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Rabbinic Reference Bible Vaetchanan1 – Chapter 3 ,‫ ָבּעֵת ַההִוא‬,‫ ֶאל י ְהוָה‬,‫ָו ֶאתְ ַחנַּן‬ ‫לֵאמ ֹר‬ ‫ ַאתָּ ה ַהחִלּוֹתָ ְלה ְַראוֹת‬,‫ֲאדֹנָי י ְהוִה‬ ָ ְ‫ ְו ֶאת י ָד‬,ְָ‫ ֶאת גָּדְ ל‬,ָ ְ‫ֶאת ַעבְדּ‬ ‫שּׁ ַמי ִם‬ ָ ‫שׁר ִמי ֵאל ַבּ‬ ֶ ‫ַה ֲחזָ ָקה ֲא‬ ָ‫שׂי‬ ֶ ‫שׂה ְכ ַמ ֲע‬ ֶ ‫שׁר י ַ ֲע‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫וּב‬ ָ ֶ‫ְו ִכגְבוּר ֹת‬ ‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ ְו ֶא ְר ֶאה ֶאת ה‬,‫ֶא ְעבּ ְָרה נָּא‬ ‫ ָההָר‬:‫ ְבּ ֵעבֶר ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן‬,‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫הַטּוֹבָה‬ ‫ ְו ַה ְלּבָנ ֹן‬,‫הַטּוֹב ַהזֶּה‬ 232 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying: 243 ’O Lord GOD, you have begun to show Your servant Your greatness, and Your strong hand4; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do according to Your works, and according to Your mighty acts? 255 Let me go over, I pray You, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill‐country, and Lebanon6.’ 1 Vaetchanan aliyot: [1] Deuteronomy 3:23‐4:4, [2] Deuteronomy 4:5‐4:40, [3] Deuteronomy 4:41‐49, [4] Deuteronomy 5:1‐18, [5] Deuteronomy 5:19‐6:3, [6] Deut. 6:4‐25, [7] Deuteronomy 7:1‐11 2 Deuteronomy 3:23 ‐ 1 2 3 4, 2 Corinthians 12:8‐12:9, b.Berachot 30b 32a, Deuteronomy.R 2:1 2:2 2:3 2:4 2:5 2:6 2:7 11:10, Ein Yaakov Berachot 32a, Ein Yaakov Midrash Shmuel 2 15, Esther.R 6:6, Jastrow 458b 484b 1498b, Leviticus.R 1:2, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Amalek 45:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Amalek 2:22, Midrash Psalms 18:22, Midrash Tanchuma Beshallach 28, Midrash Tanchuma Vaetchanan 1, mt.Hilchot Tefilah 1:2, Saadia Opinions 5:6, Sifre Devarim Devarim 26, Sifre.z Numbers Pinchas 27:12 27:15, Tanya Kuntress Acharon §04, z.Vaetchanan 260b Deuteronomy 3:23‐24 ‐ z.Vaetchanan 260a Deuteronomy 3:23‐25 ‐ Midrash Tanchuma Re'eh 8 Deuteronomy 3:23‐4:8 ‐ Minchah [Shabbat Monday Thursday Torah reading ‐ Parashah Vaetchanon] Deuteronomy 3:23‐7:11 ‐ Parashah Vaetchanan [Deuteronomy 3:23‐7:11] 3 Deuteronomy 3:24 ‐ 4QDeute, 2 Samuel 7:22, b.Avodah Zara 7b, b.Berachot 32a, Daniel 3:29, Deuteronomy 11:2, Deuteronomy.R 2:7, Exodus 15:11, Isaiah 16:18 16:25, Jastrow 469b 470a, Jeremiah 10:6 32:18‐32:21, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Amalek 2:38, Midrash Psalms 18:4 56:1 149:1, Midrash Tanchuma Vaetchanan 5, Nehemiah 9:32, Numbers.R 21:15, Psalms 35:10 71:19 86:8 89:7 89:9 10:2 1:3 1:6, Ralbag Wars 6part02:3, Selichot, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 27,27, z.Vaetchanan 260b 4 LXX your strength, and your power, and your mighty hand, and your high arm 5 Deuteronomy 3:25 ‐ b.Avodah Zara 7b, b.Berachot 48b, b.Gittin 56b, Deuteronomy 4:21‐4:22 11:11‐ 11:12, Deuteronomy.R 7:10, Ecclesiastes.R 6:9, Ein Yaakov Berachot 48b, Ein Yaakov Gittin 56b, Exodus 3:8, Exodus.R 33:4, Ezekiel 20:6, Genesis.R 15:1 16:2, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Amalek 45:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Pisha 16:112, Midrash Psalms 104:13, Midrash Tanchuma Beshallach 28, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tavo 1, Midrash Tanchuma Lech Lecha 15, Numbers 8:5, Ralbag SOS Pesichta, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 28, Sifre.z Numbers Beha'alotcha 10:32, Song of Songs.R 7:11, t.Berachot 6:1, y.Berachot 7:1, z.Vaetchanan 260b Deuteronomy 3:25‐26 ‐ 4QDeutc 6 LXX I will therefore go over and see this good land that is beyond Jordan, this good mountain and Antilibanus Page 1 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫שׁ ַמע‬ ָ ‫ וְֹא‬,‫ַויּ ִתְ ַעבֵּר י ְהוָה בִּי ְל ַמ ַענְכֶם‬ ‫ ַרב לְָ אַל‬,‫ֵאלָי; וַיּ ֹא ֶמר י ְהוָה ֵאלַי‬ ‫ בַּדָּ בָר ַהזֶּה‬,‫תּוֹסֶף דַּ בֵּר ֵאלַי עוֹד‬ 267 ‫שׂא עֵינֶיָ י ָ ָמּה‬ ָ ‫ ְו‬,‫ֲעלֵה ר ֹאשׁ ַה ִפּ ְסגָּה‬ ‫וּר ֵאה‬ ְ ‫ְוצָפֹנָה וְתֵ י ָמנָה וּ ִמז ְָרחָה‬ ‫ ֶאת ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן‬,‫ כִּי ֹא תַ עֲב ֹר‬:ָ‫ְבעֵינֶי‬ ‫ַהזֶּה‬ ‫ ְו ַחזְּ ֵקהוּ‬,ַ‫שׁע‬ ֻ ‫ְוצַו ֶאת י ְהוֹ‬ ‫ ִל ְפנֵי ָהעָם‬,‫ כִּי הוּא יַעֲב ֹר‬:‫ְו ַא ְמּצֵהוּ‬ ‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ ֶאת ה‬,‫ וְהוּא יַנְחִיל אוֹתָ ם‬,‫ַהזֶּה‬ ‫שׁר תִּ ְר ֶאה‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫ מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר‬,‫שׁב ַבּ ָגּי ְא‬ ֶ ֵ‫ַונּ‬ 279 2811 2912 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and listened not unto me8; and the LORD said unto me: ‘Let it suffice you; speak no more unto Me of this matter. Get you up into the top of Pisgah10, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with your eyes; for you shall not go over this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land that you shall see.’ So we abode in the valley over against Beth‐peor13. Vaetchanan – Chapter 414 ‫שׁ ַמע ֶאל ַה ֻח ִקּים ְו ֶאל‬ ְ ,‫שׂ ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ִ ‫ְועַתָּ ה י‬ 115 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, 7 Deuteronomy 3:26 ‐ 1 Chronicles 17:4 17:12‐17:13 22:7‐22:9 28:2‐28:4, 2 Corinthians 12:8, b.Berachot 32b, b.Sotah 13b, Deuteronomy 1:37 7:2 32:51‐32:52 10:4, Deuteronomy.R 2:1 2:4 2:5 11:10, Ecclesiastes.R 6:9 9:13 10:15, Ein Yaakov Berachot 32b, Ein Yaakov Sotah 13b, Isaiah 53:5‐ 53:6, Jastrow 1039a 1040a, Matthew 20:22 2:39, Midrash Tanchuma Vaetchanan 6, Numbers 20:7‐ 20:12 27:12‐27:14, Numbers.R 18:18, Psalms 106:32‐106:33, Saadia Opinions 5:6 6:8, Sifre.z Numbers Beha'alotcha 10:29, z.Vaetchanan 260b Deuteronomy 3:26‐27 ‐ Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 29 8 LXX And the LORD, because of you, did not regard me and did not listen to me 9 Deuteronomy 3:27 ‐ 4Q226 3, 4QDeutd "Go up onto the top" vs. "Get you up unto the top", b.Berachot 32b, Deuteronomy 34:1‐34:4, Deuteronomy.R 2:6 2:9 2:26‐27 3:11 7:10 11:10, Ecclesiastes.R 9:13, Genesis 13:14‐13:15, Jastrow 688b, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Amalek 45:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Amalek 2:76, Midrash Psalms 48:5, Midrash Tanchuma Balak 13, Midrash Tanchuma Vaetchanan 1, Numbers 3:12, Numbers.R 20:19, Saadia Opinions 9:2, Sifre Devarim Ekev 37, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 29, Song of Songs.R 1:45 10 LXX quarried rock 11 Deuteronomy 3:28 ‐ 1 Chronicles 22:6 22:11‐22:16 28:9‐28:10 4:20, 1 Timothy 6:13‐6:14, 2 Timothy 2:1‐2:3 4:1‐4:6, Acts 7:45, b.Kiddushin 29a, Deuteronomy 1:38 7:3 7:7 7:23, Hebrews 4:8, John 1:17, Joshua 1:2 3:7‐3:17, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 20:2, Numbers 27:18‐27:23, Numbers.R 7:6, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 29, Sifre Numbers 1:3, z.Vayeilech 284a 12 Deuteronomy 3:29 ‐ Deuteronomy 4:3 4:46 10:6, Lamentations.R 3:8, Numbers 1:3 33:48‐33:49, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 30 13 LXX near the house of Phogor 14 Deuteronomy 4‐12 ‐ Josephus Antiquities 4.8.2‐5 4.8.13 4.8.44 15 Deuteronomy 4:1 ‐ 4QDeutd, Deuteronomy 4:8 4:45 5:1 5:33‐6:2 8:1 11:1 11:32 16:20 6:16 6:19, Ezekiel 11:20 20:11 20:21 12:27 13:24, John 15:14, Leviticus 18:5 19:37 20:8 22:31, Luke 1:6, Matthew 4:20, Midrash Tanchuma Beshallach 15, Philo De Mutatione Nominum 23, Psalms 9:45 23:4, Romans 10:5, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 30 Page 2 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ,‫שׁר אָנֹכִי ְמ ַל ֵמּד ֶאתְ כֶם‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ַה ִמּ‬ ‫ וּבָאתֶ ם‬,‫ַלעֲשׂוֹת ְל ַמעַן תִּ חְיוּ‬ ‫שׁר י ְהוָה‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫שׁתֶּ ם ֶאת ה‬ ְ ‫ִיר‬ ִ ‫ו‬ ‫ נ ֹתֵ ן ָלכֶם‬,‫ֱאֹהֵי ֲאב ֹתֵ יכֶם‬ ‫שׁר אָנֹכִי‬ ֶ ‫ עַל הַדָּ בָר ֲא‬,‫ֹא תֹסִפוּ‬ ‫ ִמ ֶמּנּוּ‬,‫ וְֹא תִ ג ְְרעוּ‬,‫ְמ ַצוֶּה ֶאתְ כֶם‬ ,‫ ֶאת ִמצְוֹת י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵיכֶם‬,‫שׁמ ֹר‬ ְ ‫ִל‬ ‫ ְמ ַצוֶּה ֶאתְ כֶם‬,‫שׁר אָנֹכִי‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫שׂה‬ ָ ‫שׁר ָע‬ ֶ ‫ ֵאת ֲא‬,‫ הָר ֹאוֹת‬,‫עֵינֵיכֶם‬ ,‫ כִּי כָל ָה ִאישׁ‬:‫ ְבּ ַבעַל פְּעוֹר‬,‫י ְהוָה‬ ‫שׁר ָהלְַ אַח ֲֵרי ַבעַל פְּעוֹר‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ֶָ‫ ִמ ִקּ ְרבּ‬,ָ‫שׁ ִמידוֹ י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ְ ‫ִה‬ ‫ ֱאֹהֵיכֶם‬,‫ בַּיהוָה‬,‫ הַדְּ ֵב ִקים‬,‫ְו ַאתֶּ ם‬ ‫ הַיּוֹם‬,‫ַחיּ ִים ֻכּ ְלּכֶם‬ ,‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ ֻח ִקּים וּ ִמ‬,‫ְר ֵאה ִל ַמּדְ תִּ י ֶאתְ כֶם‬ which16 I teach you, to do them; that you may live17, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, gives you. 218 320 422 523 You shall not add unto the word that I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you19. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal‐peor21; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from the midst of you. But you who cleaved unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances24, even as the LORD 16 LXX the ordinances and judgments, all that LXX adds and be multiplied 18 Deuteronomy 4:2 ‐ 3 Baruch 1:7 [Slav], b.Rosh Hashanah 28b, Deuteronomy 13:1, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Ein Yaakov Sotah 49a, Galatians 3:15, Jastrow 583a, Joshua 1:7, Kuzari 3.040, Mark 7:1‐7:13, Matthew 5:18 5:43 15:2‐15:9, mt.Hilchot Nesiat Kapayim 14:12, Numbers.R 17:6, Proverbs 6:6, Revelation 22:18‐22:19, t.Zevachim 8:23 19 LXX adds this day 20 Deuteronomy 4:3 ‐ Hosea 9:10, Joshua 22:17, m.Sanhedrin 7:6, Numbers 25:1‐25:9 26:64 7:16, Psalms 106:28‐106:29 21 LXX Beel‐phegor 22 Deuteronomy 4:4 ‐ Acts 11:23, Avot de R'Natan 34, b.Ketubot 111b, b.Sanhedrin 64a 90b, b.Zevachim [Tosefot] 59b, Deuteronomy 10:20 13:5, Ein Yaakov Ketubot 111b, Ein Yaakov Sanhedrin 90b, Ezekiel 9:4, Genesis.R 80:7, HaMadrikh 35:4, Isaiah 2:20, Jastrow 277b 1288a, John 6:67‐6:69, Joshua 22:5 23:8, Mas.Perek Hashalom 1:1, Mesillat Yesharim 19:Deveikut‐Cleaving‐to‐Hashem, Midrash Psalms 22:22 46:2, Midrash Tanchuma Bamidbar 26, Midrash Tanchuma Chukkat 14, Midrash Tanchuma Emor 2, Midrash Tanchuma Nitzavim 1, Midrash Tanchuma Noach 12, Midrash Tanchuma Shelach 13 15, Midrash Tanchuma Shemini 6, Motzoei Shabbat [Viyiten Lecha], mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 7:7 7:7, Numbers.R 5:9 12:18 16:24 19:16, Pesikta de R'Kahana 1.8 28.10, Pesikta Rabbati 11:7 52:8, Philo De Fuga et Inventione 56, Philo De Specialibus Legibus I 31 345, Prior to Torah reading after first Olah is called up, Psalms 63:9 143:6‐143:11, Revelation 14:4 20:4, Romans 12:9, Ruth 1:14‐1:17, Song of Songs.R 6:15, Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §01, z.Acharei Mot 57a, z.Bamidbar 121a, z.Bereshit 46b 50b, z.Beshallach 49a, z.Lech Lecha 84b 94a 95b, z.Mikketz 204a, z.Mishpatim 96a 124b, z.Shemot 6a, z.Tazria 45b, z.Terumah 138b, z.Tetzaveh 181b, z.Vaetchanan 260b, z.Vayechi 216a 237a, z.Vayetze 163b, z.Vayigash 207b, z.Yitro 86a 87b 23 Deuteronomy 4:5 ‐ 1 Corinthians 11:28 15:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:1‐4:2, Acts 20:27, b.Avodah Zara 14b, b.Bechorot 29a, b.Kiddushin [Rashi] 58b, b.Nedarim 37a 38a, Deuteronomy 4:1, Ein Yaakov Nedarim 38a, Esther.R 6:2, Hebrews 3:5, Matthew 4:20, Midrash Proverbs 14, mt.Hilchot Bechorot 3:7, mt.Hilchot Nedarim 6:7, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:7, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:7, Proverbs 22:19‐22:20 17 Page 3 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ ַלעֲשׂוֹת‬:‫ י ְהוָה ֱאֹהָי‬,‫שׁר ִצ ַוּנִי‬ ֶ ‫ַכּ ֲא‬ ‫שׁר ַאתֶּ ם ָבּ ִאים‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫כֵּן ְבּ ֶק ֶרב ה‬ ‫שׁתָּ הּ‬ ְ ‫שׁ ָמּה ל ְִר‬ ָ ‫שׂיתֶ ם כִּי הִוא‬ ִ ‫ ַו ֲע‬,‫שׁ ַמ ְרתֶּ ם‬ ְ ‫וּ‬ ‫ ְלעֵינֵי‬,‫ָח ְכ ַמתְ כֶם וּבִינַתְ כֶם‬ ‫ ֵאת כָּל‬,‫שׁ ְמעוּן‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁר י‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬:‫ָה ַע ִמּים‬ ‫ וְאָ ְמרוּ ַרק עַם ָחכָם‬,‫ַה ֻח ִקּים ָה ֵאלֶּה‬ ‫ הַגּוֹי ַהגָּדוֹל ַהזֶּה‬,‫ְונָבוֹן‬ ‫שׁר לוֹ ֱאֹהִים‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫כִּי ִמי גוֹי גָּדוֹל‬ ‫ ְבּכָל‬,‫ כַּיהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ‬,‫ְקרֹבִים ֵאלָיו‬ ‫ָק ְר ֵאנוּ ֵאלָיו‬ ‫שׁר לוֹ ֻח ִקּים‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫וּ ִמי גּוֹי גָּדוֹל‬ ‫ַתּוֹרה‬ ָ ‫ כְּכ ֹל ה‬,‫שׁ ָפּטִים צַדִּ י ִקם‬ ְ ‫וּ ִמ‬ ‫שׁר אָנֹכִי נ ֹתֵ ן ִל ְפנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫הַזּ ֹאת‬ my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land whither you go in to possess it. 625 727 828 Observe therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples26, that, when they hear all these statutes, shall say: ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there, that has God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is whensoever we call upon Him? And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances29 so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 24 LXX ordinances and judgments Deuteronomy 4:6 ‐ 1 Kings 4:34 10:6‐10:9, 2 Timothy 3:15, b.Avodah Zara 4b, b.Shabbat 75a, Daniel 1:20 4:6 5:11‐5:16, Deuteronomy 30:19‐30:20, Ecclesiastes.R 7:30 8:3, Gates of Repentance 3.003 3.229, Guide for the Perplexed 2:11 3:31, James 3:13, Jeremiah 8:9, Job 4:28, Kuzari 3.031 3.039, Malachi 3:12, Mesillat Yesharim 11:Traits‐of‐Nekuyut, Midrash Psalms 49:3 119:42, Midrash Tanchuma Kedoshim 5, mt.Perek Chelek Intro:11, Numbers.R 11:1 11:2, Pesikta de R'Kahana 4.4, Pesikta Rabbati 14:1, Philo De Migratione Abrahami 56, Proverbs 1:7 14:8, Psalms 19:8 15:10 119:98‐119:100, y.Nedarim 4:3, z.Terumah 164a, Zechariah 8:20‐8:23 26 LXXX before all nations 27 Deuteronomy 4:7 ‐ 2 Samuel 7:23, b.Berachot 6a, b.Megillah 11a, b.Rosh Hashanah 18a, b.Sanhedrin 38b, b.Yevamot 49b 105a, Chibbur Yafeh 11 42b, Deuteronomy 5:26, Deuteronomy.R 2:10 2:11 2:11 2:12 2:13 2:14 2:15 2:16 2:17, Ein Yaakov Megillah 11a, Ein Yaakov Rosh Hashanah 18a, Ein Yaakov Sanhedrin 38b, Ein Yaakov Yevamot 