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Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Va'era / And He Appeared - this week’s Torah reading

Prophecy 20, 68, 73;
Exodus 6:2–9:35;
Ezekiel 28:25–29:21;
Luke 11:14–22;



Exodus 6:2–9:35

2 And ELOHIM spoke to Moses and said to him, I am YAHUVEH.
3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as El Shaddai, and by My name YAHUVEH have I not been known to them.
4 And I also established My covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they traveled in it.
5 And I also have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving. And I have remembered My covenant.
6 Therefore, say to the sons of Israel, I am YAHUVEH, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of Egypt, and will deliver you from their slavery. And I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7 And I will take you for Myself for a people, and I will be for you a ELOHIM. And you shall know that I am YAHUVEH your ELOHIM, the One bringing you out from under the burdens of Egypt.
8 And I will bring you into the land which I raised My hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And I will give it to you for a possession. I am YAHUVEH!
9 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel. And they did not listen to Moses, from anguish of spirit and from harsh bondage.
10 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
11 Go, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he may send away the sons of Israel from his land.
12 And Moses spoke before YAHUVEH, saying, Behold the sons of Israel have not listened to me. And how should Pharaoh hear me, I being of uncircumcised lips?
13 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses and to Aaron and He directed them as to the sons of Israel, and as to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt.
14 These were the heads of the houses of their fathers: The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these were the families of Reuben.
15 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitess; these were the families of Simeon.
16 And these were the names of the sons of Levi by their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty seven years.
17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families.
18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty three years.
19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. These were the families of Levi according to their generations.
20 And Amram took his aunt Jochebed to him for a wife. And she bore to him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty seven years.
21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg and Zichri.
22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan and Zithri.
23 And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to him for a wife. And she bore to him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the families of the Korahites.
25 And Aaron’s son Eleazar took of the daughters of Putiel for his wife. And she bore to him Phinehas. These were the heads of the fathers of the Levites by their families.
26 That is the Aaron and Moses to whom YAHUVEH said, Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, according to their armies.
27 Those were the ones speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was Moses and Aaron.
28 And it happened on the day YAHUVEH spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt:
29 YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying, I am YAHUVEH! Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all which I am about to speak to you.
30 And Moses said before YAHUVEH, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How could Pharaoh listen to me?

*~Exodus Chapter 7 ~*

1 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, See, I have made you a ELOHIM to Pharaoh; and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh. And he will send away the sons of Israel from his land.
3 And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh. And I will multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 And Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will put My hand on Egypt, and will bring My armies, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt with great judgments.
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am YAHUVEH when I send forth My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.
6 And Moses and Aaron did as YAHUVEH commanded them, so they did.
7 And Moses was a son of eighty years, and Aaron was a son of eighty three years when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9 When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, Give a miracle for yourselves, you shall say to Aaron, Take your staff and throw it before Pharaoh; and let it become a crocodile.
10 And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they did so, as YAHUVEH had commanded. And Aaron threw his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants. And it became a crocodile.
11 And Pharaoh also called wise men and the sorcerers. And they, the priests of Egypt, also performed by their secret arts.
12 And they each one threw down his staff, and they became crocodiles. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.
13 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as YAHUVEH had said.
14 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, The heart of Pharaoh is heavy; he refuses to send away the people.
15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is about to go out to the water. And you stand to meet him on the lip of the river. And you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a hissing creature.
16 And you shall say to him, YAHUVEH the ELOHIM of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Send away My people, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. And, behold, you have not listened until now.
17 So says YAHUVEH, By this you shall know that I am YAHUVEH: Behold, I am about to strike the water in the river with the staff in My hand, and it shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish in the river will die, and the river will stink, and the Egyptians will become weary of drinking water from the river.
19 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your staff, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over the rivers, over their canals, and over their pools, and over every body of their waters, so that they may become blood. And blood shall be in all the land of Egypt, both in wooden and in stone vessels.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as YAHUVEH had commanded. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water which was in the river before Pharaoh’s eyes, and before his servants’ eyes. And all the water in the river turned to blood.
21 And the fish in the river died, and the river stunk. And the Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile. And the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
22 And the magicians of Egypt did so by their secret arts. And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as YAHUVEH had said.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. And he did not set his heart to this also.
24 And all the Egyptians dug around the river to drink water, for they were not able to drink from the water of the river.
25 And seven days were fulfilled after YAHUVEH struck the river.

