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(א) וַיְדַבֵּר י״י אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר. (ב) זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י״י לֵאמֹר דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל. (ג) וּנְתַתֶּם אֹתָהּ אֶל אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְהוֹצִיא אֹתָהּ אֶל מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה וְשָׁחַט אֹתָהּ לְפָנָיו. (ד) וְלָקַח אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן מִדָּמָהּ בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ וְהִזָּה אֶל נֹכַח פְּנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מִדָּמָהּ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים. (ה) וְשָׂרַף אֶת הַפָּרָה לְעֵינָיו אֶת עֹרָהּ וְאֶת בְּשָׂרָהּ וְאֶת דָּמָהּ עַל פִּרְשָׁהּ יִשְׂרֹף. (ו) וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן עֵץ אֶרֶז וְאֵזוֹב וּשְׁנִי תוֹלָעַת וְהִשְׁלִיךְ אֶל תּוֹךְ שְׂרֵפַת הַפָּרָה. (ז) וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו הַכֹּהֵן וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמַּיִם וְאַחַר יָבֹא אֶל הַמַּחֲנֶה וְטָמֵא הַכֹּהֵן עַד הָעָרֶב. (ח) וְהַשֹּׂרֵף אֹתָהּ יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו בַּמַּיִם וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמָּיִם וְטָמֵא עַד הָעָרֶב. (ט) וְאָסַף אִישׁ טָהוֹר אֵת אֵפֶר הַפָּרָה וְהִנִּיחַ מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה בְּמָקוֹם טָהוֹר וְהָיְתָה לַעֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת לְמֵי נִדָּה חַטָּאת הִוא. (י) וְכִבֶּס הָאֹסֵף אֶת אֵפֶר הַפָּרָה אֶת בְּגָדָיו וְטָמֵא עַד הָעָרֶב וְהָיְתָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלַגֵּר הַגָּר בְּתוֹכָם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם. (יא) הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵת לְכׇל נֶפֶשׁ אָדָם וְטָמֵא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים. (יב) הוּא יִתְחַטָּא בוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יִטְהָר וְאִם לֹא יִתְחַטָּא בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי לֹא יִטְהָר. (יג) כׇּל הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵת בְּנֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָמוּת וְלֹא יִתְחַטָּא אֶת מִשְׁכַּן י״י טִמֵּא וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מֵי נִדָּה לֹא זֹרַק עָלָיו טָמֵא יִהְיֶה עוֹד טֻמְאָתוֹ בוֹ. (יד) זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה אָדָם כִּי יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל כׇּל הַבָּא אֶל הָאֹהֶל וְכׇל אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים. (טו) וְכֹל כְּלִי פָתוּחַ אֲשֶׁר אֵין צָמִיד פָּתִיל עָלָיו טָמֵא הוּא. (טז) וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע עַל פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בַּחֲלַל חֶרֶב אוֹ בְמֵת אוֹ בְעֶצֶם אָדָם אוֹ בְקָבֶר יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים. (יז) וְלָקְחוּ לַטָּמֵא מֵעֲפַר שְׂרֵפַת הַחַטָּאת וְנָתַן עָלָיו מַיִם חַיִּים אֶל כֶּלִי. (יח) וְלָקַח אֵזוֹב וְטָבַל בַּמַּיִם אִישׁ טָהוֹר וְהִזָּה עַל הָאֹהֶל וְעַל כׇּל הַכֵּלִים וְעַל הַנְּפָשׁוֹת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ שָׁם וְעַל הַנֹּגֵעַ בַּעֶצֶם אוֹ בֶחָלָל אוֹ בַמֵּת אוֹ בַקָּבֶר. (יט) וְהִזָּה הַטָּהֹר עַל הַטָּמֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְחִטְּאוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם וְטָהֵר בָּעָרֶב. (כ) וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִטְמָא וְלֹא יִתְחַטָּא וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִתּוֹךְ הַקָּהָל כִּי אֶת מִקְדַּשׁ י״י טִמֵּא מֵי נִדָּה לֹא זֹרַק עָלָיו טָמֵא הוּא. (כא) וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם וּמַזֵּה מֵי הַנִּדָּה יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו וְהַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵי הַנִּדָּה יִטְמָא עַד הָעָרֶב. (כב) וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע בּוֹ הַטָּמֵא יִטְמָא וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ הַנֹּגַעַת תִּטְמָא עַד הָעָרֶב.
