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CHAPTER
19 Numbers
19:1-22
Num
19:1 Andhwhy
spoke to Moses and to
Aaron, to say, 2 This is the Statute
of the Torah
(Teaching) which hwhycommanded,
to say: Speak
to the Sons of Israel, and they shall take to you a perfect red
heifer, which has not a
blemish in
her, which a yoke has not been elevated (ascended) upon her. 3 And you
shall
give her to
Eleazar, the Priest, and bring her out to from outside by the Camp,
and shall slaughter her to His Face. 4 And Eleazar, the Priest,
shall
take from her blood on his
finger, and spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) of her blood to the front
[(her blood opposite)] of
the
face of the Tent of Appointment seven
times. 5 Andshall burn up ta-the
heifer to His Eyes;ta-her
skin, and ta-her
flesh, and ta-her
blood, upon her dung, shall be burned up. 6 And the Priest shall take
cedar tree (wood), and hyssop, and the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the
crimson (red))], and shall cast (send, throw)
to the
midst of the burning up
of the heifer. 7 And the Priest shall
wash his Garments and shall bathe
his flesh in the water, and afterward shall come to the Camp, and the
Priest shall
be unclean until
the mixing period (evening).
8 And the oneburning her up shall
wash his Garments
in the
water, and
shall bathe his
flesh in the water and shall be unclean
until the mixing period (evening).
9 And a
clean man shall
gather ta
the
ashes of the heifer, and shall make rest (deposit) in a clean place
from
outside by
the
Camp, and she shall be
for the Congregation
of the Sons of Israel to be observed (kept, guarded, watched) [(for
observing (keeping, guarding, watching))] for
the Water of
Impurity. She is a Sin Offering (Purge Offering). 10 And the one
gathering taashes
of
the heifer shall wash ta-his Garments and shall be
unclean
until the mixing period (evening). And she shall be to the Sons of
Israel
and to the sojourner (stranger) that is sojourning in their midst for a
Statute
of
Ages.
11 The one touching on the dead to any soul of (to) an Adam, and
shall be
unclean seven
days. 12 He shall purify on himself on the
third
day, and shall be clean on the seventh day: and if shall not purify on
the
third day and on the seventh day, shall not be clean. 13 Anyone that
touches on the dead on a soul of the Adam which shall die,
and shall not purify,
shall make unclean [(shall defile)]ta-the
Tabernacle of hwhy;
and that
soul, she shall be cut off from Israel: for the Water of
Impurity
was not strewed (sprinkled) upon him, shall still be unclean; his
uncleanness is on him.
14 This is the Torah (Teaching)
when an Adam shall die in a tent:
anyone that comes
to the tent, and all which are in the tent, shall be unclean seven
days. 15 And every open vessel, which has no lid (bracelet, fastening)
of thread
upon him, he shall be unclean. 16 And anyone which shall touch upon
(over) the
face of
the
field, on a pierced one (slain one) of a sword, or on a dead one, or on
a
bone of an Adam, or on a grave,
shall be unclean seven
days. 17 And they shall take for the unclean one
from the ashes
of the burning
up of the Sin Offering (Purge Offering), and shall give Living
Water upon
him
to a
vessel: 18 And a clean man shall take hyssop, and shall dip in the
water, and shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) upon (over) the tent, and
upon (over) all of the vessels,
and
upon (over) the souls which they were there, and upon (over) the one
touching on
the bone, or on a slain one, or on the dead, or on the grave:
19 And the clean one shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) upon
(over) the unclean one on
the third day, and on the seventh day: and shall cleanse (purify) him
on the
seventh
day, and shall wash his Garments, and shall bathe in the water, and
shall be clean on the mixing period (evening). 20 And a man which shall
be
unclean,
and she shall not be purified (cleansed), and that
soul, she
shall be cut off from the
midst of the Assembly, for ta-the
Sanctuary of hwhy
was made unclean (defiled), the Water of Impurity was not strewed
(sprinkled) upon (over) him;
he shall
be unclean. 21 And she shall be to them for a Statute
of Ages, and from
the strewer (sprinkler) of the Water of Impurity shall wash his
Garments; and
the one touching on the Water of the Impurity shall be unclean
until
the mixing period (evening). 22 And anyone which shall touch on
him
the
unclean
one shall be
unclean; and the soul that touches, she shall be unclean until the
mixing period (evening).
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
Verses
one through ten
1 Andhwhy
spoke to Moses and to
Aaron, to say, 2 This is the Statute
of the Torah
(Teaching) which hwhycommanded,
to say: Speak
to the Sons of Israel, and they shall take to you a perfect red
heifer, which has not a
blemish in
her, which a yoke has not been elevated (ascended) upon her. 3 And you
shall
give her to
Eleazar, the Priest, and bring her out to from outside by the Camp,
and shall slaughter her to His Face. 4 And Eleazar, the Priest,
shall
take from her blood on his
finger, and spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) of her blood to the front
[(her blood opposite)] of
the
face of the Tent of Appointment seven
times. 5 Andshall burn up ta-the
heifer to His Eyes;ta-her
skin, and ta-her
flesh, and ta-her
blood, upon her dung, shall be burned up. 6 And the Priest shall take
cedar tree (wood), and hyssop, and the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the
crimson (red))], and shall cast (send, throw)
to the
midst of the burning up
of the heifer. 7 And the Priest shall
wash his Garments and shall bathe
his flesh in the water, and afterward shall come to the Camp, and the
Priest shall
be unclean until
the mixing period (evening). 8 And the oneburning her up shall
wash his Garments
in the
water, and
shall bathe his
flesh in the water and shall be unclean
until the mixing period (evening). 9 And a
clean man shall
gather ta
the
ashes of the heifer, and shall make rest (deposit) in a clean place
from
outside by
the
Camp, and she shall be
for the Congregation
of the Sons of Israel to be observed (kept, guarded, watched) [(for
observing (keeping, guarding, watching))] for
the Water of
Impurity. She is a Sin Offering (Purge Offering). 10 And the one
gathering taashes
of
the heifer shall wash ta-his Garments and shall be
unclean
until the mixing period (evening). And she shall be to the Sons of
Israel
and to the sojourner (stranger) that is sojourning in their midst for a
Statute
of
Ages.
There were three
different people involved in this process:
1: Eleazar, son of Aaron,
who was second in command of the Priesthood 2: One Levite Priest that burned
the
heifer, in Eleazar's presence 3: One Levite Priest, who was
clean, who took
the ashes outside the Camp
The other two are most likely Priests, because only Priests can do the
sacrificial activities.
Looking at the following items:
THE RED
HEIFER
Ephraim Judah of Lion and
Lamb Ministries noted that Yeshua's body was perfect, like the
Red Heifer was, and Yeshua was the "perfect" candidate to be the One to
be sacrificed for all of the People.
In 2014, an email from The
Temple Institute stated that a red
heifer was born in the
United States and would be a candidate for the future Temple cleansing
sacrifice. There is no doubt that another Temple will be built in
Jerusalem, but we also know there is currently the Holy Temple in the
Kingdom
of Heaven, which is noted by the apostle Paul,in the book of Hebrews
Hebrews 9:11 But Messiah being
come an High Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more
perfect Tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this
building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His
own Blood He entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us.
How did the Red Heifer relate to Yeshua? Yeshua died on Passover, so
how would
the Red Heifer account be symbolically applied to Him?
This is my best
notion, and I don't know if anyone thought of this analogy in relation
to this account. The
event of Yeshua being crucified contained "harmonic overtones" of
sacrifices. In
musical instrumental terms, harmonic overtones are other harmonic note
sounds,
not actually
played, occurring the same time above one note that is actually played.
A great example of this is a typical church bell. When
the bell is
struck, one can hear another pitch above the natural note of the bell.
One of my music faculty members at the time called the bell's overtone
a "chip tone", which in music technicality, in what he noted, is a high
pitch fourth ordinal of the musical eight note octave.
This "Harmonic Overtones Theory" analogy is not new in the
scriputres. For example, hwhy
met Abraham and
Sarah with the two other men on Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles). But
also in this same Abrahamic account, one of the food items that Abraham
gave them was "unleavened bread". Also hwhy
and the men
made "haste" to go to Sodom and Gomorrah,
and made Lot and his family leave Sodom and Gomorrah in "haste", which
are
types of the Passover- the "harmonic overtones" of this Sukkoth account.
In relation of Yeshua to this week's Torah portion regarding the Red
Heifer,
Yeshua's Body
was marred, beaten, pierced and scarred, crowned with thorns, and was
ripped by the
cat of nine tails so much, that His whole Body was covered outwardly in
"red blood", like the appearance of the Red Heifer. As far as I know,
it doesn't say in the Scriptures that
Yeshua's Appearance was beyond recognition, but He was well covered
with His Red Blood.
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai
Ministries noted that a red heifer is a rare
animal, and compares it to Yeshua, who was a Rare Human. He also stated
that the red heifer became unclean to make the Israelites clean through
the Water of Impurity, wheras Yeshua became unclean for us, so that He
would make us
clean by His Red Blood. Thank you, Mark.
Both Monte Judah of Lion and
Lamb Ministries and Mark
Biltz noted that the red heifer was
killed outside of the Camp and compared that to Yeshua being killed
outside of the city of Jerusalem. Thank you, Monte and Mark.
Mark also noted that the killing of the red heifer was to be "to the
face"
of the Tabernacle facing hwhy's Face. When Yeshua
was being crucified, He was facing the Entrance to the Temple of the
Face of His Heavenly Father. The sun also darkened, but according to
Mark, Yeshua was as that point hanging on the cross looking at His
Heavenly Father, when He cried out "Eli! Eli! Lama Sabakhtani?".
There were three items that were thrown in with the Red Heifer to be
burned: A cedar tree, hyssop and scarlet.
THE
CEDAR TREE
It
is a
strong and tall tree. Lebanon is well known for their cedar trees. They
were used mainly for building material.
Looking at the word CEDER
The Hebrew word for
ceder is
"eh-rehz"- Aleph, Resh, Zayin (zra)
It comes from
Strong's Concordance number 231, and its definition
From
H729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots): - cedar (tree).
from 729 "ah-rahz" (zra), and its definition
A
primitive root; to be firm; used only in the passive participle as a
denominative from H730; of cedar: - made of cedar.
This is possibly where we get our English word
"resin". This tree can
give out resin, like the Myrrh and Frankincense trees, and it is used
for incense, and most likely for herbal
properties, like other tree resins.
There is an issue whether the tree Yeshua was crucified on was a cedar
tree or an olive tree, but it is most likely it could have been a cedar
tree, because it grows vertically and it is tall, whereas an olive tree
does not and it is not as tall.
If it is the cedar tree, we can apply that Yeshua fulfilled this
account, which is noted in the Torah portion of Ki Theytsey, the book
of Deuteronomy:
Deuteronomy 21:22And if shall be against a man
a sin of judgment (ordinance) of
death, and will die [(shall be put to death)], and you shall hang
him upon a tree: 23 You
shall not have stay (leave)
his carcass (flabby carcass) upon the tree, for burying, you shall bury
in that
day; for is a despisement (accursed) of Elohim of a hanging; and
you shall
not defile (make unclean) ta-your ground
which hwhy, your Elohim,
is giving to you
of an inheritance.
Yeshua was mentioned by the Priests to Pilate that he was worthy of
death, because He bore our sins as well as our iniquities. He fulfilled
the scriptures by being hanged on a tree which could have been a cedar
tree.
hwhy
talked to David
about cedars used for building, which is noted in the book of the
Chronicles
1 Chronicles 17:1
Now it came
to pass, as David sat in his house, that
David said to Nathan, the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars,
but the Ark of the Covenant of hwhyremaineth
under
curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do
all that is in thine heart;
for Elohim is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the
Word of Elohim
came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David My servant, Thus
saith hwhy,
Thou
shalt not build Me an House to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in an
house since the day that I
brought up ta-Israel
unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and
from one Tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all
Israel, spake I a Word to ta-any
of
the Judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed ta-My
People, saying, Why
have ye not
built Me an House of cedars?
The cedars were used for David's house,while hwhy
still had no
building for Him to rest.
Also, one could say that Yeshua as the Living Cedar Tree, through
His crucifixion,
used it as a
"building block" to build His House
of Israel.
