| 11. Then, from the Holy Temple, all the conduits were drawn to all the lands, to all the seventy families of the earth, which correspond to the seventy heavenly ministers of the nations. From Jerusalem they would be granted their portions, as written, _Genesis 12:3_ “All the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you.” | יא. וּמִבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הָיוּ כָּל הַצִּנּוֹרוֹת נִמְשָׁכוֹת לְכָל הָאֲרָצוֹת כֻּלָּן, לְשִׁבְעִים מִשְׁפָּחוֹת כְּנֶגֶד שִׁבְעִים שָׂרִים, וּמִיְּרוּשָׁלַיִם הָיוּ נוֹטְלִין פְּרָס, כְּמוֹ דִּכְתִיב: וְנִבְרְכוּ בְּךָ כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה (בְּרֵאשִׁית יב, ג). | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |