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Ki Atem Ovrim et haYarden
/ When You Cross the Jordan
SCRIPTURES should be read first
There are four distinct
circumstances. (a) If a killing was clearly accidental, without carelessness,
then the court would absolve the killer. (b) If a killing was accidental, but
there was defined carelessness, then the killer would be exiled to the nearest
city of refuge until the death of the High Priest. (c) If the killing was
unintentional but there was a high degree of negligence, or if it was
intentional but the circumstances prevented the court from carrying out the
death sentence, the sin would be too serious for exile protection from the
avenger. (d) If the killing was intentional and witnessed, the court would
sentence him to execution. In any case, the killer could flee from the avenger
to a city of refuge until the court decided his fate.
Even though there was less population
on the east side of the Jordan, the land area was as great, and therefore three
cities of refuge were designated for each side.
Psalm
119
The first
eight verses each begin with the letter aleph. The next eight verses each
begin with the letter bet. The next eight verses each begin wit the
letter gimel. And so on throughout the twenty-two letters of the
alephbet. This Psalm is called the repetition of eight (Talmud: Berachot
4b).
While seven is
the number of the days of creation, the number eight symbolizes the release from
the desires of this mundane world. In this Psalm, David charts the stages of
growth toward spiritual maturity.
This Psalm
specifically promotes all three categories of Torah mitzvot /
commandments: mishpatim / judgments (moral laws), edot /
ordinances (rituals portraying spiritual truths), and hukim / statutes
(commandments bonding God and man, without obvious reason). These four terms
will be used consistently here unlike most English translations.
Remember that
the apostle Paul taught believers in Yeshua to admonish one another with these
Psalms (Colosians 3:16).
Verses
89-176 (last half Lamed-Tav)
Half way
through our spiritual journey, we have learned the significance of Torah. Each
of the eight verses start with the letter lamed, which stands for
lamor Torah study.
89
(LeOlam forever) Study Torah, because it is established for eternity.
90
(Ledor remains) Study Torah, because by it the earth was created, and
remains standing.
91
(Lemishpatecha fulfills Your judgments) Study Torah, because all things
serve its ordinances.
92
(Luley if not) Study Torah: if it had not been my delight, I would have
perished.
93
(LeOlam-lo forever-not) Study Torah: I will never forget it, because it
revived me.
94
(Lecha yours) Study Torah: through it I am Yours save me!
95
(Liy-qivu to lie in wait) Study Torah diligently, because its enemies
lie in wait to shake us from it.
96
(Lechal boundless) Study Torah, because it only is boundless in riches.
Having learned
its significance, we love Gods Word above all: so we pronounce our love. Mem
stands for Mamar pronouncements.
97
(Ma ahavta) O how I love Your Torah!
It is my meditation all the day.
98
(Meoyvay) My enemies it makes me wiser than them.
99
(Michal-melamday) From all my teachers I grew wise.
100
(Mizqenim) From elders I gain understanding.
101
(Michal) From every evil path I restrained my feet, so that I might
keep Your Word.
102
(Mimishpatecha) From Your judgments (mishpatim moral laws) I
did not depart.
103
(Mah nitletzu) How sweet to my taste is Your Word, sweeter than honey.
104
(Mipiqudecha) Through Your precepts I acquire
understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Having
learned the significance of Gods Word, and gained a love for it, we become what
Nun stands for: Neeman a loyal person.
105
(Ner) A lamp is Your Word to my feet, and a light to my path.
106
(Nishbatiy) I have sworn and I will confirm it, that I will keep Your
righteous judgments (mishpatim).
107
(Naanitiy) I am afflicted exceedingly; Revive me, O Yahweh, according
to Your Word.
108
(Nidvot) Offerings of my mouth accept, O Yahweh, And teach me Your
judgments (mishpatim).
109
(Naphshiy) My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your
Torah.
110
(Natnu) They laid a snare for me, the wicked, Yet I have not gone
astray from Your precepts.
111
(Nachaltiy) I have inherited Your ordinances (edut) forever, For
they are the joy of my heart.
112
(Natiytiy) I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes (hukim)
forever, even to the end.