*~Exodus Chapter 8 ~*

1 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, So says YAHUVEH, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
2 And if you refuse to send them away, behold, I am about to smite all your territory with frogs.
3 And the river will swarm with frogs. And they shall go up and enter into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your couch, and into your servants’ house, and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading troughs.
4 And the frogs will come up on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.
5 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools. And bring up frogs on the land of Egypt.
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7 And the priests did so with their secret arts. And they brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.
8 And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, Pray to YAHUVEH that He may remove the frogs from me and from my people. And I will send away the people that they may sacrifice to YAHUVEH.
9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, Glory over me. For when shall I pray for you and for your servants and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you, and from your house, that they may be left only in the river?
10 And he said, For tomorrow. And he said, According to your word, so that you may know that none is like YAHUVEH our ELOHIM.
11 And the frogs will depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They will only be in the river.
12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried to YAHUVEH concerning the frogs which He had set on Pharaoh.
13 And YAHUVEH did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died from the houses, from the courts, and from the fields.
14 And they gathered them in heaps and heaps; and the land stunk.
15 And Pharaoh saw that there was relief. And he made his heart heavy, and he did not listen to them, as YAHUVEH had said.
16 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and let it become lice in all the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so, and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth. And the lice were on man and on beast. All the dust of the earth became lice in the land of Egypt.
18 And the priests performed with their secret arts to bring forth lice, and they could not. And the lice were on man and on beast.
19 And the priests said to Pharaoh, It is the finger of ELOHIM. And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as YAHUVEH had said.
20 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Get up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh. Behold, he is about to go out to the water. And say to him, So says YAHUVEH, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
21 And if you do not send away My people, behold, I am about to send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and on your house. And the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they are.
22 And in that day I will separate the land of Goshen with My people resting on it, that there be no swarms of flies, so that you may know that I am YAHUVEH in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put a distinction between My people and your people. This miracle shall be for tomorrow.
24 And YAHUVEH did so. And teeming swarms of flies came into Pharaoh’s house, and the house of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt. And the land was destroyed before the swarms of flies.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go! Sacrifice to your ELOHIM in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not right to do so, for we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to YAHUVEH our ELOHIM. Behold! If we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?
27We will go into the wilderness, a journey of three days, and sacrifice to YAHUVEH our ELOHIM, as He may say to us.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will send you away, and you may sacrifice to YAHUVEH your ELOHIM in the wilderness; only do not go very far off. And pray for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I am about to go out from you, and to pray to YAHUVEH. And the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, and from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. But do not let Pharaoh continue to deceive, not to send the people to sacrifice to YAHUVEH.
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh. And he prayed to YAHUVEH.
31 And YAHUVEH did according to the word of Moses, and the swarms of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; and not one was left.
32 And Pharaoh made heavy his heart this time also, and he did not send away the people.

*~Exodus Chapter 9 ~*

1 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, So says YAHUVEH the ELOHIM of the Hebrews, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
2 And if you refuse to send away, and you still hold onto them,
3 behold the hand of YAHUVEH is going to be on your livestock in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks, a very heavy pestilence.
4 And YAHUVEH will make a distinction between Israel’s livestock and Egypt’s livestock. Also of all that belongs to the sons of Israel, not a thing will die.
5 And YAHUVEH set a time, saying, Tomorrow YAHUVEH will do this thing in the land.
6 And YAHUVEH did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died. And from the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not even one was dead from Israel’s livestock! And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not send away the people.
8 And YAHUVEH said to Moses and to Aaron, Take for yourselves the fullness of your hands of soot from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven before Pharaoh’s eyes.
9 And let it become dust on all the land of Egypt, and let it become boils breaking out into sores on man and on livestock in all the land of Egypt.
10 And they took soot of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses sprinkled it toward the heavens, and it became a boil breaking out into sores on man and on livestock.
11 And the priests were not able to stand before Moses, because of the boils. For the boils were on the priests and on all the Egyptians.
12 And YAHUVEH made heavy Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, as YAHUVEH had said to Moses.
13 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, So says YAHUVEH the ELOHIM of the Hebrews, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
14 For at this time I am going to send all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants, and on your people, so that you may know that none is like Me in all the land.
15 For now I have sent forth My hand and have stricken you and your people with pestilence, and you have been destroyed from the earth.
16 And for this reason I have made you stand, in order to cause you to see My power, and in order to declare My name in all the land.
17 You still are exalting yourself against My people, so as not to send them away.
18 Behold! I will rain very heavy hail about this time tomorrow, such as has never been in Egypt from the day of its foundation until now.
19 And now send out, bring your livestock to safety, and all belonging to you in the field. All men and livestock found in the field, and not brought to the house, the hail will come on them, and they will die.
20 Of the servants of Pharaoh, the one who feared the Word of YAHUVEH made his slaves and his livestock flee to the houses.
21 And the one who did not set his heart on the Word of YAHUVEH left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
22 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to the heavens, so that hail may be in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on livestock, and on every plant of the field in the land of Egypt.
23 And Moses stretched out his staff to the heavens. And YAHUVEH gave sounds and hail. And fire came down to the earth, and YAHUVEH rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24 And there was hail, and fire flashing in the midst of the hail, very heavy, which never had been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 And the hail struck in all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, from men and to livestock. And the hail struck every plant of the field, and it broke in pieces every tree of the field.
26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel lived, there was no hail.
27 And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time. YAHUVEH is the righteous One, and I and my people the wicked ones.
28 Pray to YAHUVEH and let it be enough of the thunders and hail of ELOHIM. And I will send you away and you shall not continue any longer.
29 And Moses said to him, As I go out of the city I will spread out my hands to YAHUVEH. The thunder will cease, and the hail will not still be, so that you may know that the earth belongs to YAHUVEH.
30 And as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear before YAHUVEH ELOHIM.
31 And the flax and the barley were stricken. For the barley was in head, and the flax in bud.
32 And the wheat and the spelt were not stricken, for they were late.
33 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, from the city, and he spread out his hands to YAHUVEH. And the thunder and the hail ceased. And rain was not poured out toward the earth.
34 And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, and he continued to sin. And he made his heart heavy, he and his servants.
35 And Pharaoh’s heart was made strong, and he did not send away the sons of Israel, as YAHUVEH had said by the hand of Moses.