פרק כ
(א) וַיָּבֹאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כׇּל הָעֵדָה מִדְבַּר צִן בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם בְּקָדֵשׁ וַתָּמׇת שָׁם מִרְיָם וַתִּקָּבֵר שָׁם. (ב) וְלֹא הָיָה מַיִם לָעֵדָה וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ עַל מֹשֶׁה וְעַל אַהֲרֹן. (ג) וַיָּרֶב הָעָם עִם מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֵאמֹר וְלוּ גָוַעְנוּ בִּגְוַע אַחֵינוּ לִפְנֵי י״י. (ד) וְלָמָה הֲבֵאתֶם אֶת קְהַל י״י אֶל הַמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה לָמוּת שָׁם אֲנַחְנוּ וּבְעִירֵנוּ. (ה) וְלָמָה הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם לְהָבִיא אֹתָנוּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם הָרָע הַזֶּה לֹא מְקוֹם זֶרַע וּתְאֵנָה וְגֶפֶן וְרִמּוֹן וּמַיִם אַיִן לִשְׁתּוֹת. (ו) וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן מִפְּנֵי הַקָּהָל אֶל פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וַיִּפְּלוּ עַל פְּנֵיהֶם וַיֵּרָא כְבוֹד י״י אֲלֵיהֶם. (ז) וַיְדַבֵּר י״י אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר. (ח) קַח אֶת הַמַּטֶּה וְהַקְהֵל אֶת הָעֵדָה אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ וְדִבַּרְתֶּם אֶל הַסֶּלַע לְעֵינֵיהֶם וְנָתַן מֵימָיו וְהוֹצֵאתָ לָהֶם מַיִם מִן הַסֶּלַע וְהִשְׁקִיתָ אֶת הָעֵדָה וְאֶת בְּעִירָם. (ט) וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַמַּטֶּה מִלִּפְנֵי י״י כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּהוּ. (י) וַיַּקְהִלוּ מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֶת הַקָּהָל אֶל פְּנֵי הַסָּלַע וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְעוּ נָא הַמֹּרִים הֲמִן הַסֶּלַע הַזֶּה נוֹצִיא לָכֶם מָיִם. (יא) וַיָּרֶם מֹשֶׁה אֶת יָדוֹ וַיַּךְ אֶת הַסֶּלַע בְּמַטֵּהוּ פַּעֲמָיִם וַיֵּצְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים וַתֵּשְׁתְּ הָעֵדָה וּבְעִירָם. (יב) וַיֹּאמֶר י״י אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן יַעַן לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בִּי לְהַקְדִּישֵׁנִי לְעֵינֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָכֵן לֹא תָבִיאוּ אֶת הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם. (יג) הֵמָּה מֵי מְרִיבָה אֲשֶׁר רָבוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת י״י וַיִּקָּדֵשׁ בָּם. (יד) וַיִּשְׁלַח מֹשֶׁה מַלְאָכִים מִקָּדֵשׁ אֶל מֶלֶךְ אֱדוֹם כֹּה אָמַר אָחִיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֵת כׇּל הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתְנוּ. (טו) וַיֵּרְדוּ אֲבֹתֵינוּ מִצְרַיְמָה וַנֵּשֶׁב בְּמִצְרַיִם יָמִים רַבִּים וַיָּרֵעוּ לָנוּ מִצְרַיִם וְלַאֲבֹתֵינוּ. (טז) וַנִּצְעַק אֶל י״י וַיִּשְׁמַע קֹלֵנוּ וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָךְ וַיֹּצִאֵנוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ בְקָדֵשׁ עִיר קְצֵה גְבוּלֶךָ. (יז) נַעְבְּרָה נָּא בְאַרְצֶךָ לֹא נַעֲבֹר בְּשָׂדֶה וּבְכֶרֶם וְלֹא נִשְׁתֶּה מֵי בְאֵר דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ לֹא נִטֶּה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול עַד אֲשֶׁר נַעֲבֹר גְּבֻלֶךָ. (יח) וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֱדוֹם לֹא תַעֲבֹר בִּי פֶּן בַּחֶרֶב אֵצֵא לִקְרָאתֶךָ. (יט) וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמְסִלָּה נַעֲלֶה וְאִם מֵימֶיךָ נִשְׁתֶּה אֲנִי וּמִקְנַי וְנָתַתִּי מִכְרָם