Introduction
Introduction to Divrei Gad Ha-Chozeh (The Book of Gad the Seer)
Within the Framework of The Ivri Heritage Bible
The extraordinary prophetic and narrative text presented here, titled Divrei Gad Ha-Chozeh (דִּבְרֵי גָּד הַחֹזֶה — The Book of Gad the Seer), constitutes a vital historical and apocalyptic landmark preserved within The Ivri Heritage Bible series. Attributed directly to Gad, the personal seer of King David who is chronicled as an official recorder of David’s royal administration, this compelling text spans fourteen chapters. It seamlessly weaves together vivid apocalyptic visions, historic courtroom judgments, liturgical songs of deliverance, and rare biographical details from the reigns of King David and King Shlomo. Long preserved within the isolated manuscript tradition of the Black and White Jewish community of Cochin in India, this rendering strips away late Western ecclesiastical glosses. It restores the native Hebrew lexicon, covenant parameters, and technical sanctuary metadata to present the text as a pristine Second Temple period survival that outlines the cosmic victory of purity over impurity.
Textual Methodology and Hebraic Restoration
Following the rigorous standards established by the House of Truth, this translation restores the authentic language of the historical Netzarim movement: • The Divine Name and Titles: The supreme covenantal designation Yahuah (יְהוָה) is restored along with Elohim (אֱלֹהִים), El Shaddai (אֵל שַׁדַּי — God Almighty), and the relational title Ehyeh asher Ehyeh (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה — I AM THAT I AM). The cosmic hosts recognize Him as Yahuah Tzeva'ot (יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת — Lord of Hosts). • Covenantal and Ritual Idioms: Institutional realities are preserved using their native technical terms, including the Beriyt (בְּרִית — covenant), the Torah (תּוֹרָה — law), the blood covenant of Beriyt HaMilah (circumcision), and the sacrificial mizbeach (מִזְבֵּחַ — altar). • The Vocabulary of Character and Faith: Individual alignment with the creator is evaluated based on tzedakah (צְדָקָה — righteousness), active Emunah (אֱמוּנָה — faith/faithfulness), Emet (אֱמֶת — truth), and chasidut (godliness), which distinguish the tzaddik (righteous one) or the chasid (pious man) from the ungodly. • Liturgical and Topographic Coordinates: Traditional liturgical markers, including the thundering notation Selah (סֶלָה), have been corrected and placed into their appropriate musical locations. Topographical names preserve their ancient boundaries, featuring Yerushalayim, the Kidron valley, the spring of Gihon, Mitzrayim (Egypt), and the Yam Suph (Sea of Reeds).
Prophetic Architecture and Critical Narrative Themes
The text of Divrei Gad Ha-Chozeh divides into several distinct prophetic and historical accounts, providing an alternate vantage point on the golden age of the united monarchy.
1. Apocalyptic Trances: The Pure Lamb vs. Impurity (Chapters 1–2)
The scroll opens in the Kidron valley during the final years of King David's reign, where Gad receives a terrifying cosmic vision. Looking toward the Eastern Gate, Gad witnesses a symbolic yoke of oxen pulled by a donkey and a camel, representing a deceptive mixture of the pure and the impure that aims to destroy holiness and crown wickedness. A graphic celestial judgment follows: a stormy wind blows the unclean animals into the moon, and the sun appears in the shape of a crowned man carrying a despised, rejected lamb over his shoulder. The lamb roars like a lion, lamenting that its image has been diminished by the touch of impurity. A man dressed in linen arrives with three vine branches and twelve palms—which are placed upon the lamb’s heart—and drives impurity completely away to be consumed by fire. The Shepherd of the lamb declares that while He created both the pure and the impure, His covenant remains exclusively with the pure. The lamb offers the impurity as a peace offering on the mizbeach before El Shaddai, triggering a magnificent song of praise that celebrates deliverance through the Yam Suph. The heavenly voice names the lamb as His firstborn son and Bikkurim (firstfruits), revealing that all creation lived in his shadow and "by your wounds they were healed." Gad is told by Ehyeh asher Ehyeh to seal the words, which will be validated when he finds King David reading them from the Book of the Covenant. Chapter 2 expands this apocalyptic outline into a global whistle-call to the four corners of the aretz (earth). Yahuah commands the earth to surrender His scattered seed, promising that the remnant of Yahudah and Yisrael will be transformed from a historic curse into an eternal blessing. In that day, all nations joining the covenant will speak Ivrit (Hebrew), the holy tongue. The text delivers a fierce judicial indictment against Edom (located in Kittim), mocking their proud claim that Yahuah had divorced His original people. At the end of days, the great prince Mikha'el will rise up like a whirlwind to permanently subdue Samael (the prince of this world) under his feet.
2. Courtroom Wisdom: The Moabite and the Wise Judgment (Chapters 3–4)
Chapter 3 introduces a complex legal lawsuit during HaPesach (Passover). A Moabite shepherd requests circumcision to formally enter the assembly of Yisrael. David initially refuses, citing the strict Mosaic exclusion of Moabites from the congregation. The shepherd presents a brilliant legal precedent: "Is it not true that Ruth was of our people, and you are one of her children...?" David takes the case to Yahuah, who speaks through Natan the prophet to reveal a critical hermeneutical distinction: the Torah explicitly forbids a Moabite man, but a Moabite woman or daughter is permitted, for their daughters belong to Yahuah. The shepherd is kept as a royal worker, and his beautiful daughter, Seph, eventually becomes King Shlomo’s chief concubine. Chapter 4 details David's judicial acumen in Bethlehem. A man named Zavad vows two talents of silver to the sanctuary if his father is healed. He loses the money pouch along the way and posts a reward notice. A man from the tribe of Dan finds the pouch and returns it, but Zavad greedily attempts to cheat him by claiming the pouch originally held three talents. King David makes both men swear an oath by Yahuah. Discerning the deception, David awards the pouch to the honest Danite, telling Zavad to go look for a completely different pouch that contains three talents, causing all Yisrael to marvel at the divine justice inside the king.
