Hebrews 12:23

And to the Kehillat HaBechorim who are inscribed in Shomayim and to Hashem, the Shofet HaKol, and to the ruchot (spirits) of the tzaddikim made shleimim,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

In Context

22But you have come to Mount Tziyon, that is, HaIr HaElohim Chayyim, to the Yerushalayim in Shomayim and to myriads of malachim in a knesset innumerable,

24And to Yehoshua, the Metavekh of a Brit Chadasha and to the dahm hahazzayah + 12:24 Isa 52:15 (blood of sprinkling), which speaks better than the dahm haHevel (blood of Abel).

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the tzaddik with the rasha; and that the tzaddik should be as the rasha, that be far from Thee: Shall not HaShofet Kol Ha'Aretz (the Judge of All the Earth) do mishpat (right)?

Exodus 13:2Set apart as kodesh unto Me kol bechor, whatsoever openeth the rechem (womb) among the Bnei Yisroel, both of adam and of behemah; it is Mine.

Deuteronomy 21:17But he shall acknowledge the ben of the hated for the bechor, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the mishpat habechorah (right of the firstborn) is his.

Psalms 69:28Add avon (iniquity) unto their avon; 1 and let them not come into Thy tzedakah. 1

Psalms 89:27He shall cry out unto Me, Thou art Avi, Eli, 1 and the Tzur of my Yeshu'ah (salvation). + 89:27 Mt 16:16 1

Psalms 96:13Before Hashem; for He cometh, 1 for He cometh to judge ha'aretz; 1 He shall judge tevel betzedek (world in righteousness), 1 and Amim with His emunah (truth).

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29

Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →

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