SCARLET
THREAD
The
scarlet is commonly
known to be scarlet thread. What does the symbol of it represent? One
answer would be it represents sin. This is the scripture that supports
this notion, which is noted in the book of the prophet Isaiah Isaiah 1:18
Come now,
and let us reason together, saithhwhy:
though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Another answer would be that it connects to lineage. Rahab at
Jericho
placed the scarlet thread on the window, which was part of the
fortress wall, as a mark to her location when the Israelites came to
conquer Jericho. She was an ancestor to King David and Yeshua. It was a
similar but not related connection when
Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, gave birth to Judah's twins, and used a
scarlet
thread to tie it to the
firstborn, who happened to be Zerah. Zerah was noted in the lineage of
Yeshua's, though Zerah wasn't an ancestor of Yeshua, as noted in the
Gospel of Matthew
Matthew
1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara
of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
Why
was Zerah noted in Yeshua's lineage when he wasn't an ancestor to Him?
I don't have an answer to it at this time.
During the days that the Temple stood in Jerusalem during Yeshua's, it
has
been customary during Yom Kippur at the Temple when
the Azazel (Scapegoat) will be sent to the wilderness and die
there. As the Azazel (Scapegoat) goes out, a scarlet
thread was tied somewhere
at the Temple, to represent the sins of the People. When the Azazel (Scapegoat)
dies, the crimson scarlet turns to white, meaning that the sins of the
People have been forgiven. It has been documented in Rabbinical
sources, after Yeshua
resurrected and ascended to Heaven, fulfilling Himself as the "One Time
Sacrifice", that when the Azazel (Scapegoat) went out and died
on Yom Kippur,
the
scarlet thread did not turn white. This continued every year on Yom
Kippur, for forty years, until the destruction of the Temple. It is,
because Yeshua
is the only true, now Eternal High Priest, and as I noted before in
previous Torah
portions, Yeshua's Unseamed Garment was not rent by the Roman soldiers,
which meant that the next High Priest was to wear Yeshua's Unseamed Garment,
besed in the example below in chapter twenty, when Aaron's High Priest
Garment was given to his son, Eleazar. Also, Yeshua is the only one
that can now forgive the People of their sins and make their sins of
scarlet white as snow, and not through earthly sacrifices. The Azazel (Scapegoat)
was only a
yearly and temporary sacrifice. Yeshua is the Eternal Sacrifice. Since
Yeshua became the Eternal High Priest, the activities of the temporary
High Priest on earth became illegitimate as well as null and void, and
every
sacrifice that was made, including the red heifer sacrifice as well as
the Yom Kippur reharsals, was not accepted.
HYSSOP
Hyssop is common in the Middle East. It is currently growing on
the Western Wall
today. It is mainly an herb used for cleansing and purifying purposes.
It is also symbolic to cleanse one from their sins. The most popular
example of that was when after David went into Bathsheba and
killing her husband Uriah the Hittite, which is noted by king David, in
the book of
the Psalms
Psalm
51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
The apostle Paul noted how Yeshua, being our High Priest
today, became our sacrifice in fulfilling the Brith Khadashah (New
Covenant), because He
knew that the Temple would not exist to continue the sacrifices,
including the sacrifice of the red heifer, which is noted by the
apostle Paul, in the book
of Hebrews Hebrews
9:11 But
Messiah
being come an High Priest of good things to come,
by a greater and more perfect Tabernacle, not made with hands, that is
to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and
calves, but by His own Blood he entered in once into the Holy Place,
having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls
and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more
shall
the Blood of Messiah, who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself
without spot tohwhy,
purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the Living Elohim? 15 And for
this cause He is the Mediator of the New Covenant, that by means of
death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the
First Covenant, they which are called might receive the promise of
Eternal Inheritance. 16 For where a covenant is, there must also of
necessity be the death of the Covenanter. 17 For a covenant is of force
after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the
Covenanter liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the First Covenant was
dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moshe had spoken every
precept to all the People according to the Torah, he took the blood of
calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and
sprinkled both the book, and all the People, 20 Saying, This is the
Blood of the Covenant which hwhy
hath
enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the
Tabernacle, and all the Vessels of the Ministry. 22 And almost
all
things are by the Torah purged with blood; and without shedding of
blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns
of things in Heaven should be purified with these; but the
heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For
Messiah is not entered into the Holy Places made with hands, which are
the figures of the true; but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the
Presence of hwhy for us:
25 Nor yet that he should offer Himself often, as the High Priest
entereth into the Holy Place every year with blood of others; 26 For
then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but
now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to
die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Messiah was once offered to
bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall he appear
the second time without sin unto salvation.
We haven't have a
Temple since its destruction around 70 AD, and Yeshua is
our current High Priest at the Temple in the Kingdom of Heaven which
makes the Temple still active. If He did not go up to the Heavenly
Temple to offer His Blood for the one time sacrifice, The purpose of
the
Heavenly Temple would have been deactivated and discontinued. He
would have
nullified the Temple and nullified Himself as the Eternal High Priest,
and His Blood for us for our salvation would have discontinued.
If Yeshua's Blood was not the only blood sacrifice sufficient for us,
He might as well be offering other blood sacrifices and nullify His
Blood.
Note: there has been no red heifer sacrifice as late as the the
destruction of the second Temple, around 70 AD.
In summary, each of the four have symbolic significances:
The Perfect Red Heifer:Yeshua's
perfect Body, without blemish, whose outward appearance after His Body
was shredded was all covered in red
blood Cedar:Building of the
Israelite nation/Taking of the cross Scarlet
thread: Sin/Lineage of
Yeshua Hyssop:Cleansing of the People
There is a mention that the grain threshing
floor that David bought was at the Mount of Olives, which is noted in
the
book of the prophet Samuel
2
Samuel 24:18 And
Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Ascend, rear
an altar unto hwhy
in the
threshingfloor of Araunah, the Jebusite. 19 And David,
according to
the saying of Gad, went up as hwhy
commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw ta-the
king
and ta-his
servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself
before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah said,
Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To
buy ta-the
threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto hwhy,
that
the plague may be stayed from the People. 22 And Araunah said unto
David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto
him: behold, here be oxen for the Elevation Offering, and threshing
instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 All these
things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said
unto the king, hwhy,
thy
Elohim, accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will
surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer Elevation
Offerings
unto hwhy,
my
Elohim, of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought ta-the
threshingfloor and ta-the
oxen
for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar
unto hwhy,
and
offered Elevation Offerings and Peace Offerings. So hwhy
was
intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
I am not sure that this is true, and I have yet to search it out. If
this is so, it would make sense that red heifers would have been
sacrificed here. It would make a perfect parallel connection with
Yeshua being crucified at the Mount of Olives where the Sacrificial
Altar would have been located during the First Temple period.
Verses
eleven through thirteen
11 The one touching on the dead to any soul of (to) an Adam, and
shall be
unclean seven
days. 12 He shall purify on himself on the
third
day, and shall be clean on the seventh day: and if shall not purify on
the
third day and on the seventh day, shall not be clean. 13 Anyone that
touches on the dead on a soul of the Adam which shall die,
and shall not purify,
shall make unclean [(shall defile)]ta-the
Tabernacle of hwhy;
and that
soul, she shall be cut off from Israel: for the Water of
Impurity
was not strewed (sprinkled) upon him, shall still be unclean; his
uncleanness is on him.
The next segment is a relevance to that above. A man that touches a
dead man will be unclean seven days, but has to be purified on the
third day and shall be clean on the eighth day. Simple.
We can put in perspective the accounts of those who had touched a dead
corpse in the scriptures who were for the Torah, which is noted in the
Gospel of John
John 19:38 And
after this
Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Yeshua, but secretly for fear
of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the Body of
Yeshua: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the Body
of Yeshua. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to
Yeshua by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an
hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the Body of Yeshua, and wound
It in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to
bury.
Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, a.k.a. "Nick and Joe", touched
Yeshua's Body during Passover. But it was late during
the day, and it was most likely, that they last touched His Body by the
time about sundown, and became unclean for the seven days period
starting at sundown, on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
This meant that the first day they were unclean was Wednesday night,
the same day Yeshua
started His three days in the tomb before His resurrection on First
Fruits. This
also meant that Nick and Joe would have gone through the Water of
Impurity process on Shabbath during the third day, the same numbered
day Yeshua was still in
Joseph's tomb,
and still were unclean until sundown, Wednesday night, the eighth day,
which they would become clean.
Question: "Why did he have
to be purified on
the third
day
and
not the seventh day"? According to maranathalife.com, the number three is symbolic of the
Trinity of the Godhead (rightly called the Triune Elohim), and the
number seven is symbolic of spiritual
perfection. The third day connects to the soul purifying, as well as
restoring, ones relationship with hwhy.
Another question: "Is there a process that occurs in one's
body when one touches a dead person"? One example is based
in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 8:43
And a woman having
an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all of her living upon
physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 came behind Him,
and touched the border of His Garment: and immediately her issue of
blood stanched. 45 And Yeshua said, Who
touched Me?
When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him said, Master, the
multitude throng Thee and press Thee, and sayest Thou, Who touched Me?
46 And Yeshua said, Somebody
hath
touched Me: for I perceive that Virtue is gone out of Me.
We know that power went out of Yeshua after the woman touched Him. Does
the same issue apply if someone touches a dead person, but the dead
person, being the weaker vessel, is taking the spirit from a living
soul? This is what is noted in the Torah portion of Akharey Moth, in
the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 17:11for a
soul of
the flesh, she is in the blood:... When a person dies, their soul
departs from the blood that is in the
flesh. So when someone touches a dead body, one is touching one with
"dead blood".
A redemptive answer to that is noted in the book of the Kings
2 Kings 13:20 And Elisha
died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the
land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to
pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied ta-a
band of men; and they cast ta-the man into
the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the
bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
This account caused a dead
man to be brought to life via Elisha's bones.
Verse fourteen
14 This
is the Torah
(Teaching) when an Adam shall die in a tent:
anyone that comes
to the tent, and all which are in the tent, shall be unclean seven
days. The unique thing
about a dead person in the tent is that no one has to
touch the dead person and will still be unclean, because the atmosphere
inside the tent has trapped the dead elements of that corpse.
Verse fifteen
15
And every open vessel, which has no lid (bracelet, fastening)
of thread
upon him, he shall be unclean.
Regarding an open
jar, If
they left it uncovered, the dead molecules and the dead smell from a
dead corpse would have
gone into the vessel and contaminated whatever was in it, like passing
germs via the air from one person to another.
Verse sixteen
16
And anyone which shall touch upon
(over) the
face of
the
field, on a pierced one (slain one) of a sword, or on a dead one, or on
a
bone of an Adam, or on a grave,
shall be unclean seven
days.
A reason that one is not to touch a bone is that bones contain marrow,
and the
marrow "creates" new blood. When a soul dies, the marrow stops
creating new blood to continue to provide a dwelling place for one's
soul. When
one touches a bone, it comes in contact with a dead "creator factor"
for the soul's residence.
Indirectly related, there is one account where bones gave a dead person
to life, which is noted in the book of the Kings
2 Kings 13:20 And Elisha died,
and they buried him. And the
bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they
spied ta-the
band of men; and they cast ta-the
man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and
touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Though
he was dead at the time, was he to go through a seven day unclean
process when he revived from the dead? I'm not sure, but probably so.
In another
indirect relation, an opposite account of this Torah passage is
making dead bones come to life, which is noted in the book of the
prophet
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 37:1 The Hand
of hwhy
was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of hwhy,
and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there
were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And He said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I
answered, Adonai hwhy,
Thou knowest. 4 Again He said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and
say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the Word of hwhy.
5 Thus saith Adonai hwhy
unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye
shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up
flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye
shall live; and ye shall know that I am hwhy.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there
was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to
his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up
upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in
them. 9 Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy,
son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith Adonai hwhy;
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that
they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the
breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an
exceeding great army. 11 Then He said unto me, Son of man, these bones
are the Whole House of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried,
and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore
prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith Adonai hwhy;
Behold, O My People, I will open ta-your
graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into
the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that I am hwhy,
when I have opened ta-your
graves, O My People, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And
shall put My Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in
your own land: then shall ye know that I hwhy
have spoken it, and performed it, saith hwhy.
The Islamic/Palestinian people in Israel know this verse, because they
realize that the Messiah has to return to Jerusalem to go through the
Golden Gate, located in the east, which is the double entrance to get
to the Temple Mount. It is also known as the Eastern Gate. By the way.
David Regan of Lamb and Lion
Ministries, a Christian organization who
supports Israel, has a four part episode series titled "The Mountains
of Jerusalem". One episode focuses on the Temple Mount. There is a
point in the episode where David Regan noted a Biblical
Archaeologist, Dr. James Fleming, who was standing next to the Golden
Gate, the double gate, in the year
1969. This is the location where Yeshua entered
before the time Passover, before His crucifixion. Though it does not
mention it, the account is noted in the Gospel of John
John 12:12 On the next
day, much People that were come to the Feast, when they heard that
Yeshua was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees,
and went forth to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of
Israel that cometh in the Name of hwhy.
