PINCHAS (PHINEHAS – “DARK-SKINNED”)

Parashat Pinchas

¹⁰ Then Adonai spoke to Moses saying, ¹¹ “Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen has turned away My anger from Bnei-Yisrael because he was very zealous for Me among them, so that I did not put an end to Bnei-Yisrael in My zeal. ¹² So now say: See, I am making with him a covenant of shalom! ¹³ It will be for him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood—because he was zealous for his God and atoned for Bnei-Yisrael.”

¹⁴ The name of the Israelite man killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a prince of a Simeonite ancestral household. ¹⁵ The name of the executed Midianite woman was Cozbi, daughter of Zur—he was a tribal head of an ancestral house in Midian.

¹⁶ Adonai spoke to Moses saying, ¹⁷ “Deal with the Midianites as enemies and strike them. ¹⁸ For they have been enemies to you in their deceptions of you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite prince, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague on account of the Peor incident.”

Numbering the Second Generation

26 After the plague, Adonai said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen saying, ² “Take a headcount of the entire community of Bnei-Yisrael, sons twenty years old and upward, by their ancestral houses, all who can serve in Israel’s army.”

³ So Moses and Eleazar the kohen spoke with them on the Moabite plains by the Jordan across from Jericho saying, ⁴ “Just as Adonai commanded Moses, a census will be taken of all men of Bnei-Yisrael who came out of Egypt, from 20 years old and upward.”

⁵ The descendants of the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: by Hanoch the Hanochite family, by Pallu the Palluite family, ⁶ by Hezron the Hezronite family, and by Carmi the Carmite family, ⁷ these Reubenite families numbered 43,730. ⁸ The son of Pallu was Eliab. ⁹ The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the Dathan and Abiram who were community leaders who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among the following of Korah in their rebellion against Adonai. ¹⁰ Then the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed the 250 men, these men serving as a warning. ¹¹ Korah’s sons, however, did not die.

¹² The sons of Simeon by their families were: by Nemuel the family of the Nemuelites, by Jamin the family of the Jaminites, by Jachin the family of the Jachinites, ¹³ by Zerach the family of the Zerachites, and by Shaul the family of the Shaulites. ¹⁴ These families of the Simeonites numbered 22,200.

¹⁵ The sons of Gad by their families were: by Zephon the family of the Zephonites, by Haggi the family of the Haggites, by Shuni the family of the Shunites, ¹⁶ by Ozni the family of the Oznites, by Eri the family of the Erites, ¹⁷ by Arod the family of the Arodites, by Areli the family of the Arelites. ¹⁸ The sons of Gad numbered 40,500.

¹⁹ Er and Onan were sons of Judah but had died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ The sons of Judah by their families were: by Shelah the Shelanite family, by Perez the Perezite family, by Zerach the Zerachite family. ²¹ The sons of Perez: by Hezron the Hezronite family, by Hamul the Hamulite family. ²² These were the sons of Judah. They numbered 76,500.

²³ The sons of Issachar by their families were: Tola and the family of the Tolaites, by Puvah the Punite family, ²⁴ by Jashub the Jashubite family, by Shimron the Shimronite family. ²⁵ These were the families of Issachar. They numbered 64,300.

²⁶ The sons of Zebulun by their families were: by Sered the family of the Seredites, by Elon the family of the Elonites, by Jahleel the family of the Jahleelites. ²⁷ These were the Zebulunite families. They numbered 60,500.

²⁸ The sons of Joseph by their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The sons of Manasseh were: by Machir the family of the Machirites (Machir fathered Gilead.), by Gilead the family of the Gileadites. ³⁰ The sons of Gilead were: by Iezer the family of the Iezerites, by Helek the Helekite family, ³¹ By Asriel the Asrielite family, by Shechem the Shechemite family, ³² by Shemida the Shemidaite family, by Hepher the Hepherite family. ³³ Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These were the families of Manasseh. They numbered 52,700.

³⁵ These were the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah the Shuthelahite family, of Becher the Bechrite family, of Tahan the Tahanite family. ³⁶ These were the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the Eranite family. ³⁷ These were the families of the sons of Ephraim. These numbered 32,500. These were the sons of Joseph by their families.

