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CHAPTER
33 Numbers
33:1-56
Num 33:1
These are the
journeys of the Sons of Israel, whom they went out from the land of
Egypt, by their armies, on the hand of Moses and Aaron, 2 and Moses
wrote ta-their
outgoings, by their
journeys, upon the Mouth
of hwhy: and these
are their
journeys, by their outgoings.
3 And they pulled up
(journeyed) from Rameses in the
first renewed month, on the
five ten (fiveteen, fifteen) day of the first renewed month; after
the Passover, the Sons of
Israel, they went out on a high hand to the eyes of all of the
Egyptians. 4 And Egypt was burying tawhich hwhy had struck
among them: every
firstborn, and on their elohim, hwhy did (made, executed)
Judgments.
5 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled up (journeyed) from Rameses, and they
camped in Succoth,
6 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Succoth, and they camped in
Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness,
7 and they pulled
up
(journeyed) from Etham, and returned upon
Pi Hahiroth, which is upon the face of
Baal Zephon:
and they pulled up (journeyed) to the face of Migdol,
8 and they
pulled up
(journeyed) from P'ni Hahiroth (Pi
Hahiroth, the face of Hahiroth), and went over in the midst of the
sea to
the wilderness, and they went a way of three days in the
Wilderness of
Etham, and they camped in Marah,
9 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Marah,
and
came to Elim: and in Elim were two ten (twoteen, twelve) eyes of
water, and
seventy
palm trees; and they camped there,
10 and they pulled up (journeyed) from
Elim, and they camped upon the Reeds Sea [(Yam Suph, the Sea of
Reeds)],
11 and they pulled up
(journeyed) from the Reeds Sea [(Yam Suph, the Sea of
Reeds)], and
they camped in the Wilderness of Sin,
12 and they pulled up (journeyed) from the Wilderness of Sin,
and they camped
in
Dophkah,
13 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Dophkah, and they camped in
Alush,
14 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Alush, and they camped in
Rephidim, and water was not there for the people to drink,
15 and
they pulled up
(journeyed) from Rephidim, and they camped in the Wilderness of Sinai,
16 and they
pulled up (journeyed) from the Wilderness of Sinai,
and they camped in
Kibroth-Hattaavah,
17 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Kibroth-Hattaavah, and
they camped in
the Hazeroth,
18 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hazeroth, and they camped in
Rithmah,
19 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Rithmah, and they camped at
Rimmon-Parez,
20 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Rimmon-Parez, and
they camped in Libnah,
21 and
they pulled up (journeyed) from Libnah, and they camped in Rissah,
22 and
they pulled up (journeyed) from Rissah, and they camped in Kehelathah (Meeting Area),
23 and
they pulled up
(journeyed) from Kehelathah (Meeting
Area), and
they camped in Mount Shapher,
24 and they
pulled up
(journeyed) from Mount Shapher, and
they camped in Haradah,
25 and they pulled up
(journeyed) from
Haradah, and they camped in Makheloth,
26 and they pulled up (journeyed) from
Makheloth, and they camped in Tahath,
27 and they pulled up (journeyed) from
Tahath, and they camped in Tarah,
28 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Tarah,
and
they camped in Mithcah,
29 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Mithcah, and
they camped in
Hashmonah,
30 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hashmonah, and they camped
in
Moseroth,
31 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Moseroth, and they camped in
Bene Jaakan,
32 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Bene Jaakan, and
they camped in
Hor Hagidgad (Hole of the Cut Cleft Rocks),
33 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hor Hagidgad (Hole of the Cut Cleft Rocks), and
they camped in
Jotbathah,
34 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Jotbathah, and they camped
in Ebronah,
35 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Ebronah, and they camped
in
Ezion Gaber,
36 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Ezion Gaber, and
they camped in
the Wilderness of Zin, she is Kadesh,
37 and 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)],
40 and
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,
42 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Zalmonah, and
they camped in Punon,
43 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Punon, and they camped in
Oboth,
44 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Oboth, and they camped in Ije
of the Abarim,
in the border of Moab [(Ije
of the Abarim, Eye of the Going Overs)],,
45 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Iim, and they camped
in
Dibon Gad,
46 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Dibon Gad, and they camped
in
Almon Diblathaim,
47 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Almon Diblathaim, and
they camped in Mountains of the Abarim,
to the face of Nebo,
48 and they pulled up
(journeyed) from Mountains of the Abarim,
and they camped in the plains (going overs)
of
Moab upon
Jordan at Jericho [Jordan-Jericho)],
49 and they camped upon the Jordan, from
House of
the Jesimoth unto Abel haShittim [(Abel of the Shittim, Abel of the
Acacias, Meadow of the Shittim, Meadow of the Acacias)] in the plains
(going overs) of
Moab.
50 And hwhy
spoke to Moses in the
plains (going overs) of Moab upon Jordan at Jericho [Jordan-Jericho)],
to say, 51
Speak to the Sons
of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you have gone over ta-the
Jordan to the land of Canaan; 52 and you shall
shall drive out (dispossess) ta-all of the
dwellers of the land
from your faces, and
you
shall make perish (destroy) taall of their
carved figures (masked figures), and you shall make perish (destroy) taall of their
casted idol (molten, libation) images, and you shall smash down
(destroy) taall of their
high places:
53 And you
shall possess ta-the land,
and you
shall dwell
in her: for I have giventa-the land to yourselvesto
possess her.
54 And you
shall inherit ta-the land on
the lot by your
families: to the many, you shall multiply (increase) ta-his
inheritance, and to the few, you shall diminish ta-his
inheritance:
to which the lot shall go out to him there, shall belong to him; you
shall
inherit by the
tribes of your
fathers. 55 And if you
will not drive out (dispossess) ta-the dwellers
of the land from
your faces; and shall
be whom you let remain of them for pricks (briers, entwinings, hedges)
in your
eyes, and thorns in your
sides, and they shall vex (distress) you
upon the
land which you shall
dwell in her. 56 And shall be, as the which I devise (compare)
to do to them, I shall do to you.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
These
are the Israelite's encampments throughout their journeys and
their definitions (Note: Strong's concordance references are noted by
the "S"):
Verses three and four
1.
RAMESES
3 And they pulled up
(journeyed) from Rameses in the
first renewed month, on the
five ten (fiveteen, fifteen) day of the first renewed month; after
the Passover, the Sons of
Israel, they went out on a high hand to the eyes of all of the
Egyptians. 4 And Egypt was burying tawhich hwhy had struck
among them: every
firstborn, and on their elohim, hwhy did (made, executed)
Judgments. RAMSES [in Egypt proper, in ancient
Egypt] (In Hebrew "Rah-m'seys" (oomer) S7486):Unknown This
is the location where the Israelites began their journey on the
fifteenth day of the first month of Aviv/Nissan. It is noted in the
Torah portion of Bo, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 12:51And was on this same day
that hwhy brought out ta-the Sons of
Israel from the
land of Egypt, upon their armies.
Exodus 13:4Today,
you
came
out in the renewed month of the Aviv.
And it is noted that they left at nightime, which is noted in the Torah
portion of R'ey, in the book of Deuteronomy
Deutereonomy 16:1Keep (Observe, Guard) the
renewed month of the Aviv, and you shall make (do) the
Passover to hwhy, your
Elohim: for in ta-the renewed month of
the Aviv, hwhy, your Elohim,
brought you out from
Egypt at night. That means they went out when hwhy
led as a Pillar of Fire. That means that the Egyptians who were present
during the Israelites' departure witnessed the Pillar of Fire at night.
In
Egypt, "Ra" is
their sun god, but according to Bill Cloud of Shoreshim Ministries,
"ra"- Resh, Ayin- (er) is the word for "evil".
Continuing, "meses"- Mem, Samek, Samek (oom)
is the Egyptian equivalence to "moshe"- Mem, Shin, Heh (hsm), meaning "to draw out", which
Moses' name was called when the Pharaoh's daughter drew him out of the
water of the nile, which is noted in the Torah portion of Sh'moth, in
the book of Numbers
Exodus 2:5And the
daughter of Pharaoh, she descended (went down) to wash upon the river;
And her
young women were walking upon the hand of the river; and she saw ta-the ark in the midst of the
reeds, and she
sent ta-her female servant, and she
took her.
6 And she opened her, and she saw him, ta-the lad (male child): and
behold, a
young boy was weeping. And she had compassion (pity) upon him, and she
said,
This
one is from the lads (male children) of
the Hebrews. 7 And his sister, she said to the daughter of Pharaoh, I
can go, and I can call a wet nurse from the Hebrew women for you, and
she may wet nurse ta-the lad (male child) for you.
8 And
the daughter of Pharaoh, she said to her, Go. And the maiden (virgin,
secret young
girl), she went and she called ta-the mother of the lad (male
child).
9 And the daughter of Pharaoh, she said to her, Go (Walk) ta-this lad (male child), and
wet nurse him
for me, and I, I will give ta-your wages. And the woman,
she
took the lad (male child), and she wet nursed him. 10 And the lad (male
child) grew, and she brought (gave) him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and
became
to her for a son. And
she
called his name, Moses: And she said, For I drew him from the
water.
In this instance, Rameses in
Egypt means "the sun god draws out", but also, in Hebrew, it means
"evil
draws
out". One can also say that the
Israelites left the place that draws out evil, but
the name can also a play on the other meaning by saying "the Son of God
is drawn out", who is Yeshua the Messiah. !!!hwhy
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This next theory gives it a more emphatic meaning to Rameses. As I
noted earlier, mases and moshe are the same, but there is another
theory. Moshe (hsm) (meses in Egyptian (oom)) is also an abbreviation for the
Hebrew word "Moh-shee-akh"- Mem, Shin, Yod, Khet (xysm), meaning "anointed", which is the
Greek equivalent for "Christ", in English, "Messiah". This would also
be
Moses' full name of Moses, a symbolic "Messiah". In my humble, but
strong opinion, Rameses (oomer) means "Evil Messiah", or
"Anti-Messiah", which is the Greek equivalent for "Anti-Christ". Moses,
or Moshe, who was the symbol of the Messiah,
brought out the Israelites from the land of Egypt from "the
Anti-Messiah". Spiritually, Yeshua
HaMashiakh- Yeshua, the Messiah, (in Greek, Jesus, the Christ)
delivered us
from the spiritual Egyptian world, from the worldly city of Rameses-
the "Anti-Messiah".
!!!!!hwhy
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A couple of examples regarding the Anti-Messiah coming in these last
days, which is noted by the apostle John, his epistle
1 John 2:18 Little children,
it is the last time: and as ye have
heard that Anti-Messiah shall come, even now are there many
anti-messiahs; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They
went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us,
they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that
they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 20 But ye
have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have
not written unto you because ye know not the Truth, but because ye know
it, and that no lie is of the Truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that
denieth that Yeshua is the Messiah? He is Anti-Messiah, that denieth
the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the
same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the
Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard
from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning
shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the
Father. 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
Anti-Messiah, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of hwhy, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in
the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the
world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of hwhy: he that knoweth hwhy heareth us; he that is not
of hwhy heareth not us. Hereby know
we the Spirit of Truth, and the spirit of error. 7 Beloved, let us
love one another: for Love is of hwhy; and every one that loveth
is born of hwhy, and knoweth hwhy. 8 He that loveth not
knoweth not hwhy; for hwhy is Love.
In
my humble, but strong opinion, we are in these last days, not just
within years, but within months. Based on the information from Jonathan
Cahn of Beth Israel Worship
Center, these time lines regarding the
harbingers he mentioned, We could be either in the Biblical seventh
Shemitah year or within the Jubilee Year. In my humble, but strong
opinion, the Jewish people in Israel had political talks regarding
creating their own state of Israel in 1917 via the Balfour Declaration.
Fifty years later, the Jubilee Year, in 1967, the Jewish people
recaptured the eastern part of Jerusalem, and now have claimed the
whole territory of Jerusalem for the first time in 1900 years. What is
fifty years from 1967? 2017!!!,
the next Jubilee Year, which had occurred. I am not prophecying. This
is just an
observation. If this time line is correct, the religious Jews should be
in talks with the Israeli government, at minimum, to have a claim to
the Temple Mount to start building the Jewish Temple for the first time
since King Herod. If this does occur, will this be the approach, or the
beginning, of the following year, 2018, of the new cycle of the seven
years Shemitah, to start the Seven Years Tribulation? I cannot say, but
I can tell you that we are approaching this account not within years,
but within "months".
On December 5th, 2017, United States President, Donald Trump, did not
sign the waiver to delay moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel
Aviv, and the U.S. Embassy at Jerusalem on May 14th, 2018. Donald Trump
is called a modern day Cyrus, and the Jerusalem Temple Institute made a
commemorative coin with both President Trump and king Cyrus side by
side.
This is another potential sign that has occurred early in 2016. A new
exibit of a full and life size Noah's
Ark, named Ark Encounter,
in Kentucky, has just recently opened to the public, a first in human
history, which is based on this account, which is noted in the Torah
portion of Noakh, in
the book of Genesis
Genesis 6:12And
Elohim saw ta-the Earth,
and behold, was corrupt of her; for all flesh had
corrupted ta-His Way upon
the Earth. 13
And Elohim said to Noah, The end
of
all flesh has come to My Face; for the Earth is filled of violence
from their faces; and behold, I will waste them off [(cast them off)] ta-the Earth.
14 Make for yourself an ark of trees (wood) of gopher (cypress)
[(gopher trees, cypress trees, gopher wood, cypress wood)]; you shall
make rooms
in ta-the
ark, and you shall coat (atone, cover) her from the housing (inside)
and from without
(outside) on
pitch (bitumen, cover). 15 And this is which you shall make of her:
three hundred cubits
shall be the length of the
ark, fifty cubits shall be her breadth, and thirty cubits shall be her
height. 16 You shall make a window (noon side window, pressed side
window) for
the
ark, and by a cubit you shall finish her from by above; and you shall
set the door of
the ark on her side; of lowers (unders, [cellars]), a second, and a
third you
shall make (do) of her. 17 And behold I, I am bringing ta-the
flood of waters upon the Earth to waste (cast, destroy) all flesh which
is in him the
Breath of Life from under the Heavens; all that are on the Earth
shall expire.
Is this a "sign" that we are approaching the end times? If so,
could this make us "Noahs"? We'll see. Could we also be experiencing
this account, which is noted by the apostle Paul in his letter to the
assembly in
Thessalonica?
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I
would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are
asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so them
also which sleep in Yeshua will hwhy bring with Him. 15 For
this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep. 16 For the Lord, Himself, shall descend from the heavens
with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the Trump (or Shofar)
of hwhy: and the dead in Messiah
shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught
up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and
so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another
with these words.
We will soon find out, if the account of the Temple Mount talks come to
fruition.
Verse five 2.
SUCCOTH
5 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled up (journeyed) from Rameses, and they
camped in Succoth, SUCCOTH [in Egypt, in the Sinai
Peninsula, in ancient Egypt] (In Hebrew
"Soo-koth" (tko) S5523):Booths,
from S5521- Hut, tabernacle, tent
This was the Israelites' first stop of their journeys while they were
still in Egypt. This is the same Hebrew word for the Biblical Fall High
Holy of the
Feast of
Sukkoth, on the seventh Biblical month of Ethanim/Tishri, starting the
fifteenth day of
the month, which is noted in the Torah portion of Emor, in the book of
Leviticus
Leviticus 23:33And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
34
Speak to the Sons of Israel, to say, On the five ten (fiveteen,
fifteenth) day of this
seventh renewed month shall be the Feast of the Booths
(Tabernacles, Sukkoth) of seven
days to hwhy.
I have shown in my teaching "When was Yeshua born?
Evidence based on scriptural facts" that Yeshua, the Messiah, was born
on
the first day of the Biblical feast of Sukkoth (twko). Based on
this, hwhy was providing this
place, Succoth, as the place for the Israelites to celebrate their
deliverance from Egypt. Yeshua will ultimately do the same thing for us
by snatching us away for His seven year "Sukkoth Wedding Feast" for us
in Yeshua. You can find my Sukkoth teaching, "When Was Yeshua Born?
Evidence Based on Scriptural Facts", by clicking on the link below to
get to the webpage.
Another example of Sukkoth
is
in the parable of the virgins, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew Matthew 25:10 And while they
went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with
him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the
other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he
answered
and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of
Man cometh.
I connected this Gospel parable to the Feast of Sukkoth. You can find
my teaching "The Parable of the Ten Virgins" by clicking on the link
below to get to the webpage.
3.
ETHAM
6 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Succoth, and they camped in
Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness, ETHAM [in Egypt, in the Sinai
Peninsula, in ancient Egypt] (In Hebrew
"Eythahm" (Mta) S864):Arrive,
It could also be the plural of S854 "eyth" (ta)- Nearness
There is no information about this location, but it is now known that
it is at the edge of the wilderness in the modern day Sinai Peninsula,
in Egypt, which I will explain in location number 4.
This place was where hwhy wanted His People
to be "drawn near" to Him. Our Heavenly Father wants us to do the
same thing by drawing ourselves near to Himself through Yeshua, the
Messiah. This is what
Yeshua said to His disciples, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 12:31 Now is the judgment
of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 32 And I, if I be
lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.
Verse seven
4.
PI HAHIROTH
7 and they pulled
up
(journeyed) from Etham, and returned upon
Pi Hahiroth, which is upon the face of
Baal Zephon:... PI HAHIROTH [in Egypt, in the
eastern Sinai Peninsula, in ancient Egypt] (In
Hebrew "Pee Ha-Khee-roth" (tryxh yp) S6367):Mouth of the
gorges; Pi:
from S6310- mouth, edge,
portion, side, from S6284- to puff, blow away; Hiroth: from S2356-
cavity, socket, den, from S3252- crevice of a serpent, cell of a
prison.
I will provide the scripture information in location number 6.
This place was located at the shore in the traditional Wilderness of
Sinai, which is now proven to be still part of Egyptian territory. This
is a map during the time of Moses, before 1400 BC, showing the ancient
territorial area of Egypt, which includes the Sinai Peninsula
This reveals that the Sinai Peninsula was part of Egypt at the time of
Moses, meaning that the Red Sea crossing wasn't west of the Sinai
Peninsula. It is located at the entrance of the high mountain that
enter today's
Nuweiba Beach at the Gulf of Aqaba
(also known as "the Gulf of Ya'akov" (the
Gulf of Jacob) between modern day Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Pi HaHiroth was commonly named to be the high
mountains next to the Israelites, where
the Israelites were trapped between the ocean and the mountains, but
researching further, it is the opening, or entrance, to modern day
Nuweiba Beach, on the east coast of the traditional Sinai Peninsula, in
modern day Egypt, as well as ancient Egypt.
