“It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what HaShem doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy G-d.” — read online, free, in the JPS 1917 translation.
Read in context: Micah chapter 6 (full chapter) · JPS 1917 translation (public domain)
“It hath been told thee, O man, what is good… to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.”
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In one verse the prophet sums up the Torah's demand: justice, loving-kindness (hesed) and humility before God. It is among the most quoted verses of the Hebrew prophets — carved above courthouses and quoted in pulpits of every faith.
This is the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation — the classic public domain English rendering of the Hebrew Bible.
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