105a, Ein Yaakov Yevamot 49b, Ephesians 2:12‐ 2:22, Esther.R 7:13, Genesis.R 16:3 39:11, Guide for the Perplexed 1:18, Isaiah 19:4 7:6, James 4:8, Jastrow 1413a, Lamentations.R 3:?, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Shirata 29:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Shirata 3:18, Midrash Psalms 4:3 118:9, mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 2:6 2:6, mt.Mitzvot d'Rabanan 1:‐, Numbers 23:9 23:21, Numbers.R 11:2, Pesikta de R'Kahana 5.13, Pesikta Rabbati 15:2, Psalms 34:19 46:2 73:28 1:18 4:14, y.Berachot 9:1, z.Vayishlach 173b 28 Deuteronomy 4:8 ‐ 2 Timothy 3:16‐3:17, Deuteronomy 10:12‐10:13, Ein Yaakov Aggadot, Guide for the Perplexed 2:39 3:26, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Shirata 29:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Shirata 3:20, Midrash Psalms 119:68, Midrash Tanchuma Lech Lecha 3 9, Numbers.R 11:2, Psalms 19:8‐ 19:12 119:127‐119:128 119:86 119:96 147:19‐147:20, Romans 7:12‐7:14, Shemonah Perachim IV, y.Rosh Hashanah 1:3 29 LXX ordinances and judgments 25 Page 4 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ פֶּן‬,‫שָׁ ְמא ֹד‬ ְ ‫שׁמ ֹר נַ ְפ‬ ְ ‫שּׁ ֶמר לְָ וּ‬ ָ ‫ַרק ִה‬ ָ‫שׁר ָראוּ עֵינֶי‬ ֶ ‫שׁכַּח ֶאת הַדְּ ב ִָרים ֲא‬ ְ ִ‫תּ‬ ;ָ‫ י ְ ֵמי ַחיּ ֶי‬,‫ כּ ֹל‬,ְָ‫וּפֶן י ָסוּרוּ ִמ ְלּ ָבב‬ ָ‫ ְו ִל ְבנֵי ָבנֶי‬,ָ‫וְהוֹדַ עְתָּ ם ְל ָבנֶי‬ 930 ָ‫שׁר ָע ַמדְ תָּ ִל ְפנֵי י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫יוֹם‬ ‫ ֶבּ ֱאמ ֹר י ְהוָה ֵאלַי ַה ְקהֶל לִי‬,‫בְּח ֵֹרב‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬:‫שׁ ִמעֵם ֶאת דְּ ב ָָרי‬ ְ ‫ ְו ַא‬,‫ֶאת ָה ָעם‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ כָּל ַהיּ ָ ִמים ֲא‬,‫י ִ ְל ְמדוּן ְלי ְִראָה א ֹתִ י‬ ,‫ ְו ֶאת ְבּנֵיהֶם‬,‫הֵם ַחיּ ִים עַל ָה ֲאדָ ָמה‬ ‫י ְ ַל ֵמּדוּן‬ ‫ תַּ חַת ָההָר; ְו ָההָר‬,‫וַתִּ ְק ְרבוּן וַתַּ ַע ְמדוּן‬ ,ְ‫שׁ‬ ֶ ֹ ‫שּׁ ַמי ִם ח‬ ָ ‫ עַד לֵב ַה‬,‫בֹּעֵר ָבּ ֵאשׁ‬ ‫ָענָן ַוע ֲָרפֶל‬ 1033 1135 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul31 diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known unto32 your children and your children’ s children; The day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb34, when the LORD said unto me: ‘Assemble Me the people, and I will make them hear My words that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.’ And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven36, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness37. 30 Deuteronomy 4:9 ‐ Avot de R'Natan 24, b.Bava Kamma [Tosefot] 82b, b.Berachot [Rashi] 20b, b.Berachot 21b 22a 32b, b.Kiddushin 30a, b.Menachot 99b, b.Moed Katan 15a, b.Sanhedrin [Tosefot] 66b, b.Sheviit 36a, Derech Hashem Part I 1§02, Deuteronomy 4:15 4:23 6:7 11:19 5:28 7:19 8:46, Deuteronomy.R 4:4, Ein Yaakov Berachot 32b, Ein Yaakov Kiddushin 30a, Ephesians 6:4, Exodus 13:8‐13:9 13:14‐13:16, Exodus.R 47:3, Gates of Repentance 3.028, Genesis 18:19, Hebrews 2:1 2:3, Isaiah 14:19, James 2:22, Joshua 1:18 4:6‐4:7 4:21, Luke 8:18, m.Sheviit 4:13 m.Avot 3:8, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Nezikin 3:113, Midrash Psalms 78:1 119:4 119:8 119:60, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tavo 1, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tissa 28, Midrash Tanchuma Re'eh 1, mt.Hilchot Sanhedrin v'Hainshin Hameurim Lahem 26:3, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:2 1:10, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:2 1:10, mt.Hilchot Tefilah 6:9, mt.Pirkei Avot 3:10, Pirkei Avot 3:10 [Shabbat afternoon], Proverbs 1:8 3:1‐ 3:3 3:21 4:1‐4:13 4:20‐4:23 7:1 23:26, Psalms 34:12‐34:17 71:18 78:3‐78:8 23:11, Revelation 3:3, Sifre Devarim Ekev 48, Sifre Devarim Ekev 48, Siman 165:9 190:2 190:3 33:7, Song of Songs.R 1:13, y.Berachot 5:1, y.Kiddushin 1:7, y.Shabbat 1:2 Deuteronomy 4:9‐10 ‐ Mesillat Yesharim 24:Trait of Yiras Cheit, One of the "six daily remembrances" [receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai] 31 LXX heart 32 LXX and thou shalt teach 33 Deuteronomy 4:10 ‐ 1 Samuel 12:24, b.Bava Kamma [Tosefot] 82b, b.Berachot 21b, b.Moed Katan 15a, Deuteronomy 5:2 5:29 14:23 17:19 31:12‐31:13, Deuteronomy.R 7:8, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Exodus 19:9 19:16 20:15 20:17, Hebrews 12:18‐12:19 12:25, Luke 1:50, Midrash Psalms 78:1, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tavo 1, Midrash Tanchuma Re'eh 1, Numbers.R 7:4, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 41, Revelation 19:5, y.Kiddushin 1:7, y.Shabbat 1:2 34 LXX Choreb 35 Deuteronomy 4:11 ‐ Aristobulus Fragment 2:13, Bahir 106, Deuteronomy 5:23, Deuteronomy.R 10:4, Ecclesiastes.R 7:16, Exodus 19:16‐19:18 20:15‐20:19, Genesis.R 68:12, Guide for the Perplexed 1:39 3:9, Hebrews 12:18‐12:19, Leviticus.R 16:4, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 51:1, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Shirata 32:3, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 3:124, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 4:9, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Shirata 6:131, Midrash Psalms 19:1 68:5, Midrash Tanchuma Beshallach 17, Ruth.R 6:2, Song of Songs.R 1:53 1:56 8:3, z.Bereshit 11b 36 LXX with fire up to heaven Page 5 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ְ‫ ִמתּוֹ‬,‫ַוי ְדַ בֵּר י ְהוָה ֲאלֵיכֶם‬ ,‫ קוֹל דְּ ב ִָרים ַאתֶּ ם שׁ ֹ ְמעִים‬:‫ָה ֵאשׁ‬ ‫וּתְ מוּנָה ֵאינְכֶם ר ֹ ִאים זוּלָתִ י קוֹל‬ ‫שׁר ִצוָּה‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ַויַּגֵּד ָלכֶם ֶאת בּ ְִריתוֹ‬ ;‫ הַדְּ ב ִָרים‬,‫שׂ ֶרת‬ ֶ ‫ֶאתְ כֶם ַלעֲשׂוֹת ֲע‬ ‫שׁנֵי לֻחוֹת ֲא ָבנִים‬ ְ ‫ עַל‬,‫ַויִּכְתְּ בֵם‬ 1238 ‫ ְל ַל ֵמּד‬,‫ ָבּעֵת ַההִוא‬,‫וְא ֹתִ י ִצוָּה י ְהוָה‬ ‫ ַלעֲשׂ ֹתְ כֶם‬:‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ ֻח ִקּים וּ ִמ‬,‫ֶאתְ כֶם‬ ‫שׁר ַאתֶּ ם עֹב ְִרים‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫א ֹתָ ם בּ‬ ‫שׁתָּ הּ‬ ְ ‫שׁ ָמּה ל ְִר‬ ָ ‫ כִּי ֹא‬:‫ ְלנַפְשׁ ֹתֵ יכֶם‬,‫שׁ ַמ ְרתֶּ ם ְמא ֹד‬ ְ ִ‫ְונ‬ ‫ בְּיוֹם דִּ בֶּר י ְהוָה‬,‫ כָּל תְּ מוּנָה‬,‫ְר ִאיתֶ ם‬ ‫ ִמתּוְֹ ָה ֵאשׁ‬,‫ֲאלֵיכֶם בְּח ֵֹרב‬ 1441 1339 1543 And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only a voice. And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the ten words40; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land whither you go over42 to possess it. Take you therefore good heed unto yourselves44— for you saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb45 out of the midst of the fire— 37 LXX tempest Deuteronomy 4:12 ‐ 1 Kings 19:12‐19:13, 2 Peter 1:17‐1:18, 4 Ezra 9:29, Aristobulus Fragment 4:3, Bahir 47 48, Colossians 1:15, Derech Hashem Part III 5§07, Deuteronomy 4:15 4:33 4:36 5:4 5:22, Exodus 20:19, Guide for the Perplexed 1:37 2:33, Isaiah 6:21 16:3 16:6 16:18, John 12:28‐12:30, Matthew 3:3 3:17 17:5, Midrash Tanchuma Haazinu 4, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 2:4, Numbers 12:8, Pesikta de R'Kahana S7.1, Philo De Migratione Abrahami 48, z.Vaetchanan 261a, z.Vayeshev 192b 39 Deuteronomy 4:13 ‐ 2 Corinthians 3:7, b.Shekalim 16b, Deuteronomy 5:1‐5:21 9:9‐9:11 10:1‐10:5, Exodus 19:5 24:12 24:17‐24:18 7:18 10:28, Hebrews 9:4 9:19‐9:20, Song of Songs.R 1:28 5:19, y.Shekalim 6:1, y.Sotah 8:3, z.Lech Lecha 86b, z.Yitro 79b Deuteronomy 4:13‐17 ‐ 4QDeutc 40 LXX commandments 41 Deuteronomy 4:14 ‐ b.Nedarim 37a 38a, b.Sanhedrin 21b, Ein Yaakov Nedarim 38a, Ein Yaakov Sanhedrin 21b, Ezekiel 21:6‐21:28, Leviticus.R 35:7, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tavo 1, Psalms 105:44‐ 105:45, Song of Songs.R 1:17, t.Sanhedrin 4:7, y.Avodah Zarah 2:7 42 4QDeutc adds the Jordan 43 Deuteronomy 4:15 ‐ 1 Chronicles 28:9‐28:10, 2 Corinthians 4:4‐4:6, b.Berachot [Tosefot] 32b, b.Sheviit [Tosefot] 36a, Bahir 47, Derech Hashem Part III 5§07, Deuteronomy 4:9 4:12 4:23, Ein Yaakov Berachot 32b, Genesis.R 44:20, Guide for the Perplexed 1:3, Hebrews 1:3, Isaiah 16:18, Jeremiah 17:21, Joshua 23:11, Malachi 2:15, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 10:6, Mesillat Yesharim 9:Factors Detracting from Zerizut, Midrash Tanchuma Haazinu 4, mt.Hilchot Tefilah 6:9, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 1:8, mt.Perek Chelek Intro:11, Pesikta de R'Kahana S7.1, Proverbs 4:23 4:27, Psalms 23:9, Saadia Opinions 2:9, Tanna Devei Eliyahu 1 44 LXX to your hearts 45 LXX Choreb 38 Page 6 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ,‫שׂיתֶ ם ָלכֶם ֶפּסֶל‬ ִ ‫שׁחִתוּן ַו ֲע‬ ְ ַ‫פֶּן תּ‬ ‫ אוֹ‬,‫ תַּ ְבנִית זָכָר‬:‫תְּ מוּנַת כָּל ָס ֶמל‬ ‫נְ ֵקבָה‬ ;‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫שׁר בּ‬ ֶ ‫ כָּל ְבּ ֵה ָמה ֲא‬,‫תַּ ְבנִית‬ ‫שׁר תָּ עוּף‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫תַּ ְבנִית כָּל צִפּוֹר ָכּנָף‬ ‫שּׁ ָמי ִם‬ ָ ‫ַבּ‬ ‫ כָּל ר ֹ ֵמשׂ ָבּ ֲאדָ ָמה; תַּ ְבנִית‬,‫תַּ ְבנִית‬ ‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ ִמתַּ חַת ל‬,‫שׁר ַבּ ַמּי ִם‬ ֶ ‫כָּל דָּ גָה ֲא‬ 1646 ָ‫ ו ְָר ִאית‬,‫שּׁ ַמי ְ ָמה‬ ָ ‫שּׂא עֵינֶיָ ַה‬ ָ ִ‫וּפֶן תּ‬ ‫שּׁ ֶמשׁ ְו ֶאת ַהיּ ֵָר ַח ְו ֶאת ַהכּוֹ ָכבִים‬ ֶ ‫ֶאת ַה‬ ָ‫שׁתַּ ֲחוִית‬ ְ ‫ ְונִדַּ חְתָּ ְו ִה‬,‫שּׁ ַמי ִם‬ ָ ‫כּ ֹל ְצבָא ַה‬ ‫שׁר ָחלַק י ְהוָה‬ ֶ ‫ ַו ֲעבַדְ תָּ ם ֲא‬,‫ָלהֶם‬ ‫ תַּ חַת כָּל‬,‫ לְכ ֹל ָה ַע ִמּים‬,‫ א ֹתָ ם‬,ָ‫ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫שּׁ ָמי ִם‬ ָ ‫ַה‬ ‫ וַיּוֹצִא ֶאתְ כֶם‬,‫ְו ֶאתְ כֶם ָל ַקח י ְהוָה‬ ‫ ִלהְיוֹת לוֹ‬,‫ִמכּוּר ַהבּ ְַרזֶל ִמ ִמּצ ְָרי ִם‬ ‫ כַּיּוֹם ַהזֶּה‬,‫ְלעַם נַ ֲחלָה‬ 1949 1747 1848 2051 Lest you deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the heaven, The likeness of any thing that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; And lest you lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven50, you be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven. But the LORD has taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance, as you are52 this day. 46 Deuteronomy 4:16 ‐ 1 Timothy 1:17, Acts 17:29 20:4‐20:5, b.Avodah Zara 23b, b.Bechorot 57a, b.Chullin 23a, b.Kiddushin [Rashi] 36a, b.Sanhedrin 57a, Deuteronomy 4:8‐4:9 4:23 4:25 5:8, Exodus 20:4‐20:5 8:7, Isaiah 16:18, John 4:24, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 53:2, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 6:69, Midrash Psalms 53:1, Psalms 106:19‐106:20, Romans 1:22‐1:24, Saadia Opinions 2:9 2:9 47 Deuteronomy 4:17 ‐ b.Chullin 139b, Guide for the Perplexed 1:3 1:43, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 53:2, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 6:71, Romans 1:23, Saadia Opinions 2:9 48 Deuteronomy 4:18 ‐ Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 53:2, Saadia Opinions 2:9 49 Deuteronomy 4:19 ‐ 2 Kings 17:16 21:3 23:4‐23:5 23:11, 3 Enoch 17:7, Acts 7:42, Amos 5:25‐5:26, b.Avodah Zara 55a, b.Chullin [Rashi] 40a, b.Megillah 9b, Deuteronomy 17:3, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 55a, Ein Yaakov Megillah 9b, Ezekiel 8:16, Genesis 1:16‐1:18 2:1, Genesis.R 87:4, Guide for the Perplexed 2:5, Jeremiah 8:2 19:13 7:36 9:25, Job 31:26‐31:28, Joshua 10:12‐10:13, Mas.Soferim 1:8, Matthew 5:45, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 53:2, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 6:76, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Pisha 14:73, Midrash Tanchuma Shemot 22, mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 1:1 2:1 2:1, Nehemiah 9:6, Philo De Specialibus Legibus I 15, Psalms 74:16‐74:17 136:7‐136:9 148:3‐148:5, Romans 1:25, Sibylline Oracles 3.227, Sifre Devarim Shoftim 148, y.Megillah 1:9, Zephaniah 1:5 50 LXX order of heaven 51 Deuteronomy 4:20 ‐ 1 Kings 8:51, 1 Peter 2:9, Deuteronomy 9:26 9:29 8:9, Ecclesiastes.R 10:11, Ephesians 1:18, Exodus 19:5‐19:6, Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers 5:9, Isaiah 63:17‐63:18, Jeremiah 11:4, Jubilees 16:18 22:9, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Beshallach 26:5, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Beshallah 7:92, Midrash Psalms 107:4 114:6, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 48, Psalms 28:9 33:12 15:4, Saadia Opinions 2:9, Tanya Shaar Hayichud §09, Titus 2:14 52 Missing in LXX Page 7 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ;‫ עַל דִּ ב ְֵריכֶם‬,‫וַיהוָה הִתְ ַאנַּף בִּי‬ ,‫ ְל ִב ְלתִּ י ָעב ְִרי ֶאת ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן‬,‫שּׁבַע‬ ָ ִ ‫ַויּ‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ הַטּוֹבָה‬ ֶ ‫וּ ְל ִבלְתִּ י ב ֹא ֶאל ה‬ ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ נ ֹתֵ ן לְָ נַ ֲחלָה‬ 2153 ‫ ֵאינֶנִּי עֹבֵר‬,‫ָאָרץ הַזּ ֹאת‬ ֶ ‫כִּי אָנֹכִי ֵמת בּ‬ ,‫שׁתֶּ ם‬ ְ ‫ִיר‬ ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ עֹב ְִרים‬,‫ֶאת ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן; ְו ַאתֶּ ם‬ ‫ָאָרץ הַטּוֹבָה הַזּ ֹאת‬ ֶ ‫ֶאת ה‬ ‫שׁכְּחוּ ֶאת בּ ְִרית‬ ְ ִ‫ פֶּן תּ‬,‫שּׁ ְמרוּ ָלכֶם‬ ָ ‫ִה‬ ;‫ ִע ָמּכֶם‬,‫שׁר כּ ַָרת‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵיכֶם‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫שׂיתֶ ם ָלכֶם ֶפּסֶל תְּ מוּנַת כּ ֹל‬ ִ ‫ַו ֲע‬ ָ‫ִצוְָּ י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ 2255 ‫ ֵאשׁ א ֹ ְכלָה‬,ָ‫כִּי י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫ ַקנָּא‬,‫ ֵאל‬:‫הוּא‬ ‫שׁנְתֶּ ם‬ ַ ‫ וְנוֹ‬,‫כִּי תוֹלִיד ָבּנִים וּ ְבנֵי ָבנִים‬ 2459 2357 2560 Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes54, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance; But I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you are to go over, and possess that56 good land. Take heed unto yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, 58and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD your God has forbidden you. For the LORD your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. When you shall beget children, and children’s children, and you shall 53 Deuteronomy 4:21 ‐ b.Chullin [Rashi] 63a, Deuteronomy 1:37 3:26 7:2, Numbers 20:12, Psalms 106:32‐106:33 54 LXX the things said by you 55 