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1 ל( א( ג( Abominations to YHWH by Nehemia Gordon "And you must not lay with a male in a sexual manner [lit. as the laying of a woman], it is an abomination." (Lev 18:22) "And a man who lays with a male in a sexual manner [lit. as the laying of a woman], they have both done an abomination, they shall surely die, their blood is upon them." (Lev 20:13) "I hate falsehood and deem it an abomination, I love your Torah." (Ps 119:163) "They deemed me an abomination, they distanced themselves from me, they did not hold back spit from my face." (Job 30:10) When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts next to My doorposts with only a wall between Me and them, they would defile My holy name by the abominations that they committed, and I consumed them in My anger. (Ezek 43:8 [JPS]) "And you must love your fellow as you love yourself, I am YHWH" (Lev 18:18) (24) Do not be defiled by any of these, for in all of these were the nations which I am sending away before you defiled. (25) The land was defiled and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land spit out its inhabitants. (26) But you must keep My statutes and My judgments and you must not do any of these abominations (to evot ב ת,(תּוֹע the born-citizen and the sojourner that sojourns among you. (27) For all these abominations (to evot ב ת (תּוֹע the people of the land who were before you did, and the land was defiled. (28) Lest the land spit you our when you defile it, as it spit out the nations that were before you. (29) For anyone who does any of these abominations (to evot the souls that do will be cut off from,(תּוֹע בוֹת their people. (30) You will keep my instruction to not do the statutes of abominations which were done before you that you not be defiled by them, I am YHWH your God." (Lev 18:24-30) "(1) And YHWH spoke to Moses saying, (2) Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, I am YHWH your God. (3) According to the deeds of the land of Egypt in which you dwelt ו א ת ז כ ר ל א ת שׁ כּ ב מ שׁ כּ ב י א שּׁ ה תּוֹע ב ה ה וא: (ויקרא יח:כב) ו א ישׁ א שׁ ר י שׁ כּ ב א ת ז כ ר מ שׁ כּ ב י א שּׁ ה תּוֹע ב ה ע שׂוּ שׁ נ יה ם מוֹת יוּמ תוּ דּ מ יה ם בּ ם: (ויקרא כ:יג) שׁ ק ר שׂ נ את י ו א ת ע ב ה תּ ור ת ך אָה ב תּ י (תהלים קיט:קסג) תּ ע בוּנ י ר ח קוּ מ נּ י וּמ פּ נ י ל א-ח שׂ כוּ ר ק: (איוב ל:י) בּ ת תּ ם ס פּ ם א ת-ס פּ י וּמ זוּז ת ם א צ ל מ זוּז ת י ו ה קּ יר בּ ינ י וּב ינ יה ם ו ט מּ אוּ א ת-שׁ ם ק ד שׁ י בּ ת וע ב ות ם א שׁר ע שׂוּ ו א כ ל א ת ם בּ אַפּ י (יחזקאל מג:ח) ו אָה ב תּ ל ר ע ך כּ מוֹך א נ י י הו ה: (ויקרא יח:יח) כּ י ב כ ל א לּ ה אַל תּ טּ מּ אוּ בּ כ ל א לּ ה (כד) נ ט מ אוּ ה גּוֹי ם א שׁ ר א נ י מ שׁ לּ ח מ פּ נ יכ ם: (כה) ו תּ ט מ א ה אָר ץ ו א פ ק ד ע וֹנ הּ ע ל יה ו תּ ק א ה אָר ץ א ת י שׁ ב יה : (כו) וּשׁ מ ר תּ ם אַתּ ם א ת ח קּ ת י ו א ת ה תּוֹע ב ת ה א לּ ה מ שׁ פּ ט י ו ל א ת ע שׂוּ מ כּ ל ה א ז ר ח ו ה גּ ר ה גּ ר בּ תוֹכ כ ם: (כז) כּ י א ת כּ ל ה תּוֹע ב ת ה א ל ע שׂוּ אַנ שׁ י ה אָר ץ א שׁ ר ל פ נ יכ ם ו תּ ט מ א ה אָר ץ: (כח) ו ל א ת ק יא ה אָר ץ א ת כ ם בּ ט מּ א כ ם א ת הּ כּ א שׁ ר ק אָה א ת ה גּוֹי א שׁ ר ל פ נ יכ ם: (כט) כּ י כּ ל א שׁ ר י ע שׂ ה מ כּ ל ה תּוֹע בוֹת ה א לּ ה ו נ כ ר תוּ ה נּ פ שׁוֹת ה ע שׂ ת מ קּ ר ב ע מּ ם: וּשׁ מ ר תּ ם א ת מ שׁ מ ר תּ י ל ב ל תּ י ע שׂוֹת ( מ ח קּוֹת ה תּוֹע ב ת א שׁ ר נ ע שׂוּ ל פ נ יכ ם ו ל א א נ י י הו ה א ל ה יכ ם: (ויקרא ת טּ מּ אוּ בּ ה ם יח:כד-ל) ( ו י ד בּ ר י הו ה א ל מ שׁ ה לּ אמ ר: (ב) דּ בּ ר א ל בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל ו אָמ ר תּ א ל ה ם א נ י י הו ה א ל ה יכ ם: ( כּ מ ע שׂ ה א ר ץ מ צ ר י ם א שׁ ר י שׁ ב תּ ם בּ הּ ל א ת ע שׂוּ וּכ מ ע שׂ ה א ר ץ כּ נ ע ן א שׁ ר א נ י מ ב יא

2 ד( do not do, and according to the deeds of the land of Canaan where I am bringing you do not do, and according to their statutes do not walk. (4) You must do my judgements and keep my statutes to walk in them, I am YHWH your God. (5) You shall keep my statutes and my judgements which if a man do them he shall live through them, I am YHWH." (Lev 18:1-5) "No man shall approach to uncover the nakedness of any flesh of his flesh, I am א ת כ ם שׁ מּ ה ל א ת ע שׂוּ וּב ח קּ ת יה ם ל א ת ל כוּ: ( א ת מ שׁ פּ ט י תּ ע שׂוּ ו א ת ח קּ ת י תּ שׁ מ רוּ ל ל כ ת בּ ה ם א נ י י הו ה א ל ה יכ ם: (ה) וּשׁ מ ר תּ ם א ת ח קּ ת י ו א ת מ שׁ פּ ט י א שׁ ר י ע שׂ ה א ת ם ה אָד ם ו ח י בּ ה ם א נ י י הו ה: א ישׁ א ישׁ א ל כּ ל שׁ א ר בּ שׂ רוֹ ל א ת ק ר בוּ ל ג לּוֹת ע ר ו ה א נ י י הו ה: (ויקרא יח:ו) YHWH." (Lev 18:6) 1) Father, 2) Mother, 3) Father's wife, 4) Father's daughter, 5) mother's daughter born to father or to a different husband, 6) son's daughter, 7) daughter's daughter, 8) father's wife's daughter born to father [but not born to another man], 9) father's sister, 10) mother's sister 11) father's brother, 12) father's brother's wife, 13) son's wife, 14) brother's wife, 15) wife's daughter, 16) wife's son's daughter, 17) wife's daughter's daughter. Commandment: A man may not uncover the nakedness of his brother's wife. Hebrew-Gender-Principle: When Biblical Hebrew speaks in the masculine it applies to both male and female Basic Application: A woman may not uncover the nakedness of her husband's brother. Extended Application: A woman may not uncover the nakedness of her sister's husband. "The nakedness of your father's brother you shall not uncover, to his wife you shall not approach, she is your aunt." (Lev 18:14) Wife's Sister, in Her Lifetime "You shall not take a woman to her sister to trouble her, to uncover her nakedness, in her lifetime." (Lev 18:18) Menstrual Impurity "And to a woman in her menstrual impurity, you shall not approach to uncover her nakedness." (Lev 18:19) "And a man who lies with a menstruating woman, having uncovered her nakedness, he has revealed her source, and she has revealed the source of her blood, both of them shall be cut off from their nation." (Lev 