This was the entrance in which Pharaoh and his army occupied at their
arrival, to make sure the Israelites didn't escape.
This is a satelite image of the area of Pi Hahiroth, highlighted in red
This is an image of the entrance, which is Pi Hahiroth
This is a street view of the entrance at Pi Hahiroth. Based on the size
of the vehicle, the size of the entrance's proximity is between
350 and 380 feet wide
This was the entrance in which Pharaoh and his army occupied at their
arrival
This was one of the the areas hwhy wanted His People to look up and
cry
out to Him for deliverance. This was the Egyptian army's symbolic act
to "close the mouth", or "close the door", and to entrap the Israelites
from escaping from behind and symbolically from looking back and going
back to
their old lifestyle of slavery. This is also in a spiritual sense for
us as believers in the Messiah to not look back to our old ways and our
worldly lifestyles. Yeshua
noted an example of this in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 9:61 And another also
said, Lord, I will follow Thee; but let me first go bid them farewell,
which are at home at my house. 62 And Yeshua said unto him, No man, having
put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom
of hwhy.
5. BAAL ZEPHON
BAAL ZEPHON [in northeastern Saudi
Arabia, in
ancient Midian] (In Hebrew "Bah-ahl Ts'phohn"
(Nwpu leb)
S1189):Master of
darkness
(winter); Baal: from
S1168 A
Phoenician
diety, from S1167 and 1166- master; from S1166- to marry;
Zephon:
from 6828- hidden, dark, used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy
and unknown), from S6845- to hide (by covering over), hoard or reserve,
to deny, to protect, to lurk
These were the mountains located on the other side of the Sea of Reeds
(the Gulf of Aqaba) opposite of Pi Hahirtoh at the entrance of Nuweiba
Beach in Egypt.
This is the edge of the Midianite terrirory,
the modern day northeastern part of Saudi Arabia, where Moses dwelled
for
forty years while residing with his father-in-law, Jethro, the
Midianite. While there, Moses became well familiarized with this
territory.
This is a satelite image of Baal Zephon highlighted in red
This is the Israelite's position in facing "the Master of Darkness",
which is symbolically HaSatan (Satan). This is the same situation in
our lives as believers in the Messiah when
we are stuck at our spiritual Pi
Hahiroth facing the Master of
Darkness" in our spiritual walk with our Heavenly Father.
Verse seven 6. MIGDOL 7 ...and they pulled up (journeyed) to the face of Migdol, MIGDOL [in Egypt, in the
eastern Sinai Peninsula, in ancient Egypt] (In Hebrew
"Meeg-dohl" (ldgm)
S4024):Tower (from
gadol- great) These were the mountains on the
Isaraelites' back side of the
entrapment where they could not escape. From these three places,
located in the area, with no place to turn, the Israelites should have
looked up and cried out to hwhy. Instead, the Israelites spoke
evil against Moses. This is noted, as well as the
information of these last three stops, which is noted in the Torah
portion of
B'shalakh, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 14:1And hwhy
spoke to
Moses, to say,
2 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and they
will return, and
they will camp by the face of
Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and between the sea; you shall camp upon
(over) the
sea by facing opposite of Baal Zephon. 3 And Pharaoh will say
of
the Sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has
shut up upon them. 4 And I will strengthenta-the heart of
Pharaoh and will pursue (chase) after them; and I will be
glorified (honored) on
Pharaoh,
and on
all of his force (valiant ones); and Egypt, they may know that I
am hwhy. And they
did so.... 9 And Egypt, they pursued (chased)after
them, and all of the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen
(hoofmen),
and
his
force (valiant ones), they overtook them camping upon the sea,
upon
Pi
Hahiroth, to
the face of Baal Zephon. 10 And Pharaoh drew near, and the Sons of
Israel lifted up ta-their eyes,
and behold, Egypt was marching (journeying) after them; and they feared
much: and
the Sons
of Israel, they cried to hwhy. 11 And
they said to
Moses, That because (failing) no graves were in Egypt to take us to die
in the
wilderness? What is this you have done to us by bringing us out from
Egypt?
This is a satelite image of the location of Migdol, highlighted in red
This area
was properly named "Migdol", because of its "greatness", or "highness".
It was, and is, considered "one great and high wall". For us as believers in the
Messiah, this location is symbolized by our
spiritual great mountains, or spiritual walls, that we cannot go
through. There are times in our lives where
we would be
spiritually trapped between a spiritual ocean and spiritual
mountains with a spiritual closed mouth, or spiritual closed door, with
nowhere to go,
or to escape, and our Heavenly Father
wants us to look up to Him to cry out to Him to deliver us from our
spiritual entrapment. Also, with
all three spiritual places in this spiritual area, there is nowhere to
spiritually turn, or go back, and the only thing we can do is to look
up and cry out to our Heavenly Father through Yeshua, the Messiah, to
save us
and deliever us from these
blockades, which
the Israelites should have done at modern day Nuweiba Beach. As Yeshua
noted in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 21:28 And when these
things begin to come to pass, then
look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth
nigh.
In another spiritual sense, we could also say to those Migdol Mountains
to be
moved from our paths in our walk with Him, which Yeshua noted in the
Gospel
of
Matthew
Matthew 17:20 And Yeshua
said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If
ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and
nothing shall be impossible unto you.
This would be our last resort. If it doesn't happen, then the last
thing to do is to "look up".
We believers in the Messiah have the right to look up to Him for
salvation and deliverance, because we
have Yeshua (meaning "salvation") in our lives. This connects us with
the Kingdom of
Heaven, a.k.a. the "vertical" relationship, with Him, because it
connects with our relationship with Him through the "vertical" first
five words (commandments). Whereas, the world only looks at the world,
a.k.a. the "horizontal" relationship, with mankind only (a.k.a. the
"Babylonial Society"), and don't have a relationship with the Messiah
to complete the vertical Kingdom connection to the vertical-horizontal
relationship between the Heavens and the Earth.
The world tries to make laws based on the last five words
(commandments),
but in vain, because they cannot have the last five words (commandments)
without the first
five words (commandments).
This is an image of all three locations in Egypt and Saudi Arabia
This image is an idea how the cloud have covered Pi Hahiroth between
the Egyptian army and the Israelites
Ending this section, you can read my teaching "The Exodus Story" by
clicking on the link below to get to the webpage
7. WILDERNESS OF
ETHAM
8 and they
pulled up
(journeyed) from P'ni Hahiroth (Pi
Hahiroth, the face of Hahiroth), and went over in the midst of the
sea to
the wilderness, and they went a way of three days in the
Wilderness of
Etham, and they camped in Marah, WILDERNESS OF ETHAM [in northeastern
Saudi
Arabia, in Midian] (In Hebrew "Meed-bahr Ey-thahm" (Mta rbdm)
S864):Unkown,
but most likely from S854- Nearness, as in the Wilderness of Nearness.
This was not a place, but a region in northeastern Saudi Arabia.
This was also called the Wilderness of Shur. This was the Israelites'
first stop in Midianite territory since they were delievered and saved
from Pharaoh and his army, as noted in the Torah portion of B'shalakh,
in the book of Exodus
Exodus 15:22And Moses pulled up
(journeyed) Israel from the Sea of Reeds, and
they
went out to the Wilderness of Shur; and they went three
days in the wilderness, and they did not find water.
This was where the Israelites
would be going through a period of journeying to be drawn near to hwhy. We as
believers at times
experience this same situation in our lives by "drawing near" to our
Heavenly Father in this time in our walk with Him, whether by prayer,
and/or giving thanks, and/or
praising and/or worshipping Him, as well as talking to Him, and also by
being still to listen to our Heavenly Father's Voice, and following His
Word and
His Rhema Words.
8. MARAH
MARAH [in northeastern Saudi Arabia,
in
Midian] (In Hebrew "Mah-rah" (hrm) S4785, S4751, S4843):Bitter
This is the area where the Israelites were getting bitter against Moses
for not finding water, as noted in the Torah portion of B'shalakh, in
the book of Exodus
Exodus 15:23And they
came
to Marah, and they were not able to drink the waters from Marah, for
they were
bitters: Upon thus, her name was called Marah. 24 And the People,
they murmured upon (over) Moses, to say, What shall we drink?
25 And
cried to hwhy;
and hwhy showed (pointed out,
instructed, made see) him
a tree, and was cast (thrown) to the waters, and the waters, they
became sweet:...
The water is symbolized by the Ruakh HaKodesh
(the Holy Spirit) where they were spiritually refreshed. Spiritually,
our Heavenly Father allows us as believers in the Messiah to
experience this by not being restored with the Ruakh HaKodesh (the
Holy Spirit) in
order to test
us to see if we get bitter ourselves against Him. We can pray to Him to
restore us with the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), but it is up to
Him, in His timing,
where He will choose to restore it. I have been experiencing this
myself recently as I am still today.
Verse nine
9. ELIM
9 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Marah,
and
came to Elim: and in Elim were two ten (twoteen, twelve) eyes of
water, and
seventy
palm trees; and they camped there, ELIM [in northeastern Saudi Arabia,
in
Midian] (In Hebrew "Ey-leem" (Myla)
S362):Palm
trees, from S352- strong, ram, oak or other
strong
trees This was the
location where the seventy date palm trees are located, as
noted in the Torah portion of B'shalakh, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 15:27And they came to Elim, and
there were two ten (twoteen, twelve)
eye-wells of
water,
and seventy palm trees: And they camped there upon (over, by) the
waters.
This is a satelite image of Elim
This is a picture of the palm trees in Elim
This was hwhy's way for the
Israelites to be "strengthened" as well as getting their strength
restored. We as believers in the Messiah also experience this when our
Heavenly Father
renews our strength via the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit). The
Prophet Isaiah explains
this well in his book
Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou
not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting Elohim, hwhy, the Creator
of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no
searching of His Understanding. 29 He giveth Power
to the faint; and to
them that have no might He increaseth strength. 30 Even the
youths
shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But
they that wait upon hwhy shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall
run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Verse ten
10.
YAM SUPH
10 and they pulled up (journeyed) from
Elim, and they camped upon the Reeds Sea [(Yam
Suph, the Sea of Reeds)],
YAM SUPH [at the shore in
northeastern Saudi
Arabia, in Midian] (In Hebrew "Yahm
Sooph" (Pwo My) S3220,
S5448, S5489:Sea of Reeds, Sea of Papyrus
As I noted earlier, this is located between modern day Egypt
and modern day northeastern Saudi Arabia, which is noted in the Torah
portion of B'shalakh, in the book of Exodus
Exodus
13:17And was, in Pharaoh
sending away ta-the People,
and Elohim
did not lead them of the way of the land of the Philistim, for he was
near; for Elohim said, Lest the People shall repent [(shall be sorry)]
in their seeing
battle (war) and they will return to Egypt: 18 And Elohim circumvented
(turned) ta-the People
the
way of the wilderness of the Sea of Reeds: And the armed Sons of
Israel ascended from the land of Egypt.
This sea is named, because of Egypt's use of the Papyrus plant to
make "paper". This is an image of the Papyrus Plants
This is the the same location on the other side of the Gulf of Aqaba
(the
Gulf of Jacob (Red Sea (Sea of Reeds))), which was their fourth and
final part of the Israelites
location where they could not go any further.
The Israelites were kind of
"back tracking" in their journey by returning to the Sea of Reeds, but
most likely not at the same location where they crossed through the
sea. While they were on
Egypt's side of the Sea, one way of
symbolizing this was for hwhy to start
symboically "write a new chapter" in their lives by looking up and
crying out to Him
to deliver them from the mighty Egyptian army, which hwhy did by parting the
Yam Suph, or Sea of Papyrus, to create a dry sandy highway for them
to cross over. This also shows us that after they were on the Saudi
Arabian side, the Midianite side, of the Sea, hwhy was starting to
write that new chapter for them in their lives. This is also applied in
our lives as believers in the Messiah in our walk with the Heavenly
Father writing that new
chapter in our lives, when we accepted Yeshua the Messiah as our Lord
and Savior. As the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the
assembly in Corinth
2 Corinthains 5:17 Therefore
if
any man be in Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.
Verse eleven
11.
WILDERNESS OF SIN
11 and they pulled up
(journeyed) from the Reeds Sea [(Yam Suph, the Sea of
Reeds)], and
they camped in the Wilderness of Sin, WILDERNESS OF SIN [in northeastern
Saudi Arabia,
in Midian] (In Hebrew "Meed-bahr
Seen" (Nyo rbdm)
S5512): (From
Hebrew-Greek
Key Study Bible and Genesius' Hebrew Grammar) clay, mire (Sin is also a
pagan moon god)
This is a region in northeastern Saudi Arabia.
This is part of the Israelites walk
by walking through a symbolic "mire" in their lives, an act of spritual
struggling in their walk. This is applied to us believers in our
spiritual walk with
our Heavenly Father by
taking us through a spiritual mire of issues in our lives, whatever
they may be, but He will provide a way to get us through this
wilderness
period.
Verse twelve
12.
DOPHKAH
12 and they pulled up (journeyed) from the Wilderness of Sin,
and they camped
in
Dophkah, DOPHKAH [in northeastern Saudi
Arabia, in
Midian] (In Hebrew "Doph-kah" (hqpd) S1850):Knock,
from S1849- by analogy to press severely,
beat knock, drive
There is no information about this location.
This is the time for the Israelites to press forward as well as being
pressed, like an olive press to press the olives to bring forth olive
oil. This is applied to us as
believers in our walk, when we are "pressed" so
that the oil of the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) will come forth.
An
indirectly related example of this pressing is when Yeshua spoke to the
multitude, which is noted in the
Gospel of Luke
Luke 6:38 Give, and it
shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken
together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with
the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Another way looking at this, is when we are pressed in the human
spirit, like the apostle Paul did, which is noted in the book of Acts
Acts 18:5 And when Silas
and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit,
and testified to the Jews that Yeshua was the Messiah.
And
the apostle Paul noted of his experience of being pressed by the people
in Asia, which he noted in his letter to the assembly in Corinth
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we would
not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in
Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch
that we despaired even of life:
Verse thirteen
13.
ALUSH
13 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Dophkah, and they camped in
Alush, ALUSH [in Saudi Arabia, in
Midian] (In Hebrew "Ah-loosh" (swla) S442):Unknown.
The best I can figure out that it could have
came from the word Lush (swl), from
S3888- To knead, as in kneading dough from a kneading trough
There is no information about his location.
If the meaning of this location is correct, the Israelites were
symbolically put through the
kneading trough to be "kneaded" into hwhy's Bread, which
required them to be "grounded" in their lives. Our Heavenly Father does
this same
thing in our lives by spiritually kneading us, an act of spiritual
grinding, to be "little
living breads" in Yeshua, the Messiah.
!!!hwhy
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Verse fourteen
14.
REPHIDIM
14 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Alush, and they camped in
Rephidim, and water was not there for the people to drink, REPHIDIM [in northeastern Saudi
Arabia, in Midian]
(In Hebrew "R'phee-deem" (Mdypr) S7508):Ballusters,
from S7507-
railing (as
spread along), from S7502- spread (like a bed), comfort This place, in
satelite view, shows the location of Rephidim in its
narrow and spread out location
This is where the gigantic split rock pillar is
located, and if you notice, it looks like a spread out pillar (to me,
it almost looks like a catcher's mit)
This is the location where the Israelites contended with Moses for
water, and were given water from this rock. For the Israelites, it is
where they were becoming thirsty, which is noted in the Torah portion
of
B'shalakh, in the book of
Exodus
Exodus
17:1And all
of the Congregation of the Sons of Israel, they pulled up (journeyed)
from the Wilderness
of
Sin, by their journeys upon the Mouth of hwhy, and they
camped in
Rephidim:
and was no water for the People to drink. 2 And the People contended
(strived)
with Moses, and they said, Give water to us, and we may drink! And
Moses said to them, Why (How) are you contending with me? Why
(How) are
you testing
(tempting) ta-hwhy?!
3 And the People
thirsted there for the water; and the People murmured upon (over)
Moses,
and
said, To what is this that you have ascended us from Egypt to have me
dead, and ta-my sons, and ta-my livestock on the
thirst? 4 And Moses cried to hwhy, to say,
What shall I do to this People? Yet a little and they will
skullstone (stone)
me.
5 And hwhy
said to
Moses, Go over to the face of the People, and take from the Elders
of Israel with you; And your
staff (rod, branch) which you struck ta-the river on
him,
take in your
hand, and you go.
6 Behold, I will stand to your face there upon the cliff rock in
Horeb;
and you shall strike on the cliff rock, and water shall come out from
him,
and the People may drink. And Moses did so to the eyes of the Elders
of Israel. This location could
be where the Israelite's
patience was
spead out thin by becoming impatient.
We as believers are placed in a spiritual state to be spiritually
spread out to test our patience, when we get
spiritually thirsty, to see if we get spiritually spread out thin in
our
faith, while waiting for results and answer from our Father, as well as
to get spiritually refreshed with the Ruakh HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). But
His Timing
is always perfect, and we need to be patient with Him to provide.
Verse fifteen
15.
WILDERNESS OF SINAI
15 and
they pulled up
(journeyed) from Rephidim, and they camped in the Wilderness of Sinai, WILDERNESS OF SINAI [in northeastern
Saudi Arabia,
also known as Jebel al Lawz, in Midian] (In
Hebrew "Meed-bahr
See-nai" (ynyo rbdm)
S5514): Unkown, but
after researching, it is from S5572- "s'neh" (hno),
meaning prick, bramble bush This is the location
where Moses and hwhy met at Mount Sinai,
which is located in the Wilderness of Sinai, in northeastern Saudi
Arabia. It is known today as Jebel al Lawz.
Calculating their
stay at Mount Sinai, they stayed at this location for eleven months and
five days, and this is where they received most of the Torah. This is
the account of their arrival, which is noted in the Torah portion of
Yithro, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 18:5And Jethro, father-in-law of
Moses, and
his sons, and his wife, came to Moses to the wilderness where
he camped there
at the Mountain of The Elohim: This is where the
Israelites get "pricked" in receiving the Ten Words (Commandments)
from hwhy. As believers, we
get
spiritually pricked when we are to receive the Word from our Heavenly
Father, especially a Rhema Word, from our Heavenly Father. Yeshua is
"the Word" made Flesh, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 1:1 In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. 2 The
same was in the beginning with Elohim. 3 All things were made by
Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.... 14
And the Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His
Glory, the Glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father,) full of grace
and truth.
