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TORAH PORTIONS
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Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
There are 76 Aleph-Tavs in this week's Torah portion
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CHAPTER 11
Deuteronomy 11:26-32
Deu 1:26 See, I have given to your face today a blessing and a despisement (kalal-curse); 27 ta-the blessing which you will listen to the Commandments of hwhy, your Elohim which I am commanding you today: 28 and the despisement if you will not listen to the Commandments of hwhy, your Elohim, and you will turn away (turn aside) from the Way which I am commanding you today, to go after other elohim which you have not known, 29 and shall be, when hwhy, your Elohim, shall have you come to the land which you will go there to possess (occupy) her, and you shall give ta-the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and ta-the despisement (kalal-curse) upon Mount Ebal, 30 that are they not in over the Jordan, behind the way of the going of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah opposite (at the front of, against) the Gilgal, beside the Oaks of Moreh? 31 For you shall go over ta-the Jordan to come to possess (occupy) ta-the land which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you, and you shall possess (occupy) her, and you shall dwell in her. 32 And you shall guard (keep, observe, take heed) to do ta all of the Statutes and the Judgments (Ordinances) which I am givng to your faces today.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
Verse twenty six
26 See, I have given to your face today a blessing and a despisement (kalal-curse);
Looking at the word SEE
The Hebrew word for see is "rah'ah"- Resh, Aleph, Heh (har). It is from Strong's Concordance number 7200, and its definition
A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively): - advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see (-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Abraham used this word when he and Isaac were going to Mount Moriah, which is noted in the Torah portion of Vay-Yeyra, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, Elohim will see for Himself the lamb for the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering), my son: and the two of them, they went together.... 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Yehowah Yireh: which is said today (the day), shall be seen in the Mountain of hwhy.
The phrase Abraham said from the Hebrew was "'Elohim shall see' (in Hebrew "Elohim yireh") for Himself the lamb for the Elevation Offering my son". Which He did, by seeing for Himself a ram during Abraham's time and fulfilling Abraham's word 1500 years later by providing Yeshua as the Lamb for the sacrifice for Judah, the divorced Ten Northern Tribes scattered around the world, and the world, also known as the mixed multitude.
Looking at the word DESPISEMENT (KALAL-CURSE)
The Hebrew word for despisement (kalal-curse) is "k'lah-lah"- Kuph, Lamed, Lamed, Heh (hllq). It is from Strong's Concordance number 7045, and its definition
From H7043; vilification: - (ac-) curse (-d, -ing).
from 7043 "kah-lahl" (llq), and its definition
A primitive root; to be (causatively make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.): - abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease (-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light (-en, -er, ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight [-ly], be swift (-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
Verse twenty nine
29 and shall be, when hwhy, your Elohim, shall have you come to the land which you will go there to possess (occupy) her, and you shall give ta-the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and ta-the despisement (kalal-curse) upon Mount Ebal,
Looking at the definitions of the words:
GERAZIM
The Hebrew word for Gerazim is "G'ree-zeem"- Gimel, Resh, Zayim, Yod, Mem Sophit (Myzrg). It is from Strong's Concordance number 1630, and its definition
Plural of an unused noun from H1629 (compare H1511), cut up (that is, rocky); Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine: - Gerizim.
from 1629 "gah-rahz" (zrg), and its definition
A primitive root; to cut off: - cut off.
This is the mountain the Israelites would say the blessings. One can say that those who receive the blessings would "cut off" their enemies from the land. Also notice that this word sounds a lot like our modern English word "grazing". A domesticated animal, like a cow, "grazes" on grass. This also means that if the Israelites obey hwhy's Word, they would be blessed with the fruitness of the land, and they would be able to "graze" the land. This also applies to us as believers in the Messiah that if we obey our Heavenly Father, we would be blessed, and we can "spiritually graze" the benefits of His Blessings, whether by missions, congregations, ministries, etc.
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Joshua set the example of this when the Israelites went into the land, which is noted in the book of Joshua
Joshua 11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off ta-the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
Looking at the following words:
EBAL
The Hebrew word for Ebal is "Ey-vahl"- Ayin, Yod, Bet, Lamed (lbye). It is from Strong's Concordance number 5858, and its definition
Perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be bald; bare; Ebal, a mountain of Palestine: - Ebal.
This is the mountain they were to use for the cursings. This Hebrew word is where we most likely get our modern English word "bald", without the letter d. If the Israelites did not obey the Word of hwhy, their land would be "bald". This also applies to us as believers if we disobey the Heavenly Father's will, then we will not be blessed, and our spiritual fruition will we "bald".
I have commented more of the location of these two mountains in the Torah portion of Lekh L'kha. Click on the link below to get to the webpage.
TORAH PORTION LEKH L'KHA
Indirectly related, one can also say that those who receive the curses will be "bare", or in another way of saying it, "naked". The prophets prophesied against Israel at times, symbolizing them as a harlot who defiled herself, to be, in many words, cursed by being made naked or "bare". One example is noted by the prophet Ezekiel, in his book
Ezekiel 16:35 Wherefore, O harlot, hea the Word of hwhy: 36 Thus saith Adonai hwhy; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all of the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; 37 Behold, therefore I will gather ta-all of thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and ta all of them that thou hast loved, with all of them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see ta-all of thy nakedness. 38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
What was the reason that the blessings and the curses were not spoken together on the same mountain? One could say that it was an act to separate the clean from the unclean. In other words, they made sure the blessings stayed pure by speaking them on one mountain, and made sure the curses stayed pure by saying them on a different mountain, like keeping the clean inside the Israelite Camp, and keeping the unclean outside of the Israelite Camp. It was also saying, in a way, not to mix the Holy with the profane, but in this case, it was not mixing the blessings and the curses. Otherwise it is like saying we mix Sukkoth with Christmas, and Passover with Easter. Also, if they said the blessings and the curses on the same mountain, they will cause chaos.
Verse thirty
30 that are they not in over the Jordan, behind the way of the going of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah opposite (at the front of, against) the Gilgal, beside the Oaks of Moreh?
Looking at the word MOREH
The Hebrew word for Moreh is "Moh-reh"- Mem, Resh, Heh (hrm). It is from Strong's Concordance number 4176, and its definition
The same as H4175; Moreh, a Canaanite; also a hill (perhaps named from him): - Moreh.
from 4175 "moh-reh" (hrwm), and its definition
From H3384; an archer; also teacher or teaching; also the early rain (see H3138): - (early) rain.
from 3384 "yah-rah" (hry or ary), and its definition
primitive root; properly to flow as water (that is, to rain); transitively to lay or throw (especially an arrow, that is, to shoot); figuratively to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach: - (+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach (-er, -ing), through.
This is same Hebrew root word "yarah" which our Hebrew word "Torah" (hrwt) is derived.
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries noted that Abraham was at the oaks of Moreh, and made an altar there, which is noted in the Torah portion of Lekh L'kha, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 12:6 And Abram went over in the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the Oak of Moreh, and the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And hwhy appeared to Abram, and said, I will give ta-this land to your seed: And built there an altar to hwhy that appeared to him,
Indirectly related, Mark also connected this verse regarding the word Moreh, which is noted in the book of the prophet Isaiah
Isaiah 30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20 And though Adonai give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see ta-thy teachers:
Mark revealed that the Hebrew word for teachers in verse twenty is "moh-rey-kha" (Kyrwm), from the Hebrew word "yarah" noted above. Also, he noted that the second teachers in this Isaiah passage has an Aleph-Tav before it, and he reveals that this is Yeshua, "the Aleph-Tav Teacher". Thank you Mark.
Moses also gave the Israelites these instructions when they arrive at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, which is noted in the Torah portion of Ki Thavo, in the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 27:11 And Moses commanded ta-the People on that day, to say, 12 These, they shall stand to bless ta-the People upon Mount Gerizim in your going over ta-the Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 and these, they shall stand upon the despisement (curse) on Mount Ebal; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 And the Levites, they shall answer, and they shall say to all of the Men of Israel of a loud (high) voice,
15 Cursed is the man who makes a vessel image (carved image) and a casted image (molten image, poured image), an abomination (abhorrence) of hwhy, the doing (work) of the hands of a craftsman (engraver), and is put in the secrecy. And all of the People, they shall answer, and they shall say, Amen.
16 Cursed is a despiser (viler) of his father and his mother. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
17 Cursed is a retreater (remover) of a border (landmark) of his neighbor. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed is a strayer (deceiver) of the blind in the way. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed is a wrestler (perverter, stretcher) of the judgment of a stranger (sojourner), an orphan (fatherless) and a widow. And all of the people shall say, Amen.
20 Cursed is a layer with the wife of his father; for has exposed (uncovered) the wing (skirt) of his father. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
21 Cursed is a layer with any animal. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
22 Cursed is a layer with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
23 Cursed is a layer with his mother-in-law. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
24 Cursed is a striker of his neighbor in the secrecy. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
25 Cursed is a taker of a bribe (reward) to strike a soul of innocent blood. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
26 Cursed which does not raise all of ta-the Words of this Teaching (Torah) to do them. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
26 Cursed who does not lift up (rises up) all of ta-the Words of this Teaching (Torah) to do them. And all of the People shall say, Amen.
When Joshua and the Israelites arrived at Shechem, after destroying the city of Ai, this is what Joshua did, which is noted in the book of Joshua
Joshua 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto hwhy, Elohim of Israel, on Mount Ebal, 31 As Moses, the servant of hwhy, commanded ta-the Sons of Israel, as it is written in the Scroll of the Torah of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon Elevation Offerings unto hwhy, and sacrificed Peace Offerings. 32 And he wrote there upon the stones, ta a copy of the Torah of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the Sons of Israel. 33 And all of Israel, and their Elders, and Officers, and their Judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the Priests, the Levites, which bare the Ark of the Covenant of hwhy, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal; as Moses, the servant of hwhy, had commanded before, that they should bless ta-the People of Israel. 34 And afterward he read ta-all of the Words of the Torah, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the Scroll of the Torah. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all of the Assembly of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
This act of having six of each of the tribes to stand on each of the two mountains can be compared to the two Onyx Stones on the shoulders of the High Priest bearing six tribal names on each of the Onyx Stones, which is noted in the Torah portion of T'tsavveh, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 28:9 And you shall take ta-two Onyx Stones, and you shall engrave (carve, sculpt) upon (over) them the names of the Sons of Israel: 10 Six with their names shall be upon the one Stone, and ta-the remaining six names shall be upon the second Stone according to their births. 11 Of a doing (work) of an engraver (craftsman, artificer) of stone, like the engraving (carving, sculpting) of a signet (seal ring), you shall engrave (carve, sculpt) ta-the two Stones upon the names of the Sons of Israel: you shall do (make) them Enclosings of Broaches (Brocades, Ouches) of gold. 12 And you shall set (put) ta-the two Stones upon the Upper Arm Corners (Shoulders) of the Ephod for Stones of a Remembrance (Memorial) for the Sons of Israel: and Aaron shall bear (carry, lift up) ta-their names to the Face of hwhy upon his two Upper Arm Corners (Shoulders) for a Remembrance (Memorial). 13 And you shall do (make) Enclosings of Broaches (Brocades, Ouches) of gold;
As I noted earlier, the place where these two mountains are located is in Shechem.
Looking at the word SHECHEM
The Hebrew word for Shechem is "Sh'khehm"- Shin, Kaph, Mem Sophit (Mks). It is from Strong's Concordance number 7928, and its definition
From H7926; Shekem, the name of a Hivite and two Israelites: - Shechem.
from 7926 "sh'khehm", and its definition
From H7925; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively the spur of a hill: - back, X consent, portion, shoulder.
from 1925 "shah-khahm" (Mks), and its definition
A primitive root; properly to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from H7926; literally to load up (on the back of man or beast), that is, to start early in the morning: - (arise, be up, get [oneself] up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
It is well established that this place, Shechem, means "shoulders". It is probable that Moses knew this would be a full human view demonstration of the two shoulder pieces on the High Priest. That must have been a sight to see. Bill Cloud of Shoreshim Ministries noted of the T'tsavveh passage that has been under our noses for a long time, but did not see it until he brought this verse out that gave me a "duh" moment, which is noted in the book of the prophet Isaiah
Isaiah 9:6 For a child is birthed to us, a son is given to us: and the government, she shall be upon His Shoulders: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty El, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
This verse was referring to the future event of Yeshua to become the future Eternal High Priest, which I detailed in another Torah portion, to bear the goverment upon His Shoulders. Thank you Bill.
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Shechem is the same location that Yeshua met the Samaritan woman at the well, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 4:5 Then cometh He to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar [Shechem], near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Yeshua therefore, being wearied with His Journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Yeshua saith unto her, Give Me to drink.
Mount Gerizim, facing east, likening it to the shoulder of the High Priest, would be located on the "right shoulder", the same direction which the Tent of Appointment would be facing, which is southward. The right side of the shoulder is the "strong side", and this is the side the blessings are located.
These are images of Mount Gerazim and Mount Ebal, located in Nablus, also known in Biblical times as Shechem
This is a Panorama view of the two Mountains
This is an image showing the mountains' relation to the High Priest's shoulder pieces
This is another image of Shechem
This is the back view from the image above
These are other images and sketches of the two mountains
Notice that Joseph's Tomb and Jacob's well, where Yeshua met the Samaritan woman, is also located at Shechem/Nablus.
These are more maps of Gerizim and Ebal below
These are images of Joshua's Altar located on Mount Ebal
This was the same location that Abraham stopped, and Jacob stopped nearby and settled there for a while. These accounts are noted in the Torah portions of Lekh L'kha and Vay-Yishlakh, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 12:1 And hwhy said to Abram, Go of yourself from your land, and from your birth place (kindred), and from the house of your father, to the land which I will show you: 2 and I will make you for a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and shall be a blessing: 3 And I will bless from your blessers [(those blessing you)], and from your despisers [(those despising (cursing) you)] I will curse: and in you, all families of the Ground, they will be blessed. 4 And Abram went as the which hwhy spoke to him; and Lot went out with him: and Abram was a son of five years and seventy years in his going out from Haran, 5 and Abram took ta-Sarai, his woman, and ta-Lot, son of his brother, and ta-all their goods (substance, property) which they had collected, and ta-the souls which they had acquired (done) in Haran; and they went out to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to the land of Canaan. 6 And Abram went over in the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the Oak of Moreh, and the Canaanite was then in the land.
Genesis 33:18 And Jacob came at Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan in his coming from Padan Aram; and camped at ta-the face of the city. 19 And purchased (bought) ta-a portion of the field which his tent was stretched out there from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, on a hundred ingots. 20 And erected there an altar, and called to him, El Elohei Israel.
CHAPTER 12
Deuteronomy 12:1-32
(12:1-31; 13:1 In the Hebrew)
Deu 12:1 These are the Statutes and the Judgments (Ordinances) which you shall guard (keep, observe, heed) to do in the land, which hwhy, Elohim of your fathers, has given to you to possess (occupy) her all of the days which you live upon the Ground. 2 Perishing, you shall make perish ta-all of the places which the nations, they are serving there which you are dispossessing them, ta-their elohim upon the raised mountains, and upon the hills (hillocks), and under every flourishing (freshy green) tree: 3 and you shall tear down (pull down, cast down) ta-their altars, and you shall shever-break (shever-shatter, crush) ta-their standing pillars (column idols), and you shall burn up their asherahs in the fire; and you shall hew down (cut down) their vessel images (carved images) of their elohim, and you shall have ta-their names perish from that place. 4 You shall not do so to hwhy, your Elohim, 5 for but to the place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose from all of your tribes to put ta-His Name there, for you shall seek (inquire) His Tabernacling, and you shall go there: 6 and you shall bring there your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), and your Sacrifices, and ta your Tithes (Tithe Offerings), and ta Heave Offerings (Raise Offerings) of your hand, and your Vow Offerings, and your Freewill Offerings (Voluntary Offerings), and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock: 7 and you shall eat there to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, and you shall rejoice in all at your hand with sends out, you, and your households, which hwhy, your Elohim, has blessed you. 8 You shall not do according to [(as)] all which we are doing here today, of every man that is upright in his eyes. 9 for you have not come (arrived) until now to the rest and to the inheritance which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you. 10 And you shall go over ta-the Jordan, and you shall dwell in the land which hwhy, your Elohim, is having you with inherit, and shall give to you rest from all of your enemies from all around, and you shall dwell securely (safely); 11 and shall be the place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose on Him to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there; you shall bring there ta all which I am commanding you; your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), and your Sacrifices, your Tithes (Tithe Offerings), and the Heave Offerings (Raise Offerings) of your hand, and every choice of your Vow Offerings which you vow to hwhy: 12 And you shall rejoice to the Face of hwhy your Elohim, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female servants, and the Levite which is in your gates; for does not belong to him a portion and an inheritance with you.
13 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take Heed) to yourself, lest (facing) you elevate your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings) in every place which you see: 14 for but in the Place which hwhy shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall elevate your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), and there you shall do all which I am commanding you. 15 Only in all of your gates you shall sacrifice in all of the pleasure (desire, lust) of your soul, and you shall eat flesh according to [(as)] the Blessing of hwhy, your Elohim, which was given to you: the unclean and the clean shall eat him, as of the gazelle (roebuck), and as of the hart (stage, deer). 16 Only the blood you shall not eat; you shall shed (spill, gush out) him upon the Land as the water. 17 You are not able to eat from the tithe [(eat the Tithe Offerings)] of your grain in your gates, and your new wine (fresh grape juice), and your pressed oil (glistened oil), and the firstlings of your herd, and your flock, and any of your Vow Offerings which you vow, and your Freewill Offerings (Voluntary Offerings), and the Heave Offering (Raise Offering) of your hand: 18 for but you shall eat him to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose on Him, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite which is in your gates: and you shall rejoice to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in all your hand with sends forth.
19 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take Heed) to yourself lest (facing) you forsake ta-the Levite all of your days upon your Ground, 20 when hwhy, your Elohim, shall broaden (enlarge) ta-your border, as the which had spoken to you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, for your soul, she pleases (desires, lusts) to eat flesh; in all of the pleasure (desire, lust) of your soul, you will eat flesh.
21 When the Place is far from you which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to put His Name there, and you shall sacrifice from your herd and from your flock, which hwhy has given to you as the which I have commanded you, and you shall eat in your gates according to [(as)] all of the pleasure (desire, lust) of your soul. 22 Surely as the which ta-the gazelle (roebuck) and ta-the hart (stag, deer) shall be eaten, so you shall eat him: the unclean and the clean shall he be alike, shall be eaten him. 23 Only be strong (sure) to fail at eating the blood: for the blood, he is the soul; and you shall not eat the soul with the flesh. 24 You shall not eat him; you shall shed (spill, gush out) him upon the Earth as the water. 25 You shall not eat him; by that, shall be good (well) to you and to your sons after you when you shall do that is upright [(the uprightness)] in the Eyes of hwhy.
26 Only your Sacred Things (Holy Things) which they shall belong to you, and you shall bear (carry, lift up) your Vow Offering, and you shall go to the Place which hwhy shall choose: 27 And you shall do (offer) your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), the flesh, and the blood, upon the Altar of hwhy, your Elohim: and the blood of your Sacrifices shall be shedded (spilled, gushed out) upon the Altar of hwhy, your Elohim, and you shall eat the flesh. 28 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take heed) and you shall listen at ta-all of these Words which I am commanding you, by that, shall be good (well) to you and to your sons after you unto ages, when you do the goodness [(that is good)] and the uprightness [(that is upright)] in the Eyes of hwhy, your Elohim. 29 When hwhy, your Elohim, shall cut off ta-the nations, which you are going there to possess (occupy) them from your face, and you shall dispossess them, and you shall dwell in their land; 30 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take heed) to yourself lest (facing) you will be snared at following them, after destroying (desolating, annihilating) them from your face; and lest (facing) you inquire to their elohim, to say, How did these nations, they served ta-their elohim? And I, also I shall do so. 31 You shall not do so to hwhy, your Elohim: for every abomination (abhorrence) at hwhy, which is hateful, they have done to their elohim; for they have burned up also ta-their sons and ta-their daughters in the fire to their elohim. 32 ta All of the Word which I am commanding you, you shall guard (keep, observe, take heed) to do, you shall not add upon him, and you shall not diminish from him.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
Verses one through three
1 These are the Statutes and the Judgments (Ordinances) which you shall guard (keep, observe, heed) to do in the land, which hwhy, Elohim of your fathers, has given to you to possess (occupy) her all of the days which you live upon the Ground. 2 Perishing, you shall make perish ta-all of the places which the nations, they are serving there which you are dispossessing them, ta-their elohim upon the raised mountains, and upon the hills (hillocks), and under every flourishing (freshy green) tree: 3 and you shall tear down (pull down, cast down) ta-their altars, and you shall shever-break (shever-shatter, crush) ta-their standing pillars (column idols), and you shall burn up their asherahs in the fire; and you shall hew down (cut down) their vessel images (carved images) of their elohim, and you shall have ta-their names perish from that place.
I have no problem with national figures that founded our nation like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, etc, because they are our founders of the United States with good causes. History is important, because without it, as Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries noted that we are doomed to repeat it. The problem is that this nation had started receiving major pagan images starting with the German influence with the Christmas trees in the early 1840's. Then it migrated so much into the fabric of this nation throughout time, that it became an official acceptance and a part of the Christmas tradition.
Also the biggest perverse pagan elohim that was accepted in the United States was the Statue of Liberty in 1886. According to Jim Staley formerly of Passion For Truth Ministries, on his teaching series "End of the Age" titled "Islam, The Antichrist and Mystery Babylon", he taught that the Statue of Liberty derived from a castrated, trans-dressed male named Attis, who was the pagan priest, or the main servant to Ishtar, the wife of the sun deity, Baal. That statue off of New York City is a "pagan elohim", and if I had the capability, I would destroy it. There are also other statues of pagan elohim around this nation, including mermaids, neptunes, and now recently, a satanic deity erected in Detroit, Michigan in late July, 2015. These are part of the reasons hwhy has slowly taken away this nation's blessings, and brought the harbingers that Jonathan Cahn noted in his books and videos.
Click on the image below to watch this teaching by Jim Staley. That part of the teaching starts around the thirty second minute.
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JIM STALEY
End of the Age: Islam, The Antichrist And Mystery Babylon
Or you can see Jim Staley's segment on the Statue of Liberty on this video by itself
JIM STALEY
True Origin of The Statue of Liberty: (hint: she's not really a lady)
Verse eight
8 You shall not do according to [(as)] all which we are doing here today, of every man that is upright in his eyes.
The means of doing right in one's own eyes is an act of anarchism. An example of this is noted in the book of Judges
Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
King Solomon noted those who do things in their own eyes means, which are noted in the book of Proverbs
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but hwhy pondereth the hearts.
There are those in this nation today who are doing what is right in their own eyes. They have formed their own anarchy against the Constitution of the United States, as well as the Torah, the rest of the Tanakh, and the Brith Khadasah (the New Covenant).
Verses thirteen and fourteen
13 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take Heed) to yourself, lest (facing) you elevate your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings) in every place which you see: 14 for but in the Place which hwhy shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall elevate your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), and there you shall do all which I am commanding you.
The first time that the Temple of hwhy was noted after Moses and Joshua was in 1st Samuel 1:9, and it was located it in Shiloh, in the tribe of Ephraim, somewhere near Samuel's parents' residence in Ramathaim-Zophim in Mount Ephraim. In 1st Samuel chapter four, the Philistines captured the Ark of hwhy after they defeated the Israelites at Shiloh, and they took it to Ashdod where it stayed for seven months. The Philistines later returned it, and it was located in Kiriath-Jearim for twenty years. During King Saul's time, the Ark was in Gibeah in Migron in Mount Ephraim. When David became king, he brought the Ark from Gibeah on a new cart until Uzziah touched it, and it was left to the house of Obed Edom for three months. After three months, David brought it to the City of David in Jerusalem until Solomon built the Temple. The place where the Temple was built and where the Ark of hwhy was established is noted in the book of Kings
1 Kings 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Sons of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the House of hwhy.... 37 In the fourth year was the Foundation of the House of hwhy laid, in the month Zif: 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the House finished throughout all of the Parts thereof, and according to all of the Fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.... 8:1 Then Solomon assembled ta-the Elders of Israel, and ta-all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the Sons of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up ta-the Ark of the Covenant of hwhy out of the City of David, which is Zion. 2 And all of the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Priests took up ta-the Ark. 4 And they brought up ta-the Ark of hwhy, and the Tent of Appointment, and all the Holy Vessels that were in the Tent, even those did the Priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And King Solomon, and all of the Congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the Ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the Priests brought in ta-the Ark of the Covenant of hwhy unto his place, into the Oracle of the House, to the Holy of the Holies, even under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the Ark, and the cherubims covered the Ark and the Staves thereof above. 8 And they drew out the Staves, that the ends of the Staves were seen out in the Sanctuary before the Oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. 9 There was nothing in the Ark save the Two Tablets of Stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when hwhy made a Covenant with the Sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the Priests were come out of the Sanctuary, that the cloud filled ta-the House of hwhy,
The place hwhy said that He would put His Name there, took over 400 years since the Israelite Exodus by King Solomon building the Temple for hwhy to reside for the sacrifices to commence. This was also the manifested time when the Israelites rejoiced at the newly built Temple by rejoicing during the Fall High Holy Day of the Feast of Sukkoth. Why did it take so long to put the Temple there in Jerusalem? The key was that the Israelite nation had to be in peace for hwhy to reside, hence it was during King Solomon (in Hebrew, "Shloh-moh", from shalom or peace- hint, hint), and it was during the happiest High Holy Days of the Biblical feast of Sukkoth ("Tabernacles") that it occured, hence the fulfillment of this week's Torah portion passage in verse twelve. This was a key that Yeshua would follow that similar pattern to be born during the "Pax Romana", Latin for "the Peace of Rome", during the Roman empire, and Yeshua was born during the Fall High Holy Day on the first day of the Biblical Feast of Sukkoth. It is emphasized in the Gospel of John
John 1:14 And the Word was made Flesh, and dwelt [tabernacled] among us, (and we beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And now, we as believers in the Messiah have become His symbolic "living tabernacles" where He chose to reside when we accepted Him as our Savior and Lord.
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Verses twenty-one and twenty two
21 When the Place is far from you which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to put His Name there, and you shall sacrifice from your herd and from your flock, which hwhy has given to you as the which I have commanded you, and you shall eat in your gates according to [(as)] all of the pleasure (desire, lust) of your soul. 22 Surely as the which ta-the gazelle (roebuck) and ta-the hart (stag, deer) shall be eaten, so you shall eat him: the unclean and the clean shall he be alike, shall be eaten him.
Moses gave information to the Israelites regarding sacrificing in their gates for those who are have a long distance away from Jersualem. I have struggled off and on for a long time to understand what Moses meant when he said that "the clean and the unclean" one can eat. One cannot eat an unclean animal. After a while meditating on this phrase and its context, glory to hwhy, He revealed to me what Moses was saying. I was reading it with the wrong perception of clean and unclean. I was looking at it, as if it was saying, that one was clean and one was not clean and which of gazelle and the hart was clean. That is not what it was saying. It did not mean one or the other, but it meant that the gazelle and the hart are BOTH clean AND unclean. They are BOTH "clean" by chewing the cud and having a split hoof, as noted in the Torah portion of Sh'mini, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 11:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses and to Aaron to say to them, 2 Speak to the Sons of Israel, to say, This is the living beast which you shall eat from all of the animals that are upon the Earth. 3 All with dividing the hoof, and cloven, is cloven the hoofs, with ascending the cud among the animals, you shall eat her.
This is what is says in chapter fourteen in this week's Torah portion
Deuteronomy 14:4 This is the animal which you shall eat: the ox, the lamb (rushing member) of sheep, and the lamb (rushing member) of goats, 5 the hart (stag, deer), and the gazelle (roebuck), and the fallow deer, and the wild goat (chamois), and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 6 And every animal diving the divided hoof, and cleaves (splits) the cleft of two divided hoofs, ascending the cud, among the animals, her you shall eat.
They are BOTH also "unclean", because they are not eligible for the Tent sacrifices as well as the Temple sacrifices, because they are "wild animals" and NOT domesticated animals, like oxens, heifers, lambs, and goats.
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Verses twenty three through twenty five
23 Only be strong (sure) to fail at eating the blood: for the blood, he is the soul; and you shall not eat the soul with the flesh. 24 You shall not eat him; you shall shed (spill, gush out) him upon the Earth as the water. 25 You shall not eat him; by that, shall be good (well) to you and to your sons after you when you shall do that is upright [(the uprightness)] in the Eyes of hwhy.
Looking at the word SOUL
The Hebrew word for soul "neh-phesh"- Nun, Peh, Shin (spn). It is from Strong's Concordance number 5315, and its definition
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortality, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
from 5314 "nah-phash" (spn), and its definition
A primitive root; to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon, that is, (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air): - (be) refresh selves (-ed).
We are not to eat the blood, because the blood is the place for the soul to reside, and we are not to eat the soul with the flesh. Today, people are allowed to donate blood. The blood of a human being is also the place for their soul to dwell. Those that donate their blood donate part of their souls as well.
Indirectly related, if someone donates their organs, the individuals who receive them are receiving a part of that person's soul as well. The soul consists of the mind, the emotions and the will. Years ago Jim Nabors who played Gomer Pyle on the The Andy Williams Show and Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. was interviewed on "The Hour of Power" televised service in California hosted by Robert Schuller. Gomer Pyle talked about his liver transplant that was donated by a Mexican, and he mentioned to Dr Schuller that since then, that he was interested more in Mexican food. Another example was a woman receiving a heart transplant from a person that had a violent past, and after the transplant, she started to have nightmares of someone attacking her. This would be similar to one receiving a transfusion of blood. When one recives another person's blood or organ, which consists of the donor's soul, one will receive the issues in that donor's life, or soul.
In this week's Torah portion chapter, there are things that Moses noted twice. These are the duplicate verses:
5 for but to the place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose from all of your tribes to put ta-His Name there, for you shall seek (inquire) His Tabernacling, and you shall go there:
14 for but in the Place which hwhy shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall elevate your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), and there you shall do all which I am commanding you.
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6 and you shall bring there your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), and your Sacrifices, and ta your Tithes (Tithe Offerings), and ta Heave Offerings (Raise Offerings) of your hand, and your Vow Offerings, and your Freewill Offerings (Voluntary Offerings), and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:
27 And you shall do (offer) your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings), the flesh, and the blood, upon the Altar of hwhy, your Elohim: and the blood of your Sacrifices shall be shedded (spilled, gushed out) upon the Altar of hwhy, your Elohim, and you shall eat the flesh.
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8 You shall not do according to [(as)] all which we are doing here today, of every man that is upright in his eyes.
13 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take Heed) to yourself, lest (facing) you elevate your Elevation Offerings (Ascension Offerings, Burnt Offerings) in every place which you see:
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15 Only in all of your gates you shall sacrifice in all of the pleasure (lust, desire) of your soul, and you shall eat flesh according to (as) the Blessing of hwhy, your Elohim, which was given to you: the unclean and the clean shall eat him, as of the gazelle (roebuck), and as of the hart (stage, deer).
22 Surely as the which ta-the gazelle (roebuck) and ta-the hart (stag, deer) shall be eaten, so you shall eat him: the unclean and the clean shall he be alike, shall be eaten him.
Verse thirty two
32 ta All of the Word which I am commanding you, you shall guard (keep, observe, take heed) to do, you shall not add upon him, and you shall not diminish from him.
The first part of this week's Torah portion passage is usually translated as "All of these things", but in the Hebrew text it is "singular", and it should be actually "word". Also notice that it says to add or diminish "him". This him relates to the word, singular, and it refers to "Him", who is Yeshua, "the Living Word" manifested in the 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.... 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.
The reason they were not to add or diminish those words, because the Word was, and is, and is to be "perfect" which is the same yesterday, today and forever. The reason is that Yeshua was "the Word" manifested in the flesh, who was, and is and is to come, as Yeshua noted in the book of Revelation
Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha [in Hebrew, Aleph] and Omega [in Hebrew, Tav], the Beginning and the Ending, saith the Lord, Who Is, and Who Was, and Who Is to Come, the Almighty.
Yeshua, the Living Word, is the same "Word" yesterday, today and forever, as based in apostle Paul's letter in the book of the Hebrews
Hebrews 13:8 Yeshua the Messiah the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
If they, or even us as believers in the Messiah, added or deleted any of the Word, they, or we, would be adding and deleting "Yeshua" the Living Word made Flesh. It would be like adding and taking away body parts and organs of Yeshua's body that are not supposed to be, like Frankenstein, and doing this would be nothing more than creating a "GMO/GEI/GM (in general "Genetically Modified") human being". Those who have done this will be judged for this, We are not immuned to this, because if we in the Messiah did the same thing, we would also be judged for it. This would also be an indirect attack against hwhy and Yeshua by adding and deleting His Words.
CHAPTER 13
Deuteronomy 13:1-18
(13:2-19 In the Hebrew)
Deu 13:1 When a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams shall arise in your nearness, and gives to you a sign or a wonder (miracle), 2 And the sign and the wonder (miracle) comes which was spoken to to you, to say, We will go after other elohim, which you have not known, and we will serve them; 3 You shall not listen to words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for hwhy, your Elohim, is testing (trying, proving) you, to know that exists of you ones loving ta-hwhy, your Elohim, in all of your heart, and in all of your soul. 4 You shall walk after hwhy, your Elohim, and you shall revere (give awe, fear) Him, and you shall guard (keep, observe, heed) ta-His Commandments, and and you shall hear His Voice, and you shall serve Him, and you shall cling on Him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall die; for has spoken apostasy (turning away, a plucking away) upon hwhy, your Elohim, that brought you out from the land of Egypt, and that redeemed you from the house of slavery (bondage), to push you away [(thrust you away)] from the way which hwhy, your Elohim, commanded you to walk in her. And you shall kindle away (fuel away) the evil from your nearness.
6 When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the woman (wife) of your bosom, or your neighbor, which is as your soul, persuades (entices, seduces) you in the secrecy, to say, We will go and we will serve other elohim which you have not known, you, and your fathers; 7 from the elohim of the peoples which are all around you that are near to you, or that are far from you, from the end of the Earth and unto the end of the Earth; 8 you shall not consent (will) to him, and you shall not listen to him; and you shall not pity your eye upon him, and you shall not spare, and you shall not conceal (cover) upon him: 9 for killing, you shall kill him; your hand, she shall be against (on) him among the first to his death, and on the hand of all of the People among (in) the afterward. 10 And you shall skullstone (skullcast, stone) him on the stones, and shall die; for has sought to push you away [(thrust you away)] from upon hwhy, your Elohim, that brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery (bondage). 11 And all Israel, they shall hear, and they shall revere (give awe, fear), and they shall not add to do as this evil word in your nearness.
12 When you shall hear in one of your cities which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you to dwell there, to say, 13 The sons of Belial, they have gone out from your nearness, and they have pushed away (thrust away) ta-the dwellers of their city, to say, We will go and we will serve other elohim which you have not known; 14 And you shall investigate (question, make inquisition, inquire), and you shall examine, and shall ask goodly (well); and behold, the truth of the word was established, this abomination (abhorrence) was done of her in your nearness; 15 that striking, you shall strike ta-the dwellers of that city by the mouth of the sword, flattening (blunting) her, and ta-all which belongs in her, and ta-her animals, by the mouth of the sword. 16 And you shall collect ta-all of her spoil to the midst of her broad area, and you shall burn up ta-the city in the fire, and ta-all of her spoil wholly [(?shall be a Whole Burnt Offering?)] to hwhy, your Elohim: and she shall be a Heap of Ages; she shall not be built anymore. 17 And on your hand shall not cling from anything from the flattened (blunted) thing: by that, hwhy may turn back from the glowness of His Anger, and shall give mercies to you, and shall be compassionate (mercifiul) at you, and shall multiply you, as the which was sworn to your fathers; 18 when you listen in the Voice of hwhy, your Elohim, to guard (keep, observe, heed) ta-all of His Commandments which I am commanding you today, to do that is upright in the Eyes of hwhy, your Elohim.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
Verses one through five
1 When a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams shall arise in your nearness, and gives to you a sign or a wonder (miracle), 2 And the sign and the wonder (miracle) comes which was spoken to to you, to say, We will go after other elohim, which you have not known, and we will serve them; 3 You shall not listen to words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for hwhy, your Elohim, is testing (trying, proving) you, to know that exists of you ones loving ta-hwhy, your Elohim, in all of your heart, and in all of your soul. 4 You shall walk after hwhy, your Elohim, and you shall revere (give awe, fear) Him, and you shall guard (keep, observe, heed) ta-His Commandments, and and you shall hear His Voice, and you shall serve Him, and you shall cling on Him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall die; for has spoken apostasy (turning away, a plucking away) upon hwhy, your Elohim, that brought you out from the land of Egypt, and that redeemed you from the house of slavery (bondage), to push you away [(thrust you away)] from the way which hwhy, your Elohim, commanded you to walk in her. And you shall kindle away (fuel away) the evil from your nearness.
The Israelites were told to not to listen to false prophets and dreamer of dreams, and to kill them if they say to follow after other elohim.
In the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant), Yeshua was in a generation that was seeking a sign, because of their wickedness and their perverseness, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a Sign from Thee. 39 But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a Sign; and there shall no Sign be given to it, but the Sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired Him that He would shew them a Sign from the heavens. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a Sign; and there shall no Sign be given unto it, but the Sign of the prophet Jonas. And He left them, and departed.
In our generation today, we have been seeing natural signs, like the tetrad four blood moons, all of them occuring around the Biblical feasts of Passover and Sukkoth (Tabernacles) in 2014 and 2015, thanks to Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries who discovered them in 2008. In this case in our generation, hwhy is giving the signs to the world, but the world is brushing them off saying it is nothing. Mark Biltz in 2017 noted the solar eclipse that occurred on August 21st, crossing the United States for the first time since World War I in 1918, and on September 23rd, there will be a constellation formation called "the Revelation 12 Constellation" which consists of the constellation of Virgo, the virgin, and Leo the Lion's nine stars, along with three planets, Mercury, Mars and Venus, forming the twelve stars. This latter constellation sign occurred around the time of Yom Teruah in 2017.
We need to note that during Biblical times, there wasn't any magnification ability to differentiate between planets and stars.
Mark Biltz spoke at a conference in Alabama in August of 2017 regarding the signs. You can watch the video he spoke at this conference by clicking on the image below to get to the webpage.
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
[The Heavens Declare Conference: Pastor Mark Biltz]
This is my understanding of the end times. This worldly generation is a wicked and an adulterous generation, becuase, in my opinion, since the "GI Bill" which was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it changed the society from being a dominant agricultural society to a dominant technological society today. Brad Scott of Wildbranch Ministry said that the Torah is a Bible based on the Agricultural structure. So how can a "Techno Cultural Society" today understand an "Agricultural Bible" if we don't have a dominant agricultural society? This is one of the "signs" of the times that we "are" the last generation.
hwhy tells the prophet Jeremiah regarding the false prophets in Judah who were not sent by hwhy making false prophecies, which is noted in the book of the prophet Jeremiah
Jeremiah 14:11 Then said hwhy unto me, Pray not for this People for their good. 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they elevate an Elevation Offering and a Food Offering, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. 13 Then said I, Ah, Adonai hwhy! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. 14 Then hwhy said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in My Name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus saith hwhy concerning the prophets that prophesy in My Name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 16 And the People to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour ta-their evil upon them.