³⁸ The sons of Benjamin by their families were: by Bela the Belaite family, by Ashbel the Ashbelite family, by Ahiram the Ahiramite family, ³⁹ by Shephupham the Shuphamite family, by Hupham the Huphamite family. ⁴⁰ The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman. By Ard was the family of the Ardites, by Naaman the family of the Naamanites. ⁴¹ These were the sons of Benjamin. They numbered 45,600.

⁴² These were the sons of Dan by their families: by Shuham the Shuhamite family. These were the families of Dan by family. ⁴³ They were all Shuhamite families, and, they numbered 64,400.

⁴⁴ The sons of Asher by their families were: by Imnah the Imnite family, by Ishvi the Ishvite family, by Beriah the Beriite family. ⁴⁵ Through the sons of Beriah: by Heber the Heberite family, by Malchiel the Malchielite family. ⁴⁶ The name of Asher’s daughter was Serah. ⁴⁷ These were the families of Asher’s sons. They numbered 53,400.

⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali by their families were: by Jahzeel the Jahzeelite family, by Guni the Gunite family, ⁴⁹ By Jezer the Jezrite family, by Shillem the Shillemite family. ⁵⁰ These were the families of Naphtali by their families. They numbered 45,400.

⁵¹ These sons of Israel totaled 601,730.

⁵² Adonai then spoke to Moses saying, ⁵³ “The land is to be divided to these as an inheritance according to the number of names. ⁵⁴ For the larger, you are to make his inheritance larger, and to the smaller you are to make his inheritance smaller. Each is to receive his inheritance in proportion to his population. ⁵⁵ Certainly the land is to be divided by lot. They will inherit it according to the names of their ancestral tribes. ⁵⁶ The division of the inheritance of larger and smaller tribes is to be decided by the lot.”

⁵⁷ These were the numbers of the Levites by their families: by Gershon the Gershonite family, by Kohath the Kohathite family, by Merari the Merarite family. ⁵⁸ These were the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Machlite family, the Mushite family and the Korahite family. Kohath fathered Amram. ⁵⁹ Amram’s wife’s name was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. She gave birth for Amram, Aaron and Moses, as well as Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ However, Nadab and Abihu died when they offered sacrifices with unauthorized fire before Adonai. ⁶² The male Levites a month old and upward totaled 23,000, though they were not included among Bnei-Yisrael, since He did not give them an inheritance among Bnei-Yisrael.

⁶³ These were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the kohen when they counted Bnei-Yisrael on the plains of Moab across from Jericho. ⁶⁴ Not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the kohen when they counted Bnei-Yisrael in the Sinai wilderness, ⁶⁵ because Adonai had said they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one of them was left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Inheritance of Daughters

27 The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph (the names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah) ² stood before Moses, Eleazar the kohen and the princes of the entire assembly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and said, ³ “Our father died in the wilderness. But he was not one of the followers banding together against Adonai with Korah, though he died for his own sin. Yet he had no sons. ⁴ Why should our father’s name diminish from his family just because he had no son? Give to us property among our father’s brothers.”

⁵ So Moses brought their issue before Adonai, ⁶ and Adonai spoke to Moses saying, ⁷ “The daughters of Zelophehad are right in saying you should give them property by inheritance among their father’s relatives. You are to turn over the inheritance of their father to them.”

⁸ “Furthermore, you are to speak to Bnei-Yisrael saying: If a man dies without a son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter. ⁹ If he has no daughter, you are to give his inheritance to his brothers. ¹⁰ If he has no brothers, you are to give it to his father’s brothers. ¹¹ If his father had no brothers, you are to give it to the nearest relative in his family that he might possess it. This is to be a legal statute for Bnei-Yisrael, just as Adonai commanded to Moses.”