20:21) Lev 15:19-24 Lev 15:25-30 "And you shall separate the Children of Israel from their impurities, that they not die in their impurity when they impurify my Tabernacle which is amongst them." (Lev 15:31) Lev 18:20 adultery Lev 18:21 human sacrifice Lev 18:22 homosexuality Lev 18:23 bestiality (also Lev 20:15-16) Food Abominations "You shall not eat any abomination." (Dt 14:3) 8 Abominations of Dt 14 ע ר ו ת א ח י אָב יך ל א ת ג לּ ה א ל א שׁ תּוֹ ל א ת ק ר ב דּ ד ת ך ה וא: (ויקרא יח:יד) ו א שּׁ ה א ל א ח ת הּ ל א ת קּ ח ל צ ר ר ל ג לּוֹת ע ר ו ת הּ ע ל יה בּ ח יּ יה : (ויקרא יח:יח) ו א ל א שּׁ ה בּ נ דּ ת ט מ אָת הּ ל א ת ק ר ב ל ג לּוֹת ע ר ו ת הּ: (ויקרא יח:יט) ו א ישׁ א שׁ ר י שׁ כּ ב א ת א שּׁ ה דּ ו ה ו ג לּ ה א ת ע ר ו ת הּ א ת מ ק ר הּ ה ע ר ה ו ה יא גּ לּ ת ה א ת מ קוֹר דּ מ יה ו נ כ ר תוּ שׁ נ יה ם מ קּ ר ב ע מּ ם: (ויקרא כ:כא) ו ה זּ ר תּ ם א ת בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל מ טּ מ אָת ם ו ל א י מ תוּ בּ ט מ אָת ם בּ ט מּ אָם א ת מ שׁ כּ נ י א שׁ ר בּ תוֹכ ם: (ויקרא טו:לא) ל א ת אכ ל כּ ל תּוֹע ב ה: (דברים יד:ג)

3 א( 1) Land animals without split hooves that do not chew their cuds (Dt 14:4-6; Lev 11:3) 2) Camel (Dt 14:7; Lev 11:4) 3) Rabbit (Dt 14:7; Lev 11:6) 4) Hyrax [Hebrew: shafan [שׁ פ ן (Dt 14:7; Lev 11:5) 5) Pig (Dt 14:8; Lev 11:7) 6) Fish without fins and scales (Dt 14:9-10; Lev 11:9-12) 7) Unclean birds [20 or 21 species listed by name] (Dt 14:11-18, 20; Lev 11:13-19) 8) Flying bugs [Hebrew: sheretz [שׁ ר ץ (Dt 14:19; Lev 11:20-23) Sacrificial Abominations "You shall not sacrifice to YHWH your God a ( ל א ת ז בּ ח ל יהו ה א ל ה יך שׁוֹר ו שׂ ה א שׁ ר bull or flock [=sheep and goats] which has in it a blemish, anything bad, for it is an abomination to YHWH your God." (Dt 17:1) כּ י תוֹע ב ת י הו ה י ה י ה בוֹ מוּם כּ ל דּ ב ר ר ע א ל ה יך הוּא: (דברים יז:א) "And from the hand of a Gentile you shall not וּמ יּ ד בּ ן נ כ ר ל א ת ק ר יבוּ א ת ל ח ם א ל ה יכ ם מ כּ ל א לּ ה כּ י מ שׁ ח ת ם בּ ה ם מוּם בּ ם ל א י ר צוּ sacrifice the bread of your God from any of these, for their corruption is in them, their ל כ ם: (ויקרא כב:כה) blemish is upon them, they shall not be acceptable for you." (Lev 22:25) Mal 1:6-14 in "Crushed, smashed, disconnected, and cut וּמ עוּך ו כ תוּת ו נ תוּק ו כ רוּת ל א ת ק ר יבוּ ל יהו ה the testicles you shall not offer to YHWH and וּב אַר צ כ ם ל א ת ע שׂוּ: (ויקרא כב:כד) in your land you shall not do." (Lev 22:24) ל א-ת ב יא א ת נ ן ז ונ ה וּמ ח יר כּ ל ב בּ ית י הו ה "You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute (kedeshah) or the price of a dog (kelev) to the א ל ה יך ל כ ל-נ ד ר כּ י ת וע ב ת י הו ה א ל ה יך גּ ם- house of YHWH your God for any vow, for שׁ נ יה ם: (ויקרא כג:יט) both of these are an abomination to YHWH your God." (Dt 23:19) abomination, "The sacrifice of an evildoer is an אַף כּ י-ב ז מּ ה י ב יא נּוּ: תּ וע ב ה ז ב ח ר שׁ ע ים especially when he brings it with lewdness (משלי כא:כז) (zimah ".