1. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 11.4, 17.3, 27.21 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 124, 165| 11.4. "לֹא־יוֹעִיל הוֹן בְּיוֹם עֶבְרָה וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת׃", 17.3. "מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וּבֹחֵן לִבּוֹת יְהוָה׃", 27.21. "מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלוֹ׃", | 11.4. "Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.", 17.3. "The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But the LORD trieth the hearts. .", 27.21. "The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, And a man is tried by his praise.", |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Malachi, 3.2-3.3 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 3.2. "וּמִי מְכַלְכֵּל אֶת־יוֹם בּוֹאוֹ וּמִי הָעֹמֵד בְּהֵרָאוֹתוֹ כִּי־הוּא כְּאֵשׁ מְצָרֵף וּכְבֹרִית מְכַבְּסִים׃", 3.2. "וְזָרְחָה לָכֶם יִרְאֵי שְׁמִי שֶׁמֶשׁ צְדָקָה וּמַרְפֵּא בִּכְנָפֶיהָ וִיצָאתֶם וּפִשְׁתֶּם כְּעֶגְלֵי מַרְבֵּק׃", 3.3. "וְיָשַׁב מְצָרֵף וּמְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף וְטִהַר אֶת־בְּנֵי־לֵוִי וְזִקַּק אֹתָם כַּזָּהָב וְכַכָּסֶף וְהָיוּ לַיהוָה מַגִּישֵׁי מִנְחָה בִּצְדָקָה׃", | 3.2. "But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’soap;", 3.3. "And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and there shall be they that shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness.", |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Job, 23.10 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 | 23.10. "For He knoweth the way that I take; When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.", |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 48.10 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 | 48.10. "Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.", |
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5. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 9.7 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 9.7. "חֵץ שוחט [שָׁחוּט] לְשׁוֹנָם מִרְמָה דִבֵּר בְּפִיו שָׁלוֹם אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ יְדַבֵּר וּבְקִרְבּוֹ יָשִׂים אָרְבּוֹ׃", | 9.7. "Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, It speaketh deceit; One speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, But in his heart he layeth wait for him.", |
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6. Hebrew Bible, Zechariah, 13.9 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 13.9. "וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶת־הַשְּׁלִשִׁית בָּאֵשׁ וּצְרַפְתִּים כִּצְרֹף אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּבְחֹן אֶת־הַזָּהָב הוּא יִקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וַאֲנִי אֶעֱנֶה אֹתוֹ אָמַרְתִּי עַמִּי הוּא וְהוּא יֹאמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי׃", | 13.9. "And I will bring the third part through the fire, And will refine them as silver is refined, And will try them as gold is tried; They shall call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say: ‘It is My people’, And they shall say: ‘The LORD is my God.’", |
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7. Anon., 1 Enoch, 54.6, 56.4, 95.7, 96.4, 96.5, 96.8, 97.8, 97.9, 98.2, 98.3, 100.2, 100.6, 102.4-103.15, 102.5-104.6, 102.6, 102.7, 102.8, 108.8, 108.9, 108.10, 108.11, 108.12, 108.13, 108.14, 108.15 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 | 108.13. have loved My holy name, and I will seat each on the throne of his honour. And they shall be resplendent for times without number; for righteousness is the judgement of God; for to the faithful |
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8. Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon, 1.16, 2.6-2.20, 3.1-3.6, 3.12-3.13, 3.16, 4.11-4.12, 5.15-5.16, 14.6-14.13 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 124, 165 | 1.16. But ungodly men by their words and deeds summoned death;considering him a friend, they pined away,and they made a covet with him,because they are fit to belong to his party. 2.6. "Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist,and make use of the creation to the full as in youth. 2.7. Let us take our fill of costly wine and perfumes,and let no flower of spring pass by us. 2.8. Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither." 2.9. Let none of us fail to share in our revelry,everywhere let us leave signs of enjoyment,because this is our portion, and this our lot. 2.10. Let us oppress the righteous poor man;let us not spare the widow nor regard the gray hairs of the aged." 2.11. But let our might be our law of right,for what is weak proves itself to be useless. 2.12. "Let us lie in wait for the righteous man,because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions;he reproaches us for sins against the law,and accuses us of sins against our training. 2.13. He professes to have knowledge of God,and calls himself a child of the Lord. 2.14. He became to us a reproof of our thoughts;" 2.15. the very sight of him is a burden to us,because his manner of life is unlike that of others,and his ways are strange. 2.16. We are considered by him as something base,and he avoids our ways as unclean;he calls the last end of the righteous happy,and boasts that God is his father. 2.17. Let us see if his words are true,and let us test what will happen at the end of his life; 2.18. for if the righteous man is Gods son, he will help him,and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries. 2.19. Let us test him with insult and torture,that we may find out how gentle he is,and make trial of his forbearance. 2.20. Let us condemn him to a shameful death,for, according to what he says, he will be protected. 3.1. But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,and no torment will ever touch them. 3.2. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,and their departure was thought to be an affliction, 3.3. and their going from us to be their destruction;but they are at peace." 3.4. For though in the sight of men they were punished,their hope is full of immortality. 3.5. Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good,because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; 3.6. like gold in the furnace he tried them,and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them. 3.12. Their wives are foolish, and their children evil; 3.13. their offspring are accursed. For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled,who has not entered into a sinful union;she will have fruit when God examines souls. 3.16. But children of adulterers will not come to maturity,and the offspring of an unlawful union will perish. 4.11. He was caught up lest evil change his understanding or guile deceive his soul." 4.12. For the fascination of wickedness obscures what is good,and roving desire perverts the innocent mind. 5.15. But the righteous live for ever,and their reward is with the Lord;the Most High takes care of them. 5.16. Therefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord,because with his right hand he will cover them,and with his arm he will shield them. 14.6. For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing,the hope of the world took refuge on a raft,and guided by thy hand left to the world the seed of a new generation. 14.7. "For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes." 14.8. But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it;because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god. 14.9. For equally hateful to God are the ungodly man and his ungodliness, 14.10. for what was done will be punished together with him who did it. 14.11. Therefore there will be a visitation also upon the heathen idols,because, though part of what God created, they became an abomination,and became traps for the souls of men and a snare to the feet of the foolish. 14.12. For the idea of making idols was the beginning of fornication,and the invention of them was the corruption of life, 14.13. for neither have they existed from the beginning nor will they exist for ever." |
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9. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 4.8, 40.13 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 124 | 4.8. Incline your ear to the poor,and answer him peaceably and gently. 40.13. The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a torrent,and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a rain. |