14 And Yeshua, when He had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is
written, 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh,
sitting on an ass's colt. 16 These things understood not his
disciples at the first: but when Yeshua was glorified, then remembered
they that these things were written of Him, and that they had done
these things unto Him. 17 The People therefore that was with Him when
He called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare
record. 18 For this cause the People also met Him, for that they
heard that He had done this miracle. 19 The Pharisees therefore said
among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world
is gone after Him.
This is also the location where the Islamic people have been burying
their dead,
because they are aware that the Messiah will return, and presumed He
will
go through the double gates again. They thought if they would bury
their people in front of the gate area, He wouldn't be able to go in,
because of this week's Torah portion passage.
Back to David Regan's series, at one point, Dr. James Fleming fell into a hole
for a few feet, while standing
next to the gate. At his landing, there were some human bones there,
but there was an unusual appearance at the wall istelf while he was
down there. He noticed that there were stones set in a double arched
shape, and revealed that this part of the location could be the actual
double entrance Golden Gate that existed during Yeshua's time.
This is an image of the modern Golden Gate entrance
This is a picture that Dr. Fleming took of the Golden Gate
below ground that was discovered, presumably during Yeshua's time,
which would be the upper left corner of the left gate, and showing the
bones.
According to Dr. Fleming, this is directly below ground, and is
vertically aligned with
the modern Golden Gate. This is a graphic sketch of the comparison of
the two
gates, showing their locations, including the grave location where Dr.
Fleming fell and discovered the arch of the orginal gate during
Yeshua's time
Dave Stotts, known for his Drive
Thru History progam series, sponsored by the Trinity
Broadcasting Network, in the series, "Drive Thru History: The Gospels",
in episode 13, revealed the original double Golden Gate found by Dr.
Fleming.
This is an image of the modern Golden Gate shown from the series
This is the process of a computerized image of what the Golden Gate
looked like during Yeshua's day
You can find the videos regarding the Golden Gate on the Christ in
Prophecy's videos from the You Tube Channel:
Num 20:1 And
the Sons of Israel, of all of the Congregation, they came at the
Wilderness
of Zin in
the first renewed month: and the People dwelled in Kadesh; and Miriam,
she had the death [(she died)]
there, and she had the burial [(she was buried)] there. 2 And was no
water for the
Congregation:
and they assembled upon (over) Moses and upon (over)
Aaron. 3 And the
People contended (complained, grappled) with Moses, and they said, to
say, And to him ([And o that)]
we shall
expire
among the expiration of our brothers to the Face of hwhy! 4 And to
why you
have
brought ta-the Assembly
of hwhy to this
wilderness, for the death [(to die, for dying)]
there, us and our cattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle)? 5 And to why have you
acsended us from Egypt
to
bring us to this evil place, is not a place of seed, and fig,
and
vine, and pomegranate; and has no water for imbibing (drinking)?
6 And
Moses
and Aaron went from the face of the Assembly to the Entrance
of
the Tent of Appointment, and they fell upon their faces: and the Glory
of hwhy appeared to
them. 7 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
8 Take ta-the staff (rod, branch), and
assemble ta-the Congregation,
you, and
Aaron, your
brother, and you
shall speak to the lofty rock (craggy rock, ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress)
to their eyes; and
shall
give his water, and you
shall bring out the water from the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock, stronghold, fortress) for
them: and you
shall make quaff (drink)ta-the Congregation
and ta-their cattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle).
9 And Moses took ta-the staff (rod, branch) from
of the Face of hwhy, as the which
was commanded him. 10
And
Moses and Aaron, they assembled ta-the Assembly
to the face of
the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress), and said unto
them, Hear now, the rebels (bitter ones)! That from this lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress) we shall bring out to you
water?!
11 And Moses raised ta-his hand,
and struck ta-the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock, stronghold, fortress) among
his staff (rod, branch)
two times: and much of the waters, they came out, and the Congregation,
she
imbibed (drank), and theircattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle)also.
12 And hwhy
spoke to Moses and to
Aaron,
Because you
did not believe (have faith) in Me, to sanctify Me to the eyes of the
Sons
of Israel, for (by) thus you shall not bring ta-this Assembly to the land
which I am giving [(I have given)] to them. 13 These are the waters of
Meribah
which the Sons of Israel, they contended (complained, grappled) at ta-hwhy, and was
sanctified among
them.
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of
Edom,
Thus says your brother, Israel, You, you have known ta
all the
travail
which had found us out: 15 And our fathers, they descended (went
down) to
Egypt, and
we
dwelled
in Egypt multiple days; and the Egyptians, they were evil to us and to
our
fathers:
16 And we cried to hwhy, and has
heard our voice,
and
sent a Messenger, and brought us out from Egypt: and, behold, we
are in Kadesh, a city at the edge of your border: 17 We will go over
now in your land: we will not go over in a field, and in a
vineyard, and we shall not imbibe (drink) water at a bored-well: we
will go the way of the king, we will not bend away (stretch, yield) rightward
and
smallward (leftward), until which we have gone over your border. 18 And
Edom said to him, You shall not go over on me, lest I come out
to encounter (meet) you on a sword. 19 And the
Sons of
Israel, they said to him, We will ascend on the highway (thoroughfare,
turnpike): and if I
and my livestock,
we imbibe (drink) of your waters, and I will give their value (price):
Only not
shall be word (hurt, harm); on
my feet will I go
over. 20 And said, You shall not go over. And
Edom came out to encounter (meet) him on a heavy people, and on a
strong
hand.
21 And Edom refused giving ta-Israel
at going over in his border:
and Israel bent away (stretched, yielded) from upon him.
22 And pulled up
(journeyed) from Kadesh.
And the Sons of Israel, of all of the
Congregation,
they came at the Hor of the Mount [(Mount of the Hor,
Mount Hor)]. 23
And hwhy spoke to
Moses and
to
Aaron on the Hor of the Mount
[(Mount of the Hor, Mount Hor)], upon the border of the land
of Edom, to say,
24 Aaron
shall be gathered to his People: for shall not go to the land
which I have given to the Sons of Israel, upon which you
rebelled at ta-My Mouth by
the waters of
Meribah. 25 Take ta-Aaron, and ta-Eleazar,
his son, and have them ascend at the Hor of the Mount
[(Mount of the Hor, Mount Hor)]: 26 And shall strip ta-Aaron of ta-his Garments, and you shall
have ta-Eleazar, his
son, clothe them: and Aaron
shall be
gathered and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the which hwhy commanded:
and they acended
to the Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)] to the eyes of all of the
Congregation.
28 And Moses stripped ta-Aaron of ta-his Garments, and had ta-Eleazar, his
son clothed
them; and
Aaron died there in the head of the mountain (the Hor): and Moses and
Eleazar
descended (came
down) from the mountain (the Hor). 29 And all of the
Congregation,
they saw for
Aaron had expired. And they mourned ta-Aaron thirty days, all of the
House of Israel.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
Verse one
1 And
the Sons of Israel, of all of the Congregation, they came at the
Wilderness
of Zin in
the first renewed month: and the People dwelled in Kadesh; and Miriam,
she had the death [(she died)]
there, and she had the burial [(she was buried)] there.
We have now fast forward about thirty eight years later, which was the
first Biblical month of Aviv/Nissan of the
fortieth year in the Israelites' journey, their last year to journey in
the wilderness. The Israelites reached the
Wilderness of Zin, and this would be the date that Miriam,
Moses and Aaron's sister, died. She was most likely about 126 or 127
years old when she died. According to Mark Biltz of El Shaddai
Ministries, they became defiled for seven days, as noted in the
previous Torah portion chapter.
Looking at the word ZIN
The Hebrew word for Zin is
"Tseen"- Tsade, Nun Sophit (Nu). It is from Strong's Concordance
numer 6790, and its definition
From
an unused root meaning to prick; a crag; Tsin, a part of the Desert: -
Zin.
This is the same region that the twelve spies searched out during their
forty day period, which is noted in the Torah portion of Sh'lakh L'kha,
in
the book of Numbers
Numbers 13:21And they ascended, and they
searched (toured) ta-the land
from the
Wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the coming of Hamath.
It is also noted in the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of Numbers Numbers 33:36and they pulled up (journeyed) from Ezion Gaber, and
they camped in
the Wilderness of Zin, she is Kadesh,
This is what www.vocabulary.com defines
a crag:
"A crag
is a rough, jagged section of a rock. Some sections of Maine are made
up of rugged crags and rocky beaches".
In the State of Maine, in the United States, there are a lot of shale
rocks. Those rocks are
layered stones, and when it is broken, it would look like rugged rocks.
This was a region containing rough rugged rocks. This is symbolized for
the Israelites going through "craggy" times, or rough times. This also
applies to us as believes in Yeshua, the Messiah, when we go through a
spiritual "rough ride".
This occurs when things are going fine until there are issues that
throw spiritual monkey wrenches at us out of nowhere. I have personally
experienced this while working on these Torah portions. I will be
working on these with no problem until I come to a point where there is
something that I cannot figure out and have a rough time with it. This
is just one example out of many.
Looking at the word KADESH
The Hebrew word for Kadesh is
"Kah-deysh"- Kuph, Dalet, Shin (sdq). It is from Strong's Concordance
numer 6946, and its definition
The
same as H6945; sanctuary; Kadesh, a place in the Desert: - Kadesh.
Compare H6947.
from 6945 "kah-deysh" (sdq), and its definition
From
H6942; a (quasi) sacred person, that is, (technically) a (male) devotee
(by prostitution) to licentious idolatry: - sodomite, unclean.
from 6942 "kah-dash" (sdq), and its definition
A
primitive root; to be (causatively make, pronounce or observe as) clean
(ceremonially or morally): - appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate,
defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy (-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim,
purify, sanctify (-ied one, self), X wholly.
This is the
Israelites'
symbolic next step to be sanctified after the rough
times in their previous stop. This spiritually applies to us as
believers in Messiah by being
sanctified by the
Blood of the Messiah as well as being sanctified by His Word. Yeshua
gave an example of sanctification with the Word toward His disciples
(as
well as us), which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 17:15 I pray not
that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest
keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not
of the world. 17 Sanctify them through Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth.
18 As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent
them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself,
that they also might be sanctified through the Truth.
Verses two through five
2 And was no water for the
Congregation:
and they assembled upon (over) Moses and upon (over)
Aaron. 3 And the
People contended (complained, grappled) with Moses, and they said, to
say, And to him ([And o that)]
we shall
expire
among the expiration of our brothers to the Face of hwhy! 4 And to
why you
have
brought ta-the Assembly
of hwhy to this
wilderness, for the death [(to die, for dying)]
there, us and our cattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle)? 5 And to why have you
acsended us from Egypt
to
bring us to this evil place, is not a place of seed, and fig,
and
vine, and pomegranate; and has no water for imbibing (drinking)?
In my point of view,
the Congregation should have given
Moses and Aaron a break, because they just lost their sister and needed
time to mourn for her death, but the Congregation did not. The
Israelites did not have compassion on them regarding the loss of their
sister. They
were only thinking about themselves and approaching Moses as if nothing
had happened. To both Moses and Aaron, especially Moses, this was like
a
double burden on them. Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries noted
that
part of this notion could have been that the time Moses and Aaron, as
well
as the People, tried to get themselves cleansed for the upcoming
Passover/Unleavened Bread in the first Biblical month, but for the
process to happen, they needed living water. The problem was that there
was no water, and though not noted in the Torah portion text, they
wanted to be
purified before Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, in which
Moses and Aaron would have had to go through the cleansing process
after touching their sister who just died.
Verses six through eight
6 And
Moses
and Aaron went from the face of the Assembly to the Entrance
of
the Tent of Appointment, and they fell upon their faces: and the Glory
of hwhy appeared to
them. 7 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
8 Take ta-the staff (rod, branch), and
assemble ta-the Congregation,
you, and
Aaron, your
brother, and you
shall speak to the lofty rock (craggy rock, ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress)
to their eyes; and
shall
give his water, and you
shall bring out the water from the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock, stronghold, fortress) for
them: and you
shall make quaff (drink)ta-the Congregation
and ta-their cattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle).
Sounds simple enough. Moses was to speak to the rock.
Verses nine through eleven
9 And Moses took ta-the staff (rod, branch) from
of the Face of hwhy, as the which
was commanded him. 10
And
Moses and Aaron, they assembled ta-the Assembly
to the face of
the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress), and said unto
them, Hear now, the rebels (bitter ones)! That from this lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress) we shall bring out to you
water?!
11 And Moses raised ta-his hand,
and struck ta-the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock, stronghold, fortress) among
his staff (rod, branch)
two times: and much of the waters, they came out, and the Congregation,
she
imbibed (drank), and theircattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle)also.
In spite hwhy
telling Moses to speak
to the rock
to give out water, Moses' emotions got the better of him. Because of
his
and Aaron
sister's death, on top of the People's grudges, it became too much for
Moses
to handle, and it caused him to the matter personally. That is why
Moses said
to them in verse ten of this week's Torah portion passage
10 ...Hear now, the rebels (bitter
ones)! That from this lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress) we shall bring out to you
water?!
In my opinion, Moses was really saying to them through this statement
"How dare you
come to me carelessly, inconsiderate, selfish and cold hearted toward
us! When you saw that our sister recently died, you couldn't give us
time
to mourn for her like you do for your loved ones!?"
Moses lost his discernment by disobeying hwhy,
and disobeying a
portion of His Word, which hwhy
said to Moses and
Aaron in verse eight of this week's Torah portion passage. Moses
probably forgot the
part that hwhy
said to him
8 ...and you
shall speak to the lofty rock (craggy rock, ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress)
to their eyes;... Moses added his idea of
striking the rock. This is the first time that
Moses used physical force since he killed an Egyptian and defended
Jethro's daughters eighty years ago, which is noted in the Torah
portion of Sh'moth, in the book of Moses
Exodus 2:11And was in those days, and
Moses had grown up, and went out to
his brothers, and saw among their burdens: and saw an Egyptite
(Egyptian man)
striking a
Hebrite (Hebrew man) from his brothers. 12 And facing thus (here), and
the thus (here), and saw for was not a man, and struck ta-the Egyptian, and taman-hid
him in
the sand.... 15 ...And Moses bolted away (ran
away) from
the face of Pharaoh, and dwelled in the land of Midian: and dwelled
upon the
well. 16 And to the priest of Midian were seven daughters: And they
came, and they
drew, and they
filled ta-the troughs to quaff (water)
the
flocks of their
father. 17 And the shepherds, they came, and they drove them away:
and
Moses arose, and saved them, and
imbibed (quaffed, watered) ta-their flocks. Also, emotionally, in my opinion,
when Moses
struck the rock, he was
actually expressing what he wanted to do to the Israelites by using the
rod
as a weapon
and used the rock as an example, by not just hitting the rock once, but
twice.
I saw this chart from Joseph Prince of Joseph Prince Ministries
which he taught at his church, the New Creation Church, a chart of the
comparison between the first rock account in Exodus chapter 17 and the
second rock account in this week's Torah portion chatper, both which
Moses was involved, and it has interesting comparisons:
Thank you, Joseph.
Verse twelve
12 And hwhy
spoke to Moses and to
Aaron,
Because you
did not believe (have faith) in Me, to sanctify Me to the eyes of the
Sons
of Israel, for (by) thus you shall not bring ta-this Assembly to the land
which I am giving [(I have given)] to them. 13 These are the waters of
Meribah
which the Sons of Israel, they contended (complained, grappled) at ta-hwhy, and was
sanctified among
them.
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of
Edom,
Thus says your brother, Israel, You, you have known ta
all the
travail
which had found us out: 15 And our fathers, they descended (went
down) to
Egypt, and
we
dwelled
in Egypt multiple days; and the Egyptians, they were evil to us and to
our
fathers:
16 And we cried to hwhy, and has
heard our voice,
and
sent a Messenger, and brought us out from Egypt: and, behold, we
are in Kadesh, a city at the edge of your border: 17 We will go over
now in your land: we will not go over in a field, and in a
vineyard, and we shall not imbibe (drink) water at a bored-well: we
will go the way of the king, we will not bend away (stretch, yield) rightward
and
smallward (leftward), until which we have gone over your border. 18 And
Edom said to him, You shall not go over on me, lest I come out
to encounter (meet) you on a sword. 19 And the
Sons of
Israel, they said to him, We will ascend on the highway (thoroughfare,
turnpike): and if I
and my livestock,
we imbibe (drink) of your waters, and I will give their value (price):
Only not
shall be word (hurt, harm); on
my feet will I go
over. 20 And said, You shall not go over. And
Edom came out to encounter (meet) him on a heavy people, and on a
strong
hand.
21 And Edom refused giving ta-Israel
at going over in his border:
and Israel bent away (stretched, yielded) from upon him.
Moses' emotional anger made his single
eye to hwhy
blind in part, hence disobeying hwhy
by breaking the
First Word (Commandment) by not having the faith to believe in hwhy
...Because you
did not believe
(have faith)
in Me,...
The lesson hwhy
made to him, and to Aaron, and to
the Congregation was that no matter what
position you are in, hwhy
is not a respecter
of persons, which Luke noted in the book of the Acts
Acts 10:34
Then Peter opened
his mouth, and said, Of
a truth I
perceive that hwhy
is no
respecter of persons:
There was only one same Torah for the native born and for the
stranger, which is noted in the Torah portion of Sh'lakh L'kha, in the
book
of Numbers
Numbers 15:16One
Teaching (Torah) and one Ordinance
shall be for you, and
for the sojourner (stranger) that sojourns with you.
It is no different in a business that everyone is under the
same
rules and regulations, even if one is president of a company. Even
in the United States, no one, not even the president, is above the law.
Verse thirteen
13 These are the waters of
Meribah
which the Sons of Israel, they contended (complained, grappled) at ta-hwhy, and was
sanctified among
them. Lookning at the word MERIBAH
The Hebrew word for Meribah is
"M'ree-vah"- Mem, Resh, Yod, Bet, Heh (hbyrm).
It is from
Strong's Concordance number 4809, and its definition
The
same as H4808; Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert: -
Meribah.
from 4808 "m'ree-vah" (hbyrm), and its definition
From
H7378; quarrel: - provocation, strife.
from 7378 "reev" or "roov" (byr, bwr),
and its definition
A
primitive root; properly to toss, that is, grapple; mostly figuratively
to wrangle, that is, hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend: -
adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead,
rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Meribah means "quarrel".
There are points at times, when we as believers in Yeshua, the Messiah,
are
placed in a location where there are quarrels surrounding us, and we
have to decide if we are going to be drawn to get involved with it, or
not. It is also the spirit of qarreling that one has to deal with in
one's life, and one has to renounce it and break that spirit of
quarrel, through however it is done, and say and do it in the name of
Yeshua, our Messiah.
Verses
fourteen through twenty-one
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of
Edom,
Thus says your brother, Israel, You, you have known ta
all the
travail
which had found us out: 15 And our fathers, they descended (went
down) to
Egypt, and
we
dwelled
in Egypt multiple days; and the Egyptians, they were evil to us and to
our
fathers:
16 And we cried to hwhy, and has
heard our voice,
and
sent a Messenger, and brought us out from Egypt: and, behold, we
are in Kadesh, a city at the edge of your border: 17 We will go over
now in your land: we will not go over in a field, and in a
vineyard, and we shall not imbibe (drink) water at a bored-well: we
will go the way of the king, we will not bend away (stretch, yield) rightward
and
smallward (leftward), until which we have gone over your border. 18 And
Edom said to him, You shall not go over on me, lest I come out
to encounter (meet) you on a sword. 19 And the
Sons of
Israel, they said to him, We will ascend on the highway (thoroughfare,
turnpike): and if I
and my livestock,
we imbibe (drink) of your waters, and I will give their value (price):
Only not
shall be word (hurt, harm); on
my feet will I go
over. 20 And said, You shall not go over. And
Edom came out to encounter (meet) him on a heavy people, and on a
strong
hand.
21 And Edom refused giving ta-Israel
at going over in his border:
and Israel bent away (stretched, yielded) from upon him.
Some welcome party from their
brethren. Question: "Why didn't Israel fight against
the Edomites"? It was most likely that all of those who were twenty
years old and upward, from the judgment thirty eight years ago, have
not died yet, which is based in the Torah portion of Sh'lakh L'kha, in
the book
of Numbers
Numbers 14:29In this wilderness
shall
your
faint bodies (exhausted bodies, dead bodies, corpses) and all of your
visited (accounted, counted) ones shall fall; by all of your scrolls (enrollments, numbers), from a son
of twenty years
and the upward (ascending), which you
have murmured (grudged, complained) upon (over) Me, 30 If you,
you shall
come to the land, which I have bore (carried, lifted up) ta-My Hand to
have you tabernacle
in
her, for but Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua, son of Nun.... 32 And of you, yourfaint bodies (exhausted
bodies, dead bodies,
corpses), they shall
fall in
this wilderness.... 34 On the enrollment (scroll,
number) of the days which
you
searched out (toured)
ta-the land,
forty days, a day
for the year, a day for the year, you shall bear (carry, lift up) ta-your
iniquities forty years, and you
shall know ta-My Alienation.
35 I am hwhy, I have
spoken. If not this shall I do to all of this evil Congregation
that
was appointed upon (over) Me: in
this wilderness they shall be completed, and there they shall
die.
This would include Moses and Aaron.
Spiritually, we as believers will walk toward doors that hwhy
will not open in
our walk with our Heavenly Father. Even if it's the right door, it is
not His Time to allow us to go through it until He says, "It is time".
Verses
twenty two through twenty
nine 22 And pulled up
(journeyed) from Kadesh.
And the Sons of Israel, of all of the
Congregation,
they came at the Hor of the Mount [(Mount of the Hor,
Mount Hor)]. 23
And hwhy spoke to
Moses and
to
Aaron on the Hor of the Mount
[(Mount of the Hor, Mount Hor)], upon the border of the land
of Edom, to say,
24 Aaron
shall be gathered to his People: for shall not go to the land
which I have given to the Sons of Israel, upon which you
rebelled at ta-My Mouth by
the waters of
Meribah. 25 Take ta-Aaron, and ta-Eleazar,
his son, and have them ascend at the Hor of the Mount
[(Mount of the Hor, Mount Hor)]: 26 And shall strip ta-Aaron of ta-his Garments, and you shall
have ta-Eleazar, his
son, clothe them: and Aaron
shall be
gathered and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the which hwhy commanded:
and they acended
to the Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)] to the eyes of all of the
Congregation.
28 And Moses stripped ta-Aaron of ta-his Garments, and had ta-Eleazar, his
son clothed
them; and
Aaron died there in the head of the mountain (the Hor): and Moses and
Eleazar
descended (came
down) from the mountain (the Hor). 29 And all of the
Congregation,
they saw for
Aaron had expired. And they mourned ta-Aaron thirty days, all of the
House of Israel.
This is also noted in the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of
Numbers
Numbers 33:37and they pulled up (journeyed) from
Kadesh, and they camped in Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)], on the edge of the land
of Edom,
38 and Aaron, the Priest, ascended to Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)] upon the Mouth
of hwhy, and died
there in the
fortieth year of the outgoing of the Sons of
Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth renewed month, on the one
of the
renewed month, 39 and Aaron was a son of three and twenty and a
hundred
years in his death on Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)],
Lookning at the word HOR
The Hebrew word for Hor is
"Hohr"- Heh, Resh (rh).
It is from
Strong's Concordance number 2023, and its definition
Another
form for H2022; mountain; Hor, the name of a peak in Idumaea and of one
in Syria: - Hor.
from 2022 "hahr" (rh), and its definition
A
shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used
figuratively): - hill (country), mount (-ain), X promotion. from 2042 "hah-rahr"
(rrh), and its definition
From an
unused root meaning to loom up; a mountain: - hill, mount (-ain). Hor means "mountain"
or "hill". Mount of the Hor means "Mountain of the Hills", or "Mountain
of the Mountains". This is probably a
mountain that either stuck out by itself above all the other mountains,
or less likely it was an island mountain surrounded by level valleys.
After the death of Miriam, Moses has to deal with another sibling to
die, who was Aaron, at Mount Hor. That's two siblings in the same year,
within
five months, for
Moses. Though the scriptures do not say, but Moses must have grieved
heavily for the loss of his elder brother.
Aaron had to die
because of his rebellion against hwhy, and his
son, Eleazar, became the new High Priest. This was symbolic and
spiritual of dying to
the old man, symbolized by Aaron, and giving life to the new man,
symbolized by Eleazar. The
Israelites were symbolically dying to their old selves, and being
renewed with a new self, symbolized through Aaron's son, Eleazar.
This act could be compared to
Yeshua, our Eternal High Priest, dying on the Mount of Olives,
and coming alive again, and later
ascended from the Mount of Olives and ascended to the Kingdom of
Heaven.
