Targum Onkelos Exodus · chapter 24

Tap any Aramaic word to trace it to its Jastrow dictionary entry.

1. 1

   וּלְמשֶׁה אֲמַר סַק לִקֳדָם יְיָ אַתְּ וְאַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא וְשִׁבְעִין מִסָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתִסְגְדוּן מֵרָחִיק:

   Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD — you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders — and you are to worship at a distance.

2. 2

   וְיִתְקְרֵב משֶׁה בִלְחוֹדוֹהִי לִקֳדָם יְיָ וְאִנוּן לָא יִתְקָרְבוּן וְעַמָא לָא יִסְקוּן עִמֵהּ:

   Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

3. 3

   וַאֲתָא משֶׁה וְאִשְׁתָּעִי לְעַמָא יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא דַיְיָ וְיָת כָּל דִינַיָא וַאֲתֵיב כָּל עַמָא קָלָא חַד וַאֲמָרוּ כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא דִי מַלִיל יְיָ נַעְבֵּד:

   When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

4. 4

   וּכְתַב משֶׁה יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא דַיְיָ וְאַקְדֵם בְּצַפְרָא וּבְנָא מַדְבְּחָא בְּשִׁפּוֹלֵי טוּרָא וְתַרְתָּא עֶשְׂרֵי קָמָן לִתְרֵי עֲסַר שִׁבְטַיָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

   And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

5. 5

   וּשְׁלַח יָת בּוּכְרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאַסִיקוּ עֲלָוָן וְקָרִיבוּ נִכְסַת קוּדְשִׁין קֳדָם יְיָ תּוֹרִין:

   Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

6. 6

   וּנְסִיב משֶׁה פַּלְגוּת דְמָא וְשַׁוִי בְּמִזְרְקַיָא וּפַלְגוּת דְמָא זְרַק עַל מַדְבְּחָא:

   Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.

7. 7

   וּנְסִיב סִפְרָא דִקְיָמָא וּקְרָא קֳדָם עַמָא וַאֲמָרוּ כֹּל דִי מַלִיל יְיָ נַעְבֵּד וּנְקַבֵּל:

   Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

8. 8

   וּנְסִיב משֶׁה יָת דְמָא וּזְרַק עַל מַדְבְּחָא לְכַפָּרָא עַל עַמָא וַאֲמַר הָא דֵין דָם קְיָמָא דִגְזַר יְיָ עִמְכוֹן עַל כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין:

   So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

9. 9

   וּסְלֵיק משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא וְשִׁבְעִין מִסָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

   Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

10. 10

    וַחֲזוֹ יָת יְקַר אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וּתְחוֹת כָּרְסָא יְקָרֵהּ כְּעוֹבַד אֶבֶן טָבָא וּכְמֶחֱזֵי שְׁמַיָא לְבָרִירוּ:

    and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

11. 11

    וּלְרַבְרְבֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא הֲוָה נִזְקָא וַחֲזוֹ יָת יְקָרָא דַיְיָ וַהֲווֹ חָדָן בְּקָרְבָּנֵיהוֹן דְאִתְקַבָּלוּ בְּרַעֲוָא כְּאִלוּ אָכְלִין וְשָׁתָן:

    But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

12. 12

    וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה סַק לִקֳדָמַי לְטוּרָא וֶהֱוֵי תַמָן וְאֶתֵּן לָךְ יָת לוּחֵי אַבְנָא וְאוֹרַיְתָא וְתַפְקֶדְתָּא דִכְתָבִית לְאַלוּפֵיהוֹן:

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

13. 13

    וְקָם משֶׁה וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ מְשֻׁמְשָׁנֵהּ וּסְלֵיק משֶׁה לְטוּרָא דְאִתְגְלִי עֲלוֹהִי יְקָרָא דַיְיָ:

    So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

14. 14

    וּלְסָבַיָא אֲמַר אוֹרִיכוּ לָנָא הָכָא עַד דִנְתוּב לְוָתְכוֹן וְהָא אַהֲרֹן וְחוּר עִמְכוֹן מָן דְאִית לֵהּ דִינָא יִתְקְרֵב לִקֳדָמֵיהוֹן:

    And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

15. 15

    וּסְלֵק משֶׁה לְטוּרָא וַחֲפָא עֲנָנָא יָת טוּרָא:

    When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

16. 16

    וּשְׁרָא יְקָרָא דַיְיָ עַל טוּרָא דְסִינַי וַחֲפָהִי עֲנָנָא שִׁתָּא יוֹמִין וּקְרָא לְמשֶׁה בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה מִגוֹ עֲנָנָא:

    and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

17. 17

    וְחֵיזוּ יְקָרָא דַיְיָ כְּחֵיזוּ אֶשָׁא אָכְלָא בְּרֵישׁ טוּרָא לְעֵינֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

    And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

18. 18

    וְעַל משֶׁה בְּגוֹ עֲנָנָא וּסְלֵיק לְטוּרָא וַהֲוָה משֶׁה בְּטּוּרָא אַרְבְּעִין יְמָמִין וְאַרְבְּעִין לֵילָוָן:

    Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.