Then he ¹  cut the ram into parts, ²  and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke,

Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its head

He has obstructed my paths ¹  and torn me to pieces; ²  he has made me desolate.

and he grabbed the robe ¹  and tore it into twelve pieces.

add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

Next, the one presenting the offering ¹  must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts,

Crumble it in pieces ¹  and pour olive oil on it – it is a grain offering.

I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.

It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together. ¹ 

They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.

Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

I used you to smash horses and their riders. ¹  I used you to smash chariots and their drivers.

and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.

Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it ¹  from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money. ² 

The first disappeared ¹  and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.

The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.” ¹ 

He recognized it and exclaimed, “It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! ¹  Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

“How long will you torment me ¹  and crush ²  me with your words? ³ 

I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.” ¹ 

Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces ¹  all of these metals, ²  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ³