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TORAH PORTIONS
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NASO (Lift Up)
Numbers 4:21-7:89
There are 77 Aleph-Tavs in this week's Torah portion
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CHAPTER 4
Numbers 4:21-49
Num 4:21 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 22 Lift up (Bear) ta-the heads of the sons of Gershon, also them, by the house of their fathers, by their families; 23 You shall visit (account, count) them from a son of thirty years and the upward (ascending) unto a son of fifty years; all that can go to muster (massing, arming) an Army (a Muster, a Mass, a Campaign) for the serving the Service in the Tent of Appointment. 24 This is the Service of the families of the Gershonites, for the serving, and for bearing (burdening): 25 And they shall bear (carry, lift up) ta-the Curtains (Hangings) of the Tabernacle, and ta-the Tent of Appointment, his Covering (Concealment), and the Covering (Concealment) of the skins of clean animals, (kosher animals, antelopes, dugongs, ?waterproofing animal skins?, ?badgers?) which is upon Him from of above her, and ta-the Covering (Concealment) of the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment, 26 And ta the Slings (Sling Screens, Screens, Leaves, Valves, Hangings) of the Court, and ta-the Screen Cover (Screen Curtain) of the Entrance of the Gate of the Court, which is upon the Tabernacle, and upon the Altar all around, and ta their Cords, and ta-all the Vessels of their Service, and ta all which shall be done to them: and they shall serve. 27 Upon the mouth of Aaron and his sons, she shall be all of the Service of the sons of the Gershonites, to all of their Burden (Bearing), and to all of their Service: and you shall visit (oversee, account) upon them on the Charge of ta-all of their Burden. 28 This is the Service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Appointment: and their Charge on the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the Priest.
29 Of the sons of Merari, you shall visit (account, count) them by their families, by the house of their fathers; 30 You shall visit (account, count) them from a son of thirty years and the upward, and unto a son of fifty years, all that are going to the Army (Muster, Mass, Campaign) for the serving ta-the Service of the Tent of Appointment. 31 And this is the Charge of their Burden (Bearing) to all of their Service in the Tent of Appointment; the Boards of the Tabernacle, and his Bars, and his Pillars, and his Sockets, 32 And the Pillars of the Court all around, and their Sockets, and their Pins (Pegs), and their Cords, of all their Vessels, and of all of their Service: and you shall visit (account, count) in name ta-the Vessels of the Charge of their Burden (Bearing). 33 This is the Service of the families of the sons of Merari, to all of their Service, in the Tent of Appointment, on the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the Priest.
34 And Moses, and Aaron, and the Rulers of the Congregation visited (accounted, counted) ta-the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by the house of their fathers, 35 from a son of thirty years and the upward, and unto a son of fifty years, all that are going to the Army (Muster, Mass, Campaign) for the Service in the Tent of Appointment: 36 And they were of their visiting (accounting, count) by their families two thousand, seven hundred, and the fifty. 37 These were the visits (accounts, counts) of the families of the Kohathites, all that were serving in the Tent of Appointment, which Moses and Aaron visited (accounted, counted) upon the Mouth of hwhy, on the hand of Moses.
38 And the visiting (accounting, count) of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 from a son of thirty years and the upward, and unto a son of fifty years, all that were going to the Army (Muster, Mass, Campaign) for the Service in the Tent of Appointment, 40 And they were their visit (account, count) by their families, by the house of their fathers, two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These were the visits (accounts, counts) of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that were serving in the Tent of Appointment, which Moses and Aaron had visited (accounted, counted), upon the Mouth of hwhy.
42 And the visiting (accounting, count) of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 from a son of thirty years and the upward (ascending), and unto a son of fifty years, all that were going to the Army (Muster, Mass, Campaign) for the Service in the Tent of Appointment, 44 And they were of their visit (account, count) by their families, three thousand and two hundred. 45 These were the visits (accounts, counts) of the families of the sons of Merari, which Moses and Aaron visited (accounted, counted) upon the Mouth of hwhy, on the hand of Moses.
46 Of all of the visits (accounts, counts) which Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel visited (accounted, counted) ta-the Levites by their families, and by the house of their fathers, 47 from a son of thirty years and the upward (ascending) and unto a son of fifty years, all that were going for the serving the Service of a Servant, and the Service of the Burden (Bearing) in the Tent of Appointment, 48 and they were of their visits (accounts, counts), eight thousand and the five hundred and eighty. 49 Upon the Mouth of hwhy visited (accounted, counted) them on the hand of Moses, a man, a man, upon his Service, and upon his Burden (Bearing): and his (their?) visit (account, count), which hwhy commanded ta-Moses.
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First of all, whoever it was that made the decision to cut this chapter in half, between last week's Torah portion of B'midbar and this week's Torah portion was not in their right minds. Why they did it that way? I do not know.
Theses are the numbers of the Levitical Patriarchs mentioned above:
LEVITES
All males from thirty to fifty years old:
Gershonites: 2,630
Merari: 3,200
Kohathites: 2,750
Total Levites: 8,580
These do not include the men below thirty and above fifty. If can estimate the total amount of Levites based on the total amount, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 3:43 And were all of the firstborn remembered ones (males) on the scroll (enrollment, number) of names, from a son of a renewed month and the upward (ascending), of their visit (account, count) were two and twenty thousand, three and seventy and two hundred.
When one substracts 8,580 from 22,273, that leaves 13,693 males below thirty and above fifty. If one can estimate the totality of the Levites, including all the females and children, it could be in the ballpark of 75,000, if every male from thirty to fifty years old were married.
The Gershonites were in charge of the fabrics of the Tent of Appointment, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 3:25 And the Charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Appointment was the Tabernacle, and the Tent, his Coverings, and the Screen Cover (Screen Curtain) of the Entrance of the Tent of Apointment, 26 And the Slings (Sling Screens, Screens, Leaves, Valves, Hangings) of the Court, and ta-the Screen Cover (Screen Curtain) of the Entrance of the Court which is upon the Tabernacle, and upon the Altar all around, and ta-his Cords for all of his Service.
The Merarites were in charge of the hardware of the Tent of Appointment, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 3:36 And the Oversight (Visit, Account) of the Charge of the sons of Merari shall be the Boards of the Tabernacle, and his Bars, and his Pillars, and his Sockets, and all of his Vessels, and all of his Service,
The Kohathites were in charge of the major appliances of the Tent of Appointment, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 3:31 And their Charge was the Ark, and the Table, and the Menorah, and the Altars, and the Vessels of the Sanctuary which they shall minister on them, and the Screen Cover (Screen Curtain), and all of his Service.
Looking at the duties of the Levites for the Tabernacle, all under Aaron's son, Ithamar:
THE GERSHONITES
These are the duties noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers:
*The Tabernacle
*The Tent
*His Covering
*The Veil of the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment
*The Hangings of the Court
*The Veil of the Entrancce of the Court, upon the Tabernacle
*The Altar all around
*His cords for all his service
Comparing the Gershonites' responsibiblities for the service in this week's Torah portion:
*The Curtains of the Tabernacle
*The Curtains of the Tent of Appointment
*His covering
*The Antleope (Waterproof) skins
*The Covering of the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment
*The Slings of the Court
*The Hanging of the Entrance of the Gate of the Court
*The Hangings' cords
*All the vessels of their service, and all which shall be done to them
This week's list shows more detail than what was mentioned in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers.
