Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Vayikra / And He Called - this week’s Prophetic reading
Prophecy 83, 108, 143;
Leviticus 1:1-5:19; Deuteronomy 25:17-19;
1 Samuel 15:1-34;
Matthew 5:23-30;
1 Samuel 15:1-34
1 And Samuel said to Saul, YAHUVEH sent me to anoint you king over His
people, over Israel. And now listen to the voice of the words of YAHUVEH. 2 So says YAHUVEH of Hosts, I will visit Amalek with what he did to Israel, how
he set himself against him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, and you shall strike Amalek and destroy all that he has. And you shall
have no pity on him, and you shall put to death all from man to woman, from
little one to suckling, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey. 4 And Saul listened and mustered the people in Telaim, two hundred thousand
footmen, and ten thousand were men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in a torrent-bed. 6 And Saul said to the Kenite, Go! Depart! Go out from the midst of Amalek, lest
I destroy you with him. For you acted with kindness toward all the sons of
Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenite departed from the midst of
Amalek. 7 And Saul struck Amalek from Havilah, as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt. 8 And he captured Agag the king of Amalek alive. But he exterminated all the
people with the mouth of the sword. 9 And Saul and the people had pity on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of
the herd, and the seconds, and the lambs, and all that was good, and were not
willing to exterminate them. But they exterminated every despised and worthless
thing. 10 And the Word of YAHUVEH was to Samuel, saying, 11 I repent that I made Saul reign as king, for he has turned back from
following Me, and he has not risen to do My Words. And Samuel was angry, and he
cried to YAHUVEH all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told to Samuel,
saying, Saul has come to Carmel. And behold, he has set up a place to himself,
and has gone around, and has passed over and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, Blessed are you of YAHUVEH. I
have risen to do the Word of YAHUVEH. 14 And Samuel said, What then is this noise of the flock in my ears, and the
sound of the herd that I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from Amalek, because the people had
pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to YAHUVEH
your Elohim. And the rest we have exterminated. 16 And Samuel said to Saul, Stop, and I will declare to you that which YAHUVEH
spoke to me tonight. And he said to him, Speak. 17 And Samuel said, Were you not, even you, little in your own eyes before
becoming leader of the tribes of Israel? And YAHUVEH anointed you as king over
Israel. 18 And YAHUVEH sent you on the way, and said, Go, and exterminate the sinners,
Amalek; and fight against them until they finish them. 19 Why then did you not listen to the voice of YAHUVEH? But did fly upon the
spoil, and did the evil in the eyes of YAHUVEH. 20 And Saul said to Samuel, I did obey the voice of YAHUVEH, and I went in the
way which YAHUVEH sent me, and brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I
exterminated Amalek. 21 And the people took from the spoil of the flock, and the first of the herd,
that devoted, to sacrifice to YAHUVEH your Elohim in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Does YAHUVEH delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in
obeying the voice of YAHUVEH? Behold! Obeying is better than sacrifice; to give
attention is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination; and stubbornness is both iniquity
and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of YAHUVEH, so He has rejected
you from being king. 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the mouth of
YAHUVEH and your word, because I feared the people, and I listened to their
voice. 25 And now please lift up my sin, and return with me that I may worship YAHUVEH. 26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you, for you have rejected
the Word of YAHUVEH and YAHUVEH has rejected you from being king over Israel. 27 And Samuel turned around to go. And he took hold on the edge of his robe, and
it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, YAHUVEH has torn the kingdom of Israel from you
today, and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you. 29 And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent, for He is not a man
that He should repent. 30 And he said, I have sinned. Honor me now, please, before the elders of my
people, and before Israel, and return with me. And I shall worship YAHUVEH your
Elohim. 31 And Samuel turned back away from Saul, and Saul worshiped YAHUVEH. 32 And Samuel said, Bring near to me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to
him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death has passed. 33 And Samuel said, As your sword has bereaved women of children, so shall your
mother be bereft among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before YAHUVEH in
Gilgal. 34 And Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went to his house, to Gibeah of Saul.
Matthew 5:23-30
23 Then if you offer your gift on the altar, and remember there that your
brother has a grudge against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and
go. First, be reconciled to your brother, and then coming, offer your gift. 24 Be in agreement with your adversary at law while you are with him on the way,
lest your adversary at law deliver you to the judge and the judge deliver you to
the officer and you be thrown into the prison. 25 Truly, I say to you, In no way shall you come out from there until you pay
the last coin. 26 You have heard that it was said to the ancients “Do not commit adultery.”
(Ex. 20:14; Deut. 5:18) 28 But I say to you, Everyone looking at a woman to lust
after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 27 But if your right eye offends you, take it out and throw it from you, for it
is profitable to you that one of your members should perish and all your body
not be thrown into Hell. 28 And if your right hand causes you to offend, cut it off and throw it from
you, for it is profitable to you that one of your members should perish and all
your body not be thrown into Hell.