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of אֱלֹהִים - Elohim (God), having been corrected
like it once was pre the “Masoretic Text”.
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Remember the following truth
from our beloved Torah!
“Ye shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which
I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM
IT, that ye may keep the commandments of אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה - the LORD your Eloleichem,
which I command you”. Davarim - Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS-1917).
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With Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.
We are so blessed with our beloved תַּנַ"ךְ - Tanakh for it is packed with verses that reveals so much to us about our beloved ‘Law’ - מִּצְווֹת - ‘Mitzvot’, which was given to us only in our Tanakh!
However, in Ivrit - Hebrew, the word ‘Law’ can also mean תּוֹרָה
- Torah, which literally translates to ‘teaching’, ‘instruction’,
or ‘guidance”, etc.
Below I will provide a wonderful list of verses re אֱלֹהִים - Elohim’s blessed מִּצְווֹת - ‘Mitzvot’.
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(Please Note: All verses are from the
JPS-1917 version).
1. The Torah:
Exodus 19:5.
וְעַתָּה,
אִם-שָׁמוֹעַ
תִּשְׁמְעוּ
בְּקֹלִי,
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם,
אֶת-בְּרִיתִי-וִהְיִיתֶם
לִי סְגֻלָּה
מִכָּל-הָעַמִּים,
כִּי-לִי
כָּל-הָאָרֶץ
“Now
therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed,
and keep My Covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all
peoples; for all the earth is Mine”.
וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--עַל-לְבָבֶךָ
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ, וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ, וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ
“And these words, which I Command thee this day, shall be upon thy
heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up”.
Deuteronomy 11:13-14.
וְהָיָה, אִם-שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל-מִצְוֹתַי, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם, הַיּוֹם-לְאַהֲבָה אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, וּלְעָבְדוֹ, בְּכָל-לְבַבְכֶם, וּבְכָל-נַפְשְׁכֶם
וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר-אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ, יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ; וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ, וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ
“And it shall
come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My Commandments which I
command you
this day, to love יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם - the
LORD your Eloheichem, and
to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will g
Deuteronomy
28:1.
וְהָיָה, אִם-שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹתָיו, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם-וּנְתָנְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, עֶלְיוֹן, עַל, כָּל-גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ
“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt
hearken diligently unto the voice of יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ - the
LORD thy Eloheicha, to observe to do all His Commandments which
I command thee this day, that יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ - the
LORD thy Eloheicha will set thee on high above all the
nations of the eart
Deuteronomy 30:15-16.
רְאֵה נָתַתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ הַיּוֹם, אֶת-הַחַיִּים וְאֶת-הַטּוֹב, וְאֶת-הַמָּוֶת, וְאֶת-הָרָע
אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ, הַיּוֹם, לְאַהֲבָה אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו, וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו; וְחָיִיתָ וְרָבִיתָ--וּבֵרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
“See, I have
set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; in that I command thee this day to love יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ - the
LORD thy Eloheicha, to
walk in His ways, and to keep His Commandments and His statutes and His
ordinances, t
2. The Nevi’im (Prophets):
Joshua 1:8.
לֹא-יָמוּשׁ סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה מִפִּיךָ, וְהָגִיתָ בּוֹ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה, לְמַעַן תִּשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת, כְּכָל-הַכָּתוּב בּוֹ: כִּי-אָז תַּצְלִיחַ אֶת-דְּרָכֶךָ, וְאָז תַּשְׂכִּיל
“This book of the Law
shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein;
for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good succ
1 Kings 2:3.
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת-מִשְׁמֶרֶת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו לִשְׁמֹר חֻקֹּתָיו מִצְוֹתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וְעֵדְוֹתָיו, כַּכָּתוּב, בְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה-לְמַעַן תַּשְׂכִּיל, אֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה, וְאֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר תִּפְנֶה, שָׁם
“And keep the charge of יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ - the LORD thy Eloheicha, to walk
in His ways, to keep His Statutes, and His Commandments, and His Ordinances, and
His Testimonies, according to that which is written in the Law of Moses, that
thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest
thyself”.
Malachi 3:22.
זִכְרוּ,
תּוֹרַת
מֹשֶׁה
עַבְדִּי,
אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי
אוֹתוֹ
בְחֹרֵב
עַל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל,
חֻקִּים
וּמִשְׁפָּטִים
“Remember ye the Law of Moses My servant, which I Commanded unto
him in Horeb for all
3. The Ketuvim (Writings):
Psalm 1:1-2.
אַשְׁרֵי
הָאִישׁ-
אֲשֶׁר לֹא
הָלַךְ, בַּעֲצַת
רְשָׁעִים
וּבְדֶרֶךְ
חַטָּאִים,
לֹא עָמָד,
וּבְמוֹשַׁב
לֵצִים, לֹא
יָשָׁב
“Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in
the seat of the scornful. But his delight
is in the Law of יְהוָה - the LORD; and in His Law doth he meditate day and night”.
Psalm 94:12.
אַשְׁרֵי,
הַגֶּבֶר
אֲשֶׁר-תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ
יָּהּ;
וּמִתּוֹרָתְךָ
תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ
“Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O יְהוָה - LORD, and teachest out of Thy Law”.
Psalm 119:1-2.
אַשְׁרֵי
תְמִימֵי-דָרֶךְ-הַהֹלְכִים,
בְּתוֹרַת
יְהוָה
אַשְׁרֵי,
נֹצְרֵי
עֵדֹתָיו;
בְּכָל-לֵב
יִדְרְשׁוּהוּ
“Happy are they that are upright in the way, who walk in the Law
of יְהוָה - the LORD. Happy are they that keep His Testimonies, that seek Him
with the whole heart”.
Psalm 119:34.
הֲבִינֵנִי, וְאֶצְּרָה תוֹרָתֶךָ; וְאֶשְׁמְרֶנָּה בְכָל-לֵב
“Give me understanding, that I keep Thy Law and observe it with my
whole heart”.
Proverbs 28:4.
עֹזְבֵי תוֹרָה, יְהַלְלוּ רָשָׁע; וְשֹׁמְרֵי תוֹרָה, יִתְגָּרוּ בָם
“They that forsake the Law praise the wicked; but such as keep the
Law contend with them”.
Proverbs 28:9.
מֵסִיר אָזְנוֹ, מִשְּׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה- גַּם תְּפִלָּתוֹ, תּוֹעֵבָה
“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law, even his
prayer is an abomination”.
Ezra 7:10.
כִּי
עֶזְרָא
הֵכִין
לְבָבוֹ,
לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת-תּוֹרַת
יְהוָה
וְלַעֲשֹׂת,
וּלְלַמֵּד
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל,
חֹק
וּמִשְׁפָּט
“For Ezra had set his heart to seek the Law
of יְהוָה - the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in
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Remember what אֱלֹהִים - Elohim, blessed be He, said the
following through a number of our prophets...
“Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, saith צְבָאוֹת- יְהוָה- the LORD of
hosts” Mal’a’chi - Malachi
3:7. (JPS).
“The More Torah, the More Life”,
For Elohim is the One who
gave us our ... “Life!”
May the שָׁלוֹם - Shalom = Peace
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