3. National Crises: The Angel of Fire and the Census Calamity (Chapters 5–7)
Chapters 5 and 6 detail supernatural military victories and character alignments. Facing an unnumbered host of Philistines, David is comforted by Gad. That night, a terrifying angel of fire descends from heaven with a drawn sword, executing total slaughter across the enemy camp. David sets up the Pillar of Vengeance to commemorate that Yahuah can save by many or by few. In Chapter 6, Yahuah warns the king never to glory in human might; because David immediately credits Elohim for delivering him from the lion, the bear, and the Philistines, Yahuah covenants that His help will dwell in the House of David forever. Chapter 7 documents the catastrophic national census. Moved by Satan, David orders Yoav to number the valiant men from Dan to Beersheba. Yoav objects to the king's command, intentionally omitting Levi and Benjamin from the final sum. Displeased by this reliance on carnal warriors, Yahuah strikes the land, offering David a choice between four years of famine, three months of military flight, or three days of the pestilence-sword of Yahuah. David chooses to fall into the merciful hands of Yahuah. A swift plague kills seventy thousand men before an angel stretches a drawn sword over Yerushalayim. Clothed in sackcloth, David repents, pleading for the sheep of Yisrael. Yahuah orders Gad to tell David to build a mizbeach on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. David refuses to offer a sacrifice that costs him nothing, buying the site for six hundred shekels of gold and the cattle for fifty shekels of silver. Yahuah answers via fire from heaven, staying the plague. Terrified by the angel's sword, David sacrifices at Ornan's threshing floor for the rest of his life, abandoning the high place at Gibeon.
4. Sermons, Psalms, and the Death of David (Chapters 8–12)
Chapter 8 presents David’s comprehensive farewell sermon. Standing upon a custom pulpit of wood before all Yisrael, he declares the ultimate unity and uniqueness of Yahuah. He emphasizes that while hearing the Torah is like a seed, active deeds allow that seed to develop into a tree of Emunah that yields the fruit of righteousness. He commands the people to love creation as a sign that they love the Creator, prompting a universal shout of Amen. Chapter 9 records a diplomatic exchange with Hiram king of Tyre. Hiram seeks the knowledge of the true Elohim, and David instructs him in the Noahide commandments. Overjoyed, Hiram issues a spectacular messianic prophecy, foreseeing a sun stepping forth from David and a moon rising out of Yahudah to possess all kingdoms of the world. Yahuah rewards Hiram's praise by granting Tyre the wisdom to prepare the materials for His Temple. Chapters 10 and 11 insert ancient, expanded versions of classic Hebrew poetry. Chapter 10 presents a unique version of Psalm 145, containing an extra verse detailing the complete fall of Yahuah's enemies. Chapter 11 preserves a variant of Psalm 144, composed on the day Elhanan and Jonathan slew the giants Lahmi and the twelve-fingered warrior. Chapter 12 details the final moments of David's life. He offers a final prayer for the unity of his people ("one heart to worship You, one shoulder to serve You"), repeats the Shema, and dies on the Shabbat day at the age of seventy, having reigned for forty years.
5. The Heroism of Tamar and the Throne Vision (Chapters 13–14)
Chapter 13 outlines a dramatic historical narrative concerning Tamar, the daughter of David. Disgraced by Amnon, Tamar secretly flees to her grandfather's palace in Geshur. Shlomo offers a royal reward for her discovery. A mercenary friend of the king named Pasas attempts to violate Tamar inside her chambers. Tamar uses her wit to delay him, singing a soothing song on the harp while crying out to El Shaddai for help. As Pasas falls into a deep sleep on her bosom, Tamar unsheathes his sword and runs it through his heart—exclaiming like Yael (Jael) that she has rid the earth of a sinner. Shlomo discovers the event through intercepted letters, executes the lying King of Geshur for treason, and sends ten thousand troops to escort Tamar back. Praising her heroism, Shlomo renames her Taphath and gives her in marriage to the son of Abinadab, the officer of Dor. The book concludes in Chapter 14 with a final vision received by Gad at the spring of Gihon on Yom Teruah (the Day of Blowing). The heavens roll back like a scroll to reveal Yahuah's throne, complete with twelve gold and silver stairs and seven chairs for the celestial council. Satan stands behind the angelic hosts as a linen-clad man presents three books containing human records: 1. The First Book: Contains the just deeds of His people, who are immediately granted eternal life. 2. The Second Book: Contains their unintentional sins, set aside for a third of the month to evaluate their teshuvah. 3. The Third Book: Contains their wicked deeds, which are handed directly over to Satan to be taken to a wasteland for destruction. A cherub purifies Gad's mouth with an olive leaf, confirming that this judgment vision stands as a permanent statute for Yisrael, guaranteeing that Yahuah will bless His people in the trial with everlasting peace.
An Enduring Standard for the Remnant
Within the comprehensive layout of The Ivri Heritage Bible, the text of Divrei Gad Ha-Chozeh serves as a powerful shield of prophetic warning and character alignment. It shatters the dangerous illusion that a believer can carry an impure mixture of behavior, rely upon carnal weapons of war, or treat a verbal profession of faith as a replacement for active works of tzedakah. As you study these fourteen restored chapters of "DIVREI GAD HA-CHOZEH (The Book of Gad the Seer)", let the thundering voice of the lamb pierce your conscience, let the uncompromising heroism of Tamar inspire your dedication, and anchor your soul in the absolute unity of Yahuah, walking in the light of His countenance until the remnant is gathered securely into His eternal peace.
Chapter 1 The First Vision
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In the thirty-first year of the reign of King David in Yerushalayim, which is the thirty-eighth year of David's reign, the word of Yahuah came to Gad the seer in the month of Iyar, near the stream of the Kidron valley, saying:
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Go, be courageous, and stand in the midst of the stream, and cry with a great voice: Tarry and hasten! Tarry and hasten! Tarry and hasten! For there is yet a vision for the son of Jesse.
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And during the cry, face the Eastern Gate on the east side of the city, and stretch forth your hands toward the shamayim. And I did exactly as I had been commanded.
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And it came to pass, when I had finished crying out, I opened my eyes and saw a yoke of oxen led by a donkey, and a camel coming up from the Kidron stream, the donkey on the right side of the yoke and the camel on the left.
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And a great voice like the roll of thunder followed them, crying with a bitter voice: Selah! Selah! Selah! These are four mixtures that confuse the people of Yahuah; for the impure and the pure have been mixed, and impurity took control over purity —
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a mixture set to rule over them, to increase power, to betray a righteous doer, to destroy holiness, to crown wickedness, and to set up impure things in the guise of purity.
