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¹⁸ The Bnei Reuven, and the Gadi, and half the shevet (tribe) of Menasheh, of bnei chayil, anashim able to bear mogen and cherev, and to shoot with keshet, and trained for milchamah, were four and forty elef seven hundred and threescore, that were ready for military service.

¹⁹ And they waged milchamah against the Hagari’im, with Yetur, and Naphish, and Nodav.

²⁰ And they were helped against them, and the Hagari’im were delivered into their yad, and all that were with them, for they cried to Elohim in the milchamah, and He was entreated of them [T.N. These genealogies establish the massively eyewitnessed veracity of the death and resurrection of Israel in and from the Golus.] because they put their trust in Him.

²¹ And they took away their mikneh: of their gemalim fifty elef, and of tzon two hundred and fifty elef, and of chamorim two thousand, and of nefesh adam a hundred elef.

²² For there fell down many slain, because the milchamah was Elohim’s. And they took up residence in their place until the Golus.

²³ And Bnei chatzi (half) shevet Menasheh dwelt in the land. They increased from Bashan unto Ba’al Chermon and Senir, and unto Har Chermon.

²⁴ And these were the heads of the bais avotam, even Epher, Yishi, Eliel, Azriel, Yirmeyah, and Hodavyah, and Yachdiel, anashim gibborei chayil, famous men, and heads of the bais avotam.

²⁵ And they transgressed against Elohei Avoteihem, and went a-whoring after the elohim of the peoples of the land, whom Elohim made shmad before them.

²⁶ And Elohei Yisroel stirred up the ruach of Pul Melech Ashur, and the ruach of Tilgat Pilneser Melech Ashur, and he carried them away into Golus, even the Reuveni, and the Gadi, and the half tribe of Menasheh, and brought them unto Chalach, and Chavor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

6 The Bnei Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.

^2 (28) And the Bnei Kehat: Amram, Yitzhar, and Chevron, and Uzziel.

^3 (29) And the Bnei Amram: Aharon, and Moshe, and Miryam. The bnei Aharon; Nadav, and Avihu, Eleazar, and Itamar.

^4 (30) Eleazar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua,

^5 (31) And Avishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi,

^6 (32) And Uzzi fathered Zerachyah, and Zerachyah fathered Merayot,

^7 (33) Merayot fathered Amaryah, and Amaryah fathered Achituv,

^8 (34) And Achituv fathered Tzadok, and Tzadok fathered Achima’atz,

^9 (35) And Achima’atz fathered Azaryah, and Azaryah fathered Yochanan,

^10 (36) And Yochanan fathered Azaryah (he it is that executed the kohen’s office in the Beis [Hamikdash] that Sh’lomo built in Yerushalayim),

^11 (37) And Azaryah fathered Amaryah, and Amaryah fathered Achituv,

^12 (38) And Achituv fathered Tzadok, and Tzadok fathered Shallum,

^13 (39) And Shallum fathered Chilkiyah, and Chilkiyah fathered Azaryah,

^14 (40) And Azaryah fathered Serayah, and Serayah fathered Yehotzadak,

^15 (41) And Yehotzadak went into the Golus, when Hashem carried away Yehudah and Yerushalayim by the yad of Nevuchadnetzar.

^16 (6:1) The Bnei Levi: Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.

^17 (6:2) And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershom: Livni and Shimei.

^18 (6:3) And the Bnei Kehat were Amram, and Yitzhar, and Chevron, and Uzziel.

^19 (6:4) The Bnei Merari: Machli and Mushi. And these are the mishpekhot of the Levi’im according to avoteihem.

^20 (6:5) Of Gershom: Livni bno, Yachat bno, Zimmah bno,

^21 (6:6) Yoach bno, Iddo bno, Zerach bno, Yeaterai bno.

^22 (6:7) The Bnei Kehat: Amminadav bno, Korach bno, Assir bno,

^23 (6:8) Elkanah bno, and Evyasaph bno, and Assir bno,

^24 (6:9) Tachat bno, Uriel bno, Uziyah bno, and Sha’ul bno.

^25 (6:10) And the Bnei Elkanah: Amasai, and Achimot.

^26 (6:11) As for Elkanah, the Bnei Elkanah: Tzophai bno, and Nachat bno,

^27 (6:12) Eliav bno, Yerocham bno, Elkanah bno.