(ז מּ ה (Prov 21:27) "You shall not continue to bring vain-offerings, it is abominable incense to me, New Moon and Sabbath, calling convocations, I can not bear crookedness and assembly together." (Isa 1:13) "(17) Lord, open my lips, and let my mouth proclaim your praise. (18) For you do not desire sacrifice and payment, you do not accept whole-burnt-offerings. (19) The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, do not reject." (Ps 51:17-19) "The sacrifice of evildoers is an abomination to YHWH, but the prayer of the righteous is His desire." (Prov 15:8) "He who turns his ear from obeying Torah, his prayer is also an abomination." (Prov 28:9) Dishonest Business Practices "(13) You must not have in your pocket diverse weights ( even,(א ב ן a great and a small. (14) You must not have in your house diverse measures ( efah יפ ה,(א great and small. ל א ת וס יפוּ ה ב יא מ נ ח ת-שׁ ו א ק ט ר ת תּ וע ב ה ה יא ל י ח ד שׁ ו שׁ בּ ת ק ר א מ ק ר א ל א-אוּכ ל אָו ן ו ע צ ר ה: (ישעיהו א:יג) (יז) א ד נ י שׂ פ ת י תּ פ תּ ח וּפ י י גּ יד תּ ה לּ ת ך : (יח) כּ י ל א ת ח פּ ץ ז ב ח ו א תּ נ ה עוֹל ה ל א ת ר צ ה: (יט) ז ב ח י א ל ה ים רוּח נ שׁ בּ ר ה ל ב נ שׁ בּ ר ו נ ד כּ ה א ל ה ים ל א ת ב ז ה: (תהלים נא:יז-יט) מ ס יר אָז נ ו מ שּׁ מ ע תּ ור ה גּ ם-תּ פ לּ ת ו תּ וע ב ה: (משלי כח:ט) (יג) ל א י ה י ה ל ך בּ כ יס ך א ב ן ו אָב ן גּ דוֹל ה וּק ט נּ ה: (יד) ל א י ה י ה ל ך בּ ב ית ך א יפ ה ו א יפ ה גּ דוֹל ה וּק ט נּ ה: (טו) א ב ן שׁ ל מ ה ו צ ד ק י ה י ה לּ ך א יפ ה שׁ ל מ ה ו צ ד ק י ה י ה לּ ך ל מ ע ן י א ר יכוּ י מ יך

4 ח( ח( (15) A whole and just stone you must have and a whole and just measure ( efah יפ ה (א you must have, in order that your days be prolonged upon the earth which YHWH your God gives to you. (16) For all who do these things are an abomination to YHWH, all those who deal crookedly." (Dt 25:13-16) "(35) You must not deal crookedly in judgment, with a size, weight, or volume. (36) You must have just balances, just stones [=weight], a just efah [=solid volume, i.e. size], and a just hin [=liquid volume], I am YHWH your your God who took you out of the land of Egypt." (Lev 19:35-36) "Deceptive scales are an abomination to YHWH, while a whole stone is his desire." (Prov 11:1) "Diverse weights [lit. stone and stone] are an abomination to YHWH, deceptive scales are not good." (Prov 20:23) "Canaan had in his hand deceptive balances, he loved to oppress." (Hos 12:8) The Seven Abominations Proverbs 6:16-19 "These six YHWH hates, and seven are abominations to His soul: [1] Haughty eyes [2] a false tongue [3] hands that shed innocent blood [4] a heart that plot crooked plans [5] legs that quickly run to do evil [6] a false witness that breathes lies [7] and he who send strife among brothers "Every haughty heart is an abomination to YHWH, he shall assuredly not be made innocent." (Prov 16:5) "Is this not Babylon the great, which I have built by my vast power and for the honor of my glory as a royal