Gods Word
will sustain us: Samech means support.
113
(Seaphiym) Double-minded ones
I hate, But I love Your Torah.
114
(Sitriy) My hiding place You are, and my shield; I wait for Your Word.
115
(Suru) Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments
of my God.
116
(Samkiniy) Sustain me according to Your Word, that I may live; And do
not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117
(Sareniy) Uphold me that I may be safe, that I may have regard for
Your statutes (hukim) continually.
118
(Saliyta) You have rejected all those who wander from Your statutes,
For their deceitfulness is useless.
119
(Siniym) You have removed all the wicked of the earth like
dross; Therefore I love Your ordinances (edot).
120
(Samar) Trembling is my flesh for fear of You, And I am in awe of Your
judgments (mishpatim).
Ayin
means pauper. Here we see humble requests.
121
(Asiytiy) I have done
justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122
(Arov) Be surety for Your servant for good; Do not let the arrogant
oppress me.
123
(Aeyney) My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation And for
Your righteous Word.
124
(Aseh) Deal with Your servant according to Your lovingkindness, and
teach me Your statutes (hukim).
125
(Avracha) Your servant I am; give me understanding, that I may know
Your ordinances (edot).
126
(Ach) Time It is time for Yahweh to act, For they have broken
Your Torah.
127
(Al-ken) Therefore I love Your commandments (mitzvot) Above
gold, yes, above fine gold.
128
(Al-ken) Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning
everything, I hate every false way.
Tzadi
represents tzaddiq righteous: Gods Words are righteous.
137
(Tzaddiq) Righteous are You, O Yahweh, and upright are Your judgments (mishpatim).
138
(Tzviyta) You have commanded Your ordinances (edot) in
righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
139
(Tzimtachniy) Consumed me has my zeal, Because my adversaries have
forgotten Your words.
140
(Tzrufah) Very pure is Your Word, Therefore Your servant loves it.
141
(Tzaaeyr) I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your
precepts.
142
(Tzidqatcha) Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and
Your Torah is truth.
143
(Tzir) Trouble and anguish have come upon me, Yet Your
commandments (mitzvot) are my delight.
144
(Tzedeq) Righteous forever are Your
ordinances (edot);
give me understanding that I may live.
Qof
stands for Qedushah sanctity. Here we
see sanctification relating to all three categories of commandments.
145
(Qaratiy)
I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Yahweh! I will observe Your statutes (huqim
commandments without obvious reason).
146
(Qaratiyka) I cried to You save me And I shall keep Your ordinances (edot
festivals and symbolic deeds).
147
(Qidamtiy) I rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your Words.
148
(Qidmu) I anticipate with my eyes the night watches, That I may
meditate on Your Word.
149
(Qoliy) Revive me O Yahweh, according to Your judgments (mishpatim
moral laws).
150
(Qarvu) Those who follow after wickedness . . . are far from Your
Torah.
151
(Qarov) You are near O Yahweh, and all Your commandments (mitzvot
all three categories) are truth.
152
(Qedem) Of old I have known from Your ordinances (edot
festivals and symbolic deeds), that You have founded them forever.
Resh
represents rasha the wicked, who are
far from Yeshua.
153
(Reh) Look upon my affliction and rescue me, For I do not forget Your
Torah.
154
(Riyvah) Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your
Word.
155
(Rachoq) Far from Yeshua / salvation is the wicked, for they do
not seek Your statutes (hukim).
156
(Rachmeycha) Your mercies are great, O Yahweh; Revive me according to
Your judgments (mishpatim).
157
(Rabiym) Great in number are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I
do not turn aside from Your ordinances (edot).
158
(Raiytiy) I behold the treacherous and loathe them, because they do not
keep Your Word.
159
(Rah) Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O Yahweh,
according to Your lovingkindness.
160
(Rosh-dvarcha) The sum of Your Word is truth, And every one of Your
righteous ordinances (edot) is everlasting.
Shin/Sin
stands for sheqer falsehood.
161
(Sharim) Princes persecute me without cause (for falsehood), but my heart
stands in awe of Your Words.
162
(Sas) I rejoice at Your Word, As one who finds great spoil.
