Kedoshim

Jan 1, 1980

⁷ To Me, O Israelites, you are
Just like the Ethiopians

— declares the Lord —

True, I brought Israel up
From the land of Egypt,
But also the Philistines from Caphtor
And the Arameans from Kir.

Emor

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁵ But the levitical priests descended from Zadok, who maintained the service of My Sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from Me — they shall approach Me to minister to Me; they shall stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood — declares the Lord God.

Behar

Jan 1, 1980

⁶ Jeremiah said: The word of the Lord came to me: ⁷ Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you and say, “Buy my land in Anathoth, for you are next in succession to redeem it by purchase.”

Behukkotai

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁹ O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
My refuge in a day of trouble,
To You nations shall come
From the ends of the earth and say:
Our fathers inherited utter delusions,
Things that are futile and worthless.

Bemidbar

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The number of the people of Israel shall be like that of the sands of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted; and instead of being told, “You are Not-My-People,” they shall be called Children-of-the-Living-God.

Pinehas

Jan 1, 1980

⁴⁶ The hand of the Lord had come upon Elijah. He tied up his skirts and ran in front of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

Hayyei Sarah

Jan 1, 1980

1 King David was now old, advanced in years; and though they covered him with bedclothes, he never felt warm.

Toledot

Jan 1, 1980

¹ A pronouncement: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.