THE KOHATHITES
These are the duties noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers:
*The Ark
*The Table
*The Menorah
*The Other Altars
*The Vessels of the Sanctuary
*The Veil, and his service
RULERS OF THE LEVITES
*Oversee the keepers of the charge of the Sanctuary
THE MERARITES
These are the duties noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers:
*Boards of the Tabernacle
*His Bars
*His Pillars
*His Sockets
*All His vessels
*All His service
*Pillars of the Court
*The Court's Sockets
*The Court's Pins
*The Court's Cords
Comparing the Gershonites' responsibiblities for the service in this week's Torah portion:
*The Boards of the Tabernacle
*The Tabernacle's bars
*The Tabernacle's pillars
*The Tabernacle's sockets
*Pillars of the Court
*The Court's sockets
*The Court's pins
*The Court's cords
*All their vessels, and their service
Practically, the same thing mentioned from last week's Torah portion.
Verse forty seven
47 from a son of thirty years and the upward (ascending) and unto a son of fifty years, all that were going for the serving the Service of a Servant, and the Service of the Burden (Bearing) in the Tent of Appointment,
Looking at the word SERVANT
The Hebrew word for servant is "ah-voh-dah"- Ayin, Bet, Dalet, Heh (hdbe). It is from Strong's Concordance number 5656, and its definition
From H5647; work of any kind: - act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering (-try), office, service (-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
from 5647 "ah-vahd" (dbe), and its definition
A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.: - X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour (-ing man), bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve (-ing, self), (be, become) servant (-s), do (use) service, till (-er), transgress [from margin], (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper.
Normally, this Hebrew word is translated as "ministry" in this week's Torah portion passage in the King James Version. The question is "Why did I translate this as 'servant'"? Because one, this Torah verse has used these two Hebrew words, four consecutive times together. In the Hebrew text, it reads this with the similar Hebrew word highlighted in yellow:
מִבֶּ֨ן שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה וְעַ֖ד בֶּנ־חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה כָּל־הַבָּ֗א לַעֲבֹ֨ד עֲבֹדַ֧ת עֲבֹדָ֛ה וַעֲבֹדַ֥ת מַשָּׂ֖א בְּאֹ֥הֶל מֹועֵֽד׃e
The two Hebrew "avodath" (tdbe) words used is properly translated as "the service of". The key word "avodah" (hdbe) with the context of this verse, shows that it was used for the emphasis of the Levites' title. Title could also be translated as "servant", or "minstry".
The apostles also called themselves "servants" in the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant), as exampled in the apostle Paul's letters to the assemlbies in Rome and Colossia, and by the apostle Peter in his epistle
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Yeshua the Messiah, called to be an apostle, separated unto the Gospel of hwhy,
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Messiah, saluteth you,...
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Yeshua the Messiah,...
Looking at the word SERVANT
The Greek word for servant is "doolohs" (douloj). It is from Strong's Concordanc number 1401, and its defnition
From G1210; a slave (literally or figuratively, involuntarily or voluntarily; frequently therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency): - bond (-man), servant.
from 1210 "deh-oh" (dew), and its definition
A primary verb; to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively): - bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind. See also G1163, G1189.
This could also be translated as "bondservant".
We as belivers in Yeshua are also His "servants", and we are also Yeshua's "priests" which is noted in the apostle Peter in his epistle, and by the apostle John in the book of Revelation
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a Chosen Generation, a Royal Priesthood, an Holy Nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His Marvellous Light:
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Yeshua, the Messiah, which hwhy gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant, John: 2 Who bare record of the Word of hwhy, and of the Testimony of Yeshua, the Messiah, and of all things that He saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 4 John to the seven assemblies which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him Who Is, and Who Was, and Who Is To Come; and from the seven Spirits which are before His Throne; 5 And from Yeshua, the Messiah, who is the Faithful Witness, and the First Begotten of the Dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His Own Blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto hwhy and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
We are His servants and His priests doing the "Service of the Servant", in Yeshua, our Messiah.
CHAPTER 5
Numbers 5:1-31
Num 5:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 2 Command ta-the Sons of Israel, and they shall be sent from the Camp of every leper, and everyone having a discharge (flow), and everyone unclean one by the soul: 3 from remembered one (male) unto expressed one (pierced one, punctured one, female), you shall send him away; to from outside by the Camp you shall send them away; and they shall not make unclean [(not defile)] ta-their camps which I dwell in their midst. 4 And the Sons of Israel, they did thus, and they sent them away to from outside by the Camp: as the which hwhy spoke to Moses, the Sons of Israel, they did thus.
5 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 6 Speak to the Sons of Israel, When a man or a woman, they did from any of the sins of the Adam by transgressing a transgression against hwhy, and that soul is guitly; 7 and they shall make known (confess) ta-their sin which they have done: and shall return (restore) ta-his guilt in his head (principal), and his fifth shall be added upon him, and shall be given to the which to him was guilty. 8 And if shall not be a kinsman redeemer to a man for the returning (restoration) to him that is guilty, the guilt that is returned (restored) to hwhy, to the Priest; from by besides the Ram of the Atonements which shall be atoned on him upon him. 9 And every Heave Offering for all of the Sacred Things (Holy Things) of the Sons of Israel, which they shall bring near to the Priest, they shall belong to him. 10 And a man of ta-his Sanctified Things (Holy Things), they shall belong to him: a man which shall give to the Priest, shall belong to him.
11 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 12 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, A man, a man, if his wife, she goes astray (deviate), and has transgressed against him a transgression, 13 And a man shall lay with her, laying of seed, and was veiled from the eyes of her man, and was hidden, and she was unclean (defiled), and was not a witness against her, and she was not caught; 14 and has gone over upon him a Spirit of Jealousy, and was jealous at ta-his wife, and she was unclean (defiled): or has gone over upon him a Spirit of Jealousy, and was jealous of ta-his wife, and she was not unclean (defiled): 15 and the man shall bring ta-his woman to the Priest, and shall bring ta-her Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) upon her of a tenth of the ephah of grounded barley; shall not pour oil upon him, and shall not give frankincense upon him; for he is a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of Jealousy, of a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of a Memorial (Remembrance), of a Memorial (Remembrance) of Iniquity. 16 And the Priest shall bring her near, and shall stand her to the Face of hwhy: 17 And the Priest shall take the Water of Sacreds (Holies) in an earthen vessel; and from the dust which shall be on the floor (?rented floor?) of the Tabernacle, the Priest shall take, and shall be given to the Water:
18 And the Priest shall stand ta-the woman to the Face of hwhy, and shall uncover (loose) ta-the head of the woman, and shall give upon her palm ta the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of the Memorial (Remembrance), she is a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of Jealousy: and in the hand of the Priest shall be the Water of the Bitters of the Curses: 19 and the Priest shall make her swear, and shall say to the woman, If a man has not lain with you, and if you have not strayed (deviated) at uncleanness (defilement) under your husband, be free (innocent, guiltless, blameless) from the Water of the Bitters of these Curses: 20 And you, if you have strayed (deviated) under your man, and when you have been unclean (defiled), and has given a man in you ta-his laying from failing unto your man: 21 And the Priest shall make ta-the woman swear on an Oath of the Allah-Curse (Imprecation), and the Priest shall say to the woman, hwhy shall give for an allah-curse (imprecation) with you and to an oath in the midst of your People in hwhy giving ta-your genitals at falling off, and ta-your womb at swelling (amassing); 22 And the Waters of these Curses, they shall go in your uterus to swell (amass) the womb, and to make the genitals fall off: and the woman shall say, Amen, amen
23 And the Priest shall write ta-these allah-curses (imprecations) in a Scroll, and shall be blotted to the Water of the Bitters: 24 and ta-the woman shall quaff (drink) ta-the Water of the Bitters of the Curses: and the Waters of the Curses for Bitters, they shall enter in her. 25 And the Priest shall take from the hand of the woman ta-the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of the Jealousy, and shall wave ta-the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) to the Face of hwhy, and shall bring her near to the Altar: 26 And the Priest shall grasp (hand grasp) from the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Aportion Offering) ta-her Memorial (Remembrance) Offering, and shall incense (smoke, fumigate, burn) to the Altar, and afterward ta-the woman shall quaff (drink) ta-the Waters. 27 And of making her quaff (drink) ta-the Waters, and shall be, if she shall be unclean (defiled), and she transgressed a transgression against her man, and the Waters of the Curses of the Bitters, they shall enter in her, and her womb shall swell (amass), and her genitals shall fall off: and the woman, she shall be for an allah-curse (imprecation) in the nearness of her People. 28 And if the woman was not unclean (defiled), and she is clean (pure); and shall be free (innocent, guiltless, blameless), and shall seed seed.