רַק אֵין דָּבָר בְּרַגְלַי אֶעֱבֹרָה. (כ) וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא תַעֲבֹר וַיֵּצֵא אֱדוֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ בְּעַם כָּבֵד וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה. (כא) וַיְמָאֵן אֱדוֹם נְתֹן אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבֹר בִּגְבֻלוֹ וַיֵּט יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעָלָיו. (כב) וַיִּסְעוּ מִקָּדֵשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כׇּל הָעֵדָה הֹר הָהָר. (כג) וַיֹּאמֶר י״י אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן בְּהֹר הָהָר עַל גְּבוּל אֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם לֵאמֹר. (כד) יֵאָסֵף אַהֲרֹן אֶל עַמָּיו כִּי לֹא יָבֹא אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל אֲשֶׁר מְרִיתֶם אֶת פִּי לְמֵי מְרִיבָה. (כה) קַח אֶת אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ וְהַעַל אֹתָם הֹר הָהָר. (כו) וְהַפְשֵׁט אֶת אַהֲרֹן אֶת בְּגָדָיו וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם אֶת אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ וְאַהֲרֹן יֵאָסֵף וּמֵת שָׁם. (כז) וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י״י וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶל הֹר הָהָר לְעֵינֵי כׇּל הָעֵדָה. (כח) וַיַּפְשֵׁט מֹשֶׁה אֶת אַהֲרֹן אֶת בְּגָדָיו וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתָם אֶת אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ וַיָּמׇת אַהֲרֹן שָׁם בְּרֹאשׁ הָהָר וַיֵּרֶד מֹשֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר מִן הָהָר. (כט) וַיִּרְאוּ כׇּל הָעֵדָה כִּי גָוַע אַהֲרֹן וַיִּבְכּוּ אֶת אַהֲרֹן שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם כֹּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל.
פרק כא
(א) וַיִּשְׁמַע הַכְּנַעֲנִי מֶלֶךְ עֲרָד יֹשֵׁב הַנֶּגֶב כִּי בָּא יִשְׂרָאֵל דֶּרֶךְ הָאֲתָרִים וַיִּלָּחֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּשְׁבְּ מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁבִי.
(ב) וַיִּדַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶדֶר לַי״י וַיֹּאמַר אִם נָתֹן תִּתֵּן אֶת הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּיָדִי וְהַחֲרַמְתִּי אֶת עָרֵיהֶם.
(ג) וַיִּשְׁמַע י״י בְּקוֹל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּתֵּן אֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִי וַיַּחֲרֵם אֶתְהֶם וְאֶת עָרֵיהֶם וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם חׇרְמָה.
(ד) וַיִּסְעוּ מֵהֹר הָהָר דֶּרֶךְ יַם סוּף לִסְבֹב אֶת אֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם וַתִּקְצַר נֶפֶשׁ הָעָם בַּדָּרֶךְ.
(ה) וַיְדַבֵּר הָעָם בֵּאלֹהִים וּבְמֹשֶׁה לָמָה הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם לָמוּת בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי אֵין לֶחֶם וְאֵין מַיִם וְנַפְשֵׁנוּ קָצָה בַּלֶּחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵל.
(ו) וַיְשַׁלַּח י״י בָּעָם אֵת הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים וַיְנַשְּׁכוּ אֶת הָעָם וַיָּמׇת עַם רָב מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל.
(ז) וַיָּבֹא הָעָם אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמְרוּ חָטָאנוּ כִּי דִבַּרְנוּ בַי״י וָבָךְ הִתְפַּלֵּל אֶל י״י וְיָסֵר מֵעָלֵינוּ אֶת הַנָּחָשׁ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל מֹשֶׁה בְּעַד הָעָם.