Indirectly related, a false prophet prophecied positive results wheras Jeremiah gave warnings to them, and also gave judgment to the false prophet, which is noted in the book of the prophet Jeremiah
Jeremiah 28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah, son of Azur, the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the House of hwhy, in the presence of the Priests and of all of the People, saying, 2 Thus speaketh hwhy of Armies, the Elohim of Israel, saying, I have broken ta-the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place ta-all the Vessels of hwhy's House, that Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 4 And I will bring again to this place ta-Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, King of Judah, with ta-all of the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith hwhy: for I will break ta-the yoke of the king of Babylon. 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the Priests, and in the presence of all of the People that stood in the House of hwhy, 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: hwhy do so: hwhy perform ta-thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the Vessels of hwhy's House, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this Word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all of the People; 8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many lands, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that hwhy hath truly sent him. 10 Then Hananiah, the prophet, ta-took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all of the People, saying, Thus saith hwhy; Even so will I break ta-the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12 Then the Word of hwhy came unto Jeremiah, the prophet, after that Hananiah, the prophet, had broken ta-the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith hwhy; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 14 For thus saith hwhy of Armies, the Elohim of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all of these nations, that they may serve ta-Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him ta-the beasts of the field also. 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; hwhy hath not sent thee; but thou makest ta-this People to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus saith hwhy; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against hwhy. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Hananiah the prophet made a proper first prophecy, because Jeremiah agreed with him. But it was Hananiah's second prophecy and his act of breaking off the yoke of Jeremiah, which hwhy commanded Jeremiah to wear, that caused the prophet Hananiah's death.
In the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant), Yeshua warned in the end times that there will be false Messiahs and false prophets, which are noted in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark
Matthew 24:4 And Yeshua answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in My Name, saying, I am Messiah; and shall deceive many.
Mark 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Messiah; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 22 For false messiahs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
This also applies to us as believers in the Messiah in our generation today.
On a positive note, Yeshua and the disciples/apostles were doing miracles and wonders, and they were following the Torah. Yeshua is the "Only One" we are to follow.
Looking at the word DREAM
The Hebrew word for dream is "khah-lohm"- Khet, Lamed, Vav, Mem Sophit (Mwlx). It is from Strong's Concordance number 2472, and its definition
From H2492; a dream: - dream (-er).
from 2492 "khah-lahm" (Mlx), and its definition
A primitive root; properly to bind firmly, that is, (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream: - (cause to) dream (-er), be in good liking, recover.
This is where we get our modern English word "calm", as in a calm dream.
Looking at verse three of this week's Torah portion passage again
3 You shall not listen to words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for hwhy, your Elohim, is testing (trying, proving) you, to know that exists of you at loving ta-hwhy, your Elohim, in all of your heart, and in all of your soul.
The question is, does hwhy still do this to us as believers in Yeshua today? The answer is yes, He still does. Everyone has their own story.
This is how the King James Version translates verse three:
(KJV) Deuteronomy 13:3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
A word the King James translators tranlated is "whether". Other translators use the same definition, but looking at the phrase "the existence by you", looking in the Hebrew text, the Hebrew word is "hai-yeesh-khehm" (Mksyh). Researching this Hebrew word, this is what is says:
Looking at the word WHETHER
The Hebrew word for whether is "yeysh"- Yod, Shin (sy). It is from Strong's Concordance number 3426, and its definition
Perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection): - (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
a copula for 1961 "hah-yah"- Heh, Yod, Heh (hyh), and its definiton
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use.
To me, this is pretty cool, because if we take the actual Hebrew word and Anglicized it, and substitute the English word, this is what the verse says applied to my translation:
3 You shall not listen to words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for hwhy, your Elohim, is testing (trying, proving) you, to know that Yeysh is of you ones loving ta-hwhy, your Elohim, in all of your heart, and in all of your soul.
This is a saying that those who love hwhy have "Yeysh" in them. And if one notices this, Yeysh can be applied as the Abbreviated Name, or Nicname, for "Yeshua", like Moshe, or Moses, is a shortened name, or nicname, for "Mashiakah", or "Messiah". What hwhy was doing was to test them to see if "Yeshua "the Living Word" was existing in them, and if they did, it would prove that they were loving hwhy their Elohim in al of thier hearts and souls.
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Indirectly related, in the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant), the apostle Paul had concern that an assembly will be led astray with a different gospel because of the assembly's ability to see things by sight or presence, because Paul cannot be present with them all the time, which is noted in his letter to the assembly in Corinth
2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to One Husband, that I may present you as a Chaste Virgin to the Messiah. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Yeshua, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
Like Moses' concerns with Israel being led away from a physical being presently acting as a prophet or a dreamer of dreams from following hwhy, the Apostle Paul had his concerns as well from someone physically present talking of another gospel the Paul did not teach.
Verses six through eleven
6 When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the woman (wife) of your bosom, or your neighbor, which is as your soul, persuades (entices, seduces) you in the secrecy, to say, We will go and we will serve other elohim which you have not known, you, and your fathers; 7 from the elohim of the peoples which are all around you that are near to you, or that are far from you, from the end of the Earth and unto the end of the Earth; 8 you shall not consent (will) to him, and you shall not listen to him; and you shall not pity your eye upon him, and you shall not spare, and you shall not conceal (cover) upon him: 9 for killing, you shall kill him; your hand, she shall be against (on) him among the first to his death, and on the hand of all of the People among (in) the afterward. 10 And you shall skullstone (skullcast, stone) him on the stones, and shall die; for has sought to push you away [(thrust you away)] from upon hwhy, your Elohim, that brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery (bondage). 11 And all Israel, they shall hear, and they shall revere (give awe, fear), and they shall not add to do as this evil word in your nearness.
In this week's Torah portion passage, hwhy noted to do the same thing with one's family member who tries to lead another family member to serve other elohim, by killing them and not to have one's eye have pity on them. This could be the basis that the Jews used during the time of Yeshua and His followers, in their day by not following Yeshua forty years before the destruction of the second Temple around 70 AD.
Indirectly related to this week's Torah passage, any Israelite family member that does not do the Will of hwhy they are not their brethren. Yeshua noted an account of this, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 12:46 While He yet talked to the People, behold, His mother and His brethren stood without, desiring to speak with Him. 47 Then one said unto Him, Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with Thee. 48 But He answered and said unto him that told him, Who is My mother? and who are My brethren? 49 And He stretched forth His Hand toward His disciples, and said, Behold My mother and My brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the Will of My Father who is in the heavens, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.
This could also connect to the reason the real brothers, sisters, and mothers who do the Father's Will, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in the heavens. 33 But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in the heavens. 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 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. 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me. 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for My Sake shall find it.
Because one's love for them above Yeshua could also lead one astray by following a false Messiah and another gospel.
Verses twelve through eighteen
12 When you shall hear in one of your cities which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you to dwell there, to say, 13 The sons of Belial, they have gone out from your nearness, and they have pushed away (thrust away) ta-the dwellers of their city, to say, We will go and we will serve other elohim which you have not known; 14 And you shall investigate (question, make inquisition, inquire), and you shall examine, and shall ask goodly (well); and behold, the truth of the word was established, this abomination (abhorrence) was done of her in your nearness; 15 that striking, you shall strike ta-the dwellers of that city by the mouth of the sword, flattening (blunting) her, and ta-all which belongs in her, and ta-her animals, by the mouth of the sword. 16 And you shall collect ta-all of her spoil to the midst of her broad area, and you shall burn up ta-the city in the fire, and ta-all of her spoil wholly [(?shall be a Whole Burnt Offering?)] to hwhy, your Elohim: and she shall be a Heap of Ages; she shall not be built anymore. 17 And on your hand shall not cling from anything from the flattened (blunted) thing: by that, hwhy may turn back from the glowness of His Anger, and shall give mercies to you, and shall be compassionate (mercifiul) at you, and shall multiply you, as the which was sworn to your fathers; 18 when you listen in the Voice of hwhy, your Elohim, to guard (keep, observe, heed) ta-all of His Commandments which I am commanding you today, to do that is upright in the Eyes of hwhy, your Elohim.
Men of Belial, or men of worthlessness, make the people of a city go out to serve other elohim.
Looking at the word BELIAL
The Hebrew word for Belial is B'lee-ah-ahl"- Bet, Lamed, Yod, Ayin, Lamed (leylb). It is from Strong's Concordance number 1100, and its definition
From H1097 and H3276; without profit, worthlessness; by extension destruction, wickedness (often in connection with H376, H802, H1121, etc.): - Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Beli
from 1097 "b'lee" (ylb), and its definition
From H1086; properly failure, that is, nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.: - corruption, ig[norantly], for lack of, where no . . . is, so that no, none, not, un[awares], without.
from 1086 "bah-lah" (hlb), and its definition
A primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively consume, spend): - consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
Al
from 3276 "yah-ahl" (ley), and its definition
A primitive root; properly to ascend; figuratively to be valuable (objective useful, subjective benefited): - X at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit (-able).
These two part words together would define this word as "Worthless Value", but it can also be interpretly defined as "A Worthless Ascender". This worthless ascender would be no other than HaSatan, the ultimate false prophet, and the ultimate deceiver, who will ascend from the abyss in the latter days and will deceive many, which is noted in the apostle John's book of Revelation
Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
HaSatan tried to ascend himself above hwhy one time, which is noted in the book of the prophet Isaiah
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of El: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Looking at the word LUCIFER
The Hebrew word for Lucifer is "Hey-leyl"- Heh, Yod, Lamed, Lamed (llyh). It is from Strong's Concordance number 1966, and its definition
From H1984 (in the sense of brightness); the morning star: - lucifer.
from 1984 "hah-lahl" (llh), and its defintion
A primitive root; to be clear (originally of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify: - (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool (-ish, -ly), glory, give [light], be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, [sing, be worthy of] praise, rage, renowned, shine.
This is where we get our modern English word "hell". Hell was named after the name of HaSatan himself. Resaying the first Isaiah verse with the correct name it says:
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Heyleyl, son of the morning!
According to this week's Torah portion passage, the Israelites were to search out to see if the word that was mentioned of that city was true, and were told to do it carefully, and if it was so, the Israelties were commanded to destroy everything in the city, from the People, to their animals, to their possessions, and the city itself. The Israelites were to curse the city by not having it rebuilt. This can be compared to what Joshua commanded regarding Jericho, and probably was the basis for Joshua to make this commandment, which is noted in the book of Joshua
Joshua 6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man to the Face of hwhy, that riseth up and buildeth ta-this city ta-Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
This curse was fulfilled to one person, which is noted in the book of the Kings
1 Kings 16:34 In his days did Hiel, the Bethelite, build ta-Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the Word of hwhy, which he spake by Joshua, son of Nun.
Looking at the word GOOD (WELL)
The Hebrew word for good (well) is "yah-tahv"- Yod, Tet, Bet (bjy). It is from Strong's Concordance number 3190, and its defintion
A primitive root; to be (causatively) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right): - be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent (-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good ([-ness]), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more [kindness], skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well [said, seen ].
The Israelites were to search out the matter with good intentions, and not with ulterior motives, so that their research would be just and sound, without error, like detectives who search for clues in a case to get to the truth of what happened at the scene of a crime.
Also, regarding verse fourteen of this week's Torah portion passage, it was probably the basis that Yeshua noted this, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
This is what we are to do as believers by searching out a matter, which is noted in the book of Proverbs
Proverbs 25:2 It is the Glory of Elohim to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Ending this chapter I will say ask, seek, knock to hwhy, and get the truth.
CHAPTER 14
Numbers 14:1-29
Deu 14:1 You are sons to hwhy, your Elohim: you shall not gash yourself, and you shall not put (set) a baldness between your eyes for the dead, 2 for you are a Sacred (Holy) People to hwhy, your Elohim, and hwhy has chosen on you to be for a Special (Special Treasured) People to Him, from all of the peoples which are upon the face of the Ground.
3 You shall not eat any abomination (abhorrence). 4 This is the animal which you shall eat: the ox, the lamb (rushing member) of sheep, and the lamb (rushing member) of kids, 5 the hart (stag, deer), and the gazelle (roebuck), and the fallow deer, and the wild goat (chamois), and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 6 And every animal with diving the hoof, and cleaves the cleft of two hoofs, ascending the cud, among the animals, her you shall eat.
7 Surely ta-this you shall not eat from ascending the cud, and from dividing the cloven hoof; ta-the camel, and ta-the hare, and ta-the coney: for they ascend the cud, and the hoof, they are not divided; they are unclean to you. 8 And ta-the swine, for he with divides the hoof, and not the cud, he is unclean to you: you shall not eat from their flesh, and you shall not touch on their flabby carcass (wilted carcass).
9 ta-This you shall eat from all which are in the waters: all which have to him fins and scales you shall eat him: 10 And all which have not to him fins and scales you shall not eat; he is unclean to you.
11 All clean birds you shall eat. 12 And this which you shall not eat from them: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 and the glede, and ta-the kite (hawk), and the vulture (falcon) to her kind, 14 and ta every raven to his kind, 15 and ta-the daughter (branch) of the owl (ostrich), and ta-the night hawk, and ta-the cuckoo (gull), and ta-the hawk to his kind, 16 ta-the little owl, and ta-the great owl (night heron), and the swan, 17 and the pelican, and ta-the gier-eagle, and ta-the cormorant, 18 and the stork, and the heron (parrot) by her kind, and the lapwing (hoopoe, grouse), and the bat. 19 And every swarmer that flies, he is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten. 20 All clean birds you shall eat.
21 You shall not eat any flabby carcass (wilted carcass): you shall give her to the sojourner (stranger) which is in your gates and shall eat of her; or sell to an alien (foreigner): for you are a Sacred (Holy) People to hwhy, your Elohim.
You shall not boil a kid in the milk of his mother.