29 This is the Teaching (Torah) of the Jealousies which a woman, she shall stray (deviate) under her man, and shall be unclean (defiled); 30 Or a man, which she goes over upon him a Spirit of Jealousy, and is jealous of ta-his woman, and shall stand ta-the woman to the Face of hwhy, and the Priest shall do to her ta all of this Teaching (Torah). 31 And the man shall be free (innocent, guiltless, blameless) from iniquity, and that woman, she shall bear her iniquity.
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In my opinion, regarding this week's Torah portion chapter account regard, in general, this is the second most important ceremonial act done by any priest, whether the High Priest, or a regular Priest, next the High Priest ceremonial activity on Yom HaKippurim.
Verses one through four
1 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 2 Command ta-the Sons of Israel, and they shall be sent from the Camp of every leper, and everyone having a discharge (flow), and everyone unclean one by the soul: 3 from remembered one (male) unto expressed one (pierced one, punctured one, female), you shall send him away; to from outside by the Camp you shall send them away; and they shall not make unclean [(not defile)] ta-their camps which I dwell in their midst. 4 And the Sons of Israel, they did thus, and they sent them away to from outside by the Camp: as the which hwhy spoke to Moses, the Sons of Israel, they did thus.
In the beginning of this week's Torah portion chapter, the Israelites were told to take all of the unclean People outside of the Camp. Notice that it didn't occur until after the Tent of Appointment was erected. Another way of saying this week's Torah portion passage is "OK, Folks! Time to clean Camp!"
Looking at this week's Torah portion passage, did hwhy say to Moses "They cannot return to the Camp anymore, and they cannot follow us, because they are unclean"? No, He didn't. They were following the Camp throughout the Israelite's journey outside of the Camp as long as they did not enter into it, because there was a chance that they were going to be clean at one point in time, as well as those hoping to be healed from leprosy.
A couple of questions came to me: "How many of the People, roughly, were existing outside the Camp during their journey"? I would roughly guess as low as about 200, but it could be as high as 10,000 that were outside of the Camp. There could have also been three separate camps outside of the Camp: One camp was for those who were unclean from touching a dead soul, and those who had issues. The second camp were for those who had the plague, but were not guaranteed to stay unclean. The third camp were for the "loners" who were defined as unclean, which is noted in the Torah portion of Thazria, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 13:42 And if shall be on the bald head or the bald forehead a white-reddish plague; she is a leprosy breaking (blossoming, blooming, flourishing) on his bald head or on his bald forehead. 43 And the Priest shall look at him: and behold, is a lifting (exalting, swelling) of the plague of white-reddishness on his bald head or on his bald forehead of the skin of the flesh is as the appearance of leprosy; 44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean: unclean, the Priest shall make him unclean; his plague is on his head. 45 And the leper of whom the plague is on him, his garments shall be rent (torn), and his head shall be loosened (exposed), and upon the upper lip he shall muffle (veil), and shall cry, Unclean! Unclean! 46 All of the days that the plague shall be on him shall be unclean; he is unclean: shall dwell alone; shall be his dwelling from outside by the Camp.
The next question is "How do they eat and drink while they are outside of the Camp"? The obvious answer would be their family members provide them food. They would provide their sustanance while they were outside of the Camp until they hopefully become clean.
Indirectly related, this is an unusual exception to the rule, which is noted in the book of the prophet Samuel
2 Samuel 10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun, son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the sons of Ammon said unto Hanun, their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour ta-thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? Hath not David rather sent ta-his servants unto thee, to search ta-the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 4 Wherefore Hanun took ta-David's servants, and shaved off ta-the one half of their beards, and cut off ta-their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
This was a type of the men being "outside of the camp" of Jerusalem, until their beards were grown to its proper appearance.
In the end of days, in comparison to the clean and the unclean ones, Yeshua is going to separate the believers who follow Yeshua from the unbelieves who do not, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 25:31 When the Son of Man shall come in His Glory, and all of theHoly angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the Throne of His Glory: 32 And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And He shall set the sheep on His Right Hand, but the goats on the Left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on His Right Hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed Me: I was sick, and ye visited Me: I was in prison, and ye came unto Me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee an hungred, and fed Thee? Or thirsty, and gave Thee drink? 38 When saw we Thee a stranger, and took Thee in? Or naked, and clothed Thee? 39 Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.
41 Then shall He say also unto them on the Left Hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave Me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in: naked, and ye clothed Me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited Me not. 44 Then shall they also answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee? 45 Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
The sheep are the righteous, symbolically, the clean ones, who excepted Yeshua and follow and do hwhy's Commandments by doing things unto Him, but the goats are of the world, a.k.a Egypt, symbolically the unclean of the lepers, who rejected Yeshua and hwhy's Commandments by not following Yeshua and by not doing things unto Him.
Verses five through ten
5 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 6 Speak to the Sons of Israel, When a man or a woman, they did from any of the sins of the Adam by transgressing a transgression against hwhy, and that soul is guitly; 7 and they shall make known (confess) ta-their sin which they have done: and shall return (restore) ta-his guilt in his head (principal), and his fifth shall be added upon him, and shall be given to the which to him was guilty. 8 And if shall not be a kinsman redeemer to a man for the returning (restoration) to him that is guilty, the guilt that is returned (restored) to hwhy, to the Priest; from by besides the Ram of the Atonements which shall be atoned on him upon him. 9 And every Heave Offering for all of the Sacred Things (Holy Things) of the Sons of Israel, which they shall bring near to the Priest, they shall belong to him. 10 And a man of ta-his Sanctified Things (Holy Things), they shall belong to him: a man which shall give to the Priest, shall belong to him.
