Matthew 25:6

And at chatsot halailah (midnight) there was a shout, Hinei! The Choson (Bridegroom)! Go out to meet him!

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

In Context

5Now the Choson, being delayed, here is what happened: all the alamot became drowsy and were sleeping.

7Then all the ten alamot awakened and they trimmed their menorahs.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:3Eloheinu shall come, and shall not keep silent; 1 an eish shall devour before Him, 1 and it shall be tempestuous me'od round about Him. 1

Psalms 98:9Before Hashem; for He cometh to judge ha'aretz; 1 with tzedek shall He judge the tevel, 1 and the people with meisharim (uprightness).

Amos 4:12Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Yisroel; 1 and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet Eloheicha, O Yisroel. 1

Matthew 24:31Moshiach will send his malachim with a loud blast of the Shofar, and the malachim will gather together Moshiachʼs Bechirim from the four winds, from one end of Shomayim to the other.

Matthew 25:1Then the Malchut HaShomayim will be compared to ten alamot (young unmarried virgins), who, having taken their menorahs, went out to meet the Choson (Bridegroom).

Mark 13:33Beware, stay shomer (on guard), for you do not have daas when the time is.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14

The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →

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