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10. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 11.35 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 11.35. "וּמִן־הַמַּשְׂכִּילִים יִכָּשְׁלוּ לִצְרוֹף בָּהֶם וּלְבָרֵר וְלַלְבֵּן עַד־עֵת קֵץ כִּי־עוֹד לַמּוֹעֵד׃", | 11.35. "And some of them that are wise shall stumble, to refine among them, and to purify, and to make white, even to the time of the end; for it is yet for the time appointed.", |
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| 11. Dead Sea Scrolls, 4Q414, a b c d\n0 2 2.4.1 2 2.4.1 2 2 4 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 |
| 12. Dead Sea Scrolls, Temple Scroll, 54.12 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 |
| 13. Dead Sea Scrolls, Hodayot, 10.15-10.16, 10.32-10.34, 15.12, 23.28 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 |
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| 15. Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, 4.8, 40.13 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 124 |
| 16. Dead Sea Scrolls, (Cairo Damascus Covenant) Cd-A, 4.12-4.18 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 |
| 17. Dead Sea Scrolls, War Scroll, 14.8-14.15, 16.11, 16.15, 17.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165 |
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19. New Testament, 1 Peter, 1.6-1.9 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 1.6. ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτι εἰ δέον λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς, 1.7. ἵνα τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως πολυτιμότερον χρυσίου τοῦ ἀπολλυμένου διὰ πυρὸς δὲ δοκιμαζομένου εὑρεθῇ εἰς ἔπαινον καὶ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. 1.8. ὃν οὐκ ἰδόντες ἀγαπᾶτε, εἰς ὃν ἄρτι μὴ ὁρῶντες πιστεύοντες δὲ ἀγαλλιᾶτε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ, 1.9. κομιζόμενοι τὸ τέλος τῆς πίστεως σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν. | 1.6. Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, 1.7. that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ -- 1.8. whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory -- 1.9. receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. |
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20. New Testament, Apocalypse, 2.9-2.10, 3.4-3.5, 3.18-3.19, 4.4, 6.11, 7.9, 7.12-7.14, 19.14, 22.14 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 2.9. Οἶδά σου τὴν θλίψιν καὶ τὴν πτωχείαν, ἀλλὰ πλούσιος εἶ, καὶ τὴν βλασφημίαν ἐκ τῶν λεγόντων Ἰουδαίους εἶναι ἑαυτούς, καὶ οὐκ εἰσίν, ἀλλὰ συναγωγὴ τοῦ Σατανᾶ. 2.10. μὴ φοβοῦ ἃ μέλλεις πάσχειν. ἰδοὺ μέλλει βάλλειν ὁ διάβολος ἐξ ὑμῶν εἰς φυλακὴν ἵναπειρασθῆτε,καὶ ἔχητε θλίψινἡμερῶν δέκα.γίνου πιστὸς ἄχρι θανάτου, καὶ δώσω σοι τὸν στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς. 3.4. ἀλλὰ ἔχεις ὀλίγα ὀνόματα ἐν Σάρδεσιν ἃ οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τὰ ἱμάτια αἰτῶν, καὶ περιπατήσουσιν μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐν λευκοῖς, ὅτι ἄξιοί εἰσιν. 3.5. Ὁ νικῶν οὕτως περιβαλεῖται ἐν ἱματίοις λευκοῖς, καὶ οὐ μὴἐξαλείψωτὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦἐκ τῆς βίβλου τῆς ζωῆς,καὶ ὁμολογήσω τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ. 3.18. συμβουλεύω σοι ἀγοράσαι παρʼ ἐμοῦ χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρὸς ἵνα πλουτήσῃς, καὶ ἱμάτια λευκὰ ἵνα περιβάλῃ καὶ μὴ φανερωθῇ ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότητός σου, καὶ κολλούριον ἐγχρῖσαι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου ἵνα βλέπῃς. 3.19. ἐγὼὅσους ἐὰν φιλῶ ἐλέγχωκαὶπαιδεύω·ζήλευε οὖν καὶ μετανόησον. 4.4. καὶ κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου θρόνοι εἴκοσι τέσσαρες, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους εἴκοσι τέσσαρας πρεσβυτέρους καθημένους περιβεβλημένους ἱματίοις λευκοῖς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν στεφάνους χρυσοῦς. 6.11. καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἑκάστῳ στολὴ λευκή, καὶ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα ἀναπαύσονται ἔτι χρόνον μικρόν, ἕως πληρωθῶσιν καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν οἱ μέλλοντες ἀποκτέννεσθαι ὡς καὶ αὐτοί. 7.9. Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὄχλος πολύς, ὃν ἀριθμῆσαι αὐτὸν οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο, ἐκ παντὸς ἔθνους καὶ φυλῶν καὶ λαῶν καὶ γλωσσῶν, ἑστῶτες ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου, περιβεβλημένους στολὰς λευκάς, καὶ φοίνικες ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν· 7.12. λέγοντες Ἀμήν· ἡ εὐλογία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ εὐχαριστία καὶ ἡ τιμὴ καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων [· ἀμήν]. 7.13. Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη εἷς ἐκ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων λέγων μοι Οὗτοι οἱ περιβεβλημένοι τὰς στολὰς τὰς λευκὰς τίνες εἰσὶν καὶ πόθεν ἦλθον; 7.14. καὶ εἴρηκα αὐτῷ Κύριέ μου, σὺ οἶδας. καὶ εἶπέν μοι Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐρχόμενοι ἐκ τῆςθλίψεωςτῆς μεγάλης, καὶἔπλυναν τὰς στολὰς αὐτῶνκαὶ ἐλεύκαναν αὐτὰςἐν τῷ αἵματιτοῦ ἀρνίου. 19.14. καὶ τὰ στρατεύματα τὰ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ ἐφʼ ἵπποις λευκοῖς, ἐνδεδυμένοιβύσσινον λευκὸν καθαρόν. 22.14. — Μακάριοι οἱπλύνοντες τὰς στολὰςαὐτῶν, ἵνα ἔσται ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἐπὶτὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆςκαὶ τοῖς πυλῶσιν εἰσέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν πόλιν. | 2.9. "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 2.10. Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. 3.4. Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 3.5. He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 3.18. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. 3.19. As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. 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. 6.11. A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course. 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. 7.12. 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. 19.14. The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. 22.14. Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. |
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21. Anon., Leviticus Rabba, 12.3 (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 12.3. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (תהלים יט, ט): פִּקּוּדֵי ה' יְשָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי לֵב, תָּנֵי חִזְקִיָּה נַעֲשׂוּ דִבְרֵי תוֹרָה עֲטָרָה לָרֹאשׁ, מוֹנְיָק לַצַּוָּאר, מוֹלִיגָא לַלֵּב, קִילוֹרִית לָעֵינַיִם, כּוֹס עִקָּרִין לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם. עֲטָרָה לָרֹאשׁ מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי א, ט): כִּי לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ. מוֹנְיָק לַצַּוָּאר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי א, ט): וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶיךָ. מוֹלִיגָא לַלֵּב, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים יט, ט): פִּקּוּדֵי ה' יְשָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי לֵב. קִילוֹרִית לָעֵינַיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים יט, ט): מִצְוַת ה' בָּרָה מְאִירַת עֵינָיִם, כּוֹס עִקָּרִין לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ג, ח): רִפְאוּת תְּהִי לְשָׁרֶךָ. מִנַיִן לְמָאתַיִם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמוֹנָה אֵבָרִים שֶׁבָּאָדָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ד, כב): כִּי חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וגו'. דָּבָר אַחֵר, פִּקּוּדֵי ה' יְשָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי לֵב, זֶה אַהֲרֹן שֶׁהָיָה לִבּוֹ עָצֵב עָלָיו בִּשְׁבִיל בָּנָיו שֶׁמֵּתוּ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁנִּתְיַחֵד עָלָיו הַדִּבּוּר שָׂמַח, וּמִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֶל אַהֲרֹן. | |
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22. Anon., Deuteronomy Rabbah, 8.4 (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •gold, refined Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 165| 8.4. זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב (משלי ד, כב): כִּי חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וגו', אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּא קִילוֹרִית לָעַיִן מְלוּגְמָא לְמַכָּה, כּוֹס עִקָּרִין לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם קִילוֹרִית לָעֵינַיִם, דִּכְתִיב (תהלים יט, ט): מִצְוַת ה' בָּרָה מֵאִירַת עֵינָיִם, מְלוּגְמָא לְמַכָּה, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ג, ח): רִפְאוּת תְּהִי לְשָׁרֶיךָ. וְכוֹס עִקָּרִין לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ג, ח): וְשִׁקּוּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶיךָ. דָּבָר אַחֵר, כִּי חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם, לְמִי שֶׁמּוֹצִיאָן מִפִּיו. מַעֲשֶׂה בְּתַלְמִיד אֶחָד שֶׁל רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב שֶׁהָיָה מְמַהֵר בְּכָל תַּלְמוּדוֹ בְּשָׁעָה אֶחָת, פַּעַם אַחַת חָלָה וְשָׁכַח אֶת כָּל תַּלְמוּדוֹ, מִי גָרַם לוֹ עַל יְדֵי שֶׁלֹא הָיָה אוֹמְרוֹ מִפִּיו. וְנִתְפַּלֵּל עָלָיו רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב וְחָזַר כָּל תַּלְמוּדוֹ. דָּבָר אַחֵר, כִּי חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם, לְמִי שֶׁמּוֹצִיאָן לַאֲחֵרִים. דָּבָר אַחֵר, כִּי חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם, לְמִי שֶׁמַּמְצִיא אוֹתָן, מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים ח, א): כָּל הַמִּצְוָה, מַהוּ כָּל הַמִּצְוָה, עַד שֶׁתְּכַלֶּה כָּל הַמִּצְווֹת. וּלְכָל בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּא, לִרמ''ח אֵבָרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ. הֲרֵי כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת. דָּבָר אַחֵר, כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת, אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּא בַּר אַבָּא כָּל מִי שֶׁמַּתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה וְאֵינוֹ גּוֹמְרָהּ גּוֹרֵם שֶׁיִּקְבֹּר אִשְׁתּוֹ וּבָנָיו, וּמִמִי אַתְּ לָמֵד מִיהוּדָה שֶׁהִתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה וְלֹא גְּמָרָהּ, כֵּיצַד בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁבָּא יוֹסֵף אֵצֶל אֶחָיו וּבִקְּשׁוּ לַהֲרֹג אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית לז, כ): לְכוּ וְנַהַרְגֵּהוּ, עָמַד יְהוּדָה וְלֹא הִנִּיחָן, מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית לז, כו): מַה בֶּצַע כִּי נַהֲרֹג אֶת אָחִינוּ, וְשָׁמְעוּ לוֹ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָיָה מֶלֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶן, וְאִלּוּ אָמַר לָהֶן נַחֲזִירֶנוּ אֵצֶל אָבִינוּ הָיוּ שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ, וְעַל יְדֵי שֶׁהִתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה וְלֹא גְמָרָהּ, קָבַר אִשְׁתּוֹ וּשְׁנֵי בָנָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית לח, יב): וַתָּמָת בַּת שׁוּעַ אֵשֶׁת יְהוּדָה, וּכְתִיב (בראשית מו, יב): וַיָּמָת עֵר וְאוֹנָן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן. דָּבָר אַחֵר, כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת, אָמַר רַבִּי לֵוִי בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי חָמָא בַּר חֲנִינָא כָּל מִי שֶׁמַּתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה וְאֵינוֹ גּוֹמְרָהּ וּבָא אַחַר וְגוֹמְרָהּ, נִקְרֵאת עַל שְׁמוֹ שֶׁגְּמָרָהּ, כֵּיצַד, משֶׁה הִתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה שֶׁנָּטַל עַצְמוֹתָיו שֶׁל יוֹסֵף עִמּוֹ, מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות יג, יט): וַיִּקַּח משֶׁה אֶת עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף עִמּוֹ וגו', וְעַל יְדֵי שֶׁלֹא הִכְנִיסָן לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִקְרֵאת עַל שְׁמָן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁקָּבְרוּ אוֹתָן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יהושע כד, לב): וְאֶת עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם קָבְרוּ בִשְׁכֶם, אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה משֶׁה מִמִּצְרַיִם אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְלָמָּה קָבְרוּ אוֹתָן בִּשְׁכֶם, מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה לְגַנָּבִים שֶׁגָּנְבוּ חָבִית שֶׁל יַיִן, הִרְגִּישׁ בָּהֶם בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, אָמַר לָהֶם יֶעֱרַב עֲלֵיכֶם, אֶלָּא בְּחַיֵּיכֶם מִשֶּׁאַתֶּם שׁוֹתִים אֶת הַיַּיִן הַחֲזִירוּ אֶת הַקַּנְקַן לִמְקוֹמוֹ, כָּךְ בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁמָּכְרוּ הַשְּׁבָטִים אֶת יוֹסֵף מִשְּׁכֶם מָכְרוּ אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית לז, יג): וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יוֹסֵף הֲלוֹא אַחֶיךָ רֹעִים בִּשְׁכֶם, אָמַר לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִשְּׁכֶם מְכַרְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ הַחֲזִירוּ עַצְמוֹתָיו לִשְׁכֶם, כֵּיוָן שֶׁגָּמְרוּ אֶת הַמִּצְוָה נִקְרֵאת עַל שְׁמָן, הֱוֵי כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת. | |
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