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Chapter 24

Translation and Transliteration of 

1Then He said to Moshe, “Come up to Hashem, with Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy elders of Yisrael, and bow low from afar.

v'-el mo-SHE a-MAR a-LEH el a-do-NAI a-TAH v'-a-ha-ROn na-DAV va-a-vee-HU v'-shiv-EEM mi-zik-NAY yis-ra-AYL v'-hish-ta-cha-VEE-tem may-ra-KHOK

אוְאֶל־מֹשֶׁ֨ה אָמַ֜ר עֲלֵ֣ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֗ה אַתָּה֙ וְאַהֲרֹן֙ נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיה֔וּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם מֵרָחֹֽק׃

2Moshe alone shall come near Hashem; but the others shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.”

v'-ni-GASH mo-SHEH l'-va-DO el a-do-NAI v'-HEM lo yi-GA-shu v'-ha-AM lo ya-a-LU i-MO

בוְנִגַּ֨שׁ מֹשֶׁ֤ה לְבַדּוֹ֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהֵ֖ם לֹ֣א יִגָּ֑שׁוּ וְהָעָ֕ם לֹ֥א יַעֲל֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃

3Moshe went and repeated to the people all the commands of Hashem and all the rules; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, “All the things that Hashem has commanded we will do!”

vai-YA-vo MO-sheh va-y'-sa-PAYR la-AM AYT kol di-VREY a-do-NAI v'-AYT kol ha-mish-PA-TEEM va-YA-an kol ha-AM, KOL e-KHAD va-YO-mer-U, KOL ha-d'-va-REEM a-SHER di-BER a-do-NAI na-a-SEH

גוַיָּבֹ֣א מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר לָעָם֙ אֵ֚ת כׇּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה וְאֵ֖ת כׇּל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים וַיַּ֨עַן כׇּל־הָעָ֜ם ק֤וֹל אֶחָד֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

4Moshe then wrote down all the commands of Hashem. Early in the morning, he set up a mizbayach at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Yisrael.

va-yikh-TOV mo-SHEH AYT kol div-RAY a-do-NAI va-yash-KAYM ba-BO-ker va-YI-ven miz-BAY-akh TA-khat ha-HAR u-sh'-TAYM es-RAY ma-tzay-VAH lish-NAYM a-SAR shiv-TAY yis-ra-AYL

דוַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֵ֚ת כׇּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣ם בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וַיִּ֥בֶן מִזְבֵּ֖חַ תַּ֣חַת הָהָ֑ר וּשְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ מַצֵּבָ֔ה לִשְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

 24:4   With twelve pillars

If the Twelve Tribes are physically present at the foot of the mountain, what is the meaning behind the symbolic representation of the tribes through the twelve pillars erected by Moshe? Commentators reflect that these pillars are meant to represent all future descendants of the nation alongside the generation that exited Egypt. Based on this verse, the Sages of the Midrash teach that, in a sense, all the future souls of the Jewish nation were present at Sinai; they too witnessed the revelation of God and personally accepted the Torah and its laws upon themselves.

5He designated some young men among the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as offerings of well-being to Hashem.

vai-yish-LAKH et-na-a-RAY b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL va-ya-a-LU o-LOT va-yiz-b'-KHU z'-va-KHEEM sh'-la-MEEM la-a-do-NAI pa-REEM

הוַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֶֽת־נַעֲרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּֽעֲל֖וּ עֹלֹ֑ת וַֽיִּזְבְּח֞וּ זְבָחִ֧ים שְׁלָמִ֛ים לַיהֹוָ֖ה פָּרִֽים׃

6Moshe took one part of the blood and put it in basins, and the other part of the blood he dashed against the mizbayach.

vai-YA-kakh mo-SHEH kha-TZI ha-DAM va-YA-sem ba-a-GA-not va-kha-TZI ha-DAM za-RAK al ha-miz-BAY-akh

ווַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ חֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם בָּאַגָּנֹ֑ת וַחֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם זָרַ֖ק עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

7Then he took the record of the covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said, “All that Hashem has spoken we will faithfully do!”

vai-YI-kakh SE-fer ha-b'-REET va-yik-RA b'-o-z'-NAY ha-AM va-YO-mer-U kol a-SHER di-BER a-do-NAI na-a-SEH v'-nish-MA

זוַיִּקַּח֙ סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה וְנִשְׁמָֽע׃

8Moshe took the blood and dashed it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that Hashem now makes with you concerning all these commands.”

vai-YI-kakh MO-sheh et ha-DAM vai-YIZ-rok al ha-AM vai-YO-mer hi-NEH dam ha-b'-REET a-SHER ka-RAT a-do-NAI i-ma-KHEM al kol ha-d'-va-REEM ha-E-leh

חוַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וַיִּזְרֹ֖ק עַל־הָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֤ה דַֽם־הַבְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרַ֤ת יְהֹוָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם עַ֥ל כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

9Then Moshe and Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy elders of Yisrael ascended;

vai-YA-al mo-SHEH v'-a-ha-ROn na-DAV va-a-vee-HU v'-shiv-EEM mi-zik-NAY yis-ra-AYL

