Orthodox Jewish Bible

Gevurot 23:20-25 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

20. And the bochur said, "The Judeans agreed to ask you to bring Rav Sha'ul down machar (tomorrow) to the Sanhedrin as if intending to inquire something more accurate concerning him.

21. "Therefore, you should not be persuaded by them, for more than arba'im anashim are lying in wait for him and these took a shevu'ah upon themselves neither to eat nor to drink until they have assassinated him, and now they are ready, waiting for your consent."

22. Therefore, the tribune dismissed the bochur, ordering him, "Tell no one that you reported these things to me."

23. And having summoned two of the centurions, the tribune said, "Prepare to leave for Caesarea by nine o'clock tonight the following: two hundred chaiyalim, seventy horsemen, and two hundred bowmen.

24. "And also provide mounts for Rav Sha'ul to ride, that he may be given safe passage to Felix the Moshel."

25. Then the tribune wrote an iggeret to this effect: