Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

114 When Yisroel went out of Mitzrayim, Bais Ya’akov from a people of foreign tongue,

² Yehudah was His kodesh (sanctuary), and Yisroel His dominion.

³ The yam saw it, and fled; Yarden was driven back.

⁴ The harim skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

⁵ What ailed thee, O thou yam, that thou didst flee? Thou Yarden, that thou wast driven back?

⁶ Ye harim, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

⁷ Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of Hashem, at the presence of Elohei Ya’akov;

⁸ Which turned the rock into a pool of mayim, the flint into a spring of mayim.

[BESHALLACH]

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that Elohim led them not through the derech of the eretz of the Pelishtim (Philistines), although that was near; for Elohim said, Lest perhaps the people change their mind when they see milchamah, and they return to Mitzrayim;

¹⁸ So Elohim led HaAm about, through the derech of the midbar of the Yam Suf; and the Bnei Yisroel went up out of Eretz Mitzrayim ready for battle.

¹⁹ And Moshe took the atzmot Yosef with him; for Yosef had made the Bnei Yisroel swear unconditionally, saying, Elohim will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my atzmot away from here with you.

²⁰ And they took their journey from Sukkot, and encamped in Etam, at the edge of the midbar.

²¹ And Hashem went before them by day in an ammud anan, to guide them haderech; and by lailah in an ammud eish, to give them ohr; so they could travel yomam valailah (day or night);

²² He took not away the amud heanan by day, nor the ammud haeish by night, from before HaAm.

¹¹ Because this is the divrei Torah which we heard from the beginning, that we have ahavah one for another,

¹² Not as Kayin, who was of the evil one, and slaughtered the ach of him; and for what cause did he slaughter him? Because the ma’asim of him were ra’im and the ma’asim of the ach of him were ma’asei tzedek. [BERESHIS 4:8; TEHILLIM 38:20; MISHLE 29:10]

¹³ And, Achim b’Moshiach, do not marvel if the Olam Hazeh hates you.

¹⁴ We have da’as that we have made our histalkus (passing) out of Mavet into Chayyim, because we have ahavah for the Achim b’Moshiach; the one not having ahavah makes his ma’on in death.

¹⁵ Everyone hating his Ach b’Moshiach is a rotzeach (murderer). And you have da’as that every rotzeach does not have Chayyei Olam making a ma’on in him.

¹⁶ By this we have had da’as of ahavah, because that One on behalf of us laid down his nefesh [YESHAYAH 53:10]; and we ought, on behalf of the Achim b’Moshiach, to lay down our nefashot.