where it shall be seen; Thy glorious habitation in the city where David dwelt, goodly Lebanon, the beautiful clime, the joy of all the earth, the perfection of beauty, the dwelling of righteousness, the tranquil habitation, the tabernacle of peace; whither the tribes went up; the precious corner-stone, resplendent Zion, the holy of holies, paved with love, Thy glorious presence, for the heap of sharp-pointed armour. Save us now.

"The voice of him (Elijah) who bringeth glad tidings and saith, Thy salvation will I confirm when He (the Messiah) cometh. It is the voice of my beloved

coming:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of Him who cometh with myriads of saints, standing on the Mount of Olives:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of Him (Messiah) when He cometh at the sound of the great trumpet, when the mountain will divide:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of my Beloved that knocketh, and shineth forth from Seir, and the mountains of the East shall divide:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of Elijah proclaiming redemption, and the Messiah coming with all His holy ones with Him:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of the Bathkol thundering from Zion, proclaiming freedom to the whole world:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of Salvation proclaiming the welcome time of the earth's acknowledging the Oneness of His Name:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of the Mighty One of heaven and earth, exclaiming, Can a nation be born at once? "And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice proclaiming the time of redemption, when the people shall see light, and it shall come to pass at eventide there shall be light:

" 'And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice to make glad the Rose of Sharon; for they shall rise who sleep in Hebron:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of the Man whose name is the Branch:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice proclaiming, Arise from the dust, awake, and sing, ye who dwell in the dust:

"And I will declare the glad tidings.

"It is the voice of granting salvation to His people for ever, even to David, and to his children for evermore."—Order of the Hosanna Rabba.

"Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy. He will turn again; He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities, and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth unto Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which Thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.”

THE TARGUM OF ONKELOS

ON

THE BOOK BERESHITH

OR

GENESIS.

SECTION I.

BERESHITH BARA ELOHIM.

I. In the first times3 the Lord created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the abyss; and a wind from before the Lord blew upon the face of the waters. And the Lord said, Let there be light; and there was light. And the Lord saw the light that it was good. And the Lord distinguished between the light and between the darkness. And the Lord called the light the Day, and the darkness He called the Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, Day the First.

And the Lord said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it distinguish between waters and waters. And the Lord made the expanse, and distinguished between the waters which were under

3 Be-kadmin, "in antiquities." This expression, when used, as here, in the plural, is sometimes put for "eternity." Compare Onkelos on Deut. xxxiii. 27, Eloha de-milkadmin, "the Eternal God," or, "God who is from eternity," with Jonathan on Micah v. 2, "Messiah,...... whose name is called (milkadmin) from eternity."

4 Some copies, "Darkness was outspread upon the face," &c.

the expanse, and between the waters which were above the expanse and it was so. And the Lord called the expanse the Heavens. And it was evening, and it was morning, the Second Day.

And the Lord said, The waters shall be collected under the heavens into one region, and the dry land shall appear. And it was so. And the Lord called the dry land Earth, and the place of the collection of waters He called Sea. And the Lord saw that it was good. And the Lord said, The earth shall bring forth grass; the plant whose germ-seed is to be sown; the fruit-tree making fruit according to its kind, whose germ-seed is in it upon the earth;—and it was so. And the earth put forth grass; the herb, whose germ-seed is sown after its kind; and the tree making fruit, whose seed is in it after its kind. And the Lord saw that it was good. And it was evening, and it was morning, Day the Third.

And the Lord said, There shall be Lights in the expanse of heaven, to distinguish between the day and the night; and they shall be for signs and for times, for the numbering of days and years. And they shall be for luminaries in the expanse of heaven to shine upon the earth ;—and it was so. And the Lord made the two great luminaries: the greater luminary to rule in the day; and the smaller luminary to rule in the night, and the stars. And the Lord set them in the expanse of heaven to shine upon the earth, and to rule in the day and in the night, and to distinguish between light and darkness. And the Lord saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning, Day the Fourth.

And the Lord said, Let the waters generate' the

Lit., "Son-seed."

Samaritan Version, "the plenitude of the greater light."

7 "Swarm with, produce abundantly."

moving creature (having) life; and the fowl which flieth over the earth on the face of the expanse of heaven. And the Lord created the great taninia and every living animal which moveth, which the waters generated according to their kind, and every fowl which flieth according to his kind; and the Lord saw that it was good. And the Lord blessed them, saying, Spread abroad and become many, and fill the waters of the seas; and let the fowl become many on the earth. And it was evening, and it was morning, Day the Fifth.

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And the Lord said, Let the earth produce the living animal after its kind, cattle, and reptile, and beast of the earth, according to its kind ;—and it was so. And the Lord made the beast of the earth after its kind, and cattle after their kind, and every reptile of the earth after its kind; and the Lord saw that it was good. And the Lord said, Let us make Man in Our image, as Our likeness; and they shall have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and aver the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every reptile which moveth upon the earth. And the Lord created the Adam in His image, in the image of the Lord He created him; male and female He created them. And the Lord blessed them, and said to them, Spread abroad, and become many, and fill the earth, and be strong upon it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And the Lord said, Behold, I have given to you every plant which seedeth germ-seed which is upon all the earth; and every tree in which is the fruit of the tree which seedeth germ-seed; unto you it shall be for food, and unto every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of

Sam. Vers.," fashioned."

"Some copies, "in the image of Elohim."