22 Tithing, you shall tithe ta all of the produce of your seed that goes out of [(that yields)] the field year at year.
23 And you shall eat to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which shall choose to tabernacle His Name there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine (fresh grape juice), and your pressed oil (glistened oil), and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; by that, you may learn to revere (give awe, fear) ta-hwhy, your Elohim, all of the days. 24 And for the way is far from you, for you are not able to carry (bear, lift up) him; for shall be the Place far from you which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to put His Name there, for (when) hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you: 25 And you shall give her on the silver, and you shall bind (shut up) the silver in your hand, and you shall go to the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose on him: 26 And you shall give her the silver in all which your soul, she pleases (desires, lusts), on the herd, and on the flock, and on the wine, and on the strong drink, and on anything which your soul, she inquires (asks, requests) of you: and you shall eat there to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household. 27 And the Levite which is in your gates; you shall not forsake him; for does not belong to him a portion and an inheritance with you.
28 Of the end of three years, you shall bring out ta-all of the tithe of your produce in that year, and you shall deposit (make rest) in your gates: 29 and the Levite shall come, for does not belong to him a portion ad an inheritance with you, and the sojourner (stranger), and the orphan, and the widow, which are in your gates, and they shall eat, and they shall be satisfied; by that, hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of the doing (work) of your hand which you do.
(NOTE: Not all verses will be commented)
Verses three through eight
3 You shall not eat any abomination (abhorrence). 4 This is the animal which you shall eat: the ox, the lamb (rushing member) of sheep, and the lamb (rushing member) of kids, 5 the hart (stag, deer), and the gazelle (roebuck), and the fallow deer, and the wild goat (chamois), and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 6 And every animal with diving the hoof, and cleaves the cleft of two hoofs, ascending the cud, among the animals, her you shall eat. 7 Surely ta-this you shall not eat from ascending the cud, and from dividing the cloven hoof; ta-the camel, and ta-the hare, and ta-the coney: for they ascend the cud, and the hoof, they are not divided; they are unclean to you. 8 And ta-the swine, for he with divides the hoof, and not the cud, he is unclean to you: you shall not eat from their flesh, and you shall not touch on their flabby carcass (wilted carcass).
This also comes from the Torah portion Sh'mini, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 11:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses and to Aaron to say to them, 2 Speak to the Sons of Israel, to say, This is the living beast which you shall eat from all of the animals that are upon the Earth. 3 All with dividing the hoof, and cloven, is cloven the hoofs, with ascending the cud among the animals, you shall eat her. 4 Only ta-this you shall not eat from ascenders of the cud, and from dividers of the hoof: ta-the camel, for he is with ascending the cud, and the hoof is not divided; he is unclean to you. 5 And ta-the coney, for he is with ascending of the cud, and the hoof is not divided; he is unclean to you. 6 And ta-the hare, for she is with ascending the cud, and the hoof is not divided; she is unclean to you. 7 And ta-the swine, for he is with dividing the hoof, and cloven, is a cloven hoof, and does not chew (sojourn) the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 You shall not eat from their flesh, and on their carcases (corpses) you shall not touch; They are unclean to you.
These have symbolic meanings:
THE SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF THE CUD AND DIVIDED HOOF:
THE CUD
The cud symbolizes the Word. Chewing the cud is symbolic to chewing the Word, meaning that we "meditate" on the Word, and it goes into our stomachs and it gets digested. We get the nutrients from the Word. Then it comes back up and we rechew, or "remeditate" on the Word again, and we get a better understanding of the Word.
Looking at the word CUD
The Hebrew word for cud is "gey-rah"- Gimel, Resh, Heh (hrg). It is from Strong's Concordance number 1625, and its definition
From H1641; the cud (as scraping the throat): - cud.
from 1641 "gah-rahr" (rrg), and its definition
A primitive root; to drag off roughly; by implication to bring up the cud (that is, ruminate); by analogy to saw: - catch, chew, X continuing, destroy, saw.
The Word could also "scrape" our throats to get our attentions. One of the things that the apostle Paul noted was to meditate upon his commands, which is noted in his letter to Timothy
1 Timothy 4:11 These things command and teach. 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Even Paul told Timothy to tell them to meditate on his words, which is symbolically "chewing the cud".
THE DIVIDED HOOF
The divided foot is symbolic of the feet that walks by "dividing" the Word of truth, which the apostle Paul noted in his letter to Timothy
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto hwhy, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
When one walks in hwhy, each step one takes is the result of dividing the Word of Truth and that step imprints that act of dividing the Word on the ground.
The apostle Paul also used the feet from the Armor of hwhy, symbolicaly, for the Gospel of Peace, which he noted in his letter to the assembly in Ephesus
Ephesians 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace;
This is also applicable to us believers in Messiah today regarding a "person's" feet, which is noted in the book of the prophet Isaiah
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 Person's "Feet" is Yeshua. This is applied to us in Yeshua, which the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the assembly in Rome
Romans 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of Peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Looking at the words:
DIVIDED
The Hebrew word for divided is "pah-rahs"- Peh, Resh, Samek (orp). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6536, and its definition
A primitive root; to break in pieces, that is, (usually without violence) to split, distribute: - deal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.
This is where we get our modern English word "press", as in pressed out.
HOOF
The Hebrew word for hoof is "pahr-sah"- Peh, Resh, Samek, Heh (horp). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6541, and its definition
Feminine of H6538; a claw or split hoof: - claw, [cloven-] footed, hoof.
from 6538 "peh-rehs" (orp), and its definition
From H6536; a claw; also a kind of eagle: - claw, ossifrage.
Same Hebrew letters, but different voweling.
HOW THE TWO ARE APPLIED TOGETHER
It is necessary to eat animals that both chew the cud and have the divided hoof, in other words, we believers in Yeshua must meditate on the Word (chewing and rechewing the cud) and also walk in the Word (dividing the Word of Truth in the Gospel of Peace). If one eats an animal with just one of the requirements it will be like us, as believers, eating without walking, or walking without eating. It takes meditating by chewing on the Word and swallowing it and letting the Word ascending back up to meditate on it again to provide the energy to walk. If one doesn't walk, one could potentially get fat in vanity. On the act of walking- dividing the Word of Truth- one cannot walk a long term distance without having energy to digest and meditate again. That is why one needs to eat an animal of a split hoof and chewing the cud.
As it says in Frank Sinatra's song Love and Marriage, "You can't have one without the other".
Verses nine and ten
9 ta-This you shall eat from all which are in the waters: all which have to him fins and scales you shall eat him: 10 And all which have not to him fins and scales you shall not eat; he is unclean to you.
This also comes from the Torah portion Sh'mini, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 11:9 You shall eat ta-this from all which is in the waters: any which has to him fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers (brooks), you shall eat them. 10 And any which does not to him fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers from any swarmer of the waters and from any soul that lives which are in the waters, they are an abomination (an abhorrence, detestable, filth) to you: 11 And they shall be a filth (loathing) to you; you shall not eat from their flesh, and you shall filthify (loathe) ta-their carcases (corpses). 12 Any which does not have to him fins and scales in the waters, he is an abomination (an abhorrence, detestable, filth) to you.
LOOKING AT THE SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF THE FINS AND SCALES:
THE FINS
The fins are the fishes rudders, to help steer them in the direction they want to go. They also help give them a forward or turning motion and to stabilize their path. The fins are symbolic of the Word which is like a rudder to steer and guide us believers in Yeshua in the direction of the Word He wants us to go, and to make us move forward, and to stabilize us in His Word. As David said in the book of Psalms
Psalms 25:5 Lead me in Thy Truth, and teach me: for Thou art the Elohim of my Salvation;...
hwhy in leading us in truth and teaching us is an act to "steer" us in the right direction, and we in Yeshua are led in the truth by the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), which the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the assembly in Rome
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of hwhy, they are the Sons of hwhy.
Looking at the word FINS
The Hebrew word for fins is "s'nah-peer"- Samek, Nun, Peh, Yod, Resh (rypno). It is from the Strong's Concordance number 5579, and its definition
Of uncertain derivation; a fin (collectively): - fins.
This is where we get our modern English word "snapper", as in the type of fish called "red snapper".
THE SCALES
The scales of a fish are like "mini shields", like body armor, to protect the fish from parasites and foreign elements in the waters from getting into their bodies. These scales are symbolic of the shield of faith, which the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the assembly in Ephesus
Ephesians 6:14 ...and having on the breastplate of righteousness;... 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
The parasites and foreign elements are symbolic of foreign, worldly and heathen elements as well as the worldly "Anti-Messiah" culture of the sins from the world which are contrary to the Word, trying to get into one's body and become part of one's soul and physical being, effecting ones' own character. Also they are spiritually symbolic of the enemy, who is HaSatan and his demons.
The scales are also symbolic of prayer. An example of this is noted by the apostle Paul noting in his letter to the assembly in Corinth
1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Another symbol for the scales is the Word of hwhy, including the Torah, as Yeshua noted in the Gospel of John, by the apostle Paul in his letter to the assembly in Rome
John 17:17 Sanctify them through Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth.
Romans 10:4 For the Messiah is the Goal of the Torah for righteousness to every one that believeth.
As Yeshua also noted to the Pharisees, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me.
Looking at the word SCALES
The Hebrew word for scales is "kahs-keh-seth"- Kuph, Shin, Kuph, Shin, Tav (tsqsq). It is from Strong's Concordance number 7193, and its definition
By reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark; a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal): - mail, scale.
HOW THE TWO ARE APPLIED TOGETHER
These two together would be praying in righteousness and faith (the scales), and be led by the Spirit of hwhy in walking in truth (the fins). If a fish has scales, but no fins, that fish would be "a sitting duck", having no direction to go, and would result in going in the wrong direction, or lose direction, and the Word would be meaningless. The apostle Paul noted in his letter to the assembly in Ephesus
Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
And if a fish has fins, but no scales, that fish would be going in the direction that it should go, but it still would be attacked with foreign elements, because it does not have the scales to protect it, symbolic of the Word, fasting and prayer, and the Armor of hwhy.
The apostle Paul applied both of these applications, which he noted in his letter to Timothy
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which hwhy hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of hwhy is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the Word of hwhy and prayer. 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Yeshua, the Messiah, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. 10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the Living Elohim, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Prayer is also like scales, because it give hwhy the means to steer our fins in the right direction. Also, if one doesn't have the "spiritual scales" one would be led astray. That is why we need to eat fish that have both scales and fins.
We as believers in Yeshua are to be "Fishers of men and women" who will bring men and women to be like fish, and who will use their "spiritual fins" to steer in the path of righteousness, and will put on the "spiritual shield" of faith, which is noted in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark
Matthew 4:19 And He saith unto them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Mark 1:17 And Yeshua said unto them, Come ye after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Looking at the word ABOMINATION (ABHORRENCE)
The Hebrew word for abomination (abhorrence) in the Levitical passage is "sheh-kehts"- Shin, Kuph, Tsade (Uqs). It is from Strong's Concordance number 8263, and its definition
From H8262; filth, that is, (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object: - abominable (-tion).
from 8262 "shah-kats" (Uqs), and its definition
A primitive root; to be filthy, that is, (intensively) to loathe, pollute: - abhor, make abominable, have in abomination, detest, X utterly.
Lastly, this is what the apostle James noted in his epistle
James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one Elohim; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed hwhy, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of hwhy. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
The fins and scales together is an act of faith and works together.
As it says in Frank Sinatra's song Love and Marriage, "You can't have one without the other".
Verses eleven through twenty
11 All clean birds you shall eat. 12 And this which you shall not eat from them: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 and the glede, and ta-the kite (hawk), and the vulture (falcon) to her kind, 14 and ta every raven to his kind, 15 and ta-the daughter (branch) of the owl (ostrich), and ta-the night hawk, and ta-the cuckoo (gull), and ta-the hawk to his kind, 16 ta-the little owl, and ta-the great owl (night heron), and the swan, 17 and the pelican, and ta-the gier-eagle, and ta-the cormorant, 18 and the stork, and the heron (parrot) by her kind, and the lapwing (hoopoe, grouse), and the bat. 19 And every swarmer that flies, he is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten. 20 All clean birds you shall eat.
LOOKING AT THE SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF THE UNCLEAN BIRDS:
THE CLEAN BIRDS
Clean birds do not prey on flesh but mostly on grains and fruits and berries, like the branches of the pheasants, including the quail. Also, the chicken, the turkey, and the Cornish game hen. How about a Sukkoth Turkey Dinner this year? :)
THE UNCLEAN BIRDS
These "flesh eating" birds have practically one thing in common: they all prey on animals, whether alive or dead. These are symbolic acts of the world, and HaSatan and his demons attacking and preying on us as believers in Messiah, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Verses nineteen and twenty
19 And every swarmer that flies, he is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten. 20 All clean birds you shall eat.
This is more detailed in the Torah portion of Sh'mini, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 11:20 Every swarmer that flies that go upon four, he is an abomination (an abhorrence, detestable, filth) to you. 21 You shall eat only ta-this from every swarmer that flies that goes upon four which has to him legs from above by his feet to jump (leap) on them upon the Earth; 22 from ta-these, you may eat; ta-the locust by his kind, and ta-the bald locust by his kind, and ta-the long horned grasshopper by his kind, and ta-the short grasshopper by his kind. 23 And every swarmer that flies which is to him four feet, he is an abomination (an abhorrence, detestable, filth) to you.