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And after the voice, a great quake occurred that shook over the impurity, and blew the donkey and the camel into the moon with a stormy wind; and the moon was opened and looked like a bow, a semicircle, and both her points reached toward the ground.
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And lo, the sun came out of the shamayim in the shape of a man, with a crown upon his head, carrying over his right shoulder a lamb, despised and rejected. And upon the crown were seen three shepherds, shackled with twelve shackles; and the shackles were of gold plated with silver.
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And the voice of the lamb was heard, great and dreadful, like the voice of a lion roaring over his prey: Woe unto me! Woe unto me! Woe unto me! My image has been diminished, my refuge has been lost; my lot and destiny have turned me over to my spoilers, and I was defiled until evening by the touch of impurity.
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And it came to pass, when the voice of the lamb ceased, lo, a man dressed in linen came, with three vine branches and twelve palms in his hand. And he took the lamb from the hand of the Son, and put the crown upon his head, and the vine branches and palms upon his heart.
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And the man dressed in linen cried like a ram's horn, saying: What are you doing here, impurity? And how did you come here, impurity, that you have carved yourself a place to combine impurity with My Beriyt (covenant) that I have set with the vine branches and the palms?
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And I heard the Shepherd of the lamb saying: There is a place with Me for the pure, but not for the impure; for I am a holy Elohim (God), and I do not want the impure — I want only the pure, even though I created them both, and My eyes are equally upon them both.
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But there is an advantage of the abundance of purity over the abundance of impurity, just as there is an advantage of a man over a shadow; for the shadow does not exist without the man, and only by the man's existence is the shadow given to the tired and the weary. So it is with the pure and the impure.
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For all the gates of understanding are turned about since the death of the eight branches of the vine, as is found in the words of righteousness in the book of Emet (truth); but because of the wanderings of the sheep, their rest and their visions and their understanding are stopped up, until I do greatly in keeping grace.
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I saw that impurity was driven from the moon and given over to a consuming wrath, ground into fine dust and blown away by the daily wind; and the day burns as a furnace, to remove impurity and to blot out the transgressions. And the lamb was set upon the moon forever and ever.
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And the lamb took from the pure the impurity that had been mixed with them, and brought it as a peace offering upon the mizbeach (altar) before El Shaddai (God Almighty), the jealous Yahuah Tzeva'ot (the LORD of Hosts).
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And I heard those who sang the song of the lamb, saying: I will give thanks unto You, O Yahuah; for though You were angry with me, You forgave; for Yahuah is my strength and my song, and He has become my Yeshuah (salvation).
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I will sing unto Yahuah, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider He has cast into the Yam Suph (Sea of Reeds). Arise, understanding! Arise, power! Arise, kingship! Arise, majesty and glory! Arise, help of Yahuah!
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For Elohim has saved the one who took away and obliterated the impurity from the aretz. He fought my fight, and brought my righteousness into the light; by His help my help comes from Yahuah, who made the shamayim and the aretz.
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Truly, who is like You, glorious in holiness — but not in impurity — for You are great over all, and lifted up over all. You spoke and acted; You declared the end from the beginning, and You sealed everything by Your words.
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You turned my heart and convicted me, for Your seal is upon me, my Lord; and these are the three vine branches and the twelve palms that are upon my heart. You glorified me; You erased the vanity of the fear of man, and You gave me a pure heart forever.
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For this I will praise You at all times, and thank You among the goyim (nations); for You have greatly redeemed me, for my Melekh (King), and shown favor to HaMashiach (the Messiah), the seed of David, forever and ever.
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And I heard a voice crying from the shamayim, saying: You are My son; You are My firstborn; You are My Bikkurim (firstfruits). Have I not brought you up from the brook of Egypt wholeheartedly, to be My daily delight?
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But you have put away My gifts, and dressed the impure together with the pure; and for this all these things have come upon you. And who is like unto you among all the creatures upon the aretz? For they lived in your shadow, and by your wounds they were healed.
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For this, consider well that which is before you; because you have fulfilled the words of the Shepherd all the days you have been in the sun, and you did not leave them, therefore all this honor shall be yours.
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And I, Gad, of the tribe of Yahudah, son of Yisrael, was amazed by the vision, and could not settle my spirit. And the one dressed in linen came down to me and touched me, saying: Write these words, and seal them with the seal of Emet; for Ehyeh asher Ehyeh (I AM THAT I AM) is My name, and with My name you shall bless the whole house of Yisrael, for they are of a true seed.
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In a little while you shall go and be quietly gathered to your fathers; but at the end of days you shall see with your own eyes all these things — not as a vision, but in reality. For in those days they shall not be called Ya'akov, but Yisrael, for no iniquity shall be found in their remnant, for they shall belong entirely to Yahuah.
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And these words shall restore your life and your spirit. And this shall be the sign unto you: when you enter the town, you will find My servant David reading these words from the book of the Beriyt.
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Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them to destroy them utterly, and to break My Beriyt with them; for I am Yahuah their Elohim. And you shall tell them of the scene you have seen; and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
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And it came to pass, when I came to the house of David the man of Elohim, I found him as the one dressed in linen had said; and I told him all of my visions.
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Then David spoke the words of this song unto Yahuah, saying: I love You, O Yahuah, my strength. And to me he said: Yahuah has blessed you, and has not removed His Beriyt from you; for He is true, and His word is true, and His seal is true.
Chapter 2 The Second Vision
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After these true things, I had a vision from Elohim, saying: Set your face eastward, northward, southward, and westward, and whistle with your mouth as a bird whistles to its young,
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and say: Four corners of the aretz, hear the word of Yahuah! Thus says Yahuah, who sits and dwells over the cherubim: Give, give, give; take out, take out, take out My seed that I have sown in you, for the time of the seed has come.
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For yet a little while, and I shall gather My seed onto My threshing floor; and the threshing floor shall be holy, and no impure seed shall be found there. Before those days My seed was mixed with lentils and barley, with vetches, beans, and gourds; but in the end of days the sowing shall be true, and the seed shall be true, and from the seed all the land shall be blessed.