This is also a state where we as believers are to spiritually ascend to
the
mountain and die, but revive with a new self in the Messiah, which the
apostle Paul noted this in his letter to his assembly in Corinth
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore
if any man be in the Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Aaron
didn't die
until after Eleazar put on the High Priest Garments. Why did
not hwhy
make Aaron die
immediately after he took off the High Priest Garments? Because
of this: After Aaron took off the High Priest Garments and until
Eleazar put on
the High Priest Garments, Aaron was still the official High Priest. As
soon as his son, Eleazar, put on the High Priest Garments, the office,
as well as the anointing,
of the High Priesthood officially went to Eleazar and continued the
life of the line of the High Priest, and then Aaron would die at that
moment. In other words, the
person holding the office of the High Priest had to stay alive in order
to keep the High Priest office alive. If Aaron died before Aaron took
of the High Priest Garments and Eleazar put
on the High Priest Garments, the life of the High Priest would have
been interrupted and would have been potentially nullified. It would
also mean that the High Priest Garments would have been nullified. It
is the
equivalent of the High Priest renting his Garment and nullifying his
office of the High Priesthood. This is also my basis of my premise of
this scripture regarding Yeshua as the High Priest, which is noted in the Gospel of
Matthew
Matthew 26:62 And the
High Priest arose, and said unto Him, Answerest thou nothing? What is
it which these witness against Thee? 63 But Yeshua held His Peace. And
the High Priest answered and said unto Him, I adjure Thee by the Living
Elohim, that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Messiah, the Son of
Elohim. 64 Yeshua saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say
unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the Right
Hand of power, and coming in the clouds of the heavens. 65 Then the High
Priest rent his Clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what
further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard His
blasphemy.
When
Caiaphas, the High Priest at the time, rented his High Priest Garments,
he nullified his role as the High Priesthood. Yeshua was present with
Caiaphas wearing an unseamed garment, which is noted in the Gospel of
John John 19:23
Then the soldiers,
when they had crucified Yeshua, took His Garments, and made four parts,
to every soldier a part; and also His Coat: now the Coat
was without
seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said therefore
among
themselves, Let us not rend It, but cast lots for It, whose It shall
be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted My
Raiment among them, and for My Vesture they did cast lots. These things
therefore the soldiers did.
This was taken from the book of the Psalms
Psalm 22:18 They part My
Garments among them, and cast lots upon My Vesture.
This was fulfilled.
This Garment reveals that Yeshua became that last legitimate physical
High Priest on the earth. When Caiaphas rented his High Priest
Garments, Yeshua had an unseamed garment. Based on scripture sources,
Yeshua and John the Immerser were descendents of Aaron, the High
Priest,
through their mothers, Elizabeth and Mary, at minimum have the same
grandfather, who were of the lineage of
Aaron. When Yeshua faced Caiaphas,
and Caiahphas rented his Garments, Yeshua was ready to take over the
High Priesthood, because He already had an Unseamed Garment, and kept
the High Priesthood alive, similar to this week's Torah portion account
of
keeping the flow of the High Priest annointing by Aaron staying alive
until his son, Eliezer, put on the High Priests Garments in his
father's stead.
Also, based on this
Torah week's portion passage regarding the High Priest's Garments, as
long as
that Unseamed Garment did not tear, It was to be passed on to the
Aronic
line's heir
apparent. When the Roman soldiers did not tear Yeshua's Unseammed
Garment, that Garment was to be worn by the next in line to succeed
Yeshua to be the next High Priest, and as
long as that Unseamed Garment did not tear, that Unseamed Garment was
to be passed
on to the next Aronic line's heir
apparent.
But since the Romans soldiers had
possesion of the Garment, and no one of the line of Aaron took over the
Unseamed Garment, it
stopped the legitimacy of the physical High Priesthood on earth, and
thus
ending the validation of the earthly High Priesthood, which is based by
the apostle
Paul, in
the book of the Hebrews
Hebrews 5:1 For every High
Priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining
to hwhy, that he may offer both
gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the
ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also
is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for
the People, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh
this honour unto himself, but He that is called of hwhy, as was Aaron. 5 So
also Messiah glorified not Himself to be made an High Priest; but He
that said unto Him, Thou art My Son, to day have I begotten Thee.
6 As He saith also in another place, Thou art a
Priest for ever after the Order of Melkhi Tsedek. 7 Who in the
days of His Flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications
with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from
death, and was heard in that He feared; 8 Though He were a Son,
yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered; 9 And
being made Perfect, He became the Author of Eternal Salvation unto all
them that obey Him; 10 Called of hwhy an High Priest
after the order of Melkhi Tsedek.
Yeshua
became our Eternal High Priest, and is still our High Priest unto this
present day.
As it says that Aaron died on the first day of the fifth month, which
was the fortieth year, the last year, of the Israelites' journey in the
wilderness. After mourning for Aaron's death for thirty days, the
earliest they could have left Mount Hor was on the first day of the
sixth month, in the fortieth year.
CHAPTER
21 Numbers
21:1-35
Num 21:1 And
King
Arad, the Canaanite, dwelled at the negeb (south region), heard for
Israel had come
at the
way of
the Atharim; and warred against Israel, and returned captives with
him.
2 And Israel vowed a vow to hwhy, and said,
If giving, you will
give ta-this People
in my hand, and
I will flatten (blunt, religiously devote) ta-their
cities. 3 And
hwhy listened on the
voice of Israel,
and gave ta-the
Canaanites; and they
flatten (blunted, religiously devoted) them and ta-their
cities: and
called the name of the place, Hormah.
4 And they pulled up (journeyed) from the Hor of the Mount
[(Mount of the Hor, Mount Hor)] at the way of the Sea
of
Reeds,
to
go all around [(to encompass)] ta-the land of
Edom: and the
soul of the People, she was discouraged (grieved, loathsome, harvested,
reaped, curtailed)
among the way. 5 And the People spoke against Elohim, and against
Moses, To why have you ascended us from Egypt to the death [(to die)]
in
the wilderness?
For is no bread, and no water; and our soul is disgusted (wearied,
distressed,
abhorred, anxious?) in
the lightish bread.
6 And hwhy sent on
the People tathe burnish (fiery)
serpents, and they bit (struck bit)ta-the People;
and multiple People died from Israel.
7 And the People came to Moses, and they said, We have sinned, for we
have spoken against hwhy and against
you;
pray to hwhy, and shall
remove (turn away)
ta-the serpent from upon us.
And Moses prayed in unto the People. 8 And hwhy
said to Moses, Do (Make) a burnish one (fiery one) for yourself, and shall
set (put) him
upon a
banner (standard, flag, pole): and shall be anyone that is bitten (struck bitten), and sees him, and shall
live. 9 And Moses did (made) a serpent
of
copper, and set (put) him upon the banner (standard, flag, pole), and was, that if the
serpent bit (struck bit, stung)ta-a
man, and beheld (intently look, regarded, scanned) to the copper
serpent, and
has the life [(and lived).
10 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled up (journeyed), and they
camped in
Oboth. 11 And they
pulled up (journeyed) from Oboth, and they camped
in Ije of the Abarim
in the wilderness, which is upon (over) the face of Moab from the
ray rising of
the sun. 12 They pulled up (journeyed) from there, and they camped
in Nahal (Valley of) Zared.
13 From
there they pulled up (journeyed), and they camped
from over (across) Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out
from a
border of the Amorite: for Arnon is a border of Moab, between Moab
and between the Amorite.
14 Upon thus, was said in the Scroll of the Wars of hwhy, ta-Vaheb in
Suphah,
and ta-the torrents of Arnon
[(Nahalim Arnon)],
15 And the stream (outpouring) of the torrents which stretched out
(bent, turned) to the
dwelling of Ar, and was supported (relied) to the border of
Moab. 16 And from there at Beer: she is the bored-well
which hwhy
said to Moses, Gather (Add) ta-the People, and I will give
to them water. 17 Then Israel sang ta-this
song,
Ascend (Spring up), bored-well; eye (testify) to her:
18 A bored-well that the princes delved (pried) of her,
the nobles of the people dug her,
by the
lawgiver (enactor, statuter, engraver), among their walking
sticks (supporting sticks).
and from the wilderness at
Mattanah:
19 and from Mattanah at Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel at
Bamoth: 20 and from Bamoth at the gorge which is in the field
of Moab, at the head of the Pisgah, and peeps (leans out, gazes) upon
(over)
the face of
Jeshimon (a wasted area, a desolate area).
21 And
Israel sent messengers to Sihon. King of the Amorites, to say,
22 I
will go over in your land: we will not bend (bend away, stretch forth)
in a field,
and
in a
vineyard; we will not drink of the waters of a bored-well: we will go
in
the way of the king, until which we have gone over your border.
23 And
Sihon did not give ta-Israel at going over in his
border: and Sihon
gathered ta-all of his
people, and went out
to encounter (meet) Israel to the
wilderness: and came to Jahaz, and warred against Israel.
24 And Israel struck him by the mouth of the sword, and
possessed (occupied)
ta-his land
from Arnon unto
Jabbok, unto the sons of Ammon: for
the border of the sons of Ammon was fierce (strong). 25 And Israel took
taall
of these cities: and Israel dwelled in all of the cities of the
Amorite
in
Heshbon, and in all of her daughter areas (daughter villages,
villages). 26 For
Heshbon, she was a city
of Sihon, King of the Amorites, and he warred against the first
king of Moab, and took ta-all of his land
from his hand unto Arnon.
27 Upon thus, the poets, they said,
Come
at Heshbon!
She shall be built,
and the city of Sihon,
she shall be established (settled)!
28 For a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a flame (gleam, flash) from the city of Sihon!
Has consumed Ar of Moab,
the masters (owners, husbands) on the high areas (heights) of
Arnon.
29 Woe to you, Moab!
You are
perished, people of Chemosh!
Has given his sons of
fugitives (refugees, escapees)
and his daughters in the captivity to Sihon, King of the Amorites.
30 And we had directed them down [(taught
them down,
flowed
them down,
informed
them down)],
had perished Heshbon unto Dibon,
and we have devastated (astonished?) them unto
Nophah which is unto Medeba.
31 And
Israel dwelled in the
land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to foot spy out ta-Jaazer, and
they caught her daughters areas (daughter
villages, villages), and they drove out
(dispossesed, made unoccupied) ta-the Amorites
which were there.
33 And they faced away and they ascended the way of the Bashan:
and
came
out Og, King of the Bashan, to encounter (meet) them, he and all of his
people, to the war at Edrei.
34 And hwhy spoke to
Moses, Do you not
fear him: for I have given him into your hand, and ta-all of his
people, and
ta-his land;
and you shall do to
him as the which you did (have done) to Sihon, King of the
Amorites, which dwelled in Heshbon. 35 And they struck him, and ta-his sons,
and ta-all of his
people, until has failed remaining (remnanting, surviving) to him a
remnant (remainder, survivor): and
they
possessed (occupied) ta-his land.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
Verses
one through three 1 And
King
Arad, the Canaanite, dwelled at the negeb (south region), heard for
Israel had come
at the
way of
the Atharim; and warred against Israel, and returned captives with
him.
2 And Israel vowed a vow to hwhy, and said,
If giving, you will
give ta-this People
in my hand, and
I will flatten (blunt, religiously devote) ta-their
cities. 3 And
hwhy listened on the
voice of Israel,
and gave ta-the
Canaanites; and they
flatten (blunted, religiously devoted) them and ta-their
cities: and
called the name of the place, Hormah.
This account was briefly noted in the Torah portion of Masei, in the
book of Numbers
Numbers 33:40and
King Arad, the Canaanite, heard, and he dwelled in the negeb (south) in
the
land of Canaan, on the
coming of
the Sons of Israel, 41 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hor of the Mount (Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor), and
they camped in Zalmonah,
This reveals to us that this battle occurred while the Israelites
stayed at the Mount Hor area.
This
was
the first time since their slavery in Egypt that any of the Israelites
were taken captive.
Looking at the following words:
ARAD
The Hebrew word for Arad is
"Ah-rahd"- Ayin,
Resh, Daet (dre)
is from Strong's Concordance number 6166, and its definition
From
an unused root meaning to sequester itself; fugitive; Arad, the name of
a place near Palestine, also of a Canaanite and an Israelite: - Arad.
His name means "sequestered". His name speaks for itself, and he did a
good job
sequestering some of the Israelites. Spiritually, the enemy, HaSatan,
wants to
"spiritually sequester" us in our walk with our Messiah. An example of
this is in
today's politics where laws and rulings have been decided that caused
us believers to be "sequestered" physically and spiritually from
expressing our rights to speak
our
religious beliefs.