^28 (6:13) And the Bnei Shmuel: the bechor [Yoel], and the second, Aviyah.

^29 (6:14) The Bnei Merari: Machli, Livni bno, Shimei bno, Uzzah bno,

^30 (6:15) Shimea bno, Chagiyah bno, Asayah bno.

^31 (6:16) And these are they whom Dovid set over the service of shir (song) in the Beis Hashem, after the Menoach HaAron (the coming to rest of the Ark).

^32 (6:17) And they were the mesharetim (ministers) before the Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed with singing, until Sh’lomo had built the Beis Hashem in Yerushalayim, and then they performed their avodas [kodesh service] according to their mishpatim (regulations).

^33 (6:18) And these are they that stood [ministering] with their banim. Of the Bnei Kehati; Heman the meshorer (singer) Ben Yoel Ben Shemuel,

^34 (6:19) Ben Elkanah Ben Yerocham Ben Eliel Ben Toach,

^35 (6:20) Ben Tzuph Ben Elkanah Ben Machat Ben Amasai,

^36 (6:21) Ben Elkanah Ben Yoel Ben Azaryah Ben Tzephanyah,

^37 (6:22) Ben Tachat Ben Assir Ben Evyasaph Ben Korach,

^38 (6:23) Ben Yitzhar Ben Kehat Ben Levi Ben Yisroel.

^39 (6:24) And achiv Asaph, who stood at his right hand, even Asaph Ben Berechyah Ben Shimea,

^40 (6:25) Ben Micha’el Ben Ba’aseyah Ben Malkiyah,

^41 (6:26) Ben Etni Ben Zerach Ben Adayah,

^42 (6:27) Ben Eitan Ben Zimmah Ben Shimei,

^43 (6:28) Ben Yachat Ben Gershom Ben Levi.

^44 (6:29) And their achim the Bnei Merari stood on the left hand; Eitan Ben Kishi Ben Avdi Ben Maluch,

^45 (6:30) Ben Chashavyah Ben Amatzyah Ben Chilkiyah,

^46 (6:31) Ben Amtzi Ben Bani Ben Shemer,

^47 (6:32) Ben Machli Ben Mushi Ben Merari Ben Levi.

^48 (6:33) Their achim also the Levi’im were appointed unto all the avodas Mishkan Beis HaElohim.

^49 (6:34) But Aharon and his banim presented the offerings upon the Mizbe’ach HaOlah and on the Mizbe’ach HaKetoret, and were appointed for all the work of the Kodesh HaKodashim, and to make kapporah for Yisroel, according to all that Moshe eved HaElohim had commanded.

^50 (6:35) And these are the Bnei Aharon; Eleazar bno, Pinchas bno, Avishua bno,

^51 (6:36) Bukki bno, Uzzi bno, Zerachyah bno,

^52 (6:37) Merayot bno, Amaryah bno, Achituv bno,

^53 (6:38) Tzadok bno, Achima’atz bno.

^54 (6:39) Now these are their moshevot throughout their assigned territories, of the Bnei Aharon, of the mishpekhot of the Kehati, for the goral (lot) fell upon them.

^55 (6:40) And they gave them Chevron in Eretz Yehudah, and the migrashim thereof all around it.

^56 (6:41) The sadeh of the Ir, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev Ben Yephunneh.

^57 (6:42) And to the Bnei Aharon they gave the cities of refuge, namely, Chevron, and Livnah with her migrashim, and Yatir, and Eshtemoa, with her migrashim,

^58 (6:43) Chilez with her migrashim, Devir with hers,

^59 (6:44) And Ashan with her migrashim, and Beit Shemesh with her migrashim;

^60 (6:45) And out of the tribe of Binyamin; Geva with her migrashim, and Alemet with her migrashim, and Anatot with her migrashim. All their towns throughout their mishpekhot were 13 towns.

^61 (6:46) And unto the Bnei Kehat, which were left of the mishpakhat of that tribe, were towns given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Menasheh, by goral, ten towns.

^62 (6:47) And to the Bnei Gershom throughout their mishpekhot out of the tribe of Yissakhar, out of that of Asher, out of that of Naphtali, out of the tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, 13 towns.