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Be joyful and glad, O remnant of Yahudah and rejected of Yisrael, for Yeshuah is with Yahuah. As you have been a curse and a byword to all the families of the aretz, so shall you be a blessing and a grace forever.
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At that time no cursed or unholy people shall be found among you, for everyone shall join you in the Beriyt — the Torah (the Law), the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances; and you and they shall have one Elohim, one Beriyt, one Torah, one language; for all shall speak Ivrit (Hebrew), the holy tongue.
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Blessed are you, O Yisrael! Who is like unto you, a people saved by Yahuah? For He goes before you to fight your wars against your enemies.
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Woe to you, O Edom, that sits in the land of Kittim in the north of the sea; for your destroyers shall come out from a terrible nation, and they shall not even leave you a remnant; because you have said: I sit on high, and I alone have a covenant with the Elohim of gods; for Yahuah chose me instead of His holy people, for He abhorred them.
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His former people, despised and rejected, did not truly know Yahuah, because they did not know His image; while you have said: We are truly wise and understanding; we know Yahuah and His Torah; we know His image and His presence.
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But thus says Yahuah: Because you rose up in pride to boast against the Elohim of gods, know that you shall perish in your conceit. For why would you put confidence in man, whose life is like a vapor that begins in the morning and is gone by noon, and set him to sit beside Elohim?
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For it is not you whom I knew of old. And where is the bill of divorce of My people, which you said would be a prey? Show it to Me! Your corpses shall fall among My people. O jealous Yahuah, come out, come out of Your place, and smite Edom; consume them!
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Come to Zarephath, come to Sepharad, come to Ashkenaz, come to Gaania; they shall come and fall into the lowest pit, into destruction and the shadow of death; for your mouth shall fail you, and no one shall help you.
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At the end of days Micha'el the great prince shall stand up in war, like a whirlwind, against Samael the prince of this world, to put him under his feet by the wind of Yahuah; and he shall be consumed, for Yahuah has spoken it.
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At the end of days the robbed shall overcome the robber, and the weak the strong, truly and in righteousness. Your Elohim is your Savior, O Yisrael; with Him you shall be saved, for He is a merciful Elohim; He will not abandon you.
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For you shall keep on doing all that I have commanded you in the Torah of Moshe My servant.
Chapter 3 The Moabite
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When the Feast of HaPesach (Passover) came, on the fifteenth of the first month, a Moabite shepherd came to David and spoke with him, saying: My lord the king, you know that I your servant have been loyal to Yisrael from my youth.
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Now take me away from dwelling among the uncircumcised, and circumcise the flesh of my foreskin, to take away my reproach, that I may sit among your people. And David said: Yahuah does not want your people; for He commanded that an Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter the assembly of Yahuah forever, and we cannot seek your peace nor your prosperity. But how can I help you today?
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The servant answered: Is it not true that Ruth was of our people, and you are one of her children and descendants, and Yahuah has chosen you and your descendants forever? Then David said: You have given a convincing argument; stand here with me, to ask from the mouth of my Lord.
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And David inquired of Yahuah concerning the words of the Moabite servant, and David said: O Yahuah Tzeva'ot, teach me wondrous things out of Your Torah, that I may know how to rule for this servant, and what should be done with him.
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And Yahuah said to Natan the prophet: Go to David My servant, and tell him the message that I tell you. And Natan went to David in his chambers, saying: Thus says Yahuah Tzeva'ot: I have heard your prayer; so tell the Moabite:
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You are a Moabite man, not a Moabite woman; for I never said “a Moabite woman” or “an Ammonite woman,” because their women and daughters belong to Yahuah; but you are cursed by Yahuah, and forbidden to enter the assembly of Yahuah.
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When the Moabite heard the message of Yahuah, he cried out and said: I am forbidden from entering the assembly of Yahuah! And the king took him and appointed him a shepherd among David's shepherds; and he was there until the third year of the reign of King Shlomo. Then he died.
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And he had a daughter whose name was Seph, of beautiful form and very fair to look upon. King Shlomo took her to be his concubine, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all the other concubines, and she became the chief of the concubines' residence; and this became a statute in Yisrael forever.
Chapter 4 David the Wise Judge
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In those days a man from Bethlehem, the city of David, went up to Yerushalayim to pay the vow which he had vowed unto Yahuah; his name was Zavad, of the family of the Perizzites.
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The father of Zavad was very sick, even to the point of death; so Zavad had vowed: When Yahuah heals my father of his sickness, I will weigh out two talents of silver and give them to the house of Yahuah, into the hand of King David.
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And it came to pass, when he was at the house of the shepherds along the way, he lost the pouch with the money in it, and he was greatly distressed. He came into the inner city of Yerushalayim, and wrote upon all the gates these words: Whoever finds a lost pouch with two talents of silver and brings it to me, I will give him a talent of silver as a reward.
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After a while, a man of the tribe of Dan came, having in his hand the pouch with the talents of silver that he had found along the way, and he gave it to the owner of the pouch. And the Danite said to Zavad: Give me the talent of silver, as you promised.
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But Zavad said: No; there were three talents in my pouch, and you have already stolen one; I mistakenly wrote down the wrong number. So the two of them came and stood before the king.
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And the king said to Zavad: Swear to me by Yahuah that you truly had three talents of silver in your pouch. And Zavad swore to him by Yahuah. And the king said to the Danite: Swear to me by Yahuah that you found only two talents of silver in the pouch. And he swore to him by Yahuah.
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And David said to Zavad: Give the pouch with the talents back to the Danite, for this is his money, which Yahuah has given to him by chance. Now go and write upon the city gate: Whoever finds a pouch with three talents, let him bring it to me — for this pouch is not yours.
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And David took the pouch with the talents of silver from the hand of Zavad, and gave it to the Danite; and the Danite bowed his head and prostrated himself to the earth, and said: Long live my lord King David forever!
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And all Yisrael heard of this judgment, and they marveled at David and greatly rejoiced, because they saw that the wisdom of Elohim was in him to do justice.
Chapter 5 The Fire-Angel and the Philistines
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All the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight against Yisrael; and the multitude of the Philistines was so great that they could not be numbered; and David was greatly distressed, because he feared the Philistines.
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And Yahuah said to Gad: Go and tell David My servant: Do not be afraid of these uncircumcised Philistines, for tomorrow I will give them, and the other oppressors with them, into your hand.
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And David said to Gad: I am not worthy of all the mercies that Yahuah has shown me; but blessed be the Name of Yahuah forever and ever.
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That night an angel of fire came from the shamayim, with his drawn sword in his hand, and he fell upon the camp of the uncircumcised; and it was so great a slaughter that not one of them was left alive.
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And it came to pass the next morning, they came to David, saying: Behold, all the Philistines have been slain by one who rose up against them, and not a single one of them is left alive.
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And David lifted up his voice and said: Now I know that nothing can hinder Yahuah; He can save us by many or by few, and His Yeshuah can come in the blink of an eye.
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And he said: Blessed are You, O Yahuah, who has taken vengeance for us upon our enemies. And he set up a pillar, and called it the Pillar of Vengeance, unto this day.
Chapter 6 David's Covenant
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Yahuah said to Gad: Go, tell David My servant: Thus says Yahuah — Let not the mighty man glory in his might, but let him that glories glory in this, that My help is with him. Then you shall go, and fear not, for Yahuah is with you.
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And Gad came and told David what Yahuah had said. And David said to Gad: I have known the help of Yahuah from my youth; for who struck down the lion and the bear? Who destroyed the Philistines? Who destroyed my enemies? Was it not by the help of Elohim?
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And when Yahuah heard this, He was well pleased with the heart of David, and He said: Because David has acknowledged My help instead of his own glory, My help shall dwell in the house of David forever.
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And Gad told David what Yahuah had said; and David bowed down before Yahuah and said: Blessed be Yahuah, for I have found favor in His eyes.
Chapter 7 David's Census
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And again the anger of Yahuah was kindled against Yisrael, and He moved Satan against David, saying: Go, number Yisrael and Yahudah, to bring upon them the evil that He had spoken through Shmuel the seer.
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And the king said to Yoav the captain, and to the princes of the people: Go now through all the tribes of Yisrael, from Dan even unto Beersheba, and number the people, and bring me word, that I may know their sum.
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And Yoav said unto the king: May Yahuah add unto His people, however many they be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of Yahuah our Elohim watch over them. But my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why should it become a cause of guilt unto Yisrael? For Yahuah has said He would multiply them beyond number.
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Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Yoav and against the captains of the host; and Yoav and the captains went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Yisrael.
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And they passed over the Yarden and camped at Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and toward Jazer; and they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites, to Kadesh; and they came to Dan and Iyon, and round about to Sidon,
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and to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Yahudah, to Beersheba. So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Yerushalayim at the end of nine months and twenty days.
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But Yoav did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king's word was abominable to Yoav. And Yoav gave the sum of the number of the people unto David: all they of Yisrael were eight hundred thousand valiant men, and three hundred thousand men that drew a sword; and in Yahudah there were four hundred and seventy thousand valiant men, and thirty thousand men that drew a sword.
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And Yahuah Elohim was displeased with this deed of Yisrael, and He sent Gad the seer to David, saying: Thus says Yahuah — I am the King of Yisrael, and I am their portion; I am their Avenger; I am their fortress and their might.
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And you know that it is not with a sword or a spear that I save, nor with a man of valor that draws a sword; for this is the portion of the heathen, who rely upon their might and upon many warriors. But you are not like that, for I am a lone Warrior, and there is none with Me.
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Why would you do this evil, to number your people? For this I will strike Yisrael, that you may know that I am Yahuah in the midst of the aretz. And afterward the heart of David grieved him.
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And David said unto Yahuah: I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O Yahuah, I beg You, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.
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And David rose up in the morning; and the word of Yahuah had already come to Gad the prophet, David's seer, saying: Go and speak unto David: Thus says Yahuah — I offer you three things; choose one of them, that I may do it unto you.
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So Gad came to David and told him, saying: Shall four years of famine come upon the land of Yisrael, and three years upon the land of Yahudah? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you, and the sword of your enemies overtakes you? Or shall there be three days of the sword of Yahuah — even pestilence in your land, and the angel of Yahuah destroying throughout all the land of Yisrael? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.
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And David said unto Gad: I am in great distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Yahuah, for His mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
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So Yahuah sent a pestilence upon Yisrael, from the morning even to the appointed time; and there died of the people, from Dan even to Beersheba, seventy thousand men.
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And Elohim sent an angel unto Yerushalayim to destroy it; and as he was destroying, Yahuah beheld, and He relented of the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying the people: It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of Yahuah was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of Yahuah standing between the shamayim and the aretz, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Yerushalayim; and David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
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And David said unto Elohim: Was it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned and done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? O Yahuah my Elohim, let Your hand be against me and against my father's house, but not against Your people, that they should be plagued. Shall not the Judge of all the aretz do justice?
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And Yahuah said: They incited Satan against you to number them, saying, Thus we shall be like all the goyim. But I am an Elohim of justice. Shall I return their haughty heart into their own bosom? For a broken and a contrite heart I shall never despise.
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And the angel of Yahuah commanded Gad to tell David that he should go up and rear a mizbeach unto Yahuah on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David went up according to the word of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of Yahuah.
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Now Ornan was threshing wheat; and Ornan looked and saw the king and his four sons with him, and he went out of the threshing floor and bowed down to David with his face to the ground.
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Then David said to Ornan: Sell me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build on it a mizbeach unto Yahuah; sell it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stayed from my people.
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And Ornan said unto David: Take it, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes; behold, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering — I give it all.
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And David said to Ornan: No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not take that which is yours for Yahuah, nor offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing. So David gave Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold, and for the cattle fifty shekels of silver by weight.
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And David built there a mizbeach unto Yahuah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon Yahuah; and He answered him from the shamayim by fire upon the mizbeach of burnt offering. And Yahuah commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath; and the plague was stayed from Yisrael.
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At that time, when David saw that Yahuah had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, and had not despised him, he sacrificed there unto Yahuah for the rest of his life; for David would no longer go to sacrifice unto Yahuah at the high place in Gibeon, where there was a mizbeach of Yahuah and the Mishkan (Tabernacle) which Moshe had made, for he was terrified and weakened because of the sword of the angel of Yahuah that he had seen.