HORMAH
The Hebrew word Hormah is
"Khahr-mah"- Khet,
Resh,
Mem, Heh (hmrx).
It is from
Strong's Concordance number 2767,
and its definition
From
H2763; devoted; Chormah, a place in Palestine: - Hormah.
from 2763 "khah-rahm" (mrx),
and its definition
A
primitive
root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses
(especially destruction); physically and reflexively to be blunt as to
the nose: - make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote,
forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
This is
where we get our modern English word "harm". This is also HaSatan
wanting to find any means to "harm" us, especially in our relationship
with Yeshua, whether spiritually, mentally, physically, etc. This is
also the root word that the Israelites used in their vow:
2 And Israel vowed a
vow to hwhy, and said,
If giving, you will
give (Mrx) ta-this People
in my hand, and
I will flatten (blunt, religiously devote) ta-their
cities. 3 And
hwhy listened on the
voice of Israel,
and gave ta-the
Canaanites; and they
flatten (blunted, religiously devoted) (Mrx) them and ta-their
cities: and
called the name of the place, Hormah (hMrx).
ATHARIM
The Hebrew word for Atharim is
"Ah-thah-reem"- Aleph, Tav, Resh Yod, Mem
Sophit (Myrta).
It
is from Strong's Concordance number 871, and its definition
Plural
from an unused root (probably meaning to step); places; Atharim, a
place near Palestine: - spies.
There
is a couple of possibilities why this region was named Atharim:
One: This area living in
the area was a haven for "spies".
Two: This area was within
the same region, because thirty eight years ago, the twelve spies
"spied" the Canaanite section while searching the land.
Verse
four
4 And they pulled up (journeyed) from the Hor of the Mount
[(Mount of the Hor, Mount Hor)] at the way of the Sea
of
Reeds,
to
go all around [(to encompass)] ta-the land of
Edom: and the
soul of the People, she was discouraged (grieved, loathsome, harvested,
reaped, curtailed)
among the way.
Why were they grived?
Because
they are going by the way of the Sea of Reeds "for the third time".
They
were saying to each other, "Here we go walking this route again". A
good amount of the People were alive forty years ago and thirty eight
years ago in walking the Sea of Reeds route a second time. They might
have felt
that hwhy
had just had the door on them again, and thought that they were going
to die in the wilderness themselves, forgetting what hwhy
said to Moses to tell them, which is noted in the Torah portion of
Sh'lakh L'kha, in
the book of Numbers
Numbers 14:31And your little
ones (infants),
which you
said shall be for the plunder (booty), and I shall bring
them, and they shall know ta-the land
which have rejected (despised) against her.
Their previous generation had shut their souls from walking through
their
land,
and Israel regretted not believing in hwhy
to defeat those in the promised
land. The current generation wondered if their groaning caused them the
similar result like their previous generation.
Looking at the word DISCOURAGED
(GRIEVED, LOATHSOME, HARVESTED, REAPED)
The Hebrew word discouraged
(grieved, loathsome, harvested, reaped) is
"Kah-tsahr"- Kuph, Tsade, Resh (ruq).
It is from
Strong's Concordance number 7114,
and its definition
A
primitive root; to dock off, that is, curtail (transitively or
intransitively, literally or figuratively); especially to harvest
(grass or grain): - X at all, cut down, much
discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap (-er), (be, wax)
short (-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Notice that this is the same Hebrew word that translates "harvest". To
me in this case, this is a negative harvest of grief and loathing on
Israel's end.
Verses five through nine
5 And the People spoke against Elohim, and against
Moses, To why have you ascended us from Egypt to the death [(to die)]
in
the wilderness?
For is no bread, and no water; and our soul is disgusted (wearied,
distressed,
abhorred, anxious?) in
the lightish bread.
6 And hwhy sent on
the People tathe burnish (fiery)
serpents, and they bit (struck bit)ta-the People;
and multiple People died from Israel.
7 And the People came to Moses, and they said, We have sinned, for we
have spoken against hwhy and against
you;
pray to hwhy, and shall
remove (turn away)
ta-the serpent from upon us.
And Moses prayed in unto the People. 8 And hwhy
said to Moses, Do (Make) a burnish one (fiery one) for yourself, and shall
set (put) him
upon a
banner (standard, flag, pole): and shall be anyone that is bitten (struck bitten), and sees him, and shall
live. 9 And Moses did (made) a serpent
of
copper, and set (put) him upon the banner (standard, flag, pole), and was, that if the
serpent bit (struck bit, stung)ta-a
man, and beheld (intently look, regarded, scanned) to the copper
serpent, and
has the life [(and lived).
The Israelites were getting upset again. I said it once, and
I'll say it again: Haven't they learned their lesson yet? I
guess
not.
Question: "Has anyone wondered how long it took Moses to make that
copper serpent"? It must had taken him a while to make it by himself,
or
he had some help with other Priests to make it in haste.
Another question: "Did the length of time that the copper serpent was
on
the pole lasted as long as the three hours, the same time Yeshua hanged
on
the cross"? It does not mention the time length, but it is possible.
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries noted to us that the the copper
serpent existed during the time of the Judean king Hezekiah who ruled
between 728 and 686 B.C.. Based on my calculation when Moses took the
Israelites out of Egypt around 1524 B.C., and the copper serpent
existed most likely within the last seven months of their forty year
journey, which would be about 1484 B.C., this copper serpent existed
for less than "800 years". This is the account of the last noting of
the copper serpent, which is noted in the book of the Kings
2 Kings 18:1 And was in the
third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of
Ahaz, king of Judah, reigned. 2 A son of Twenty and five years was in
his reigning; and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And the
name of his mother was Abi, daughter of Zachariah. 3 And did that
was upright in the eyes of hwhy, according to all which
David his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and broke the
pillar images (standing images), and cut down the asherahs, and crushed the
copper serpent which Moses made: for unto those days, the sons of
Israel, they incensed (fumigated, burned) to him: and he called to him
Nehushtan.
It was king Hezekiah that ordered the copper serpent that Moses made to
be destroyed, probably around 720's B.C., because the Jewish people
were worshiping it, and gave it a name and served the man-made creation
instead of the Creator. Thank you, Mark. :)
Yeshua talked to Nicodemus about the copper serpent, and related
Himself to saving lives, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 3:1
There was a man of
the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The
same
came to Yeshua by night, and said unto Him, Rabbi, we know that Thou
art a Teacher come from hwhy: for no man
can do these
miracles that Thou
doest, except hwhy be with Him. 3 Yeshua
answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the Kingdom of hwhy. 4
Nicodemus saith unto Him,
How can a man be
born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's
womb, and be born? 5 Yeshua answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a
man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
Kingdom of hwhy.
6 That which is born
of the flesh is flesh; and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto
thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and
thou hearest the
sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it
goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus
answered and said unto Him, How can these
things be? 10 Yeshua answered and said unto him, Art thou a
master
of
Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, We speak that we do
know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,
how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no man
hath ascended up to Heaven, but He that came
down from Heaven, even the Son of Man which is in Heaven. 14 And
as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Man be lifted up:
15 That
whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but
have Eternal Life.
The copper is symbolic for humanity. This shows that Yeshua compared
Himself as "The Human Copper Serpant" to the copper serpent Moses made,
because as
the copper serpent gave life to those who looked at it in this Torah
portion, Yeshua was
raised up for the people to believe on Him and have Eternal Life
through
Him, which we as believers in the Messiah have done.
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Verses
ten through twenty
10 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled up (journeyed), and they
camped in
Oboth. 11 And they
pulled up (journeyed) from Oboth, and they camped
in Ije of the Abarim
in the wilderness, which is upon (over) the face of Moab from the
ray rising of
the sun. 12 They pulled up (journeyed) from there, and they camped
in Nahal (Valley of) Zared.
13 From
there they pulled up (journeyed), and they camped
from over (across) Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out
from a
border of the Amorite: for Arnon is a border of Moab, between Moab
and between the Amorite.
14 Upon thus, was said in the Scroll of the Wars of hwhy, ta-Vaheb in
Suphah,
and ta-the torrents of Arnon
[(Nahalim Arnon)],
15 And the stream (outpouring) of the torrents which stretched out
(bent, turned) to the
dwelling of Ar, and was supported (relied) to the border of
Moab. 16 And from there at Beer: she is the bored-well
which hwhy
said to Moses, Gather (Add) ta-the People, and I will give
to them water. 17 Then Israel sang ta-this
song,
Ascend (Spring up), bored-well; eye (testify) to her:
18 A bored-well that the princes delved (pried) of her,
the nobles of the people dug her,
by the
lawgiver (enactor, statuter, engraver), among their walking
sticks (supporting sticks).
and from the wilderness at
Mattanah:
19 and from Mattanah at Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel at
Bamoth: 20 and from Bamoth at the gorge which is in the field
of Moab, at the head of the Pisgah, and peeps (leans out, gazes) upon
(over)
the face of
Jeshimon (a wasted area, a desolate area).
This next segment mentions the journeys they traveled during this
segment. Here are their names and their definitions (Note: Everything
noted by "S" refers to Strong Concordance numbers): Oboth
(In Hebrew "Oh-voth" (tba)
S88):Mumble,
water skin, hollow, familiar spirit, ventriloquist
This is the same account,
which is noted
in the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 33:43and they pulled up (journeyed) from Punon, and they camped in
Oboth, The Israelites were
"water-skins", in other words, vessels,
facing this state of mumbling, which is an act of HaSatan using
ventriloquism, or a "false voice". They could be lured to do this kind
of activity, if they gave in to it. We as believers in Yeshua
experience these
issues as earthen vessels, or water-skins, in Messiah. We face people
on a
daily basis who are spiritually "mumbling" and some of those speak with
"false voices", which is based in the aposlte John, in his epistle
1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe
not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of hwhy: because many false prophets
are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of hwhy: Every spirit that
confesseth that Yeshua the Messiah is come in the Flesh is of hwhy: 3 And every spirit
that confesseth not that Yeshua the Messiah is come in the Flesh is not
of hwhy: and this is that spirit of
antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world.
This
includes the mumbling false voices.
Ije
HaAbarim( In Hebrew "Eeyey Hah-Ah-vah-reem" (Myrbeh yye)
S5863 [5856 + 5674]):Heap or
ruin of the over passers
This is the same account, which is
noted in
the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 33:44and they pulled up (journeyed) from Oboth, and they camped in Ije
of the Abarim,
in the border of Moab, This must have been
a place where an army came by the place and
pillaged it, then destroyed it. This could be compared to the Civil
War during the famous "Sherman's March to the Sea", where Union
soldiers marched through the southeast section of the states, crossed
over areas,
pillaged and burned along their route, putting the towns into ruin.
This
is symbolically a test period for the Israelites to see if they will
not be ruined in going over this phase. We as believers in Yeshua will
experience
this spiritual attack by HaSatan in passing over areas, as well as
spiritual areas, whether spiritually, mentally,
psychologically or physically to make our bodies, which are temples of
the Ruakh
HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), a heap of ruin.
Nahal
(In Hebrew "Nah-khahl" (lxn)
S5158):Valley, stream, brook, river,
occupy, inherit Zared
(In Hebrew "Zah-rehd" (drz)
S2218):Exuberant in
growth,
lined with shrubbery Together: Valley lined
with shrubbery, or Brook lined with shrubbery
Arnon
(In Hebrew "Ahr-nohn" (Nwnra)
S769):Brawling
stream, creak,
shout
This is possibly a location
where the Israelites went through a
"brawling", or "shouting" experience. At times, we as believer in
Messiah will be around those who want to brawl or shout for negative
reasons, and we need to not get involved with that, but to pray for
them, and if it is His Will to speak peacefully to them, which Yeshua
noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the
peace makers: for they shall be called the Children of Elohim.
Moab
(In Hebrew "Moh-ahv" (bawm)
S4124):From
(her) father
Amorite
(In Hebrew "Eh-moh-ree" (yrma)
S567):Mountaineer,
utter, speak
Vaheb
(In Hebrew "Vah-heyv" (bhw)
S2052):What he
did
In my opinion, it is possible
that this is a place where the Israelites "passed the buck" by blaming
the other person for "what he did", but I'm not sure. If it is so, we
as believers
in Messiah need to not blame others, but to love them out of it.
Suphah
(In Hebrew "Soo-phah" (hpwo)
S5486):Snatch away,
perish,
terminate, have an end, hurricane, whirlwind,
tempest, storm, Reeds Sea
This is where the Israelites experienced a tempest in their journey at
this location. There are those that experienced tempest in their lives.