palace." (Dan 4:27) "Evil plans are an abomination to YHWH, but pleasant words are pure." (Prov 15:26) "You shall not go around as a talebearer among your people" (Lev 19:16) Jeremiah's List of Abominations "(8) Behold you trust in falsehood, to no effect. (9) Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Ba al, walk after other gods whom you have not known, (10) and come and stand before Me in this house upon which my name is called and say, "We ע ל ה א ד מ ה א שׁ ר י הו ה א ל ה יך נ ת ן ל ך : (טז) כּ י תוֹע ב ת י הו ה א ל ה יך כּ ל ע שׂ ה א לּ ה כּ ל ע שׂ ה ע ו ל: (דברים כה:יג-טז) (לה) ל א ת ע שׂוּ ע ו ל בּ מּ שׁ פּ ט בּ מּ דּ ה בּ מּ שׁ ק ל וּב מּ שׂוּר ה: (לו) מ אז נ י צ ד ק אַב נ י צ ד ק א יפ ת צ ד ק ו ה ין צ ד ק י ה י ה ל כ ם א נ י י הו ה א ל ה יכ ם א שׁ ר הוֹצ את י א ת כ ם מ א ר ץ מ צ ר י ם: (ויקרא יט:לה-לו) מ אז נ י מ ר מ ה תּוֹע ב ת י הו ה ו א ב ן שׁ ל מ ה ר צוֹנוֹ: (משלי יא:א) תּ וע ב ת י הו ה א ב ן ו אָב ן וּמ אז נ י מ ר מ ה ל א- ט וב: (משלי כ:כג) ( כּ נ ע ן בּ י דוֹ מ אז נ י מ ר מ ה ל ע שׁ ק אָה ב: (הושע יב:ח) (טז) שׁ שׁ ה נּ ה שׂ נ א י הו ה ו שׁ ב ע תועבות [תּוֹע ב ת קרי] נ פ שׁוֹ: 1) (יז) ע ינ י ם ר מוֹת 2) ל שׁוֹן שׁ ק ר 3) ו י ד י ם שׁ פ כוֹת דּ ם נ ק י: 4) (יח) ל ב ח ר שׁ מ ח שׁ בוֹת אָו ן 5) ר ג ל י ם מ מ ה רוֹת ל רוּץ ל ר ע ה: 6) (יט) י פ יח כּ ז ב ים ע ד שׁ ק ר 7) וּמ שׁ לּ ח מ ד נ ים בּ ין אַח ים: (משלי ו:טז-יט) תּ וע ב ת י הו ה כּ ל-גּ ב הּ-ל ב י ד ל י ד ל א י נּ ק ה: (משלי טז:ה) ע נ ה מ ל כּ א ו אָמ ר ה ל א ד א ה יא בּ ב ל ר בּ ת א דּ י א נ ה ב נ י ת הּ ל ב ית מ ל כוּ בּ ת ק ף ח ס נ י ו ל יק ר ה ד ר י: (בניאל ד:כז) תּ וע ב ת י הו ה מ ח שׁ ב ות ר ע וּט ה ר ים א מ ר י- נ ע ם: (משלי טו:כו) ל א ת ל ך ר כ יל בּ ע מּ יך (ויקרא יט:טז) ( ה נּ ה אַתּ ם בּ ט ח ים ל כ ם ע ל דּ ב ר י ה שּׁ ק ר ל ב ל תּ י הוֹע יל: (ט) ה ג נ ב ר צ ח ו נ א ף ו ה שּׁ ב ע ל שּׁ ק ר ו ק טּ ר ל בּ ע ל ו ה ל ך אַח ר י א ל ה ים א ח ר ים א שׁ ר ל א י ד ע תּ ם: (י) וּב את ם ו ע מ ד תּ ם ל פ נ י בּ בּ י ת ה זּ ה א שׁ ר נ ק ר א שׁ מ י ע ל יו ו א מ ר תּ ם נ צּ ל נוּ ל מ ע ן ע שׂוֹת א ת כּ ל ה תּוֹע בוֹת ה א לּ ה:

5 ט( have been saved!", so that you can do all these abominations." (Jer 7:8-11) 1) stealing, 2) murder, 3) adultery, 4) false oaths, and 5) idolatry Transvestites "The clothing of a man shall not be on a woman and a man shall not dress in the dress of a woman, do all who do those things are an abomination to YHWH." (Dt 22:5) Injustice "Declaring the guilty innocent or the innocent guilty, both are an abomination to YHWH." (Prov 17:15) Idolatry "(15) Be very careful for your souls, for you have not seen any likeness on the day that YHWH spoke to you at Chorev out of the fire, (16) Lest you become corrupt and make an image of the likeness of any symbol..." (Dt 4:15-16) "'Cursed be the man who makes a statue or molten image, an abomination to YHWH, the work of a smith, and places it in secret', and all the nation answered and said: 'Amen!'" (Dt 27:15) (9) When you come to the land which YHWH your God is