(ח) וַיֹּאמֶר י״י אֶל מֹשֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף וְשִׂים אֹתוֹ עַל נֵס וְהָיָה כׇּל הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָי.
(ט) וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ עַל הַנֵּס וְהָיָה אִם נָשַׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ אֶת אִישׁ וְהִבִּיט אֶל נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת וָחָי.
(י) וַיִּסְעוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּחֲנוּ בְּאֹבֹת.
(יא) וַיִּסְעוּ מֵאֹבֹת וַיַּחֲנוּ בְּעִיֵּי הָעֲבָרִים בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר עַל פְּנֵי מוֹאָב מִמִּזְרַח הַשָּׁמֶשׁ.
(יב) מִשָּׁם נָסָעוּ וַיַּחֲנוּ בְּנַחַל זָרֶד.
(יג) מִשָּׁם נָסָעוּ וַיַּחֲנוּ מֵעֵבֶר אַרְנוֹן אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּדְבָּר הַיֹּצֵא מִגְּבֻל הָאֱמֹרִי כִּי אַרְנוֹן גְּבוּל מוֹאָב בֵּין מוֹאָב וּבֵין הָאֱמֹרִי.
(יד) עַל כֵּן יֵאָמַר בְּסֵפֶר מִלְחֲמֹת י״י אֶת וָהֵב בְּסוּפָה וְאֶת הַנְּחָלִים אַרְנוֹן.
(טו) וְאֶשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים אֲשֶׁר נָטָה לְשֶׁבֶת עָר וְנִשְׁעַן לִגְבוּל מוֹאָב.
(טז) וּמִשָּׁם בְּאֵרָה הִוא הַבְּאֵר אֲשֶׁר אָמַר י״י לְמֹשֶׁה אֱסֹף אֶת הָעָם וְאֶתְּנָה לָהֶם מָיִם.
(יז) אָז יָשִׁיר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת עֲלִי בְאֵר עֱנוּ לָהּ.
(יח) בְּאֵר חֲפָרוּהָ שָׂרִים כָּרוּהָ נְדִיבֵי הָעָם בִּמְחֹקֵק בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָם וּמִמִּדְבָּר מַתָּנָה.
(יט) וּמִמַּתָּנָה נַחֲלִיאֵל וּמִנַּחֲלִיאֵל בָּמוֹת.
(כ) וּמִבָּמוֹת הַגַּיְא אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה מוֹאָב רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה וְנִשְׁקָפָה עַל פְּנֵי הַיְשִׁימֹן.
(כא) וַיִּשְׁלַח יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְאָכִים אֶל סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי לֵאמֹר.
(כב) אֶעְבְּרָה בְאַרְצֶךָ לֹא נִטֶּה בְּשָׂדֶה וּבְכֶרֶם לֹא נִשְׁתֶּה מֵי בְאֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ עַד אֲשֶׁר נַעֲבֹר גְּבֻלֶךָ.
(כג) וְלֹא נָתַן סִיחֹן אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבֹר בִּגְבֻלוֹ וַיֶּאֱסֹף סִיחֹן אֶת כׇּל עַמּוֹ וַיֵּצֵא לִקְרַאת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמִּדְבָּרָה וַיָּבֹא יָהְצָה וַיִּלָּחֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.
(כד) וַיַּכֵּהוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְפִי חָרֶב וַיִּירַשׁ אֶת אַרְצוֹ מֵאַרְנֹן עַד יַבֹּק עַד בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן כִּי עַז גְּבוּל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן.
(כה) וַיִּקַּח יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כׇּל הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכׇל עָרֵי הָאֱמֹרִי בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן וּבְכׇל בְּנֹתֶיהָ.
(כו) כִּי חֶשְׁבּוֹן עִיר סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי הִוא וְהוּא נִלְחַם בְּמֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב הָרִאשׁוֹן וַיִּקַּח אֶת כׇּל אַרְצוֹ מִיָּדוֹ עַד אַרְנֹן.
(כז) עַל כֵּן יֹאמְרוּ הַמֹּשְׁלִים בֹּאוּ חֶשְׁבּוֹן תִּבָּנֶה וְתִכּוֹנֵן עִיר סִיחוֹן.
(כח) כִּי אֵשׁ יָצְאָה מֵחֶשְׁבּוֹן לֶהָבָה מִקִּרְיַת סִיחֹן אָכְלָה עָר מוֹאָב בַּעֲלֵי בָּמוֹת אַרְנֹן.
(כט) אוֹי לְךָ מוֹאָב אָבַדְתָּ עַם כְּמוֹשׁ נָתַן בָּנָיו פְּלֵיטִם וּבְנֹתָיו בַּשְּׁבִית לְמֶלֶךְ אֱמֹרִי סִיחוֹן.
(ל) וַנִּירָם אָבַד חֶשְׁבּוֹן עַד דִּיבֹן וַנַּשִּׁים עַד נֹפַח אֲשֶׁר
פרק כב
(א) וַיִּסְעוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּחֲנוּ בְּעַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב מֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ.
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Lang: en; Title: Parashat Chukkat; Content:
Chapter 19
(1) Hashem spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, (2) "This is the statute of the law which Hashem has commanded. Speak to the Children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without defect, in which is no blemish, and which was never yoked. (3) You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face: (4) Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times. (5) One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, he shall burn. (6) And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (7) Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening. (8) He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening. (9) A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the Children of Israel for a water for impurity; it is a sin offering. (10) He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And it shall be to the Children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever. (11) He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. (12) He shall purify himself with water on the third day and on the seventh day; he shall be clean; but if he doesn't purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, he shall not be clean. (13) Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn't purify himself, defiles the Tabernacle of Hashem; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet on him. (14) This is the law when a man dies in a tent. Everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days. (15) Every open vessel which has no covering bound on it is unclean. (16) Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. (17) For the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be put on them in a vessel. (18) And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. (19) And the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him. And he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. (20) But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Hashem. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. (21) It shall be a perpetual statute to them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. (22) Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening."
Chapter 20
(1) The Children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. And the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there. (2) There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. (3) The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Hashem! (4) Why have you brought the assembly of Hashem into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals? (5) Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; and there is no water to drink!" (6) Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces; and the glory of Hashem appeared to them. (7) Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, (8) "Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water. And you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink." (9) Moses took the rod from before Hashem, as he commanded him. (10) Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you water out of this rock for you?" (11) Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. (12) Hashem said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the Children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." (13) These are the waters of Meribah; because the Children of Israel strove with Hashem, and he was sanctified in them. (14) Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, "Thus says your brother Israel. You know all the travail that has happened to us, (15) how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us and our fathers. (16) And when we cried to Hashem, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border. (17) Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells. We will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border." (18) Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you." (19) The Children of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet." (20) He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people and with a strong hand. (21) Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him. (22) They traveled from Kadesh, and the Children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. (23) Hashem spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, (24) "Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the Children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. (25) Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor. (26) Strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron shall be taken, and shall die there." (27) Moses did as Hashem commanded; and they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. (28) Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. (29) When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Chapter 21
(1) The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. (2) Israel vowed a vow to Hashem, and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities." (3) Hashem listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. (4) They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. (5) The people spoke against God, and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread." (6) Hashem sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. (7) The people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against Hashem and against you. Pray to Hashem, that he take away the serpents from us." Moses prayed for the people. (8) Hashem said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." (9) Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard; and it happened that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived. (10) The Children of Israel traveled and encamped in Oboth. (11) They traveled from Oboth and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise. (12) From there they traveled and encamped in the valley of Zered. (13) From there they traveled and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. (14) Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Hashem, "Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon, (15) the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar leans on the border of Moab." (16) From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which Hashem said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water." (17) Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, well; sing to it, (18) the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter and with their poles." From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; (19) and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; (20) and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert. (21) Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, (22) "Let me pass through your land; we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells. We will go by the king's highway until we have passed your border." (23) Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel. (24) Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. (25) Israel took all these cities; and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns. (26) For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon. (27) Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; (28) for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon. (29) Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites. (30) We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba." (31) Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. (32) Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its towns, and drove out the Amorites who were there. (33) They turned and went up by the way of Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. (34) Hashem said to Moses, "Don't fear him for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon." (35) So they struck him, and his sons and all his people until there was no remnant left of him, and they possessed his land.
Chapter 22
(1) The Children of Israel traveled and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.