One example is Job, which is noted in the book of Job
Job 27:20 Terrors take
hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Yeshua's
disciples experienced going through a tempest, which is noted in the
Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 8:24And, behold,
there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that
the ship was covered with the waves: but He was asleep. 25 And
His disciples came to him, and awoke Him, saying, Lord, save us: we
perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was
a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of Man is
this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!
We as believers in Messiah might experience spiritual tempests in our
lives, and they can be of various means from various venues. We need to
trust in our Heavenly Father through Yeshua, the Messiah, and to stand
in faith in Him.
The apostle Peter noted one example in his epistle
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth
how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust
unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that
walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise
government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to
speak evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in
power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the
Lord. 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and
destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall
utterly perish in their own corruption; 13 And shall receive the reward
of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day
time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own
deceivings while they feast with you; 14 Having eyes full of adultery,
and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they
have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have
forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of
Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16
But
was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice
forbad the madness of the prophet. :17 These are wells
without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist
of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak
great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the
flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them
who live in error.
Ar
(In Hebrew "Ahr" (re)
S6144):City
Beer
(In Hebrew- "B'eyr" (rab)
S875):Well
This is account again in
verses sixteen through eighteen of this week's Torah portion passage
16 And from there at Beer:
she is the bored-well
which hwhy
said to Moses, Gather (Add) ta-the People, and I will give
to them water. 17 Then Israel sang ta-this
song,
Ascend (Spring up), bored-well; eye (testify) to her:
18 A bored-well that the princes delved (pried) of her,
the nobles of the people dug her,
by the
lawgiver (enactor, statuter, engraver), among their walking
sticks (supporting sticks).
and from the wilderness at
Mattanah: We as believers in Messiah
have been experiencing the Lawgiver, Yeshua, the Messiah, who springs
up our wells via the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), which is
exampled in the Gospel of John
John 4:5 Then cometh he to a
city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground
that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Yeshua
therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it
was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to
draw water: Yeshua saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For His
disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the
woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest
drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans. 10 Yeshua answered and said unto her, If thou
knewest the Gift of hwhy, and who It is that saith to
thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would
have given thee Living Water. 11 The woman saith unto Him, Sir,
Thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then
hast Thou that Living Water? 12 Art Thou greater than our father,
Jacob,
which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children,
and his cattle? 13 Yeshua answered and said unto her, Whosoever
drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of
the Water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the Water
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into
Everlasting Life. 15 The woman saith unto Him, Sir, give me this
Water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
John 7:37 In the last
day, that great day of the Feast [eighth day of the Solemn Assembly],
Yeshua stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto
Me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of Living Water. 39 (But this
spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:
for the Holy Spirit was not yet given; because that Yeshua was not yet
glorified.)
Also, Yeshua noted this, which is noted by the apostle John, in the
book of Revelation
Revelation 21:6 And He
said unto me, It is done. I am Aleph (Alpha) and Tav (Omega), the
Beginning and the End. I will give unto him that is athirst of the
Fountain of the Water of Life freely.
When we received the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit),
our wells were sprung with Living Water
Thank You, Yeshua.
In
verses seventeen
and eighteen of this week's Torah portion passasge,
the Israelites were at Be'er when they sang a song regarding the well. The words from this
song should be familiar to those from the earlier
days. It is from the tune "I've got a river of life [flowing out of
me]". This
is an excerpt
of Keith Green's medley containing the tune "River of Life". Right
click below and choose "Save as". KEITH GREEN River
of Life Right click and choose "Save as".
Mattanah (In Hebrew
"Maht-tah-nah" (hntm) S4980):Gift,
present
This is possibly a place where
the Israelites received some gifts.
We as believers in Messiah
receive the gifts of the Spirit, which is noted by the aspotle Paul, in
his letter to the assembly in Corinth
1 Corinthians 12:4 Now
there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there
are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there
are diversities of operations, but it is the
same Elohim which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the
Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by
the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the
same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the
gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of
miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to
another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of
tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man severally as he will.
Nahaliel
(In Hebrew "Nah-khah-lee-eyl" (laylxn)
S5160):Valley
(brook, stream) of
El
Bamoth
(In Hebrew "Bah-moth" (twmb)
S1120):Heights
Head
of the Pisgah (In Hebrew "Rosh Hah-Pees-gah" (hgoph swr)
S218 + 6449):Headof the cleft (cut up, contmeplate,
consider)
This is a location where the Israelites experienced their own
isolation.
We as believers in Messiah have experienced times when we go through
personal
isolation, even if it's spiritual. This is what Yeshua said to His
disciples, which is noted in Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 28:20 ...and, lo, I am
with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
This is also what the apostle Paul noted in his letter to Timothy
2 Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the
form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love
which is in Messiah Yeshua. 14 That good thing
which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in
us.
We have the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) that dwells within us, and
we can go the Heavenly Father, through Yeshua, the Messiah, which the
apostle Paul noted in his letters to the assemblies in Rome and in
Corinth
Romans 8:15 For ye have not
received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of Adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Galatians 4:6 And because
ye are sons, hwhy hath sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Verses
twenty-one through thirty
21 And
Israel sent messengers to Sihon. King of the Amorites, to say,
22 I
will go over in your land: we will not bend (bend away, stretch forth)
in a field,
and
in a
vineyard; we will not drink of the waters of a bored-well: we will go
in
the way of the king, until which we have gone over your border.
23 And
Sihon did not give ta-Israel at going over in his
border: and Sihon
gathered ta-all of his
people, and went out
to encounter (meet) Israel to the
wilderness: and came to Jahaz, and warred against Israel.
24 And Israel struck him by the mouth of the sword, and
possessed (occupied)
ta-his land
from Arnon unto
Jabbok, unto the sons of Ammon: for
the border of the sons of Ammon was fierce (strong). 25 And Israel took
taall
of these cities: and Israel dwelled in all of the cities of the
Amorite
in
Heshbon, and in all of her daughter areas (daughter villages,
villages). 26 For
Heshbon, she was a city
of Sihon, King of the Amorites, and he warred against the first
king of Moab, and took ta-all of his land
from his hand unto Arnon.
27 Upon thus, the poets, they said,
Come
at Heshbon!
She shall be built,
and the city of Sihon,
she shall be established (settled)!
28 For a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a flame (gleam, flash) from the city of Sihon!
Has consumed Ar of Moab,
the masters (owners, husbands) on the high areas (heights) of
Arnon.
29 Woe to you, Moab!
You are
perished, people of Chemosh!
Has given his sons of
fugitives (refugees, escapees)
and his daughters in the captivity to Sihon, King of the Amorites.
30 And we had directed them down [(taught
them down,
flowed
them down,
informed
them down)],
had perished Heshbon unto Dibon,
and we have devastated (astonished?) them unto
Nophah which is unto Medeba.
After the battle, it notes of an ancient song that was written for
Sihon, King of Moab, when he defeated the former king of Moab.
It is one of the
most ancient poems in history, and it's noted in the Bible, in this
week's Torah portion passage. This week's Torah portion song existed
before
the Song of Moses when they crossed over the Sea of Reeds, which is
noted in the Torah portion of B'shalakh, in the book of Exodus. Moses
most
likely knew about this poem, because Moses was adopted in the
Egyptian royalty, thanks to the adoption by Pharaoh's daughter, and
these poems and stories were most likely taught
to him in the
Egyptian schools while Moses was a
prince in Egypt.
These are the definitions of the names and places of this week's Torah
portion passage (Note: Everything
noted by "S" refers to Strong Concordance numbers):
Sihon (In Hebrew "See-khohn" (Nxyo) S5511):Wipe away,
sweeping,
tempestuous Amorite
(In Hebrew "Eh-moh-ree" (yrma)
S567):Mountaineer,
utter, speak Together: Sweeping
utterer
In this case, the
Israelites
"swept away" Sihon in that battle.
Jahaz
(In Hebrew "Yah-hats" (uhy) S3096):Stamp,
threshing floor
This place was most likely a
place where there were a lot of threshing floors. This place was most
likely where the Israelites were symbolically threshed, whatever it was
in them that wasn't of hwhy.
We as believers in Messiah
will go through spiritual threshing floors to be spiritually threshed
from whatever is in our hearts and spirits that is not of our Heavenly
Father, through Yeshua, the Messiah.
Arnon
(In Hebrew "Ahr-nohn" (Nnra)
S769):Brawling
stream, creak,
shout
This I already commented in
the previous Torah portion passage.
Jabbok (In Hebrew
"Yahb-bohk" (qby) S2999):Pour out, empty, fail
This place must have been a
location where the people failed to succeed in it and deserted it.This was possibly Israel's
point
where they were at a point of symbolically failing, whaterever they
were.
We as believers in Messiah
will go through points in our lives where we will be spiritually spent
for a time. We would have to pray to our Heavenly Father to be renewed
by the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), which the apostle Paul noted
in
his letter to the assembly in Ephesus
Ephesians 5:18 And be not
drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving
thanks always for all things unto hwhy
and the Father in the Name of our Lord, Yeshua Messiah;
Ammon (In Hebrew "Ahm-mohn" (Nwme) S5983):People, tribe, inbred
There must have been
philospohers in
this location. The Israelites must have reasoned with one another,
whether against Moses, or reasoned for the better.
When the Israelites were sinning against hwhy while in the land, hwhy was judging them, but He noted
this through the prophet Isaiah, which is noted in his book
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and
let us reason together, saith hwhy:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Some Jewish religious leaders
were devising a way to kill Yeshua, but there were also Jews reasoned
with each other to follow Yeshua, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 12:9 Much People of
the Jews therefore knew that he was there [Lazarus' home]: and they
came not for Yeshua's sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also,
whom He had raised from the dead. 10 But the Chief Priests consulted
that they might put Lazarus also to death; 11 Because that by reason of
him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Yeshua.
At times, we as believers in
Yeshua will go through reasoning in our lives, whether in home with the
family, or at work, or with friends, etc. We need to go to the Heavenly
Father for guidance to help us give us the right idea, and stand in the
Elohimliness and Words of Faith, through Yeshua, which is based by the
apostle Paul, in his letter to Timothy
1 Timothy 4:6 If thou put
the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good
minister of Yeshua Messiah, nourished up in the words of faith and of
good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse
profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto
godliness.
Chemosh
(In Hebrew "Kh'mosh" (swmk) S3645):Subdue, powerful. It was also
an elohim of the Moabites
This was most likely a place
where at one time it was subdued. The Israelites must have gone through
symbolic subduing.
We as believers in Messiah
will go
through some spiritual subduing, but to have faith in Yeshua, the
Messiah.
This is what the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the assembly in
Corinth
1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in
Adam all die, even so in Messiah shall all be made alive. 23 But
every man in his own order: Messiah the firstfruits; afterward they
that are Messiah's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall
have delivered up the Kingdom to hwhy,
even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority
and power. 25 For He must
reign, till He hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy
that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For He hath put
all things under His Feet. But when he saith all things are put under
Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, which did put all things under
Him. 28 And when all
things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also Himself be
subject unto Him that put all things under Him, that hwhy may be All in
all.
Until then, we have to subdue the subduer, in the Name of Yeshua, the
Messiah.
This was most likely called
Dibon Gad, which is noted in the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of
Numbers
Numbers 33:45and they pulled up (journeyed) from Iim, and they camped
in
Dibon Gad, There must have been a lot of
sorrowness in this place. The Israelites must have been going through
pining and moping and sorrowness in this location.
We as believers in Yeshua
might go at
times through moping or pining.
Yeshua's disciples went
through a time of sorrow when Yeshua would die, which is noted in the
Gospel of John
John 16:20 Verily,
verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world
shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be
turned into joy. 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because
her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she
remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the
world. 22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again,
and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
In the end, our sorrows will
be gone, which is noted by the apostle John, in his book of Revelation
Revelation 21:4 And hwhy
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.
Nophah
(In Hebrew "Noh-phakh" (xpn) S5302):Puff, blow,
gust, scatter,
snuff
This location must have been
an account of people being scattered at one time. Were there some
Israelites scattered at this location? Possibly, but there is no
account of it.
We as believers in the
Messiah, are not to be "spiritual scatter brains" and be spritually
scattered in our walk with Yeshua.
The apostle James noted this,
in his epistle
James 1:5 If any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask of hwhy,
that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be
given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that
wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
We as believers need to stay
faithful in
Yeshua, the Messiah, and not doubt, causing our minds to scatter, in
which one example is by wavering.