Chapter 8 David's Sermon
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Yahuah appeared unto David when he was old, and said to him: Behold, I am with you, and I am your Elohim; and behold, My Beriyt is with you. Do not be afraid, nor discouraged, for your Elohim is your helper. And David bowed down to Yahuah and rejoiced in his heart.
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And Yahuah said: Speak these words in My name to the people, and make certain that they understand and obey, so that they may live; and if they do, I will no longer be angry with them. And Yahuah put His words in David's mouth.
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Then David assembled all Yisrael in Yerushalayim, and he made himself a pulpit of wood, and stood upon it, and addressed all the people. He opened his mouth and said: Hear, O Yisrael! Your Elohim and my Elohim is One — the only One, and unique; there is none like His oneness.
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He is hidden from all; He always has been, and always will be. He fills His creation, but His creation does not fill Him; He sees everything, but is not seen; He knows the future, and reveals it to mankind; for He is the never-ending Elohim, and there is no end to His presence, His power, and His Emet. Whole worlds are full of His glory.
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He gave each person free choice: if one wishes to do good, he shall be helped; but if one wishes to do evil, he shall find a way. As for us, we will worship our Elohim, who is our Melekh, our Lord, and our Savior, with love and with awe; for wisdom begins with the fear of Yahuah, and if you truly understand Him, you will depart from evil.
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Remember and obey the Torah of Moshe the man of Elohim, that you may live a blessed life all your days. Ask your fathers, and they will teach you; ask your elders, and they will instruct you. Do not merely listen to the Torah, but be strong and valiant to obey all of it.
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Hearing is like the seed, but a deed shows that the seed has taken root in you; it then becomes a tree of Emunah (faith), which produces the fruit of true righteousness. What becomes of a rotten, foul seed, if no root comes out of it? So hurry, be quick to hear and to act; for if you are a true seed, if you have Emunah and righteousness, then Yahuah will bless you all with peace.
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Live in peace with one another; love the deeds, and those created in the image of Yahuah, as your own selves; for it is a sign that you love the Creator if you love His creation. You cannot take hold of the one while withdrawing your hand from the other; love Yahuah, and also man, that it may be well with you all the days of your life.
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And David raised his voice and lifted his hands toward the shamayim and said: Yahuah, Yahuah, O Elohim, Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, merciful and gracious: guard Yisrael forever; save Your people, and bless Your Nachalah (inheritance); tend them and uphold them forever. And all the people cried out: Amen! Amen! And David sent the people away, and they went to their homes in peace.
Chapter 9 Hiram King of Tyre
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Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers unto David, saying: I know that Yahuah your Elohim is the one true Elohim; so now deal with me as a true brother, and teach me the knowledge of your Elohim, for I will worship Him all the days of my life.
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And the messengers came to David with an offering in their hands, for Yahuah and for David; and they told him all that Hiram had said, and presented him with the offerings.
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And David replied to Hiram: Go and tell my brother Hiram — thus says David your brother: Revere Yahuah, Creator of the shamayim and of fire, of the sea and the aretz, the wet and the dry, the heat and the cold, the mineral and the vegetation, the living and the speaking,
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the planets, the Pleiades and Orion, the sun and the moon, the substantial and the spiritual, the wandering stars, the senses, and everything; for these were all created without blemish by El Shaddai, whose name is Yahuah.
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If you do this, and observe the commandments that were ordained for the children of Noach your father, then Elohim will bless you all the days of your life. We are both His allies; yet we differ from you by the Torah of Emet, sealed with the seal of Shaddai, and are called children of the true Elohim.
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We must therefore obey the whole Torah that Yahuah commands of us, saying: You shall be unto Me a kingdom of Kohanim (priests) and a holy nation; these are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Yisrael. For He has not dealt so with any other nation as with us; He did not choose us for any reason but the great love that He has for us.
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The messengers returned to Hiram their king and told him all that King David had said; and Hiram rejoiced with all his heart, and called all his princes and servants, and said to them: Tyrians and Sidonians, listen carefully to what I tell you: revere and respect El Shaddai, who is the Elohim of Yisrael; He made everything by speaking, and by the breath of His mouth; and who shall tell Him what He may do, for He is One.
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Repeat after me: Blessed is Yahuah, Elohim of Yisrael, who chooses His people; and blessed is David His servant, king of His people; and blessed is Yisrael, whom Yahuah has chosen for His inheritance. We would be blessed simply to be servants of the children of Yisrael, who are called the children of Yahuah their Elohim. And all his princes and servants answered: Amen; so may it be.
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And Hiram lifted up his voice and said: I have seen him, but not now; I have beheld him, but not near. There shall step forth a sun from David, and a moon shall rise out of the house of Yahudah; and he shall smite all the children of Ham, and break down all the children of Yefet, and shall possess all the kingdoms of the world. Who is like Yahuah, Elohim above all gods? And who is like Yisrael, a people above the goyim? May our end be like theirs!
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And when Yahuah heard what Hiram had said, He was well pleased with him; and Yahuah said unto Gad, the seer of David: Go unto My servant and tell him the message I give you.
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And Gad, in whose hand was the word of Yahuah, came to David and said: Thus says Yahuah, Elohim of hosts — I have heard what Hiram king of Tyre has said, and what his princes and servants have said, and I am well pleased. Therefore I will give him and his people a heart of wisdom and understanding, to prepare My house, where I shall put My name; and that shall cause his kingdom to grow, for I have chosen them, and will not reject them.
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And David said to Gad: Now I know that Yahuah our Elohim rewards all His creatures, and all the works He has made, with goodness; for He is an Elohim of mercy, who dwells on high and looks upon the lowly, and whoever is banished shall not remain an outcast from Him. Blessed be Yahuah forever! Amen and amen.
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For as the shamayim are high above the aretz, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him, and toward His works. Bless Yahuah, all you His works, in all the places of His dominion. Bless Yahuah, O my nefesh (soul). Hallelujah!
Chapter 10 A Psalm of Praise (145)
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At that time David wrote this psalm of praise: I will exalt You, my Elohim, O Melekh, and I will bless Your name forever and ever.
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Every day will I bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
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Great is Yahuah, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable.
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One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.
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On the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works, will I meditate.
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And men shall speak of the might of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
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They shall pour forth the memory of Your abundant goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.