LOOKING AT THE SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF THE LEGS ABOVE:
This is what Answers.com under the article "What is the Spiritual Meaning of Grasshoppers?" says regarding its symbolic meaning:
"Grasshopper Symbology -- The grasshopper is associated with astral travel. They have the ability to leap through time and into space where the true mysteries of life exist. People with this medicine have the wisdom necessary to overcome obstacles efficiently and are able to jump into successful ventures without preparation or planning. When the grasshopper appears to us we are being asked to take a leap of faith and jump forward into a specific area of life without fear. Usually that specific area is one that we have avoided and is often connected to change on a larger scale. This can represent a change in location, relationships, career or just in the way we perceive ourselves.
Grasshoppers can only jump forward....not backward, or sideways. So, when grasshopper shows up he could be reaffirming to you that you are taking the right steps to move forward in your current situation. Or it could be that he is telling you to go ahead and move forward, getting past what is hindering you. This is why grasshopper is the symbol of good luck all over the world. Grasshopper's ability to connect and understand sound vibrations is why he is also a symbol of your inner voice. He could be telling you to trust yours".
John the Baptist ate wild locusts, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of hwhy, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
The locusts are also grasshoppers. These are the same locusts that were part of the ten plagues in the Exodus story, which is noted in the Torah portion of Bo, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 10:12 And hwhy said to Moses, Stretch out (Stretch forth) your hand upon (over) the land of Egypt on the locusts, and will ascend upon (over) the land of Egypt and will eat ta-every plant (herb) of the land of ta all which the hail reserved. 13 And Moses stretched out (stretched forth) ta-his staff (rod, branch) upon (over) the land of Egypt, and hwhy drove forth an east wind on the land all that day, and all of the night; Became the breaking period (morning), and the east wind carried (lifted up, brought up) ta-the locusts. 14 And the locusts ascended upon (over) all of the land of Egypt, and rested much heavy in all of the border of Egypt: Not were such locusts like him to his face, and none shall be thus after them. 15 And covered (concealed) ta-the eye of all of the Earth, and the land, she became dark; And ate ta-every plant (herb) of the land, and ta all of the fruit of the trees which the hail had remained (were remnant, had left): and not remained (were remnant, left) any green on the trees, and on the plants (herbs) of the field, in all of the land of Egypt.
Interestingly, Answers.com on the same article above, indirectly related to this Exodus passage, said this regarding having dreams of locusts:
"Dream Dictionary: To dream of seeing grasshoppers on green vegetables, denotes that enemies threaten your best interests. If on withered grasses, ill health. Disappointing business will be experienced. If you see grasshoppers between you and the sun, it denotes that you will have a vexatious problem in your immediate business life to settle, but using caution it will adjust itself in your favor. To call peoples' attention to the grasshoppers, shows that you are not discreet in dispatching your private business.
Ancient Egypt: The particular grasshopper species used as a motif by the ancient egyptians was probably the locust, either the desert locust or the migratory locust , both of which were probably common sights in the rich agricultural land bordering the Nile. Sudden plagues of these insects in ancient times no doubt caused much destruction of grain and other food crops, just as they do today.
Most of the grasshopper amulets and seals so far discovered are similar to those depicting scarab beetles, with a flat base usually inscribed and pierced through for threading on string or wire so that they could be worn. Possibly these amulets were thought to ward-off locust plagues. Locusts (or grasshoppers) were also depicted in tomb reliefs and paintings, as elements of wildlife along the Nile.
The locust or grasshopper hieroglyph quite simply refers to the insect itself, although in certain contexts it appears to mean 'great numbers of individuals', for example on a wall in the temple at Medinet Habu near modern-day Luxor there is an inscription which reads: 'battalions will come like the locusts'. The locust (or grasshopper) appears in hieroglyphic texts, for example, as a determinative to the word snehem - meaning 'locust' or 'grasshopper' - as illustrated below (a determinative symbol in hieroglyphic text, the locust or grasshopper symbol in this case, is not transliterated and merely indicates the meaning or context of the word represented by the preceding hieroglyphs)".
In verse twenty-one of Sh'mini's passage noted above, the phrase "on them", is the Hebrew text "bah-hehn"- Bet, Heh, Nun Sophit (Nhb). It is the feminine form of "bah-hehm" with Mem Sophit (Mhb) meaning that the "leaping leg" which is symbolized by us in having "a leap of faith" in Yeshua when we first accept Yeshua as our Savior and Lord and start to walk, or "leap", in faith.
GENERALNESS OF CLEAN AND UNCLEAN
Regarding uncleanness and clean, this is the chapter who many believers who don't know or don't follow the Torah, misinterpret and take out of context, which is noted in the book of the Acts
Acts 10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared hwhy with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to hwhy always. 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of hwhy coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And He said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before hwhy. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. 7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; 8 And when he had declared all of these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw Heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a Voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15 And the Voice spake unto him again the second time, What hwhy hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into Heaven. 17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. 19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? 22 And they said, Cornelius, the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth hwhy, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from hwhy by an Holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. 23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. 27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but the Lord hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the Eyes of hwhy. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before the Lord, to hear all things that are commanded thee of the Lord. 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that the Lord is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him. 36 The word which hwhy sent unto the Sons of Israel, preaching peace by Yeshua, the Messiah: (he is Lord of all:) 37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 38 How hwhy anointed Yeshua of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for hwhy was with Him. 39 And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40 Him hwhy raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 41 Not to all of the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of the Lord, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of hwhy to be the Judge of quick and dead. 43 To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His Name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins. 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify the Lord. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Spirit as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of hwhy. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
The "unkosher, common foods" were symbols of the "gentiles", specifically Cornelius and the three other "men", and not food. The sheet that came down on the four corners of the earth with the unclean animals were types and shadows of the "peoples", or "nations", who exist throughout the four corners of the earth, including the Lost Ten Northern Tribes of Israel that were exiled to Assyira around 722 BC and were scattered around the world since, especially in Western Europe and North America.
Verse twenty-one
21 You shall not eat any flabby carcass (wilted carcass): you shall give her to the sojourner (stranger) which is in your gates and shall eat of her; or sell to an alien (foreigner): for you are a Sacred (Holy) People to hwhy, your Elohim....
This was simply saying that any of their clean animals that died on their own account shall be sold or given to the stranger within their gates. Notice it did not say that they were to be given or sold "outside" of their gates. Why? It is probable that they were to be given or sold "immediately" to their stranger within their gates, becuase if they went out to find someone to give it to, more time will tick away, causing the animal to decay more. Thus, it would make the carcass more unfit to eat. It is also possible that hwhy wanted to keep it within the gates for sanctity puposes, because the location which the animal died was Holy, and hwhy did not want it to leave outside of the owner's sanctified borders. Another reason hwhy said this, because "He said so".
Verse twenty-one
21 ...You shall not boil a kid in the milk of his mother.
This is so, because it is an act of mockery of the parent to its young. It is the same thing regarding a mother bird nesting in the tree and on the ground, which is noted in the Torah portion of Ki Theytsey, in the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 22:6 When shall encounter (befallen) to your face a nest of a bird in the way, in any tree, or upon the Earth, of nestlings or eggs, and the mother is crouching upon the nestlings, or upon the eggs, you shall not take the mother upon the sons: 7 Sending away, you shall send away ta-the mother, and you shall take ta-the sons for yourself; by that, shall be good (well) to you, and you shall be lengthened (prolonged) of days.
Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries noted that letting the mother bird go is an act of mercy. I would also say that the act of mercy also implies toword the kid of the goats to be not cooked in his mother's milk as well, and if one did, it would be an act of a hardened heart. The same way for letting the mother go and not kill her.
This week's Torah portion passage is based on The Fifth Word (Commandment) to honor your mother and father, which is noted in the Torah portion of Yithro, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 20:12 Honor (Give weight at) ta-your father and ta-your mother, by that, your days may be lengthened (long) upon the ground which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you.
The key that gives it away by tying these Torah passages to the Fifth Word (Commandment) is that one's days will be long. If one kills a mother with the young, it would be no different than one rebelling against one's own mother and father. Therefore, the person's days will be short. Boiling a kid in his mother's milk is an act of mockery against the mother that bore the kid, and would be no different in comparison if that person rebelled against one's own mother and father.
Verse twenty two
22 Tithing, you shall tithe ta all of the produce of your seed that goes out of [(that yields)] the field year at year.
This is based from the Commandment for the Israelite men to bring their tithes to the place where hwhy will place His Name, which is Jerusalem three times in the year, which will be commented later, in chapter sixteen of this week's Torah portion. This would take an act of humility by doing this annualy, but at the same time, this would prevent them from taking pride in their accomplishments, and would give the glory to hwhy. Even worse, if they continued in their pride, they would fall away from hwhy by making elohim for themselves and for their own homes, and they would use excuses to not to go to Jerusalem. If they did these, they would have broken the First and Second Words (Commandments). That is why the purpose of this Commandment is to humble them to know that it was hwhy that propsered them, and not them, which is noted in the Torah portion of Eykev, in the book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 8:11 Guard (Beware, Take heed, Observe, Beware) to yourself, lest (facing) you forget ta-hwhy, your Elohim, by failing at guarding (keeping, observing, heeding) His Commandments, and His Judgments (Ordinances), and His Statutes, which I am commanding you today: 12 lest (facing) you eat and you are satisfied, and you build goodly houses, and you dwell; 13 and your herds and your flocks multiply, and silver and gold was multiplied to you, and all which belongs to you has multiplied; 14 and your heart shall arise, and you shall forget ta-hwhy, your Elohim, that brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves (bondage); 15 that made you walk in the great and fearful wilderness of fiery (burning) serpents, and scorpions, and thirst (drought), which was no water; that brought out water for you from the rock; 16 that fed you mahn (manna) in the wilderness, which your fathers had not known, by that at humbling you, and by that at tempting (testing, trying) you, to do you good in the latter end; 17 and you say in your heart, My power and the boniness of my hand have done (made) [(ny hand did)] for me ta-this wealth. 18 And you shall remember ta-hwhy, your Elohim: for He is the One giving to you power to do (make) wealth, by that, the establishing of ta-His Covenant which had swore to your fathers as this day. 19 And shall be, if forgetting, you shall forget ta-hwhy, your Elohim, and you walk after other elohim, and you serve them, and you bow down to them, I will testify (witness) against you the day (today), for perishing, you will perish. 20 As the nations which hwhy perished from your face, so you shall perish; resulting (because) you did not listen in the Voice of hwhy, your Elohim.
This would be considered an "Annual Tithe". The question is, "How would this be applied to us today as believers in the Messiah"? One way would be through tithing and giving to ministries and congegrations. Also one could contribute to brethren in Israel who need help, as well as brethren in one's own nation. Go to hwhy, our Heavenly Father, and ask Him what is the best decision.
Verses twenty three through twenty seven
23 And you shall eat to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which shall choose to tabernacle His Name there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine (fresh grape juice), and your pressed oil (glistened oil), and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; by that, you may learn to revere (give awe, fear) ta-hwhy, your Elohim, all of the days. 24 And for the way is far from you, for you are not able to carry (bear, lift up) him; for shall be the Place far from you which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to put His Name there, for (when) hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you: 25 And you shall give her on the silver, and you shall bind (shut up) the silver in your hand, and you shall go to the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose on him: 26 And you shall give her the silver in all which your soul, she pleases (desires, lusts), on the herd, and on the flock, and on the wine, and on the strong drink, and on anything which your soul, she inquires (asks, requests) of you: and you shall eat there to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household. 27 And the Levite which is in your gates; you shall not forsake him; for does not belong to him a portion and an inheritance with you.
WAIT A MINUTE!!! This is what hwhy said in chapter twelve of this week's Torah portion
Deuteronomy 12:21 When the Place is far from you which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to put His Name there, and you shall sacrifice from your herd and from your flock, which hwhy has given to you as the which I have commanded you, and you shall eat in your gates according to [(as)] all of the pleasure (desire, lust) of your soul. 22 Surely as the which ta-the gazelle (roebuck) and ta-the hart (stag, deer) shall be eaten, so you shall eat him: the unclean and the clean shall he be alike, shall be eaten him. 23 Only be strong (sure) to fail at eating the blood: for the blood, he is the soul; and you shall not eat the soul with the flesh. 24 You shall not eat him; you shall shed (spill, gush out) him upon the Earth as the water. 25 You shall not eat him; by that, shall be good (well) to you and to your sons after you when you shall do that is upright [(the uprightness)] in the Eyes of hwhy.
Moses first tells the Israelite men in the chapter twelve's passage that if they are too far away they can stay at home and sacrifice their herd, or flock, or a gazelle, or a hart in their own estate. Now Moses is saying in this week's Torah portion passage that they can take silver with them to go to the future location in Jerusalem and buy the items there. Is there is a conflict here? If they can walk to Jerusalem from a far distance, why can't they go with their sacrifices to Jerusalem instead? If they have a problem with getting the animal there, why couldn't they put them on wagons and ride them there? Isn't Moses speaking one way on one side of the mouth and another way on the other? Is hwhy allowing these contradictions and contradicting Himself? Doesn't this go against the Commandment that the men are to bring their tithes and gifts of their animals to hwhy three times in the year to not approach to Him empty in Jerusalem by presenting their own increase they have raised in their own estates? Or, is this not the premise at all, and if not, did hwhy allow the Israelites these animal options for the purpose if they stayed home, and the option to go to Jerusalem to bring silver with them to buy the sacrificial animals and other offering requirements as well as buying their own food there to eat at Jerusalem? But what what about the Commandment to not to kill any herd or flock in gates, which is noted in chapter twelve of this week's Torah portion
Deuteronomy 12:17 You are not able to eat from the tithe [(eat the Tithe Offerings)] of your grain in your gates, and your new wine (fresh grape juice), and your pressed oil (glistened oil), and the firstlings of your herd, and your flock, and any of your Vow Offerings which you vow, and your Freewill Offerings (Voluntary Offerings), and the Heave Offering (Raise Offering) of your hand: 18 for but you shall eat him to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose on Him, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite which is in your gates: and you shall rejoice to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in all your hand with sends forth.