^63 (6:48) Unto the Bnei Merari were given by goral, throughout their mishpekhot, out of the tribe of Reuven, and out of that of Gad, and out of that of Zevulun, 12 towns.

^64 (6:49) And the Bnei Yisroel gave to the Levi’im these towns with their migrashim.

^65 (6:50) And they gave by goral out of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Shim’on, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin, these towns, which are called by their shmot.

^66 (6:51) For some of the mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat had towns of their territories out of the tribe of Ephrayim.

^67 (6:52) They gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in Har Ephrayim with her migrashim; they gave Gezer with her migrashim,

^68 (6:53) And Yokmeam with her migrashim, and Beit Choron with her migrashim,

^69 (6:54) And Ayalon with her migrashim, and Gat Rimmon with her migrashim;

^70 (6:55) And out of the half tribe of Menasheh; Aner with her migrashim, and Bileam with her migrashim, for the mishpakhat of the rest of the Bnei Kehat.

^71 (6:56) Unto the Bnei Gershom were given out of the mishpakhat of the half tribe of Menasheh Golan in Bashan with her migrashim, and Ashtarot with her migrashim;

^72 (6:57) And out of the tribe of Yissakhar; Kedesh with her migrashim, Davrat with her migrashim,

^73 (6:58) And Ramot with her migrashim, and Anem with her migrashim;

^74 (6:59) And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her migrashim, and Avdon with her migrashim,

^75 (6:60) And Chukok with her migrashim, and Rechov with her migrashim;

^76 (6:61) And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galil (Galilee) with her migrashim, and Chammon with her migrashim, and Kiryatayim with her migrashim.

^77 (6:62) Unto the rest of the Bnei Merari were given out of the tribe of Zevulun, Rimmono with her migrashim, Tavor with her migrashim.

^78 (6:63) And on the other side of the Yarden by Yericho, on the east side of Yarden, were given them out of the tribe of Reuven, Betzer in the midbar with her migrashim, and Yachtzah with her migrashim,

^79 (6:64) Kedemot also with her migrashim, and Mepha’at with her migrashim;

^80 (6:65) And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil’ad with her migrashim, and Machanayim with her migrashim,

^81 (6:66) And Cheshbon with her migrashim, and Ya’zer with her migrashim.

26 And Agrippa said to Rav Sha’ul, "It is permitted for you to speak concerning yourself." Then Rav Sha’ul, having stretched out his hand, was making his hitstaddekut (defense), saying,

² "I have considered myself fortunate that it is before you, Agrippa HaMelech, that I am able to make my hitstaddekut today concerning everything of which I am accused by Yehudim.

³ "Most of all, you are a bukki (expert, meivin) in all the minhagim and issues of the Yehudim; therefore, I beg you to listen patiently to me.

⁴ "All the Yehudim have da’as of my Yiddishkeit from my earliest youth, a life spent from the beginning among my own people and in Yerushalayim.

⁵ "They have had da’as of this for a long time, if they are willing to bear edut, that according to the most machmir kat of our Orthodox Jewish faith my life has been lived out as a Parush.

⁶ "And now I stand here on trial on account of my tikvah in the havtacha made to Avoteinu,

⁷ "A havtacha Sheneym Asar Shevateinu have tikvah to attain, as they with earnestness worship Hashem yomam valailah. It if for this tikvah, your Excellency, that I am accused by Yehudim!

⁸ "Why is it considered incredible by any of you that Hashem makes the Mesim to stand up alive?

⁹ "Indeed, I myself thought it necessary to do many opposing things against ha-Shem of Yehoshua from Natzeret.

¹⁰ "And this I also did in Yerushalayim; and armed with samchut received from the Rashei Hakohanim, many of the kadoshim I locked up in the beis hasohar; and I cast my vote keneged (against) them when they received the death penalty.

¹¹ "And throughout all the shuls I often punished them, forcing them to commit Chillul Hashem gidduf (blasphemy), and since I was so enraged against them, I was bringing redifah on them even as far as foreign cities.

¹² "This it was, that as I was traveling to Damascus with authorization and permission from the Rashei Hakohanim,

¹³ "At noon on the derech, O Melech, I saw from Shomayim an ohr, more brilliant than the shemesh, shining around me and around the ones traveling with me.

¹⁴ "And we all fell down to the ground. Then I heard a kol saying to me in the language of the Hebrews, ‘Sha’ul, Sha’ul, why are you bringing redifah upon me? It is hard for you to kick keneged (against) the prod.’