This was taken from the Teaching (Torah) of Transgression, which is noted in the Torah portion of Vay-Yirkra, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 6:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 2 If a soul, she sins, and transgresses a transgression against hwhy, and deceives (lies, dealt falsely) against ta-his associate (companion) in counting (overseeing, numbering, visiting), or in a deposit (pledge) of hand, or in a robbery, or has extorted (frauded) his neighbor; 3 or has found a lost thing, and was deceiving (lying, falsifying) against her, or had sworn upon falsehood; upon one from any which the Adam does by sinning in them: 4 And shall be, if has sinned, and is guilty, and shall return ta-the robbed thing which was robbed, or ta-the extorted thing that was extorted (frauded), or ta-the deposit (pledge) that was deposited (pledged) with him, or ta-the lost thing which was found, 5 or from all that was sworn upon him by deceiving (lying, falsifying), and shall repay him on his headness (principal), and his fifth shall be added upon him, to which he has to him shall give him in the day of his Guilt Offering. 6 And shall bring ta-his Guilt Offering to hwhy of a perfect ram from the flock in your evaluation for a Guilt Offering to the Priest: 7 And the Priest shall atone upon him to the Face of hwhy: and shall be forgiven to him from one from all that was done by being guilty on her.
The word "transgression" is usually translated in the English version Bibles as "trespass".
This is the Bible Study Tools website's definition of the word "trespass" and "transgression":
"To pass over, to go beyond one's right in place or act; to injure another; to do that which annoys or inconveniences another; any violation of law, civil or moral; it may relate to a person, a community, or the state, or to offenses against God".
"From "transgress," to pass over or beyond; to overpass, as any rule presscribed as the limit of duty, to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral;... the violation of of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach or command; offesnse; crime; sin."
In any case, it is ultimately against hwhy, and that soul is the one that broke the connection between ones own soul and hwhy. As I noted before in past Torah portions, the soul is feminine, and it consists of the mind, emotions and will. The parts of the offerings given to the Priests have a significance with the soul, which is noted in the Torah portion of Vay-Yikra, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 3:1 And if a Sacrifice of a Peace Offering shall be his Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering), if he is bringing from the herd; if of a remembered one (male), if of a female, shall bring near a perfect one to the Face of hwhy. 2 And shall support (lay) his hand upon the head of his Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering), and shall slaughter him at the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment: and the sons of Aaron, the Priests, they shall sprinkle ta-the blood upon the Altar all around. 3 And shall bring near the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering of a Fire Offering to hwhy; ta-the kheylev-fat which covered (concealed) ta-the nearest parts (inwards), and ta all of the kheylev-fat which is upon the nearest parts (inwards), 4 and ta the two kidneys, and ta-the kheylev-fat which is upon them which is upon the loins (buttocks, flanks), and ta-the flap (caul, lobe) upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall be removed.
There are three items here being separated, and it is probable that it relates to these three areas:
THE KHEYLAV FAT
This is fat. The brain also contains fat. Each organ has a "mind" of its own, and the fat is connected to them, which is the result of the organs. It is probable that the kheylev fat is symbolized by the brain, which is fat, and it is related to the MIND.
THE CAUL (LOBE)
This is connected to the liver, which represents strength, and it is probable that the caul (lobe) relates to the WILL.
THE TWO KIDNEYS
It is well known that the kidneys relates to the EMOTIONS.
These three items represents the three parts of the SOUL: THE MIND, THE EMOTIONS, AND THE WILL.
Those who transgressed were to pay one fifth, or twenty percent, on top of the principal to repay for their guilt. The purpose of the additional fifth was probably to make that soul think that this costs the soul one's silver for the extra charge to the principal. Don't forget that as I noted in the Torah portion of Vay-Yigash, in the book of Genesis, for the common farmers of the day, silver was not a major commodity for them, but their livestock, and when the famine hit Egypt during Joseph's reign as Viceroy to Pharaoh, the silver by the Egyptians were spent in a shorter period of time than their livestock. Livestock is the only element that multiplies, but not silver.
The fifth is the number five, and five is well known to be symbolized for grace. When the transgressor is giving a fifth, he is giving a grace amount, so that he would receive grace in return. In other words, if one needs grace, one is to give grace in order to receive it. Grace is what we received when we accepted Yeshua as our Lord and Savior. The apostle Paul noted this in his letter to the assembly in Ephesus
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the Gift of hwhy: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Believers would think that confessing their sins was only mentioned in the Brith Khadahah (the New Covenant), but it is in noted the Torah. The apostle John noted about confessing one's sins in his epistle
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Verses eleven through twenty eight
11 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 12 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, A man, a man, if his wife, she goes astray (deviate), and has transgressed against him a transgression, 13 And a man shall lay with her, laying of seed, and was veiled from the eyes of her man, and was hidden, and she was unclean (defiled), and was not a witness against her, and she was not caught; 14 and has gone over upon him a Spirit of Jealousy, and was jealous at ta-his wife, and she was unclean (defiled): or has gone over upon him a Spirit of Jealousy, and was jealous of ta-his wife, and she was not unclean (defiled): 15 and the man shall bring ta-his woman to the Priest, and shall bring ta-her Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) upon her of a tenth of the ephah of grounded barley; shall not pour oil upon him, and shall not give frankincense upon him; for he is a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of Jealousy, of a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of a Memorial (Remembrance), of a Memorial (Remembrance) of Iniquity. 16 And the Priest shall bring her near, and shall stand her to the Face of hwhy: 17 And the Priest shall take the Water of Sacreds (Holies) in an earthen vessel; and from the dust which shall be on the floor (?rented floor?) of the Tabernacle, the Priest shall take, and shall be given to the Water:
18 And the Priest shall stand ta-the woman to the Face of hwhy, and shall uncover (loose) ta-the head of the woman, and shall give upon her palm ta the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of the Memorial (Remembrance), she is a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of Jealousy: and in the hand of the Priest shall be the Water of the Bitters of the Curses: 19 and the Priest shall make her swear, and shall say to the woman, If a man has not lain with you, and if you have not strayed (deviated) at uncleanness (defilement) under your husband, be free (innocent, guiltless, blameless) from the Water of the Bitters of these Curses: 20 And you, if you have strayed (deviated) under your man, and when you have been unclean (defiled), and has given a man in you ta-his laying from failing unto your man: 21 And the Priest shall make ta-the woman swear on an Oath of the Allah-Curse (Imprecation), and the Priest shall say to the woman, hwhy shall give for an allah-curse (imprecation) with you and to an oath in the midst of your People in hwhy giving ta-your genitals at falling off, and ta-your womb at swelling (amassing); 22 And the Waters of these Curses, they shall go in your uterus to swell (amass) the womb, and to make the genitals fall off: and the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
23 And the Priest shall write ta-these allah-curses (imprecations) in a Scroll, and shall be blotted to the Water of the Bitters: 24 and ta-the woman shall quaff (drink) ta-the Water of the Bitters of the Curses: and the Waters of the Curses for Bitters, they shall enter in her. 25 And the Priest shall take from the hand of the woman ta-the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of the Jealousy, and shall wave ta-the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) to the Face of hwhy, and shall bring her near to the Altar: 26 And the Priest shall grasp (hand grasp) from the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Aportion Offering) ta-her Memorial (Remembrance) Offering, and shall incense (smoke, fumigate, burn) to the Altar, and afterward ta-the woman shall quaff (drink) ta-the Waters. 27 And of making her quaff (drink) ta-the Waters, and shall be, if she shall be unclean (defiled), and she transgressed a transgression against her man, and the Waters of the Curses of the Bitters, they shall enter in her, and her womb shall swell (amass), and her genitals shall fall off: and the woman, she shall be for an allah-curse (imprecation) in the nearness of her People. 28 And if the woman was not unclean (defiled), and she is clean (pure); and shall be free (innocent, guiltless, blameless), and shall seed seed.