In this week's Torah portion passage, it is acceptional for the men if it is too far for them that they cannot bring their domesticated animals to Jerusalem, they can travel to Jerusalem with just the silver, so that the men can buy their tithes and gifts, emphasizing the domesticated animals, for hwhy. This is a sensible alternative for the men to travel to Jerusalem three times in the year, which will be noted later in chapter sixteen of this week's Torah portion.
Verses twenty eight and twenty nine
28 Of the end of three years, you shall bring out ta-all of the tithe of your produce in that year, and you shall deposit (make rest) in your gates: 29 and the Levite shall come, for does not belong to him a portion ad an inheritance with you, and the sojourner (stranger), and the orphan, and the widow, which are in your gates, and they shall eat, and they shall be satisfied; by that, hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of the doing (work) of your hand which you do.
This is British theologian Charles John Ellicott's commentary regarding this Torah passage:
"This is called by the Jews Ma’aser ‘Ani, “the poor’s tithe.” They regard it as identical with the second tithe, which was ordinarily eaten by the owners at Jerusalem; but in every third and sixth year was bestowed upon the poor."
"The Poor's Tithe" is a good term. Today in our society, in the United States, we have food distribution centers. Though they do not follow this end of third year format, they do it every month. Some distribute as often as daily, some at least once a week, etc.
Ending this week's Torah portion chapter, looking at these two verses of this chapter
27 And the Levite which is in your gates; you shall not forsake him; for does not belong to him a portion and an inheritance with you.
29 and the Levite shall come, for does not belong to him a portion ad an inheritance with you, and the sojourner (stranger), and the orphan, and the widow, which are in your gates, and they shall eat, and they shall be satisfied; by that, hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of the doing (work) of your hand which you do.
In verses twenty seven and twenty nine, the "you" is boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, the you pronoun is in the feminine singlular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to the People's "soul", because one's soul is feminine in both men and women. In other words, hwhy was telling their soul that the Levite doesn't have a portion and an inheritance, and that it is their "soul's" responsibility to provide to the Levite, as well as to the orphan and the widow during the Third Year Tithe.
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CHAPTER 15
Numbers 15:1-23
Deu 15:1 From the end of seven years, you shall do (make) a Shemitah-release. 2 And this is the Word of the Shemitah-release: Every owner shall release the debt (creditor) of his hand which was borrowed among his neighbor; shall not exact (tax) ta-his neighbor, and ta-his brother; for a Shemitah-release is called out for (by) hwhy. 3 You may exact (tax) ta-the alien (foreigner): and the which shall belong to you, you shall release your hand at ta-your brother; 4 for ending (disappearing), shall not be among you a needy one; for blessing, hwhy shall bless you in the Land which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you of an inheritance to possess (occupy) her:
5 Only if listening, you will listen in the Voice of hwhy, your Elohim, to guard (keep, observe) to do all of ta-this Commandment which I am commanding you today, 6 for hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you, as the which had spoken to you: and you shall lend (pawn) multiple nations, and you, you shall not be lent (pawned); and you shall rule among many nations, and they shall not rule among you. 7 When shall be among you a needy one from one of your brothers, in one of your gates in your land, which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you, you shall not encourage ta-your heart, and you shall not shut up (stop) ta-your hand from your brother that is needy: 8 for opening, you shall open ta-your hand to him, and that lending (pawning), you shall lend (pawn) him enough from his lack (want) which shall be lacking (wanting) to him.
9 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take Heed) to yourself lest shall be a word with your failing profiting (failing ascending, worthless, unprofitable) heart, to say, The seventh year, the year of the Shemitah-release, is drawing near; And your eye shall be evil against your brother that is needy, and you shall not give to him; and cries upon you to hwhy, and shall be sin against you. 10 Giving, you shall give to him, and your heart shall not be evil in your giving to him: for in the occasion (circumstance, rolling) of this Word, hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your doings (works), and in all shall send forth [(put out)] your hand, 11 for the needy shall not be lacking (idle) from the nearness of the land: Upon thus, I am commanding you, to say, Opening, you shall open ta-your hand to your brother, to your poor (afflicted), and to your needy in your land.
12 If your brother, the Hebrite (Hebrew man), or the Hebritess (Hebrew woman), shall be sold to you, and shall serve you six years; and in the seventh year, you shall send him away free from with you. 13 And when you send him away free from with you, you shall not send him away empty: 14 Furnishing (Supplying), you shall furnish (supply) to him from your flock, and from you grain floor, and from your winepress: which hwhy, your Elohim, has blessed you, you shall give to him. 15 And you shall remember when you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and hwhy, your Elohim, redeemed you: upon thus, I am commanding you ta-this Word the day (today). 16 And shall be, when shall be said to yourself, I will not go out from with you; For loves you and ta-your household, for is good to himself being with you; 17 And you shall take ta-the awl, and shall give her in his ear and on the door, and shall be to you a servant of ages. And you shall also do so to your female servant. 18 Shall not be cruel (fierce, sore, hard, stiff) in your eyes in your sending him away free from with you; for double the hire of a hireling has been serving you six years: and hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all which you do.
19 All of the firstlings which shall be birthed among your herd and among your flock, the remembered one (male), you shall sanctify to hwhy, your Elohim: you shall not make serve among the firstling of your ox, and you shall not shear the firstling of your flock. 20 You shall eat him to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, year among year in the Place which hwhy shall choose, you, and your household. 21 And when shall be in him a blemish, lameness, or blindness, any evil blemish, you shall not sacrifice him to hwhy, your Elohim. 22 You shall eat him in your gates: the unclean and the clean, alike him, as the gazelle (roebuck), and as the hart (stag, deer). 23 Only you shall not eat ta-his blood; you shall shed (spill, gush out) upon the Land as (like) the water.
(NOTE: Not all verses will be comments)
Verses one through eleven
1 From the end of seven years, you shall do (make) a Shemitah-release. 2 And this is the Word of the Shemitah-release: Every owner shall release the debt (creditor) of his hand which was borrowed among his neighbor; shall not exact (tax) ta-his neighbor, and ta-his brother; for a Shemitah-release is called out for (by) hwhy. 3 You may exact (tax) ta-the alien (foreigner): and the which shall belong to you, you shall release your hand at ta-your brother; 4 for ending (disappearing), shall not be among you a needy one; for blessing, hwhy shall bless you in the Land which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you of an inheritance to possess (occupy) her:
5 Only if listening, you will listen in the Voice of hwhy, your Elohim, to guard (keep, observe) to do all of ta-this Commandment which I am commanding you today, 6 for hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you, as the which had spoken to you: and you shall lend (pawn) multiple nations, and you, you shall not be lent (pawned); and you shall rule among many nations, and they shall not rule among you. 7 When shall be among you a needy one from one of your brothers, in one of your gates in your land, which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you, you shall not encourage ta-your heart, and you shall not shut up (stop) ta-your hand from your brother that is needy: 8 for opening, you shall open ta-your hand to him, and that lending (pawning), you shall lend (pawn) him enough from his lack (want) which shall be lacking (wanting) to him.
9 Guard (Keep, Observe, Take Heed) to yourself lest shall be a word with your failing profiting (failing ascending, worthless, unprofitable) heart, to say, The seventh year, the year of the Shemitah-release, is drawing near; And your eye shall be evil against your brother that is needy, and you shall not give to him; and cries upon you to hwhy, and shall be sin against you. 10 Giving, you shall give to him, and your heart shall not be evil in your giving to him: for in the occasion (circumstance, rolling) of this Word, hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your doings (works), and in all shall send forth [(put out)] your hand, 11 for the needy shall not be lacking (idle) from the nearness of the land: Upon thus, I am commanding you, to say, Opening, you shall open ta-your hand to your brother, to your poor (afflicted), and to your needy in your land.
Looking at the word RELEASE
The Hebrew word for release is "sh'mee-tah"- Shin, Mem, Tet, Heh (hjms). It is from Strong's Concordance number 8059, and its definition
From H8058; remission (of debt) or suspension (of labor): - release.
from 8058 "shah-maht" (jms), and its definition
A primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively to let alone, desist, remit: - discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
The Hebrew word "shah-maht" is used in the paragraph regarding the release, and it is translated above as "release". These Hebrew words are where we get our modern English word "smite". In other words, hwhy was saying to the People, ""Smite" the debts among your brothers every seventh year, for forty nine years, with the exception of counting the Jubilee year in the fiftieth year, and if you do not "smite" the debts, I will "smite" your economy". Based on Jonathan Cahn of Beth Israel Worship Center, who wrote the New York Times best sellers "The Harbinger" and "The Mystery of the Shemitah", he noted that the year of the Shemitah occurred in the years 2001 and 2008, and they both occurred on the same Jewish calendar day of the 29th day of the month of Elul. The United States did not "smite" the debts of the people during these seventh years, and it resulted in hwhy "smiting" the U.S. economy.
For the record, I am not making predictions, the tetrad blood moons (the sequence of four) discovered by Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries, occurred, during the Feast of Passover/Unleavened Bread in 2014 and 2015, and during the Feast of Sukkoth in 2014 and 2015. It was told from people that it was very rare, and on top of this, it was visible in "Jerusalem".
This week's Torah portion occurred in the week of August 9th-15th, 2015, which noted this week's Torah portion passage. During that week, the nation of China had devalued their currency and causing some panic in the stock markets, including the United States on Tuesday of that week. Also, the United States is at least 800 billion dollars in debt to China.
The religious Jews made a way to prevent those who are in debted to them to be release them of their debts by taking the seventh year off instead of making their debtors debt free, and then in the eighth year the religious Jews pick up where they left off. This is a violation of the Commandment of the Shemitah. The religious Jews call this the "Prozbul". This is a link at The Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash website of how the Jewish Prozbul for the Shmitah works. Click on the link below to get to the webpage.
http://www.vbm-torah.org/roshandyk/rh69-sl.htm
We need to pray to our fellow religious Jewish people to stop this practice.
Jonathan Cahn also made a video called "Isaiah 9:10 Judgment", in relation to his book "The Harbinger" regarding the Shemitah years in the United States. What he did not say, and I doubt that he ever will, is that the Biblical account of Isaiah 9:10 was a judgment against the Northern Kingdom of Israel, a.k.a. the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel. This is what is noted in the book of the prophet Isaiah
Isaiah 9:9 And all of the People shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
As I commented before, Yair Davidiy of BritAm and Hebrew Nations realized that part of the lost Ten Northern Tribes migrated to the United States from Britain and Europe. As Bill Cloud of Shoreshim Ministries, Brad Scott of Wildbranch Ministry and others stated that Hebrew mindset is cyclical, and what goes around comes around. The Ten Northern Tribes erred during Isaiah's time, and now forward to 2001 and 2008, and 2015, the cycle has come full circle to the Lost Ten Northern Tribes, located in the United States regarding these Shemitah judgments.
Notice in verses six and seven of this week's Torah portion passage that the "you" in each of the verses are boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. hwhy was saying to them that their "souls" are to honor the Shemitah-release, as well as giving to the needy who is lacking.
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I want to note that the seventh year of rest for the cultivated land does not say that it is a Shemitah year. There is no mention that the resting of the land is called a Shemitah in the Torah. It only refers to the release of debts, but it is strongly probable that it is in sync with the seventh year of the Shemitah. The prophet Jeremiah made judgment against the Southern House of Judah for not giving the land its rest, and causing them to be away for a year that it was not rested for the 490 years of their residence in the land, which is noted in the book of the Chronicles
2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them ta-the king of the Kasdeem, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their Sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. 18 And all of the Vessels of the House of the Elohim, great and small, and the Treasures of the House of hwhy, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all of these he brought to Babylon. 19 And they burned ta-the House of the Elohim, and brake down ta the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all of the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all of the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the Word of hwhy by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed ta-her Shabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
This is based in the book of the prophet Jeremiah
Jeremiah 25:8 Therefore thus saith hwhy of Armies; Because ye have not heard ta-My Words, 9 Behold, I will send and take ta-all of the families of the hidden (north), saith hwhy, and Nebuchadrezzar, the King of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve ta-the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith hwhy, for ta-their iniquity, and the land of the Casdim, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land ta-all My Words which I have pronounced against it, even ta-all that is written in this Book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
The prophet Jeremiah did not make any mention of a Shemitah, but as I mentioned, it is strongly probable that the rest of the land is in sync with the Shemitah.
Glory to hwhy for revealing this to me. The destruction of Jerusalem did not occur in the 490th year. I'll explain.
When Jeremiah noted the 490 years, he didn't include the fiftieth Jubilee year in each of the forty nine year cycles. We have to remember that the Jubilee year is an "independant" year that is not part of the seven year cycle. What we need to do is to configure how many Jubilee years occurred in these 490 years:
49 years / 490 years = 10
That means there were ten Jubilee years the prophet Jeremiah didn't include in the 490 years, nor were calculated in the prophet's passage. Adding the two numbers together this is the total:
490 years + 10 Jubilee years = 500 years.
