Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets,

They will hear, ‘Run! Save yourselves! Even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the desert!’

I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

I continually think about this, and I am depressed.

ט (Tet) The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.

What my eyes see grieves me – all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

ר (Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.

At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the countryside.

For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob’s sons.)

Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people.

This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land,

“‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

As for any person who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people!

“‘But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people.

and 32,000 young women who had never had sexual intercourse with a man.

“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses; but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself – you must not eat the life with the meat!