THIS SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY
hwhy took the issue regarding the women lay with a man who is not her husband very seriously. This is how the King James Version translates verses twenty-one and twenty two of this week's Torah portion passage
(KJV) 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
It sounds strong, but it doesn't hit the correct places of a woman. What's the point of a woman's thigh to rot? To me, the thigh doesn't make sense.
Looking at the following King James Version's words:
THIGH
The Hebrew word for thigh 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.
Looking at these defenitions, one can see that one translation is "the genereative parts". This is the same Hebrew word used when Abraham asked his elder servant, commonly accepted as Eliezer, to put his hand under his "testacles", because it doesn't just apply to Abraham, but to Abraham's descendants as well. In the woman's case, this would apply "to her genitals" as well.
BELLY
The Hebrew word for belly is "beh-tehn"- Bet, Tet, Nun Sophit (Njb). It is from Strong's Concordance number 990, and its definition
From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything: - belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.
The KJV's translation of belly is a general area in a woman's body. Looking for something more specific, it would make sense that it would affect her generative parts, and one defintion shows one, which is the "womb".
BOWELS
The Hebrew word for bowels is "mey-eh"- Mem, Ayin, Heh (hem). It is from Strong's Concordance number 4578, and its definition
From an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively sympathy; by implication a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively): - belly, bowels, X heart, womb.
The bowels are also a various lower area in a human being. Looking for a definition to fit the area of a woman's reproduction area, since the uterus was already clearly defined, the best one revealed by Strong is "the uterus".
SWELL (AMASS)
The Hebrew word for swell (amass) is "tsah-vah"- Tsade, Bet, Heh (hbu). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6638, and its definition
A primitive root; to amass, that is, grow turgid; specifically to array an army against: - fight, swell.
Notice that this definition is the same root word for "army".
Putting these three crucial definitions together, this is how it should be properly translated:
21 And the Priest shall make ta-the woman swear on an Oath of the Allah-Curse (Imprecation), and the Priest shall say to the woman, hwhy shall give for an allah-curse (imprecation) with you and to an oath in the midst of your People in hwhy giving ta-your genitals at falling off, and ta-your womb at swelling (amassing); 22 And the Waters of these Curses, they shall go in your uterus to swell (amass) the womb, and to make the genitals fall off: and the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
These results really hits a woman "below the belt", by affecting her reproductive areas. As one can see, if a woman did lay with another man and put seed in her, hwhy's judgment on a woman would be more dramatic and traumatic, that hwhy took away two things from her:
One: The woman's ability to mate and enjoy the pleasure of mating with her husband, by having her genitals fall off.
Two: The woman's reproductivity and her blessing to have sons and daughters, by making her womb swell. During Biblical times, in the culture, a wife's reputation was to have children, and if she was not able to bear children, she was not fruitful as hwhy commanded Adam and Khavah, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'reyshith, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 1:26 And Elohim said, We will do (make) Adam in Our Image according to Our Likeness, and shall rule among the fishes of the Sea, and among the birds of the Heavens, and among the animals, and among all of the Earth, and among all creepers that creep upon the Earth. 27 And Elohim created ta-the Adam in His Image, created him in the Image of Elohim, created them a remembered one (male) and a perforated one (punctured one, female). 28 And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, Fructify and multiply, and fill ta-the Earth, and subdue her;...
hwhy's Judgment on a woman would so dramatic and so traumatic, and she would also not conisdered blessed. This would really cause a scare to the women at that time to be scared at the result, and would make them think twice before considering straying from their husbands, and would think that they could have it done to them as well. In verse twenty two of this week's Torah portion passage, when the judgemnt would cause a woman's womb to swell, this would be an act of a mockery to that woman by hwhy by making her look like she was pregnant and for looking like she was taking part with the other fertile women to "amass" an "army", But it would be only a "mass of air", and it would be "an empty and false pregnancy", for the fruit of her womb by lying with another man who is not her husband is "emptiness", and she will stay in that state for the rest of her life. This would also portray as Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries calls it "Measure for measure", and in agricultural terms it is "Reaping what you sow". Also these elements take away the woman to have pleasure in having sex, and if she did get pregnant, she would have difficulty in giving labor to her baby. This false act of "amassing an army of air" can be compared to HaSatan who is the prince of the air who has his own army.
Indirectly related, the Torah of a man lying with a woman, which is noted in the Torah portion of Ki Theytsey, in the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man shall be found laying with a woman married of a husband, and they shall die, also both of them, the man that layed with the woman, and the woman: and you shall consume (fuel away burn away) the evil from Israel.
In verse twenty three of this week's Torah portion passage, the Priest is to take the written scroll of the curses and blot it with Water of the Bitters.
Looking at the word BLOT
The Hebrew word for blot is "mah-khah"- Mem, Khet, Heh (hxm). It is from Strong's Concordance number , and its definition
"A primitive root; properly to stroke or rub; by implication to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), that is, grease or make fat; also to touch, that is, reach to: - abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out)".
This is where we get our modern English word "mock".
This is the same word used when Moses talked with hwhy on Mount Sinai, after the Israelites defiled themselves with the Golden Calf, which is noted in the Torah portion of of Ki Thisa, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 32:31 And Moses returned to hwhy, and said, Oh now, this People have sinned a great sin, and they have done (made) for themselves elohim of gold. 32 And now, if You will lift away (bear) their sin, and if not, blot (erase) me now from Your Scroll which You have written. 33 And hwhy said to Moses, Whom which has sinned to Me, I will blot (erase) him out of My Scroll. 34 And now, go, lead ta-the People to which I have spoken to you: behold, My Messenger shall go to your face: and in the day of My Visitation, I will visit their sin upon (over) them. 35 And hwhy plagued ta-the People, upon which they did (made) ta-the calf which Aaron made.
Moses warns the Israelites that they would be blotted out if they go and serve other elohim, which is noted in the Torah portion of Nitsavim, in the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 29:16 For you, you know ta which we dwelled in the land of Egypt; and ta which we went over in the nearness of the nations which you went over; 17 and you have seen ta-their disgustingness (filth, pollutions), and ta-their log idols (rolling idols) of tree and the stone, silver, and gold, which were with them: 18 lest shall exist among you a man, or a woman, or family, or a tribe, which his heart faces away today from with hwhy, our Elohim, to go to serve the elohim of ta-these nations; lest shall exist among you a root that fructifies gall and wormwood; 19 And shall be, in his hearing ta-the Words of this alah-curse, and shall bless in his heart, to say, Peace shall belong to me, for I walk in the stubborness (hostility, imagination) of my heart, by that, to add the drunkenness to ta-the thirsty: 20 hwhy will not breathe forgiveness [(be willing at forgiving)] to him, for then shall smoke the Anger of hwhy, and His Jealousy shall be against that man, and shall crouch on Him all of the alah-curses (imprecations) that were written in this Scroll, and hwhy shall blot out (abolish) ta-his name from under the Heavens.