¹⁵ "And I said, ‘Who are you Adoni?’ And HaAdon said, ‘I am Yehoshua upon whom you are bringing redifah.

¹⁶ ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For this tachlis, then, I appeared to you, to give you s’michah as a mesharet, an eved, and an eidus (witness), both of what things you have seen and the things which I will reveal to you. [Ezek 2:1; Dan 10:11]

¹⁷ ‘I will deliver you from your own people and from the Goyim to whom I am sending you, [YIRMEYAH 1:8,19]

¹⁸ ‘To open their eyes, to turn them from choshech to ohr and from the samchut of Hasatan to Hashem, that they receive selichat avon and nachalah among the ones having been set apart in kedushah by emunah in me.' [YESHAYAH 35:5; TEHILLIM 18:28; YESHAYAH 42:7,16]

¹⁹ "O Agrippa HaMelech, I was not disobedient to the chazon from Shomayim. [YESHAYAH 50:5]

²⁰ "But beginning with the ones in Damascus and also with those in Yerushalayim, and with all the region of Yehudah and with the Goyim, I was preaching they should make teshuva and turn to Hashem, doing ma’asim mitzvot worthy of teshuva. [YIRMEYAH 18:11; 35:15]

²¹ "Because of these things, the unbelieving Yehudim seized me while I was in the Beis Hamikdash, and were trying to kill me.

²² "To this day I have obtained ezer (help) from Hashem, to stand and give solemn edut (testimony) before both ketanim and Gedolim, testifying about nothing beyond the Orthodox Jewish faith based on what the Nevi’im and Moshe Rabbenu said would happen:

²³ "That is, the yissurim (sufferings) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and that by being rishon to stand up alive in the Techiyas HaMoshiach, he would proclaim ohr both to K’lal Yisroel and the Nations."

²⁴ And while he was saying these things in his hitstaddekut, Festus in a kol gadol shouts, "Rav Sha’ul, all your yeshiva learning has made you meshuggah!"

²⁵ But Rav Sha’ul says, "I am not meshuggah, most excellent Festus; I am speaking dvarim of Emes and Ta’am (Reason).

²⁶ "For HaMelech has da’as of these matters, to whom also I am speaking freely, for I am sure that absolutely none of these things escape his notice, for this has not been done in a corner.

²⁷ "Agrippa HaMelech, do you believe in the Nevi’im? I have da’as that you do believe."

²⁸ And Agrippa said to Rav Sha’ul, "You think, do you, that as quick as that you can make me mekabel Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach?"

²⁹ But Rav Sha’ul said, "I would daven that Hashem, quickly or not, might make not only you but all listening to me today as I am, apart from these sharsherot (chains)."

³⁰ HaMelech and the Moshel and Bernice and the ones sitting with them got up.

³¹ And having withdrawn, they were saying to one another, "This man does nothing worthy of the death penalty or imprisonment."

³² And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar."

6 (For the one directing. With stringed instruments. Al HaSheminit. Mizmor Dovid) Hashem, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.

^2 (3) Have mercy upon me, Hashem; for I am weak: Hashem, heal me; for my atzmot are shaking.

^3 (4) My nefesh is also much shaken; but Thou, Hashem, ad mosai (how much longer)?

^4 (5) Turn, Hashem, deliver my nefesh; hoshieini (save me) for the sake of Thy chesed.

^5 (6) For in mavet there is no remembrance of Thee; in Sheol who shall give Thee thanks?

^6 (7) I am weary with my groaning; all the lailah flood I my mittah with weeping; I water my couch with my tears.

^7 (8) Mine eye is consumed because of ka’as (grief); it groweth old because of all mine enemies.

^8 (9) Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Hashem hath heard the voice of my weeping.

^9 (10) Hashem hath heard my techinnah (supplication); Hashem will receive my tefillah (prayer).

^10 (11) Let all mine oyevim be ashamed and much troubled; let them turn back and suddenly be ashamed.

²⁰ An ish’s beten shall be filled with the fruit of his peh (mouth), and with the produce of his sfatayim (lips) shall he be satisfied.

²¹ Mavet and chayyim are in the power of the lashon, and they that love it shall eat the p’ri (fruit) thereof.