. וַיִּירָא וַיֹּאמַר מַה־נּוֹרָא הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה אֵין זֶה כִּי אִם־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים וְזֶה שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ 49.25. מֵאֵל אָבִיךָ וְיַעְזְרֶךָּ וְאֵת שַׁדַּי וִיבָרְכֶךָּ בִּרְכֹת שָׁמַיִם מֵעָל בִּרְכֹת תְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּחַת בִּרְכֹת שָׁדַיִם וָרָחַם׃ | 1.7. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so." 2.7. Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." 7.11. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened." 8.2. the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained." 9.12. And God said: ‘This is the token of the covet which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:" 9.13. I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covet between Me and the earth." 9.14. And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud," 9.15. that I will remember My covet, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh." 9.16. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covet between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.’" 9.17. And God said unto Noah: ‘This is the token of the covet which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.’" 26.19. And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water." 28.17. And he was afraid, and said: ‘How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’" 49.25. Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb." |
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5. Hebrew Bible, Job, 26.12-26.13, 38.8-38.11 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 26.12. בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם ובתובנתו [וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ] מָחַץ רָהַב׃ 26.13. בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹלֲלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ׃ 38.8. וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵא׃ 38.9. בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתוֹ׃ 38.11. וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּיךָ׃ | 26.12. He stirreth up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab." 26.13. By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent." 38.8. Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;" 38.9. When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddlingband for it," 38.10. And prescribed for it My decree, And set bars and doors," 38.11. And said: ‘Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed’?" |
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6. Hebrew Bible, Joel, 3.18 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
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7. Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, 14.5-14.6, 14.50-14.52, 15.13 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 14.5. וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַצִּפֹּר הָאֶחָת אֶל־כְּלִי־חֶרֶשׂ עַל־מַיִם חַיִּים׃ 14.5. וְצִוָּה הַכֹּהֵן וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַצִּפּוֹר הָאֶחָת אֶל־כְּלִי־חֶרֶשׂ עַל־מַיִם חַיִּים׃ 14.6. אֶת־הַצִּפֹּר הַחַיָּה יִקַּח אֹתָהּ וְאֶת־עֵץ הָאֶרֶז וְאֶת־שְׁנִי הַתּוֹלַעַת וְאֶת־הָאֵזֹב וְטָבַל אוֹתָם וְאֵת הַצִּפֹּר הַחַיָּה בְּדַם הַצִּפֹּר הַשְּׁחֻטָה עַל הַמַּיִם הַחַיִּים׃ 14.51. וְלָקַח אֶת־עֵץ־הָאֶרֶז וְאֶת־הָאֵזֹב וְאֵת שְׁנִי הַתּוֹלַעַת וְאֵת הַצִּפֹּר הַחַיָּה וְטָבַל אֹתָם בְּדַם הַצִּפֹּר הַשְּׁחוּטָה וּבַמַּיִם הַחַיִּים וְהִזָּה אֶל־הַבַּיִת שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים׃ 14.52. וְחִטֵּא אֶת־הַבַּיִת בְּדַם הַצִּפּוֹר וּבַמַּיִם הַחַיִּים וּבַצִּפֹּר הַחַיָּה וּבְעֵץ הָאֶרֶז וּבָאֵזֹב וּבִשְׁנִי הַתּוֹלָעַת׃ 15.13. וְכִי־יִטְהַר הַזָּב מִזּוֹבוֹ וְסָפַר לוֹ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים לְטָהֳרָתוֹ וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בְּמַיִם חַיִּים וְטָהֵר׃ | 14.5. And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water." 14.6. As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water." 14.50. And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water." 14.51. And he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times." 14.52. And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet." 15.13. And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean." |
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8. Hebrew Bible, Micah, 4.2 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 4.2. וְהָלְכוּ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל־הַר־יְהוָה וְאֶל־בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיוֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה וּדְבַר־יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ | 4.2. And many nations shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, And to the house of the God of Jacob; And He will teach us of His ways, And we will walk in His paths’; For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem." |
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9. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 19.17 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 19.17. וְלָקְחוּ לַטָּמֵא מֵעֲפַר שְׂרֵפַת הַחַטָּאת וְנָתַן עָלָיו מַיִם חַיִּים אֶל־כֶּלִי׃ | 19.17. And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the purification from sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel." |
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10. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 18.18, 36.8-36.10, 46.4, 50.2, 74.15, 74.17, 82.1 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 18.18. יַצִּילֵנִי מֵאֹיְבִי עָז וּמִשֹּׂנְאַי כִּי־אָמְצוּ מִמֶּנִּי׃ 36.8. מַה־יָּקָר חַסְדְּךָ אֱלֹהִים וּבְנֵי אָדָם בְּצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ יֶחֱסָיוּן׃ 36.9. יִרְוְיֻן מִדֶּשֶׁן בֵּיתֶךָ וְנַחַל עֲדָנֶיךָ תַשְׁקֵם׃ 46.4. יֶהֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיו יִרְעֲשׁוּ־הָרִים בְּגַאֲוָתוֹ סֶלָה׃ 50.2. תֵּשֵׁב בְּאָחִיךָ תְדַבֵּר בְּבֶן־אִמְּךָ תִּתֶּן־דֹּפִי׃ 50.2. מִצִּיּוֹן מִכְלַל־יֹפִי אֱלֹהִים הוֹפִיעַ׃ 74.15. אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָן׃ 74.17. אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלוֹת אָרֶץ קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּם׃ 82.1. מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אֱלֹהִים נִצָּב בַּעֲדַת־אֵל בְּקֶרֶב אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּט׃ | 18.18. He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me." 36.8. How precious is Thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Thy wings." 36.9. They are abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; And Thou makest them drink of the river of Thy pleasures." 36.10. For with Thee is the fountain of life; In Thy light do we see light." 46.4. Though the waters thereof roar and foam, Though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof. Selah" 50.2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth." 74.15. Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers." 74.17. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter." 82.1. A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:" |
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11. Hebrew Bible, 1 Kings, 6.13, 6.16, 7.23 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 6.13. וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא אֶעֱזֹב אֶת־עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ 6.16. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה מירכותי [מִיַּרְכְּתֵי] הַבַּיִת בְּצַלְעוֹת אֲרָזִים מִן־הַקַּרְקַע עַד־הַקִּירוֹת וַיִּבֶן לוֹ מִבַּיִת לִדְבִיר לְקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים׃ 7.23. וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַיָּם מוּצָק עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה מִשְּׂפָתוֹ עַד־שְׂפָתוֹ עָגֹל סָבִיב וְחָמֵשׁ בָּאַמָּה קוֹמָתוֹ וקוה [וְקָו] שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּאַמָּה יָסֹב אֹתוֹ סָבִיב׃ | 6.13. in that I will dwell therein among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.’" 6.16. And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place." 7.23. And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about." |
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12. Hebrew Bible, 2 Kings, 2.11 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 2.11. וַיְהִי הֵמָּה הֹלְכִים הָלוֹךְ וְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רֶכֶב־אֵשׁ וְסוּסֵי אֵשׁ וַיַּפְרִדוּ בֵּין שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיַּעַל אֵלִיָּהוּ בַּסְעָרָה הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ | 2.11. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both assunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." |