Commissioning of Joshua

¹² Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and look at the land that I have given to Bnei-Yisrael. ¹³ When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother was gathered. ¹⁴ For in the wilderness of Zin during the strife of the community, you both rebelled against My Word instead of honoring Me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

¹⁵ Moses spoke to Adonai saying, ¹⁶ “May Adonai, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community ¹⁷ to go out and come in before them, who will lead them out and bring them out so that the people of Adonai will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

¹⁸ Adonai said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Ruach, and lay your hand on him. ¹⁹ You will have him stand before Eleazar the kohen and the entire assembly and commission him before their eyes. ²⁰ Give to him some of your authority so that the whole community of Bnei-Yisrael will obey him. ²¹ He will stand before Eleazar the kohen, who will pray and obtain judgments for him by Urim and before Adonai. At his mouth, they will go out and at his mouth they will come in, he and all the community of Bnei-Yisrael with him.”

²² Moses did as Adonai commanded him. He took Joshua, stood him before Eleazar the kohen and all the entire assembly. ²³ Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him just as Adonai had spoken, by Moses’ hand.

Moadim: Appointed Times

28 Adonai spoke to Moses saying, ² “Command Bnei-Yisrael and tell them to be careful to present to Me at the moadim My food offerings by fire as a pleasing aroma. ³ Tell them: This is the fire offering which you are to present to Adonai: two male lambs a year old, without flaw, as a daily regular burnt offering. ⁴ Prepare one lamb in the morning and the other lamb you are to prepare at twilight, ⁵ along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin^[a] of oil from pressed olives. ⁶ This is the regular burnt offering initiated at Mount Sinai, as a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to Adonai. ⁷ With each lamb pour out a fourth of a hin of fermented drink at the Sanctuary as a drink offering to Adonai. ⁸ Prepare the second lamb at twilight with the same type of grain and drink offerings you prepared in the morning, a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to Adonai.

Shabbat: Weekly Rest

⁹ “On the Shabbat, you are to present two flawless male lambs a year old, along with two tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil and its drink offering. ¹⁰ This is the burnt offering for every Shabbat, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Rosh Chodesh: New Moon

¹¹ “On the first of the month you are to present to Adonai a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven flawless male lambs a year old, ¹² with three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with the ram, ¹³ and with each lamb a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma, an offering by fire to Adonai. ¹⁴ Their drink offerings shall be: per bull, half a hin of wine, a third of a hin of wine per ram, and, a fourth of a hin per lamb. This will be the monthly burnt offering at each new moon throughout the year. ¹⁵ Also, one male goat as a sin offering to Adonai beside the regular burnt offering is to be offered with its drink offering.

Pesach: Passover

¹⁶ “On the fourteenth day of the first month is Adonai’s Passover. ¹⁷ On the fifteenth day, there is to be a feast. For seven days, matzot will be eaten. ¹⁸ You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day. You are not to do any laborious work. ¹⁹ You are to offer to Adonai burnt offering by fire, two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old. They are to be flawless. ²⁰ You are to offer their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah per bull, two tenths per ram, ²¹ and one tenth per each of the seven lambs, ²² plus one goat for a sin offering to atone for yourselves. ^{[b] 23} In addition to the morning burnt offering and regular burnt offering, you are to offer these. ²⁴ Just like this you are to offer each day, for seven days, the food to be offered by fire for each day as a pleasing aroma to Adonai, beside the regular burnt offering with its drink offering. ²⁵ On the seventh day, you are to have a sacred assembly, and you are to do no laborious work.

Shavuot: Feast of Weeks

²⁶ “On the Day of Firstfruits, when you offer to Adonai a new grain offering during the Feast of Weeks, you are to have a sacred assembly. You are to do no laborious work. ²⁷ You are to offer as a pleasing aroma a burnt offering to Adonai, two young bulls from the herd, one ram and seven male lambs a year old. ²⁸ With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, with the ram two tenths, ²⁹ and with each lamb, one tenth, ³⁰ plus one male goat to make atonement for you. ³¹ In addition, you are to prepare the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. They are to be without defect.

Yom Teruah: Day of Shofar Shouts

29 “On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a sacred assembly. You are to do no laborious work. It is for you a day for sounding the shofar. ² You are to prepare a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to Adonai: one young bull from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, without flaw, ³ with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah with the bull, two tenths with the ram, ⁴ and one tenth with each of the seven lambs, ⁵ as well as one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for yourselves. ⁶ Also offer the burnt offering for the month with its grain offering, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their appropriate drink offerings as a pleasing aroma to Adonai, as an offering by fire.