163
(Sheqer) Falsehood I hate and despise, but Your Torah I love.
164
(Shavaa) Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous
judgments (mishpatim).
165
(Shalom) Peace great have those who love Your Torah,
and nothing (no falsehood) causes them to stumble.
Here is the
person who is becoming spiritually mature.
166
(Shibartiy) I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And do Your
commandments (mitzvot).
167
(Shamrah) My soul keeps Your ordinances (edot), And I love them
exceedingly.
168
(Shamartiy) I keep Your precepts and Your ordinances (edot), For
all my ways are before You.
Tav
(emet truth). The Talmud (Shabbat
104a) teaches that tav represents truth, because it is the final
letter of that word, and truth is the ultimate purpose.
169
(Tiqrav approach) Let my cry come before You, O Yahweh; give me
understanding according to Your Word.
170
(Tavo) Let it come before You my supplication; Deliver me according to
Your Word.
171
(Tabanah - flow) Let my lips flow with praise, for You teach me Your
statutes (hukim that are not obvious).
172
(Taan proclaim) Let my tongue proclaim / sing of Your Word, for all
Your commandments (mitzvot) are righteousness.
173
(Thiy) Let Your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Your
precepts.
174
(Taavtiy) I long for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And Your Torah is my
delight.
175
(Techiy) Let live my soul, that it may praise You, and let
Your judgments (mishpatim moral laws) help me.
And the final
verse:
176
(Taiytiy) I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for
I do not forget Your commandments (mitzvot).
John 4
(V.25-26) The woman said to Him, I
know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He
will declare all things to us. Yeshua said to her, I who speak to you am He.
He is the one called the alef and tav (Revelation 22:11). He is
the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).
(V.34) Yeshua said to them, My food
is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work. He is the one
who perfectly fulfilled Torah and that does not mean that He abolished it
(Matthew 5:17).
Readings:
"Blessed are You, Yahweh our God, King
of the Universe,
Who chose us from among all peoples by
giving us Your Torah.
Blessed are You, Yahweh, giver of the
Torah."
Numbers 35:
Reader 1* Amen
9 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10
"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into
the land of Canaan, 11 then you shall select for yourselves cities to
be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person
unintentionally may flee there. 12 'The cities shall be to you as a
refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands
before the congregation for trial. 13 'The cities which you are to
give shall be your six cities of refuge. 14 'You shall give three
cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be
cities of refuge.
Reader 2* Amen
15 'These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and
for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person
unintentionally may flee there. 16 'But if he struck him down with an
iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put
to death. 17 'If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by
which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall
surely be put to death. 18 'Or if he struck him with a wooden object
in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a
murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 'The blood
avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when
he meets him.
Reader 3* Amen
20 'If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at
him lying in wait and as a result he died, 21 or if he struck
him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who
struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger
shall put the murderer to death when he meets him. 22 'But if he
pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in
wait, 23 or with any deadly object of stone, and without seeing it
dropped on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor seeking his
injury, 24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and
the blood avenger according to these ordinances. 25 'The congregation
shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the
congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he
shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the
holy oil.
Reader 4* Amen
26 'But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the
border of his city of refuge to which he may flee, 27 and the blood
avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood
avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood 28
because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the
high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return
to the land of his possession. 29 'These things shall be for a
statutory ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 'If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at
the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony
of one witness.
Reader 5* Amen
31 'Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life
of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
32 'You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge,
that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest. 33
'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land
and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it,
except by the blood of him who shed it. 34 'You shall not defile the
land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I Yahweh am dwelling
in the midst of the sons of Israel.'"
Reader 6* Amen
36:1 And the heads of the fathers' households
of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and
before the leaders, the heads of the fathers' households of the sons of
Israel, 2 and they said, "Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land
by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded by
Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
3 "But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the
sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our
fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong;
thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. 4 "When the
jubilee of the sons of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the
inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be
withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers." 5 Then
Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of Yahweh, saying, "The
tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements.