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13. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 2.3, 4.3, 5.6, 12.3, 28.16-28.17, 40.3 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 2.3. וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל־הַר־יְהוָה אֶל־בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה וּדְבַר־יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ 4.3. וְהָיָה הַנִּשְׁאָר בְּצִיּוֹן וְהַנּוֹתָר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם קָדוֹשׁ יֵאָמֶר לוֹ כָּל־הַכָּתוּב לַחַיִּים בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃ 5.6. וַאֲשִׁיתֵהוּ בָתָה לֹא יִזָּמֵר וְלֹא יֵעָדֵר וְעָלָה שָׁמִיר וָשָׁיִת וְעַל הֶעָבִים אֲצַוֶּה מֵהַמְטִיר עָלָיו מָטָר׃ 12.3. וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַיִם בְּשָׂשׂוֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵי הַיְשׁוּעָה׃ 28.16. לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי יִסַּד בְּצִיּוֹן אָבֶן אֶבֶן בֹּחַן פִּנַּת יִקְרַת מוּסָד מוּסָּד הַמַּאֲמִין לֹא יָחִישׁ׃ 28.17. וְשַׂמְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט לְקָו וּצְדָקָה לְמִשְׁקָלֶת וְיָעָה בָרָד מַחְסֵה כָזָב וְסֵתֶר מַיִם יִשְׁטֹפוּ׃ 40.3. קוֹל קוֹרֵא בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה יַשְּׁרוּ בָּעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לֵאלֹהֵינוּ׃ 40.3. וְיִעֲפוּ נְעָרִים וְיִגָעוּ וּבַחוּרִים כָּשׁוֹל יִכָּשֵׁלוּ׃ | 2.3. And many peoples shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; And He will teach us of His ways, And we will walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem." 4.3. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written unto life in Jerusalem;" 5.6. And I will lay it waste: It shall not be pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain upon it." 12.3. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water Out of the wells of salvation." 28.16. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, A tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; He that believeth shall not make haste." 28.17. And I will make justice the line, And righteousness the plummet; And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the hiding-place." 40.3. Hark! one calleth: ‘Clear ye in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make plain in the desert a highway for our God." |
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14. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 2.13, 17.13, 31.38-31.40 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 2.13. כִּי־שְׁתַּיִם רָעוֹת עָשָׂה עַמִּי אֹתִי עָזְבוּ מְקוֹר מַיִם חַיִּים לַחְצֹב לָהֶם בֹּארוֹת בֹּארֹת נִשְׁבָּרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָכִלוּ הַמָּיִם׃ 17.13. מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה כָּל־עֹזְבֶיךָ יֵבֹשׁוּ יסורי [וְסוּרַי] בָּאָרֶץ יִכָּתֵבוּ כִּי עָזְבוּ מְקוֹר מַיִם־חַיִּים אֶת־יְהוָה׃ 31.38. הִנֵּה יָמִים [בָּאִים] נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְנִבְנְתָה הָעִיר לַיהוָה מִמִּגְדַּל חֲנַנְאֵל שַׁעַר הַפִּנָּה׃ 31.39. וְיָצָא עוֹד קוה [קָו] הַמִּדָּה נֶגְדּוֹ עַל גִּבְעַת גָּרֵב וְנָסַב גֹּעָתָה׃ | 2.13. For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, That can hold no water." 17.13. Thou hope of Israel, the LORD! All that forsake Thee shall be ashamed; They that depart from Thee shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the LORD, The fountain of living waters. ." 31.38. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hael unto the gate of the corner." 31.39. And the measuring line shall yet go out straight forward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah." 31.40. And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever." |
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15. Hebrew Bible, Lamentations, 2.20 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 2.20. ’See, O LORD, and consider, To whom Thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, The children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?" |
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16. Hebrew Bible, Ezekiel, 1.4, 1.10, 1.13, 1.16-1.17, 1.22, 1.26-1.27, 4.4-4.5, 10.1-10.2, 16.14, 28.13-28.14, 31.1-31.9, 38.22, 40.2, 41.13, 42.20, 43.13, 44.15, 47.1-47.12 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1.4. וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ סְעָרָה בָּאָה מִן־הַצָּפוֹן עָנָן גָּדוֹל וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת וְנֹגַהּ לוֹ סָבִיב וּמִתּוֹכָהּ כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ׃ 1.13. וּדְמוּת הַחַיּוֹת מַרְאֵיהֶם כְּגַחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ בֹּעֲרוֹת כְּמַרְאֵה הַלַּפִּדִים הִיא מִתְהַלֶּכֶת בֵּין הַחַיּוֹת וְנֹגַהּ לָאֵשׁ וּמִן־הָאֵשׁ יוֹצֵא בָרָק׃ 1.16. מַרְאֵה הָאוֹפַנִּים וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם כְּעֵין תַּרְשִׁישׁ וּדְמוּת אֶחָד לְאַרְבַּעְתָּן וּמַרְאֵיהֶם וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה הָאוֹפַן בְּתוֹךְ הָאוֹפָן׃ 1.17. עַל־אַרְבַּעַת רִבְעֵיהֶן בְּלֶכְתָּם יֵלֵכוּ לֹא יִסַּבּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּן׃ 1.22. וּדְמוּת עַל־רָאשֵׁי הַחַיָּה רָקִיעַ כְּעֵין הַקֶּרַח הַנּוֹרָא נָטוּי עַל־רָאשֵׁיהֶם מִלְמָעְלָה׃ 1.26. וּמִמַּעַל לָרָקִיעַ אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשָׁם כְּמַרְאֵה אֶבֶן־סַפִּיר דְּמוּת כִּסֵּא וְעַל דְּמוּת הַכִּסֵּא דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם עָלָיו מִלְמָעְלָה׃ 1.27. וָאֵרֶא כְּעֵין חַשְׁמַל כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ בֵּית־לָהּ סָבִיב מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָעְלָה וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמַטָּה רָאִיתִי כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ וְנֹגַהּ לוֹ סָבִיב׃ 4.4. וְאַתָּה שְׁכַב עַל־צִדְּךָ הַשְּׂמָאלִי וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־עֲוֺן בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָיו מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁכַּב עָלָיו תִּשָּׂא אֶת־עֲוֺנָם׃ 4.5. וַאֲנִי נָתַתִּי לְךָ אֶת־שְׁנֵי עֲוֺנָם לְמִסְפַּר יָמִים שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים יוֹם וְנָשָׂאתָ עֲוֺן בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ 10.1. וּמַרְאֵיהֶם דְּמוּת אֶחָד לְאַרְבַּעְתָּם כַּאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה הָאוֹפַן בְּתוֹךְ הָאוֹפָן׃ 10.1. וָאֶרְאֶה וְהִנֵּה אֶל־הָרָקִיעַ אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשׁ הַכְּרֻבִים כְּאֶבֶן סַפִּיר כְּמַרְאֵה דְּמוּת כִּסֵּא נִרְאָה עֲלֵיהֶם׃ 10.2. וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאִישׁ לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים וַיֹּאמֶר בֹּא אֶל־בֵּינוֹת לַגַּלְגַּל אֶל־תַּחַת לַכְּרוּב וּמַלֵּא חָפְנֶיךָ גַחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ מִבֵּינוֹת לַכְּרֻבִים וּזְרֹק עַל־הָעִיר וַיָּבֹא לְעֵינָי׃ 10.2. הִיא הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי תַּחַת אֱלֹהֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּנְהַר־כְּבָר וָאֵדַע כִּי כְרוּבִים הֵמָּה׃ 16.14. וַיֵּצֵא לָךְ שֵׁם בַּגּוֹיִם בְּיָפְיֵךְ כִּי כָּלִיל הוּא בַּהֲדָרִי אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עָלַיִךְ נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה׃ 28.13. בְּעֵדֶן גַּן־אֱלֹהִים הָיִיתָ כָּל־אֶבֶן יְקָרָה מְסֻכָתֶךָ אֹדֶם פִּטְדָה וְיָהֲלֹם תַּרְשִׁישׁ שֹׁהַם וְיָשְׁפֵה סַפִּיר נֹפֶךְ וּבָרְקַת וְזָהָב מְלֶאכֶת תֻּפֶּיךָ וּנְקָבֶיךָ בָּךְ בְּיוֹם הִבָּרַאֲךָ כּוֹנָנוּ׃ 28.14. אַתְּ־כְּרוּב מִמְשַׁח הַסּוֹכֵךְ וּנְתַתִּיךָ בְּהַר קֹדֶשׁ אֱלֹהִים הָיִיתָ בְּתוֹךְ אַבְנֵי־אֵשׁ הִתְהַלָּכְתָּ׃ 31.1. וַיְהִי בְּאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר׃ 31.1. לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה יַעַן אֲשֶׁר גָּבַהְתָּ בְּקוֹמָה וַיִּתֵּן צַמַּרְתּוֹ אֶל־בֵּין עֲבוֹתִים וְרָם לְבָבוֹ בְּגָבְהוֹ׃ 31.2. בֶּן־אָדָם אֱמֹר אֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם וְאֶל־הֲמוֹנוֹ אֶל־מִי דָּמִיתָ בְגָדְלֶךָ׃ 31.3. הִנֵּה אַשּׁוּר אֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יְפֵה עָנָף וְחֹרֶשׁ מֵצַל וּגְבַהּ קוֹמָה וּבֵין עֲבֹתִים הָיְתָה צַמַּרְתּוֹ׃ 31.4. מַיִם גִּדְּלוּהוּ תְּהוֹם רֹמְמָתְהוּ אֶת־נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ הֹלֵךְ סְבִיבוֹת מַטָּעָהּ וְאֶת־תְּעָלֹתֶיהָ שִׁלְחָה אֶל כָּל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה׃ 31.5. עַל־כֵּן גָּבְהָא קֹמָתוֹ מִכֹּל עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה וַתִּרְבֶּינָה סַרְעַפֹּתָיו וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה פארתו [פֹארֹתָיו] מִמַּיִם רַבִּים בְּשַׁלְּחוֹ׃ 31.6. בִּסְעַפֹּתָיו קִנְנוּ כָּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתַחַת פֹּארֹתָיו יָלְדוּ כֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וּבְצִלּוֹ יֵשְׁבוּ כֹּל גּוֹיִם רַבִּים׃ 31.7. וַיְּיִף בְּגָדְלוֹ בְּאֹרֶךְ דָּלִיּוֹתָיו כִּי־הָיָה שָׁרְשׁוֹ אֶל־מַיִם רַבִּים׃ 31.8. אֲרָזִים לֹא־עֲמָמֻהוּ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים בְּרוֹשִׁים לֹא דָמוּ אֶל־סְעַפֹּתָיו וְעַרְמֹנִים לֹא־הָיוּ כְּפֹארֹתָיו כָּל־עֵץ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים לֹא־דָמָה אֵלָיו בְּיָפְיוֹ׃ 31.9. יָפֶה עֲשִׂיתִיו בְּרֹב דָּלִיּוֹתָיו וַיְקַנְאֻהוּ כָּל־עֲצֵי־עֵדֶן אֲשֶׁר בְּגַן הָאֱלֹהִים׃ 38.22. וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי אִתּוֹ בְּדֶבֶר וּבְדָם וְגֶשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף וְאַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית אַמְטִיר עָלָיו וְעַל־אֲגַפָּיו וְעַל־עַמִּים רַבִּים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ׃ 40.2. בְּמַרְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים הֱבִיאַנִי אֶל־אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְנִיחֵנִי אֶל־הַר גָּבֹהַּ מְאֹד וְעָלָיו כְּמִבְנֵה־עִיר מִנֶּגֶב׃ 40.2. וְהַשַּׁעַר אֲשֶׁר פָּנָיו דֶּרֶךְ הַצָּפוֹן לֶחָצֵר הַחִיצוֹנָה מָדַד אָרְכּוֹ וְרָחְבּוֹ׃ 41.13. וּמָדַד אֶת־הַבַּיִת אֹרֶךְ מֵאָה אַמָּה וְהַגִּזְרָה וְהַבִּנְיָה וְקִירוֹתֶיהָ אֹרֶךְ מֵאָה אַמָּה׃ 43.13. וְאֵלֶּה מִדּוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בָּאַמּוֹת אַמָּה אַמָּה וָטֹפַח וְחֵיק הָאַמָּה וְאַמָּה־רֹחַב וּגְבוּלָהּ אֶל־שְׂפָתָהּ סָבִיב זֶרֶת הָאֶחָד וְזֶה גַּב הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 44.15. וְהַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם בְּנֵי צָדוֹק אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְרוּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת מִקְדָּשִׁי בִּתְעוֹת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעָלַי הֵמָּה יִקְרְבוּ אֵלַי לְשָׁרְתֵנִי וְעָמְדוּ לְפָנַי לְהַקְרִיב לִי חֵלֶב וָדָם נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה׃ 47.1. וְהָיָה יעמדו [עָמְדוּ] עָלָיו דַּוָּגִים מֵעֵין גֶּדִי וְעַד־עֵין עֶגְלַיִם מִשְׁטוֹחַ לַחֲרָמִים יִהְיוּ לְמִינָה תִּהְיֶה דְגָתָם כִּדְגַת הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל רַבָּה מְאֹד׃ 47.1. וַיְשִׁבֵנִי אֶל־פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת וְהִנֵּה־מַיִם יֹצְאִים מִתַּחַת מִפְתַּן הַבַּיִת קָדִימָה כִּי־פְנֵי הַבַּיִת קָדִים וְהַמַּיִם יֹרְדִים מִתַּחַת מִכֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַיְמָנִית מִנֶּגֶב לַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 47.2. וּפְאַת־יָם הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל מִגְּבוּל עַד־נֹכַח לְבוֹא חֲמָת זֹאת פְּאַת־יָם׃ 47.2. וַיּוֹצִאֵנִי דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁעַר צָפוֹנָה וַיְסִבֵּנִי דֶּרֶךְ חוּץ אֶל־שַׁעַר הַחוּץ דֶּרֶךְ הַפּוֹנֶה קָדִים וְהִנֵּה־מַיִם מְפַכִּים מִן־הַכָּתֵף הַיְמָנִית׃ 47.3. בְּצֵאת־הָאִישׁ קָדִים וְקָו בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּמָד אֶלֶף בָּאַמָּה וַיַּעֲבִרֵנִי בַמַּיִם מֵי אָפְסָיִם׃ 47.4. וַיָּמָד אֶלֶף וַיַּעֲבִרֵנִי בַמַּיִם מַיִם בִּרְכָּיִם וַיָּמָד אֶלֶף וַיַּעֲבִרֵנִי מֵי מָתְנָיִם׃ 47.5. וַיָּמָד אֶלֶף נַחַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אוּכַל לַעֲבֹר כִּי־גָאוּ הַמַּיִם מֵי שָׂחוּ נַחַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֵעָבֵר׃ 47.6. וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הֲרָאִיתָ בֶן־אָדָם וַיּוֹלִכֵנִי וַיְשִׁבֵנִי שְׂפַת הַנָּחַל׃ 47.7. בְּשׁוּבֵנִי וְהִנֵּה אֶל־שְׂפַת הַנַּחַל עֵץ רַב מְאֹד מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה׃ 47.8. וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הַמַּיִם הָאֵלֶּה יוֹצְאִים אֶל־הַגְּלִילָה הַקַּדְמוֹנָה וְיָרְדוּ עַל־הָעֲרָבָה וּבָאוּ הַיָּמָּה אֶל־הַיָּמָּה הַמּוּצָאִים ונרפאו [וְנִרְפּוּ] הַמָּיִם׃ 47.9. וְהָיָה כָל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁרֹץ אֶל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יָבוֹא שָׁם נַחֲלַיִם יִחְיֶה וְהָיָה הַדָּגָה רַבָּה מְאֹד כִּי בָאוּ שָׁמָּה הַמַּיִם הָאֵלֶּה וְיֵרָפְאוּ וָחָי כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יָבוֹא שָׁמָּה הַנָּחַל׃ 47.11. בצאתו [בִּצֹּאתָיו] וּגְבָאָיו וְלֹא יֵרָפְאוּ לְמֶלַח נִתָּנוּ׃ 47.12. וְעַל־הַנַּחַל יַעֲלֶה עַל־שְׂפָתוֹ מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה כָּל־עֵץ־מַאֲכָל לֹא־יִבּוֹל עָלֵהוּ וְלֹא־יִתֹּם פִּרְיוֹ לָחֳדָשָׁיו יְבַכֵּר כִּי מֵימָיו מִן־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הֵמָּה יוֹצְאִים והיו [וְהָיָה] פִרְיוֹ לְמַאֲכָל וְעָלֵהוּ לִתְרוּפָה׃ | 1.4. And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that a brightness was round about it; and out of the midst thereof as the colour of electrum, out of the midst of the fire." 1.10. As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle." 1.13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like coals of fire, burning like the appearance of torches; it flashed up and down among the living creatures; and there was brightness to the fire, and out of the fire went forth lightning." 1.16. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel." 1.17. When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not when they went." 1.22. And over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, like the colour of the terrible ice, stretched forth over their heads above." 1.26. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above." 1.27. And I saw as the colour of electrum, as the appearance of fire round about enclosing it, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him." 4.4. Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity." 4.5. For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days; so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel." 10.1. Then I looked, and, behold, upon the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim, there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne." 10.2. And He spoke unto the man clothed in linen, and said: ‘Go in between the wheelwork, even under the cherub, and fill both thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and dash them against the city.’ And he went in in my sight." 16.14. And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through My splendour which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD." 28.13. thou wast in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the carnelian, the topaz, and the emerald, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the smaragd, and gold; the workmanship of thy settings and of thy sockets was in thee, in the day that thou wast created they were prepared." 28.14. Thou wast the far-covering cherub; and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of stones of fire." 31.1. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:" 31.2. ’Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?" 31.3. Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, With fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, And of a high stature; And its top was among the thick boughs." 31.4. The waters nourished it, The deep made it to grow; Her rivers ran round About her plantation, And she sent out her conduits Unto all the trees of the field." 31.5. Therefore its stature was exalted Above all the trees of the field; And its boughs were multiplied, And its branches became long, Because of the multitude of waters, when it shot them forth." 31.6. All the fowls of heaven made Their nests in its boughs, And all the beasts of the field did bring forth their young Under its branches, And under its shadow dwelt All great nations." 31.7. Thus was it fair in its greatness, In the length of its branches; For its root was By many waters." 31.8. The cedars in the garden of God Could not hide it; The cypress-trees were not Like its boughs, And the plane-trees were not As its branches; Nor was any tree in the garden of God Like unto it in its beauty." 31.9. I made it fair By the multitude of its branches; So that all the trees of Eden, That were in the garden of God, envied it." 38.22. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will cause to rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone." 40.2. In the visions of God brought He me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south." 41.13. And he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long;" 42.20. He measured it by the four sides; it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common." 43.13. And these are the measures of the altar by cubits—the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar." 44.15. But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near to Me to minister unto Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer unto Me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD;" 47.1. And he brought me back unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the forefront of the house looked toward the east; and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. 47.2. Then brought he me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there trickled forth waters on the right side." 47.3. When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles." 47.4. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through waters that were to the loins." 47.5. Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through." 47.6. And he said unto me: ‘Hast thou seen this, O son of man?’ Then he led me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river." 47.7. Now when I had been brought back, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other." 47.8. Then said he unto me: ‘These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea, into the sea of the putrid waters, the waters shall be healed." 47.9. And it shall come to pass, that every living creature wherewith it swarmeth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, that all things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh." 47.10. And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; there shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the Great Sea, exceeding many." 47.11. But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt." 47.12. And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail; it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.’ ." |
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17. Hebrew Bible, Ezra, 6.15 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
| 6.15. וְשֵׁיצִיא בַּיְתָה דְנָה עַד יוֹם תְּלָתָה לִירַח אֲדָר דִּי־הִיא שְׁנַת־שֵׁת לְמַלְכוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּא׃ | 6.15. And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king." |
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18. Hebrew Bible, Zechariah, 1.7, 1.16, 13.1, 14.1-14.7, 14.9-14.21 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
| 1.7. בְּיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לְעַשְׁתֵּי־עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בֶּן־בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ בֶּן־עִדּוֹא הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר׃ 1.16. לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה שַׁבְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלִַם בְּרַחֲמִים בֵּיתִי יִבָּנֶה בָּהּ נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וקוה [וְקָו] יִנָּטֶה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ 13.1. בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה מָקוֹר נִפְתָּח לְבֵית דָּוִיד וּלְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם לְחַטַּאת וּלְנִדָּה׃ 14.1. הִנֵּה יוֹם־בָּא לַיהוָה וְחֻלַּק שְׁלָלֵךְ בְּקִרְבֵּךְ׃ 14.1. יִסּוֹב כָּל־הָאָרֶץ כָּעֲרָבָה מִגֶּבַע לְרִמּוֹן נֶגֶב יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְרָאֲמָה וְיָשְׁבָה תַחְתֶּיהָ לְמִשַּׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן עַד־מְקוֹם שַׁעַר הָרִאשׁוֹן עַד־שַׁעַר הַפִּנִּים וּמִגְדַּל חֲנַנְאֵל עַד יִקְבֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ 14.2. בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה עַל־מְצִלּוֹת הַסּוּס קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה וְהָיָה הַסִּירוֹת בְּבֵית יְהוָה כַּמִּזְרָקִים לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 14.2. וְאָסַפְתִּי אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם לַמִּלְחָמָה וְנִלְכְּדָה הָעִיר וְנָשַׁסּוּ הַבָּתִּים וְהַנָּשִׁים תשגלנה [תִּשָּׁכַבְנָה] וְיָצָא חֲצִי הָעִיר בַּגּוֹלָה וְיֶתֶר הָעָם