Yom Kippur: Day of Atonement

⁷ “On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to have a sacred assembly. You are to deny yourselves and do no work. ⁸ You are to present to Adonai a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma, one young bull from the herd, one ram, and seven year-old male lambs without defect, ⁹ along with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah with the bull, two tenths with the ram, ¹⁰ and one tenth with each of the seven lambs. ¹¹ Also offer one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement, as well as the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

Sukkot: Feast of Tabernacles

¹² “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a sacred assembly. You are not to do any of your work, and you are to celebrate the Feast to Adonai for seven days. ¹³ You are to offer a burnt offering by fire to Adonai as a pleasing aroma: thirteen young bulls from the herd, two rams, and fourteen year-old male lambs without defect, ¹⁴ their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah with each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths with each of the two rams, ¹⁵ and one tenth with each of the fourteen lambs, ¹⁶ plus one male goat as a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offering.

¹⁷ “On the second day, you are to offer twelve young bulls from the herd, two rams, and fourteen year-old male lambs without flaw, ¹⁸ with their grain and drink offerings, with the bulls, rams, and lambs as appropriate by their number according to the regulations, ¹⁹ plus one male goat as a sin offering, as well as the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

²⁰ “On the third day, offer eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old male lambs without defect, ²¹ with their grain and drink offerings, with the bulls, rams, and lambs the number specified, ²² and a male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

²³ “On the fourth day, ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old male lambs without flaw, ²⁴ their grain offerings and drink offerings with the bulls, rams, and lambs by their number according to the regulations, ²⁵ and one male goat as a sin offering and the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

²⁶ “On the fifth day, nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male one year old lambs without defect, ²⁷ with their grain and drink offerings by their number as specified, ²⁸ and one goat for a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

²⁹ “On the sixth day, eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old without defect, ³⁰ with the bulls, rams, and lambs, their grain and drink offerings according to those numbers specified, ³¹ and one goat for a sin offering with the regular burnt offering and its grain and drink offerings.

³² “On the seventh day, seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs without defect a year old, ³³ plus their grain and drink offerings, for the bulls, rams, and lambs according to the numbers specified, ³⁴ in addition to one male goat for a sin offering and the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

³⁵ “On the eighth day there shall be for you an assembly. You are to do no regular work. ³⁶ You are to offer to Adonai a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma, one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old without defect, ³⁷ and their grain and drink offerings, with the bull, ram, and lamb corresponding to their number according to the regulations, ³⁸ and a goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

³⁹ “You are to prepare these for Adonai at your moadim in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, along with your burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offering, and fellowship offerings.”

⁴⁰ So Moses told Bnei-Yisrael all that Adonai commanded Moses.

Keeping or Nullifying Vows

30 Moses spoke to the princes of the tribes of Bnei-Yisrael saying, “This is what Adonai has commanded:

The Call of Jeremiah

1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the kohanim who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. ² The word of Adonai came to him during the days of King Josiah of Judah, son of Amon, in the thirteenth year of his reign. ³ It continued during the days of King Jehoiakim of Judah, son of Josiah, until the end of the eleventh year of King Zedekiah of Judah, son of Josiah—until the exile from Jerusalem in the fifth month.

⁴ The word of Adonai came to me, saying:

⁹ Then Adonai stretched out His hand and touched my mouth and Adonai said to me,

¹¹ Moreover, the word of Adonai came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I answered, “I see an almond branch.”

¹² Then Adonai said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching over^[a] My word to perform it.”

¹³ The word of Adonai came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?”

I replied, “I see a boiling pot that is tilting away from the north.”

¹⁴ Then Adonai said to me:

Judah Rebuked for Her Sins

2 Again the word of Adonai came to me, saying: ² “Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, thus says Adonai:

Final Battle of this Age

¹¹ Then I saw heaven opened,^[a] and behold, a white horse! The One riding on it is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness. ¹² His eyes are like a flame of fire, and many royal crowns are on His head. He has a name written that no one knows except Himself. ¹³ He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood,^[b] and the name by which He is called is “the Word of God.”

