Massey Hebrew Parsha – 3rd Aliyah

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33:50
God spoke to Moses in the West Plains of Moab on the Jericho Jordan, telling him to

Vayedaber Adonay el-Moshe be’arvot Moav al-Yarden Yerecho lemor.

33:51
speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Daber el-beney Yisra’el ve’amarta alehem ki atem ovrim et-haYarden el-erets Kena’an.

33:52
you must drive out the land’s inhabitants ahead of you. You must destroy all their carved stones and demolish all their cast metal idols and high altars.

Vehorashtem et-kol-yoshvey ha’arets mipneychem ve’ibadetem et kol-maskiyotam ve’et kol-tsalmey masechotam te’abedu ve’et kol-bamotam tashmidu.

33:53
Clear out the land and live in it, since it is to you that I am giving the land to occupy.

Vehorashtem et-ha’arets vishavtem-bah ki lachem natati et-ha’arets lareshet otah.

33:54
It is by a lottery system that you shall distribute the land to your families. To a large [family] give a large portion; to a smaller one, give a smaller portion. Distribute the land to the paternal tribes, and each one shall have what the lottery system dictates.

Vehitnachaltem et-ha’arets beGoral lemishpechoteychem larav tarbu et-nachalato velam’at tam’it et-nachalato el asher-yetse lo shamah hagoral lo yihyeh lematot avoteychem titnechalu.

33:55
If you do not drive out the land’s inhabitants before you, those who remain shall be barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, causing you troubles in the land that you settle.

Ve’im-lo torishu et-yoshvey ha’arets mipneychem vehayah asher totiru mehem lesikim be’eyneychem velitsninim betsideychem vetsareru etchem al-ha’arets asher atem yoshvim bah.

33:56
I will then do to you what I originally planned to do to them.

Vehayah ka’asher dimiti la’asot lahem e’eseh lachem.

34:1
God spoke to Moses, telling him to

Vayedaber Adonay el-Moshe lemor.

34:2
give the Israelites instructions and say to them: When you come to the land of Canaan, this is the land within the borders of the land of Canaan that shall be your hereditary territory.

Tsav et-beney Yisra’el ve’amarta alehem ki-atem ba’im el-ha’arets Kena’an zot ha’arets asher tipol lachem benachalah erets Kena’an ligvuloteyha.

34:3
Your southern sector shall begin in the Tzin Desert alongside Edom. The southern border to the east shall be the edge of the Dead Sea.

Vehayah lachem pe’at-negev mimidbar-Tsin al-yedey Edom vehayah lachem gvul negev miktseh Yam-haMelach kedmah.

34:4
The border shall then turn to pass to the south of the Akrabim Steps. It shall then pass toward Tzin with its southernmost point at Kadesh Barnea, and then extend to Chatzar Adar and reach as far as Atzmon.

Venasav lachem hagvul minegev le-Ma’aleh Akrabim ve’avar Tsinah vehayu tots’otav minegev le-Kadesh Barnea veyatsa Chatsar-Adar ve’avar Atsmonah.

34:5
From Atzmon the border shall turn [north] and follow the Egyptian Wadi which shall be its far boundary to the west.

Venasav hagevul me’Atsmon nachlah Mitsrayim vehayu tots’otav hayamah.

34:6
The western boundary shall be the Mediterranean Sea and [its] shores. This shall be your western border.

Ugevul yam vehayah lachem hayam hagadol ugvul zeh-yiheyeh lachem gvul yam.

34:7
This shall be your northern boundary. From the Mediterranean Sea, draw a line to Hor Mountain.

Vezeh-yiheyeh lachem gvul tsafon min-hayam hagadol teta’u lachem Hor hahar.

34:8
From Hor Mountain draw a line along the Chamath Highway, so that the extreme edge of the boundary is toward Tzedad.

MeHor hahar teta’u levo Chamat vehayu tots’ot hagvul Tsedadah.

34:9
The border shall then extend through Zifron, with its extreme end at Chatzar Eynan. This shall be your northern border.

Veyatsa hagvul Zifronah vehayu tots’otav Chatsar Eynan zeh-yiheyeh lachem gvul tsafon.

34:10
For your eastern boundary, you shall draw a line from Chatzar Eynan to Shefam.

Vehit’avitem lachem ligvul kedmah meChatsar Eynan Shfamah.

34:11
The boundary shall then run southward from Shefam to Rivlah to the east of Eyin. Continuing to the south, the boundary shall run along the eastern shore of the Kinnereth Sea.

Veyarad hagevul miShfam haRivlah mikedem la’Ayin veyarad hagvul umachah al-ketef Yam-Kineret kedmah.

34:12
The boundary shall then continue south along the Jordan, continuing until the Dead Sea. All these shall be your boundaries on all sides.

Veyarad hagvul haYardenah vehayu tots’otav Yam haMelach zot tiheyeh lachem ha’arets ligvuloteyha saviv.

34:13
Moses gave the Israelites the following instructions: This is the land that God commanded you to give to nine tribes and a half tribe, and which you must distribute as hereditary property through a lottery system.

Vayetsav Moshe et-beney Yisra’el lemor zot ha’arets asher titnachalu otah begoral asher tsivah Adonay latet letish’at hamatot vachatsi hamateh.

34:14
However, the tribe of the Reubenite descendants, the Gaddite descendants, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already taken their hereditary property.

Ki lakchu mateh vney haRe’uveni leveyt avotam umateh vney-haGadi leveyt avotam vachatsi mateh Menashe lakchu nachalatam.

34:15
These two and a half tribes have already taken their hereditary property across the Jordan from Jericho, to the east.

Shney hamatot vachatsi hamateh lakchu nachalatam me’ever le-Yarden Yerecho kedmah mizrachah.