We have been spiritually pricked to receive Yeshua as our Lord and
Savior, and are continuously pricked to continuously receive His Word
in our daily walk with Him.
!!!hwhy
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You can see a little more information of the Ten Words (Commandments)
in the Torah portion of
Yithro by clicking on the link below to get to the webpage.
16.
KIBROTH HATTAAVAH
16 and they
pulled up (journeyed) from the Wilderness of Sinai,
and they camped in
Kibroth-Hattaavah, KIBROTH HATTAAVAH [in
northeastern Saudi
Arabia, in Midian] (In Hebrew "Kee-vroth
Hah-Tah-ah-vah" (hwath trbq)
S6914, from S6913 and S8378:Graves of
the lust (longing), from S8378- lust, longing, delight, satisfaction,
charm
This is the location where the Israelites complained of the various
kinds of foods they had in Egypt and were eating only manna, forgetting
that they were in severe slavery in Egypt. They asked, or "lusted", for
flesh. They got what they wanted, which hwhy gave them quail,
and were slain for it, and were
buried there. This is the account of their arrival which is noted in
the Torah portion of B'ha-alothkhah, in the book of Exodus
Numbers 11:4And
the collected (gathered) multitude which were in their nearness, they
lusted a lust: and the Sons of Israel, they turned (returned), and
they wept also, and they said, Who shall have us eat flesh?
5 We remember ta-the fish
which we ate in
Egypt freely (at nothing); tathe
cucumbers,
and tathe melons,
and ta-the leeks,
and ta-the onions,
and ta-the garlic:
6 And
now, our soul is dried up: is not anything, failing to the Man (Manna)
at our
eyes.
This is the symbolic meaning of the quail:
Quail:Flesh/Flesh of the World/Flesh of
Sin/Death
We as believers need to be careful ourselves by not
lusting after things, especially spiritual things, for we could get
ourselves into trouble. 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.
The aposlte John noted this in his epistle
1 John 2:15 Love not the
world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the Love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in
the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the
world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the Will
of hwhy abideth for ever.
We are to be contempt, which the apostle Paul noted in his letters to
the
assembly in
Phillipia, to Timothy, and in the book of the Hebrews
Phillipians 4:11 Not that I
speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.
1 Timothy 6:8 And having
food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Hebrew 13:5 Let your
conversation be without covetousness; and be content
with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never
leave thee, nor forsake thee.
In other words, be content in Yeshua, the Messiah.
Verse seventeen
17.
HAZEROTH
17 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Kibroth-Hattaavah, and
they camped in
the Hazeroth, HAZEROTH [Unknown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Khah-tsey-roth" (trux) S2698):Yards
(as in enclosed), hamlet (as in surrounded
with walls), from S2691- yard, court, village, from S2690- trumpet,
blow (on an instrument) This was the
location where Miriam, Moses' elder sister was plagued
for seven days, because she attacked Moses, which is noted in the Torah
portion of B'ha-alothkhah, in the book of
Numbers
Numbers 12:10 And the Cloud turned away
from upon the Tent; and, behold, Miriam
was with leprousy as the snow: and Aaron faced to Miriam, and behold,
was
leprous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, On me, my adon (lord, master),
not now do
you not put (lay, set) sin upon us, which we have done slackly (dotely,
foolishly), and of which we
have sinned. 12 Not now she shall be as the dead which in his coming
out from the womb of his mother, and half of his flesh is consumed
(devoured). 13
And Moses cried to hwhy, to say,
El now! Have healing to her now! 14 And hwhy
said to Moses, And her
father, spitting, shall spit on her face, that she be not
reproached (taunted, insulted)
seven days? She shall be shut out seven days from outside by the Camp,
and afterwards, she shall be gathered. 15 And Miriam, she was shut out
from
outside by the Camp seven days: and the People did not pull up
(journey) until
the gathering (adding) of Miriam. 16 And afterwards,
the People, they
pulled up
(journeyed) from Hazeroth, and encamped in the Wilderness of
Paran.
Regarding this journey stop, it is a place where they were
considered as a hamlet, or as a place where they were isolated. In
relation to us as believers in the Messiah, we are at times put in
isolation, feel alone
and feel that no one is there to help us. The prophet Elijah felt this
simialar way when he faced the prophets of Baal regarding who's elohim
is the Elohim, which is noted in the book of the Kings
1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came
unto all of the People, and said, How long halt ye between two
opinions? If hwhy be the Elohim, follow Him:
but if Baal, then follow him. And the People answered him not a word.
22 Then said Elijah unto the People, I, even I only,
remain a prophet of hwhy; but Baal's prophets are
four hundred and fifty men.
Later, Isaiah isolated himself, escaping from the death threat by Queen
Jezebel, and went
into hiding at a cave on Mount Sinai, which is noted in the book of the
Kings
1 Kings 19:8 And he arose, and
did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and
forty nights unto Horeb, the Mount of the Elohim [Mount Sinai]. 9 And
he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the Word
of hwhy came to him, and he said
unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
This is an image of Mount Sinai showing the location of Elijah's Cave
That's how we as believers feel at times too. We have to hide and be
like
hamlets in our own cave locations, sometimes we are isolated from
others based on personal tragic situations, like losing a loved one. We
also experince this when we teach others, or preach the Gospel of
truth, to others, then we get spiritually spent, or get attacked
spiritually, mentally, emotionally, psychologically, and physically,
etc.,
and have to hide to get restored.
Our Heavenly Father knows that we need this time at this spiritual
location in these kinds of
situations in our lives, and He is there to be with us until it is time
for us to get up and move on in our walk of life in Him. This is what
Yeshua
noted
in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am
with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Verse eighteen
18.
RITHMAH
18 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hazeroth, and they camped in
Rithmah, RITHMAH [Unknown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew "Reeth-mah" (hmtr) S7575):from
S7574- a Spanish broom, Juniper tree, from
S7573- a pole, to bind, to yoke up (to the pole of a vehicle)
This location was probably named for their Juniper trees.
This is probably a location where the Israelites were to be
"yoked"
to hwhy. This also applies
to us as believers to be yoked to our Heavenly Father through Yeshua,
via the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit). Yeshua said for us to take on
His
yoke, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew11:29 Take My Yoke upon
you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden
is light.
The apostle Paul noted to not to be yoked with unbelievers, which he
noted in
his
letter to the assembly in Corinth
2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye
not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with
darkness? 15 And what concord hath Messiah with Belial? Or what part
hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath
the Temple of hwhy with idols? For ye are the
Temple of the Living Elohim; as hwhy hath said, I will dwell in
them, and walk in them; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be
My People. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith hwhy, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith hwhy Almighty.
Verse nineteen
19.
RIMMON PAREZ
19 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Rithmah, and they camped at
Rimmon-Parez, RIMMON PAREZ [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Ree-mohn Pah-rehts" (urp Nmr) S7428):Pomegranate
of the
Breach (Or a risen breach); Rimmon: S7416-
pomegranate, from S7426- to rise; Parez: S6556- to break, from S6555-
to break out, breach, disperse, scatter This was probably a
place that had Pomegranite trees.
It looks like that
the Israelites experienced those who rose up to be "breaches" against
Moses and the People within their camps again, in their walk with hwhy, to disobey Him and
His Word. Bill Cloud of Shoreshim
Ministries noted that the enemy doesn't attack from the outside,
but within the assembly. This could be also those in our assemblies and
congregations, or friends or brethren who will rise up and try to
breach our relationship with our Heavenly Father. Be alert and
watchful. Also test their spirits, which the apostle John noted 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
Anti-Messiah, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of hwhy, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in
the world.
Verse twenty
20.
LIBNAH
20 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Rimmon-Parez, and
they camped in Libnah, LIBNAH [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Leev-nah" (hnbl) S3841):From
S3839- whitish tree, perhaps the storax, from
S3835- white, from S3843- a brick (build) This was probably a
location where there were white Storax trees.
This was a place where the Israelites were to be built up in
their walk with hwhy and His Word after
the breaching at the previous location. This also applies to us as
believes in the Messiah if
something happened to us in being tempted in order to provoke us
to breach. Then our Heavenly Father will take us to a period to be
built
up in our faith in Him.
Notice that these past three locations all had to do with trees:
the Juniper tree, the Pomegranite tree and the Storax tree, and
they were symbolically an act to yoke, an act to be breached and an act
to build)
Verse twenty-one
21.
RISSAH 21 and
they pulled up (journeyed) from Libnah, and they camped in Rissah, RISSAH [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Rees-sah" (hor) S7446):Ruin,
from S7450- to comminute, to moisten, from
S7447- dripping into pieces, a ruin, dew-drop This had to be a
place where it was well known to have a lot of dew, most likely
in the
morning.
This is symbolized by hwhy's Mercies that are
new in the morning, which the prophet Jeremiah noted in the book
of Lamentations
Lamentation 3:22 It is of hwhy's Mercies that we are not
consumed, because His Compassions fail not. 23 They are new every
morning: great is Thy Faithfulness.
King
Solomon symbolized the Bridegroom, whom later was revealed as Yeshua,
coming to His love, the believers, with dew of the morning, which King
Solomon noted in the book
of the Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 5:2 I sleep,
but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,
saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is
filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
The dew could also be symbolized by the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy
Spirit). We as believers
always have to ask our Heavenly Father to be renewed with the Ruakh
HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) in our minds, which the apostle Paul noted
in
his letter to the assembly in
Ephesus
Ephesians 4:23 And be
renewed in the spirit of your mind;
The apostle Paul noted to Titus to be renewed of His Spirit, which he
noted
in his letter to Titus
Titus 3:3 For we ourselves
also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers
lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one
another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of hwhy our Saviour toward man
appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to His mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Spirit;
Verse twenty two
22.
KEKELATH
22 and
they pulled up (journeyed) from Rissah, and they camped in Kehelathah (Meeting Area), KEKELATH [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"K'hey-lah-thah" (htlhq) S6954):Convocation,
congregation, from S6950- to
congregate, convoke, assemble This was probably a
place with a lot of assemblies located within the
area.
It was a period of time where the Israelites did much gathering.
There are times where we as believers need to be assembling with other
believers, whether online, or at a congregation, to be built up and
be encouraged.
Verse twenty three
23.
MOUNT SHAPHER
23 and
they pulled up
(journeyed) from Kehelathah (Meeting
Area), and
they camped in Mount Shapher, MOUNT SHAPHER [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In
Hebrew
" Hahr Shah-phehr" (rps rh) S2022; S8234):A goodly
mountain: Shapher: From
S8233- beauty, from S8231- glisten, fair, goodly This mountain
location must have been
a beautiful place they have resided.
Shapher has the similar Hebrew word as the shophar (rpws), a ram's horn, and
they come from the same Hebrew root word.
It was a time
for the Israelites to bring out their beauty as a result in
following hwhy and His Word. This
also applies to us as believers by following our Heavenly Father and
obeying His
Heavenly Word, and to bring out His Beautiness through us, as well as
our Heavenly Father revealing our spiritual beautiness through Him, in
Yeshua.
Indirectly related, another issue relates having a shofar blown on the
Mountain in
Jerusalem. The times that it has been done is during the Biblical
Festive High
Holy Days of hwhy, and the new moons,
which
King David noted in the book of Psalms
Psalms 81:3 Blow the shofar in
the new moon, in the full moon, for the day of our Feast. 4 For He
is a Statute for Israel, and an Ordinance for the Elohim of Jacob.
But on the negative end, the shofar could be used on the Mountain of
Jerusalem for to warn Jerusalem, and the Israelites, that danger is
coming, which is noted in the book of the prophet Joel
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the
shofar in Zion, and sound an alarm in My Holy Mountain: let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble: for the Day of hwhy cometh, for it is nigh at
hand; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and
of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great
people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall
be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A
fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land
is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate
wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance
of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they
run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall
they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the
stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 6 Before their face
the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like
men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall
not break their ranks: 8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall
walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they
shall not be wounded. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city;
they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they
shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 10 The earth shall
quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon
shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 11 And hwhy shall utter His Voice before
His Army: for His Camp is very great: for He is strong that executeth
His Word: for the day of hwhy is great and very terrible;
and who can abide it? 12 Therefore also now, saith hwhy, turn ye even to Me with all
your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto hwhy, your Elohim: for He is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and
repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent,
and leave a blessing behind him; even a Food (Grain) offering and a
Drink Offering unto hwhy, your Elohim?
We
as believers in the Messiah are watchmen and watchwomen on the walls on
the Mountain
of Jerusalem, which the Prophet Isaiah noted in his book
Isaiah 62:6 I have set
watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their
peace day nor night: ye that make mention of ta-hwhy, keep not silence,
When we see trouble, or warning signs, we are to blow our own
shofars on the mountains, whether venue we are called by our Heavenly
Father to use, otherwise their souls will be required of us, which the
Prophet Ezekiel noted in his book
Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man,
I have made thee a watchman unto the House of Israel: therefore hear
the Word at My Mouth, and give them warning from Me. 18 When
I say
unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save
his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood
will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and
he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die
in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered ta-thy soul. 20 Again, When a
righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity,
and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast
not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness
which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I
require at thine hand. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man,
that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live,
because he is warned; also thou hast delivered ta-thy soul.
The prophet Isaiah noted those who resided in Zion, which
is the Kingdom's nickname of Jerusalem, which is noted in his book
Isaiah 61:3 To appoint
unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the
Planting of hwhy, that He might be glorified.
We as believers also need to be like a Jerusalem in the Messiah, as
well
as being the Temple of the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).
Mount Zion is also called the City of David, and King David made note
of its beauty, which is noted in the book of Psalms
Psalms 48:1 A Song and Psalm
for the sons of Korah. Great is hwhy, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our Elohim, in the mountain of His holiness. 2 Beautiful for
situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the
sides of the north, the city of the Great King.
We
are also to look to the City of David, in Jerusalem, a.k.a. Mount Zion,
of its beauty as well, because it is symbolically our Heavenly Father's
beauty, and
we are cherish its beauty in our hearts. This is what king David noted
in the book of the Psalms
Psalm 137:5 If I forget
thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do
not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I
prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Verse twenty four
24.
HARADAH
24 and they
pulled up
(journeyed) from Mount Shapher, and
they camped in Haradah, HARADAH [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Hah-rah-dah" (hdrh) S2732):From
S2731 fear,
anxiety,
from S2730- fearful,
reverential, from S2729- to shudder with terror, to fear, to hasten
(with anxiety). This is where we get our English word "horrid" Going from beauty to
dreadfulness, and from joy to fear, this must have
been one dreadful place for the Israelites.
The Israelites were taken to an area where
they were most likely experience things that could be dreadful and
fearful.
We as believers will experience this time in our spiritual lives as
well, but we have the
Heavenly Father to depend on, and He is with us, which the prophet
Isaiah
noted in his book
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not;
for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am Thy Elohim: I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with
the Right Hand of My Righteousness.
This is a similar matter when the Israelites were to go over the Jordan
to take possession of the land after the twelve spies returned, but
they believed the evil report and feared, which Moses noted in the
Torah
portion of D'varim, in the book of
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:29 And I said to you, Do you not
dread,
and do you not be
afraid from them. 30 hwhy, your
Elohim, that is going to your
faces, He shall war for you, according
to (as) all that was done at you
in Egypt to
your eyes;
The apostle Paul noted to Titus to not fear, because he
was not given a spirit of fear, which is noted in his letter to
Titus 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.
And also indirectly related to fear to work out one's salvation with
fear
and trembling, which the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the
assembly
in Phillipia
Phillipians2:12 Wherefore, my
beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now
much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling.
Verse twenty five
25.
MAKHELOTH
25 and they pulled up
(journeyed) from
Haradah, and they camped in Makheloth, MAKHELOTH [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Mahk-hey-loth" (tlhq) S4722):Assemblies,
from S4721-
an assembly, from S6950-
to congregate, convoke, assemble This must have been
another
place where there were a lot of assembling.
It makes
sense that after going though a period of dread and fear, they needed
to be encouraged and strenghtened again by congregating and assembling.
This also applies to us as believers in the Messiah for us to go to
our assemblies and congregations to be restored, whatever venue of
congregations one uses.
Verse twenty six
26.
TAHATH
26 and they pulled up (journeyed) from
Makheloth, and they camped in Tahath, TAHATH [Unkown, most likely in
Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Thah-khath" (txt) S8480):From
S8478- the bottom (as depressed), below, from
S8430- humble This place must have
looked depressing.
This must have been a time the Israelites
experienced depression, as well as humbleness to hwhy. If the Israelites
don't humble themselves, they will get depressed. We as believers will
experience depression at times in our lives, but we also need the time
to humble ourselves to our
Heavenly Father. And weird as it sounds, if we don't, we will be
brought to a spiritual depression. Yeshua noted that we are to be
humbled as little children, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 18:4 Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is
greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
If we humble ourselves, Yeshua will lift us up, which is noted in the
Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 23:12 And
whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble
himself shall be exalted.
If we as believers don't humble ourselves, He will humble us to
depression. Let's be
humble before Him continually.
Verse twenty seven
27.
TARAH
27 and they pulled up (journeyed) from
Tahath, and they camped in Tarah, TARAH [Unkown, most likely in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Thahr-akh" (xrt) S8646):Unknown.
It's probably from S2960 "tohr-akh" (xrj), from
S2959 "tarakh" (xrj)-
burdensome, trouble, weary This probably was a
place known to have troubles.
If this is the right definition, the Israelites were
brought here, because they were weary and burdened. They could have
also experienced some troubling times as well. We as believers in the
Messiah will experience
these issues in our lives. This could have been another location for
them to
be restored.
Verse twenty eight
28.
MITHCAH
28 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Tarah,
and
they camped in Mithcah, MITHCAH
[Unkown] (In Hebrew "Meeth-kah" (hqtm) S4989, S4987):Sweetness,
from
S4985- to suck, to
relish, to be sweet This was probably a
place that looked sweet.
It is possible that the
Israelites were there to suck the sweetness of the Word of hwhy. We as believers in
the Messiah are also to
suck the sweetness of His Word, as well as His Rhemas, when He speaks
to
us. As King David noted in the book of Psalms
Psalm 119:103 How sweet are
Thy Words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Indirectly, sweetness could be an act of meditation, which king David
also
noted in the book of Pslams
Psalm 104:34 My
meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in hwhy.
Verse twenty nine
29.
HASHMONAH
29 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Mithcah, and
they camped in
Hashmonah, HASHMONAH [Unkown, possibly in Saudi Arabia] (In Hebrew
"Khash-moh-nah" (hnmsx) S2832):Fertile,
from S2831-
apparently wealthy This place must have
been fertile.