¹⁴ And the armies of heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. ¹⁵ From His mouth comes a sharp sword—so that with it He may strike down the nations—and He shall rule them with an iron rod, and He treads the winepress of the furious wrath of Elohei-Tzva’ot. ^{[c] 16} On His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “King of kings, and Lord of lords.”^[d]

¹⁷ Then I saw a single angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he cried out to all the birds flying high in the sky, “Come, gather for the great banquet of God— ¹⁸ to eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of generals and the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and those riding on them, the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great!”^[e]

¹⁹ Also I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the One who sat on the horse and against His army. ²⁰ Then the beast was captured, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs before him by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, as well as those who had worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. ^{[f] 21} The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the One riding on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.

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Abiding in the Vine

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener. ² Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He trims so that it may bear more fruit. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in Me, and I will abide in you. The branch cannot itself produce fruit, unless it abides on the vine. Likewise, you cannot produce fruit unless you abide in Me.

⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for apart from Me, you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and is dried up. Such branches are picked up and thrown into the fire and burned.

⁷ “If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. ⁸ In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples.”

⁹ “Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. Abide in My love! ¹⁰ If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. ¹¹ These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full.

¹² “This is My commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you. ^{[a] 13} No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are My friends if you do what I command you.

¹⁵ “I am no longer calling you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. Now I have called you friends, because everything I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

¹⁶ “You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.

¹⁷ “These things I command you, so that you may love one another.”

The World Hates God’s Own

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But you are not of the world, since I have chosen you out of the world; therefore the world hates you.

²⁰ “Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’^[b] If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you also. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

²¹ “But all these things they will do to you for the sake of My name, because they do not know the One who sent Me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

²³ “He who hates Me also hates My Father. ²⁴ If I had not done works among them that no one else did, they would have no sin. But now they have seen and have hated both Me and My Father. ²⁵ So is fulfilled the word written in their Scripture,^[c] ‘They hated Me for no reason.’^[d]

²⁶ “When the Helper comes—whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—He will testify about Me. ²⁷ And you also testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.”

16 “I have spoken these things to you so that you may be kept from stumbling. ² They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³ They will do these things because they have never known the Father or Me. ⁴ But I have spoken these things to you so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.”

The Ruach Reveals Truth

⁵ “But now I am going to the One who sent Me, and not one of you is asking Me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ Because I have spoken these things to you, grief has filled your heart. ⁷ But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away! For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

⁸ “When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment: ⁹ concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰ concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me; ¹¹ and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

¹² “I still have much more to tell you, but you cannot handle it just now. ¹³ But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on His own; but whatever He hears, He will tell you. And He will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify Me, because He will take from what is Mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵ Everything that the Father has is Mine. For this reason I said the Ruach will take from what is Mine and declare it to you.”

Death and Resurrection Foretold

¹⁶ “A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me.”

¹⁷ Then some of His disciples said to one another, “What does He mean by telling us, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me’? And, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

¹⁸ They kept on saying, “What’s this He’s saying, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what He’s talking about!”

¹⁹ Yeshua knew that they wanted to question Him, so He said to them, “Are you asking each other about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me’? ²⁰ Amen, amen I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will celebrate. You will be filled with sorrow, but your sorrow will turn to joy!

²¹ “When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her hour has come.^[e] But when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²² So also you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you!

²³ “In that day, you will ask Me nothing. Amen, amen I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. ²⁴ Up to now, you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in metaphors. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in metaphors, but will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶ In that day, you will ask in My name—and I’m not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf. ²⁷ For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from God. ²⁸ I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples say, “See, now You’re speaking plainly and not in metaphors. ³⁰ Now we know that You know everything and have no need to be asked anything. By this we believe that You came forth from God.”

³¹ Yeshua answered them, “Do you now believe? ³² Look, the hour is coming—indeed has come—when you will be scattered, each to his own, and you will abandon Me. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. ³³ These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have shalom. In the world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”