giving you, you shall not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations. (10) There shall not be found among you one who causes his son or daughter to pass through fire, an augur, a soothsayer, a diviner, a sorcerer, (11) a one who casts spells, or one who consults ghosts or familiar spirits, or one who inquires of the dead (doresh el ha-metim). (12) For anyone one who does these is an abomination to YHWH, and because of these abominations YHWH your God dispossessed them from before you. (13) You must be complete with YHWH your God. (Dt 18:9-13) (14) For these nations whom you are dispossessing listen to soothsayers and augurs, but you not so YHWH your God has given you. (15) Prophets from among your brethren like me YHWH your God will raise up; to them you shall listen. (16) According to all that you asked from YHWH your God at Chorev in the day of the congregation, saying, I will no longer hear the voice of YHWH my God and I will no longer see this great fire that I not die. (17) And YHWH said to me, you have spoken well. (18) I will raise up prophets for them (ירמיהו ז:א-יא) ל א-י ה י ה כ ל י-ג ב ר ע ל-א שּׁ ה ו ל א-י ל בּ שׁ גּ ב ר שׂ מ ל ת א שּׁ ה כּ י ת וע בת י הו ה א ל ה יך כּ ל-ע שׂ ה א לּ ה: (דברים כב:ה) מ צ דּ יק ר שׁ ע וּמ ר שׁ יע צ דּ יק תּ וע ב ת י הו ה גּ ם- שׁ נ יה ם: (משלי יז:טו) (טו) ו נ שׁ מ ר תּ ם מ א ד ל נ פ שׁ ת יכ ם כּ י ל א ר א ית ם כּ ל תּ מוּנ ה בּ יוֹם דּ בּ ר י הו ה א ל יכ ם בּ ח ר ב מ תּוֹך ה א שׁ: (טז) פּ ן תּ שׁ ח תוּן ו ע שׂ ית ם ל כ ם פּ ס ל תּ מוּנ ת כּ ל ס מ ל תּ ב נ ית ז כ ר אוֹ נ ק ב ה: (דברים ד:טו-טז) אָרוּר ה א ישׁ א שׁ ר י ע שׂ ה פ ס ל וּמ סּ כ ה תּ וע ב ת י הו ה מ ע שׂ ה י ד י ח ר שׁ ו שׂ ם בּ סּ ת ר ו ע נוּ כ ל-ה ע ם ו אָמ רוּ אָמ ן: (דברים כז:טו) ( כּ י אַתּ ה בּ א א ל ה אָר ץ א שׁ ר י הו ה א ל ה יך נ ת ן ל ך ל א ת ל מ ד ל ע שׂוֹת כּ תוֹע ב ת ה גּוֹי ם ה ה ם: (י) ל א י מּ צ א ב ך מ ע ב יר בּ נוֹ וּב תּוֹ בּ א שׁ ק ס ם ק ס מ ים מ עוֹנ ן וּמ נ ח שׁ וּמ כ שּׁ ף: (יא) ו ח ב ר ח ב ר ו שׁ א ל אוֹב ו י דּ ע נ י ו ד ר שׁ א ל ה מּ ת ים: (יב) כּ י תוֹע ב ת י הו ה כּ ל ע שׂ ה א לּ ה וּב ג ל ל ה תּוֹע ב ת ה א לּ ה י הו ה א ל ה יך מוֹר ישׁ אוֹת ם מ פּ נ יך : (יג) תּ מ ים תּ ה י ה ע ם י הו ה א ל ה יך : (דברים יח:ט- יג) (יד) כּ י ה גּוֹי ם ה א לּ ה א שׁ ר אַתּ ה יוֹר שׁ אוֹת ם א ל מ ע נ נ ים ו א ל ק ס מ ים י שׁ מ עוּ ו אַתּ ה ל א כ ן נ ת ן ל ך י הו ה א ל ה יך : (טו) נ ב יא מ קּ ר בּ ך מ אַח יך כּ מ נ י י ק ים ל ך י הו ה א ל ה יך א ל יו תּ שׁ מ עוּן: (טז) כּ כ ל א שׁ ר שׁ אַל תּ מ ע ם י הו ה א ל ה יך בּ ח ר ב בּ יוֹם ה קּ ה ל ל אמ ר ל א א ס ף ל שׁ מ ע א ת קוֹל י הו ה א ל ה י ו א ת ה א שׁ ה גּ ד ל ה ה זּ את ל א א ר א ה עוֹד ו ל א אָמוּת: (יז) ו יּ אמ ר י הו ה א ל י ה יט יבוּ א שׁ ר דּ בּ רוּ: (יח) נ ב יא אָק ים ל ה ם מ קּ ר ב א ח יה ם כּ מוֹך ו נ ת תּ י ד ב ר י בּ פ יו ו ד בּ ר א ל יה ם א ת כּ ל א שׁ ר א צ וּ נּוּ: (יט) ו ה י ה ה א ישׁ א שׁ ר ל א י שׁ מ ע א ל דּ ב ר י א שׁ ר י ד בּ ר בּ שׁ מ י אָנ כ י א ד ר שׁ

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