The Israelites were led to a good
place for their livestock to feed on the pastures. It was also a
place for the Israelites to symbolically become fertile in
their souls in their relationship with hwhy and His Word, as
they just left the place of weariness. This spiritually applies to us
as believers
when our Heavenly Father takes us from weariness to
spiritual fertile land and makes us spiritually fertile in Him. This is
also related to us as believers in which King David noted in the book
of
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.
Verse thirty
30.
MOSEROTH
30 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hashmonah, and they camped
in
Moseroth, MOSEROTH [in Syria,
outside Edom] (In Hebrew "Moh-sey-roth" (twrom) S4149):Correction,
or
corrections, from S4147-
chastisement, halter, restraint, from S3256- chastise (literally with
blows or figuratively with words), to instruct This was probably a
place where the Israelites were chastised. This is also called
Mosera, and it is the same location that Mount Hor is located where
Aaron, the High Priest died, as noted in the Torah portion of Eykev, in
the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 10:6And the Sons of Israel, they
pulled up (journeyed) from Beeroth of
the
sons of
Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and was buried there; and Eleazar,
his son, was Priestshipping (Priesthooding, acting Priest) of his
stead.
It was located south below the
Dead Sea, along the border where the Israeites would settle. It is
strongly possible that it is known today as Jebal Nebi Harun.
The
Israelites must have done something that caused hwhy to chastise them.
This also applies to us as believers in the Messiah if we disobey our
Heavenly Father,
whether by our words, attitudes, our decisions or our actions. The
apostle Paul noted of one goes through chastisement, which is noted in
the book of
the Hebrews
Hebrews 12:3 For consider Him
that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be
wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation
which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the
Chastening of hwhy, nor faint when thou art
rebuked of Him: 6 For whom hwhy loveth He chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. 7 If ye endure
chastening, hwhy dealeth with you as with
sons; for what son is He whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards,
and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be
in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily
for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for our
profit, that we might be partakers of His Holiness. 11 Now no
chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness
unto them which are exercised thereby.
Verse thirty-one
31.
BENE JAAKAN
31 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Moseroth, and they camped in
Bene Jaakan, BENE JAAKAN [in Syria, outside
Edom] (In Hebrew "B'ney Yah-ah-kahn" (Nqey ynb) S1142):Sons of
Yaakan (or sons of torture); Bene:
from S1121- a son, from
S1129- to build; Yaakan: from S3292, from S6130- tortuous, to twist This was a location
that was settled by the sons of Yaakan. It is also
called Beeroth as noted in the previous stop.
There must have been
inhabitants
around this location that were torturing the Israelites. There are
people like that in our areas that will torture us as believers, as
well as times
when we have been spiritually tortured. We have seen many examples of
it in our society today, in our
own nation, which has been unheard of in times past. This is a
spiritual point in our lives where our faiths are tested, and we need
to
be strenghtened in righteous and in truth, as well as to stand for the
truth. This is what
the apostle Paul notd in his letter to the assembly in Rome
Romans 5:2 By whom also
we have access by faith into this Grace wherein we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the Glory of hwhy.
Verse thirty two
32.
HOR HAGIDGAD
32 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Bene Jaakan, and
they camped in
Hor Hagidgad (Hole of the Cut Cleft Rocks), HOR HAGIDGAD [in Syria, outside
Edom] (In Hebrew "Khohr Hah-geed-gahd" (dgdgh rx) S2735):Hole of the cleft; Hor: from S2356-
cavity,
socket, den, from S3252- crevice of a serpernt, cell of a prison;
Hagidgad: from S1412, from S1413- to crowd, to gash (as if by pressing
into), cut selves There must have been
a cave at this location. It was
also called Gudgodah, which is noted in the Torah portion of Eykev, in
the book of
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 10:7
From there they pulled up (journeyed) at
the Gudgodah;...
This is symbolically "a
crowded crevice", which is not easy to move. We
as believers feel spiritually crowded at times, whatever the spiritual
crowdedness is.
Verse thirty three
33.
JOTBATHAH
33 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hor Hagidgad, and
they camped in
Jotbathah, JOTBATHAH [possibly in Syria,
outside Edom] (In Hebrew "Yaht-vah-thah" (htbjy) S3193):From
S3192- pleasantness,
from S3190- make well
(literally- beautiful, figuratively- happy, successful), benefit, goodly This place was also
called "Jotbath", which is noted in the Torah portion of Eykev, in the
book
of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 10:7From there they pulled up
(journeyed) at
the Gudgodah; and from the Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of torrents of
waters.
This must have been
another pleasant location.
Symbolically, after
being "crowded" from the
previous location, they are relieved to be at a much better place. This
is also symbolically how hwhy wants us as
believers to see
Him. Spiritually, we as believers are to express our happiness and
goodness
toward Him, as well as others, to show and reveal the beauty of
our Heavenly Father. This is what the prophet Isaiah noted in his book
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth
salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy Elohim reigneth!
This is what king David noted in the book of the Psalms
Psalms 144:15 Happy is
that People, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that People, whose
Elohim is hwhy.
Yeshua expressed an example to His disciples to express their happiness
in their acts, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 13:13 Ye call me Master
and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and
Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's
feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have
done to you. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord; neither He that is sent greater than He that
sent Him. 17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Verse thirty four
34.
EBRONAH
34 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Jotbathah, and they camped
in Ebronah,
EBRONAH [probably in Syria,
outside Edom] (In Hebrew "Ah-vroh-nah" (hnrbe) S5684):From S5683-
transitional,
from
S5676- a region across,
from S5674- cross over, go over This place was most
likely known to be a regional location, based on the
information, which is noted in the Torah portion of D'varim, in the
book of
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 2:8And we have gone over from ta
our brothers,
the sons of
Esau, that
are dwelling in Seir, from the way of the Arabah, from Elath, and from
Ezion Gaber, and we faced, and we went over the way of the Wilderness
of Moab,
To the Israelites, this was symbolically their "transitional
period", or their "crossing over period". We was believers in the
Messiah go
through spiritual transitions in our lives, whether we are going
through changes in our callings, or our jobs, or in our relationships,
etc. Abraham and Joseph were called "the Hebrew" (yrbe), the similar
Hebrew word, meaning "the crossed over one". When we accepted and
recieved Yeshua as our Lord
and Savior, we "spiritually crossed over" into eternity, and away from
the symbolic
Egyptian
world. This is the same thing the Israelites did when they left Egypt.
Verse thirty five
35.
EZION GABER
35 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Ebronah, and they camped
in
Ezion Gaber,
EZION GABER [in Syria, outside Edom] (In Hebrew "Eh-tsee-ohn Gah-vehr" (rbg Nwyue) S6100):Backbone-like
of a man
(mighty man); Ezion: from
S6096- to spine (as giving firmness to the body), from S6095- to
fasten; Gaber: from S3197- mighty man or warrior, a person simply, from
S3196- to be strong, to prevail, act insolently This was at the
border, which is noted in the Torah potion of D'varim, in the book of
Deuteronomy,
as mentioned in the Israelites' previous stop, in stop number 34.
This was most likely a stage where the Israelites
will symbolically get their spine as a mighty man in order to fight
their enemies when the time comes for
them to cross over the Jordan, as from the previous location's name, to
the
promised land. We as believers will be facing these transitions in our
lives by receiving
our spiritual backbones to be spiritual mighty ones, whether to fight
spiritual
enemies, also known as spiritual warfare, or on a next spiritual
calling, etc. Guaranteed, it always start
with prayers by going to our Heavenly Father which is a process of
getting our spiritual backbones. Regarding fighting our
enemies, this is what the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the
assembly in Ephesus
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle
not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
Verse thirty six
36.
WILDERNESS OF ZIN
36 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Ezion Gaber, and
they camped in
the Wilderness of Zin, she is Kadesh, WILDERNESS OF ZIN [in Syria,
outside Edom] (In Hebrew "Meed-bahr Tseen" (Nu rbdm)S6790):A crag This is the location
outside Edom where Miriam died and Moses struck
the rock twice in his anger instead of speaking to it, as hwhy commanded to Moses
and Aaron, which is noted in the Torah portion of Khukath, in the book
of
Numbers
Numbers 20:1And
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 died
there, and she was buried there. 2 And was no water for the
Congregation: and they assembled upon (over) Moses and upon (over)
Aaron....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 maketa-the Congregation and ta-their beasts (cattle, brutish
beasts, brutish cattle) shall imbibe (quaff, drink).... 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
drank and their beasts (cattle, brutish
beasts, brutish cattle)also.
This is what www.vocabulary.com says regarding 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 stone, 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 belivers in the Messiah when we go through a spiritual
"rough and craggy 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 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.
37.
KADESH KADESH [in Syria, outside Edom]
(In Hebrew "Kah-deysh" (sdq) S6946):Sanctuary,
from S6942- sanctify, to be clean This is a lcoation
in the Wilderness of Zin, which is noted in Scripture in
the previous stop, and is
located at the borders of Edom, which is noted in the Torah portion of
Khukath, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 20:16And 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:
This was the Israelites'
symbolic next step to be sanctified after the rough
times in their previous stop. This spiritually applies to us as
believers 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.
Verse thirty seven through
thirty nine
38.
HOR OF THE MOUNT [(MOUNT OF THE HOR, MOUNT HOR)]
37 and 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)],
MOUNT OF THE HOR [Syria, outside Edom which would be on the original
northern border of Israel] (in Hebrew "Hohr
Hah-Har" (rhh rh)S2022):From S2023, same
of S2024-
literally-
Mount of the Mount
Mount Hor is known to be located at what would become the northern
border for the Israelites when they settle in the land, which is
located later in this week's Torah portion
Numbers 34:7 And this shall be
a hidden (north)
border to you:
from the Great Sea you shall designate (point out, mark off) to youHor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)]:
As I noted
earlier, it is the mountain located in Moseroth, and it is
the location where Aaron, the High Priest, died on the top of it, which
is
noted in the Torah portion of Khukath, in the book of
Numbers
Numbers 20:22And 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 ascend them 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.
Aaron had to die, because he also rebelled against hwhy with Moses at the
Rock of Meribah, and his
son, Eleazar, became the new High Priest. This was symbolic of dying to
the old man (symbolically Aaron), and giving life to the new man
(symbolically Eleazar). The
Israelites were symbolically dying to their old selves, and being
renewed with a new self (symbollically through Aaron's son, Eleazar).
Also, the previous Israelite generation died, and the new Israelite
generation is alive.
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 a state where we as believers are to spiritually ascend
to the
mountain and die to our old selves, but revive with a new self in the
Messiah. This is what the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the
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.
Verse forty-one
39.
ZALMONAH
41 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)], and
they camped in Zalmonah, ZALMONAH [in Syria, outside
southeast Edom](In Hebrew "Tsahl-moh-nah" (hnmlu) S6758):Shadiness,
from 6757-
shade of death (i.e. the
grave); from Tsel: S6738- shade, from S6751- to shade as in twilight or
an opaque object, from S6750- to tinkle, i.e. rattle together (as the
ears in reddening with shame, or the teeth in chattering with fear),
from S6749- to tumble down, i.e. settle by a waving motion, sink; and
Maveth: S4194- death, pestilence, ruin, from S4191- to die, to kill The Israelites must
have went
through an area that looked like a shadow of death.
The Israelites were probably symbolically going through a shadow of
death stage in their
lives. We as believers have gone through this spiritual experience of
being in the shadow of death, when we are going through spiritual
situations that could result in spiritual death. The best general
example of this is the spiritual
deadness of the world we experience on a daily basis. A great example
of this is King David's
experience when he actually went through the valley of the shadow of
death, which is noted in the book of the Pslams
Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I
walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for Thou art with me; Thy Rod and Thy Staff they comfort me.
The Rod and Staff is Yeshua, the Messiah.
Verse forty two
40.
PUNON
42 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Zalmonah, and
they camped in Punon, PUNON [in Syria, in Edom] (In
Hebrew "Poo-nohn" (Nnwp) S6325):Perplexity,
from S6323-
be distracted, from S6373 in Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible- darkness This was most likely
a place that looked doomly, and gloomy, and of darkness, and probably
distractiveness.
This was a location
where the Israelites were put into "distractions". We as believers will
experience spiritual distractions as well as being in the spiritual
darkness,
both phsyically as well as spiritually. One major example
is the cares of this world, which Yeshua noted in the Gospels of Mark
and
Luke
Mark 4:19 And the cares
of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other
things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Luke 8:14 And that
which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go
forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life,
and bring no fruit to perfection.
Luke 21:34 And take
heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day
come upon you unawares.
Yeshua says that we as believers are the light of the world, which is
noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 5:14 Ye are the
light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
because Yeshua is the Light of the world, as is also noted in the
Gospel of Matthew
John 8:12 Then spake
Yeshua again unto them, saying, I am the Light of the world: he that
followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of
Life.
John 9:5 As long as
I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.
This could also be where the Israelite were experiencing gloom. We as
believers in the Messiah will go though doom and gloom physically,
mentally, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. But this is
just a phase in our walk with Yeshua. This is what Job noted when he
was experiencing doom and gloom, which is noted in his book
Job 23:1 Then Job
answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke
is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find
Him! that I might come even to His Seat!... 8 Behold, I go
forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him:
9 On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him:
He hideth Himself on the Right Hand, that I cannot see Him: 10 But
He knoweth the Way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come
forth as gold.
Verse forty three
41.
OBOTH
43 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Punon, and they camped in
Oboth, OBOTH [in Syria, outside Moab]
(In Hebrew "Ovoth" (tba) S88):Water-skins,
from S178-
a mumble (i.e. a water skin-
from its hollow sound), a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar) This was probably a
place that people did their enchantments through
mumbling.
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 the Messiah
experience these
issues as we are earthen vessels, or water-skins, in the Messiah. We
face
people
on a
daily basis who are spiritually "mumbling" and some of those speak with
"false voices".
We as believers also need to not adhere to mumbling voices that are not
of our Heavenly Father. The aposlte John noted this 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
Anti-Messiah, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world.
This
includes the mumbling false voices.
Verse forty four
42.
IJE OF THE ABARIM
44 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Oboth, and they camped in Ije HaAbarim [(Ije
of the Abarim, Eye of the Going Overs)],
in the border of Moab, 42
IJE OF THE ABARIM [in Syria, east of Moab] (In Hebrew "Ee-yey
Hah-Ah-vah-reem" (Myrbeh yye) S5863):Ruins of
the
passers;
Iy: S5856- a ruin (as if
overturned), a heap, from S5753- to crook, literally or figuratively;
Avar: S5674- to cross over, go over 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 buildings along their route, and put towns into
ruin.
This was probably
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, emotionally or physically to make our bodies, as
Temples of the
Ruakh
HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), so that we wouldn't be a heap of ruin, as
well as HaSatan making us a ruin from being the vessels for our Adon,
Yeshua, the Messiah.
Verse forty five
43.
DIBON GAD
45 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Iim, and they camped
in
Dibon Gad, DIBON GAD [in Syria, in Moab]
(In Hebrew "Dee-vohn Gahd" (dg Nbyd) S1769 and
S1410):A sorrowing
invasion; Dibon: S1769- pining,
from S1727- to
mope, i.e. (figuratively) pine, sorrow; Gad: S1410- from S1464- to
crowd upon, attack, invade, overcome, from S1413- to crowd, to gash (as
if by pressing into), troop
This was probably a place where the Israelites were symbolically going
through a
period of an invasion of solmenity, or sorrowness. We as blievers will
go
through sorrowness at times to see if we can "overcome" the sorrowness
in our lives that we are going through, whether spiritually,
mentally,
psychologically, emotionally or physically. In
the Torah, Moses warned the Isrelites what would happen to them if they
disobey hwhy and His Word, which
is noted in the Torah portion of B'khukothai, in
the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 26:14 And if
you will not listen to Me, and you will not do taall of these Commandments;
15 And if you despise (reject) in My Statutes, and if your soul, she
abhors ta-My Judgments by failing doing
ta-all of My Commandments, by
your
voiding (dissolve, breaking)
ta-My Covenant:
16 also I, I
will do this to you;
And I will
appoint upon you
terror (panic, trembling), ta-consumption (emaciation,
thinness, weakness),
and ta-the fever (inflammation),
consuming (finishing, expiring) the eyes, and sorrowing
(moping,
pining) of the soul: and you
shall sow your seed
for emptiness (worthlessness), and your
enemies shall eat him. hwhy's Judgment includes
sorrowing the souls of the Israelites.
Job also noted this experince when he was suffering with sorrow, which
is noted in his
book
Job 6:10 Then should I
yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not
spare; for I have not concealed the Words of the Holy One.
It also applies to us as believers if we disobey our Heavenly Father
and
His Word. We don't want to be invaded with spiritual sorrow that can be
prevented.
Verse forty six
44.
ALMON DIBLATHAIM
46 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Dibon Gad, and they camped
in
Almon Diblathaim, ALMON DIBLATHAIM [Syria, in
Moab] (In Hebrew "Ahl-mohn Deev-lah-thai-mah" (hmytlbd Nmle) S5963):Veiled pressing (or forever
pressing); Almon: S5960- hidden,
from S5956- to veil
from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively), Related to S5967-
forever, everlasting; Diblathaim:
S1690- a cake of pressed figs, press together, akin to Zabal: S2082-
apparently properly, to inclose, i.e. to reside
This is a place
where the Israelites came to a point to be,
symbolically,
continually pressed in their lives. We as believers in Messiah are
spiritually
pressed continually in our walk with the Heavenly Father, from all of
the
various matters in life as long as the prince of this world has
dominance until Yeshua saves us from it.
Verse torty seven
45. MOUNTAINS OF THE
ABARIM
47 and they pulled up (journeyed) from Almon Diblathaim, and
they camped in Mountains of the Abarim,
to the face of Nebo, MOUNTAINS OF THE ABARIM
[in Syria, in Moab] (In Hebrew "Hah-rey
Hah-Ah-vah-reem" (Myrbeh yrhy):Mountains of the crossings over;
Harei: S2022
and S2023,
same of S2024- literally-
mountains of the regions; Abarim: S5682-
regions
beyond, from S5676- a region across, beyond, but used only adverbially
(with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the
Jordan), from S5674- to
cross
over, go over This is the location where Moses
will ascend to one of the mountains to
die, which is noted in the Torah portion of Ha'azinu, in the book of
Deuteronomy Deuteronomy 32:48And hwhy
spoke to Moses in this
same day, to say, 49 Ascend to this Mount Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is
in the land of Moab, which is upon the facing of Jericho;
and see ta-the land of
Canaan which I
am giving to the Sons of Israel
for a possession: 50 and shall die in the mountain where you are
ascending
there,
and shall be gathered (added) to your People; as which Aaron, your
brother,
died in
Hor of the Mount [(Mount of the Hor, Mount
Hor)], and was gathered (added) to his People: 51 upon which you
transgressed
against Me in the midst of the Sons of Israel in the waters of
Meribah, at Kadesh, from the Wilderness of Zin; upon which you did not
sanctify Me in the midst of the Sons of Israel. 52 For you
shall see from opposite of ta-the land;
and there you shall
not go to the land which I am giving to the Sons of Israel.