לֹא יִכָּרֵת מִן־הָעִיר׃ 14.3. וְיָצָא יְהוָה וְנִלְחַם בַּגּוֹיִם הָהֵם כְּיוֹם הִלָּחֲמו בְּיוֹם קְרָב׃ 14.4. וְעָמְדוּ רַגְלָיו בַּיּוֹם־הַהוּא עַל־הַר הַזֵּתִים אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם מִקֶּדֶם וְנִבְקַע הַר הַזֵּיתִים מֵחֶצְיוֹ מִזְרָחָה וָיָמָּה גֵּיא גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד וּמָשׁ חֲצִי הָהָר צָפוֹנָה וְחֶצְיוֹ־נֶגְבָּה׃ 14.5. וְנַסְתֶּם גֵּיא־הָרַי כִּי־יַגִּיעַ גֵּי־הָרִים אֶל־אָצַל וְנַסְתֶּם כַּאֲשֶׁר נַסְתֶּם מִפְּנֵי הָרַעַשׁ בִּימֵי עֻזִּיָּה מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה וּבָא יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי כָּל־קְדֹשִׁים עִמָּךְ׃ 14.6. וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֹא־יִהְיֶה אוֹר יְקָרוֹת יקפאון [וְקִפָּאוֹן׃] 14.7. וְהָיָה יוֹם־אֶחָד הוּא יִוָּדַע לַיהוָה לֹא־יוֹם וְלֹא־לָיְלָה וְהָיָה לְעֵת־עֶרֶב יִהְיֶה־אוֹר׃ 14.9. וְהָיָה יְהוָה לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְהוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד׃ 14.11. וְיָשְׁבוּ בָהּ וְחֵרֶם לֹא יִהְיֶה־עוֹד וְיָשְׁבָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם לָבֶטַח׃ 14.12. וְזֹאת תִּהְיֶה הַמַּגֵּפָה אֲשֶׁר יִגֹּף יְהוָה אֶת־כָּל־הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר צָבְאוּ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם הָמֵק בְּשָׂרוֹ וְהוּא עֹמֵד עַל־רַגְלָיו וְעֵינָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹרֵיהֶן וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶם׃ 14.13. וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא תִּהְיֶה מְהוּמַת־יְהוָה רַבָּה בָּהֶם וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ אִישׁ יַד רֵעֵהוּ וְעָלְתָה יָדוֹ עַל־יַד רֵעֵהוּ׃ 14.14. וְגַם־יְהוּדָה תִּלָּחֵם בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וְאֻסַּף חֵיל כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם סָבִיב זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וּבְגָדִים לָרֹב מְאֹד׃ 14.15. וְכֵן תִּהְיֶה מַגֵּפַת הַסּוּס הַפֶּרֶד הַגָּמָל וְהַחֲמוֹר וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּמַּחֲנוֹת הָהֵמָּה כַּמַּגֵּפָה הַזֹּאת׃ 14.16. וְהָיָה כָּל־הַנּוֹתָר מִכָּל־הַגּוֹיִם הַבָּאִים עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְעָלוּ מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְמֶלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וְלָחֹג אֶת־חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת׃ 14.17. וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יַעֲלֶה מֵאֵת מִשְׁפְּחוֹת הָאָרֶץ אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְמֶלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וְלֹא עֲלֵיהֶם יִהְיֶה הַגָּשֶׁם׃ 14.18. וְאִם־מִשְׁפַּחַת מִצְרַיִם לֹא־תַעֲלֶה וְלֹא בָאָה וְלֹא עֲלֵיהֶם תִּהְיֶה הַמַּגֵּפָה אֲשֶׁר יִגֹּף יְהוָה אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַעֲלוּ לָחֹג אֶת־חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת׃ 14.19. זֹאת תִּהְיֶה חַטַּאת מִצְרָיִם וְחַטַּאת כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַעֲלוּ לָחֹג אֶת־חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת׃ 14.21. וְהָיָה כָּל־סִיר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וּבִיהוּדָה קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה צְבָאוֹת וּבָאוּ כָּל־הַזֹּבְחִים וְלָקְחוּ מֵהֶם וּבִשְּׁלוּ בָהֶם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה כְנַעֲנִי עוֹד בְּבֵית־יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא׃ | 1.7. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying—" 1.16. Therefore thus saith the LORD: I return to Jerusalem with compassions: My house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem." 13.1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened To the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For purification and for sprinkling." 14.1. Behold, a day of the LORD cometh, When thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee." 14.2. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; And the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, And the women ravished; And half of the city shall go forth into captivity, But the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city." 14.3. Then shall the LORD go forth, And fight against those nations, As when He fighteth in the day of battle." 14.4. And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, Which is before Jerusalem on the east, And the mount of Olives shall cleft in the midst thereof Toward the east and toward the west, So that there shall be a very great valley; And half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, And half of it toward the south." 14.5. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; For the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; Yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah; And the LORD my God shall come, And all the holy ones with Thee." 14.6. And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light, But heavy clouds and thick;" 14.7. And there shall be one day Which shall be known as the LORD’S, Not day, and not night; But it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light." 14.9. And the LORD shall be King over all the earth; In that day shall the LORD be One, and His name one." 14.10. All the land shall be turned as the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hael unto the king’s winepresses." 14.11. And men shall dwell therein, And there shall be no more extermination; But Jerusalem shall dwell safely." 14.12. And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite All the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, And their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, And their tongue shall consume away in their mouth." 14.13. And it shall come to pass in that day, That a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; And they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, And his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour." 14.14. And Judah also shall fight against Jerusalem; And the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, Gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance." 14.15. And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, And of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as this plague." 14.16. And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles." 14.17. And it shall be, that whoso of the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain." 14.18. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, they shall have no overflow; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles." 14.19. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles." 14.20. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses: HOLY UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be like the basins before the altar." 14.21. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto the LORD of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein; and in that day there shall be no more a trafficker in the house of the LORD of hosts." |
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19. Anon., 1 Enoch, 14.8-14.9, 71.7 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 14.8. written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in 14.9. the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright 71.7. And round about were Seraphin, Cherubic, and Ophannin: And these are they who sleep not And guard the throne of His glory. |
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20. Dead Sea Scrolls, Community Rule, 8.12-8.16 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
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21. Dead Sea Scrolls, Damascus Document, 1.16 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
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22. Dead Sea Scrolls, Damascus Document, 1.16 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
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23. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 8.17 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 8.17. וַיָּבֹא אֵצֶל עָמְדִי וּבְבֹאוֹ נִבְעַתִּי וָאֶפְּלָה עַל־פָּנָי וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הָבֵן בֶּן־אָדָם כִּי לְעֶת־קֵץ הֶחָזוֹן׃ | 8.17. So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was terrified, and fell upon my face; but he said unto me: ‘Understand, O son of man; for the vision belongeth to the time of the end.’" |
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24. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 49.8 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 49.8. It was Ezekiel who saw the vision of glory which God showed him above the chariot of the cherubim. |
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25. Septuagint, 3 Maccabees, 6.18 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 6.18. Then the most glorious, almighty, and true God revealed his holy face and opened the heavenly gates, from which two glorious angels of fearful aspect descended, visible to all but the Jews. |
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26. Anon., The Life of Adam And Eve, 25 (1st cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
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27. Anon., Testament of Abraham A, 12 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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28. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 8.79, 8.100 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 8.79. 5. Solomon also cast a brazen sea, whose figure was that of a hemisphere. This brazen vessel was called a sea for its largeness, for the laver was ten feet in diameter, and cast of the thickness of a palm. Its middle part rested on a short pillar that had ten spirals round it, and that pillar was ten cubits in diameter. |