Medeba
(In Hebrew "Meyd-vah" (abdym) S4311):Water of
quietness or rest
This must have been one peaceful place. It also sounds like Israel
received a break in their journeys.
David noted being in still waters, which is noted in the book of the
Psalms
Psalm 23:1 A Psalm of
David. hwhy
is my Shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures: He
leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His Name's sake.
Our
Heavenly Father will give us as believers in Yeshua a break period to
give us some still waters of the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).
Verses
thrity-one through thirty
five
31 And
Israel dwelled in the
land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to foot spy out ta-Jaazer, and
they caught her daughters areas (daughter
villages, villages), and they drove out
(dispossesed, made unoccupied) ta-the Amorites
which were there.
33 And they faced away and they ascended the way of the Bashan:
and
came
out Og, King of the Bashan, to encounter (meet) them, he and all of his
people, to the war at Edrei.
34 And hwhy spoke to
Moses, Do you not
fear him: for I have given him into your hand, and ta-all of his
people, and
ta-his land;
and you shall do to
him as the which you did (have done) to Sihon, King of the
Amorites, which dwelled in Heshbon. 35 And they struck him, and ta-his sons,
and ta-all of his
people, until has failed remaining (remnanting, surviving) to him a
remnant (remainder, survivor): and
they
possessed (occupied) ta-his land.
In the last battle in this week's Torah portion, Israel fought against
Og,
King of the Bashan, at Edrei (meaning mighty, power, force) and
defeated them
Jaazer (Hebrew- "Ya-ah-zeyr" (ryzey):Helpful,
protect, help, aid
This was most likely called
Jaazer, because the Israelites sought hwhy's help. King David noted hwhy as His help, which is noted in the
book of the
Psalms
Psalm 27:9 Hide not Thy
Face far from me; put not Thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my
Help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O Elohim of my salvation.
Psalm 40:17 But I
am poor and needy; yet Adonai thinketh upon me: Thou art my Help and my
Deliverer; make no tarrying, O my Elohim.
Psalm 63:7 Because
Thou hast been my Help, therefore in the shadow of Thy Wings will I
rejoice.
Psalm 70:5 But I am poor
and needy: make haste unto me, O Elohim: Thou art my Help and my
Deliverer; O hwhy, make no tarrying.
We as believers in Yeshua can
go to the Heavenly Father for help,
because He is our Help, which is noted by the apostle Paul, in his
letter to the
assembly in Galatia
Galatians 4:6 And because
ye are sons, hwhy hath sent forth the Spirit
of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Og (Hebrew-
"Ohg" (gwe)):Round
Og was a real fat
king. What a fat cat.
Og's name
also comes from
"Oog" meaning to gyrate, but it is also a
denominative form from the word "Oogah" It also means bake, like baking
a round cake on a hearth. In other words the Israelites were dealing
with a fat man.
I wonder if "Oogah Boogah" means "Bake me a cake"? :)
By the way, this is where we
get our modern English words "abashed" and "abase".
This was most likely a
location where the Israelites experienced a shameful account.
Adam and Khavah (Eve)
experienced saw their shame by seeing each others nakedness after they
partook of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,
which is
noted in the Torah portion of B'reyshith, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 3:6And
the woman
saw that the tree was good for
food [(for goodness was the tree for food)],
and that he was desirable (longing, lusting) to the eyes, and the tree
was pleasant (delighting) to
make
one wise: and she took of his fruit, and she ate, and she gave
also to her husband with her; and he ate. 7 And
opened
her, the
eyes of
both of them, and they knew that
they were naked; and they sewed leaves of the fig tree, and they made
for themselves aprons (girdles). Shame is also applied to those
who are against hwhy, which Job noted this in his book
Job 8:22 They that hate thee
shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall
come to nought.
There are various acts of
shame, and various examples in the Bible,
that one can look them up themselves. The root of all shame is Adam's
and Kahvah's (Eve's) exposure of their nakedness. Yeshua had to redeem
all the shame that started with them, and became completely naked,
exposing Himself, including His Private Parts, which is based by the
apostle Paul, in the book
of the Hebrews
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto
Yeshua the Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was
set before Him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down
at the Right Hand of the Throne of hwhy.
This could be the Israelites time to receive power of whatever venue.
We as believers in the Messiah are forgiven of our sins by the Power of
Messiah, which is noted by the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 9:6 But that ye may
know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then
saith He to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto
thine house. 7 And he arose, and departed to his house. 8 But when the
multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified hwhy, which had given such power
unto men.
After
His resurrection, Yeshua received power of the heavens and the earth,
which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 28:18 And Yeshua
came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in the
heavens and in the earth.
Because Yeshua received power, we as believers in the Messiah receive
power through the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), which the apostle
Paul noted in his letter to the assembly in Rome, and in his letter to
Timothy
Romans 15:13 Now the
Elohim of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye
may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 1:7 For hwhy hath not given us the spirit
of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
CHAPTER
22 Numbers
22:1
Num
22:1 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled up (journeyed), and and
they camped
in the
plains (going overs, desert) of
Moab [(Arboth Moab)] from the going over (region) by Jordan at Jericho [(Jordan-Jericho)].
These are the definitions of each the names:
Moab
(Hebrew- "Mo-ahv" (bawm)):From
(her) father
Jordan
(Hebrew- "Yar-deyn" (Ndry)):Descender, descend Jericho (Hebrew-
Y'rey-khoh" (wxry)):Mouth, fragrant, breathe, moon
Putting the definitions together, it states a phrase:
"Descending of the moon"
This is also noted in the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of Exodus
Numbers 33:48and they pulled up
(journeyed) from Mountains of the Abarim,
and they camped in the plains (going overs,
desert)
of
Moab upon
Jordan at Jericho [(Jordan-Jericho)],
Jericho was possibly the place where moon's descending went down over
Jericho.
This is telling us
that this is the symbolic
mother, based on Joseph's dream, which is noted in the Torah portion
Vay-yeyshev, in
the
book of Genesis
Genesis 37:9And dreamed still (yet)
another dream, and accounted
(scribed, enumerated, enrolled, scrolled) him to
his
brothers, and said, Behold, I have still (still have)
calm-dreamed a
calm-dream; and
behold,
the sun and
the moon and the one ten (oneteen, eleven) stars were
bowing to me. 10 And was accounted (scribed, enumerated, enrolled,
scrolled) to
his father, and to his brothers:
and his father rebuked (reproved) against
him, and said to him, What is this calm-dream which you have
calm-dreamed?
That coming, I and your mother
and your brothers, we shall come to bow to you to the Earth?
This ties in to the
mountains of Moab (the mother of the father), and that this symbolic
Moabite mother is "descending". This represents "the
mother of the world". This could be
considered "the Harlot of Babylon" at the end times, which the apostle
John noted in the book of
Revelation
Revelation 17:1 And there came
one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me,
saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the
great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the
earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have
been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried
me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads
and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet
colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a
golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her
fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and
with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered
with great admiration.
Revelation 18:1 And
after these things I saw another angel come down from the heavens,
having
great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he
cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the Great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold
of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with
her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the
abundance of her delicacies.
We
are not to be involved, or participate, with the mother of this world,
nor of this nation, which are all part of "the Babylonian System and
Society",
especially this time in the United States, where the Babylonian Society
is definitely being strongly formed as we speak during this current
administration.
Indirectly related, Abraham commanded Eliezer, his head servant, to do
something unusual, which is noted in the Torah portion of Khay-yey
Sarah, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 24:1And
Abraham was
old, going in the days: and hwhy had blessed
ta-Abraham in
allness. 2 And
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled
all which belonged to him, Put now your hand under my testicles:
3 And
I
will have you swear in hwhy, Elohim
of the Heavens
and Elohim of the Earth which you will not take a wife to
my
son from the daughters of the Canaanites which I dwell in his nearness:
4 For you will go to my land, and to my birthing (kindred), and
you will
take a wife for
my son, for Isaac. 5 And the servant said to him,
Perhaps
the
woman, she will not be willing to go after me to this land:
returning [(that returning)], I shall return ta-your
son to the land
which you came out from there? 6 And Abraham said to him, Guard
(Watch, Observe, Take
heed) for yourself lest you return ta-my son
there. 7 hwhy, Elohim of
the Heavens, which took
me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth
(kindred), and the which
spoke to me, and the which swore to me, to say, I will
give ta-this land to your seed;
He shall send His Messenger
to your face, and you
shall take a woman (wife) for my son from there. 8 And the woman, if
she shall
not
be willing to go after you, and you shall be innocent (clear,
guiltless)
from this my
oath:
only do you not return ta-my son
there.
9 And the servant put ta-his hand
under the testacles of
Abraham, his lord (master), and swore to him upon this word. Abraham
commanded his head servant in verse two in the Khay-yey Sarah passage
to put his hand under Abraham's
testicles. The King James Version translates this word as "thigh", but
he was emphasizing his
servant to place his
hand under his testicles.
Looking at the word TESTACLES
The Hebrew word for testacles
is
"yah-reyk"- Yod, Resh, Kaph Sophit (Kry). It is from Strong's Concordance
number 3409, and its definition
From
an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy
softness); by euphemism the generative parts; figuratively a shank,
flank, side: - X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
This is where we get our modern English "rack", that is "the testicles".
If ones thinks of it, the word "testicles" is
based on the word "testimony". This was a swearing of testimony between
Abraham and his elder servant, whom is commonly known to be Eliezer,
because he was the supposed heir to "Abram" before the name change,
which is
noted in the Torah portion of Lekh L'kha, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 15:2And Abram said,
Adonai hwhy, what will you give to me?
And I am going
childless, and
a son of a steward [(a son of Meshec)] is of my house,
he
is Eliezer of
Damascus.
There was no doubt Eliezer became Abraham's elder servant as years went
by. Eliezer would have been roughly twenty years old at minimum when
Abram was 85
years old. This was like Joseph being the elder servant to Potiphar,
which is noted in the Torah portion of Vay-yeyshev, in the book of
Genesis
Genesis 39:1And Joseph
had descended (was brought down) to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer
(eunuch) of
Pharaoh, Prince
of the Executioners, an Egyptian (Egyptite) man, bought him from the
hand of the
Ishmaelim which had descended him [(brought him down)] there. 2
And hwhy was at ta-Joseph, and was a
prosperous man; and was in the house of his lord (master), the
Egyptian (Egyptite).
3 And his lord (master) saw for hwhy was with him, and of all
(everything) which
He did, hwhy was
prospering in his hand. 4 And Joseph found grace (favor) in his
eyes, and ministered him: and made him
overseer (visitor) upon his
house, and of
all existed
to him was given in his hand.
The reason that Abraham made Eliezer put his hand under his testacles,
because that was where Abraham's source of his seed comes from, meaning
that this is not just for him, but for his "seed" after him.
Indirectly related, in the future, Joshua brought the Israelites to
cross over the Jordan River into the promised land, and the first place
they went to destroy was the city of Jericho, which is noted in the
book
of
Joshua
Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho
was straitly shut up because of the Sons of Israel: none went out, and
none came in. 2 And hwhy said unto Joshua, See, I
have given into thine hand Jericho, and ta-the king thereof, and the
mighty men of valour.... 26 And Joshua adjured them at that
time, saying, Cursed be the man before hwhy, that riseth up and buildeth
ta-this city ta-Jericho: he shall lay the
foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he
set up the gates of it.
As
I noted earlier, Jericho is "Y'rey-khoh" (wxyry),
meaning "moon". Though the Hebrew letters
aren't the same, they are the same in sound, and Jericho could also be
a play on the word "yah-reyk" (Kry).
Jericho could also be an alternate meaning for "testacles". If this is
true, we can say that hwhy
was telling Joshua to have the Israelites destroy the symbolic
"testacles" of the Canaanites, because that would be the place where
they produce the symbolic "seed" of the nation. When Jericho is
destroyed, it destroyed Canaan's symbolic seed, their symbolic
"reproductive system of their testacles", so that they couldn't
reproduce . This
would be
why Joshua told the Israelites that those who would try to rebuild
Jericho (the symbolic "testicles" of Canaan) would be cursed for it,
because it would be a symbolic act to symbolically restore and
reactivate Canaan's reproductive
system.
Ending with this indirectly related segment, we as believers in Yeshua,
the Messiah, are to make sure that
the
symbolic Jericho seed in our lives, which is sin, stays destroyed, or
dead, and not to allow it to be rebuilt. This is what the apostle James
noted in
his epistle
James 1:12 Blessed is the man
that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the
Crown of Life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him. 13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of hwhy: for hwhy cannot be tempted with evil,
neither tempteth He any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is
drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust
hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.