This was most likely the location where leadership will
exchange hands before the Isarelites crosses over into the promised
land.
In some instances, this is a point in our lives where we as believers
will
experience a crossing point of mountains in our lives in which we need
to let go of things and put them to death, before we continue in our
walk with the Heavenly Father, which would be our "spiritual crossing
points". It could change
the outcome in our future, whether we let go of them, or do we stay
stuck in the wilderness in life.
This is also the point when Yeshua died on the Mount of Olives as the
anointed one, the Messiah (our symbolic Moses (Moshe, short for
Mashiakh)), and crossed over to be our salvation, as Yeshua (the
symbolic Joshua, meaning "Yah saves").
46.
NEBO NEBO [in Syria, in Moab](In
Hebrew "N'voh" (wbn) S5015):The
name
of a Babylonian deity This is the mountain
of Nebo where Moses died, which is noted in the Torah portion of V'zoth
Ha-B'rakhah, in the book
of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 34:1And Moses
acsended from the going overs (circumvent region, plains) of
Moab to Mount Nebo at
the
head of the Pisgah, which is upon the facing of Jericho. And hwhy showed him [(made him see)]
all of ta-the land of ta-the Gilead
unto Dan,
2 and taall
Naphtali, and ta-the land of
Ephraim, and
Manasseh, and taall of the land
of Judah, unto
the hindermost (furthest) sea, 3 and ta-the negeb,
and ta-the region (circumvented
area, plain) at
the cleaved valley area (split area) of
Jericho, the city of the palm trees unto Zoar. 4 And hwhy
said to him, This is
the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to
Jacob, to say, I will give her to your seed: that seeing of yourself in
your eyes, and you will not go over there. 5 And Moses,
the servant
of hwhy, died there
in the land of
Moab upon the Mouth of hwhy,
6 and buried him in a
narrow area (gorge) in the land of Moab opposite (at the front of) Beth
Peor: and a man does not know ta-his burial
place unto this
day. 7 And Moses was a son of a hundred and twenty years in
his
death: his eye had not faint (dimmed), and the freshness (force, ?vigor?) had not fled.
This
is what the Nelson's
Illustrated Bible Dictionary says regarding the Babylonian
deity,
Nebo:
"KJV word
for a Babylonian god (Is. 46:1; Nabu, NKJV) who was believed to preside
over literature, the arts, and the sciences. Borsippa, near Babylon,
was the seat of Nebo worship".
These all respresent the acts of the using the crafts for worldly
purposes, and hwhy wanted Moses (In
Hebrew "Moshe"), an abbreviation of "Moshiakh, or Messiah, to die for
"the world", including the use of our gifts of crafts for worldly
purposes. These things are used for purposes for self, and not for His
Glory. We as believers put our use of our gifts of crafts for the world
to
death by laying them at the foot of the cross of the Messiah, and let
Him decide where He wants us to use His Gifts for His Purpose, and if
He wants to use some of those gifts that were put at
the foot of the cross for His purpose, He will provide them back to us
and show us what to do to use them for Him.
Verse forty eight
47.
ARBOTH MOAB
48 and they pulled up
(journeyed) from Mountains of the Abarim,
and they camped in the plains (going overs)
of
Moab upon
Jordan at Jericho [Jordan-Jericho)],
49 and they camped
upon the Jordan, from
House of
the Jesimoth unto Abel haShittim [(Abel of the Shittim, Abel of the
Acacias, Meadow of the Shittim, Meadow of the Acacias)] in the plains
(going overs) of
Moab. ARBOTH MOAB [in Syria, in Moab]
(In
Hebrew "Ahr-voth Moh-ahv" (bawm tbre): Arboth:S6160- desert,
from
S6150- to grow dusky at
sundown; Moab: S4124- her (mother's) father This could be where
the
Israelites settle by Jordan-Jericho, and mourned for
Moses' death for thirty days. This is also the same region that Balak
inquired Balaam to arrive and curse the Israelites, which is noted in
the
Torah portions of Khukath and Balak, in the
book of Numbers Numbers
22:1And the Sons of Israel, they
pulled up (journeyed), and and
they camped
in the
plains (desert) of
Moab [(Arboth Moab)] from the region (going over) by Jordan at Jericho [(Jordan-Jericho)]....
5 And sent messengers to
Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor, which
is
upon the river of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him,
to say, Behold, a People has come out from Egypt: behold, has covered
(concealed) ta-the
eye of the Earth, and he dwells from the front [(from before, from
opposite)] of me: 6 And now, come
now, curse (execrate) ta-this People for me;
for he is
bonier (mightier) than me: perhaps I
shall be able at striking (smiting) against him, and I will drive
(expel) him out from the land:
for
I know ta-which you
bless is with blessing, and whom you curse is
cursed.
This is where the Israelites face the point in which they are
going start the new Biblical day at sundown to trust in hwhy, and not in their
mother and father. We as believers have to let go of our parents to
pursue
our Heavenly Father, and to love Him more than our parents. Yeshua said
this to the people, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 10:37 He that
loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: and he that
loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Yeshua also applied it to fellow believers, as Yeshua said to Peter,
which is noted in
the Gospel of John
John 21:15 So when they
had dined, Yeshua saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou Me more than these? He saith unto Him, Yea,
Lord; Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed My lambs.
48.
JORDAN JORDAN [Syria, in Moab] (In Hebrew
"Yahrhdeyn"
(Ndry) S3383):Descender,
from S3381- to descend, to go downwards,
to go to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc, to
fall, to bring down This was an area
where the Israelites settled, as sourced in verse forty eight of this
week's Torah portion, at stop
46 at Nebo.
Continuing with the next location
49. JERICHO JERICHO[Syria, in Moab] (In
Hebrew
"Y'ree-khoh" (wxry) S3405): Fragrant,
from S3394-
the moon, from S3391- a
lunation, i.e. month, moon This was also an
area where the Israelites settled, as sourced in verse
forty eight of this week's Torah portion, in stop 46
at Nebo.
Putting the two locations together, Jordan-Jericho means "the
Descending of the Moon". 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 him to
his
brothers, and said, Behold, I have still 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, scrolled) to
his father, and to his brothers:
and his father rebuked (reproved) against
him, and said to him, What is this calm-dream that you have
calm-dreamed?
That coming, I and your mother
and your brothers, we shall come to bow to you to the Earth?
11 And his brothers, they envied (were jealous, were zealous)
against him; and his father kept
(observed, guarded) ta-the word.
This connects to the
mountains of Moab (the mother of the father), and that this symbolic
Moabite mother is "descending". This symbolically represents "the
mother of the world". This could also 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 Yeshua: 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.
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, the ruler
over all
that he had, Put now your hand under my testicles: 3 And
I
will make you swear in hwhy, the Elohim
of the Heavens
and the Elohim of the Earth that you will not take a wife to
my
son from the daughters of the Canaanites whom I dwell in his
midst:
4 But you will go to my land, and to my kindred, and you will
take a wife for
my son, for Isaac. 5 And the servant said to him,
Perhaps
the
woman, she is not willing to go out after me to this land: that
returning, I shall return ta-your
son to the land
which you came out from there? 6 And Abraham said to him, Take
heed for yourself lest you return ta-my son
there. 7 hwhy, Elohim of
the Heavens, who took
me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and
who
spoke to me, and who 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 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 of my
oath from this:
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 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 that 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,
whcih 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 of
Pharaoh, Chief
of the Executioners, an Egyptian man (Egpytite), bought him from the
hand of the
Ishmaelim who 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 that hwhy was with him, and of all
that
He did, hwhy was
prospering in his hand. 4 And Joseph found grace (favor) in his
eyes, and ministered him: and made him
overseer 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 her.
Jericho
is the Hebrew "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 restore Canaan's symbolic
reproductive
system.
Ending with this indirectly related segment, we as believers are to
make sure that
the
symbolic and spiritual Jericho seed in our lives, which is sin, stays
destroyed, or
dead, and to 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.
Amen to that.
Verse forty nine
50.
BETH OF THE JESIMOTH
49 and they camped
upon the Jordan, from
House of
the Jesimoth unto Abel haShittim [(Abel of the Shittim, Abel of the
Acacias, Meadow of the Shittim, Meadow of the Acacias)] in the plains
(going overs) of
Moab. BETH OF THE JESIMOTH [in Syira,
in Moab] (In Hebrew "Beyth
Ha-Y'shee-moth" (tmsyh tyb) S1020):House of the desolation (or House of
the waste), from S1004 and plural
form of S3451; Jesimoth: S3451-
desolation,
from S3456- to
lie waste This was most likely
a place of
desolation.
One possibility of this place could have been to show the
Israelites that this was not part of the promised land. Another aspect
could be that they were to be in a place where they were to be
symbolically "desolate", before they cross over to the promised land.
There are times for us as believers in our spiritual walk with our
Heavenly Father that we
would feel "desolate" and "wasted" with the issues of the day. We as
believers have
to go to
Him and ask Him to save us from the spiritual house of the desolations
in our lives and to help us out in these times in need.
51.
ABEL OF THE SHITTIM ABEL OF THE SHITTIM [in Syria,
in Moab] (In Hebrew "Ah-vehl Ha-Sheet-teem"
(Myjsh lba) S63):Meadow of the Acacias (or Meadow of
the thorns) From S58 and plural form of S7848; Abel: S58- a
meadow, plain, to be grassy; Shittim: S7848- the acacia (from
its
scourging thorns), from S7850- but only as a denominative
from
H7752) to flog, a goad, scourge, from S7752- a lash (literally or
figuratively), from S7751- to push forth, to lash (the sea
with
oars), to row, to travel, mariner, rower, run to and fro This is a location
that had Acacia trees.
This place was probably known to contain
thorns that could be used for scourging. This is the same location,
with
the other location names in verse forty nine of this week's Torah
portion chapter, where Joshua sent two men
to spy out Jericho,
as well as Balaam prophecying in favor of Israel against Balak's
wishes, which are noted in the books of Joshua and the prophet Micah
Joshua 2:1 And Joshua, son
of Nun, sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view ta-the land, and ta-Jericho. And they went, and
came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Micah 6:5 O my People,
remember now what Balak, King of Moab consulted, and what Balaam, son
of Beor, answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the
Righteousness of hwhy.
This was the Israelites'
symbolic act to be "scourged" with the Word of hwhy before they crossed
over to the promised
land. This would also be
the
Israelites' final stage before the Israelites arrive into the promised
land. We as believers
received "spiritual scourging" from the Gospel of Yeshua, the Word made
Flesh, before we received Him as our Savior and Lord, to live in
eternity with Him, and being continually "spiritually scourged" through
His written
Word, as well as His Rema Word to stay in eternity, because we have
received
Yeshua who was "scourged" for us. We couldn't get into eternity if
Yeshua didn't get scourged for our sins first.
These are their name locations, their definitions, their symbolisms,
and
their spiritual applications in
their journeys. Many Messianic/Hebraic Roots teachers noted that each
of us
experience
these similar kind of journies with our relationship with hwhy/Yeshua,
as
we as believers go
through these kinds spiritual stops in our lives.
Ephraim
Judah, son of Monte
Judah, of Lion and Lamb
Ministries, has a DVD, titled,
"42 Journeys in the
Wilderness". You can click on the image below to get to the webpage to
order it.
The views and opinions expressed, from these different formats of
teachings below, are solely those
of the personnel and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions
of The
Aleph-Tav Project.
There are others who have teachings on this subject.
See
if you can find from these locations where you you are, and what you
might be experiencing
today.
Verses thirty seven through
thirty nine
37 and 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)], Notice
that Aaron died in Mount Hor on the fortieth year in the fifth
month. The people mourned for
Aaron's death for thirty days, which is noted in the Torah portion of
Khukath, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 20:28And 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
came
down from the mountain (the Hor). 29 And all of the
Congregation,
they saw for
Aaron had expired. And all of the House of Israel, they mourned ta-Aaron thirty days.
That means that the Israelites
did not leave Mount Hor until, at the earliest, the first day of the
sixth month, in the fortieth year.
This means that all of the journeys from Mount Hor in Moseroth to the
plains of
Jordan-Jericho were within four
months on the fortieth
year, at the earliest, on the first day of the sixth month, and it was
during the
eleventh month of the fortieth year that
they landed at Jordan-Jericho, which is noted in the Torah portion of
D'varim, in the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
1:1These are the
words which Moses spoke to all of Israel in over the Jordan in
the
wilderness, in the plain (in over) opposite Suph, between Paran, and
between Tophel, and Laban, and the Hazeroth, and Di Zahab, 2 one ten
(oneteen, eleven)
days from Horeb at the way of Mount Seir unto Kadesh Barnea.
3 And was in the fortieth year, in the tenth ten (tenthteen,
eleventh) renewed month, on
the one
of the renewed month, Moses spoke to the Sons of
Israel according to (as) all which hwhy commanded
him to them;
4 after he had struck taSihon, King
of the Amorites,
who was dwelling in Heshbon, and ta
Og, King of
the Bashan, who
was dwelling in
Astaroth, in Edrei: 5 In over the Jordan, in the land of
Moab, had assayed (yeilded, began) Moses at declaring (engraving,
digging) ta-this Teaching (Torah),...
Verses fifty through fifty
three
50 And hwhy
spoke to Moses in the
plains (going overs) of Moab upon Jordan at Jericho [Jordan-Jericho)],
to say, 51
Speak to the Sons
of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you have gone over ta-the
Jordan to the land of Canaan; 52 and you shall
shall drive out (dispossess) ta-all of the
dwellers of the land
from your faces, and
you
shall make perish (destroy) taall of their
carved figures (masked figures), and you shall make perish (destroy) taall of their
casted idol (molten, libation) images, and you shall smash down
(destroy) taall of their
high places:
53 And you
shall possess ta-the land,
and you
shall dwell
in her: for I have giventa-the land to yourselvesto
possess her.
This will be the Israelites' next step after they entered the promised
land to destroy all of the perverse and pagan elohim. This would be an
act of
honoring and obeying the Third Word (Commandment) to not have any
elohim to hwhy's Face, which is
noted in the Torah portion of Yithro, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 20:3Shall not be for yourself no
other elohim upon (over) My Face. 4 You shall not make (do)
for
yourself a vessel image (carved image), and any image (form) which is
in the Heavens from above, and which is in the Earth
from
below, and which is in the waters from underneath to the Earth: 5 You
shalt not bow to them, and you shall not serve them: for I am hwhy, your
Elohim,
am a Jealous El,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers, upon the sons, upon the threes,
and
upon the fours for
hating Me; 6 And doing mercy to
thousands for
loving Me,
and for
the keepers (guards, observers) of [(for keeping (guarding,
observing))] My Commandments.
Verses fifty four through fifty
six
54 And you
shall inherit ta-the land on
the lot by your
families: to the many, you shall multiply (increase) ta-his
inheritance, and to the few, you shall diminish ta-his
inheritance:
to which the lot shall go out to him there, shall belong to him; you
shall
inherit by the
tribes of your
fathers. 55 And if you
will not drive out (dispossess) ta-the dwellers
of the land from
your faces; and shall
be whom you let remain of them for pricks (briers, entwinings, hedges)
in your
eyes, and thorns in your
sides, and they shall vex (distress) you
upon the
land which you shall
dwell in her. 56 And shall be, as the which I devise (compare)
to do to them, I shall do to you. When
they entered into
the promised land, they did not do what they were told to do,
and they let some of the Canaanites live, and they became a snare to
them.
Later in time, the people of Zidon were being a thorn to the Northern
House of Israel, and were a cause to be ousted out the promised land,
and would scatter them throughout the world. The
prophet Ezekiel made this prophecy against Zidon, which is noted in his
book
Ezekiel 28:20 Again
the Word of hwhy came unto
me, saying,
21 Son of man, set thy face
against Zidon, and prophesy against her, 22 And say, Thus saith
Adonai hwhy; Behold, I
am against thee,
O Zidon; and I will be glorified
in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am hwhy, when I
shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her
streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the
sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am hwhy.
24 And
there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the House of
Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that
despised them; and they shall know that I am Adonai hwhy.
25
Thus
saith Adonai hwhy; When I
shall have gathered ta-the House of
Israel from
the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in
them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land
that I have given to My servant, Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell
safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they
shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all
those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I
am hwhy, their
Elohim.
Indirectly related, in contrast, the apostle Paul had to deal with his
own thorn, which he noted in his letter to the assembly in Corinth
2 Corinthians 12:6 For
though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say
the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above
that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. 7 And
lest
I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the
revelations, there
was given
to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of HaSatan to buffet me, lest
I should be exalted above measure.
8 For this thing I besought
the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me,
My Grace is sufficient for thee: for My Strength is made perfect in
weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,
that the Power of Messiah may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take
pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in
persecutions, in distresses for Messiah's sake: for when I am weak,
then am I strong. 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled
me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I
behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
In this case, Paul's thorn was used for a benefit for him to stay
humble to not exalt himself in the knowledge and revelations he
received from our Lord. I know the feeling personally, because I am
currently
experiencing this myself.
Relating back to this week's Torah portion passage, if we
as believers in the Messiah don't get rid of the
"spiritual Canaanities" in our lives, it
could mean certain peoples we have relationships with, even our family
members and ourselves, would be thorns in our flesh. This is what
Yeshua
said, which is noted in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 14:25
And there went
great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
26 If
any man come
to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and
brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My
disciple.
The
act of not hating our biological family, and ourselves, can be thorns
in our own flesh.
This is also a personal issue in our lives as believers as well. We
have problems
with items, issues, people, and our internal matters, that we did not
get rid in our lives that we should not have allowed around us. Are
they giving
problems in our lives still? Did we nip them in the bud when the
issues arose? We need to get the "spiritual briers", "spiritual thorns"
and "spiritual Canaanites"
out of our lives.