טוַיַּ֥עַל מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן נָדָב֙ וַאֲבִיה֔וּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

10and they saw the God of Yisrael: under His feet there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity.

vai-yir-U et e-lo-HEI yis-ra-AYL v'-ta-KHAT rag-LAV k'-ma-a-SEH liv-NAT ha-sa-PEER u-k'-ET-zem ha-sha-MA-yim la-TO-har

יוַיִּרְא֕וּ אֵ֖ת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְתַ֣חַת רַגְלָ֗יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂה֙ לִבְנַ֣ת הַסַּפִּ֔יר וּכְעֶ֥צֶם הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לָטֹֽהַר׃

11Yet He did not raise His hand against the leaders of the Israelites; they beheld Hashem, and they ate and drank.

v'-el a-tzi-LEI b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL lo sha-LAKH ya-DO va-ye-KHE-zu et ha-e-lo-HEEM va-yo-KH'-lu va-yish-TOO.

יאוְאֶל־אֲצִילֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֖ח יָד֑וֹ וַֽיֶּחֱזוּ֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃

12Hashem said to Moshe, “Come up to Me on the mountain and wait there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the teachings and commandments which I have inscribed to instruct them.”

vai-YO-mer a-do-NAI el mo-SHEH, a-LEH ay-LAI ha-ha-RAH ve-h'-YEH-sham, ve-et-NAH l'-KHA et lu-KHOT ha-E-ven ve-ha-to-RAH ve-ha-mitz-VAH a-SHER ka-TAV-tee l'-ho-RO-tam

יבוַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה עֲלֵ֥ה אֵלַ֛י הָהָ֖רָה וֶהְיֵה־שָׁ֑ם וְאֶתְּנָ֨ה לְךָ֜ אֶת־לֻחֹ֣ת הָאֶ֗בֶן וְהַתּוֹרָה֙ וְהַמִּצְוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּתַ֖בְתִּי לְהוֹרֹתָֽם׃

13So Moshe and his attendant Yehoshua arose, and Moshe ascended the mountain of Hashem.

vai-YA-kom mo-SHEH vi-y'-ho-SHU-a m'-sha-r'-TO, vai-YA-aL mo-SHEH el ha-HAR ha-e-lo-HEEM

יגוַיָּ֣קׇם מֹשֶׁ֔ה וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ מְשָׁרְת֑וֹ וַיַּ֥עַל מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶל־הַ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

14To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us until we return to you. You have Aharon and Chur with you; let anyone who has a legal matter approach them.”

v'-el ha-z'-ke-NIM a-MAR, sh'-VU-la-NU va-ZEH, ad a-SHER na-SHU-V a-LAY-khem, v'-hi-NEH a-ha-RON v'-KHUR i-MA-khem, mi-va-AL d'-va-REEM yi-GASH a-LE-hem.

ידוְאֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֤ים אָמַר֙ שְׁבוּ־לָ֣נוּ בָזֶ֔ה עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־נָשׁ֖וּב אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֨ה אַהֲרֹ֤ן וְחוּר֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם מִי־בַ֥עַל דְּבָרִ֖ים יִגַּ֥שׁ אֲלֵהֶֽם׃

15When Moshe had ascended the mountain, the cloud covered the mountain.

vai-YA-aL mo-SHE el ha-HAR, va-Y'-khas he-a-NAHN et ha-HAR

טווַיַּ֥עַל מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶל־הָהָ֑ר וַיְכַ֥ס הֶעָנָ֖ן אֶת־הָהָֽר׃

16The Presence of Hashem abode on Har Sinai, and the cloud hid it for six days. On the seventh day He called to Moshe from the midst of the cloud.

vai-YISH-kon ke-VOD a-do-NAI al ha-SI-nai, vai-kha-SE-hu he-a-NAHN she-SHET ya-MEEM, vai-YIK-ra el mo-SHEH ba-YOM ha-sh'-VI-ee mi-TOCH he-a-NAHN.

טזוַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן כְּבוֹד־יְהֹוָה֙ עַל־הַ֣ר סִינַ֔י וַיְכַסֵּ֥הוּ הֶעָנָ֖ן שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וַיִּקְרָ֧א אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֛ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י מִתּ֥וֹךְ הֶעָנָֽן׃

17Now the Presence of Hashem appeared in the sight of the Israelites as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain.

u-mar-EH k'-VOD a-do-NAI k'-ESH o-KHE-let b'-ROSH ha-HAR l'-ay-NAY b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL

יזוּמַרְאֵה֙ כְּב֣וֹד יְהֹוָ֔ה כְּאֵ֥שׁ אֹכֶ֖לֶת בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֑ר לְעֵינֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

18Moshe went inside the cloud and ascended the mountain; and Moshe remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

vai-YA-voh mo-SHEH b'-toKH he-a-NAN va-YA-al el ha-HAR, vai-Y'-hee mo-SHEH ba-HAR ar-BA-eem YOM v'-ar-BA-eem la-Y'-la. (Pe)

יחוַיָּבֹ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הֶעָנָ֖ן וַיַּ֣עַל אֶל־הָהָ֑ר וַיְהִ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ בָּהָ֔ר אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָֽיְלָה׃