This principle was similarly applied in the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant), and it regarded the assembly in Sardis, which is noted by the apostle John, in the book of Revelation
Revelation 3:1 And unto the angel of the assembly in Sardis write; These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of hwhy, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before hwhy. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white: for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.
Some brethren in Sardis were not walking completely in the truth, and they in many ways were in danger of being blotted out from the book of life.
This is the same Hebrew word applied in the opposite means, and an example is regarding David's sin with Bathsheba, which is noted in the book of the Psalms
Psalm 51:9 Hide Thy Face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Also in this week's Torah portion verse, the woman's reproductive organs are being "blot out" from bearing fruit of having children, especially children who could have been potential ancestors of the future Yeshua, the Messiah.
Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries noted in this segment regarding the woman, is that the spiritual implication to this, is that one would commit spiritual adultery with other elohim by another elohim, i.e. the world, or other things they make elohim in their lives. In my two cents worth, what happens to those who serve other elohim in their lives, is that they give labor to things related to the world, which is "vain labor", or in the Kingdom sense, in this week's Torah portion segment "empty labor".
Looking at the following words:
ALLAH-CURSE (IMPRECATION)
The Hebrew word for allah-curse(imprecation) is "ah-lah"- Ayin, Lamed, Heh (hle). It is from Strong's Concordance number 423, and its definition
From H422; an imprecation: - curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
from 422 "ah-lah" (hle), and its definition
A primitive root; properly to adjure, that is, (usually in a bad sense) imprecate: - adjure, curse, swear.
This is the same word that the Muslims use for the name of their perverse pagan god.
CURSES
The Hebrew word for curses is "ah-rahr"- Aleph, Resh, Resh (rra). It is from Strong's Concordance number 779, and its definition
A primitive root; to execrate: - X bitterly curse.
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Bitter Waters and the Church in the Great Tribulation
CHAPTER 6
Numbers 6:1-27
Num 6:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 2 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, If a man or a woman shall accomplish (make wonderful) to a vow of a Vow of a Nazarite for the set apartness (separation) [(to be set apart (separated)] to hwhy: 3 Shall be set apart (separated) from wine and strong drink (liquor); and shall not drink from leavened (vinegar) wine and leavened (vinegar) strong drink (liquor); and shall not imbibe (drink) any steeped juice of grapes; and shall not eat the fresh (moist) and the dry grapes. 4 All of the days of his set apartness (separation) from anything which shall be done (made) from the vine; of the wine from the sour grape (grape kernel), and unto a grapeskin (grape husk), shall not eat. 5 All of the days of the Vow of his Set Apartness (Separation), a razor shall not go over upon his head: until the days are fulfilled of which was set apart (separated) to hwhy shall be Sacred (Holy), and shall grow the locks (looseness) of the hair of his head. 6 Shall not come upon a dead soul all of the days of his set apartness (separation) to hwhy, 7 for his father, and for his mother, for his brother, and for his sister, shall not be unclean (defiled) for them in their death: for a set apartness (separation) of his Elohim is upon his head. 8 All of the days of his set apartness (separation) he shall be Sacred (Holy) to hwhy.
9 And when a dead one shall die upon him in a sudden (moment's, instant's, winking's, twinkling's) moment (instant, wink, twinkling), and makes unclean [(and defiles)] the head of his set apartness (separation); and shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, shall shave him on the seventh day. 10 And on the eighth day shall bring two turtledoves or two sons of a dove to the Priest to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment: 11 And the Priest shall do (offer) one for a Sin Offering, and one for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering), and shall atone upon him from the which had sinned upon the soul, and shall sanctify ta-his head that day. 12 And shall set apart (separate) to hwhy ta-the days of his set apartness (separation), and shall bring a sheep of a son of his year for a Guilt Offering: and the days of the first, they shall fall, for his set apartness (separation) was made unclean [(was defiled)].
13 And this is the Teaching (Torah) of the Nazarite in the day were fulfilled the days of his set apartness (separation): shall bring himself to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment: 14 And shall bring near ta-his Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) to hwhy, a perfect sheep of a son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering), and one perfect ewe sheep of a daughter of her year for a Sin Offering, and one perfect ram for a Peace Offering, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread of flour, of overflowed (mixed) in the oil, and wafers (thin cakes) of khalah bread (khalah cakes) of unleavened bread anointed in the oil, and their Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering), and their Drink Offering (Libation Offering). 16 And the Priest shall bring near to the Face of hwhy, and shall do (offer) ta-his Sin Offering and ta-his Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 17 And shall do (offer) ta-the ram of a Sacrifice of the Peace Offering to hwhy upon the basket of the unleavened bread: and the Priest shall do (offer) ta-his Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) and ta-his Drink Offering (Libation Offering). 18 And the Nazarite shall shave at the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment ta-the head of his set apartness (separation), and shall take ta-the hair of the head of his set apartness (separation), and shall give upon the fire which is under the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering. 19 And the Priest shall take ta-the boiled shoulder leg (arm leg, front leg) from the ram, and one unleavened bread cake from the basket, and one unleavened bread wafer, and shall give upon the palms of the Nazarite after his shaving ta-his set apartness (separation): 20 and the Priest shall wave them of a Wave Offering to the Face of hwhy: he is Sacred (Holy) to the Priest, upon the breast of the Wave Offering, and upon the hip leg (back leg) of the Heave Offering: and afterward, the Nazarite shall imbibe (drink) wine. 21 This is the Teaching (Torah) of the Nazarite which shall vow his Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) to hwhy upon his set apartness (separation), from by unto which his hand, she shall afford (attain, reach): according to [(as)] the mouth of his vow, which shall vow, so shall do upon the Teaching (Torah) of his set apartness (separation).
22 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 23 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, to say, Thus you shall bless ta-the Sons of Israel, saying to them, 24 hwhy shall bless you, and shall keep (hedge) you: 25 hwhy shall shine His Face to you, and shall be gracious to you: 26 hwhy shall lift up (bear) His Face to you, and shall set (put) peace to you. 27 And they shall put ta-My Name upon the Sons of Israel; and I, I will bless them.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
Verses one through twenty-one
THE NAZARITE VOW
There are two well known people in the Bible who did the vow of the Nazarite, and they were Sampson and the apostle Paul, which are noted in the books of the Judges and the Acts
SAMPSON
Judges 13:1 And the Sons of Israel did evil again in the Eyes of hwhy; and hwhy delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the Messenger of hwhy appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the young boy shall be a Nazarite of Elohim from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of the Elohim came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of a Messenger of Elohim, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: 7 But He said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to Elohim from the womb to the day of his death. 8 Then Manoah intreated hwhy, and said, O my Adonai, let the Man of the Elohim which Thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the young boy that shall be born. 9 And the Elohim hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Messenger of the Elohim came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the Man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the Man, and said unto him, Art Thou the Man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. 12 And Manoah said, Now let Thy Words come to pass. How shall we order the young boy, and how shall we do unto him? 13 And the Messenger of hwhy said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. 14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. 15 And Manoah said unto the Messenger of hwhy, I pray Thee, let us detain Thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for Thee. 16 And the Messenger of hwhy said unto Manoah, Though thou detain Me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer an Elevation (Burnt) Offering, thou must offer it unto hwhy. For Manoah knew not that He was a Messenger of hwhy. 17 And Manoah said unto the Messenger of hwhy, What is Thy Name, that when Thy sayings come to pass we may do Thee honour? 18 And the Messenger of hwhy said unto him, Why askest thou thus after My Name, seeing it is secret? 19 So Manoah took a kid with the Food (Grain) Offering, and offered it upon a rock unto hwhy: and the Messenger did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the Messenger of hwhy ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the Messenger of hwhy did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was a Messenger of hwhy. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen Elohim. 23 But his wife said unto him, If hwhy were pleased to kill us, he would not have received an Elevation (Burnt) Offering and a Food (Grain) Offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the young man grew, and hwhy blessed him.