CHAPTER
34 Numbers
34:1-29
Num
34:1 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
2 Command ta-the Sons of
Israel, and you
shall say to them, When
you shall come to the land of Canaan; this is the land
which
she shall fall to you
on an inheritance of the land
of
Canaan by her borders:
3 And the
negeb (south) mouth (end) shall be to you from the Wilderness of
Zin,
upon the hand of Edom,
and shall
be to you a negeb
(southern) border from the edge of the Sea of Salt,
eastward:
4 and
you
shall surround (circumvent, turn) to you the
border from the negeb (south) to the
ascent of
Akrabbim [(Maaleh-Akrabbim)],
and shall go over to Zin: and shall be his going out (exit) from the
negeb (south) to
Kadesh Barnea, and shall go out to Hazar Addar, and shall go over to
Azmon:
5 And shall surround (circumvent, turn) the border from Azmon to
the river of
Egypt,
and shall be his going out (exit) to the sea.
6 And
a sea (west) border
shall be to you the
Great Sea: and this border shall be the sea
(west)
border to you.
7 And this shall be a hidden
(north)
border to you: from
the Great Sea you shall mark off (designate, point out) to youHor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)]: 8 From Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)],
you
shall mark off (designate, point out) to the entrance of Hamath;
and they shall be the going out (exit) of the
border to
Zedad: 9 And the border shall go out to Ziphron, and his going out (exit), they shall be
at Hazar Enan: this shall be to you a hidden (north) border.
10 And you
shall extend (mark out) to you
for an east border from Hazar
Enan
to Shepham: 11 And the border shall descend (go down) from Shepham
to
Riblah, from the east of the Ain; and the border shall descend (go
down), and
shall erase (wipe away, rub) upon the upper arm corner (upper
shoulder-arm, corner) at the Sea of Kinnereth eastward: 12 And
the border shall descend (go down) to the Jordan, and shall be his going out (exit) at the
Salt Sea: This, she shall be to you, the land by her
borders
all around.
13 And Moses commanded ta-the Sons of
Israel, to say,
This is the
land which you shall inherit her among the lot which hwhy commanded
to give to
the nine tribes, and the half tribe: 14 for
the tribe of the sons of Reubenites by the house of their fathers, and
the
tribe of the sons of Gadites by the house of their fathers, they have
received, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, they have received their inheritance:
15 the
two tribes and the half tribe, they have received their inheritance
from over by Jordan at Jericho [Jordan-Jericho)], eastward to the
rayrising.
16 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
17 These are the names of the men which they shall make inherit
ta-the land for you:
Eleazar, the Priest,
and Joshua, son of Nun. 18 And
you shall take one ruler, one ruler, from a tribe to inherit ta-the land.
19 And these are the names of the men:
Of the tribe of Judah was Caleb, son of Jephunneh,
20 and of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shemuel, son of
Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin was Elidad, son of Chislon,
22 and of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the ruler was Bukki, son of
Jogli.
23 Of the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the
ruler was Hanniel, son of Ephod,
24 and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the ruler was Kemuel,
son
of Shiphtan,
25 and of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, the ruler
was Elizaphan,
son of Parnach,
26 and of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the ruler was Paltiel, son
of
Azzan,
27 and of the tribe of the sons of Asher, the ruler
was Ahihud,
son of Shelomi,
28 and of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali,
the
ruler was Pedahel, son of Ammihud.
29 These are whom hwhy commanded
to make inherit ta-the
sons of Israel, in the land of Canaan.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
Verses one through fifteen 1 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
2 Command ta-the Sons of
Israel, and you
shall say to them, When
you shall come to the land of Canaan; this is the land
which
she shall fall to you
on an inheritance of the land
of
Canaan by her borders:
3 And the
negeb (south) mouth (end) shall be to you from the Wilderness of
Zin,
upon the hand of Edom,
and shall
be to you a negeb
(southern) border from the edge of the Sea of Salt,
eastward:
4 and
you
shall surround (circumvent, turn) to you the
border from the negeb (south) to the
ascent of
Akrabbim [(Maaleh-Akrabbim)],
and shall go over to Zin: and shall be his going out (exit) from the
negeb (south) to
Kadesh Barnea, and shall go out to Hazar Addar, and shall go over to
Azmon:
5 And shall surround (circumvent, turn) the border from Azmon to
the river of
Egypt,
and shall be his going out (exit) to the sea.
6 And
a sea (west) border
shall be to you the
Great Sea: and this border shall be the sea
(west)
border to you.
7 And this shall be a hidden
(north)
border to you: from
the Great Sea you shall mark off (designate, point out) to youHor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)]: 8 From Hor of the Mount [(Mount
of the Hor, Mount Hor)],
you
shall mark off (designate, point out) to the entrance of Hamath;
and they shall be the going out (exit) of the
border to
Zedad: 9 And the border shall go out to Ziphron, and his going out (exit), they shall be
at Hazar Enan: this shall be to you a hidden (north) border.
10 And you
shall extend (mark out) to you
for an east border from Hazar
Enan
to Shepham: 11 And the border shall descend (go down) from Shepham
to
Riblah, from the east of the Ain; and the border shall descend (go
down), and
shall erase (wipe away, rub) upon the upper arm corner (upper
shoulder-arm, corner) at the Sea of Kinnereth eastward: 12 And
the border shall descend (go down) to the Jordan, and shall be his going out (exit) at the
Salt Sea: This, she shall be to you, the land by her
borders
all around.
13 And Moses commanded ta-the Sons of
Israel, to say,
This is the
land which you shall inherit her among the lot which hwhy commanded
to give to
the nine tribes, and the half tribe: 14 for
the tribe of the sons of Reubenites by the house of their fathers, and
the
tribe of the sons of Gadites by the house of their fathers, they have
received, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, they have received their inheritance:
15 the
two tribes and the half tribe, they have received their inheritance
from over by Jordan at Jericho [Jordan-Jericho)], eastward to the
rayrising.
This week's Torah portion passage can be compared to the account, which
is noted in the book of the prophet Ezekiel
Ezekiel 47:13 Thus saith
the Adonai hwhy; This shall be the border,
whereby ye shall inherit ta-the land according to the
twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. 14 And ye
shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted
up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall
unto you for inheritance. 15 And this shall be the border of the
land toward the hidden (north) side, from the great sea, the way of
Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is
between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon,
which is by the coast of Hauran. 17 And the border from the sea
shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the hidden (north)
hiddenward (northward), and the border of Hamath. And this is tathe hidden (north) side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from
Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from
the border unto the east sea. And this is tathe east side. 19 And
the negeb (south) side rightward (southward), from Tamar even to the
waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is tathe right (south) side
nebebward (southward). 20 The sea (west) side also shall be the
great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is
the sea (west) side. 21 So shall ye divide ta-this land unto you according
to the Tribes of Israel. 22 And it shall come to pass, that ye
shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the
strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget sons among you: and
they shall be unto you as born in the country among the Sons of Israel;
they shall have inheritance with you among the Tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger
sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Adonai hwhy.
This is a map of the borders of Israel that Moses stated in
this week's Torah portion's chapter, and the comparison of the borders
noted
in Ezekiel chapter forty seven
It covered most of modern day Israel and about all of Beirut.
Looking at the following words:
MARK OFF (DESIGNATE, POINT OUT)
The Hebrew word for mark off
(designate, point out) is
"tah-ah"- Tav, Aleph, Heh (hat). It is from
Strong's Concordance number 8376, and its definition
A
primitive root; to mark off, that is, (intensively) designate: - point
out. EXTEND (MARK OUT)
The Hebrew word for extend
(mark out) is
"ah-vah"- Aleph, Vav, Heh (hwa). It is from
Strong's Concordance number 184, and its definition
A
primitive root; to extend or mark out: - point out.
Notice
the similarities in the Hebrew and in the English translations of these
two words.
Verses sixteen through twenty
nine
16 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
17 These are the names of the men which they shall make inherit
ta-the land for you:
Eleazar, the Priest,
and Joshua, son of Nun. 18 And
you shall take one ruler, one ruler, from a tribe to inherit ta-the land.
19 And these are the names of the men:
Of the tribe of Judah was Caleb, son of Jephunneh,
20 and of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shemuel, son of
Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin was Elidad, son of Chislon,
22 and of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the ruler was Bukki, son of
Jogli.
23 Of the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the
ruler was Hanniel, son of Ephod,
24 and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the ruler was Kemuel,
son
of Shiphtan,
25 and of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, the ruler
was Elizaphan,
son of Parnach,
26 and of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the ruler was Paltiel, son
of
Azzan,
27 and of the tribe of the sons of Asher, the ruler
was Ahihud,
son of Shelomi,
28 and of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali,
the
ruler was Pedahel, son of Ammihud.
29 These are whom hwhy commanded
to make inherit ta-the
sons of Israel, in the land of Canaan.
These
are the rulers whom Eleazar, the Priest, and Joshua will be in charge
of distributing the land by the leaders of every tribe.
These
are the sons'
names and their definitions (Note: Strong's Concordance numbers will be
noted by an "S"):
THE
SONS
JUDAH:
Caleb (In
Hebrew "Kaleyv" (blk) S3611):Dog, yelp SIMEON:
Shemuel (In Hebrew "Sh'moo-eyl" (lawms) S8050 [8085 + 410]):El
hears BENJAMIN:
Elidad (In Hebrew "Eleedad" (ddyla) S449):El of love DAN:
Bukki (In Hebrew "Bookee" (yqb) S1231):Wasteful,
empty, depopulate,
spread out OF
JOSEPH: MANASSEH: Hanniel (In Hebrew "Khanee-eyl" (laynx) S2592 [2603 + 410]):Favor of El OF
JOSEPH: EPHRAIM: Kemuel (In Hebrew "K'moo-eyl" (lawmq) S7055 [6965 + 410]):Raised of El ZEBULUN:
Elizaphan (In Hebrew "Elee-tsaphahn" (Npuyla) S469 [410 + 6845]):El of
treasure ISSACHAR:
Paltiel (In Hebrew "Paltee-eyl" (layjlp) S6409 [6404 + 410]):
Deliverance
of El ASHER:
Ahihud (In Hebrew "Akhee-hood" (dwhyxa) S282 [251 + 1935]):Brother of
renown NAPHTALI:
Pedahel (In Hebrew "P'dah-eyl" (lahdp) S6300 [6299 + 410]):El has
ransomed
These
are the fathers'
names and their definitions (Note: Strong's Concordance numbers will be
noted by an "S"): THE
FATHERS
JUDAH: Jephunneh (In
Hebrew "Y'phooneh" (hnpy) S3312):Prepare,
respect, turn SIMEON: Ammihud (In Hebrew "Ameehood" (dwhyme) S5989 [5971 + 1935]): People of
splendor BENJAMIN: Chislon (In Hebrew "Kees-lohn" (Nwlok) S3692): Hopeful,
fat, silly DAN: Jogli (In
Hebrew "Yaglee" (ylgy) S3020):Exile,
reveal OF JOSEPH: MANASSEH: Ephod (In Hebrew "Ey-phohd" (dpa) S641):Girdle,
shoulder piece, image OF JOSEPH: EPHRAIM: Shiphtan (In Hebrew "Sheeph-tahn" (Njps) S8204):Judge ZEBULUN: Parnach (In
Hebrew "Parnakh" (Knrp) S6355):Unknown
(Could be two
different words; Par- bullock, and Nakh- struck, hence "a struck
bullock") ISSACHAR: Azzan (In
Hebrew "ahz-zahn" (Nze) S5821):Strong one ASHER: Shelomi (In
Hebrew "Sh'oh-mee" (ymls) S8015):Peaceable NAPHTALI: Ammihud (In Hebrew "Ahmee-hood" (dwhyme) S5989 [5971 + 1935]):People of
splendor
Putting the definitions of each of the sons and fathers from each tribe
together, they make phrases:
THE
SONS AND FATHERS TOGETHER
JUDAH:A yelper
of respect
This relates to Yeshua who was a big "yelper" against the Jewish
leaders of the day, but is a respectful Person in righteousness and
truth for those who believed in Him.
SIMEON:El hears
the people
of
splendor
This is hwhy
who hears His People of splendor, the Isrelites, as well as He, through
Yeshua the Messiah, hears us, because we are His People of splendor,
and as the Bride of the Messiah.
BENJAMIN:El of love
for the hopeful
Throughout the Tanakh (Old Testament) and the Brith Khadashah (New
Covenant), hwhy/Yeshua
is Love, which the apostle John noted in his epistle
1 John 4:16 And we have known
and believed the love that hwhy hath to us. hwhy is Love; and he that
dwelleth in Love dwelleth in hwhy, and hwhy in him.
He also gives love to His hopeful ones, both His heritage People, the
Isarelites, as well as the people of the world, especially for those
who are believers in the Messiah.
DAN:Spread out
in exile
The Israelites, both the Lost Ten Northern Tribes (Known as the House
of Ephraim, also known as Joseph, or Israel) and the Two Southern
Tribes (the House of
Judah) were spread out in exile, because of they disobeyed His Word,
and part of the purpose of Yeshua's existence on the earth was to
redeem them, as the "Redeemed and Renewed First Husband" for His Bride
"the
Israelites".
OF
JOSEPH: MANASSEH:The favor
of El is His Image
This is Yeshua manefested in the flesh revealing His Image to the
people, while
He was on the earth.
OF
JOSEPH: EPHRAIM:Raised of El
shall judge
This relates to Yeshua who was raised from the dead by the Heavenly
Father on the
day of First Fruits, during the days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
on the first day of the Biblical week (at sunset on Saturday night),
and shall judge the people of the world at the end times.
ZEBULUN:El of
treasure
of a struck
bullock
This relates to Yeshua, being the symbolic bullock, a domesticated
animal, was sacrificed. Yeshua is also the symbolic Red Heifer who was
crucified on the cross.
ISSACHAR:The
deliverance
of El is
a
strong one
This is Yeshua, who is "the Deliverer", who is "the Creator", and is
the strength is His Father's Word.
ASHER:Brother of
renown
is peaceable
Yeshua is renown all over the world for about two thousand years, He is
"the Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6), and He is peacable in our hearts.
NAPHTALI:El has
ransomed the
people
of
splendor
This is also Yeshua who ransomed the People of splendor, the
Israelites, as well as the people of the world, who receive Him as
their Lord and Savior.
Question: "Where are the other two tribes, Reuben and Gad, and why were
they not included in the roster"? Because Moses only noted the tribes
who going over to inherit the land across the Jordan, which are noted
in verses fourteen through seventeen of this week's Torah portion
chapter
14 for
the tribe of the sons of Reubenites by the house of their fathers, and
the
tribe of the sons of Gadites by the house of their fathers, they have
received, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, they have received their inheritance:... 16 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
17 These
are the names of the men which they shall make inherit
ta-the land for you:...
These two and a half tribes had already received their
inheritance on the
east side of the Jordan River, in their fulfillment of their agreement
with Moses, which is noted in the Torah portion of Matoth, in the book
of Numbers, and in the book of Joshua
Numbers 32:6And Moses
said to the
sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, Your brothers [(the
brothers
of you)], shall they
go to the war, and you, shall you dwell here?... 16 And they
approached to him, and they said, We will build here inclosures of
flocks for our livestock, and cities for our little ones: 17 and we, we
will equip (depart) hastily to the face of the Sons of Israel, until
which
if we
have brought them to their place: and our little
ones
shall dwell in the fortified (isolated, fenced) cities from the face of
the
dwellers of the land.
18 We will not return to our houses, until the Sons of Israel
has inherited a man of his inheritance, 19 for we will not inherit
with them with the going over by the Jordan, and the beyond; for our
inheritance has come to us from going over the Jordan,
rayrisingward. 20 And Moses said to them, If you will do ta-this word,
if you
will equip (depart) to the Face of hwhy for the
war, 21 and all to you equip (depart) shall go over ta-the Jordan
to the Face of hwhy, until
ta-His enemies have been driven
of him
out from His Face,
22 and shall subdue (conquer) of her the land to the Face of hwhy: and afterward,
you shall
return, and you
shall be guiltless (innocent) from hwhy, and from
Israel; and this land, she
shall be to yourselves
for a seizing (possession) to the Face of hwhy, 23 and if
you will not do
so, behold, you
have sinned to hwhy: and your sins, they shall
know,
which she shall find you
out. 24 Build for yourselves
cities for your
little ones, and inclosures for
your flocks; and you
shall do that goes out from your
mouth.
25 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben
said to
Moses, to say, Your servants shall do as the which my lord (master)
commands.
26 Our
little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all of our animals, they
shall
be there
in the cities of the Gilead: 27 and your servants, they shall go over,
all equipped (departing) armed, to the Face of hwhy to the war, as
the which my lord
(master) spoke.
Joshua 22:9 And the sons
of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned,
and departed from the Sons of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the
land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their
possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of hwhy by the hand of Moses.
CHAPTER
35 Numbers
35:1-34
Num
35:1 And hwhy
spoke to Moses in the Plains of Moab upon (over) Jordan at Jericho
[(Jordan-Jericho)], to
say,
2 Command ta-the Sons of
Israel, and they shall give to the Levites from the inheritance of
their seizings (possessions)
Cities to dwell; and the grazing lands of the Cities surrounding (all
around)
them, you shall give to the Levites, 3 and the Cities, they shall
be for them to dwell; and their grazing lands, they shall be
for
their animals, and for their substances (goods), and for all of their
beasts. 4 And the grazing lands of the cities which you shall
give to the Levites, from the wall of the City and
outward (outgoing) shall
be a
thousand on the cubit all around, 5 and you shall measure outside
of the City ta-the east mouth (end) two
thousand on the cubit, and ta-the negeb (south) mouth (end)
two
thousand on the cubit, and ta-the sea (west) mouth (end)
two
thousand cubits, and ta
the hidden (north) mouth
(end) two thousand
on the cubit; and the City shall be in the midst: this
shall be to them the grazing lands of the Cities.
6 And tathe Cities
which you shall
give to the Levites shall be tasix Cities
of the Refuge, which you shall give for the fleer there, the
slayer (murderer): and you shall give upon them forty and two Cities. 7
All of the
Cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight
Cities: them,
and ta-their
grazing lands,
8 and the Cities which you
shall give from the seizing (possession) of the Sons of Israel: from tathe much you
shall multiply; and from tathe few you
shall diminish: a
man according to (as)
the mouth of his inheritance which they shall inherit shall give from
his Cities to the Levites.
