"So that there will not be a plague among them when they are counted" Exodus 30:12
By Rabbi Dr Michael Harris
"Moreover, the Faithful One of Israel does not deceive or repent" I Samuel 15:29
"The middle bar inside the planks shall extend from end to end" Exodus 26:28
By Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman
"When you lend money to my people, to the poor among you… you shall not impose interest upon him" Exodus 22:24
By Rina Wolfson
"Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed low and kissed him; each asked after the other's welfare, and they went into the tent" Exodus 18:7
"The Lord is at war with Amalek from generation to generation" Exodus 17:16
"And the Eternal One struck down all the first-born" Exodus 12:29
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"I will bring you to the land, which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as an inheritance (morashah)" Exodus 6:8
"He looked this way and that and saw that there was no man; so he struck the Egyptian and hid him in the sand" Exodus 2:12
"And Joseph will place his hand over your eyes" Genesis 46:4
"There is corn in Egypt" Genesis 42:2
"Judah said to his brothers, 'What gain will there be if we kill our brother?" Genesis 37:26
"And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn" Genesis 32:25
"So she named him Joseph, which is to say, 'May the Lord add another son for me'" Genesis 30:24
"And it came to pass, when Isaac became old, and his eyes dimmed from seeing" Genesis 27:1
"And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her" Genesis 5.1