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  • Numbers 20:1-2

    Numbers 20:1-2

    The Israelites arrived in a body at the wilderness of Zin on the first new moon, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there. The community was without water, and they joined against Moses and Aaron. Read more

  • Leviticus 18:19

    Leviticus 18:19

    Do not come near a woman during her menstrual period of impurity to uncover her nakedness. Read more

  • Exodus 3:13-14

    Exodus 3:13-14

    Moses said to God, “When I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh.” He continued, “Thus shall you say to the Israelites, ‘Ehyeh sent… Read more

  • Genesis 3:9

    Genesis 3:9

    God יהוה called out to the Human and said to him, “Where are you?” Read more

  • Deuteronomy 30:12-14

    Deuteronomy 30:12-14

    It is not in the heavens, that you should say, “Who among us can go up to the heavens and get it for us and impart it to us, that we may observe it?” Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who among us can cross to the other side of the… Read more

  • Genesis 30:9-13

    Genesis 30:9-13

    When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as concubine. (10) And when Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son, (11) Leah said, “What luck!” So she named him Gad. (12) When Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, (13) Leah declared, “What fortune!”… Read more