Deuteronomy 4:22 ‐ 1 Kings 13:21‐13:22, 2 Peter 1:13‐1:15, Amos 3:2, b.Pesachim [Rashbam] 119b, Deuteronomy 3:25 3:27, Deuteronomy.R 11:10, Hebrews 12:6‐12:10, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Amalek 2:64, Midrash Psalms 116:6, Pesikta de R'Kahana S1.20 56 LXX this 57 Deuteronomy 4:23 ‐ 1 Chronicles 16:15, Birchat HaChammah.Vihi Noam, Deuteronomy 4:9 4:15‐ 4:16 6:12 3:9 5:24 7:20, Exodus 20:4‐20:5, Ezekiel 16:59, Hebrews 3:12, Isaiah 24:5, Jeremiah 7:23, Joshua 23:11 23:16, Luke 12:15 21:8, Matthew 24:4, z.Yitro 79b 58 LXX adds and you transgress 59 Deuteronomy 4:24 ‐ 1 Corinthians 10:22, 3 Enoch 42:4, b.Avodah Zara 54b 55a, b.Ketubot 111b, b.Nedarim [Ran] 62b, b.Sotah 14a, Bahir 99 135, Deuteronomy 5:9 6:15 9:3 5:19 8:16 32:21‐32:22, Deuteronomy.R 1:12 2:18, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 54b, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 55a, Ein Yaakov Ketubot 111b, Ein Yaakov Sotah 14a, Exodus 20:5 24:17 10:14, Guide for the Perplexed 1:30, Hebrews 12:29, Isaiah 6:27 6:33 9:14 18:8, Jeremiah 21:12‐21:14, Leviticus.R 25:3, Mas.Kallah Rabbati 4:1, Midrash Psalms 50:1, Midrash Tanchuma Mattot 1, Midrash Tanchuma Terumah 11, Midrash Tanchuma Tzav 14, Midrash Tanchuma Yitro 16, mt.Hilchot Deot 1:6 1:6, Nahum 1:2 1:6, Numbers.R 22:1, Pesikta Rabbati 11:7, Psalms 21:10 78:58, Saadia Opinions 2:9 7:2 7Variant:2, Sifre Devarim Ekev 49, Song of Songs.R 1:10 1:62 3:24, Tanna Devei Eliyahu 8, Tanya Likutei Aramim §53, z.Bereshit 50b, z.Tetzaveh 182b, z.Vaera 25a, z.Vayikra 25b, Zephaniah 1:18 3:8 Deuteronomy 4:24‐26 ‐ 4QDeutf 60 Deuteronomy 4:25 ‐ 1 Corinthians 10:22, 2 Chronicles 36:12‐36:16, 2 Kings 17:17‐17:19 21:2 21:14‐21:16, b.Gittin 88a, b.Megillah 31b, Deuteronomy 4:16 31:16‐31:18 7:29, Deuteronomy.R 2:18 2:20 2:21, Ein Yaakov Gittin 88a, Ein Yaakov Sanhedrin 38a, Exodus 8:7, Hosea 9:9, Judges 2:8‐2:15, Midrash Tanchuma Tazria 9, Saadia Opinions 8:7 Deuteronomy 4:25‐28 ‐ 1Q22 1:5‐9 Deuteronomy 4:25‐40 ‐ Kuzari 2.034, mt.Hilchot Tefilah 13:18, Siman 124:3, Torah reading for Tisha B'Av, Torah Reading Tisha B'Av Morning Page 8 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫שׂיתֶ ם ֶפּסֶל‬ ִ ‫ ַו ֲע‬,‫שׁחַתֶּ ם‬ ְ ‫ָאָרץ; ְו ִה‬ ֶ ‫בּ‬ ‫שׂיתֶ ם ה ַָרע ְבּעֵינֵי‬ ִ ‫ ַו ֲע‬,‫תְּ מוּנַת כּ ֹל‬ ‫ ְל ַה ְכעִיסוֹ‬,ָ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫שּׁ ַמי ִם ְו ֶאת‬ ָ ‫ַהעִיד ֹתִ י ָבכֶם הַיּוֹם ֶאת ַה‬ ‫ ֵמעַל‬,‫ כִּי אָב ֹד תּ ֹאבֵדוּן ַמהֵר‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ה‬ ‫שׁר ַאתֶּ ם עֹב ְִרים ֶאת ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ה‬ ‫ ֹא תַ ֲא ִריכֻן י ָ ִמים‬:‫שׁתָּ הּ‬ ְ ‫שׁ ָמּה ל ְִר‬ ָ ‫שּׁ ֵמדוּן‬ ָ ִ‫שּׁ ֵמד תּ‬ ָ ‫ כִּי ִה‬,ָ‫ָעלֶיה‬ 2662 ;‫ ָבּ ַע ִמּים‬,‫ְו ֵהפִיץ י ְהוָה ֶאתְ כֶם‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ בַּגּוֹי ִם‬,‫ ְמתֵ י ִמ ְספָּר‬,‫אַרתֶּ ם‬ ְ ‫שׁ‬ ְ ִ‫ְונ‬ ‫שׁ ָמּה‬ ָ ‫יְנַהֵג י ְהוָה ֶאתְ כֶם‬ 2763 ‫שׂה י ְדֵ י‬ ֵ ‫ ַמ ֲע‬,‫שׁם ֱאֹהִים‬ ָ ‫ַו ֲעבַדְ תֶּ ם‬ ‫שׁר ֹא י ְִראוּן‬ ֶ ‫ עֵץ ָו ֶאבֶן ֲא‬:‫אָדָ ם‬ ‫ וְֹא י ֹאכְלוּן וְֹא י ְִריחֻן‬,‫שׁ ְמעוּן‬ ְ ִ ‫וְֹא י‬ ,ָ‫שּׁם ֶאת י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ָ ‫שׁתֶּ ם ִמ‬ ְ ‫וּ ִב ַקּ‬ ְָ‫ ְבּכָל ְל ָבב‬,‫שׁנּוּ‬ ֶ ‫ כִּי תִ דְ ְר‬: ָ‫וּ ָמצָאת‬ ָ‫שׁ‬ ֶ ‫וּ ְבכָל נַ ְפ‬ 2865 2966 have been long in61 the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke Him; I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto you go over the Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples64, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where the LORD shall lead you away. And there you shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. But from there you will seek the LORD your God; and you shall find Him, if you search after Him with all your heart and with all your soul67. 61 LXX dwelled a long time on Deuteronomy 4:26 ‐ b.Sanhedrin [Rashi] 38a, Deuteronomy 5:27 30:18‐30:19 7:28 8:1, Deuteronomy.R 10:4, Ezekiel 9:28 12:4, Isaiah 1:2 6:11 24:1‐24:3, Jeremiah 2:12 6:19 22:29 20:22, Joshua 23:16, Leviticus 18:28 26:31‐26:35, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 19:4 24:1, Luke 21:24, Micah 1:2 6:2, Midrash Tanchuma Tazria 9, Saadia Opinions 8:7, Sifre Devarim Ha'azinu Hashamayim 306, Sifre Devarim Nitzavim 306, Testament of Moses 3:12 63 Deuteronomy 4:27 ‐ Deuteronomy 28:62‐28:64, Deuteronomy.R 2:22, Ezekiel 12:15 8:26, Leviticus 2:33, Nehemiah 1:3 1:8‐1:9, Numbers.R 2:14 64 LXX nations 65 Deuteronomy 4:28 ‐ 1 Samuel 2:19, Acts 7:42, Deuteronomy 4:36 28:64, Ezekiel 20:32 20:39, Isaiah 20:9 21:20 22:7, Jastrow 826b, Jeremiah 10:3 10:9 16:13, Jubilees 1:14, Leviticus.R 33:6, mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 9:9 9:10, Psalms 115:4‐115:8 135:15‐135:18, Testament of Naphtali 3:3 66 Deuteronomy 4:29 ‐ 1 Kings 8:47‐8:48, 2 Chronicles 15:4 15:12 15:15 7:21, 2 Kings 10:31 23:3, Deuteronomy 30:1‐30:3 6:10, Ecclesiastes.R 3:10, Isaiah 55:6‐55:7, Jeremiah 3:10 3:12‐3:14 29:12‐ 29:14, Joel 2:12, Jubilees 1:15, Leviticus 26:39‐26:42, Midrash Psalms 28:2 61:1, Midrash Tanchuma Beshallach 9, Midrash Tanchuma Haazinu 4, Nehemiah 1:9, Pesikta de R'Kahana S7.1, Philo De Fuga et Inventione 142, Psalms 23:2 23:10 119:145 23:58, Selichot, Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §01 67 LXX adds in your affliction 62 Page 9 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ כּ ֹל הַדְּ ב ִָרים‬,ָ‫ַבּצַּר לְָ וּ ְמצָאוּ‬ ‫שׁבְתָּ עַד‬ ַ ‫ ְו‬,‫ ַהיּ ָ ִמים‬,‫ָה ֵאלֶּה; בְּאַח ֲִרית‬ ‫שׁ ַמעְתָּ בְּק ֹלוֹ‬ ָ ‫ ְו‬,ָ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ 3068 ְָ‫ ֹא י ְַרפּ‬,ָ‫כִּי ֵאל ַרחוּם י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫שׁכַּח ֶאת בּ ְִרית‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁחִיתֶ ָ; וְֹא י‬ ְ ַ ‫וְֹא י‬ ‫שׁבַּע ָלהֶם‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁר נ‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,ָ‫ֲאב ֹתֶ י‬ 3170 ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫שׁאַל נָא ְלי ָ ִמים ִראשֹׁנִים ֲא‬ ְ ‫כִּי‬ ‫שׁר בּ ָָרא‬ ֶ ‫ ְל ִמן הַיּוֹם ֲא‬,ָ‫הָיוּ ְל ָפנֶי‬ ‫ וּ ְל ִמ ְקצֵה‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ֱאֹהִים אָדָ ם עַל ה‬ ,‫ ֲהנִ ְהי ָה‬:‫שּׁ ָמי ִם‬ ָ ‫ ְועַד ְקצֵה ַה‬,‫שּׁ ַמי ִם‬ ָ ‫ַה‬ ‫שׁ ַמע כָּמ ֹהוּ‬ ְ ִ‫ ֲהנ‬,‫ אוֹ‬,‫כַּדָּ בָר ַהגָּדוֹל ַהזֶּה‬ 3272 ְ‫שׁ ַמע עָם קוֹל ֱאֹהִים ְמדַ בֵּר ִמתּוֹ‬ ָ ‫ֲה‬ ‫שׁ ַמעְתָּ ַאתָּ ה ַויֶּחִי‬ ָ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ַכּ ֲא‬,‫ָה ֵאשׁ‬ 3373 In your distress69, when all these things shall come upon you, in the end of days, you will return to the LORD your God, and hearken unto His voice; For the LORD your God is a merciful God71; He will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore unto them. For ask now of the days past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you74 have heard, and live? 68 Deuteronomy 4:30 ‐ 1 Kings 8:46‐8:53, 2 Chronicles 6:36‐6:39, Acts 3:19 2:20, Daniel 9:11‐9:19 10:14, Deuteronomy 6:10 7:17 7:29, Deuteronomy.R 2:22 2:23 2:24, Exodus 18:8, Gates of Repentance 1.001, Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 1:2 5:9, Hosea 3:5 14:4‐14:5, Isaiah 1:19, Jeremiah 7:23 23:20, Joel 2:12‐2:13, Lamentations 3:40, Midrash Psalms 18:11 61:1 106:9, mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 9:1 9:1, Numbers 24:20, Pesikta de R'Kahana 24.11, Pesikta Rabbati 40:2 44:9, Ruth.R 5:6, y.Sanhedrin 10:2, y.Taanit 1:1, z.Ki Tissa 189a, Zechariah 6:15 Deuteronomy 4:30‐31 ‐ Exodus.R 36:1, Midrash Tanchuma Bechukkotai 3, z.Naso 122a Deuteronomy 4:30‐34 ‐ 4QDeuto 69 Phis phrase is attached to the end of the previous verse in LXX 70 Deuteronomy 4:31 ‐ 1 Chronicles 4:20, 2 Chronicles 6:9, Deuteronomy 7:6 7:8, Deuteronomy.R 2:22, Exodus 34:6‐34:7, Jeremiah 14:21, Jonah 4:2, Joshua 1:5, Leviticus 2:42 2:45, Leviticus.R 36:6, Luke .091666667, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Shirata 27:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Shirata 1:123, Micah 7:18, Midrash Psalms 75:1 106:9, Midrash Tanchuma Beshallach 11, Nehemiah 1:5 9:31, Numbers 14:18, Pesikta de R'Kahana 15.7, Pesikta de R'Kahana 24.11, Pesikta Rabbati 40:2 44:9, Psalms 86:5 86:15 9:8 15:5 15:9 20:5 145:8‐145:9, Saadia Opinions 8:2, Selichot, y.Sanhedrin 10:1 10:2, y.Taanit 1:1 4:5, z.Lech Lecha 87b Deuteronomy 4:31‐32 ‐ 4QDeutc Deuteronomy 4:31‐34 ‐ 4QDeuth 71 LXX a God of pity 72 Deuteronomy 4:32 ‐ b.Chagigah 11b, b.Sanhedrin 38b, Deuteronomy 6:4 8:7, Ein Yaakov Chagigah 11b, Genesis 1:27, Genesis.R 1:10 8:1 8:9 21:3 24:2, Job 8:8, Joel 1:2, Leviticus.R 14:1 18:2, Mark 13:27, Matthew 24:31, Midrash Tanchuma Mikketz 1, Midrash Tanchuma Tazria 8, Pesikta Rabbati 21:21 40:2 46:2, Psalms 44:2, Saadia Opinions 1:1 7:5 7Variant:3, t.Chagigah 2:7, y.Berachot 9:1, y.Chagigah 2:1, z.Pekudei 232a, z.Terumah 137a, z.Toledot 141b, z.Vaera 22a, z.Vayakhel 200a 211a Deuteronomy 4:32‐33 ‐ 4QDeutm Deuteronomy 4:32‐34 ‐ Kuzari 2.050 73 Deuteronomy 4:33 ‐ Aristobulus Fragment 4:3, Deuteronomy 4:24‐4:26 5:24 5:26 9:10, Exodus 19:18‐19:19 20:15‐20:19 20:19 24:11 9:20, Exodus.R 29:1, Judges 6:22, Leviticus.R 1:11, Song of Songs.R 2:14 74 4QDeutm plural; 4QDeutc LXX MT singular Page 10 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ לָבוֹא ָל ַקחַת לוֹ גוֹי‬,‫אוֹ ֲהנִסָּה ֱאֹהִים‬ ‫ ְבּ ַמסּ ֹת בְּא ֹת ֹת וּבְמוֹפְתִ ים‬,‫ִמ ֶקּ ֶרב גּוֹי‬ ,‫וּ ְב ִמ ְל ָח ָמה וּ ְבי ָד ֲחזָ ָקה וּ ִבזְרוֹ ַע נְטוּי ָה‬ ‫שׂה‬ ָ ‫שׁר ָע‬ ֶ ‫ כְּכ ֹל ֲא‬:‫ְמוֹר ִאים גְּדֹלִים‬ ָ ‫וּב‬ ‫ ְבּ ִמצ ְַרי ִם‬,‫ָלכֶם י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵיכֶם‬ ָ‫ְלעֵינֶי‬ 3475 ‫ כִּי י ְהוָה הוּא‬,‫ַאתָּ ה ה ְָר ֵאתָ לָדַ עַת‬ ‫ ִמ ְלּבַדּוֹ‬,‫ ֵאין עוֹד‬:‫ָה ֱאֹהִים‬ 3578 ,‫שׁ ִמיעֲָ ֶאת ק ֹלוֹ‬ ְ ‫שּׁ ַמי ִם ִה‬ ָ ‫ִמן ַה‬ ‫ ה ְֶר ֲאָ ֶאת ִאשּׁוֹ‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ְליַסּ ְֶרךָּ; ְועַל ה‬ ‫ ִמתּוְֹ ָה ֵאשׁ‬, ָ‫שׁ ַמעְתּ‬ ָ ‫ וּדְ ב ָָריו‬,‫ַהגְּדוֹלָה‬ 3679 ‫ ַויּ ִ ְבחַר‬,ָ‫ כִּי אָהַב ֶאת ֲאב ֹתֶ י‬,‫וְתַ חַת‬ ‫ אַח ֲָריו; וַיּוֹ ִצ ֲאָ ְבּ ָפנָיו בְּכ ֹחוֹ‬,‫ְבּז ְַרעוֹ‬ ‫ ִמ ִמּצ ְָרי ִם‬,‫ַהגָּד ֹל‬ 3780 Or has God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm76, and by great terrors77, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Unto you it was shown, that you mightiest know that the LORD, He is God; there is none else beside Him. Out of heaven He made you to hear His voice, that He might instruct you; and upon earth He made you to see His great fire; and you did hear His words out of the midst of the fire. And because He loved your fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought you out with His presence, with His great power81, out of Egypt, 75 Deuteronomy 4:34 ‐ 1 Peter 5:6, Avot de R'Natan 13, b.Berachot 6a, b.Megillah 11a, Derech Hashem Part IV 8§01, Deuteronomy 5:15 6:21 7:8‐7:9 7:19 2:8 5:2 10:12, Deuteronomy.R 1:11, Ein Yaakov Berachot 6a, Ein Yaakov Megillah 11a, Exodus 1:9 3:10 3:17‐3:20 6:6 7:3 9:20‐9:21 10:7 12:30‐12:33 13:3, Exodus.R 5:2 5:9 22:3 25:8, Genesis.R 44:19, Jastrow 1252b 1594a, Jeremiah 8:21, Leviticus.R 23:2, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Beshallah 7:89, Midrash Psalms 107:4 114:6, Midrash Tanchuma Vayera 4, mt.Hilchot Chametz u'Matzah Haggadah, Pesach Haggadah, Pesikta de R'Kahana 5.11, Pesikta Rabbati 10:5 15:17, Psalms 78:12 78:48‐78:53, Song of Songs.R 2:5 76 LXX a high arm 77 LXX sights 78 Deuteronomy 4:35 ‐ 1 John 5:20‐21, 1 Kings 18:36‐37, 1 Samuel 2:2 17:45‐47, 2 Kings 19:19, Attah Haraisah [Simchat Torah], b.Chullin 7b, b.Rosh Hashanah 32b, b.Sanhedrin 67b, Derech Hashem Part III 2§09, Deuteronomy 4:39 8:23 8:39, Ein Yaakov Chullin 7b, Exodus 15:11, Guide for the Perplexed 1:39 3:32 3:51, Isaiah 20:6 20:8 21:5 21:18 21:22, Jastrow 674b, Leviticus.R 6:5 9:1, Mark 12:29 12:32, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 56:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 9:21, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Nezikin 1:10, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 1:4, mt.Hilcnot Shofar Sukkah v'Lulav 3:9, Psalms 58:12 83:19, Saadia Opinions 2:2 2:4, Sibylline Oracles 3.628, Song of Songs.R 1:13, Tanya Likutei Aramim §21 §36 §37, Testament of Abraham 8:7, y.Chagigah 1:1, z.Terumah 160b 79 Deuteronomy 4:36 ‐ Bahir 46, Deuteronomy 4:33, Deuteronomy.R 10:4, Exodus 19:9 19:19 20:15‐ 20:22 24:16, Guide for the Perplexed 2:30 3:51, Hebrews 12:18 12:25, Jastrow 673a, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 56:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 9:132, Midrash Proverbs 1 23, Midrash Psalms 18:13, Midrash Tanchuma Shemot 25, Midrash Tanchuma Yitro 16, Nehemiah 9:13, Ralbag Wars 6part02:5 80 Deuteronomy 4:37 ‐ 2 Chronicles 16:9, Deuteronomy 4:34 7:7‐9 9:5 10:15, Exodus 13:3 13:9 13:14 9:14, Isaiah 41:8‐9 51:9‐11 15:9 63:11‐12, Jeremiah 7:2, Luke 1:72‐73, Malachi 1:2, Numbers.R 14:10, Psalms 32:8 34:16 105:6‐10 114:1‐114:6 136:10‐15, Romans 9:5, z.Beshallach 53a 81 LXX himself with his great strength Page 11 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ָ‫ גּוֹי ִם גְּדֹלִים ַו ֲע ֻצ ִמים ִמ ְמּ‬,‫ְהוֹרישׁ‬ ִ ‫ל‬ ‫אַרצָם‬ ְ ‫ לָתֶ ת לְָ ֶאת‬,ָ‫ִמ ָפּנֶיָ; ַל ֲהבִי ֲא‬ ‫נַ ֲחלָה כַּיּוֹם ַהזֶּה‬ ‫ כִּי‬,ֶָ‫שׁב ֹתָ ֶאל ְל ָבב‬ ֵ ‫ ַו ֲה‬,‫ְוי ָדַ עְתָּ הַיּוֹם‬ ‫שּׁ ַמי ִם ִמ ַמּעַל‬ ָ ‫ ַבּ‬,‫י ְהוָה הוּא ָה ֱאֹהִים‬ ‫ עוֹד‬,‫ ֵאין‬:‫ָאָרץ ִמתָּ חַת‬ ֶ ‫ְועַל ה‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫שׁ ַמ ְרתָּ ֶאת ֻח ָקּיו ְו ֶאת ִמצְוֹתָ יו‬ ָ ‫ְו‬ ,ְָ‫שׁר י ִיטַב ל‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫אָנֹכִי ְמ ַצוְָּ הַיּוֹם‬ ‫וּ ְל ָבנֶיָ אַח ֲֶריָ וּ ְל ַמעַן תַּ ֲא ִריְ י ָ ִמים‬ ‫שׁר י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ נ ֹתֵ ן‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫עַל ָה ֲאדָ ָמה‬ ‫לְָ כָּל ַהיּ ָ ִמים‬ 3882 ‫ ְבּ ֵעבֶר‬,‫שֹׁשׁ ע ִָרים‬ ָ ‫שׁה‬ ֶ ֹ ‫אָז יַבְדִּ יל מ‬ ‫שׁ ֶמשׁ‬ ָ ,‫ ִמז ְְרחָה‬,‫ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן‬ ‫שׁר י ְִרצַח ֶאת‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,ַ‫שׁ ָמּה רוֹ ֵצח‬ ָ ‫ָלנֻס‬ ,‫ וְהוּא ֹא שֹׂנֵא לוֹ‬,‫ֵרעֵהוּ ִבּ ְבלִי דַ עַת‬ ‫ ֶאל אַחַת ִמן‬,‫שׁלְשׁ ֹם; ְונָס‬ ִ ‫ִמתְּ מ ֹל‬ ‫ֶהע ִָרים ָה ֵאל ָוחָי‬ 4187 3983 4086 4289 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day; Know this day, and lay it to your heart84, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else85. And you shall keep His statutes, and His commandments, that I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you mayest prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD your God gives you, forever. Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising88; That the manslayer might flee there, who slays his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 82 Deuteronomy 4:38 ‐ Deuteronomy 2:31‐3:16 7:1 8:18 9:1‐9:5 11:23, Exodus 23:27‐23:28, Joshua 3:10, Psalms 44:3‐44:4 83 Deuteronomy 4:39 ‐ 1 Chronicles 4:9 5:11, 2 Chronicles 20:6, Aleinu [Shacharit; Minchah; Maariv Mussaf; Mussaf Rosh Hashanah; Kiddush Levonoh; Seder Bris Milah], b.Gittin 57b, b.Rosh Hashanah 32b, Birchat HaChammah.Alenu, Daniel 4:32, Deuteronomy 4:35 8:29, Deuteronomy.R 2:28 11:8, Ein Yaakov Gittin 57b, Gates of Repentance 3.017, Guide for the Perplexed 1:39, Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers 4:26, Hosea 7:2, Isaiah 1:3 5:12, Joshua 2:11, Lamentations.R 1:50, Leviticus.R 6:5, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 53:3, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 1:8, mt.Hilcnot Shofar Sukkah v'Lulav 3:9, Philo Legum Allegoriae III 5 82, Psalms 19:3 15:6, Saadia Opinions 2:2, t.Rosh Hashanah 2:13, Tanya Kuntress Acharon §04, Tanya Shaar Hayichud §01 §06, z.Bereshit 12a, z.Terumah 161a, z.Vaera 25a 84 LXX And you shall know this day, and shall consider in your heart 85 LXX adds but He 86 Deuteronomy 4:40 ‐ 1 Timothy 4:8, Deuteronomy 4:1 4:6 5:16 5:33 6:3 6:18 12:25 12:28 22:7 28:1‐28:14, Ephesians 6:3, Jeremiah 11:4, John 14:15 14:21‐14:24, Leviticus 22:31 26:1‐26:13 87 Deuteronomy 4:41 ‐ b.Makkot 10a 12b, b.Shabbat [Tosefot] 89a, b.Zevachim [Rashi] 114a, Deuteronomy.R 2:25, Ecclesiastes.R 5:8, Genesis.R 21:9, Jastrow 413a, Joshua 20:2‐20:9, Leviticus.R 22:2, Midrash Tanchuma Massei 13, mt.Pirkei Avot 4:2, Numbers 11:6 35:14‐35:15, Numbers.R 23:14 Deuteronomy 4:41‐43 ‐ Mas.Kallah Rabbati 6:1 88 LXX on the east 89 Deuteronomy 4:42 ‐ b.Gittin 12a, b.Makkot [Tosefot] 8a, b.Makkot 10a 12b, b.Sanhedrin [Rashi] 29a, b.Sanhedrin [Tosefot] 77b, b.Sotah 49a, Deuteronomy 19:1‐19:10, Deuteronomy.R 2:30, Hebrews 6:18, Numbers 11:6 35:11‐35:12 35:15‐35:28, Sifre.z Numbers Massei 35:22 Page 12 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ,‫ֶאת ֶבּצֶר ַבּ ִמּדְ בָּר ְבּ ֶא ֶרץ ַה ִמּישׁ ֹר‬ ,‫לָראוּ ֵבנִי; ְו ֶאת ָראמ ֹת ַבּ ִגּ ְלעָד ַלגָּדִ י‬ ‫שּׁי‬ ִ ַ‫שׁן ַל ְמנ‬ ָ ‫ְו ֶאת גּוֹלָן ַבּ ָבּ‬ ‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬,‫שׁה‬ ֶ ֹ ‫שׂם מ‬ ָ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ַתּוֹרה‬ ָ ‫ ה‬,‫וְז ֹאת‬ ‫שׂ ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ִ ‫ְבּנֵי י‬ ‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ ְו ַה ִמּ‬,‫ ְו ַה ֻח ִקּים‬,‫ ָהעֵד ֹת‬,‫ֵאלֶּה‬ ,‫שׂ ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁה ֶאל ְבּנֵי י‬ ֶ ֹ ‫שׁר דִּ בֶּר מ‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫ְבּצֵאתָ ם ִמ ִמּצ ְָרי ִם‬ 4390 ,‫ מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר‬,‫ְבּ ֵעבֶר ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן ַבּ ַגּי ְא‬ ‫שׁב‬ ֵ ‫שׁר יוֹ‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ְבּ ֶא ֶרץ סִיח ֹן ֶמלְֶ ָה ֱאמ ִֹרי‬ ‫שׁה וּ ְבנֵי‬ ֶ ֹ ‫שׁר ִהכָּה מ‬ ֶ ‫שׁבּוֹן ֲא‬ ְ ‫ְבּ ֶח‬ ‫ ְבּצֵאתָ ם ִמ ִמּצ ְָרי ִם‬,‫שׂ ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ִ‫י‬ 4694 ‫אַרצוֹ ְו ֶאת ֶא ֶרץ עוֹג‬ ְ ‫ַויּ ְִירשׁוּ ֶאת‬ ,‫שׁנֵי ַמ ְלכֵי ָה ֱאמ ִֹרי‬ ְ ,‫שׁן‬ ָ ‫ֶמלְֶ ַה ָבּ‬ ‫שׁ ֶמשׁ‬ ָ ,‫ ְבּ ֵעבֶר ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן ִמז ְַרח‬,‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ 4799 4492 4593 Bezer in the wilderness, in the table‐ land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites91. And this is the law that Moses set before the children of Israel; These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt; Beyond the95 Jordan, in the valley over against Beth‐peor96, in the land of Sihon97 king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon98, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt; And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan100, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising101; 90 Deuteronomy 4:43 ‐ 1 Chronicles 6:56 7:5, 1 Kings 4:13 22:3‐22:4, b.Makkot 9b 10a 12b, Genesis.R 84:15, Joshua 20:8 21:27 21:38, m.Makkot 2:3 2:4 m.Arachin 9:8, Midrash Tanchuma Massei 13, Numbers.R 23:14, y.Sheviit 6:1 91 LXX Bosor in the wilderness, in the plain country of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad [of] Gad, and Gaulon in Basan [of] Manasse 92 Deuteronomy 4:44 ‐ b.Avodah Zara 2b, b.Makkot 10a, b.Menachot 53b, b.Yoma 72b, Deuteronomy 1:5 17:18‐17:19 3:3 3:8 3:26 9:4, Deuteronomy.R 11:4, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 2b, Ein Yaakov Yoma 72b, Genesis.R 97:1 100 [Excl]:12, Hagbaha,Sifre Devarim Nitzavim 323, Jastrow 998b, John 1:17, Lamentations.R 3:?, Leviticus 3:34, Leviticus.R 21:6, Malachi 3:22, Mas.Kallah Rabbati 6:1, Mas.Soferim 14:14, Midrash Psalms 8:3 49:1 112:1, Midrash Tanchuma Shoftim 9, Midrash Tanchuma Vayechi 16, Midrash Tanchuma Vezot Habracha 2, Numbers 12:13, Pesikta de R'Kahana 19.4, Pesikta Rabbati 21:15 47:4, Sifre Devarim Ha'azinu Hashamayim 323, Siman 23:25, y.Megillah 1:5, z.Acharei Mot 73a, z.Chayyei Sarah 126b, z.Chukkat 179a, z.Yitro 86b 93 Deuteronomy 4:45 ‐ 1 Kings 2:3, Deuteronomy 4:1 6:17 6:20, Exodus.R 48:2, Midrash Tanchuma Pekudei 4, Midrash Tanchuma Vayakhel 4, Pesikta de R'Kahana S7.1, Psalms 23:2 23:5 23:7 119:111 23:14 23:22 23:24 94 Deuteronomy 4:46 ‐ Deuteronomy 1:4‐1:5 2:30‐2:36 3:8 3:29 4:47, Numbers 21:21‐21:32 8:19 95 LXX on the other side of 96 LXX near the house of Phogor 97 LXX Seon 98 LXX Esebon 99 Deuteronomy 4:47 ‐ Deuteronomy 3:1‐14 29:6‐7, Midrash Proverbs 1, Numbers 21:33‐35 Deuteronomy 4:47‐49 ‐ 1QDeuta 100 LXX inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Basan 101 LXX eastward Page 13 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫אַרצוֹ ְו ֶאת ֶא ֶרץ עוֹג‬ ְ ‫ַויּ ְִירשׁוּ ֶאת‬ ,‫שׁנֵי ַמ ְלכֵי ָה ֱאמ ִֹרי‬ ְ ,‫שׁן‬ ָ ‫ֶמלְֶ ַה ָבּ‬ ‫שׁ ֶמשׁ‬ ָ ,‫ ְבּ ֵעבֶר ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן ִמז ְַרח‬,‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ,‫ ִמז ְָרחָה‬,‫ְוכָל ָהע ֲָרבָה ֵעבֶר ַהיּ ְַרדֵּ ן‬ ‫שׁדּ ֹת‬ ְ ‫ ַא‬,‫ י ָם ָהע ֲָרבָה תַּ חַת‬,‫ְועַד‬ ‫ַה ִפּ ְסגָּה‬ 48102 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion—the same is Hermon—103 49104 And all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah105. Vaetchanan – Chapter 5106 ‫ וַיּ ֹא ֶמר‬,‫שׂ ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ִ ‫ ֶאל כָּל י‬,‫שׁה‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ַויּ ִ ְק ָרא מ‬ ‫שׂ ָר ֵאל ֶאת ַה ֻח ִקּים‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁ ַמע י‬ ְ ‫ֲא ֵלהֶם‬ ‫שׁר אָנֹכִי דֹּבֵר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ְו ֶאת ַה ִמּ‬ ,‫בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם; וּ ְל ַמדְ תֶּ ם א ֹתָ ם‬ ‫שׁ ַמ ְרתֶּ ם ַלעֲשׂ ֹתָ ם‬ ְ ‫וּ‬ ‫ כּ ַָרת ִע ָמּנוּ בּ ְִרית‬,‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ‬ ‫בְּח ֵֹרב‬ ‫ כּ ַָרת י ְהוָה ֶאת‬,‫ֹא ֶאת ֲאב ֹתֵ ינוּ‬ ‫ ֲאנַחְנוּ ֵאלֶּה‬,‫ כִּי ִאתָּ נוּ‬:‫ַהבּ ְִרית הַזּ ֹאת‬ ‫פ ֹה הַיּוֹם ֻכּלָּנוּ ַחיּ ִים‬ ‫ דִּ בֶּר י ְהוָה ִע ָמּכֶם ָבּהָר‬,‫ָפּנִים ְבּ ָפנִים‬ 1107 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them. 2108 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3109 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. The LORD spoke with you face to 4110 102 Deuteronomy 4:48 ‐ Deuteronomy 2:36 3:9 3:12, Joshua 13:24‐13:33, Psalms 13:3, Sifre Devarim Ekev 37 103 LXX border of the brook Arnon, even to the mount of Seon, which is Aermon 104 Deuteronomy 4:49 ‐ Deuteronomy 3:17 10:1, Joshua 13:20 105 LXX All Araba beyond Jordan eastward under Asedoth hewn in the rock 106 Deuteronomy 5 ‐ mt.Hilchot Ishut 4:14, Midrash Tanchuma Vayikra 1 107 Deuteronomy 5:1 ‐ 4QDeutj "Hear Israel the ordinances and judgments all that I speak in your ears this day" vs. "Hear O Israel the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears today", Avot de R'Natan 13, b.Kiddushin 29b, b.Yevamot 19b, Deuteronomy 1:1 4:1 5:1 5:9, Deuteronomy.R 7:9, Jastrow 712b, Matthew 23:3, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:3, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:3, mt.Shemonah Perakim 8:6, Shemonah Perachim VIII, Sifre Devarim Ekev 41, Sifre Devarim Ekev 41 41 41, Siman 27:5, t.Sotah 8:10 Deuteronomy 5:1‐5 ‐ 4QDeutO Deuteronomy 5:1‐11 ‐ 4QDeutj Deuteronomy 5:1‐33 ‐ 4QDeutn 108 Deuteronomy 5:2 ‐ Deuteronomy 4:23, Exodus 19:5‐19:8 24:8, Hebrews 8:6‐8:13 9:19‐9:23 109 Deuteronomy 5:3 ‐ 4QDeutn "here alive this day" vs. "here alive ", Deuteronomy 29:9‐29:14, Galatians 3:17‐3:21, Genesis 17:7 17:21, Hebrews 8:8‐8:9, Jeremiah 32:38‐32:40, Matthew 13:17, Midrash Psalms 8:4, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 8:1, Psalms 105:8‐105:10 110 Deuteronomy 5:4 ‐ Deuteronomy 4:33 4:36 5:24‐5:26 10:10, Deuteronomy.R 7:8, Exodus 19:9 19:18‐19:19 20:15‐20:22 9:11, Exodus.R 29:2, Guide for the Perplexed 1:37, Mas.Soferim 16:2, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 51:2, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 8:1, Numbers 12:8 14:14, Numbers.R 3:12 12:4, Pesikta de R'Kahana 12, Pesikta Rabbati 21:6, Song of Songs.R 2:23, z.Yitro 81a 82a Page 14 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ִמתּוְֹ ָה ֵאשׁ‬ ‫ ָבּעֵת‬,‫אָנֹכִי ע ֹ ֵמד בֵּין י ְהוָה וּבֵינֵיכֶם‬ ‫ ֶאת דְּ בַר‬,‫ ְל ַהגִּיד ָלכֶם‬,‫ַההִוא‬ ‫ וְֹא‬,‫ כִּי י ְֵראתֶ ם ִמ ְפּנֵי ָה ֵאשׁ‬:‫י ְהוָה‬ ‫ֲעלִיתֶ ם ָבּהָר לֵאמ ֹר‬ ָ‫שׁר הוֹצֵאתִ י‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,ָ‫אָנֹכִי י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫ֵמ ֶא ֶרץ ִמצ ְַרי ִם ִמבֵּית ֲעבָדִ ים‬ ‫ עַל ָפּנָי‬,‫ֹא י ִ ְהי ֶה לְָ ֱאֹהִים ֲאח ִֵרים‬ 5111 ,‫ כָּל תְּ מוּנָה‬,‫שׂה לְָ ֶפסֶל‬ ֶ ‫ֹא תַ ֲע‬ ‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫שׁר בּ‬ ֶ ‫ ַו ֲא‬,‫שּׁ ַמי ִם ִמ ַמּעַל‬ ָ ‫שׁר ַבּ‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ ִמתַּ חַת ל‬,‫שׁר ַבּ ַמּי ִם‬ ֶ ‫ִמתָּ חַת ַו ֲא‬ 8118 ‫ כִּי‬:‫ וְֹא תָ ָעבְדֵ ם‬,‫שׁתַּ ֲחוֶה ָלהֶם‬ ְ ִ‫ֹא ת‬ ‫ ֵאל ַקנָּא פּ ֹ ֵקד עֲוֹן‬,ָ‫אָנֹכִי י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫שׁים ְועַל‬ ִ ‫שׁ ֵלּ‬ ִ ‫אָבוֹת עַל ָבּנִים ְועַל‬ ‫ לְשֹׂנְאָי‬,‫ִר ֵבּעִים‬ 9119 6115 7116 face in the mount out of the midst of the fire— 112 I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you the word113 of the LORD114; for you were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount—saying: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me117. You shall not make unto you a graven image, even any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate Me, 111 Deuteronomy 5:5 ‐ 4QDeutn "And I stood between Hashem and you at that time to report to you the words of Hashem" vs. "I stood between Hashem and you at that time to show you the word of Hashem", b.Shabbat [Rashi] 138b, Deuteronomy 5:27, Exodus 19:16 20:15‐21 24:2‐3, Exodus.R 43:4, Galatians 3:19, Genesis 18:22, Guide for the Perplexed 2:33, Hebrews 9:24 12:18‐24, Jeremiah 6:21, mt.Hilchot Deot 2:3 2:3, mt.Hilchot Tefilah 12:7, Numbers 17:13, Pesikta de R'Kahana 12.13, Pesikta Rabbati 15:3, Psalms 10:23, y.Megillah 4:1, z.Vaetchanan 261a, Zechariah 3:1‐3:5 112 4QDeutn adds But as for me 113 4QDeutm plural, MT singular 114 4QDeutn adds your God 115 Deuteronomy 5:6 ‐ Commandment #1, Deuteronomy 4:4, Exodus 20:2‐20:17, Leviticus 26:1‐26:2, Psalms 81:6‐81:11, y.Sanhedrin 3:5 10:2, y.Sukkah 4:3, z.Acharei Mot 78b Deuteronomy 5:6‐21 ‐ Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 44:6 116 Deuteronomy 5:7 ‐ 1 John 5:21, Exodus 20:3, John 5:23, Matthew 4:10, Tanya Igeret Hateshuvah §01, Testament of Abraham 8:7, y.Kiddushin 1:2, y.Sanhedrin 3:5 11:2 117 LXX before My face 118 Deuteronomy 5:8 ‐ 4QDeutn "You shall not make to your self an image nor likeness of any thing" vs. "You shall not make unto you a graven image nor any likeness of anything", Deuteronomy 4:15‐ 4:19, Exodus 20:4, Guide for the Perplexed 3:30 3:45, Pesikta Rabbati 20:2 Deuteronomy 5:8‐9 ‐ 4QDeutO 119 Deuteronomy 5:9 ‐ 4QDeutn "upon the children to the third and fourth generation" vs. "upon the children and upon the third and upon the fourth generation", b.Sanhedrin [Rashi] 60b, Daniel 9:4‐9:9, Exodus 20:4‐20:6 10:7 10:14, Jeremiah 8:18, Joseph and Aseneth 11:7, Matthew 23:35‐23:36, Midrash Psalms 50:1, Midrash Tanchuma Naso 2, Numbers 14:18, Numbers.R 9:12, Romans 11:28‐ 11:29, y.Shabbat 7:2 Page 15 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ,‫ ַל ֲא ָלפִים לְא ֹ ֲהבַי‬,‫שׂה ֶחסֶד‬ ֶ ֹ ‫וְע‬ ‫וּלְשׁ ֹ ְמ ֵרי מצותו‬ 10120 ,ָ‫שׁם י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ֵ ‫שּׂא ֶאת‬ ָ ִ‫ֹא ת‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֵאת ֲא‬,‫ כִּי ֹא יְנַ ֶקּה י ְהוָה‬:‫שּׁוְא‬ ָ ‫ַל‬ ‫שּׁוְא‬ ָ ‫שׁמוֹ ַל‬ ְ ‫שּׂא ֶאת‬ ָ ִ‫י‬ ,‫ ְל ַקדְּ שׁוֹ‬,‫שּׁבָּת‬ ַ ‫שׁמוֹר ֶאת יוֹם ַה‬ ָ ָ‫ י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬,ְָ‫שׁר ִצוּ‬ ֶ ‫ַכּ ֲא‬ 11123 ‫שׂיתָ כָּל‬ ִ ‫ ְו ָע‬,‫שׁת י ָ ִמים תַּ עֲב ֹד‬ ֶ ‫שׁ‬ ֵ ָ ֶ‫ְמלַאכְתּ‬ ‫ לַיהוָה‬,‫שׁבָּת‬ ַ ‫שּׁבִיעִי‬ ְ ‫ ַה‬,‫וְיוֹם‬ ‫שׂה כָל ְמלָאכָה ַאתָּ ה‬ ֶ ‫ ֹא תַ ֲע‬:ָ‫ֱאֹהֶי‬ 13126 12124 14127 And showing mercy121 unto the thousandth generation122 of them who love Me and keep My commandments. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy125, as the LORD your God commanded you. Six days shall you labor, and do all your work; But the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD your God, in it you shall not do any manner of work, you, nor 120 Deuteronomy 5:10 ‐ 1 John 1:7 5:2‐5:3, Chibbur Yafeh 31 146a, Daniel 9:4, Deuteronomy 6:5‐6:6 10:12‐10:13, Galatians 5:6, Isaiah 1:16‐1:19, James 1:25, Jeremiah 8:18, John 14:15 14:21‐14:23 15:14, Matthew 7:21‐7:27, Romans 8:28, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 32, z.Bereshit 47b 121 LXX doing mercifully 122 LXX to the number of thousands 123 Deuteronomy 5:11 ‐ b.Nedarim [Ran] 2a, Deuteronomy 6:13, Exodus 20:7, James 5:12, Jeremiah 4:2, Leviticus 19:12, Mas.Kallah Rabbati 1:1, Matthew 5:33‐5:34, Psalms 19:20, Pseudo‐Phocylides 16‐17, y.Sanhedrin 3:5 124 Deuteronomy 5:12 ‐ 4Q270 frag 6 5.3, b.Bava Kamma [Tosefot] 54b, b.Berachot 20b, b.Menachot [Tosefot] 43a, b.Sanhedrin 56b, b.Shabbat 33b 87b, b.Sheviit 20b, Bahir 180, Cairo Damascus 10:16‐ 17, Cairo Damascus 10.16‐17, Cairo Damascus 10.16‐17, Ein Yaakov Shabbat 33b, Ein Yaakov Shevuot 20b, Ein Yaakov Sotah 31a, Exodus 20:8‐20:11, Genesis.R 16:5, Isaiah 8:6 10:13, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 11:8, m.Shabbat 2:1, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 54:2, Midrash Psalms 92:1 95:2, Midrash Tanchuma Kedoshim 3, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tissa 33, Pesikta Rabbati 23:1, Sifre Devarim Ki Tetze 233, Siman 75:2, y.Nedarim 3:2, z.Bereshit 48b 5b Deuteronomy 5:12‐15 ‐ Aristobulus Fragment 5:9, Maamad [Shabbat], Philo De Specialibus Legibus II 56‐139 125 LXX Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it 126 Deuteronomy 5:13 ‐ Exodus 23:12 35:2‐35:3, Ezekiel 20:12, Guide for the Perplexed 3:32, Luke 13:14‐13:16 23:56, y.Sheviit 1:1 Deuteronomy 5:13‐15 ‐ 4QDeutj 127 Deuteronomy 5:14 ‐ 4QDeutn "but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of Hashem your God: you shall do in it no work thou and your son and your daughter your man‐servant and your maid‐servant your ox and your ass and all your cattle and the stranger that sojourns in the midst of you; that your man‐servant may rest and your maid and your ox as well as thou" vs. "but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto Hashem your God: in it you shall not do any work thou nor your son nor your daughter nor your man‐servant nor your maid‐servant nor your ox nor your ass nor any of your cattle nor your stranger that is within your gates; that your man‐servant and your maid‐servant may rest as well as thou", b.Avodah Zara [Rashi] 15a, b.Bava Kamma [Tosefot] 55a, b.Bava Kamma 54b, b.Bava Metzia [Rashi] 89a, b.Chullin [Tosefot] 70b, b.Gittin 44a, b.Yevamot 48b, Exodus 16:29‐16:30 23:12, Genesis 2:2, Hebrews 4:4, Jastrow 1224b, Kuzari 3.035, Leviticus 25:44‐25:46, m.Bava Kamma 5:7, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 54:2, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Nezikin 68:3, mt.Hilchot Chametz u'Matzah 21:1 24:12 29:1 30:1, Nehemiah 5:5 13:15 13:21, t.Bava Kamma 6:18, Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §29, Tanya Kuntress Acharon §09, y.Sanhedrin 7:11, y.Shabbat 2:1 7:2 11:1 Page 16 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ָ‫ְשׁוֹר‬ ְ ‫וּ ִבנְָ וּבִתֶּ ָ ְו ַעבְדְּ ָ ַו ֲא ָמתֶ ָ ו‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ְוג ְֵרָ ֲא‬,ָ ֶ‫ַוחֲמ ְֹרָ ְוכָל ְבּ ֶה ְמתּ‬ ,ָ ְ‫שׁע ֶָריָ ְל ַמעַן י ָנוּ ַח ַעבְדְּ ָ ַו ֲא ָמת‬ ְ ‫ִבּ‬ ָ‫כָּמוֹ‬ ,‫ כִּי ֶעבֶד ָהי ִיתָ ְבּ ֶא ֶרץ ִמצ ְַרי ִם‬, ָ‫ְוזָכ ְַרתּ‬ ‫ ְבּי ָד ֲחזָ ָקה‬,‫שּׁם‬ ָ ‫וַיּ ֹ ִצ ֲאָ י ְהוָה ֱאֹ ֶהיָ ִמ‬ ‫ ִצוְָּ י ְהוָה‬,‫וּ ִבזְר ֹ ַע נְטוּי ָה; עַל כֵּן‬ ‫שּׁבָּת‬ ַ ‫ ֶאת יוֹם ַה‬,‫ ַלעֲשׂוֹת‬,ָ‫ֱאֹהֶי‬ 15130 ְָ‫שׁר ִצוּ‬ ֶ ‫ ַכּ ֲא‬,ָ‫ַכּבֵּד ֶאת אָבִיָ ְו ֶאת ִא ֶמּ‬ ,ָ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ ְל ַמעַן י ַ ֲא ִריכֻן י ָ ֶמי‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ עַל ָה ֲאדָ ָמה‬,ְָ‫וּ ְל ַמעַן י ִיטַב ל‬ ְָ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ נ ֹתֵ ן ל‬ 16135 ‫ וְֹא תִ נְאָף; וְֹא‬,‫ֹא תִ ְרצָח‬ ‫שׁוְא‬ ָ ‫ ְוֹא תַ ֲענֶה ב ְֵרעֲָ עֵד‬,‫תִ גְנ ֹב‬ 17136 your son, nor your daughter, nor your man‐servant, nor your maid‐servant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger128 who is within your gates; that your man‐ servant and your maid‐servant129 may rest as well as you. And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched131 arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep132 the sabbath day133.134 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, upon the land which the LORD your God gives you. You shall not murder. Neither shall you commit adultery. Neither shall you steal. Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor137. 128 4QDeutn you, your son your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, your ox, nor your ass, nor your catle, your stranger 129 LXX adds and your ox 130 Deuteronomy 5:15 ‐ 4QDeutn "therefore Hashem appointed you to keep the Sabbath day and to hallow it" vs. "therefore Hashem your God commanded you to perform the Sabbath day", Deuteronomy 4:34‐4:37 5:6 15:15 16:12 24:18‐24:22, Ephesians 2:11‐2:12, Guide for the Perplexed 2:31 3:39, Isaiah 51:1‐51:2 15:9, Luke 1:74‐1:75, mt.Hilchot Chametz u'Matzah 7:6, Pesikta Rabbati 21:20, Psalms 20:16, Titus 2:14 131 LXX a high 132 MT perform; 4QDeutn LXX keep 133 4QDeutn adds to hallow it. For in six days the LORD made heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them and rested on the seventh day; so the LORD blessed the seventh day and hallowed it. 134 LXX adds and to sanctify it 135 Deuteronomy 5:16 ‐ Ahiqar 138, b.Bava Kamma [Rashi] 55a, b.Chullin 142a, b.Kiddushin 40a, b.Yevamot 39b, Chibbur Yafeh 3 11a 3 12a, Chibbur Yafeh 3 11a, Chibbur Yafeh 3 11b, Chibbur Yafeh 3 12a, Colossians 3:20, Deuteronomy 4:40 3:16, Ein Yaakov Bava Kamma 55a, Ein Yaakov Kiddushin 39b 40a, Ephesians 6:1‐6:3, Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 19:3, Luke 18:20, m.Peah 1:1, Mark 7:10 10:19, Matthew 15:4‐15:6 19:19, Midrash Tanchuma Ekev 2, Pesikta Rabbati 23/24:2, Philo De Specialibus Legibus II 235, Pseudo‐Phocylides 6, Ralbag Wars 4:6, Syriac Menander 10, Syriac Menander 10, y.Kiddushin 1:7, y.Peah 1:1 136 Deuteronomy 5:17 ‐ b.Sheviit [Tosefot] 3b 21a, Exodus 20:13, Genesis 9:6, James 2:11, Matthew 5:21‐5:22 19:18, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 55:3, Pseudo‐Phocylides 4, Romans 13:9, y.Nedarim 3:2, y.Sanhedrin 8:3 137 LXX separates this into vv 17 through 20. Page 17 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫שׁת ֵרעֶָ; }ס{ וְֹא‬ ֶ ‫ ֵא‬,‫וְֹא תַ חְמ ֹד‬ ‫שׂדֵ הוּ ְו ַעבְדּוֹ‬ ָ ,ֶָ‫תִ תְ ַאוֶּה בֵּית ֵרע‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ וְכ ֹל‬,‫ַו ֲא ָמתוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ ַוחֲמ ֹרוֹ‬ ֶָ‫ל ְֵרע‬ 18138 ‫ֶאת הַדְּ ב ִָרים ָה ֵאלֶּה דִּ בֶּר י ְהוָה ֶאל‬ ‫ ִמתּוְֹ ָה ֵאשׁ ֶה ָענָן‬,‫כָּל ְק ַה ְלכֶם ָבּהָר‬ ;‫ וְֹא יָסָף‬,‫ְו ָהע ֲָרפֶל קוֹל גָּדוֹל‬ ,‫שׁנֵי לֻח ֹת ֲא ָבנִים‬ ְ ‫ עַל‬,‫ַויִּכְתְּ בֵם‬ ‫ ֵאלָי‬,‫ַויּ ִתְּ נֵם‬ 19139 ְ‫שׁ ְמ ֲעכֶם ֶאת הַקּוֹל ִמתּוֹ‬ ָ ‫ ְכּ‬,‫ַויְהִי‬ ‫ בֹּעֵר ָבּ ֵאשׁ; וַתִּ ְק ְרבוּן‬,‫ ְו ָההָר‬,ְ‫שׁ‬ ֶ ֹ ‫הַח‬ ‫שׁ ְבטֵיכֶם ְוזִ ְקנֵיכֶם‬ ִ ‫שׁי‬ ֵ ‫ כָּל ָרא‬,‫ֵאלַי‬ 20141 ‫ הֵן ה ְֶראָנוּ י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ‬,‫וַתּ ֹא ְמרוּ‬ ‫ ְו ֶאת ק ֹלוֹ‬,‫ֶאת כְּב ֹדוֹ ְו ֶאת גָּדְ לוֹ‬ ‫ ִמתּוְֹ ָה ֵאשׁ; הַיּוֹם ַהזֶּה‬,‫שׁ ַמעְנוּ‬ ָ 21142 Neither shall you covet your neighbor’ s wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor’ s house, his field, or his man servant, or his maid servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is your neighbor’s. These words the LORD spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness140, with a great voice, and it went on no more. And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. And it came to pass, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fire, that you came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; And you said: ‘Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness143, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we 138 Deuteronomy 5:18 ‐ Commandment #283, Exodus 20:13, Exodus.R 28:6 29:9, Gates of Repentance 3.043, James 2:10‐2:11, Leviticus 20:10, Luke 18:20, Matthew 5:27‐5:28, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 55:3, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 8:104, mt.Hilchot Gezelah Vaavedah 1:10, Proverbs 6:32‐6:33, Pseudo‐Phocylides 3, Siman 182:5, z.Vaetchanan 261a 139 Deuteronomy 5:19 ‐ 4QDeutn "You shall not steal" vs. "Neither shall you steal", Avot de R'Natan 1, b.Sanhedrin 7a, b.Sotah 10b, Ein Yaakov Sanhedrin 17a, Ein Yaakov Sotah 10b, Ephesians 4:28, Exodus 20:13, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 8:99, Midrash Psalms 1:18, Midrash Tanchuma Vayakhel 8, Midrash Tanchuma Yitro 11, Numbers.R 20:21, Ralbag Wars 6part02:5, Romans 13:9, Sifre Devarim Ha'azinu Hashamayim 306, Sifre Devarim Nitzavim 306, y.Megillah 1:5, z.Bereshit 50b, z.Yitro 81a 140 4QDeutn darkness, cloud, and thick darkness; LXX darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice 141 Deuteronomy 5:20 ‐ 4QDeutn "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" vs. "Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor", 1 Kings 21:13, Deuteronomy 19:16‐19:21, Exodus 20:13 23:1, Exodus.R 29:4, Guide for the Perplexed 2:33, HaMadrikh 35:7, Leviticus.R 6:6 18:3, Malachi 3:5, Midrash Tanchuma Yitro 16, Pesikta Rabbati 20:2, Proverbs 6:19 19:5 19:9, Pseudo‐Phocylides 12, Ralbag Wars 6part02:5, Sefer Yetzirah 6:1, Sifre Devarim Devarim 20, Syriac Menander 144, z.Bereshit 11b 142 Deuteronomy 5:21 ‐ 4QDeutn "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor's house" vs. "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's house", 1 Kings 21:1‐21:4, 1 Timothy 6:9‐6:10, Exodus 20:14, Guide for the Perplexed 2:39, Habakkuk 2:9, Hebrews 13:5, Leviticus.R 6:5, Luke 12:15, Micah 2:2, Pseudo‐Phocylides 6, Romans 7:7‐7:8 13:9 Deuteronomy 5:21‐33 ‐ 4QDeutj 143 Missing in LXX Page 18 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ כִּי י ְדַ בֵּר ֱאֹהִים ֶאת הָאָדָ ם‬,‫ָר ִאינוּ‬ ‫ָו ָחי‬ ‫ ָה ֵאשׁ‬,‫ כִּי ת ֹא ְכלֵנוּ‬,‫ ָל ָמּה נָמוּת‬,‫ְועַתָּ ה‬ ,‫ַהגְּדֹלָה הַזּ ֹאת; ִאם י ֹ ְספִים ֲאנַחְנוּ‬ ‫שׁמ ֹ ַע ֶאת קוֹל י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ עוֹד‬ ְ ‫ִל‬ ‫ָו ָמתְ נוּ‬ ‫שׁ ַמע קוֹל‬ ָ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫שׂר ֲא‬ ָ ‫כִּי ִמי כָל ָבּ‬ ,‫ֱאֹהִים ַחיּ ִים ְמדַ בֵּר ִמתּוְֹ ָה ֵאשׁ‬ ‫כָּמ ֹנוּ ַויֶּחִי‬ ‫שׁר י ֹא ַמר‬ ֶ ‫ ֵאת כָּל ֲא‬,‫שׁ ָמע‬ ְ ‫ְק ַרב ַאתָּ ה וּ‬ ‫ ֵאת‬,‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ; ְו ַאתְּ תְּ דַ בֵּר ֵאלֵינוּ‬ ָ‫שׁר י ְדַ בֵּר י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ ֵאלֶי‬ ֶ ‫כָּל ֲא‬ ‫שׂינוּ‬ ִ ‫שׁ ַמעְנוּ ְו ָע‬ ָ ‫ְו‬ ,‫שׁ ַמע י ְהוָה ֶאת קוֹל דִּ ב ְֵריכֶם‬ ְ ִ ‫ַויּ‬ ,‫בְּדַ בּ ְֶרכֶם ֵאלָי; וַיּ ֹא ֶמר י ְהוָה ֵאלַי‬ ‫שׁ ַמעְתִּ י ֶאת קוֹל דִּ ב ְֵרי ָהעָם ַהזֶּה‬ ָ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ כָּל ֲא‬,‫שׁר דִּ בְּרוּ ֵאלֶיָ הֵיטִיבוּ‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫דִּ בֵּרוּ‬ have seen this day that God144 does speak with man, and he lives. 22145 23147 24149 25152 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear Now this is the commandment, the voice of the LORD our God any the statutes, and the ordinances, more, then we shall die146. For who is there of all flesh, who has heard the voice of the living148 God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? Go you 150 near, and hear all that the LORD our God may say151; and you shall speak unto us all that the LORD our God may speak unto you; and we will hear it and do it.’ And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke unto me; and the LORD said unto me: ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto you; they have well said all that they have spoken. 144 4QDeutn the LORD Deuteronomy 5:22 ‐ Deuteronomy 4:12‐4:15 4:36 5:4, Exodus 19:18‐19:19 24:12 7:18, Exodus.R 5:9, Leviticus.R 1:1 1:4, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 11:14, Midrash Psalms 68:5 103:18, Midrash Tanchuma Vayikra 1, Saadia Opinions 6:7, Song of Songs.R 1:15 6:3, z.Pekudei 226b 146 LXX if we shall hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, and we shall die 147 Deuteronomy 5:23 ‐ Aristobulus Fragment 2:13, Exodus 20:15‐20:19, Hebrews 12:18‐12:21, Leviticus.R 1:11, Midrash Psalms 119:60, Midrash Tanchuma Shemot 25, Midrash Tanchuma Terumah 9, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 41, Saadia Opinions 2:1, Sifre Devarim Devarim 25, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 26, Song of Songs.R 2:14 Deuteronomy 5:23‐26 ‐ Aristobulus Fragment 4:3 148 4QDeutn singular; MT plural 149 Deuteronomy 5:24 ‐ 4QDeutn "in this day we have seen that God shall speak to man" vs. "we have seen this day that God doth speak with man", Deuteronomy 4:33 5:4‐5:5, Exodus 19:19 9:20, Genesis 8:31, Guide for the Perplexed 3:33, Judges 13:22, Midrash Psalms 68:5 103:18, z.Yitro 81a 150 LXX adds draw 151 4QDeutn says; 4QDeutj adds to you 152 Deuteronomy 5:25 ‐ 2 Corinthians 3:7‐3:9, Deuteronomy 18:16 9:2, Ecclesiastes.R 10:20, Galatians 3:10 3:21‐3:22, Hebrews 12:29, Jastrow 1369a, Leviticus.R 32:2, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 50:2, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 9:64, Midrash Psalms 68:5, Song of Songs.R 2:37 4:5 145 Page 19 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ ְלי ְִראָה‬,‫ִמי י ִתֵּ ן ְו ָהי ָה ְל ָבבָם זֶה ָלהֶם‬ ‫שׁמ ֹר ֶאת כָּל ִמצְוֹתַ י כָּל‬ ְ ‫א ֹתִ י ְו ִל‬ ,‫ ְל ַמעַן י ִיטַב ָלהֶם ְו ִל ְבנֵיהֶם‬:‫ַהיּ ָ ִמים‬ ‫לְעֹלָם‬ ,‫ שׁוּבוּ ָלכֶם‬:‫ ֱאמ ֹר ָלהֶם‬,ְֵ‫ל‬ ‫לְאָ ֳהלֵיכֶם‬ ָ‫ ַו ֲאדַ בּ ְָרה ֵאלֶי‬,‫ פּ ֹה עֲמ ֹד ִע ָמּדִ י‬,‫ְו ַאתָּ ה‬ ,‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ֵאת כָּל ַה ִמּ ְצוָה ְו ַה ֻח ִקּים ְו ַה ִמּ‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫שׁר תְּ ַל ְמּדֵ ם; ְועָשׂוּ ב‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫שׁתָּ הּ‬ ְ ‫אָנֹכִי נ ֹתֵ ן ָלהֶם ל ְִר‬ 26153 ‫שׁר ִצוָּה י ְהוָה‬ ֶ ‫ ַכּ ֲא‬,‫שׁ ַמ ְרתֶּ ם ַלעֲשׂוֹת‬ ְ ‫וּ‬ ‫ י ָ ִמין‬,‫ ֹא תָ סֻרוּ‬:‫ֱאֹהֵיכֶם ֶאתְ כֶם‬ ‫שׂמ ֹאל‬ ְ ‫וּ‬ 29158 27154 28156 Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever! Go say to them: Return you to your tents155. But as for you157, stand you here by Me, and I will speak unto you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.’ You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 153 Deuteronomy 5:26 ‐ 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Acts 14:15, b.Avodah Zara 4b 5a, Daniel 6:27, Deuteronomy 4:33, Deuteronomy.R 7:10, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 4b, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 5a, Exodus.R 46:3, Genesis 6:12, Guide for the Perplexed 3:32, Isaiah 16:6, Jeremiah 10:10, Joshua 3:10, Matthew 26:63, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 9:74, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Nezikin 13:66, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Nezikin 18:110, Midrash Psalms 14:6, mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 5:3 5:3, Pesikta Rabbati 41:4, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 46, Psalms 42:3 84:3, Romans 3:20, Saadia Opinions 9:3, Seder Olam 21:Sarah 154 Deuteronomy 5:27 ‐ 4QDeutj "Do you draw near and hear all that Hashem our God shall say to you" vs. "Go you near and hear all that Hashem our God shall say", Avot de R'Natan 2, b.Avodah Zara 5a, b.Beitzah 5ab, b.Chullin [Rashi] 141a, b.Moed Katan 7b 15b, b.Niddah [Rashi] 34b, b.Sanhedrin 59b, b.Shabbat 87a, b.Yevamot 62a, Ein Yaakov Sanhedrin 17a, Ein Yaakov Shabbat 87a, Ein Yaakov Yevamot 62a, Exodus 20:16, Exodus.R 19:3, Guide for the Perplexed 1:18, Hebrews 12:19, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 19:4, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 9:65, Midrash Psalms 59:2, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 7:6, Numbers.R 17:3, Pesikta de R'Kahana 5.8, Pesikta Rabbati 15:8, Philo De Cofusione Linguarum 58, z.Vaetchanan 261a 261b Deuteronomy 5:27‐28 ‐ Midrash Tanchuma Tzav 13 155 LXX houses 156 Deuteronomy 5:28 ‐ Avot de R'Natan 2, b.Bava Batra 11a, b.Megillah 1021a, Deuteronomy 18:17, Ein Yaakov Bava Batra 110a, Ein Yaakov Chullin 90b, Ein Yaakov Megillah 21a, Ein Yaakov Yevamot 62a, Exodus.R 46:3, Guide for the Perplexed 3:51, m.Megillah 4:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 4:119, Midrash Psalms 24:7, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 4:2, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 4:2, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 7:6, Numbers 3:7 12:5, Numbers.R 14:20, Pesikta Rabbati 4:2, Sifre Devarim Vezot Habracha 357, Sifre.z Numbers Naso 7:3 Deuteronomy 5:28‐29 ‐ 4Q175 1.1‐4, 4Q175:1:1‐4, 4QTest 9‐13 Deuteronomy 5:28‐32 ‐ 4QDeutkl 157 Missing in LXX 158 Deuteronomy 5:29 ‐ 4QDeutk1 "O that there were such a heart in them that they should fear me and keep my commands always" vs. "Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always", 2 Corinthians 5:20 6:1, Deuteronomy 4:40 5:16 6:3 6:18 11:1 12:25 12:28 19:13 22:7 32:29‐32:30, Ephesians 6:3, Ezekiel 33:31‐33:32, Hebrews 12:25, Isaiah 3:10 24:18, James 1:25, Jeremiah 22:14‐22:15 20:4, John 15:14, Luke 11:28 19:42, Matthew 23:37, Psalms 19:12 81:14‐81:16 10:3 119:1‐119:5, Revelation 22:14, Ruth 3:1, t.Bava Kamma 7:9 Page 20 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ְָ‫שׁר ִצוּ‬ ֶ ‫ ַכּ ֲא‬,ָ‫ַכּבֵּד ֶאת אָבִיָ ְו ֶאת ִא ֶמּ‬ ,ָ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ ְל ַמעַן י ַ ֲא ִריכֻן י ָ ֶמי‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ עַל ָה ֲאדָ ָמה‬,ְָ‫וּ ְל ַמעַן י ִיטַב ל‬ ְָ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ נ ֹתֵ ן ל‬ 30159 You shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. Vaetchanan – Chapter 6 ,‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ ַה ֻח ִקּים ְו ַה ִמּ‬,‫וְז ֹאת ַה ִמּ ְצוָה‬ ‫ ְל ַל ֵמּד‬,‫שׁר ִצוָּה י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵיכֶם‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫שׁר ַאתֶּ ם‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ֶאתְ כֶם ַלעֲשׂוֹת בּ‬ ‫שׁתָּ הּ‬ ְ ‫שׁ ָמּה ל ְִר‬ ָ ‫עֹב ְִרים‬ 1160 ‫שׁמ ֹר‬ ְ ‫ ִל‬,ָ‫ירא ֶאת י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ָ ִ‫ְל ַמעַן תּ‬ ‫שׁר אָנֹכִי‬ ֶ ‫ֶאת כָּל חֻקּ ֹתָ יו וּ ִמצְוֹתָ יו ֲא‬ ‫ כּ ֹל י ְ ֵמי‬,ְָ‫ ַאתָּ ה וּ ִבנְָ וּבֶן ִבּנ‬,ֶָ‫ְמ ַצוּ‬ ָ‫ י ַ ֲא ִרכֻן י ָ ֶמי‬,‫ַחיּ ֶיָ וּ ְל ַמעַן‬ 2162 ,‫שׁ ַמ ְרתָּ ַלעֲשׂוֹת‬ ָ ‫ ְו‬,‫שׂ ָר ֵאל‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁ ַמעְתָּ י‬ ָ ‫ְו‬ ‫שׁר תִּ ְרבּוּן‬ ֶ ‫ ַו ֲא‬,ְָ‫שׁר י ִיטַב ל‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫שׁר דִּ בֶּר י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵי‬ ֶ ‫ ַכּ ֲא‬:‫ְמא ֹד‬ 3164 This is the commandment and the degrees, and the ordinances which the161 LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land whither you go over to possess it— That you might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, that I command you163, you, and your son, and your son’ s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised unto you—a land 159 Deuteronomy 5:30 ‐ Guide for the Perplexed 1:Introduction, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Amalek 47:1, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Kaspa 81:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Beshallah 1:63, Midrash Shmuel 1:3, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 46, 4Q158 7‐8, Deuteronomy 4:1 4:5 4:45 5:1 6:1 11:1 12:1, Exodus 24:12, Ezekiel 20:11, Galatians 3:19, Guide for the Perplexed 1:Introduction, Jubilees 23:16, Malachi 3:22, Philo De Cofusione Linguarum 31, Philo De Gigantibus 49, Philo De Posteritate Caini 27, Philo De Sacrificiis Abelis et Cain 8, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 46, 2 Kings 21:8, 2 Peter 2:21, Deuteronomy 4:1‐4:2 6:3 6:25 8:1 11:32 13:1 17:20 24:8 4:14, Ein Yaakov Chagigah 12a, Ezekiel 13:24, Joshua 1:7 23:6, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 38:2, Proverbs 4:27, Psalms 5:5, 1 Timothy 4:8, Deuteronomy 4:40 5:29 10:12, Jeremiah 7:23, Luke 1:6, Psalms 23:6, Romans 2:7, 160 Deuteronomy 6:1 ‐ 4QDeutn, Apocalypse of Zephaniah 3:4, b.Bava Kamma 87a, b.Nedarim 38a, Deuteronomy 4:1 4:5 4:14 4:45 5:31 12:1, Ezekiel 13:24, Leviticus 3:34, Numbers 12:13, Numbers.R 17:1 Deuteronomy 6:1‐3 ‐ 4QDeuti 161 LXX as many as 162 Deuteronomy 6:2 ‐ 1 Peter 1:17 3:10‐3:11, Deuteronomy 4:10 4:40 5:16 5:33 6:7 10:12‐10:13 10:20 13:5 22:7, Deuteronomy.R 3:11, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Exodus 20:17, Genesis 18:19 22:12, Job 4:28, Luke 12:5, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Nezikin 18:104, Proverbs 3:1‐3:2 3:16 16:6, Psalms 78:4‐78:8 15:10 8:1, Saadia Opinions 10:15 163 LXX adds today 164 Deuteronomy 6:3 ‐ Acts 7:17, Deuteronomy 4:6 5:32‐33, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Exodus 1:7 3:8, Genesis 12:2 13:16 15:5 22:17 2:4 4:14, Isaiah 3:10, Mas.Kallah Rabbati 3:17, Midrash Psalms 119:4 119:8 Page 21 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible flowing with milk and honey165. ‫ וּדְ בָשׁ‬,‫ לְָ ֶא ֶרץ זָבַת ָחלָב‬,ָ‫ֲאב ֹתֶ י‬ ,‫ י ְהוָה אֱֹהֵינוּ‬:‫שׁמַע יִשׂ ְָראֵל‬ ְ ‫י ְהוָה ֶאחָד‬ 4166 HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE167 . 165 LXX adds and these are the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded the children of Israel in the wilderness, when they had gone forth from the land of Egypt 166 Deuteronomy 6:4 ‐ 1 Chronicles 5:10, 1 Corinthians 8:4‐8:6, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Timothy 2:5, 2 Kings 19:5, 3 Enoch 15:3, Apocalypse of Elijah 1:3 2:12, Aristobulus Fragment 4:5, Avot de R'Natan 2, b.Berachot 6a 13b 15a, b.Chagigah 3a, b.Chullin 91b, b.Gittin 57b, b.Megillah 14b 20a, b.Menachot [Rashi] 28a 31b 35a 71a, b.Menachot [Tosefot] 32a, b.Menachot 34b, b.Pesachim 56a, b.Sanhedrin 63b, b.Sotah 32b 33a 41a, b.Succah 41b, Bahir 116, Chibbur Yafeh 6 22a 19 84b, Commandment #6, Derech Hashem Part IV 4§07, Deuteronomy 4:35‐4:36 5:6, Deuteronomy.R 2:31 2:32 2:33 2:34 2:35 2:36, Ecclesiastes.R 4:7 12:10, Ein Yaakov Berachot 13b, Ein Yaakov Berachot 14a, Ein Yaakov Berachot 61a, Ein Yaakov Berachot 61b, Ein Yaakov Berachot 6a, Ein Yaakov Chagigah 3a, Ein Yaakov Chullin 91b, Ein Yaakov Gittin 57b, Ein Yaakov Megillah 17b, Ein Yaakov Sukkah 42a, Esther.R 7:12, Fragments of Pseudo‐Greek Poets 5, Gates of Repentance 3.022, Genesis.R 20:7 21:1 21:5 38:6 96 [New Version]:1, HaMadrikh 11, Isaiah 18:8 20:6 20:8 45:5‐45:6, Jastrow 38b 573a 668a 1221a 1598b, Jeremiah 10:10‐10:11, John 10:30 17:3, Kedusha [Mussaf Shabbat and Yom Tov], Kuzari 3.017, Lamentations.R 1:42 1:50 3:7 3:? 3:?, Leviticus.R 4:8 19:2, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 23:2, m.Sotah 7:8, Mark 12:29‐12:32, Mas.Sefer Torah 5:8, Mas.Soferim 9:4 14:9 16:12, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Shirata 29:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Kaspa 4:64, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Shirata 3:14, Midrash Psalms 5:6 104:10, Midrash Tanchuma Bereshit 1, Midrash Tanchuma Bo 14, Midrash Tanchuma Lech Lecha 1, Midrash Tanchuma Vayechi 8, mt.Hilchot Berachot 1:7, mt.Hilchot Kriat Shema 1:2 2:9 4:1, mt.Hilchot Shaar Avot Hatuman 10:8, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:6, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:6, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 1:7, mt.Hilcnot Shofar Sukkah v'Lulav 3:9, mt.Perek Chelek Intro:11 Intro:11, Mussaf Rosh Hashanah, Numbers.R 10:5 11:2 14:4 14:4 20:20 20:20 21:1, Pesikta Rabbati 21:12 21:13, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 1, Pirkei de R'Eliezer 4, Pseudo‐Orpheus 10, Ralbag SOS Pesichta, Ralbag Wars 3:3, Saadia Opinions 2:1, Seder Hoshanot, Shacharit Pesukei D'zimrah [Shiras Hayam], Sifre Devarim Ekev 41, Sifre Devarim Ekev 41, Sifre Devarim Ha'azinu Hashamayim 306, Sifre Devarim Nitzavim 306, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 31,31, Sifre Devarim Vezot Habracha 355, Siman 10:10 133:25 14:1 16:1 165:10 17:3, Song of Songs.R 1:49 2:7 2:45 5:11 7:17, t.Rosh Hashanah 2:13, t.Sotah 7:17, Tachanun [Monday and Thursday mornings], Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §09 §32, Tanya Likutei Aramim §47, Tanya Shaar Hayichud §01, Traditional Enlarged ‫ ד‬in ‫ ֶאחָד‬, Traditional Enlarged ‫ ע‬in ‫שׁ ַמע‬ ְ , Two Letters Part II, Upon taking the Sefer Torah from the ark [Shabbat and Yom Tov Shacharit], y.Berachot 1:5 2:4 3:3, y.Pesachim 4:9, y.Sanhedrin 10:1, y.Sotah 7:8, y.Terumot 1:1, z.Balak 195b, z.Balak 211a, z.Bereshit 12a 13b 18b, z.Shelach Lecha 162a, z.Terumah 139b, z.Terumah 160b, z.Vaetchanan 262b 263a 269a, z.Vayakhel 216b, z.Vayechi 234b, z.Vayeshev 183a, z.Vayetze 148a Deuteronomy 6:4‐8 ‐ Tanya Likutei Aramim §41 Deuteronomy 6:4‐9 ‐ Avot de R'Natan 2, Deuteronomy.R 4:4, Ein Yaakov Berachot 5a, Ein Yaakov Sotah 41a, Jastrow 754a 1050b 1253b 1419a 1599b, Kriat Shema [Shacharit; Maariv; Al Hamittah], m.Berachot 1:1 2:2 9:5 m.Shabbat 1:2 9:6, m.Sotah 5:4 7:1, m.Avot 2:13, m.Menachot 3:7, m.Tamid 5:1, m.Yadayim 3:3, Mas.Tefillin 1:9, mt.Hilchot Tefillin u'Mezuzah v'Sefer Torah 1:1‐2 2:6 2:9 2:1‐2 3:5 5:2‐3, Mussaf Rosh Hashanah, Pesikta Rabbati 14:6, Tanya Likutei Aramim §49, z.Bo 43a, z.Terumah 162b Deuteronomy 6:4‐10 ‐ Tanya Shaar Hayichud §53 Deuteronomy 6:4‐11 ‐ 4QDeutP 167 LXX adds LORD Page 22 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ְָ‫ ְבּכָל ְל ָבב‬,ָ‫ ֵאת י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬, ָ‫וְאָ ַהבְתּ‬ ָ ֶ‫ וּ ְבכָל ְמא ֹד‬,ָ‫שׁ‬ ְ ‫וּ ְבכָל נַ ְפ‬ ‫שׁר אָנֹכִי‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ְוהָיוּ הַדְּ ב ִָרים ָה ֵאלֶּה‬ ֶָ‫ְמ ַצוְָּ הַיּוֹם עַל ְל ָבב‬ ָ ְ‫שׁבְתּ‬ ִ ‫ ְבּ‬,‫ וְדִ בּ ְַרתָּ בָּם‬,ָ‫שׁנַּנְתָּ ם ְל ָבנֶי‬ ִ ‫ְו‬ ְָ‫שׁ ְכבּ‬ ָ ‫ וּ ְב‬,ְ‫ְבּבֵיתֶ ָ וּ ְב ֶלכְתְּ ָ בַדֶּ ֶר‬ 5168 6170 7172 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might169. And these words that I command you this day, shall be upon your heart171; And you shall teach them diligently173 unto your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and 168 Deuteronomy 6:5 ‐ 1 John 5:3, 2 Corinthians 5:14‐5:15, 2 Kings 23:25, b.Berachot 54a 61b, b.Pesachim 25a, b.Sanhedrin 74a, b.Succah 41b, b.Yoma 82a 86a, Commandment #7, Derech Hashem Part IV 4§08, Deuteronomy 4:29 10:12 11:13 6:6, Deuteronomy.R 2:37, Ecclesiastes.R 1:36, Ein Yaakov Pesachim 25a, Ein Yaakov Yoma 86a, Gates of Repentance 3.017, Guide for the Perplexed 1:39 3:52, Jastrow 654a 687a 721a, John 14:20‐14:21, Kuzari 3.065, Luke 10:27, Mark 12:30 12:33, Matthew 10:37 22:37, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Shirata 6:141, Mesillat Yesharim 19:Chassidut‐Carrying‐ Out‐Deeds 19:Love‐of‐Hashem 24:Trait of Yiras Cheit, Midrash Psalms 18:7 119:41, Midrash Tanchuma Lech Lecha 1, Midrash Tanchuma Noach 3, mt.Hilchot Berachot 10:3, mt.Hilchot Deot 3:3 3:3, mt.Hilchot Kriat Shema 1:2 2:9 2:13, mt.Hilchot Shaar Avot Hatuman 10:8, mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 10:2 10:3 10:6, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 2:1 5:7 5:11, mt.Shemonah Perakim 5:6, Numbers.R 12:4, Saadia Opinions 2:13 6:3, Shemonah Perachim V, Sifre Devarim Ekev 41, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 32 33, Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §32, Tanya Igeret Hateshuvah §10, Tanya Kuntress Acharon §04 §08, Tanya Likutei Aramim §09 §30, Two Letters Part II, y.Berachot 1:5 9:5, y.Sotah 5:5, z.Bamidbar 117b, z.Beshallach 55b, z.Terumah 162a, z.Vaera 27a, z.Vaetchanan 262b 267a Deuteronomy 6:5‐9 ‐ m.Sotah 7:8 169 LXX mind, and with all your soul, and all your strength 170 Deuteronomy 6:6 ‐ 2 Corinthians 3:3, 2 John 1:2, b.Avodah Zara [Tosefot] 3a, b.Berachot [Rashi] 13a, b.Berachot 13b, b.Megillah 14b 20a, b.Sotah 32b 33a, b.Succah 41b, b.Yoma [Rashi] 19b, Colossians 3:16, Deuteronomy 11:18 8:46, Ecclesiastes.R 1:17 1:36 12:10, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 3a, Ein Yaakov Megillah 17b, Isaiah 3:7, Jastrow 338b 622b 1014b 1303a, Jeremiah 7:34, Leviticus.R 21:5, Luke 2:51 8:15, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Shirata 32:3, Midrash Psalms 35:2 119:21 119:41, Midrash Tanchuma Bo 14, mt.Hilchot Shaar Avot Hatuman 10:8, mt.Hilchot Tefillin u'Mezuzah v'Sefer Torah 1:19 4:2, Proverbs 2:10‐2:11 3:1‐3:3 3:5 7:3, Psalms 37:31 40:9 23:11 119:98, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 33 35, Song of Songs.R 8:5, t.Sotah 7:6, Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §14, Tanya Shaar Hayichud §53, y.Berachot 2:4, y.Megillah 2:1, y.Sotah 7:1, z.Vaetchanan 262b 267b 268a Deuteronomy 6:6‐7 ‐ Tanya Igeret Hateshuvah §10 171 LXX adds and in thy soul 172 Deuteronomy 6:7 ‐ 1 Peter 3:15, Avot de R'Natan 2, b.Bava Batra [Rashi] 8a, b.Bava Kamma [Rashi] 56b, b.Berachot 4b 10b 21a, b.Chagigah 9b, b.Kiddushin [Rashi] 34a, b.Nedarim [Rashi] 8a, b.Sanhedrin 99a, b.Shabbat 31a, b.Sotah [Tosefot] 32b, b.Succah 25a 41b, b.Yoma 19b, Colossians 4:6, Commandment #12, Commandment #23, Derech Hashem Part IV 4§08, Deuteronomy 4:9‐4:10 6:2 11:19, Ein Yaakov Berachot 2a, Ein Yaakov Berachot 4b, Ein Yaakov Berachot 6a, Ein Yaakov Kiddushin 30a, Ephesians 4:29 6:4, Exodus 12:26‐12:27 13:14‐13:15, Gates of Repentance 3.017, Genesis 18:19, Jastrow 275a 425b 1086a 1098a 1235a 1306a 1362a 1564b 1570b 1573a, Leviticus.R 27:6, Luke 6:45, m.Berachot 1:3, Malachi 3:16, Matthew 12:35, Mesillat Yesharim 25:To Acquire Yirah Cheit, Midrash Psalms 39:4, Midrash Tanchuma Emor 10, Midrash Tanchuma Lech Lecha 1, mt.Hilchot Kriat Shema 1:13 1:1‐2 2:2 2:9 4:1, mt.Hilchot Shaar Avot Hatuman 10:8, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:1 1:2 3:6, mt.Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:2 3:6, mt.Pirkei Avot 1:16, Pesikta de R'Kahana 9.5, Philo De Specialibus Legibus IV 140, Philo Fragment from "About the Judgments of G‐d" 140, Proverbs 6:22 10:21 15:2 15:7, Psalms 37:30 40:10‐40:11 78:4‐78:6 23:46 9:8, Ruth 2:4 2:12 4:11, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 34 34 34, Siman 68:6, t.Berachot 1:3, Tanya Igeret Hateshuvah §01, y.Berachot 1:3 2:1 5:1, y.Sotah 7:1 8:1, z.Vaetchanan 268a 269a 173 Missing in LXX Page 23 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ָ‫וּבְקוּ ֶמ‬ ‫ עַל י ָדֶ ָ; ְוהָיוּ‬,‫שׁ ְרתָּ ם לְאוֹת‬ ַ ‫וּ ְק‬ ָ‫ בֵּין עֵינֶי‬,‫לְטֹטָפ ֹת‬ 8174 ָ‫שׁע ֶָרי‬ ְ ‫ וּ ִב‬,ָ ֶ‫וּכְתַ בְתָּ ם עַל ְמזֻזוֹת בֵּית‬ 9176 ‫ ֶאל‬,ָ‫ְו ָהי ָה כִּי יְבִי ֲאָ י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫שׁבַּע ַל ֲאב ֹתֶ יָ לְאַב ְָרהָם‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁר נ‬ ֶ ‫ָאָרץ ֲא‬ ֶ ‫ה‬ ‫ ע ִָרים‬:ְָ‫ְלי ִ ְצחָק וּ ְליַעֲק ֹב לָתֶ ת ל‬ ָ‫שׁר ֹא ָבנִית‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫גְּד ֹֹת וְט ֹב ֹת‬ 10178 when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes175. And you shall write them upon the doorposts177 of your house, and upon your gates. And it shall be, when the LORD your God shall bring you into the land which He swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—great and goodly cities, which you did not build, 174 Deuteronomy 6:8 ‐ Apocalypse of Elijah 1:9, b.Arachin 3b 19b, b.Avodah Zara [Tosefot] 16a, b.Eruvin 95b, b.Kiddushin [Rashi] 34a, b.Megillah 9a, b.Menachot [Rashi] 28a 44a, b.Menachot [Tosefot] 34b 42a, b.Menachot 33a 34b 35b 36a 37a 42b, b.Moed Katan 21b, b.Sanhedrin [Tosefot] 3b 42, b.Succah 41b, b.Zevachim 37b, Commandment #19, Commandment #20, Deuteronomy 11:18, Ein Yaakov Aggadot, Ein Yaakov Berachot 14b, Ein Yaakov Berachot 6a, Exodus 13:9 13:16, Hebrews 2:1, Jastrow 120a 324b 523a 681a 1317b 1354b 1687a, Leviticus.R 21:5, m.Megillah 1:8 m.Moed Katan 3:4, Mas.Derek Eretz Rabbah 10:1, Mas.Tefillin 1:10 1:13, Matthew 23:5, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Pisha 18:7, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Pisha 17:114, Midrash Proverbs 8, Midrash Psalms 17:8, Midrash Tanchuma Mishpatim 19, Midrash Tanchuma Vayetze 3, mt.Hilchot Shaar Avot Hatuman 10:8, mt.Hilchot Tefillin u'Mezuzah v'Sefer Torah 4:3‐5, mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 3:5 3:5, Numbers 15:38‐ 15:39, Prior to putting on one's Tefillin, Proverbs 3:3 6:21 7:3, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 35,35,35, Siman 10:20 10:5, Song of Songs.R 8:5, Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §29, y.Megillah 1:9, z.Vaetchanan 268a 269a Deuteronomy 6:8‐9 ‐ Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Pisha 18:7, mt.Hilchot Tefillin u'Mezuzah v'Sefer Torah 1:13, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 35, Siman 10:12 175 LXX it shall be immoveable before your eyes 176 Deuteronomy 6:9 ‐ b.Avodah Zara [Rashi] 21a, b.Avodah Zara [Tosefot] 16a, b.Bava Metzia [Rashi] 11b, b.Chullin [Rashi] 119b, b.Chullin 135b, b.Menachot [Rashi] 28a 29a 32a, b.Menachot [Tosefot] 33b 36a 42a, b.Menachot 32b 33a 34a 37a 42b 44a, b.Shabbat 103b, b.Succah [Rashi] 3b, b.Succah 41b, b.Yoma 11a, Commandment #21, Derech Hashem Part IV 4§08, Deuteronomy 11:20, Deuteronomy.R 6:3 7:2, Ein Yaakov Menachot 43b, Exodus 12:7, Guide for the Perplexed 3:32, Habakkuk 2:2, Isaiah 6:8 9:8, Jastrow 573a 681a 754a 1265a, Job 19:23‐19:25, m.Moed Katan 3:4, Mas.Tefillin 1:10, Midrash Proverbs 8 11, Midrash Tanchuma Shelach 15, Midrash Tanchuma Tetzaveh 5, mt.Hilchot Chagigah 3:3, mt.Hilchot Shaar Avot Hatuman 10:8, mt.Hilchot Tefillin u'Mezuzah v'Sefer Torah 1:19 5:8 6:12 6:6‐8, Numbers.R 17:5, Ruth.R 2:23, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 36 36 36, Siman 11:1 11:14, Song of Songs.R 2:19, t.Berachot 2:5, y.Berachot 1:5 3:3, y.Sanhedrin 10:1, y.Yoma 1:1, z.Vaetchanan 268a 269b Deuteronomy 6:9 [Targum] ‐ Midrash Tanchuma Yitro 4 177 LXX lintels 178 Deuteronomy 6:10 ‐ Genesis 13:15‐13:17 15:18 2:3 4:13, Joshua 24:13, mt.Hilchot Melachim u'Michamoteihem 8:1, Nehemiah 9:25, Philo De Fuga et Inventione 175, Psalms 78:55 9:44 Deuteronomy 6:10‐11 ‐ 1Q22 2:1‐5, Sifre Devarim Shoftim 201 Page 24 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫שׁר ֹא‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫וּבָתִּ ים ְמ ֵל ִאים כָּל טוּב‬ ‫שׁר ֹא‬ ֶ ‫ וּב ֹר ֹת חֲצוּבִים ֲא‬, ָ‫ִמלֵּאת‬ ‫שׁר ֹא‬ ֶ ‫ כּ ְָר ִמים ְוזֵיתִ ים ֲא‬, ָ‫ָח ַצבְתּ‬ ָ‫שׂ ָבעְתּ‬ ָ ‫ ְו‬, ָ‫נָ ָטעְתָּ ; וְאָ ַכלְתּ‬ 11179 ,‫שׁכַּח ֶאת י ְהוָה‬ ְ ִ‫ פֶּן תּ‬,ְָ‫שּׁ ֶמר ל‬ ָ ‫ִה‬ ‫ ִמבֵּית‬,‫שׁר הוֹצִי ֲאָ ֵמ ֶא ֶרץ ִמצ ְַרי ִם‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫ֲעבָדִ ים‬ ;‫ וְא ֹתוֹ תַ עֲב ֹד‬,‫ירא‬ ָ ִ‫ֶאת י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ תּ‬ ‫שּׁ ֵב ַע‬ ָ ִ‫ תּ‬,‫שׁמוֹ‬ ְ ‫וּ ִב‬ 12181 ‫ אַח ֲֵרי ֱאֹהִים ֲאח ִֵרים‬,‫ֹא תֵ לְכוּן‬ ‫ ְסבִיבוֹתֵ יכֶם‬,‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ ָה ַע ִמּים‬,‫ֵמ ֱאֹהֵי‬ ,ָ‫כִּי ֵאל ַקנָּא י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ,ָ‫ פֶּן יֶח ֱֶרה אַף י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬:ֶָ‫ְבּ ִק ְרבּ‬ 14186 13183 15187 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and cisterns hewn out180, which you the did not hew, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be satisfied— Then beware lest you forget the LORD182, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall fear the LORD your God; and184 Him shall you serve185, and by His name shall you swear. You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you; For a jealous God, even the LORD your God, is in the midst of you; lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and 179 Deuteronomy 6:11 ‐ 4Q393 3 8‐9, b.Bechorot [Tosefot] 10a, b.Chullin 14a, Deuteronomy 7:12‐ 7:18 8:10‐8:20 8:15, Ecclesiastes.R 2:12, Ezekiel 16:10‐16:20, Jeremiah 2:31‐2:32, Judges 3:7, Leviticus.R 17:6 25:4, Matthew 19:23‐19:24, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Beshallach 20:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Beshallah 1:40, Midrash Tanchuma Re'eh 7, mt.Hilchot Melachim u'Michamoteihem 8:1, mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 9:1, Pesikta Rabbati 27:1, Philo Quod Deus Immutabilis Sit 94, Proverbs 30:8‐30:9, Saadia Opinions 10:10, Sifre Devarim Ekev 38, Sifre Devarim Ekev 38, Sifre Devarim Shoftim 201, z.Tazria 50b Deuteronomy 6:11‐12 ‐ mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 9:1, t.Maaser Sheni 5:29 180 LXX wells dug in the rock 181 Deuteronomy 6:12 ‐ mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 9:1, z.Vaetchanan 262b 182 LXX adds your God 183 Deuteronomy 6:13 ‐ Apocalypse of Adam 1:12, b.Bava Kamma 41b, b.Bechorot 6b, b.Kiddushin 30b 57a, b.Menachot 43b, b.Pesachim [Rashi] 28a, b.Pesachim 22b, b.Sanhedrin 56a, b.Sheviit [Rashi] 30b, b.Temurah 3b 4a, Commandment #22 (Talmud states the word "serve" here refers to prayer), Commandment #8, Deuteronomy 5:29 6:2 10:12 10:20 13:5, Ein Yaakov Menachot 43b, Ein Yaakov Pesachim 22b, Gates of Repentance 3.155, HaMadrikh 35:4, Isaiah 21:23 17:16, Jastrow 1228a, Jeremiah 4:2 5:2 5:7 12:16, Joshua 2:12, Kuzari 4.003, Leviticus 19:12, Luke 4:8, Matthew 4:10, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 55:1, Mesillat Yesharim 16:Trait of Taharah 19:Chassidut‐Carrying‐Out‐Deeds 24:Trait of Yiras Cheit, Midrash Tanchuma Beha'alotcha 11, Midrash Tanchuma Mishpatim 6, mt.Hilchot Mamrim 6:1, mt.Hilchot Shevuot 11:1, mt.Hilchot Tefilah 1:1, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 2:1, mt.Pirkei Avot 1:3, Numbers.R 15:17, Pesikta Rabbati 23/24:2, Philo Legum Allegoriae III 208, Psalms 15:4 63:12, Siman 143:1 6:3, y.Berachot 9:5, y.Kiddushin 1:7, y.Peah 1:1, y.Sotah 5:5, z.Chayyei Sarah 132b Deuteronomy 6:13‐21 ‐ Deuteronomy.R 4:4 184 LXX adds only 185 LXX and you shalt cleave to him 186 Deuteronomy 6:14 ‐ 1 John 5:21, Deuteronomy 8:19 11:28 13:8, Exodus 34:14‐34:16, Jeremiah 1:6, m.Menachot 5:6, t.Avodah Zarah 1:16 187 Deuteronomy 6:15 ‐ 1 Corinthians 10:22, 1 Kings 13:34, 2 Chronicles 12:16, Amos 3:2 9:8, Chibbur Yafeh 6 22b, Deuteronomy 4:24 5:9 7:4 11:17, Exodus 20:5 8:12, Genesis 7:4, Guide for the Perplexed 1:36, mt.Hilchot Yesodei haTorah 10:5, Numbers 32:10‐32:15, Psalms 90:7 90:11 Page 25 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ ֵמעַל ְפּנֵי ָה ֲאדָ ָמה‬,ָ ְ‫שׁ ִמיד‬ ְ ‫ ְו ִה‬,ְָ‫בּ‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ַכּ ֲא‬,‫ ֶאת י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵיכֶם‬,‫ֹא תְ נַסּוּ‬ ‫ ַבּ ַמּסָּה‬,‫נִסִּיתֶ ם‬ ‫ ֶאת ִמצְוֹת י ְהוָה‬,‫שׁ ְמרוּן‬ ְ ִ‫שׁמוֹר תּ‬ ָ ְָ‫שׁר ִצוּ‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ ְועֵד ֹתָ יו ְו ֻח ָקּיו‬,‫ֱאֹהֵיכֶם‬ 16188 ‫ ְבּעֵינֵי י ְהוָה‬,‫שׁר ְוהַטּוֹב‬ ָ ָ ‫שׂיתָ ַהיּ‬ ִ ‫ְו ָע‬ ‫שׁתָּ ֶאת‬ ְ ‫ וּבָאתָ ְוי ַָר‬,ְָ‫ י ִיטַב ל‬,‫ְל ַמעַן‬ ‫שׁבַּע י ְהוָה‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁר נ‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ הַטֹּבָה‬ ֶ ‫ה‬ ָ‫ַל ֲאב ֹתֶ י‬ 18191 ,‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ַכּ ֲא‬,ָ‫ ִמ ָפּנֶי‬,ָ‫ַלהֲד ֹף ֶאת כָּל אֹיְבֶי‬ ‫דִּ בֶּר י ְהוָה‬ 19193 ‫ ָמה‬:‫ לֵאמ ֹר‬,‫שׁאָלְָ ִבנְָ ָמחָר‬ ְ ִ ‫כִּי י‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ ְו ַה ֻח ִקּים ְו ַה ִמּ‬,‫ָהעֵד ֹת‬ ‫ ֶאתְ כֶם‬,‫ִצוָּה י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ‬ 20195 ‫ ֲעבָדִ ים ָהי ִינוּ ְלפ ְַרע ֹה‬,ְָ‫וְאָ ַמ ְרתָּ ְל ִבנ‬ 21197 17190 He destroy you from off the face of the earth. You shall not try the LORD your God, as you tried Him in Massah189. You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, that He has commanded you. And you shall do that which is right192 and good in the sight of the LORD; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, To thrust194 out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken. When your son asks you in time to come, saying: ‘What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God has commanded you196? Then you shall say unto your son: ‘We were Pharaoh’s198 bondmen in 188 Deuteronomy 6:16 ‐ 1 Corinthians 10:9, b.Taanit 9a, Commandment #9, Ecclesiastes.R 8:8, Ein Yaakov Midrash Shmuel 1 3, Ein Yaakov Taanit 8b, Exodus 17:2 17:7, Gates of Repentance 3.030, Genesis.R 55:3, Hebrews 3:8‐3:9, Luke 4:12, Matthew 4:7, Numbers 20:3‐20:4 20:13 21:4‐21:5, Psalms 95:8‐95:9, Saadia Opinions 7:2 7Variant:2 7Variant:2, y.Yoma 1:4 189 LXX the temptation 190 Deuteronomy 6:17 ‐ 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Peter 1:5‐1:10 3:14, Deuteronomy 6:1‐6:2 11:13 11:22, Exodus 15:26, Hebrews 6:11, Psalms 23:4, Titus 3:8 191 Deuteronomy 6:18 ‐ b.Avodah Zara 25a, b.Bava Batra [Rashi] 5a, b.Bava Metzia 16b 35a 108a, Deuteronomy 4:40 5:29 5:33 8:11 12:25 12:28 13:19, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 25a, Exodus 15:26, Ezekiel 18:5 18:19 18:21 18:27 9:14 9:16 9:19, Hosea 14:11, Isaiah 3:10, John 8:29, Mesillat Yesharim 19:Honoring‐Torah, mt.Hilchot Shechenim 12:5, Psalms 19:12, Romans 12:2 192 LXX pleasing 193 Deuteronomy 6:19 ‐ Exodus 23:28‐23:30, Judges 2:1‐2:3 3:1‐3:4, Numbers 33:52‐33:53, t.Shekalim 2:2, z.Shemot 14b 194 LXX chase 195 Deuteronomy 6:20 ‐ Deuteronomy 6:7, Exodus 12:26 13:14, Joshua 4:6‐4:7 4:21‐4:24, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Pisha 18:121, mt.Hilchot Chametz u'Matzah Haggadah, Pesach Haggadah, Proverbs 22:6, y.Pesachim 10:4 Deuteronomy 6:20‐21 ‐ Siman 119:1 196 LXX us 197 Deuteronomy 6:21 ‐ Deuteronomy 5:6 5:15 15:15 26:5‐26:9, Ephesians 2:11‐2:12, Exodus 3:19 13:3 20:2, Isaiah 3:1, Jeremiah 32:20‐32:21, Midrash Psalms 10:3, Nehemiah 9:9‐9:10, Psalms 136:10‐136:12, Romans 6:17‐6:18 Page 26 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ,‫ְבּ ִמצ ְָרי ִם; וַיֹּצִי ֵאנוּ י ְהוָה ִמ ִמּצ ְַרי ִם‬ ‫ְבּי ָד ֲחזָ ָקה‬ ‫ַויּ ִתֵּ ן י ְהוָה אוֹת ֹת וּמֹפְתִ ים גְּדֹלִים‬ ‫ ְבּפ ְַרע ֹה וּ ְבכָל‬,‫ו ְָרעִים ְבּ ִמצ ְַרי ִם‬ ‫בֵּיתוֹ ְלעֵינֵינוּ‬ ‫ ָהבִיא‬,‫שּׁם ְל ַמעַן‬ ָ ‫ הוֹצִיא ִמ‬,‫וְאוֹתָ נוּ‬ ‫שׁר‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ לָתֶ ת לָנוּ ֶאת ה‬,‫א ֹתָ נוּ‬ ‫שׁבַּע ַל ֲאב ֹתֵ ינוּ‬ ְ ִ‫נ‬ ‫ ַלעֲשׂוֹת ֶאת כָּל ַה ֻח ִקּים‬,‫ַוי ְ ַצוֵּנוּ י ְהוָה‬ ‫ ֶאת י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ‬,‫ ְלי ְִראָה‬,‫ָה ֵאלֶּה‬ ‫ ְלחַיּ ֹתֵ נוּ ְכּהַיּוֹם‬,‫לְטוֹב לָנוּ כָּל ַהיּ ָ ִמים‬ ‫ַהזֶּה‬ ‫שׁמ ֹר‬ ְ ִ‫ כִּי נ‬:‫ תִּ ְהי ֶה לָּנוּ‬,‫וּצְדָ ָקה‬ ‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬,‫ַלעֲשׂוֹת ֶאת כָּל ַה ִמּ ְצוָה הַזּ ֹאת‬ ‫שׁר ִצוָּנוּ‬ ֶ ‫י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֵינוּ ַכּ ֲא‬ 199 Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand200. 