The future mother of Samson was not to have anything to do with the grape items, and Samson was not to eat grape items throughout his life.
THE APOSTLE PAUL (FORMALY SAUL)
Acts 18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
It is clear in this passage of Acts that Paul did a Nazarite vow. When Paul was present at the time of the stoning of Stephen in Jerusalem, to the time Yeshua met him, to the time his eyes were open by Ananias, meeting Barabbas, meeting the disciples, meeting Lydia, meeting of woman of divination, teaching in Antioch, all these before the time of appealing to Caesar, Paul was under the Nazarite vow, and had long locks of hair.
By the way, this is how the apsotle Paul got his name, which is based of an account in the book of the Acts
Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the High Priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from the heavens: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? 5 And he said, Who art Thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Yeshua whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
The key part of this passage in this Acts passage is this:
And he fell to the earth...
In the Hebrew, the root word for fall is "nah-phahl"- Nun, Peh, Lamed (lpn) Take that last two letters and we get "phal" (lp). The apostle "Paul" got his name by his experience "falling" off from his animal, most likely a horse.
Bill Cloud of Shoreshim Ministries noted that there could be many reasons for the People to want to take the Nazarite Vow.
In similarness, John the Immerser abstained from drinking wine and strong drink, which is noted in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the Priest's Office before hwhy in the order of his course, 9 According to the Custom of the Priest's Office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the Temple of hwhy. 10 And the whole multitude of the People were praying without at the time of incense. 11 And there appeared unto him an angel of hwhy standing on the right side of the Altar of Incense. 12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name, John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the Eyes of hwhy, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to hwhy, their Elohim. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a People prepared for hwhy.
A question comes to me "Why did hwhy abstain the Nazarite from only grapes of any format"? Wine was a main staple for drinking in any culture.
The My Olive Tree website, under the article "The Historical Symbolism of Grapes and Grapevines", said this:
"Symbolism involving the grapevine dates back thousands of years, to the times of the ancient Greeks. In Greek mythology there was even a god of a vintage (Dionysus, known as Bacchus in the Roman tradition). Dionysus would carry around a grape vine or bunches of grapes whenever he was represented in paintings and images. Many festivals and banquets had wine toasts to Dionysus as a tradition, and Greek wine cups were often even decorated with wine and grapes as a tribute to the god.
The grapevine also frequently occurs as a symbol in Christianity and the New Testament. One parable told by Jesus likens the Kingdom of Heaven to a father engaging laborers within his vineyard. Jesus even uses the vine as a symbol of Himself, saying "I am the vine." Because of this symbolism, many important Roman figures (after the Roman Empire had adopted Christianity) use the images of vines and grapes on their graves or in mosaics in which they are depicted. The grapevine makes frequent occurrences in the older scriptures as well, with the vine being the symbol of God';s chosen people, the children of Abraham.
In most of these situations, you can see that the use of a grapevine as a symbol that is tied into fertility and prosperity.
It is therefore appropriate that My Olive Tree helps to literally create more fertility in the desert by using grape vines, a symbol of fertility that stretches back to Israel's early history.In most of these situations, you can see that the use of a grapevine as a symbol that is tied into fertility and prosperity".
The purpose of abstaining of drinking or eating from the grapes is an act of having no fertility and no prosperity. Anyone heard of a religion during the Medieval times through today having nothing to do with fertility and prosperity? How about the Roman church? Also, the Benedictine monasteries and the Jesuits did it too by abstaining from fertility and living in poverty. My ancester, Robert de Newburgh (c.1100-1159), during the latter years of his life, became a monk at the Abbey of Bec, in Normandy, France, and is buried there. He had that experience in the years he became a monk. Samson and the apostle Paul were abstained from these things as well.
Regarding the Nazarite Vow in this week's Torah portion chapter, the Nazarine's purpose is that they were to abstain from any form of grapes, the symbol of fertility and prosperity- the grapes' symbol. In relation to Yeshua, Yeshua came to earth without having sex and offspring and was poor throughout His life. He was the Nazarine which makes sense, because He lived, since as early as twelve years old, in "Nazareth", which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of hwhy appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and take the Young Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the Young Child's Life. 21 And he arose, and took the Young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of hwhy in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Common sources say that it is from the book of Judges regarding Samson, the Judge. But on the Christian Courier website, in the article "Was Matthew Mistaken in the Nazarene Prophecy?" noted that it could be a play on words, which is based in the book of the Prophet Isaiah
Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
It doesn't show it in English, but in the Hebrew text, the Hebrew word for branch is "neh-tsehr"- Nun, Tsade, Resh (run), which would fit the name of the location that Yeshua dwelled, as well as His title, a "Nazarene".
Verses twenty two through twenty seven
THE AARONIC BLESSING
22 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 23 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, to say, Thus you shall bless ta-the Sons of Israel, saying to them, 24 hwhy shall bless you, and shall keep (hedge) you: 25 hwhy shall shine His Face to you, and shall be gracious to you: 26 hwhy shall lift up (bear) His Face to you, and shall set (put) peace to you. 27 And they shall put ta-My Name upon the Sons of Israel; and I, I will bless them.
This is the actual Hebrew text of the blessing
יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃
יָאֵ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה׀ פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃
יִשָּׂ֨א יְהוָ֤ה׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁלֹֽום׃
The Hebrew phoenetic translation
Yee'v'reh-kh'khah Yah-wah v'yeesh-m'reh-khah, yah'eyr Yah-wah pah-naiv eyley-khah vee-khoo-neh-khah, yee-sah Yah-wah panaiv ey-ley-khah, v'yah-seym l'khah shah-lom.
It has been traditional that the Jews hold their hands in the air in the shape of a Shin
This is a topical view of Jerusalem showing the three rivers making the Hebrew letter Shin (Backwards shaped)
The scripture though, does not say that Aaron put out his hands in the shape of the letter Shin. This is the first account of Aaron as the High Priest, when he blessed the People, as noted in the Torah portion of Sh'mini, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 9:22 And Aaron lifted up (bore) ta-his hands to the People, and blessed them,...
It doesn't say though that Aaron didn't to do it. Mr Spock from "Star Trek" Leonard Nimoy, who is Jewish, who played Mr Spock from "Star Trek", thinks it's ok to use this Shin symbol in the Star Trek episode series.
But don't forget, it is only the High Priest and his sons that do it, and we have our Eternal High Priest, and He is Yeshua, the Messiah.
CHAPTER 7
Numbers 7:1-89
Num 7:1 And was in the day Moses had finished to the raising up ta-the Tabernacle, and the anointing of him, and the sanctifying of him, and ta-all of his Vessels, and ta-the Altar and ta-all of his Vessels, and the anointing of them, and the sanctifying of them; 2 And the Rulers of Israel, the heads of the house of their fathers, they brought near. These were the rulers of the tribes, these were the ones standing upon (over) the visited ones (accounted ones, counted ones): 3 and they brought ta-their Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) to the Face of hwhy, six wagons, and two ten (twoteen, twelve) oxen; a wagon upon two of the rulers, and an ox for one: and they brought them near to the face of the Tabernacle.
4 And hwhy spoke to Moses, to say, 5 Take from them, and they shall be for the servicing of ta-the Service of the Tent of Appointment; and you shall give them to the Levites, a man according to [(as)] the mouth of his Service. 6 And Moses took ta-the wagons, and ta-the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. 7 ta two wagons, and ta four oxen were given to the sons of Gershon according to [(as)] the mouth of their Service: 8 And ta four wagons and ta eight oxen were given to the sons of Merari according to [(as)] the mouth of their Service, on the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the Priest. 9 And to the sons of Kohath were not given: for the Service of the Sacred Things (Holy Things) was upon them, they were carried (bored, lifted up) on their shoulders. 10 And the rulers, they brought near ta the Dedication Offering at the Altar in the day he was anointed [(had anointed him)], and the rulers, they brought near ta-their Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) to the face of the Altar.
11 And hwhy said to Moses, One ruler for the day, one ruler for the day, they shall bring near ta-their Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) for the Dedication Offering of the Altar.
12 And the one with bringing near ta-his Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) on the first day was Nahshon, son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 13 And his Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 14 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 15 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 16 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 17 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Nahshon, son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day brought near Nethaneel, son of Zuar, ruler of Issachar. 19 The bringing near of ta-his Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 20 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 21 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 22 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 23 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Nethaneel, son of Zuar.
24 On the third day, the ruler of the son of Zebulun was Eliab, son of Helon. 25 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 26 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 27 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 28 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 29 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Eliab, son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day, the ruler of the sons of Reuben was Elizur, son of Shedeur: 31 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 32 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 33 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 34 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 35 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Elizur, son of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day, the ruler of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai: 37 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 38 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 39 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 40 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 41 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day, the ruler of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph, son of Deuel: 43 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 44 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 45 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 46 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 47 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Eliasaph, son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day, the ruler of the sons of Ephraim was Elishama, son of Ammihud: 49 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 50 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 51 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 52 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 53 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Elishama, son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day, the ruler of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur: 55 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 56 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 57 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 58 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 59 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day: the ruler of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan, son of Gideoni: 61 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 62 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 63 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 64 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 65 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Abidan, son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day, the ruler of the sons of Dan was Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai: 67 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 68 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 69 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 70 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 71 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day, the ruler of the sons of Asher was Pagiel, son of Ocran: 73 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 74 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 75 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 76 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 77 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Pagiel, son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day, the ruler of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira, son of Enan: 79 His Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) was one silver Plate (Dish), thirty and a hundred was her weight; one silver Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl) of seventy shekels on the Shekel of the Sanctuary; both of them filled of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): 80 One golden Bowl (Spoon) of ten, filled of incense: 81 One bullock, son of a herd, one ram, one sheep, son of his year for an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 82 One goat of the kids for a Sin Offering: 83 and for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offering were two bulls (oxen), five rams, five he goats, five sheep, sons of a year: This was the Karban Offering (Drawing Near Offering, Gift Offering) of Ahira, son of Enan.
84 This was the Dedication Offering of the Altar in the day he was anointed from ta the Rulers of Israel: two ten (twoteen, twelve) silver Plates (Dishes), two ten (twoteen, twelve) silver Sprinkling Bowls (Strewing Bowls), two ten (twoteen, twelve) golden Bowls (Spoons): 85 Thirty and a hundred was of the one silver Plate (Dish) and seventy was of the one Sprinkling Bowl (Strewing Bowl): all of the silver vessels were two thousand and four hundred on the Shekel of the Sanctuary: 86 Two ten (Twoteen, Twelve) golden Bowls (Spoons), filled of incense, of ten, of ten, of the Bowls (Spoons) on the Shekel of the Sanctuary: all of the gold of the Bowls (Spoons) were twenty and a hundred. 87 All of the herd for the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) were two ten (twoteen, twelve) bullocks, two ten (twoteen, twelve) rams, two ten (twoteen, twelve) sheep, sons of a year, and their Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): and two ten (twoteen, twelve) goats of the kids for a Sin Offering. 88 And all of the herds for the Sacrifice of the Peace Offerings were twenty and four bullocks, sixty rams, sixty he goats, sixty sheep, sons of a year.
This was the Dedication Offering of the Altar, after he was anointed [(after had anointed him)]. 89 And was Moses in entering to the Tent of Appointment to speak with Him, and heard ta-the Voice from speaking to him from upon the Mercy Seat which was upon the Ark of the Testimony (Witness), from between the two cherubims: and spoke to him.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
If anyone knows a popular secular Christmas tune called "The Twelve Days of Christmas", it is probable that it was based on this week's Torah portion chapter.
Notice that the order the rulers came to the Tent of Appointment were based on the order of their military camps and not by their birth order. Why? I do not know.
There are symbols to some of these elements:
Gold: Eternity
Silver: Redemption
Flour: Yeshua without leavening
Oil: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit)
Incense: Prayers for the tribes/saints
Oxen/Bullocks/Rams/Lambs/Kid of the Goats: Yeshua, the Living sacrifice
The Tabernacle was assembled and sanctified in first day of the first month of Aviv, which is noted in the Torah portion of P'kudey, in the book of Exodus.
Exodus 40:17 And was, in the first renewed month in the second year, on the one of the renewed month, the Tabernacle was raised up. 18 And Moses raised up ta-the Tabernacle,...
A question came to me: "What days were the twelve days the rulers dedicated the Tabernacle"? We know that the Levites were in the tent to be consecrated seven days, which is noted in the Torah portion of Tsav, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 8:35 And you shall dwell at the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment, daily and nightly, seven days, and you shall keep (observe, guard) ta-the Charge of hwhy, and you shall not die: for so I have commanded.
Based in my calculation, it was probable that the Levites were in the Tent of Appointment from the fifteenth day of the month of Aviv/Nissan to the twenty-first day of the month of Aviv.
The next question is "When did the leaders of the twelve camps bring their Karban Offerings to the Tent of Appointment"? We can get a point of time when the Camp was made, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'midbar, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 1:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Appointment, on the one of the second renewed month, in the second year to their going out from the land of Egypt, to say, 2 Lift up (Bear) ta-the heads of all of the Congregation of the Sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, among the enrollment (scroll, number) of names, of every remembered one (male) by their skulls (rolls); 3 from a son of twenty years and the upward (ascending), of all going out armed in Israel: you, you and Aaron shall visit (account, count) them by their armies. 4 And a man, a man, they shall be with you, a man to the tribe; he is a man of a head to (of) the house of his fathers.
The last day they stayed at Mount Sinai is noted in the Torah portion of B'ha-alothkha, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 10:11 And was in the second year, in the second renewed month, on the twenty on the renewed month, the Cloud ascended (taken up) from upon (over) the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Witness). 12 And the Sons of Israel, they pulled up (journeyed) for their journeys (departings, movings) from the Wilderness of Sinai;...
Which means they had to do the twelve days of Karban Offerings possibly occurred between the twenty second day of the first month of Aviv/Nissan and the nineteenth day of the second month of Iyar.
That ends this week's Torah portion commentary.
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