Reader 7* Amen
6 "This is what Yahweh has commanded concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, 'Let them marry whom they wish; only they must
marry within the family of the tribe of their father.' 7 "Thus no
inheritance of the sons of Israel shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for
the sons of Israel shall each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his
fathers. 8 "Every daughter who comes into possession of an
inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the
family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess
the inheritance of his fathers. 9 "Thus no inheritance shall be
transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of
Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance." 10 Just as Yahweh had
commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did: 11 Mahlah,
Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their
uncles' sons. 12 They married those from the families of the
sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained with the
tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the commandments
and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded to the sons of Israel through Moses in
the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
"Blessed are You, Yahweh our God, King
of the Universe,
Who in giving us Yeshua, the Living
Torah, has planted everlasting life in our midst.
Blessed are You, Yahweh, giver of the
Torah."
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"Blessed are You, Yahweh our God, King
of the Universe,
Who selected good prophets, delighting
in their words which were spoken truthfully.
Blessed are You, Yahweh, Who chose the
Torah, Your servant Moses, Your people Israel,
and the prophets of truth and
righteousness."
Joshua 20
Then Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Designate the cities of refuge,
of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 that the manslayer who kills
any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they
shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 He shall flee
to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city
and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall
take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among
them. 5 Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not
deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without
premeditation and did not hate him beforehand. 6 He shall dwell in
that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death
of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to
his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled. 7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem
in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill
country of Judah. 8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they
designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and
Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of
Manasseh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the sons of
Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any
person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of
blood until he stands before the congregation.
Psalm 119:89-176
(last half Lamed Tav)
Lamed.
89
Forever, O Yahweh, Your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness
continues toward all generations; You established the earth, and it
stands.
91 They stand this day
according to Your judgments, For all things are Your servants.
92 If Your Torah had not been
my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget Your
precepts, For by them You have revived me.
94 I am Yours, save me; For I
have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked wait for me to
destroy me; I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to
everything else; but Your commandment is boundless in riches.
Mem.
97 O how I love Your Torah! It
is my meditation all the day.
98 Your commandments make me
wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine.
99 I have more insight than
all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the
aged, Because I have observed Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet
from every evil way, That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not turned aside
from Your ordinances, For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are Your words
to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From Your precepts I get
understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
Nun.
105 Your word is a lamp to my
feet And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and I will
confirm it, That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.
107 I am exceedingly
afflicted; Revive me, O Yahweh, according to Your word.
108 O accept the freewill
offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, And teach me Your ordinances.
109 My life is continually in
my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a
snare for me, Yet I have not gone astray from Your precepts.
111 I have inherited Your
testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart
to perform Your statutes Forever, even to the end.
Samekh.
113 I hate those who are
double-minded, But I love Your law.
114 You are my hiding place
and my shield; I wait for Your word.
115 Depart from me, evildoers,
That I may observe the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to
Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117 Uphold me that I may be
safe, That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.
118 You have rejected all
those who wander from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.
119 You have removed all the
wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear
of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.
Ayin.
121 I have done justice and
righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for Your servant
for good; Do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes fail with longing
for Your salvation And for Your righteous word.
124 Deal with Your servant
according to Your lovingkindness And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am Your servant; give me
understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for Yahweh to
act, For they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore I love Your
commandments Above gold, yes, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem right
all Your precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way.
Peh.
129 Your testimonies are
wonderful; Therefore my soul observes them.
130 The unfolding of Your
words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and
panted, For I longed for Your commandments.
132 Turn to me and be gracious
to me, After Your manner with those who love Your name.
133 Establish my footsteps in
Your word, And do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the
oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make Your face shine upon
Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 My eyes shed streams of
water, Because they do not keep Your law.
Tzadhe.
137 Righteous are You, O
Yahweh, And upright are Your judgments.
138 You have commanded Your
testimonies in righteousness And exceeding faithfulness.
139 My zeal has consumed me,
Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
140 Your word is very pure,
Therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised,
Yet I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have
come upon me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are
righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live.
Qoph.
145 I cried with all my heart;
answer me, O Yahweh! I will observe Your statutes.
146 I cried to You; save me
And I shall keep Your testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry
for help; I wait for Your words.
148 My eyes anticipate the
night watches, That I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice according to
Your lovingkindness; Revive me, O Yahweh, according to Your ordinances.
150 Those who follow after
wickedness draw near; They are far from Your law.
151 You are near, O Yahweh,
And all Your commandments are truth.
152 Of old I have known from
Your testimonies That You have founded them forever.
Resh.
153 Look upon my
affliction and rescue me, For I do not forget Your Torah.
154
Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
155 Salvation is far from the
wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Great are Your mercies, O
Yahweh; Revive me according to Your ordinances.
157 Many are my persecutors
and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.
158 I behold the treacherous
and loathe them, Because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider how I love Your
precepts; Revive me, O Yahweh, according to Your lovingkindness.
160 The sum of Your word is
truth, And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.
Shin.
161 Princes persecute me
without cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your words.
162 I rejoice at Your word, As
one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and despise
falsehood, But I love Your Torah.
164 Seven times a day I praise
You, Because of Your righteous ordinances.
165 Those who love Your Torah
have great peace, And nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I hope for Your salvation,
O Yahweh, And do Your commandments.
167 My soul keeps Your
testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep Your precepts and
Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.
Tav.
169 Let my cry come before
You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come
before You; Deliver me according to Your word.
171 Let my lips utter praise,
For You teach me Your statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of Your
word, For all Your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let Your hand be ready to
help me, For I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I long for Your salvation,
O Yahweh, And Your Torah is my delight.
175 Let my soul live that it
may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me.
176 I have gone astray like a
lost sheep; seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments.
John 4:1-45
1
Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Yeshua was making
and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Yeshua Himself was
not baptizing, but His disciples were), 3 He left Judea and went away
again into Galilee. 4 And He had to pass through Samaria.
5 So He came to a city of
Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son
Joseph; 6 and Jacob's well was there. So Yeshua, being wearied from
His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7
There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Yeshua said to her, "Give Me a
drink." 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that You,
being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no
dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Yeshua answered and said to her, "If
you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you
would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." 11
She said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where
then do You get that living water? 12 "You are not greater than our
father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his
sons and his cattle?" 13 Yeshua answered and said to her, "Everyone
who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of
the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will
give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so I will not be
thirsty nor come all the way here to draw." 16 He said to her, "Go,
call your husband and come here." 17 The woman answered and said, "I
have no husband." Yeshua said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I have no
husband'; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now
have is not your husband; this you have said truly."
19 The woman said to Him,
"Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 "Our fathers worshiped in
this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where
men ought to worship." 21 Yeshua said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an
hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship
the Father. 22 "You worship what you do not know; we worship what we
know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 "But an hour is coming, and
now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth;
for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 "God is
spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." 25
The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ);
when that One comes, He will declare all things to us." 26 Yeshua
said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
27 At this point His disciples
came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one
said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why do You speak with her?" 28 So the
woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and said to the men, 29
"Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not
the Messiah, is it?" 30 They went out of the city, and were coming to
Him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples
were urging Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." 32 But He said to them, "I
have food to eat that you do not know about." 33 So the disciples
were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?"
34 Yeshua said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me
and to accomplish His work. 35 "Do you not say, 'There are yet four
months, and then comes the harvest '? Behold, I say to you, lift up your
eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. 36
"Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life
eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37
"For in this case the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'
38 "I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have
labored and you have entered into their labor."
39 From that city many of the
Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He
told me all the things that I have done." 40 So when the
Samaritans came to Yeshua, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed
there two days. 41 Many more believed because of His word; 42
and they were saying to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said
that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is
indeed the Savior of the world."
43 After the two days He went
forth from there into Galilee. 44 For Yeshua Himself testified that a
prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to
Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in
Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.
"Blessed are You, Yahweh
our God, King of the Universe,
Rock of Ages, righteous
throughout all generations.
You are the faithful God,
promising and then performing, speaking and then fulfilling,
for all Your words are true
and righteous.
Faithful are You, Yahweh
our God, and faithful are Your words,
for no word of Yours shall
remain unfulfilled;
You are a faithful and
merciful God and King.
Blessed are You, Yahweh our
God, Who are faithful in fulfilling all Your words.
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