9 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to,
10 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and you shall
say to
them, When you go over ta-the
Jordan to the land
of Canaan; 11 andyou
shall make befall to you
Cities, they
shall be to you
Cities of Refuge (for Refuge); and the slayer that strikes a soul in
ignorance shall flee there. 12 And they shall be to you
the
Cities for Refuge from the avenger (revenger); and the slayer shall not
die until
he
stands to
the face of the Congregation for the judgment. 13 And the Cities
which
you shall give: six Cities of Refuge, they
shall be to you. 14 taThree of
the Cities you shall give from over by the Jordan, and tathree of the Cities
shall you shall give in the land of Canaan, they
shall be Cities of
Refuge. 15 To the Sons of Israel, and to the stranger (sojourner), and
to the
dweller (tenant)
in their midst, they
shall be these six Cities for refuge: for the fleeing there of anyone
striking a soul in ignorance.
16 And if
has struck him on a
vessel of iron an the death [(and dies)], he is a murderer. Dying, the
murderer (slayer)
shall
die,
17 and if on a stone at hand which shall
die on her, strikes him and the death [(and dies)], he is a murderer
(slayer). Dying, the
murderer (slayer)
shall
die.
18 or on a vessel of a tree (wood) at hand which shall die on him
has struck him, and the death [(and dies)], he is a
murderer (slayer). Dying, the murderer (slayer)
shall die.
19 The avenger (revenger) of the blood, he shall make die (execute) ta-the murderer (slayer): he
shall make him die [(execute him)] in his impinging against him.
20 And if has pushed him in
hatred, or has thrown (had cast) upon him in laying of wait, and the death (and dies), 21 or in enmity has struck
him on his hand and the death [(and dies)], dying,
the striker shall
die; he is a murderer (slayer): the avenger (revenger) of the blood
shall
make die (execute) ta-the murderer (slayer)
in his impinging on him.
22 And if in a moment (instant) on no emnity he pushed him, or threw
(cast) any vessel
upon him in no
laying of wait, 23 or on any stone
which shall die on her in not seeing, and shall fall upon him, and the death [(and dies)], and he was not an enemy to
him, and was not seeking
(beseeching) his
evil: 24 And the Congregation, they shall judge between the striker and
between the avenger (revenger) of the blood
upon these Judgments: 25 and the Congregation, they shall
deliver ta-the slayer
from the hand
of the avenger (revenger) of the blood, and
the Congregation, they shall return him to the City of his Refuge which
had
fled there: and
shall return in her until the death of the High Priest which was
anointed him on the Sacred (Holy) Oil.
26 And if going out, the slayer shall go
out of ta-the border
of the City of his Refuge which had
fled there; 27 and the avenger (revenger) of the blood finds him out
from outside by the border of
the City of his Refuge, and the avenger (revenger) of the blood slays (murders)ta-the slayer;
blood shall not be to him: 28 for was to dwell in the City of his
Refuge
until the death of the High Priest: and after
the death of the High Priest, the slayer can return to the
land
of
his seizing (possession). 29 And these shall be to you for a Statute of
Judgment
for your generations
in all of your
dwellings.
30 Anyone striking a soul, by the mouth of witnessess shall slay ta-the slayer:
and one witness
shall not eye-testify (heed) against a soul to the
death. 31 And you shall not take a cover-ransom for the soul of a
murderer (slayer), whom he was guilty (wicked) to the death: for dying,
shall die.
32 And
you shall not take a cover-ransom to flee to the City of his Refuge, to
return to the dwelling
in the land, until the death of the Priest. 33 And you shall
not pollute (profane)
ta-the land
which you are in
her: for the blood, he pollutes (profanes)ta-the land:
and
for the land,
shall not be cover-ransomed for the blood which was shed in her, for
but on the blood shedded of him. 34 And you shall not make unclean
[(shall not defile)] ta-the land
which you
reside (dwell) in her which I tabernacle in her
midst: for I, hwhy, am tabernacling in
the midst of
the Sons of
Israel.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
Verses one through eight
1 And hwhy
spoke to Moses in the Plains of Moab upon (over) Jordan at Jericho
[(Jordan-Jericho)], to
say,
2 Command ta-the Sons of
Israel, and they shall give to the Levites from the inheritance of
their seizings (possessions)
Cities to dwell; and the grazing lands of the Cities surrounding (all
around)
them, you shall give to the Levites, 3 and the Cities, they shall
be for them to dwell; and their grazing lands, they shall be
for
their animals, and for their substances (goods), and for all of their
beasts. 4 And the grazing lands of the cities which you shall
give to the Levites, from the wall of the City and
outward (outgoing) shall
be a
thousand on the cubit all around, 5 and you shall measure outside
of the City ta-the east mouth (end) two
thousand on the cubit, and ta-the negeb (south) mouth (end)
two
thousand on the cubit, and ta-the sea (west) mouth (end)
two
thousand cubits, and ta
the hidden (north) mouth
(end) two thousand
on the cubit; and the City shall be in the midst: this
shall be to them the grazing lands of the Cities. 6 And tathe Cities
which you shall
give to the Levites shall be tasix Cities
of the Refuge, which you shall give for the fleer there, the
slayer (murderer): and you shall give upon them forty and two Cities. 7
All of the
Cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight
Cities: them,
and ta-their
grazing lands,
8 and the Cities which you
shall give from the seizing (possession) of the Sons of Israel: from tathe much you
shall multiply; and from tathe few you
shall diminish: a
man according to (as)
the mouth of his inheritance which they shall inherit shall give from
his Cities to the Levites. Each
of the forty eight citities the
Levites were to occupy would include 2,000 cubits of the length of each
side of
the city walls.
These
are the
measurements relating to the Levitical city:
1 mile = 5,280 feet
1 cubit = 1.5 feet, or 18 inches
2,000 cubits x 1.5 feet = 3000 feet
3,000 feet / 5,280 feet = about .57 miles
This calculated the Levitical grazing land distance to just over a half
a mile
Looking at the word GRAZING
The Hebrew word for grazing is
"mee-grash"- Mem, Gimel, Resh, Shin (srgm). It is from
Strong's Concordance number 4054, and its definition
From
H1644; a suburb (that is, open country whither flocks are driven for
pasture); hence the area around a building, or the margin of the sea: -
cast out, suburb.
from 1644 "gah-rash" (srg), and its definition
A
primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to
expatriate or divorce: - cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away
(forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
This is where we get our modern englis word "grass" and "graze".
Verses nine through twenty nine
These were the jails of ancient times, but they were mainly for those
who didn't intend to kill anyone.
About all of the
Cities of Refuge are noted in the book of Joshua. Thsese
are the locations of the cities mentioned in the book of Joshua: (Note:
they are colored coded for the different Levitical tribes, the twelve
tribes which gave the cities, and the Cities of Refuge):
KEY
YELLOW: The sons of Aaron,
the tribal cities the grazing areas were alotted to, and the grazing
areas they obtained. GREEN: The sons of
Kohath, the
tribeal cities they were
alotted to, and the grazing areas they obtained. RED:The
sons of Gershon,
the
tribal cities they were alotted to, and the grazing areas they obtained. BLUE:The
sons of Merari, the
tribal cities they were
alotted to, and the grazing areas they obtained. PUPRLE: The places of the
Cities of Refuge.
About all of the cities of refuge are noted in the book of Joshua
Joshua 21:1
Then came near the
heads of the fathers of the Levites unto
Eleazar, the Priest, and unto Joshua, son of Nun, and unto the heads
of the fathers of the tribes of the Sons of Israel; 2 And they
spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, hwhy
commanded by the hand of Moses to give us Cities to dwell in, with the
grazing areas thereof for our cattle. 3 And the Sons of Israel gave
unto
the Levites out of their inheritance, at the Commandment of hwhy, ta-these
Cities and ta-their
grazing areas.
4 And the lot came out for the
families of the Kohathites: and the sons of Aaron,
the Priest, which were of the
Levites, had by lot from the
tribe of Judah,
and from the tribe of Simeon,
and from the tribe of Benjamin,
thirteen Cities.
5 And the rest of the sons
of Kohath had by lot
out from families from tribe
of Ephraim,
and from
the tribe of Dan,
and from the half tribe of
Manasseh, ten Cities.
6 And the sons of Gershon
had by lot out from families of the tribe of Issachar,
and out of the tribe
of Asher,
and out of the
tribe of Naphtali,
and out
of the half
tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen Cities.
7 The sons of Merari
by their families had out from tribe of Reuben,
and out from tribe
of Gad,
and out from
tribe of Zebulun,
twelve cities. 8 And
the Sons of Israel gave by lot unto the
Levitesta-these Cities withta-their
suburbs,
as hwhy
commanded by the
hand of Moses.
9 And they gave from the
tribe of the sons of Judah,
and
from the tribe of the sons of Simeon,tathese Cities which
are here
mentioned by name, 10
Whichthe sons of Aaron,
being of the
families of the Kohathites, who were of the sons of Levi, had: for
theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave themta-the City of Arba,
father of Anak, which is the city Hebron, in the hill country of Judah,
withta-the
suburbs thereof
round about it. 12 Butta-the
fields of the City,
andta-the
villages
thereof, gave they to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, for
his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the sons of Aaron,
the Priest,ta-Hebron with ta-her grazing areas, to
be ta-a City of Refuge for the slayer;andta-Libnah with ta-her grazing areas,
14 Andta-Jattir with ta-her suburbs,
andta-Eshtemoa
with ta-her grazing areas,
15
Andta-Holon with ta-her suburbs,
andta-Debir with ta-her grazing areas,
16 Andta-Ain with ta-her suburbs,
andta-Juttah with ta-her grazing areas,
andta-Bethshemesh withta-her grazing areas;
nine Cities fromta
those
two tribes.
17
And from the tribe
of Benjamin,ta-Gibeon with ta-her grazing areas,ta-Geba with ta-her grazing areas,
18 ta-Anathoth
with ta-her grazing areas,andta-Almon with ta-her grazing areas;
four Cities. 19 All the
Cities of the sons of Aaron,
the Priests, were
thirteen Cities with their grazing areas.
20 And the families of the sons of Kohath,
the Levites
which
remained of the
sons of Kohath,
even
they had the Cities of their lot out from the tribe of Ephraim.
21 For
they gave themta-Shechem with
ta-her grazing areas in Mount Ephraim,
to
be ta-a City of Refuge
for the slayer;andta-Gezer with ta-her grazing areas,
22 Andta-Kibzaim
with ta-her grazing areas,
andta-Bethhoron
with ta-her grazing areas;
four Cities.
23 And from the tribe
ofDan,ta-Eltekeh
with ta-her grazing areas,ta-Gibbethon with ta-her grazing areas,
24 ta-Aijalon with ta-her grazing areas,ta-Gathrimmon
with ta-her grazing areas;
four Cities.
25 And from thehalf tribe of
Manasseh,ta-Tanach with ta-her grazing areas,
andta-Gathrimmon
with ta-her grazing areas;
two Cities.
26 All of the Cities were
ten with their grazing areas for the families of the sons of Kohath that remained.
27 And untothe sons of Gershon,
of the families of
the Levites, from the otherhalf tribe of Manassehthey gaveta-Golan in Bashan
with ta-her grazing areas,
to be ta-a City of Refuge
for the slayer;andta-Beeshterah
with ta-her grazing areas;
two Cities.
28 And from the tribe of Issachar,ta-Kishon with ta-her grazing areas,ta-Dabareh with ta-her grazing areas,
29 ta-Jarmuth with ta-her grazing areas,ta-Engannim with ta-her grazing areas;
four Cities.
30 And from the tribe ofAsher,ta-Mishal with ta-her grazing areas,ta-Abdon with ta-her grazing areas,
31 ta-Helkath with ta-her grazing areas,
andta-Rehob with ta-her suburbs;
four Cities.
32
And from the
tribe ofNaphtali,ta-Kedesh in Galilee
with ta-her suburbs, to
be ta-a City of Refuge
for the slayer;andta-Hammothdor
with ta-her suburbs,
andta-Kartan with ta-her grazing areas;
three Cities. 33 All of the Cities of the Gershonites
according to their families were thirteen Cities with their grazing
areas.
34
And unto the families ofthe
sons of
Merari,
the rest of the
Levites, fromtathe
tribe ofZebulun, ta-Jokneam
with ta-her grazing areas,
andta-Kartah with ta-her grazing areas,
35 ta-Dimnah with ta-her grazing areas, ta-Nahalal
with ta-her grazing areas;
four Cities.
36
And from the tribe ofReuben, ta-Bezer with ta-her grazing areas,
andta-Jahazah
with ta-her grazing areas,
37 ta-Kedemoth
with ta-her grazing areas,
andta-Mephaath with ta-her grazing areas;
four cities.
38
And from the tribe ofGad,ta-Ramoth in Gilead
with ta-her grazing areas, to be
ta-a City of Refuge
for the slayer;andta-Mahanaim
with ta-her grazing areas,
39 ta-Heshbon
with ta-her grazing areas,ta-Jazer with ta-her grazing areas;
four Cities in
all. 40 All of the
Cities
forthe sons of
Merariby their
families,
which were remaining of
the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All of
the cities of the Levites within the inheritance of the Sons of
Israel were forty and eight Cities with their grazing areas. 42 These
Cities
were every one with their grazing areas all around them: thus were all
of these
cities.
There are 112 Aleph-Tavs found in this Joshua passage. If you
include the last few verses
of this Joshua chapter not included, there are a total of 114
Aleph-Tavs. This chapter has
the
most Aleph-Tavs of any chapter outside of the Torah, and it is based on
the Levitical cities. hwhy
made it very
important to emphasize the
Aleph-Tavs here. Yeshua is the Aleph-Tav, and He is most emphasized in
this issue, because He is a descendant of the High Priestly Levitical
line of Aaron via his Aaronite mother, Mary.
Notice that there are only five Cities of Refuge noted in this
week's Torah portion chapter. So why wasn't the sixth City of Refuge
noted here, and what was
the sixth City of Refuge? It is noted in the Torah portion of
Va'Ethkhanan, in the
book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
4:41Then Moses separated
(distinguished) three cities in over the Jordan to the
rayrising of the sun; 42 for the slayer fleeing there who slayed ta-his
neighbor in failing at knowing,
and he had not hatred to him from yesterday, of three; and
shall flee to one of
these
cities
and shall live: 43 ta-Bezer
in the wilderness in the leveled area (leveled plain area)of
the Reubenites; andta-Ramoth
in the Gilead of the Gadites; and ta-Golan in the
Bashan of the
Manassites.
The sixth City of Refuge was Bezer, located in the eastern side of the
Jordan River.
Below are a couple of maps showing the Levitical cities and their
cities of
refuge. Both maps showing the Cities of Refuge are marked in red.
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai
Ministries noted that the locations of these Ciites of Refuges
relate to each of Jacob's wives in their separate borders based on six
of their sons' tribal locations. This is a map on how Jacob's wives
were situated based on these Cities of Refuges
This list contain the meanings of each of the cities' names, using the
same color key representing each of the Levitical families (Note: Strong's
Concordance numbers will be noted by an "S"):
THE
SONS OF AARON
OF JUDAH
Hebron (In Hebrew "Khevrohn" (Nwrbx) S2275): Seat of
association, society, charmer, company, join Libnah (In Hebrew "Leevnah" (hnbl) S3841): Whitish Jattir (In Hebrew "Yat-teer" (rty) S3492): Redundant,
excel,
to be remain or left Eshtemoa (In Hebrew
"Esh-t'mo-ah" (emtsa) S851): To hear
intelligently, obedience Holon (In Hebrew "Kholohn" (Nlx) S2473): Sandy Debir (In Hebrew "D'veer" (rbd) S1688): The shrine
of the
innermost part of the sanctuary, arrange, speak, subdue Ayin (In Hebrew "Ah-yeen" (Nye) S5871): Fountain Juttah (In Hebrew "Yootah" (hjy) S3194): Extended Beth
Shemesh (In Hebrew "Beyth Shemesh" (sms tyb) S1053): House
of
the sun
OF
BENJAMIN
Gibeon (In Hebrew "Geev-ohn" (Nwebg) S1391): Hilly Geba (In Hebrew "Geva" (ebg) S1387): A hillock Anathoth (In Hebrew "Anathoth" (twtne) S6068): Answers Almon (In Hebrew "Almohn" (Nwmle) S5960): Hidden
THE SONS OF KOHATH
OF EPHRAIM
Shechem (In Hebrew "Sh'khehm" (Mks) S7927): Ridge, neck, shoulder Gezer (In Hebrew "Gehzehr" (rzg) S1507): Something
cut off,
a portion Kibzaim (In Hebrew
"Keev-tsa-yeem" (Myubq) S6911): Double heap Beth
Horon (In Hebrew "Beyth Khorohn" (Nwrx tyb) S1302): House of
hollowness
OF DAN
Eltekeh (In Hebrew "Ehl-t'key" (aqtla) S514):[From
Hebrew-Greek
Key Study Bible] Meeting place Gibbethon (In Hebrew
"Geeb-b'thohn" (Nwtbg) S1405):A hilly spot Aijalon (In Hebrew "Ai-yalohn" (Nwlya) S357): Deer-field Gath
Rimmon (In Hebrew "Gath Reemohn" (Nwmr tg) S1667): Wine-press
of the pomegranate
OF
THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH
Tanach (In Hebrew "Ta-nakh" (Knet) S8590):
(Unknown) Gath Rimmon (In Hebrew "Gath Reemohn" (Nwmr tg) S1667): Wine-press
of the
pomegranate
THE
SONS OF GERSHON
OF THE HALF TRIBE OF
MANASSEH
Golan (In Hebrew "Golahn" (Nwlg) S1474): Captive, exile Beeshterah (In Hebrew
"B'esh-t'rah" (hrtseb) S1203): With
Ashtoreth
(increase)
OF
ISSACHAR
Kishon (In Hebrew "Keesh-yohn" (Nwysq) S7191):- Hard ground Dabareh (In Hebrew "Davrath" (trbd) S1705): Word Jarmuth (In Hebrew "Yarmooth" (twmry) S3142): Elevation En
Gannim (In Hebrew "Eyn Gahn-neem" (Myng Nye) S5873): Fountain
of
gardens
OF
ASHER
Mishal (In Hebrew "Meesh-ahl" (lasm) S4861): Request Abdon (In Hebrew "Ahv-dohn" (Nwdbe) S5658): Servitude Helkath (In Hebrew "Khel-kath" (tqlx) S2520): Smoothness Rehob (In Hebrew "R'khohv" (bxr) S7340): A width,
avenue or
area
OF
NAPHTALI
Kedesh (In Hebrew "Kedesh" (sdq) S6943): Sanctum (or
clean) of
circle (turning, round), defiled circle Hammoth
Dor (In Hebrew "Khamoth Dohr" (rad tmx) S2576): Hot springs
of
dwelling (generation) Kartan (In Hebrew "Kartahn" (Ntrq) S7178): City-plot
THE
SONS OF MERARI
OF ZEBULUN
Jokneam (In Hebrew "Yak-n'ahm" (Menqy) S3362): People will
be
lamented Kartah (In Hebrew "Kahr-tah" (htrq) S7177): City Dimnah (In Hebrew "Deemnah" (hnmd) S1829): Dung heap
(this
is where we get our English word "damn" from) Nahalal (In Hebrew "Na-halal" (llhn) S5096): Pasture
OF
REUBEN
Bezer (In Hebrew "Betsehr" (rub) S1221): Clipping,
cut
off, fenced, fortify, gold (as dug out) Jahazah (In Hebrew "Yah-tsah" (huhy) S3096): Perhaps
threshing-floor Kedemoth (In Hebrew
"K'dey-moth" (twmdq) S6932): Beginnings Mephaath (In Hebrew
"Mey-pha-ath" (tepym) S4158): Illuminative,
shine
OF
GAD
Ramoth
Gilead (In Hebrew "Ramoth" (tmr) S7433): Heights Mahanaim (In Hebrew
"Ma-khana-yeem (Mynxm) S4266): Double camp Heshbon (In Hebrew "Khesh-bohn"
(Nwbsx) S2809): Contrivance,
intelligence, think, regard Jazer (In Hebrew "Ya-zeyr" (rzey) S3270): Helpful
These are the names of the cities of refuge and their definitions
mentioned above:
Hebron:Seat of
association,
society, spell, join, fascinate, charmer Shechem:Ridge, neck, shoulder Golan:Captive, exile Kedesh of Galilee:Sanctum
(or clean) of circle (turning, round), Holy circle Bezer:Clipping,
cut
off, fenced, fortify, gold (as dug out) Ramoth:Heights/high place
These names of the cities of refuge creates a story:
A society was upon His Shoulder, who was captive and exiled, but to sanctify them He had to be cut off at the heights/high place.