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29. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 5.216, 5.223 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 5.216. but still that sixty cubits in length was divided again, and the first part of it was cut off at forty cubits, and had in it three things that were very wonderful and famous among all mankind, the candlestick, the table [of shew-bread], and the altar of incense. 5.223. But this temple appeared to strangers, when they were coming to it at a distance, like a mountain covered with snow; for as to those parts of it that were not gilt, they were exceeding white. |
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30. New Testament, Apocalypse, 1.5, 1.16, 2.29, 3.12, 4.3-4.6, 7.9-7.17, 11.1-11.2, 21.6, 22.1-22.2, 22.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 1.5. and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood; 1.16. He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest. 2.29. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. 3.12. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. 4.3. that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at. 4.4. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads. 4.5. Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 4.6. Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like a crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 7.9. After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. 7.10. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb! 7.11. All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell before his throne on their faces, and worshiped God 7.12. saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen. 7.13. One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and where did they come from? 7.14. I told him, "My lord, you know."He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. 7.15. Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 7.16. They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; 7.17. for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to living springs of waters. God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. 11.1. A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. 11.2. Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. 21.6. He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. 22.1. He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb 22.2. in the midst of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 22.17. The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely. |
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31. New Testament, John, 2.1-2.11, 3.5-3.8, 3.34, 4.1-4.42, 6.35, 6.63, 7.37-7.40, 16.13, 19.34 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 2.1. The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. 2.2. Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage. 2.3. When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine. 2.4. Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come. 2.5. His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it. 2.6. Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece. 2.7. Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim. 2.8. He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it. 2.9. When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom 2.10. and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now! 2.11. This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 3.5. Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 3.6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 3.7. Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' 3.8. The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit. 3.34. For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure. 4.1. Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 4.2. (although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples) 4.3. he left Judea, and departed into Galilee. 4.4. He needed to pass through Samaria. 4.5. So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph. 4.6. Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 4.7. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink. 4.8. For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 4.9. The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 4.10. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. 4.11. The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water? 4.12. Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his sons, and his cattle? 4.13. Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again 4.14. but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life. 4.15. The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw. 4.16. Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here. 4.17. The woman answered, "I have no husband."Jesus said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,' 4.18. for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly. 4.19. The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 4.20. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship. 4.21. Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 4.22. You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. 4.23. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. 4.24. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. 4.25. The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things. 4.26. Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you. 4.27. At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her? 4.28. So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people 4.29. Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ? 4.30. They went out of the city, and were coming to him. 4.31. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat. 4.32. But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about. 4.33. The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat? 4.34. Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. 4.35. Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. 4.36. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 4.37. For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.' 4.38. I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor. 4.39. From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, 'He told me everything that I did. 4.40. So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days. 4.41. Many more believed because of his word. 4.42. They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world. 6.35. Jesus said to them. "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 6.63. It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life. 7.37. Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! 7.38. He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water. 7.39. But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified. 7.40. Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet. 16.13. However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. 19.34. 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32. New Testament, Luke, 21.24 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
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33. New Testament, Matthew, 17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
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34. Babylonian Talmud, Hagigah, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE)
| 15a. יכול אני לבעול כמה בעילות בלא דם או דלמא דשמואל לא שכיחא אמר להו דשמואל לא שכיח וחיישינן שמא באמבטי עיברה,והאמר שמואל כל שכבת זרע שאינו יורה כחץ אינו מזרעת מעיקרא נמי יורה כחץ הוה,ת"ר מעשה ברבי יהושע בן חנניה שהיה עומד על גב מעלה בהר הבית וראהו בן זומא ולא עמד מלפניו אמר לו מאין ולאין בן זומא אמר לו צופה הייתי בין מים העליונים למים התחתונים ואין בין זה לזה אלא שלש אצבעות בלבד שנאמר (בראשית א, ב) ורוח אלהים מרחפת על פני המים כיונה שמרחפת על בניה ואינה נוגעת אמר להן רבי יהושע לתלמידיו עדיין בן זומא מבחוץ,מכדי ורוח אלהים מרחפת על פני המים אימת הוי ביום הראשון הבדלה ביום שני הוא דהואי דכתיב (בראשית א, ו) ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים וכמה אמר רב אחא בר יעקב כמלא נימא ורבנן אמרי כי גודא דגמלא מר זוטרא ואיתימא רב אסי אמר כתרי גלימי דפריסי אהדדי ואמרי לה כתרי כסי דסחיפי אהדדי,אחר קיצץ בנטיעות עליו הכתוב אומר (קהלת ה, ה) אל תתן את פיך לחטיא את בשרך מאי היא חזא מיטטרון דאתיהבא ליה רשותא למיתב למיכתב זכוותא דישראל אמר גמירא דלמעלה לא הוי לא ישיבה ולא תחרות ולא עורף ולא עיפוי שמא חס ושלום ב' רשויות הן,אפקוהו למיטטרון ומחיוהו שיתין פולסי דנורא א"ל מ"ט כי חזיתיה לא קמת מקמיה איתיהיבא ליה רשותא למימחק זכוותא דאחר יצתה בת קול ואמרה (ירמיהו ג, יד) שובו בנים שובבים חוץ מאחר,אמר הואיל ואיטריד ההוא גברא מההוא עלמא ליפוק ליתהני בהאי עלמא נפק אחר לתרבות רעה נפק אשכח זונה תבעה אמרה ליה ולאו אלישע בן אבויה את עקר פוגלא ממישרא בשבת ויהב לה אמרה אחר הוא,שאל אחר את ר"מ לאחר שיצא לתרבות רעה א"ל מאי דכתיב (קהלת ז, יד) גם את זה לעומת זה עשה האלהים אמר לו כל מה שברא הקב"ה ברא כנגדו ברא הרים ברא גבעות ברא ימים ברא נהרות,אמר לו ר"ע רבך לא אמר כך אלא ברא צדיקים ברא רשעים ברא גן עדן ברא גיהנם כל אחד ואחד יש לו ב' חלקים אחד בגן עדן ואחד בגיהנם זכה צדיק נטל חלקו וחלק חברו בגן עדן נתחייב רשע נטל חלקו וחלק חברו בגיהנם,אמר רב משרשיא מאי קראה גבי צדיקים כתיב (ישעיהו סא, ז) לכן בארצם משנה יירשו גבי רשעים כתיב (ירמיהו יז, יח) ומשנה שברון שברם,שאל אחר את ר"מ לאחר שיצא לתרבות רעה מאי דכתיב (איוב כח, יז) לא יערכנה זהב וזכוכית ותמורתה כלי פז אמר לו אלו דברי תורה שקשין לקנותן ככלי זהב וכלי פז ונוחין לאבדן ככלי זכוכית אמר לו ר"ע רבך לא אמר כך אלא מה כלי זהב וכלי זכוכית אע"פ שנשברו יש להם תקנה אף ת"ח אע"פ שסרח יש לו תקנה אמר לו אף אתה חזור בך אמר לו כבר שמעתי מאחורי הפרגוד שובו בנים שובבים חוץ מאחר,ת"ר מעשה באחר שהיה רוכב על הסוס בשבת והיה רבי מאיר מהלך אחריו ללמוד תורה מפיו אמר לו מאיר חזור לאחריך שכבר שיערתי בעקבי סוסי עד כאן תחום שבת א"ל אף אתה חזור בך א"ל ולא כבר אמרתי לך כבר שמעתי מאחורי הפרגוד שובו בנים שובבים חוץ מאחר,תקפיה עייליה לבי מדרשא א"ל לינוקא פסוק לי פסוקך אמר לו (ישעיהו מח, כב) אין שלום אמר ה' לרשעים