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Yahuah is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy.
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Yahuah is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.
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All Your works shall give thanks unto You, O Yahuah, and Your kedoshim (holy ones) shall bless You.
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They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power,
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to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
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Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
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All Your enemies have fallen, O Yahuah, and all their might has come to nothing; Yahuah upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.
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The eyes of all wait upon You, and You give them their food in due season.
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You open Your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing with favor.
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Yahuah is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works.
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Yahuah is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in Emet.
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He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; He will also hear their cry, and save them.
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Yahuah preserves all them that love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
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My mouth shall speak the praise of Yahuah; and let all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever.
Chapter 11 A Psalm of David (144)
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A psalm of David, when he praised Yahuah on the day that Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and Jonathan the son of Shimea slew a man of great stature: Blessed be Yahuah, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
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my mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
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Yahuah, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You make account of him?
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Man is like unto a breath; his days are as a shadow that passes away.
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O Yahuah, bow Your shamayim and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
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Send lightning, and scatter them; shoot out Your arrows, and destroy them.
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Send forth Your hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, out of the hand of foreigners,
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whose mouths speak falsehood, and whose right hand is a right hand of lying.
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O Elohim, I will sing to You a new song; upon a harp of ten strings will I sing praises to You,
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who gives Yeshuah unto kings, who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.
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Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as cornerstones, hewn after the fashion of a palace;
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that our garners may be full, affording all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
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that our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
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Happy is the people that is in such a case; happy is the people whose Elohim is Yahuah; happy is he who waits, until there be good to all Yisrael forever.
Chapter 12 The Death of David
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Shortly before his death, David addressed Yahuah and all Yisrael, and said: Our blessed Elohim, who is great, the only One, the just Avenger and benefactor of the miserable, Beloved of our father, El Shaddai, Holy One: have mercy upon the vine, Your good Nachalah.
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Answer us this very day, as we call upon You. My Lord, hear my prayer and my supplication, for You hear the prayers of all people. Listen, and accept the cry of Your people, for they are Your flock and Your inheritance.
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Send Your light and Your Emet to help them. Give them one heart to worship You, one shoulder to serve You, as one body, that they may be one in Your hand; and do not lose any of them; for Your name is to be one, as our fathers and mothers are one.
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For this: Hear, O Yisrael — Yahuah is our Elohim, Yahuah is One. Do not turn unto idols, for they are false and shall wholly pass away. Cling only unto your Elohim, for He alone can be your Avenger and your fortress.
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He alone can defeat your enemies, both spiritual and physical, and put them under your feet; He alone can bring you into the New Yerushalayim that is to come, where you shall see Him face to face, and be in the presence of the living Elohim.
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And you are one people. If you grow in Emunah, you shall be filled with the gates of understanding; blessed is the eye that has seen all these things. But if you grow in unbelief, you shall reach the gates of impurity. So then, cleanse and purify yourselves before Yahuah your Melekh, and it shall be well with you all the days of your life.
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And David died in the afternoon, on the Shabbat (Sabbath) day, in the fortieth year of his reign over Yahudah and Yisrael; he was seventy years old when he died, and he was buried with great honor in the city of David.
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And the rest of the deeds of King David, during his mighty reign, and the events that befell him and Yisrael and all the kingdoms of the countries, behold, they are written in the book of Shmuel the seer, and in the book of Natan the prophet.
Chapter 13 Tamar
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Shlomo was able to strengthen his kingdom, because Yahuah his Elohim was with him and greatly magnified him. In those days Tamar, the daughter of David, the sister of Avshalom, fled to the house of the king of Geshur, and she remained a year and eight months in her mother's home, which was in the king's palace.
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And King Shlomo did not know that she had left, for she went secretly and concealed her going, not only from the king but from all the people as well. And King Shlomo said: I will give a reward of royal garments and fifty shekels of gold to whoever finds Tamar the sister of my father and brings her to me.
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And the king's servants searched for her throughout all the land of Yisrael, but they could not find her; for she was hiding at her mother's home in Geshur, at the palace of her grandfather the king.
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Now there was a friend of the king, whose name was Pasas, and he lusted greatly after the young woman, for she was very beautiful and fair to look upon. In those days the king of Geshur came to see King Shlomo, as all the kings of the land were required to do.
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King Shlomo asked him: Is it well with you? And he said: It is well. And he asked: Is it well with Maacah my mother, in your house? And he said: It is well. Then King Shlomo cunningly asked: Is it well with Tamar my sister? And he lied, saying: I do not know, for I have never met her.
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And it came to pass, while the king of Geshur was in Yerushalayim, his friend Pasas came to Tamar's room, and said to her: Lie with me. But Tamar refused him, saying: Do not, my lord, do this indecent thing to me, for I am a king's daughter.
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But he would not listen to her, for he was burning with lust; and Tamar knew that she was no match for the man. So she cunningly said: My lord, listen to the words of your maidservant. Behold, I play the harp beautifully; first lie down at my knees and listen to my song, and after I play the song of my heart, then I will do all that your heart desires.
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And Pasas listened to Tamar, and he lay in her bosom; and as Tamar took the harp and began to play beautifully, she said in her heart: O Yahuah, Melekh of my father David Your servant, send Your light and Your Emet to hold me, and do not let this wicked, uncircumcised, impure man have his way with me; for You know what is in my heart. Do not let this daughter of David Your servant sin.
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My Father, my Father, my Father! Remember the disgrace of Your servant David my father, and the disgrace of his daughter. I come before the throne of glory of El Shaddai, and ask mercy for myself; O Elohim of hosts, help me by Your help; for You do not desire that wicked men triumph, and Your desire is to help the robbed to overcome the strong.
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I beseech You, O Yahuah, save me now; I beseech You, O Yahuah, let me prosper. I call upon You this day because I am afraid; please answer me, and do not let this impure man cause me to lose holy seed by this impure act; for You are a holy Elohim, and I trust in You.
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And Yahuah heard the voice of the daughter of David, and caused Pasas to fall into a deep sleep; he fell asleep upon her bosom, while she played the soothing sounds of the harp.
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And when Tamar saw that he had fallen asleep, she unsheathed the sword that was girded about his waist, and said: O Yahuah of hosts, remember David my father, and sustain me with Your strength, as You did my father. Help me as You helped Yael, the wife of Chever the Kenite, to rid the aretz of sins and of sinners, that all may know that You alone are Yahuah.