22201 23203 24205 25206 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore202, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes. And He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land204 that He swore unto our fathers. And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it shall be righteousness207 unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us.’ Vaetchanan – Chapter 7 ,‫ָאָרץ‬ ֶ ‫ ֶאל ה‬,ָ‫ י ְה ָוה ֱאֹהֶי‬,ָ‫כִּי יְבִי ֲא‬ ‫שׁל‬ ַ ָ‫שׁתָּ הּ; ְונ‬ ְ ‫שׁ ָמּה ל ְִר‬ ָ ‫שׁר ַאתָּ ה בָא‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫שׁי‬ ִ ‫גּוֹי ִם ַרבִּים ִמ ָפּנֶיָ ַהחִתִּ י ְו ַהגּ ְִר ָגּ‬ 1208 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and 198 LXX Pharao’s LXX adds the land of 200 LXX adds and with a high arm 201 Deuteronomy 6:22 ‐ Deuteronomy 1:30 3:21 4:3 4:34 7:19, Exodus 7:1‐7:12 14:1‐14:31, Psalms 58:11‐58:12 91:8 15:9, z.Lech Lecha 82a 202 LXX wrought signs and great and grievous [or evil] wonders 203 Deuteronomy 6:23 ‐ b.Pesachim 116b, Deuteronomy 1:8 1:35 6:10 6:18, Exodus 13:5, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Beshallach 21:2, mt.Hilchot Chametz u'Matzah 7:6 Haggadah, Pesach Haggadah 204 LXX to give us this land 205 Deuteronomy 6:24 ‐ Deuteronomy 4:1 4:4 8:1 8:3 10:12‐10:13, Guide for the Perplexed 3:27 3:31, Isaiah 3:10, Jeremiah 8:39, Job 35:7‐35:8, Matthew 6:33, Midrash Psalms 119:69, Proverbs 9:12 22:4, Psalms 41:3 66:9, Romans 6:21‐6:22 10:5, Tanna Devei Eliyahu 1, Tanya Likutei Aramim §23 206 Deuteronomy 6:25 ‐ Deuteronomy 24:13, Deuteronomy.R 8:5, Ezekiel 20:11, Galatians 3:12, Guide for the Perplexed 3:53, James 2:10, Leviticus 18:5, Luke 10:28‐10:29, Midrash Proverbs 6 11 14, Midrash Psalms 119:69, mt.Hilchot Teshuvah 9:1 9:1, Proverbs 12:28, Psalms 106:30‐106:31 23:6, Romans 10:3 10:5‐10:6, Saadia Opinions 9:3, z.Mikketz 199a 207 LXX mercy 208 Deuteronomy 7:1 ‐ Acts 13:19, b.Avodah Zara [Tosefot] 20a, b.Yevamot [Tosefot] 23a, Deuteronomy 4:1‐4:3 4:38 6:1 6:10 6:19 6:23 9:1 9:4 11:29 20:1 7:3 7:20, Exodus 6:8 15:7 23:28 9:2, Genesis 15:18‐15:21, Genesis.R 44:22, Jastrow 939b, mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 10:1 10:1, Numbers 14:31, Philo De Congressu Quaerendae Eruditionis Gratia 119, Psalms 44:3‐44:4 78:55, Sifre Devarim Ekev 49 50, Sifre Devarim Ekev 50, Sifre Devarim Shoftim 201 199 Page 27 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ ְו ַה ִחוִּי‬,‫ְו ָה ֱאמ ִֹרי ְו ַה ְכּנַ ֲענִי ְו ַהפּ ְִרזִּי‬ ‫ ַרבִּים‬,‫שׁ ְבעָה גוֹי ִם‬ ִ ‫ְו ַהי ְבוּסִי‬ ‫ַועֲצוּ ִמים ִמ ֶמּ ָךּ‬ ָ‫ ְל ָפנֶי‬,ָ‫וּנְתָ נָם י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬ ‫ ֹא‬,‫ ַהח ֲֵרם תַּ ח ֲִרים א ֹתָ ם‬:‫ְו ִהכִּיתָ ם‬ ‫תִ כְר ֹת ָלהֶם בּ ְִרית וְֹא תְ ָחנֵּם‬ 2210 ‫ בִּתְּ ָ ֹא תִ תֵּ ן‬:‫ בָּם‬,‫וְֹא תִ תְ חַתֵּ ן‬ ֶָ‫ וּבִתּוֹ ֹא תִ ַקּח ִל ְבנ‬,‫ִלבְנוֹ‬ 3211 ‫ ְו ָעבְדוּ‬,‫כִּי יָסִיר ֶאת ִבּנְָ ֵמאַח ֲַרי‬ 4212 the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite209, seven nations greater and mightier than you; And when the LORD your God shall deliver them up before you, and you shall smite them; then you shall utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them; Neither shall you make marriages with them: your daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his daughter shall you take unto your son. For he will turn away your son from following Me, that they213 may serve 209 LXX Chettite, and Gergesite, and Amorite, and Chananite, and Pherezite, and Evite, and Jebusite Deuteronomy 7:2 ‐ 2 Samuel 21:2, b.Arachin [Rashi] 14a, b.Avodah Zara [Rashi] 14b, b.Avodah Zara 20a, b.Bava Metzia [Tosefot] 70b, Commandment #352, Commandment #353, Deuteronomy 3:3 7:23‐7:24 13:9 20:10‐20:11 20:16‐20:17 23:16, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 20a, Exodus 22:20 23:32‐ 23:33 34:12‐34:16, Gates of Repentance 3.057, Genesis 14:20, Jastrow 481a 483a, Joshua 2:14 6:17‐ 6:25 8:24 9:18‐9:21 9:24 10:24‐10:25 10:28 10:30 10:32 10:40 10:42 11:11‐11:12 21:44, Judges 1:4 1:24 2:2, Leviticus 27:28‐27:29, mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 10:1 10:1 10:4 10:4, mt.Hilchot Melachim u'Michamoteihem 6:5, mt.Hilchot Zechiyah Umatanah 3:11, Numbers 9:52, Numbers.R 8:4, t.Avodah Zarah 3:15, y.Avodah Zarah 1:9, y.Berachot 9:1, y.Kiddushin 4:1 Deuteronomy 7:2‐7 ‐ 4QpaleoDeutr 211 Deuteronomy 7:3 ‐ 1 Kings 11:2, 2 Corinthians 6:14‐6:17, b.Avodah Zara [Tosefot] 20a, b.Avodah Zara 36b, b.Bava Batra [Tosefot] 13a, b.Ketubot [Rashi] 29a, b.Kiddushin [Tosefot] 38b, b.Kiddushin 68b, b.Makkot [Rashi] 13a, b.Menachot [Rashi] 43a, b.Sanhedrin [Rashi] 51a 82a, b.Yevamot [Rashi] 45a 49a, b.Yevamot 76a, Commandment #56, Ecclesiastes.R 7:36, Exodus 34:15‐34:16, Exodus.R 8:2 36:1, Ezra 9:1‐9:2, Genesis 6:2‐6:3, Genesis.R 80:7, Joseph and Aseneth 7:5, Joshua 23:12‐23:13, Judges 3:6‐3:7, Lamentations.R 1:56, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Pisha 12:53, Midrash Tanchuma Chukkat 6, Midrash Tanchuma Vaera 9, Midrash Tanchuma Vayeshev 8, mt.Hilchot Issurei Biah 12:1, mt.Hilchot Melachim u'Michamoteihem 8:7, mt.Hilchot Sanhedrin v'Hainshin Hameurim Lahem 19:4, Nehemiah 13:23‐13:27, Numbers.R 8:4 10:4 19:3, Pesikta de R'Kahana 4.3 19.2, Pesikta Rabbati 14:9, Song of Songs.R 1:10 1:21 4:8, y.Avodah Zarah 1:9, y.Kiddushin 3:12, y.Sanhedrin 2:6, y.Shabbat 1:5, y.Yevamot 2:6 Deuteronomy 7:3‐4 ‐ 4QDeutC 212 Deuteronomy 7:4 ‐ 4QpaleoDeutr "For he will draw away your son from me and he will serve other gods" vs. "For he will turn away your son from following me that they may serve other gods", b.Avodah Zara [Tosefot] 20a, b.Avodah Zara 36b, b.Kiddushin 68b, b.Rosh Hashanah 32b, b.Sanhedrin 82a, b.Yevamot 14a 23a, Deuteronomy 4:26 6:15 32:16‐32:17, Ecclesiastes.R 7:36, Exodus 20:5, Genesis.R 7:2, Jastrow 969a, Judges 2:11 2:20 3:7‐3:8 10:6‐10:7, m.Yevamot 2:5, Midrash Tanchuma Chukkat 6, mt.Hilchot Issurei Biah 12:7, mt.Hilchot Malveh V'Loveh 5:2, mt.Hilchot Yibbum Va'Chalitzah 1:4, Pesikta de R'Kahana 4.3, Pesikta Rabbati 14:9, Song of Songs.R 4:8, y.Kiddushin 3:12, y.Yevamot 2:6 Deuteronomy 7:4‐11 ‐ Ein Yaakov Berachot 13a 213 4QpaleoDeutr he 210 Page 28 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ,‫ֱאֹהִים ֲאח ִֵרים; ְוח ָָרה אַף י ְהוָה ָבּכֶם‬ ‫שׁ ִמידְ ָ ַמהֵר‬ ְ ‫ְו ִה‬ ‫ ָלהֶם ִמזְבְּח ֹתֵ יהֶם‬,‫כִּי ִאם כּ ֹה תַ עֲשׂוּ‬ ,‫ירהֶם‬ ֵ ‫שׁ‬ ֵ ‫שׁבֵּרוּ; ַו ֲא‬ ַ ְ‫ וּ ַמצֵּב ֹתָ ם תּ‬,‫תִּ תּ ֹצוּ‬ ‫שׂ ְרפוּן ָבּ ֵאשׁ‬ ְ ִ‫ תּ‬,‫ וּ ְפסִילֵיהֶם‬,‫תְּ גַדֵּ עוּן‬ ‫ לַיהוָה‬,‫כִּי עַם ָקדוֹשׁ ַאתָּ ה‬ ,ָ‫ בְָּ ָבּחַר י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶי‬:ָ‫ֱאֹהֶי‬ ,‫ ִמכּ ֹל ָה ַע ִמּים‬,‫ִלהְיוֹת לוֹ ְלעַם ְסגֻלָּה‬ ‫שׁר עַל ְפּנֵי ָה ֲאדָ ָמה‬ ֶ ‫ֲא‬ ‫שׁק י ְהוָה‬ ַ ‫ ָח‬,‫ֹא ֵמ ֻר ְבּכֶם ִמכָּל ָה ַע ִמּים‬ ,‫ כִּי ַאתֶּ ם ַה ְמעַט‬:‫ָבּכֶם ַויּ ִ ְבחַר ָבּכֶם‬ ‫ִמכָּל ָה ַע ִמּים‬ 5215 6218 7220 other gods; so will the anger of the LORD214 be kindled against you, and He will destroy you quickly. But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim216, and burn their graven images217 with fire. For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be His own treasure219, out of all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people—for you were the fewest of all peoples— 214 4QDeutc adds your God Deuteronomy 7:5 ‐ 2 Kings 23:6‐23:14, b.Avodah Zara [Rashi] 45a, b.Avodah Zara 45b 48a, b.Ketubot 45b, b.Sotah 5a, Deuteronomy 7:25 9:21 12:2‐12:3 16:22, Ein Yaakov Sotah 4b, Exodus 23:24 8:20 10:13, Guide for the Perplexed 3:29, Jastrow 1557a 1631b, Judges 6:25‐6:26, Leviticus 2:1, m.Avodah Zarah 3:5 m.Nedarim 2:1, mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 7:1 7:1 8:3 8:3, mt.Hilchot Eruvin 3:8, mt.Hilchot Issurei Mizbeiach 4:7, mt.Pirkei Avot 4:4, Sifre Devarim Re'eh 60 216 LXX cut down their groves 217 LXX the graven images of their gods 218 Deuteronomy 7:6 ‐ 1 Corinthians 6:19‐20, 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 2:5 2:9, Amos 3:2, Deuteronomy 14:2 2:19 4:9, Ecclesiastes.R 3:18 12:7, Exodus 19:5‐6, Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers 5:8, Jeremiah 2:3, Lamentations.R Petichata D'Chakimei:23, Malachi 3:17, Midrash Psalms 21:2 119:21 150:1, Midrash Tanchuma Kedoshim 5, Numbers.R 3:2, Psalms 50:5, Titus 2:14, z.Haazinu 286b, z.Terumah 164a 219 LXX peculiar people 220 Deuteronomy 7:7 ‐ 1 John 3:1 4:10, b.Chullin 89a, Deuteronomy 10:22, Ein Yaakov Chullin 89a, Exodus.R 31:13, Genesis.R 80:7, Isaiah 3:2, Jastrow 511b, Luke 12:32, Matthew 7:14, Mesillat Yesharim 19:Deveikut‐Cleaving‐to‐Hashem 22:Trait of Anavah, Midrash Psalms 10:1 22:22, Midrash Tanchuma Ekev 3, mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 1:3, Pesikta Rabbati 11:7, Philo De Migratione Abrahami 60, Psalms 19:1, Romans 9:11‐9:15 9:18 9:21 9:27‐29 11:6, z.Terumah 164a, z.Yitro 87b Deuteronomy 7:7‐8 ‐ mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 1:3 215 Page 29 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫שּׁ ְמרוֹ‬ ָ ‫ וּ ִמ‬,‫כִּי ֵמאַ ֲהבַת י ְהוָה ֶאתְ ֶכם‬ ,‫שׁבַּע ַל ֲאב ֹתֵ יכֶם‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁר נ‬ ֶ ‫שּׁ ֻבעָה ֲא‬ ְ ‫ֶאת ַה‬ ;‫ ְבּי ָד ֲחזָ ָקה‬,‫הוֹצִיא י ְהוָה ֶאתְ כֶם‬ ‫ ִמיּ ַד פּ ְַרע ֹה‬,‫ַויִּפְדְּ ָ ִמבֵּית ֲעבָדִ ים‬ ‫ֶמלְֶ ִמצ ְָרי ִם‬ 8221 ‫ כִּי י ְהוָה ֱאֹהֶיָ הוּא‬, ָ‫ְוי ָדַ עְתּ‬ ‫ ַהנֶּ ֱא ָמן שׁ ֹ ֵמר‬,‫ ָה ֵאל‬:‫ָה ֱאֹהִים‬ ‫ַהבּ ְִרית ְו ַה ֶחסֶד לְא ֹ ֲהבָיו וּלְשׁ ֹ ְמ ֵרי‬ ‫ ְל ֶאלֶף דּוֹר‬,‫ִמצְוֹתָ ו‬ 9222 ,‫שׁלֵּם לְשֹׂנְאָיו ֶאל ָפּנָיו‬ ַ ‫וּ ְמ‬ ‫ ֶאל‬,‫ ֹא י ְאַחֵר לְשֹׂנְאוֹ‬:‫ְל ַה ֲאבִידוֹ‬ ‫שׁלֶּם לוֹ‬ ַ ְ ‫ָפּנָיו י‬ ‫שׁ ַמ ְרתָּ ֶאת ַה ִמּ ְצוָה ְו ֶאת ַה ֻח ִקּים‬ ָ ‫ְו‬ ְָ‫שׁר אָנֹכִי ְמ ַצוּ‬ ֶ ‫ ֲא‬,‫שׁ ָפּטִים‬ ְ ‫ְו ֶאת ַה ִמּ‬ 10223 11225 But because the LORD loved you, and because He would keep the oath that He swore unto your fathers, has the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God; the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; And repays them who hate Him to their face, to 224destroy them; He will not be slack to him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face. You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, that I command you 221 Deuteronomy 7:8 ‐ 1 John 4:19, 1 Samuel 12:22, 2 Samuel 22:20, 2 Thessalonians 2:13‐2:14, Cairo Damascus 19.026 8.14‐16, Cairo Damascus 8:15 [19:28], Cairo Damascus 8.15 [19.28], Deuteronomy 4:20 4:34 4:37 9:4‐9:5 10:15, Deuteronomy.R 3:3, Ephesians 2:4‐2:5, Exodus 12:41‐12:42 13:3 13:14 20:2 8:13, Exodus.R 32:2, Genesis 22:16‐22:18, Hebrews 6:13‐6:17, Isaiah 19:4, Jeremiah 7:4, Luke 1:55 1:72‐1:73, m.Avodah Zarah 4:4, m.Berachot 6:4, Matthew 11:26, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Pisha 18:2, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 5:105, Midrash Psalms 116:1, Midrash Tanchuma Bamidbar 17, Midrash Tanchuma Ekev 3, Midrash Tanchuma Massei 6, mt.Hilchot Avodat Kochavim v'Chukkoteihem 1:3, Numbers.R 23:7, Psalms 44:4 105:8‐105:10 9:42, Sifre Devarim Ekev 41, Song of Songs.R 1:22, Titus 3:3‐3:7, Zephaniah 3:17 222 Deuteronomy 7:9 ‐ 4Q393 3 1‐2, 1 Chronicles 16:15, 1 Corinthians 1:9 8:3 10:3, 1 John 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, 2 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 2 Timothy 2:13, b.Shabbat 10b, b.Sotah 31a, Cairo Damascus 19.001, Cairo Damascus 7:6 [19:1‐2], Cairo Damascus 7.6 [19.1‐2], Daniel 9:4, Deuteronomy 4:35 5:10, Deuteronomy.R 3:3, Ein Yaakov Shabbat 10b, Ein Yaakov Sotah 31a, Exodus 20:6 34:6‐34:7, Genesis 17:7, Hebrews 6:18 10:23 11:11, Isaiah 1:7, James 1:12, Jastrow 341b, Lamentations 3:23, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Bachodesh 53:3, Mekhilta de R'Shimon bar Yochai Shirata 27:1, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Bahodesh 6:133, Mekilta de R'Ishmael Shirata 1:128, Midrash Psalms 9:2 92:11, Midrash Tanchuma Beshallach 11, Nehemiah 1:5, Psalms 119:75 2:6, Romans 8:28, Saadia Opinions 2:12 5:2, Sifre Devarim Vaetchanan 32, Siman 143:21, Titus 1:2 223 Deuteronomy 7:10 ‐ 2 Peter 3:9‐3:10, b.Avodah Zara [Tosefot] 3a, b.Eruvin 22a, b.Horayot [Rashi] 10b, b.Rosh Hashanah [Tosefot] 16b, b.Sanhedrin [Tosefot] 37b, b.Taanit [Rashi] 11a, Deuteronomy 7:9 8:25 8:35 8:41, Ein Yaakov Eruvin 22a, Exodus 20:5, Exodus.R 45:5, Gates of Repentance 3.122 3.159, Guide for the Perplexed 1:36, Isaiah 11:18, Jastrow 849b, John 15:23‐15:24, Mas.Derek Eretz Zutta 2:9, Midrash Psalms 7:17 73:1 94:4, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tissa 27, Midrash Tanchuma Mishpatim 9, Nahum 1:2, Pesikta Rabbati 23/24:2, Proverbs 11:31, Psalms 21:9‐21:10, Romans 12:19, Saadia Opinions 5:2, z.Bereshit 25b, z.Vayeshev 180a 224 LXX adds utterly 225 Deuteronomy 7:11 ‐ b.Avodah Zara 3a 42, b.Bava Kamma [Rashi] 9b, b.Eruvin 22a, Deuteronomy 4:1 5:32, Deuteronomy.R 3:3, Ein Yaakov Avodah Zarah 4b, Ein Yaakov Eruvin, Jastrow 1576a, John 14:15, Mesillat Yesharim 1:Man's Mission in His World, Midrash Tanchuma Bereshit 1, Tanya Igeret Hakodesh §19 §20, Tanya Likutei Aramim §17 §37 Page 30 of 31 Parashah Vaetchanan Rabbinic Reference Bible ‫ַלעֲשׂוֹתָ ם‬ Page 31 of 31 ‫הַיּוֹם‬ this day, to do them. 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