Revised Literal Translation

Exodus 23:12-17

12Sixשֵׁ֤שֶׁתShe.shetH8337daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117thou shalt doתַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213thy workמַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639,and on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּ֥וֹםu.vai.YomH3117thou shalt restתִּשְׁבֹּ֑תtish.BotH7673:that thine oxשֽׁוֹרְךָ֙shor.KhaH7794and thine donkeyוַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָva.cha.mo.Re.khaH2543may restיָנ֗וּחַya.Nu.achH5117,and the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of thy handmaidאֲמָתְךָ֖'a.ma.te.KhaH519,and the strangerוְהַגֵּֽר׃ve.ha.GerH1616,may be refreshedוְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁve.yi.na.FeshH5314.

13And in all thingsthat I have saidאָמַ֥רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559unto you be circumspectתִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּti.sha.Me.ruH8104:and make no mentionתַזְכִּ֔ירוּtaz.Ki.ruH2142of the nameוְשֵׁ֨םve.ShemH8034of otherאֲחֵרִים֙'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֤ים'E.lo.HimH430,neither let it be heardיִשָּׁמַ֖עyi.sha.Ma'H8085outעַל־'al-H5921of thy mouthפִּֽיךָ׃Pi.khaH6310.

14Threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969timesרְגָלִ֔יםre.ga.LimH7272thou shalt keep a feastתָּחֹ֥גta.ChogH2287unto me in the yearבַּשָּׁנָֽה׃ba.sha.NahH8141.

15Thou shalt keepתִּשְׁמֹר֒tish.MorH8104the feastחַ֣גchagH2282of unleavened breadהַמַּצּוֹת֮ha.ma.tzOtH4682: (thou shalt eatתֹּאכַ֨לto.KhalH398unleavened breadמַצּ֜וֹתma.TzotH4682sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִים֩ya.MimH3117,as I commandedצִוִּיתִ֗ךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaH6680thee, in the time appointedלְמוֹעֵד֙le.mo.'EdH4150of the monthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Abibהָֽאָבִ֔יבha.'a.VivH24;for in it thou camest outיָצָ֣אתָya.Tza.taH3318from Egyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714:and none shall appearיֵרָא֥וּye.ra.'UH7200beforeפָנַ֖יfa.NaiH6440me emptyרֵיקָֽם׃rei.KamH7387:)

16And the feastוְחַ֤גve.ChagH2282of harvestהַקָּצִיר֙ha.ka.TzirH7105,the firstfruitsבִּכּוּרֵ֣יbi.ku.ReiH1061of thy laboursמַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639,which thou hast sownתִּזְרַ֖עtiz.Ra'H2232in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704:and the feastוְחַ֤גve.ChagH2282of ingatheringהָֽאָסִף֙ha.'a.SifH614, which isin the endבְּצֵ֣אתbe.TzetH3318of the yearהַשָּׁנָ֔הha.sha.NahH8141,when thou hast gatheredבְּאָסְפְּךָ֥be.'a.se.pe.KhaH622in thy laboursמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639out of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704.

17Threeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969timesפְּעָמִ֖יםpe.'a.MimH6471in the yearבַּשָּׁנָ֑הba.sha.NahH8141all thy malesזְכ֣וּרְךָ֔ze.Khu.re.khaH2138shall appearיֵרָאֶה֙ye.ra.'EhH7200beforeפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440the Lordהָאָדֹ֥ן׀ha.'a.DonH113Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

Read all of Exodus 23

Commentaries on Exodus 23