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And she took the sword and ran it through the heart of Pasas, and Pasas fell to the ground dead. And when Tamar saw that Pasas was dead, she cried with a loud voice: So may all Your enemies, and the enemies of Your people, perish, O Yahuah! And now I have seen that You have heard my voice; because of my father You have intervened, and have not allowed his daughter to be disgraced by this impure man. Blessed are You, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen.
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At the hour of the noon meal, the servants of Pasas came to call their master to the king's table; and when they came to the inner chamber, they found Tamar with his bloody sword in her hand, standing over the dead body of their master. And they turned trembling to one another, saying: What has happened?
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And they took Tamar into custody and brought her to the king's ministers; and the king's servants said to Tamar: What have you done? You have killed the king's friend! You know that our master the king will consider this a disgrace. And Tamar said: Should one deal with a king's daughter as with a harlot? His blood is upon his own head; and I shall be seen as guiltless and pure in the king's eyes.
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And they took Tamar and put her in the hand of the warden of the prison; and they sent a letter to their king, who was still in Yerushalayim, by the hand of couriers, saying that Tamar the king's granddaughter had killed his friend Pasas, and that Tamar had been sent to prison until the king should return.
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And the couriers came to Yerushalayim, and the guards of King Shlomo stopped them, and asked them: Where are you from? And they said: We come from Geshur, to bring letters to Amasa the king. And the guards seized them and brought them to King Shlomo.
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And King Shlomo said: You have come here to spy out the land; give me your king's letters, and I will see whether you sin against me or not. And King Shlomo took the letters and gave them to the sons of Shisha, the king's scribes, to read; and they read them, and found where Tamar had killed Pasas, and that she was in prison.
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And King Shlomo called Ahishar, who was over the household, and said: Put these uncircumcised men in prison, and bring the king of Geshur to me. And he did exactly as he had been commanded; and the king of Geshur was brought before King Shlomo, and he bowed his head toward the ground.
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And King Shlomo said: Why have you deceived me, lying, while Tamar my sister was with you? You told me that you had never met her in all your life. As Yahuah lives, who has redeemed David my father out of all evil, this very day you shall die.
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And King Shlomo called Benayahu the son of Yehoiada, and said to him: Go and execute the king of Geshur and his couriers. And he executed them, and they all died, because they had lied to King Shlomo. And they buried them in a cave right before the Fish Gate; and that is why the name of the cave before the Fish Gate is called the Cave of the Uncircumcised, unto this day.
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And Shlomo sent Benayahu the son of Yehoiada, and ten thousand valiant men of Yahudah with him, and said to them: Go to Geshur, and bring back Tamar my father's daughter with you, and destroy the royal palace; but be careful not to harm Tamar's mother, for she was the wife of King David. And they went and did all that King Shlomo had commanded, and brought Tamar before King Shlomo.
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And Tamar bowed down to the ground before the king, and said: Let my lord the king, my brother, live forever. And King Shlomo asked her: Why did you flee to Geshur? And she answered: I was living in the home of my brother Avshalom, disgraced because of what my brother Amnon had done to me; and I decided to go to my mother's house, that I might not be disgraced in the eyes of the princes there.
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And King Shlomo asked her: Why did you kill Pasas? And she answered: This is what that uncircumcised one did to me, and this is what I did to him in return. And King Shlomo said: Yahuah has truly blessed you with discretion; you were wise, and you acted, and you were victorious.
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Then King Shlomo spoke openly to all his servants, saying: Has anyone ever found so charming and heroic a woman? And he said: Daughter, Elohim has been gracious unto you; from this day forward you shall not be called my sister, but my daughter, because you were exceedingly wise.
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And King Shlomo gave his daughter Tamar to the son of Abinadab to be his wife, and she found grace in her husband's eyes, and he loved her very much; and he was an officer over all the region of Dor. And King Shlomo renamed Tamar his daughter, calling her Taphath, the first of the incense; and this was her name the rest of her life.
Chapter 14 The Great Tribulation
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And it came to pass, on the first day of the seventh month, at Yom Teruah (the Day of Blowing), in the four hundred and seventy-eighth year after the children of Yisrael came out of the land of Egypt, in the second year of the reign of King Shlomo over Yisrael, I had a vision from Yahuah, as I was upon the spring of Gihon.
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And I lifted up my hands, and lo, the shamayim rolled back like a scroll, and I saw the glory of Yahuah, seated upon an exceedingly high throne. And this was the appearance of the throne: twelve stairs led up to it, six of gold and six of silver;
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and there was a square back to the throne, like a sapphire stone; and at its right side were three chairs, and at its left side four chairs, near the throne, like the seven who behold the king's face, overlaid with gold and silver and precious stones. And the glory of Yahuah had the appearance of the rainbow, His Beriyt.
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And the host of the shamayim stood before Him, on His right hand and on His left; and Satan was standing among them, but behind them. Then a man dressed in linen brought before the glory of Yahuah three books, containing the records of every man.
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And he read the first book, and it contained the just deeds of His people; and Yahuah said: These are granted eternal life. And Satan said: Who are these guilty ones? And the man dressed in linen cried to Satan like a ram's horn, saying: Silence! This day is holy unto our Lord.
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And he read the second book, and it contained the unintentional sins of His people; and Yahuah said: Set that book aside, but keep it, until a third of the month passes, to see what they will do.
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And he read the third book, and it contained the wicked deeds of His people; and Yahuah said to Satan: These are your share; take them, and do with them what you will. And Satan took the wicked to a wasteland, to destroy them there. And the man dressed in linen cried like a ram's horn, saying: Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout; O Yahuah, they walk in the light of Your countenance.
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And I was shocked by the vision, for I did not know what Yahuah had done for me. Then one of the cherubim flew up to me, and placed an olive leaf upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched your mouth; your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is forgiven.
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And this Torah which you have seen is a statute for Yisrael, and a law unto the Elohim of Avraham; and peace unto Yitzchak your father. And Yahuah will bless His people in the trial with everlasting peace. And I said: Amen; may Yahuah our Elohim do this for us forever and ever. And the angel answered: Amen, and amen.