The meanings of the names
of these Cities of Refuge tell a prophetic story of Yeshua going into
Jerusalem on the tenth day of the first Biblical month of Aviv/Nissan,
then is captured at the Garden of Gethsemene on the fourteenth day of
Aviv/Nissan on the night of Passover, was taken captive in Jerusalem,
and
then was sent by the involvement of the Jews and the Roman authorities
(the society) to be crucified (cut off) at the Mount of Olives
(heights/high place), during the daytime on
the same Passover day, in which he bears the sins of the Israelite
society and the world upon His "Shoulders" to "sanctify them" through
His death and resurrection, which included the Lost Ten Northern Tribes
of
Israel who were exiled, and the Southern House of Judah who are in
captivity still within themselves. It is Yeshua's fulfillment of the
Israelites'
Exodus story, which is noted in the Torah portion Bo, in the book of
Exodus
Exodus 12:1And hwhy spoke to
Moses and Aaron
in the land of Egypt, to say, 2 This
renewed month shall be to you
the head of renewed months: he shall be to you the
first for the renewed months of the year. 3 Speak to all of
the Congregation of
Israel, to say, On the ten of this renewed month, and they
shall take a
man for
themselves a lamb for a house of their father, a lamb for the
house: 4 And if the household shall be little with being with the
lamb,
and he and his dweller that is near to his
house shall take on
the
enumeration (number) of the souls; You shall count (number) upon the
lamb a man by the
mouth of
his eating. 5 A lamb shall be a perfect male of a son of a year: shall
be for
yourselves from the
lambs, and you shall take from the kids (young goats): 6 And
shall be for you
to keep (guard, watch) until the four ten (fourteen) day of
this
renewed month: and all of the Assembly of the Congregation of Israel,
they
shall slaughter
him
between the mixing periods. 7 And they shall take of
the blood and shall give him upon the two side posts, and upon the
upper door post (lentil) upon
the houses
which they shall eat him in them.
Yeshua came in to the city of Jerusalem four days before the Passover,
which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 12:12 On the next day
[10th day of Aviv/Nissan] 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.
This become the annual Spring High Holy Day of Passover, noted in the
Torah portion of Emor,
in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 23:5 In the
first renewed month, on the
four ten (fourteen) of
the renewed month, between the
mixing periods (evenings), is the
Passover to hwhy.
Yeshua became our Passover sacrifice, which the apostle Paul noted in
his
letter to the assembly in Corinth
1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out
therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are
unleavened. For even Messiah, our Passover is sacrificed for us:
!!!!!hwhy
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Indirectly related, King David noted hwhy being his Refuge
which is noted in the book of the Psalms
Psalms 46:1 To the chief
Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. Elohim is our
refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:7hwhy of Armies (Hosts) is with
us; the
Elohim of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah.
Psalms 46:11hwhy of Armies (Hosts) is with
us; the
Elohim of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah.
Verse twenty five
25 and the Congregation shall
deliver ta-the slayer
from the hand
of the avenger (revenger) of the blood, and
the Congregation shall return him to the City of his Refuge which had
fled there: and
shall return in her until the death of the High Priest of
whom was
anointed him on the Sacred (Holy) Oil.
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai
Ministries displayed a chart of the amount of High Priests to
the years of certain periods of time:
From the time of Moses to the
time of Solomon's Temple erected: 612 years / 13 High Priest = 47
years average
From the time of Solomon's
Temple to the time of the destruction of Solomon's Temple: 466.5 years / 18 High Priests =
25.9 years average
Mark Biltz noted that those innocent manslayers who went to the Cities
of Refuge hoped that the High Priests were about to die, so that they
wouldn't be there for a long time.
Verse twenty eight
for was to dwell in the City
of his
Refuge
until the death of the High Priest: and after
the death of the High Priest, the slayer can return to the
land
of
his possession. As I commented
multiple times in
previous certain Torah portions, Yeshua became the last
physical legitimite High Priest on earth before He was crucified. In
the application
to this week's Torah portion passage, when Yeshua died, He became the
last legitimate physical
High
Priest to die for all of the slayers of Israel. Now He has became the
Savior for ALL
slayers. There have been many examples of that in
recent times. One of the most well known is Nicki Cruz, who was
portrayed by Eric Estrada with Pat Boone playing David Wilkerson in
"The Cross and the Switchblade". Indirectly realted,
Yeshua also followed this week's Torah portion chapter, and a scenario
could have occurred, which could have been based in the Gospels of
Matthew and John
Matthew 26:51 And, behold, one
of them which were with Yeshua stretched out his hand, and drew his
sword, and struck a servant of the High Priest's, and smote off his
ear. 52 Then said Yeshua unto him, Put up again thy
sword into his place: for all they
that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
John 18:10 Then
Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the High Priest's
servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 Then said Yeshua unto Peter, Put up thy sword
into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not
drink it?
Based on this week's Torah portion chapter, if this is correct, Yeshua
knew that if this servant could have potentially died, Peter would have
had to escape to one of the Cities of Refuge, but would have been tried
and be killed by the relative, would could have been the potential
avenger of blood, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 18:26One of the
servants of the High Priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off,
saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with Him? 27 Peter then
denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
This servant of the High Priest who relative's ear Peter cut off, and
died, could have been the avenger of blood, and could have killed Peter
by right according the Torah.
Mar
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai
Ministries displayed the chart of the High Priests between
between Aaron as the first High Priest and Solomon's Temple, and
between Solomon's Temple to the Temple's destruction resulting in the
Babylonian Captivity
The average life of a High Priest was much longer to Solomon's Temple,
than from Solomon's Temple to Babylonian Captivity, which means that
those who sent to one of the Cities of Refuge hoped that the High
Priest didn't have long to live.
From 37BC and 70 AD, about 107 years, there were twenty eight High
Priests, and the average of the timeline of the life of each High
Priest was 3.8 years, which is shown in Mark Biltz's other chart
Mark also noted that the High Priesthood position was bought out,
and they kicked out the previous High Priest. That means that the
previous High Priests during the 107 year timeline did not die, and for
the Commandment for those who are in the Cities of Refuge, as long as
the High Priesthood was bought and causing the previous High Priest to
be kicked out while alive, they were guaranteed to die while in refuge.
Don't think that Yeshua didn't know this Commandment. It was right for
Yeshua to take over the High Priesthood, so that He could die for the
sins of the world, and to fulfill the Commandment for the High Priest
to die.
This week's Torah portion passage could be a basis of Yeshua's death as
the High Priest for those who are and were in the Cities of Refuge who
should have been set free, which is noted in the Gospel of John
Matthew 27:45 Now from
the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth
hour. 46 And about the ninth hour, Yeshua cried with a Loud Voice,
saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My El, my El, why
hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they
heard that, said, This Man calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway
one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put
it on a reed, and gave Him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let
us see whether Elias will come to save Him. 50 Yeshua, when He had
cried again with a Loud Voice, yielded up the Spirit. 51 And,
behold, the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the
bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves
were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after His Resurrection, and went
into the Holy City, and appeared unto many.
Also, one can also say that Yeshua, the Messiah, is our City of Refuge
when
we as believers accepted Him as our Savior and Lord and now lives in
our hearts.
!!!!!hwhy
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Today, instead of Cities of Refuge, we have jails. We do not have a
legitimite High Priest on earth, but the government. If we went by the
Torah
in this matter today, none of those who are in jail for killing someone
will be let out, because Yeshua is our Eternal High Priest today, and
He is never
going to die again.
There was a true story of a woman from Texas years ago that was sent
to jail and was put on death row for murdering a woman with an axe
while her husband was having an affair. While in jail, she found the
Messiah via a ministry, and the man that led her to the Messiah later
married her. She became a completely changed person and worshiped
Messiah with all of her heart. Her husband appealed her execution to
the
governor in Texas, who at the time was George W. Bush. On the day of
the
execution, Governor Bush refused to stay the execution, and they put
her to
death. A Christian company made a movie about it.
In my opinion, Bush, a believer himself, showed no compassion
in
her case. Even if former governor Bush could have given her a chance to
live, did
this Torah segment apply to her, because she killed a person on
purpose? I will end it on that question.
Verse thirty three 33 And you shall
not pollute (profane)
ta-the land
which you are in
her: for the blood, he pollutes (profanes)ta-the land:
and
for the land,
shall not be cover-ransomed for the blood that was shed in her, for
but on the blood shedded of him. This began with the first shedding
of blood shedded on the ground, which is noted in the Torah portion of
B'reyshith, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 4:8And Cain spoke
to Abel his
brother: and was, in their being in the field, and Cain rose up to Abel
his
brother, and killed (slaughtered) him. 9 And hwhy
said to
Cain, Where is
Abel your
brother?
And said, I do not know: Am I the guardian of my brother?
10 And
said,
What have you done? The voice of the blood of your
brother cries to me from the Ground. 11 And now, cursed are you from
the Ground which hath
opened ta-her mouth to
receive ta-the blood of
your brother
from your
hand; 12 When you till ta-the Ground,
she shall not
again give her strength to you;
you
shall be a fugitive and a vagabond
on the Earth.
Because Cain defiled the earth with Abel's blood, hwhy
punished Cain with the earth not providing him with food.
CHAPTER
36 Numbers
36:1-13
Num 36:1 And came near
the heads of the
fathers of the families of the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of
Manasseh, from the families of the sons of Joseph,
and they spoke to the face of Moses, and to the face of the
Rulers, the Heads of the Fathers of
the Sons of Israel: 2 and they said, hwhy commanded ta-my
lord (master) to give ta-the land among an inheritance
on the lot to the Sons of
Israel: and my lord (master) was commanded on hwhy to give ta-the
inheritance
of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters. 3 And they shall be
to one from the sons of the tribes of the Sons of
Israel for wives, and their inheritance
shall be scraped away (shaved away, removed) from the
inheritance of
our fathers, and shall be added upon the inheritance of the tribe which
they
shall belong to them: and our
inheritance from the lot shall be scraped away (shaved away,
removed). 4 And if
the Jubilee
shall be to the Sons of Israel, and their
inheritance shall be added upon the
inheritance of the
tribe which they
shall belong to them: and from the inheritance of the
tribe of our fathers, their
inheritance shall be scraped away (shaved away,
removed).
5 And
Moses
commanded ta-the Sons of
Israel upon (over) the Mouth of hwhy, to say,
Thus, the tribe of
the sons of Joseph speaks. 6 This is
the Word which hwhy commanded
to the daughters
of
Zelophehad, to say, For the goodness in their
eyes,
they
shall surely (only) be wives to the family of the tribe of their
father, they
shall be for wives. 7 And she shall not circumvent (revolve) the
inheritance of
the Sons of Israel from
tribe to tribe: for a man of the Sons of Israel shall cling on the
inheritance of the tribe of his fathers, 8 and any daughter possessing
an
inheritance from the tribes of the Sons of Israel,
she shall be for a wife to one from the families of the tribe of her
father, by that, the
Sons of Israel, they shall possess a man an inheritance of his fathers.
9
and she shall not circumvent (revolve) the
inheritance from a tribe to another tribe, for the tribes
of the Sons of Israel, they shall cling a man on his inheritance.
10 As
the which hwhy
commanded ta-Moses,
so the
daughters of Zelophehad, they did: 11 And Mahlah,
Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad,
they
were for wives
to the sons of their uncles (father brothers): 12 they were
for wives
with the families
of the
sons of Manasseh, son of Joseph. and she was their
inheritance upon (over) the
tribe of
the family of their
father. 13 These are the Commandments and the Judgments, which hwhy
commanded on the hand of Moses to the Sons of Israel, in the
plains (going overs) of Moab, upon Jordan at Jericho [(Jordan-Jericho)].
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
This was "Part Two" on the saga of the daughters of Zelophehad
entitled, "The Inter-Tribal Marriage Case", which is noted from the
Torah portion
Pinkhas, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 27:1And the
daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of
Machir, son of Manasseh, of the family of Manasseh, son of Joseph, they
came near: and
these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and
Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood to the face of Moses, and
to
the face of Eleazar, the Priest, and to the face of the Rulers and all
of
the Congregation, at the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment, to say,
3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the
midst
of the Congregation that were appointed upon (over) hwhy in the
congregation of
Korah; that had died in his sin, and there were no sons to him. 4 To
why should the
name
of our father be scraped away (shaved away) from the midst of his
family,
for was not to him a son?! Give to us a possession (seize) among
the midst
of
the brothers of our father.
5 And Moses brought near ta-their charge (cause, custom
issue)
to the Face of hwhy.
6 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
7 Thus the daughters of Zelophehad had spoken: Giving, you shall
give
to them a scraping (shaving) of an inheritance in the midst of the
brothers of
their father; and you shall have ta-the
inheritance of their
father go over to them. 8 And you shall speak to the Sons of
Israel, to say, When a man shall die, and has not a son to him, And you
shall have ta-his
inheritance go over to his
daughter. 9 And if has not a daughter to him, andyoushall
give ta-his
inheritance to his
brother. 10 And if has not to him brothers, andyoushall give ta-his
inheritance to the brother of his father. 11 And if have no brothers
to his
father, andyoushall give ta-his
inheritance to his
relative that is near to him from his family, and shall possess
her: and
she
shall be to the Sons of Israel for a Statute of Judgment, as
the which
hwhy commanded ta-Moses.
It is now the men of Manasseh's turn to bring a case to Moses regarding
the daughters of Zelophehad. In this issue, they were concerned that
Zelophehad's daughters could marry men from another Israelite tribe,
and the men of Manasseh
were also concerned that the land of their tribe would diminish by
having it given to
another tribe through "Inter-Tribal Marriage". Also, they were
concerned
that in the year of the
Jubilee, they would not get the land back, because of the Inter-Tribal
Marriage.
Moses went to hwhy
to
state their
case. The reason their case came to Moses, was that the men of Manasseh
went through the steps of
the lower courts, as was suggested by Moses' father-in-law, Jethro,
which is noted in the Torah portion Yithro, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 18:17And the father-in-law of
Moses said to him, The word which
you are doing is not good. 18 Fainting (Wearing), you will faint (wear
out), also you,
also this People which are with you: for
the word is heavy with you;
You are not able to do him by your aloneness. 19 Now listen in my
voice. I will consult you, and Elohim shall be with you: You
will
be for the People
before (at front of) The Elohim, and you, you will bring ta-the words to The Elohim:
20 And you shall delegate (enlighten, warn) them ta-the Statutes
and ta-the Teachings (Torahs),
and you shall make known to
them ta-the way they
shall
walk (go) in her and ta-the doings which they
should do.
21 And you, you shall provide (perceive, envision, gaze) from all of
the People men of
valor (valiance),
fearing
Elohim, men of truth, haters of gain (profit, covetousness); and you
will set over (upon)
them for princes of thousands, princes of hundreds, princes of
fifties, and princes of tens: 22 And they will
judge ta-the People
in all times: And shall be, they shall bring to
you any of the great word, and any of the little
(small) word they shall judge themseles: And shall be
easier (lighter) from upon
yourself, and they shall bear with you.
23 If you do ta-this word,
and Elohim
commands you, and you shall be able at
standing, and also all of this
People
shall go over (upon) their place in peace.
24 And Moses listened
to
the voice of his father-in-law, and did all which was said. 25 And
Moses chose men of valor (valiance) from all of Israel, and gave them
of
heads over (upon)
the People, of princes of Thousands, of princes of Hundreds, of princes of
Fifties,
and of princes of Tens. 26 And they
judged ta-the People
in all times: They brought to Moses ta-the hard
word, and they judged themselves any of the little (small) word. 27
And Moses
sent away ta-his
father-in-law; and went
by himself to his land.
Based
on this week's Torah portion chapter, the men of Menasseh went through
the lower courts, and after
all the appeals, they now have reached the "Supreme Court" of the
Israelite judicial system.... Moses.
After the men stated their case to Moses, and Moses went to hwhy
about it, hwhy
made the judgement that any
daughter having
an inheritance were to marry "within" their own
tribes and not another tribe, so that the Jubilee will be valid within
their
own tribe.
Today, in the United States, it would be impossible to apply this
Commandment, with
all the past influx of immigrants compared to the original landowners
in the early years of this nation. The first phase of this destruction
of
mainting the family lands came with the G.I.'s that came back from
World War II, and there was a home building boom by the government, in
which applied "Eminent Domain" that was based from the Fifth Amendment
in
the United States Constitution in 1791. The Eminent Domain gives the
United States government the right to take property away for the
Government's purpose, even if the land rightly belongs to the owner.
In the end of the men of Menasseh's case, one can say that the men were
satisfied
with hwhy's
decision.
"CASE CLOSED"!!!
That ends this
week's Torah portion commentary.
This also ends the book of Numbers
Don't cry. We will read you again next year, hwhy willing.