[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. Commentary from AST/ArtScroll Tanakh and P&H/Pentateuch & Haftorahs.  Reformatting and highlights ours.—Admin1.] S6K:  So here’s the sequence: YHWH reveals hImself to Moses YHWH liberates, leads, and feeds His people Prepares them to meet Him on Mount Sinai Cuts a Covenant with them The people agree to obey the laws from […]

[If the previous chapters were disturbing and intriguing, these next 5 chapters are frustrating if not downright boring, so much so readers probably tend to skip them altogether.  One begins to wonder why Divine Revelation would include minutiae that might be interesting only to carpenters, tailors, and craftsmen but then why not, YHWH wants His […]

[The previous chapter ends with Moses catching a guarded glimpse, a rear view of YHWH’s glory; what words could possibly describe what he saw? Being in YHWH’s Presence evidently starts reflecting on Moses himself, for at the end of his private personal meetings the face of Moses glows to where the Israelites could not look […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses;   commentary is from AST/ArtScroll Tanach and Pentateuch & Haftoras, published by The Soncino Press, edited by Dr. J. H. Hertz.  Reformatting and highlights ours.] Exodus/Shemoth 34  1 Then YHVH said to Moshe:   Carve yourself two tablets of stone   like the first-ones,    and I will write on the tablets the words […]

 [Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  Commentary from P&H/Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. H.J. Hertz, added as well.  Reformatting and highlights ours.–Admin1.] If the previous chapter was the most disturbing, this one is the most intriguing! Imagine the Creator, the Self-revealing True Elo’hiym— not only prepares Moses for the most important role of mediator between Him […]

 [Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. Commentary from AST/ArtScroll Tanach and P&H/Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. H.J. Hertz, added as well.  Reformatting and highlights ours.—ADMIN1.]   This chapter is probably one of the most disturbing to read because of so much strange behavior on the part of all characters  except perhaps for Yehushuwa [Joshua] and the Ma’lak […]

[This is a Sinaite’s perspective/commentary given as introduction to this chapter..  We usually present the Chapter un-interrupted by commentary so that our visitors can read through and focus on the words of YHWH and understand on his own, without help. The next post features commentary per verse from our usual 3 sources. Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The […]

Most people are familiar only with the 10 Commandments, the Decalogue.   The medieval Jewish scholar “Rambam” or Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides, counted all the commandments from Exodus through Deuteronomy and came up with the number 613. Don’t be overwhelmed by that number and don’t give up reading through the “instructions”.   […]

[These are notes from another RESOURCE we recommend as MUST OWN; this has been hailed as a great scholarly achievement by authorities of the Bible everywhere.  Its translation is based on the American Jewish Version of TNK.  Reformatting and slight editing ours.] The Soncino Press  PENTATEUCH & HAFTORAHS  Hebrew Text English Translation & Commentary,Edited by Dr. H. […]

[These are notes from another RESOURCE we recommend as MUST OWN; this has been hailed as a great scholarly achievement by authorities of the Bible everywhere.  Its translation is based on the American Jewish Version of TNK.  Reformatting and slight editing ours.] The Soncino Press  PENTATEUCH & HAFTORAHS  Hebrew Text English Translation & Commentary,Edited by Dr. H. […]