Matthew 5:23

Therefore, if you bring your korban (sacrifice) to the Mizbeach (altar), and there you remember that your Ach + 5:23 b'Moshiach has something against you,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

In Context

22But I say to you, that everyone who harbors kaas (anger) against his Ach, + 5:22 b'Moshiach his chaver, shall be subject to mishpat (judgment); and whoever shall say to his Ach, + 5:22 b'Moshiach Reyka! (Good for nothing!) will be subject to the Sanhedrin; and whoever shall say Shoteh! (Fool) shall be subject to Eish Gehinnom (Fire of Hell).

24leave your korban there before the Mizbeach, and go and first be reconciled to your Ach; + 5:24 b'Moshiach and then come offer your korban.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:21And they said one to another, Surely we are ashemim (guilty ones) because of achinu (our brother), in that we saw the tzoros of his nefesh, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this tzoros come upon us.

Leviticus 6:2Command Aharon and his Banim, saying, This is the Torat HaOlah: It is the olah (burnt offering) that is to stay on the flame upon the Mizbe'ach kol halailah unto the boker, and the eish of the Mizbe'ach must be burning on it.

Deuteronomy 16:16Shalosh pe'amim bashanah shall all thy males appear before Hashem Eloheicha in the place which He shall choose; in the Chag Matzot, and in the Chag HaShavu'os, and in the Chag HaSukkot, and they shall not appear before Hashem empty-handed:

1 Kings 2:44HaMelech said moreover to Shime'i, Thou knowest all the ra'ah which thine lev is privy to, that thou didst to Dovid Avi; therefore Hashem shall return thy ra'ah upon thine own rosh;

Lamentations 3:20My nefesh hath them still in remembrance, 1 and is downcast in me. 1

Hosea 6:6For I desired chesed, and not zevach; 1 and the da'as Elohim more than olot (burnt offerings). + 6:6 Mt 9:13 1

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:22-27

The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother… Read the whole commentary →

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