עייליה לבי כנישתא אחריתי א"ל לינוקא פסוק לי פסוקך אמר לו (ירמיהו ב, כב) כי אם תכבסי בנתר ותרבי לך בורית נכתם עונך לפני עייליה לבי כנישתא אחריתי א"ל | 15a. bI can engage in intercourse several times without blood.In other words, I can have relations with a woman while leaving her hymen intact. If this is so, it is possible that the assumed virgin had intercourse in this manner and is forbidden to the High Priest. bOr, perhapsa person who can act like bShmuel is not commonand the ihalakhais not concerned with this case. bHe said to them:One like bShmuel is not common, and we are concerned that she may have conceived in a bath.Perhaps she washed in a bath that contained a man’s semen, from which she became impregnated while remaining a virgin.,The Gemara asks: How could she possibly become pregt in such a manner? bDidn’t Shmuel say: Any semen that is not shot like an arrow cannot fertilize?The Gemara answers: This does not mean that it must be shot like an arrow at the moment of fertilization. Even if binitially,when released from the male, bit was shot as an arrow,it can balsofertilize a woman at a later moment.,With regard to the fate of ben Zoma, bthe Sages taught: There was once an incident with regard to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥaya, who was standing on a step on the Temple Mount, and ben Zoma saw him and did not stand before himto honor him, as he was deep in thought. Rabbi Yehoshua bsaid to him: From wheredo you come band where are you going, ben Zoma,i.e., what is on your mind? bHe said to him:In my thoughts bI was looking uponthe act of Creation, at the gap bbetween the upper waters and the lower waters, as there is onlythe breadth of ba mere three fingers between them, as it is stated: “And the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters”(Genesis 1:2), blike a dove hovering over its young without touchingthem. bRabbi Yehoshua said to his studentswho had overheard this exchange: bBen Zoma is still outside;he has not yet achieved full understanding of these matters.,The Gemara explains: bNow,this verse: b“And the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters,” when wasit stated? bOn the first day,whereas bthe divisionof the waters boccurred on the second day, as it is written: “And let it divide the waters from the waters”(Genesis 1:6). How, then, could ben Zoma derive a proof from the former verse? The Gemara asks: bAnd how much,in fact, is the gap between them? bRav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: Like the thickness of a thread; and the Rabbis said: Likethe gap between bthe boards of a bridge. Mar Zutra, and some sayit was bRav Asi, said: Like two robes spread one over the other,with a slight gap in between. bAnd some said: Like two cups placed one upon the other. /b,§ The Gemara stated earlier that iAḥerchopped down the saplings,becoming a heretic. bWith regard to him, the verse states: “Do not let your mouth bring your flesh into guilt”(Ecclesiastes 5:5). The Gemara poses a question: bWhat wasit that led him to heresy? bHe sawthe angel bMitatron, who was granted permission to sit and write the meritsof bIsrael. He said:There is ba traditionthat in the world babove there is no sitting; no competition; noturning one’s bback before Him,i.e., all face the Divine Presence; band no lethargy.Seeing that someone other than God was seated above, bhe said: Perhaps,the Gemara here interjects, bHeaven forbid, there are two authorities,and there is another source of power in control of the world in addition to God. Such thoughts led iAḥerto heresy.,The Gemara relates: bThey removed Mitatronfrom his place in heaven band smote himwith bsixty rods [ ipulsei /i] of fire,so that others would not make mistake that iAḥermade. bThey saidto the angel: bWhat is the reasonthat bwhen you sawElisha ben Avuya byou did not stand before him?Despite this conduct, since Mitatron was personally involved, he bwas granted permission to erase the merits of iAḥer /iand cause him to stumble in any manner. bA Divine Voice went forth saying: “Return, rebellious children”(Jeremiah 3:22), bapart from iAḥer /i. /b,Upon hearing this, Elisha ben Avuya bsaid: Since that man,meaning himself, bhas been banished from that world, let him go out and enjoy this world. iAḥerwent astray. He wentand bfound a prostituteand bsolicited herfor intercourse. bShe said to him: Andare byou not Elisha ben Avuya?Shall a person of your stature perform such an act? bHe uprooted a radish from a patchof radishes bon Shabbat and gave it to her,to demonstrate that he no longer observed the Torah. The prostitute bsaid: He is otherthan he was. He is not the same Elisha ben Avuya, he is iAḥer /i, other.,The Gemara relates: iAḥerasked Rabbi Meira question, bafter he had gone astray. He said to him: What isthe meaning of that bwhich is written: “God has made even the one as well as the other”(Ecclesiastes 7:14)? Rabbi Meir bsaid to him: Everything that the Holy One, Blessed be He, created, He createda similar creation bcorresponding to it. He created mountains, He created hills; He created seas, He created rivers. /b, iAḥer bsaid to him: Rabbi Akiva, your teacher, did not say so, butexplained the verse as follows: Everything has its opposite: bHe created the righteous, He created the wicked; He created the Garden of Eden, He created Gehenna. Each and everyperson bhas two portions, one in the Garden of Eden and one in Gehenna.If he bmeritsit, by becoming brighteous, he takes his portion and the portion of hiswicked bcolleague in the Garden of Eden;if he is found bculpableby becoming bwicked, he takes his portion and the portion of his colleague in Gehenna. /b, bRav Mesharshiyya said: What is the versefrom which it is derived? bWith regard to the righteous, it is stated: “Therefore in their land they shall possess double”(Isaiah 61:7); whereas bwith regard to the wicked, it is stated: “And destroy them with double destruction”(Jeremiah 17:18); therefore, each receives a double portion.,iAḥerasked Rabbi Meiranother question, again bafter he had gone astray. What isthe meaning of that bwhich is written: “Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall its exchange be vessels of fine gold”(Job 28:17)? If it is referring to the praise and honor of the Torah, it should have compared it only to gold, not to glass. bHe said to him:This is referring to bwords of Torah, which are as difficult to acquire as gilded vessels and vessels of fine gold but are as easy to lose as glass vessels. iAḥer bsaid to him: Rabbi Akiva, your teacher, did not say so, buttaught as follows: bJust as golden vessels and glass vessels have a remedy even when they have broken,as they can be melted down and made into new vessels, bso too a Torah scholar, although he has transgressed, has a remedy.Rabbi Meir bsaid to him:If so, byou too, returnfrom your ways. bHe said to him: I have already heardthe following declaration bbehind thedividing bcurtain,which conceals God from the world: b“Return, rebellious children,”(Jeremiah 3:22) bapart from iAḥer /i. /b,The Gemara cites a related story: bThe Sages taught: There was once an incident involving iAḥer /i, who was riding on a horse on Shabbat, and Rabbi Meir was walking behind him to learn Torah from him.After a while, iAḥer bsaid to him: Meir, turn back, for I have already estimatedand measured baccording to the steps of my horsethat bthe Shabbat boundary ends here,and you may therefore venture no further. Rabbi Meir bsaid to him: You, too, returnto the correct path. bHe said to him: But have I not already told youthat bI have already heard behind thedividing bcurtain: “Return, rebellious children,” apart from iAḥer /i? /b,Nevertheless, Rabbi Meir btook hold of himand bbrought him to the study hall. iAḥer bsaid to a child,by way of divination: bRecite your versethat you studied today bto me. He recitedthe following verse bto him: “There is no peace, said the Lord, concerning the wicked”(Isaiah 48:22). bHe brought him to another study hall. iAḥer bsaid to a child: Recite your verse to me. He recited to him: “For though you wash with niter, and take for you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before Me”(Jeremiah 2:22). bHe brought him to another study hall. iAḥer bsaid to /b |
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35. Anon., Numbers Rabba, 12.4 (4th cent. CE - 9th cent. CE)
| 12.4. וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כַּלּוֹת וגו', הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (שיר השירים ג, ט): אַפִּרְיוֹן עָשָׂה לוֹ, זֶה הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהוּא עָשׂוּי כְּמִין כִּלָּה. (שיר השירים ג, ט): הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה, זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁשָֹּׂם שָׁלוֹם בֵּין אֵשׁ לְמַיִם וּפְתָכָן זֶה בָּזֶה וְעָשָׂה מֵהֶן רָקִיעַ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית א, ח): וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם, שֶׁהוּא אֵשׁ וָמָיִם. (שיר השירים ג, ט): מֵעֲצֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן, שֶׁנִּבְנָה מִמְּקוֹם בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר חֲלַפְתָּא לָמָּה נִקְרָא אֶבֶן שְׁתִיָּה, שֶׁמִּמֶּנָּה הֻשְׁתַּת הָעוֹלָם, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (תהלים נ, ב): מִצִּיּוֹן מִכְלַל יֹפִי אֱלֹהִים הוֹפִיעַ, (שיר השירים ג, י): עַמּוּדָיו עָשָׂה כֶסֶף, זֶה הָרָקִיעַ, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (איוב כו, א): עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָפוּ, וְלָמָּה קָרֵי לֵיהּ כֶּסֶף, שֶׁהוּא מְכַסֵּף עַל כָּל מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (תהלים יט, ב): הַשָּׁמַיִם מְסַפְּרִים וגו'. (שיר השירים ג, ט): רְפִידָתוֹ זָהָב, זוֹ הָאָרֶץ שֶׁהִיא מַעֲלָה פֵּרוֹת הָאָרֶץ וּפֵרוֹת הָאִילָן שֶׁהֵן דּוֹמִים לְזָהָב, מַה הַזָּהָב יֵשׁ בּוֹ מִינִין הַרְבֵּה וּגְוָנִין הַרְבֵּה, אַף פֵּרוֹת הָאָרֶץ, מֵהֶן יְרֻקִּין וּמֵהֶן אֲדֻמִּין. (שיר השירים ג, ט): מֶרְכָּבוֹ אַרְגָּמָן, זֶה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ שֶׁהוּא נָתוּן לְמַעְלָה וְהוּא רוֹכֵב בְּמֶרְכָּבָה וּמֵאִיר לָעוֹלָם, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (תהלים יט, ו): וְהוּא כְּחָתָן יֹצֵא מֵחֻפָּתוֹ וגו', וּמִכֹּחַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ הַגְּשָׁמִים יוֹרְדִים, וּמִכֹּחַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ הָאָרֶץ מַעֲלָה פֵּרוֹת, וּלְכָךְ קְרָאוֹ אַרְגָּמָן, שֶׁיְצָרוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לֶאֱרֹג מָן לַבְּרִיּוֹת, וְאֵין מָן אֶלָּא פֵּרוֹת וּמְזוֹנוֹת, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (דניאל א, ה): וַיְמַן לָהֶם הַמֶּלֶךְ וגו'. (שיר השירים ג, י): תּוֹכוֹ רָצוּף אַהֲבָה, שֶׁאַחַר כָּל מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אָדָם וְחַוָּה לִמְשֹׁל בְּכֻלָּם, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (משלי ט, ג): שָׁלְחָה נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ תִקְרָא, הֱוֵי (שיר השירים ג, ט): מִבְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל הַבְּרִיּוֹת יְרֵאִים מֵהֶם וּמֻשְׁלָמִים לָהֶם, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (בראשית ט, ב): וּמוֹרַאֲכֶם וְחִתְּכֶם יִהְיֶה וגו'. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אַפִּרְיוֹן זֶה הָעוֹלָם, לָמָּה קְרָאוֹ אַפִּרְיוֹן, שֶׁלֹא בְּרָאוֹ אֶלָּא לִפְרִיָּה וּרְבִיָּה, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (ישעיה מה, יח): לֹא תֹהוּ בְרָאָהּ לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ, עָשָׂה לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה, שֶׁלֹא בְּרָאוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶלָּא עַל מְנָת שֶׁיְהֵא שָׁלוֹם בֵּין הַבְּרִיּוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה מה, ז): יוֹצֵר אוֹר וּבוֹרֵא חשֶׁךְ עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וגו'. מֵעֲצֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן, שֶׁבַּעֲצַת הַתּוֹרָה הַמְלֻבֶּנֶת בִּדְבָרֶיהָ בָּרָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עוֹלָמִים, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (משלי ח, יד): לִי עֵצָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה. וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה מְלֻבֶּנֶת בִּדְבָרֶיהָ, שֶׁכֵּן כְּתִיב (איוב כח, כז כח): אָז רָאָהּ וַיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם חֲקָרָהּ, וַיֹּאמֶר לָאָדָם וגו'. עַמּוּדָיו עָשָׂה כֶסֶף, זֶה שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת יֻחָסִין, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (משלי י, כה): וְצַדִּיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם, וְאֵין כֶּסֶף אֶלָּא זִקּוּק יִחוּס, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (מלאכי ג, ג): וְיָשַׁב מְצָרֵף וּמְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף וְטִהַר אֶת בְּנֵי לֵוִי וְזִקַּק אֹתָם. רְפִידָתוֹ זָהָב, זוֹ הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהּ (תהלים יט, יא): הַנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפָּז רָב, וְלֹא נְתָנָהּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְלוֹמְדֶיהָ אֶלָא מִי שֶׁמְשַׁמֵּר יִחוּסוֹ, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (תהלים נ, טז): וְלָרָשָׁע אָמַר אֱלֹהִים מַה לְּךָ לְסַפֵּר חֻקָּי וַתִּשָֹּׂא בְרִיתִי עֲלֵי פִיךָ, לָמָּה כֵן (תהלים נ, יח): אִם רָאִיתָ גַּנָּב וַתִּרֶץ עִמּוֹ וְעִם מְנָאֲפִים חֶלְקֶךָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים צו, ז): הָבוּ לַה' מִשְׁפְּחוֹת עַמִּים הָבוּ לַה' כָּבוֹד וָעֹז. מֶרְכָּבוֹ אַרְגָּמָן, זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁכָּתוּב בּוֹ (דברים לג, כו): רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְּעֶזְרְךָ, וְהוּא אוֹרֵג אֶת הָעוֹלָם שֶׁיֵּצְאוּ כֻּלָּם לְמִינֵיהֶם וְלֹא יִתְעָרְבוּ מִין בְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ מִינוֹ, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (בראשית א, יא): תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא, וְהוּא אֵין מַשְׁרֶה שְׁכִינָתוֹ אֶלָּא עַל הַמְיֻחָסִים שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (בראשית יז, ז): לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ, בִּזְמַן שֶׁזַּרְעֲךָ נִכָּר אַחֲרֶיךָ, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הֹוֶה לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים, וּבִזְמַן שֶׁאֵין זַרְעוֹ נִכָּר אַחֲרָיו, שֶׁהֵם מְעָרְבִים זַרְעָם בִּנְשֵׁי חַבְרֵיהֶם, אֵין הֹוֶה לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים. תּוֹכוֹ רָצוּף אַהֲבָה מִבְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, רַבִּי יוּדָן אָמַר זוֹ זְכוּת הַתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהּ (משלי ה, יט): אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים, וּזְכוּת הַצַּדִּיקִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מלאכי א, ב): וָאֹהַב אֶת יַעֲקֹב. רַבִּי עֲזַרְיָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר סִימוֹן אָמַר זוֹ הַשְּׁכִינָה, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (דברים ו, ה): וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אַפִּרְיוֹן, זֶה בֵּית הָעוֹלָמִים, לָמָּה נִקְרָא אַפִּרְיוֹן, שֶׁכָּל הַצּוּרוֹת שֶׁל זָהָב מִן מִינֵיהּ. מֵעֲצֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (דברי הימים ב ב, טו): וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִכְרֹת עֵצִים מִן הַלְּבָנוֹן וגו'. עַמּוּדָיו עָשָׂה כֶסֶף, (דברי הימים ב ג, יז): וַיָּקֶם אֶת הָעַמּוּדִים עַל פְּנֵי הַהֵיכָל אֶחָד מִיָּמִין וגו', וְכִי כֶּסֶף הָיָה וַהֲלוֹא נְחשֶׁת הָיָה, אֶלָּא שֶׁהָיָה נְחשֶׁת מְמֹרָט שָׁוֶה כַּכָּסֶף. רְפִידָתוֹ זָהָב, תָּנֵי שֶׁכָּל הַבַּיִת הָיָה נִטּוֹחַ בְּזָהָב חוּץ מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַדְּלָתוֹת. אָמַר רַבִּי אַיְּבוּ מַתְנִיתִין בְּבִנְיָן שֵׁנִי, אֲבָל בְּבִנְיָן רִאשׁוֹן אֲפִלּוּ אַחֲרֵי הַדְּלָתוֹת. שִׁבְעָה מִינֵי זְהָבִים הֵם: זָהָב טוֹב, זָהָב טָהוֹר, זָהָב שָׁחוּט, זָהָב סָגוּר, זָהָב מוּפָז, זָהָב מְזֻקָּק, זְהַב פַּרְוָיִם. זָהָב טוֹב, כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר (בראשית ב, יב): וּזֲהַב הָאָרֶץ הַהִיא טוֹב. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק טוֹבְיוֹ דְּהוּא בְּבֵיתֵיהּ טוֹבְיוֹ דְּהוּא בְּלִוְיָתֵיהּ. זָהָב טָהוֹר, מַכְנִיסִין אוֹתוֹ לָאוּר וְאֵינוֹ חָסֵר כְּלוּם. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי אַמֵּי אָמַר, אֶלֶף כִּכָּר הִכְנִיס שְׁלֹמֹה אֶלֶף פְּעָמִים לַכּוּר, וְלֹא עָמְדוּ אֶלָּא עַל כִּכַּר אַחַת. וְהָא תָּנֵי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַעֲשֶׂה בִּמְנוֹרַת בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁהָיְתָה יְתֵרָה עַל שֶׁל מִדְבָּר מִשְׁקַל דִּינָר גּוֹרְדְּיָנִי, וְהִכְנִיסוּהָ לַכּוּר שְׁמוֹנִים פְּעָמִים עַד שֶׁחֲסֵרָה. מִן קֳדָמוֹי הֲוַת חָסְרָה סַגִּין, מִכָּאן וּלְהַלָּן לָא הֲוַת חָסְרָה אֶלָּא צִיבְחָר. זָהָב שָׁחוּט, שֶׁנִּטְוָה כְּחוּט וְהָיָה נִמְשָׁךְ כְּשַׁעֲוָה. אַדְרִיָּנוּס הָיָה לוֹ מִשְׁקַל בֵּיצָה. דִּיקְלַטְיָנוּס הָיָה לוֹ מִשְׁקַל דִּינַר גּוֹרְדְּיָנִי, הֲדָא אֻמְּתָה לֵית לָהּ מִינֵיהּ. זָהָב סָגוּר, שֶׁהָיָה סוֹגֵר בְּעַד כָּל הַזְּהָבִים, כְּתִיב (דברי הימים א כט, ד): וְשִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים כִּכַּר כֶּסֶף מְזֻקָּק לָטוּחַ קִירוֹת הַבָּתִּים, וְכִי כֶּסֶף הָיָה וַהֲלוֹא זָהָב הָיָה, דִּכְתִיב (דברי הימים ב ג, ה): וְאֵת הַבַּיִת הַגָּדוֹל חִפָּה עֲצֵי בְרוֹשִׁים וַיְחַפֵּהוּ זָהָב טוֹב, וְלָמָּה קָרֵי לֵיהּ כָּסֶף, שֶׁהָיָה מַכְסִיף בְּעַד כָּל הַזְּהָבִים, וְכָל הַכֵּלִים הָיוּ נַעֲשִׂים מִמֶּנּוּ, הַסִּפּוֹת וְהַיָּעִים וְהַמִּזְרָקוֹת וְהַמַּזְלֵגוֹת וְהַכַּפּוֹת וְהַמַּחְתּוֹת זָהָב סָגוּר, תַּמָּן כְּתִיב (מלכים א ז, נ): וְהַפֹּתוֹת לְדַלְתוֹת הַבַּיִת, מַהוּ פֹּתוֹת, רַבִּי יִצְחָק מִגְדְּלָאָה אָמַר זֶה פּוֹתָה שֶׁתַּחַת הַצִּיר. רַבִּי סִימָאי אוֹמֵר אֵלּוּ פּוֹתְחוֹת, לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ דָּבָר קַל לֹא הָיָה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ חָסֵר. זָהָב מוּפָז, רַבִּי פַּטְרִיקִי אֲחוֹי דְּרַבִּי דְרוֹסָאי בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי אַיְּבוּ אַבָּא אוֹמֵר דּוֹמֶה לְגָפְרִית מֻצֶּתֶת בָּאֵשׁ. רַבִּי אָבִין אָמַר לְשֵׁם מְקוֹמוֹ נִקְרָא זָהָב מְאוּפָז. זָהָב מְזֻקָּק, בֵּית רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר מְחַתְּכִים אוֹתוֹ כְּזֵיתִים וּמַאֲכִילִים אוֹתוֹ לְנַעֲמִיּוֹת וְהוּא יוֹצֵא מְזֻקָּק. זְהַב פַּרְוָיִם, רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ אוֹמֵר אָדֹם, וְדוֹמֶה לְדַם הַפָּר. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה פֵּרוֹת. אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בַּר יִצְחָק יוֹם שֶׁהִכְנִיס מְנַשֶּׁה צֶלֶם לַהֵיכָל יָבְשׁוּ כָּל אוֹתָן הַפֵּרוֹת, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (נחום א, ד): וּפֶרַח לְבָנוֹן אֻמְלָל, וְלֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא הַכֹּל חוֹזֵר, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה לה, ב): פָּרֹחַ תִּפְרַח וְתָגֵל וגו'. מֶרְכָּבוֹ אַרְגָּמָן, (דברי הימים ב ג, יד): וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת הַפָּרֹכֶת תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְכַרְמִיל וּבוּץ, לְפִי שֶׁאַרְגָּמָן חָשׁוּב שֶׁבְּכֻלָּן שֶׁהוּא לְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (דניאל ה, ז): אַרְגְּוָנָא יִלְבַּשׁ, לָכֵן חָשֵׁב לֵיהּ לְדִידֵיהּ, וְדִכְוָתָהּ (ישעיה סו, יז): אֹכְלֵי בְּשַׂר הַחֲזִיר וְהַשֶּׁקֶץ וְהָעַכְבָּר, וּמָה אִסּוּר גָּדוֹל יֵשׁ לְהַחֲזִיר מִן שְׁאָר בְּהֵמוֹת טְמֵאוֹת, וְלָעַכְבָּר מִשְּׁאָר שְׁרָצִים, אֶלָּא חָשֵׁב חֲזִיר וְהוּא הַדִּין לְכָל הַבְּהֵמוֹת וְחַיּוֹת טְמֵאוֹת, וּמָנָה לָעַכְבָּר וְהוּא הַדִּין לְכָל הַשְּׁרָצִים שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אַפִּרְיוֹן, זֶה הָאָרוֹן, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר רַב אִלְעָאי אָמַר לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ בַּת נָאָה מְשֻׁבַּחַת וַחֲסוּדָה, אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ עֲשׂוּ לָהּ פַּרְוָיִם, מוּטָב שֶׁתֵּרָאֶה נוֹיָהּ שֶׁל בִּתִּי מִן פַּרְוָיִם. כָּךְ הַתּוֹרָה נָאָה וּמְשֻׁבַּחַת וַחֲסוּדָה, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עֲשׂוּ לָהּ אָרוֹן שֶׁיֵּרָאֶה נוֹיָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה מִן הָאָרוֹן. עָשָׂה לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה, זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁהַשָּׁלוֹם שֶׁלּוֹ, וְעָשָׂה כֵן הַתּוֹרָה כֻּלָּהּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ג, יז): וְכָל נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם. מֵעֲצֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן, (שמות כה, י): וְעָשׂוּ אֲרוֹן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים. עַמּוּדָיו עָשָׂה כֶסֶף, אֵלּוּ שְׁנֵי עַמּוּדִים שֶׁל כֶּסֶף שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹמְדִין לְפָנָיו כְּמִין אִיסְטָוָה. רְפִידָתוֹ זָהָב, (שמות כה, יא): וְצִפִּיתָ אֹתוֹ זָהָב טָהוֹר. מֶרְכָּבוֹ אַרְגָּמָן, רַבּי תַּנְחוּמָא אָמַר זֶה הַכַּפֹּרֶת שֶׁהוּא דּוֹמֶה לְאַרְגָּמָן, וְכָתוּב בּוֹ (שמות כה, כא): וְנָתַתָּ אֶת הַכַּפֹּרֶת עַל הָאָרֹן מִלְּמָעְלָה. תּוֹכוֹ רָצוּף אַהֲבָה מִבְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן רַבִּי סִימוֹן אָמַר זוֹ זְכוּת הַתּוֹרָה, זוֹ זְכוּת הַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁעוֹסְקִין בָּהּ. רַבִּי עֲזַרְיָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן רַבִּי סִימוֹן אָמַר זוֹ הַשְּׁכִינָה. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר כַּהֲנָא כְּתִיב (שמות כה, כב): וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם וגו' וְכֻלֵּהּ. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אַפִּרְיוֹן, זֶה הַמִּשְׁכָּן, אָמַר רַבִּי עֲזַרְיָה מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן רַבִּי סִימוֹן, מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה, לְמֶלֶךְ בָּשָׂר וָדָם שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ בַּת וְהָיָה אוֹהֲבָהּ יוֹתֵר מִדַּאי, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁבִּתּוֹ קְטַנָּה הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּהּ בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא, רָאָה אוֹתָהּ בֶּחָצֵר הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּהּ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִגְדִּילָה וּבָאת לִידֵי סִימָנִים, אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין זוֹ כְּבוֹדָהּ שֶׁל בִּתִּי שֶׁאֶהְיֶה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּהּ בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא, אֶלָּא עֲשׂוּ לָהּ פַּאפִּלְיוֹן לִכְשֶׁאֲנִי מְבַקֵּשׁ לְדַבֵּר עִם בִּתִּי אֶהְיֶה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּהּ מִן הַפַּאפִּלְיוֹן וְלִפְנִים. כָּךְ כְּשֶׁרָאָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִצְרַיִם הָיוּ נְעָרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (הושע יא, א): כִּי נַעַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וָאֹהֲבֵהוּ וּמִמִּצְרַיִם קָרָאתִי לִבְנִי, רָאָה אוֹתָם עַל הַיָּם הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות יד, טו): וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל משֶׁה מַה תִּצְעַק אֵלָי, רָאָה אוֹתָם בְּסִינַי הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים ה, ד): פָּנִים בְּפָנִים דִּבֶּר ה' עִמָּכֶם. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וְנַעֲשׂוּ לוֹ אֻמָּה שְׁלֵמָה, אָמְרוּ (שמות כד, ז): כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֵין שִׁבְחָן שֶׁל בָּנַי שֶׁאֶהְיֶה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּהֶם בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא, אֶלָּא עֲשׂוּ לִי מִשְׁכָּן וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי צָרִיךְ לְדַבֵּר עִמָּהֶם אֶהְיֶה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּהֶם מִן הַמִּשְׁכָּן, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (במדבר ז, פט): וּבְבֹא משֶׁה אֶל אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ וגו'. עָשָׂה לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה, זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁהַשָּׁלוֹם שֶׁלּוֹ, שֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן הַתַּחֲרוּת שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ עִמָּהֶם מִן מַעֲשֵׂה הָעֵגֶל. מֵעֲצֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן, (שמות כו, טו): וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַקְּרָשִׁים לַמִּשְׁכָּן וגו'. עַמּוּדָיו עָשָׂה כֶסֶף, (שמות כז, יא): וָוֵי הָעַמֻּדִים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם כָּסֶף. רְפִידָתוֹ זָהָב, (שמות כו, כט): וְאֶת הַקְּרָשִׁים תְּצַפֶּה זָהָב. מֶרְכָּבוֹ אַרְגָּמָן, (שמות כו, לא): וְעָשִׂיתָ פָּרֹכֶת תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן, וּכְתִיב (שמות מ, ג): וְסַכֹּתָ עַל הָאָרֹן אֶת הַפָּרֹכֶת וגו'. תּוֹכוֹ רָצוּף אַהֲבָה מִבְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, רַבִּי עֲזַרְיָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בְּרַבִּי סִימוֹן אָמַר זוֹ הַשְּׁכִינָה, רַבִּי יוּדָן אָמַר זֶה זְכוּת הַתּוֹרָה, וְזֶה זְכוּת הַצַּדִּיקִים. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ דְּסִכְנִין בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי לֵוִי (שמות מ, לה): וְלֹא יָכֹל משֶׁה לָבוֹא וגו', מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה, לִמְעָרָה שֶׁהִיא נְתוּנָה עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם, רָעַשׁ הַיָּם וְנִתְמַלָּאת הַמְעָרָה וְהַיָּם לֹא חָסֵר כְּלוּם, כָּךְ אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד נִתְמַלֵּא מִזִּיו הַשְּׁכִינָה וְהָעוֹלָם לֹא חָסֵר כְּלוּם, הֱוֵי תּוֹכוֹ רָצוּף אַהֲבָה מִבְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, זוֹ הַשְּׁכִינָה. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר כַּהֲנָא, כְּתִיב (שמות כה, כב): וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם וגו', לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ מַה שֶּׁאֲחוֹרֵי הַכַּפֹּרֶת אֵינוֹ פָּנוּי מִן הַשְּׁכִינָה. עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים אֶחָד שָׁאַל אֶת רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, אָמַר מִפְּנֵי מָה נִגְלָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמשֶׁה מִתּוֹךְ הַסְּנֶה, אָמַר לוֹ אִלּוּ נִגְלָה עַל חָרוּב אֶחָד אוֹ עַל תְּאֵנָה אַחַת כָּךְ הָיִיתָ שׁוֹאֲלֵנִי, וּלְהוֹצִיאֲךָ חָלָק אִי אֶפְשָׁר, לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁאֵין מָקוֹם בָּאָרֶץ פָּנוּי מִן הַשְּׁכִינָה, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ מִן הַסְּנֶה הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִם משֶׁה. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אַפִּרְיוֹן וגו', מַה כְּתִיב לְמַעְלָה (שיר השירים ג, ז): הִנֵּה מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה וגו', זוֹ בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים, כִּדְאַמְרִינַן לְמַעְלָה, לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁשְּׁלֹמֹה לֹא בָּא אֶלָּא לְפָרֵשׁ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וְסָמַךְ דְּבָרָיו עַל סֵדֶר הַתּוֹרָה, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה מִפָּרָשַׁת הַמִּשְׁכָּן כָּתוּב פָּרָשַׁת בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים, כָּךְ עָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה בַּתְּחִלָּה זָכַר בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים וגו', וְאַחַר דִּבֶּר עַל הַמִּשְׁכָּן. אַפִּרְיוֹן עָשָׂה לוֹ וגו', לָמָּה כֵן, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ דְּסִכְנִין בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי לֵוִי לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה, לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁקִּדַּשׁ אֶת בִּתּוֹ וְעָשָׂה לָהּ קִדּוּשִׁין גְּדוֹלִים וְשָׁלְטָה בָּהֶם עַיִן רָעָה, כְּשֶׁבָּא הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַשִֹּׂיא אֶת בִּתּוֹ מֶה עָשָׂה נָתַן לָהּ קָמֵיעַ אָמַר לָהּ יְהֵא הַקָּמֵיעַ הַזֶּה עָלַיִךְ שֶׁלֹא יִשְׁלֹט בָּךְ עַיִן רָעָה עוֹד. כָּךְ עָשָׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כְּשֶׁבָּא לִתֵּן תּוֹרָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל עָשָׂה פּוּמְבּוֹן גְּדוֹלָה, כְּמָה שֶׁכָּתוּב (שמות כ, טו): וְכָל הָעָם רֹאִים אֶת הַקּוֹלֹת, וְלֹא הָיוּ אֶלָּא קִדּוּשִׁים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (שמות יט, י): לֵךְ אֶל הָעָם וְקִדַּשְׁתָּם הַיּוֹם וּמָחָר, וְשָׁלְטָה בָהֶם עַיִן רָעָה וְנִשְׁתַּבְּרוּ הַלּוּחוֹת, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (שמות לב, יט): וַיְשַׁבֵּר אֹתָם תַּחַת הָהָר, לֹא עָשָׂה כֵן אֶלָּא כֵּיוָן שֶׁבָּאוּ וְעָשׂוּ אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, נָתַן לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת הַבְּרָכוֹת תְּחִלָּה כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹא תִּשְׁלֹט בָּהֶם עַיִן רָעָה, לְפִיכָךְ כָּתוּב תְּחִלָּה (במדבר ו, כד): יְבָרֶכְךָ ה' וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ, מִן עַיִן רָעָה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ: וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כַּלּוֹת וגו'. | 12.4. “And it was that on the day that Moses finished erecting the Mishkan…” (Bamidbar 7:1) This is what is written “King Shlomo made himself a palanquin…” (Song of Songs 3:9) this is the world which is made like a type of canopy. ‘King Shlomo’ is the Holy One who made peace between fire and water, blending them together and making the firmament from them as it says “and Gd called the firmament heavens…” because it is fire and water. “…of the trees of Lebanon,” means that it (the world) was constructed from the place of the Holy Temple. R’ Yosi bar Halifta said, why is it called Foundation Stone? Because from it the world was begun. This is what is written, “From Zion, the sum of beauty, God appeared.” (Tehillim 50:2)… " |
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36. Anon., 3 Baruch, 2.2
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37. Anon., 3 Enoch, 33.3
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38. Anon., Apocalypse of Abraham, 18
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39. Anon., Ascension of Isaiah, 9.9
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40. Anon., Pirqe Rabbi Eliezer, 4, 10
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