It is my humble, but strong opionion, that the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple occurred on "the 500th year", on "the Tenth Jubilee", in which the number ten represents "completion", like the Ten Words (Commandments). hwhy waited until the tenth Jubilee to see if the People in Jerusalem, in the Southern House of Judah, was going to honor His Commandment of the rest for the land in the seventieth Shemitah year, in its sake the 490th year, in its real year, the 499th year, and in the tenth Jubilee year, the 500th year. When they didn't follow the Commandment, hwhy passed judgment against the Southern House of Judah, instead of a positive one for this 500th year, which includes the ten Jubilees of years. hwhy allowed these years to occur, because the Southern House of Judah did not follow the Commandment of the Jubilee up to this tenth Jubilee to restore everything back, and as a result of failing to follow this Commandment in these ten Jubilees, hwhy sent them into Babylonian captivity.
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JONATHAN CAHN
THE ISAIAH 9:10 JUDGMENT (VIDEO)
Part One
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Verse eleven
11 for the needy shall not be lacking (idle) from the nearness of the land: Upon thus, I am commanding you, to say, Opening, you shall open ta-your hand to your brother, to your poor (afflicted), and to your needy in your land.
It is probable that Yeshua based His Words in this week's Torah portion passage when he said this to Judas, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 12:1 Then Yeshua six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Yeshua, and wiped His Feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray Him, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 7 Then said Yeshua, Let her alone: against the day of My burying hath she kept this. 8 For the poor always ye have with you; but Me ye have not always.
Verses twelve through fifteen and eighteen
12 If your brother, the Hebrite (Hebrew man), or the Hebritess (Hebrew woman), shall be sold to you, and shall serve you six years; and in the seventh year, you shall send him away free from with you. 13 And when you send him away free from with you, you shall not send him away empty: 14 Furnishing (Supplying), you shall furnish (supply) to him from your flock, and from you grain floor, and from your winepress: which hwhy, your Elohim, has blessed you, you shall give to him. 15 And you shall remember when you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and hwhy, your Elohim, redeemed you: upon thus, I am commanding you ta-this Word the day (today).... 18 Shall not be cruel (fierce, sore, hard, stiff) in your eyes in your sending him away free from with you; for double the hire of a hireling has been serving you six years: and hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all which you do.
The second part of this subject in chapter fifteen of this week's Torah portion was regarding the release of slaves. Those who have their brethren to serve them are to be set free in the seventh year, but they were also commanded to give provision for them and not to be sent out empty. Moses said this to them to remind them that they were once slaves in Egypt themselves. Moses also noted to them that the servants worked for the double of a master's hire. Looking at the United States history, when the southern states allowed slavery to exist between the 1600's until the end of the Civil War, there were a lot of believers throughout this period. Though it was believed that the "Old Testament" was done away with, Yeshua still followed the Torah, and did not say that it was done away with at all, for He said to the Pharisees, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the Torah, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For verily I say unto you, till the heavens and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Torah, till all be fulfilled.
In my observation, the southern plantation owners and other slave owners who owned slaves did not obey the Torah to send the slaves free when those years came to pass. The southern slave states were judged for not sending them free by the result of the Civil War, resulting in some of their major cities to be destroyed. Just to note that slavery existed throughout human history until years after the Civil War, though there are still some pockets in the world that still do.
Looking at the word REDEEM
In verse fifteen, the Hebrew word for redeem is "pah-dah"- Peh, Dalet, Heh (hdp). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6299, and its definition
A primitive root; to sever, that is, ransom; generally to release, preserve: - X at all, deliver, X by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem (-ed), rescue, X surely.
This is where we get our modern English word "paid". In other words, when hwhy redeemed Israel, it is an act of being "paid in full", just like what Yeshua did for us, and is based from the apostle Paul in his letter to the assembly in Rome
Galatians 3:13 Messiah hath redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Yeshua redeemed us, or "paid" the price for us as "paid In full", as hwhy did for the Israelites.
Notice that in verse fourteen of this week's Torah portion passage that the person being set free from the master is given three things when they leave: meat (protein), grains (or carbohydrates) and liquid, which is from the wine press (for drink). This is just like the three basic items that the Israelites are required to give to the Priests when they atone for their sins.
Verses sixteen and seventeen
16 And shall be, when shall be said to yourself, I will not go out from with you; For loves you and ta-your household, for is good to himself being with you; 17 And you shall take ta-the awl, and shall give her in his ear and on the door, and shall be to you a servant of ages. And you shall also do so to your female servant.
This Commandment was taken from the Torah portion of Mishpatim, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 21:5 And if the servant, saying, shall say, I love ta-my lord (master), ta-my woman (wife), and ta-my sons; I will not go out of my freedom: 6 And his lord (master) shall approach him to The Elohim; and shall approach him to the door, or to the side doorpost; and his lord (master) shall pierce (bore) ta-his ear on an awl (piercing tool); and shall serve him for ages.
This Torah Commandment required the Hebrew servant by his Hebrew master to pierce the servant's ear onto the master's door. This would make the Hebrew a servant to that house forever. These are the symbolic meanings of each of the actions:
Master shall approach to the Elohim: Yeshua, the Master, being approached to the Elohim, the Heavenly Father
The piercing of a servant from an awl by the master: The piercing of Yeshua who was pierced by the nails by the Roman soldiers
A servant being pierced to the door post by the master: Yeshua being pierced to the cross by the Roman soldiers
When Yeshua was resurrected on the third day, His Body was made whole again, but He left something physical on His Body which His piercings on His Hands and side, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Yeshua came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in His Hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the Print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His Side, I will not believe. 26 And after eight days again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Yeshua, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My Hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My Side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my Elohim. 29 Yeshua saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
When Yeshua was pierced to the cross, He became "the Servant" to hwhy. Though Yeshua was pierced by the Roman soldiers, it was hwhy that used the solders to pierce Him, therefore hwhy was "the Master" to Yeshua, as well as "the Elohim" to Yeshua, though He was Yeshua's Heavenly Father. Yeshua became "the Servant" to His Heavenly Father, as well as being the Son to the Father, and through Yeshua's servitude to His Father, we have become the Heavenly Father's children, as well as being His servants through Yeshua, the Messiah, by the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).
When that Hebrew servant was present with People, they will see his pierced ear, stating that he is someone's servant forever, and is taken. This is the same situation with Yeshua, because He became hwhy's servant forever. There was an account referring to Yeshua's pierced body, which is noted in the Gospel of John
According to verse twenty five and twenty seven of John's passage noted above, Thomas stated he wanted to see the pierced areas of Yeshua's body for proof, since Yeshua came eight days earlier to the other disciples. They knew Yeshua was nailed to the cross, for at least John and Mary saw Him there, and they most likely saw the holes on the wooden cross Yeshua was nailed, and Thomas saw them on Yeshua and believed. This is the same situation when a Hebrew male servant can prove to anyone that he belongs to his master forever by showing his pierced ear and take them to the hole on the wooden door post where the awl pierced his ear and pierced the door post.
Verses nineteen through twenty three
19 All of the firstlings which shall be birthed among your herd and among your flock, the remembered one (male), you shall sanctify to hwhy, your Elohim: you shall not make serve among the firstling of your ox, and you shall not shear the firstling of your flock. 20 You shall eat him to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, year among year in the Place which hwhy shall choose, you, and your household. 21 And when shall be in him a blemish, lameness, or blindness, any evil blemish, you shall not sacrifice him to hwhy, your Elohim. 22 You shall eat him in your gates: the unclean and the clean, alike him, as the gazelle (roebuck), and as the hart (stag, deer). 23 Only you shall not eat ta-his blood; you shall shed (spill, gush out) upon the Land as (like) the water.
I have commented regarding the relevence to the gazelle and the hart in chapter twelve, but it can be added that the same issue applies to the animals that are blemished, lame or blind. They are clean, because they are kosher animals, and they are unclean because they have these blemishes on them and are not accepted for sacrifices at the Tent of Appointment/Temple.
CHAPTER 16
Deuteronomy 16:1-17
Deu 16:1 Guard (Keep, Observe) the renewed month of the Aviv, and you shall do (make) 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. 2 And you shall sacrifice a Passover of the flock, and of the herd, to hwhy, your Elohim, in the place which hwhy shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 3 You shall not eat leavened bread upon him; seven days you shall eat upon him unleavened bread, the Bread of Affliction; for you came out in flight (haste) from the land of Egypt: by that, you shall remember ta-the day you came out from the land of Egypt all of the days of your life. 4 And sourdough shall not be seen to you in all of your borders seven days; and from the flesh which you sacrificed in the mixing period (evening) on the first day shall not stay (remain) by the breaking period (morning). 5 You are not able to sacrifice ta-the Passover in one of your gates, which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you: 6 for but to the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there, you shall sacrifice ta-the Passover in the mixing period (evening) according to [(as)] the going of the sun, at the Appointed Time of your coming out from Egypt. 7 And you shall cook (ripen, ?boil?, roast) and you shall eat in the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose on Him: and you shall face away in the breaking period (morning), and you shall go to your tents. 8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a Refrain (Inclosure, Restrain, Solemn Assembly) to hwhy, your Elohim: you shall not do work.
9 Seven weeks you shall enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) for yourself: from the beginning of the sickle on the stalked grain (standing grain), you shall begin to enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) seven weeks. 10 And you shall do the Feast of Weeks to hwhy, your Elohim, of an Abundance of a Freewill Offering (Voluntary Offering) which you shall give of your hand, as the which hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you: 11 And you shall rejoice to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite which is in your gates, and the sojourner (stranger), and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow which are in your nearness, in the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 12 And you shall remember when you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall guard (keep, observe, take heed), and you shall do ta-these Statutes.
13 You shall do the Feast of the Sukkoth (Tabernacles, Booths) for yourself seven days, in your gathering from your grain floor and from your wine press: 14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner (stranger), and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow, which are in your gates. 15 Seven days you shall feast to hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which hwhy shall choose: for hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your produce, and in all of the doing (work) of your hands, and you shall be only joyful.
16 Three times in the year, all of your remembered ones (males) shall appear (be seen) at ta-the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which shall be chosen; in the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, and in the Feast of the Weeks, and in the Feast of the Sukkoth (Booths): and shall not appear (be seen) empty at ta-the Face of hwhy: 17 a man according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of hwhy, your Elohim, which was given to you.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
Verses one through eight
1 Guard (Keep, Observe) the renewed month of the Aviv, and you shall do (make) 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. 2 And you shall sacrifice a Passover of the flock, and of the herd, to hwhy, your Elohim, in the place which hwhy shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 3 You shall not eat leavened bread upon him; seven days you shall eat upon him unleavened bread, the Bread of Affliction; for you came out in flight (haste) from the land of Egypt: by that, you shall remember ta-the day you came out from the land of Egypt all of the days of your life. 4 And sourdough shall not be seen to you in all of your borders seven days; and from the flesh which you sacrificed in the mixing period (evening) on the first day shall not stay (remain) by the breaking period (morning). 5 You are not able to sacrifice ta-the Passover in one of your gates, which hwhy, your Elohim, is giving to you: 6 for but to the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there, you shall sacrifice ta-the Passover in the mixing period (evening) according to [(as)] the going of the sun, at the Appointed Time of your coming out from Egypt. 7 And you shall cook (ripen, ?boil?, roast) and you shall eat in the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose on Him: and you shall face away in the breaking period (morning), and you shall go to your tents. 8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a Refrain (Inclosure, Restrain, Solemn Assembly) to hwhy, your Elohim: you shall not do work.
This is the annual Passover Commandment noted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers. This is the first time that I noticed in verse one of this week's Torah portion passage that the Israelites left at "night". This is the Biblical day in which they left at night, which is noted in the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 33:3 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 (raised) hand to the eyes of all of the Egyptians. 4 And Egypt was with burying ta which hwhy had struck among them: every firstborn, and on their elohim, hwhy did (made, executed) Judgments.
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.
Notice that hwhy required the men to do this at the place His Name was to dwell, which is Jerusalem. I will explain this later.
Looking at the word RIPEN/ROAST
The Hebrew word for ripen/roast is "bah-shahl"- Bet, Shin, Lamed (lsb). It is from Strong's Concordance number 1310, and its definition
A primitive root; properly to boil up; hence to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen: - bake, boil, bring forth, is ripe, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).
Notice that the majority of the definitions in this Hebrew word is related to boiling. Comparing to the account which is noted in the Torah portion of Bo, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 12:6 And shall be for you to keep (guard, watch, observe) until the four ten (fourteen) day of (for) 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. 8 And they shall eat ta-the flesh in this night roasted of fire, and unleavened bread; they shall eat upon bitters (bitter foods, bitter herbs). 9 You shall not eat from him raw (tough), and sodden (boiling) from boiling in water, for but roasted of fire; his head shall be upon (over) his shoulder legs and upon (over) his nearness (inwards).
The Hebrew word for sodden in this Exodus passage is the same Hebrew word for ripen/roast.
Looking at the word ROAST
The Hebrew word for roast in this Exodus passage is "tsah-lee"- Tsade, Lamed, Yod (ylu). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6748, and its definition
Passive participle of H6740; roasted: - roast.
from 6740 "tsah-lah" (hlu), and its definition
A primitive root; to roast: - roast.
Why was the Hebrew word commonly used for "boil" or "sodden" applied to this week's Torah portion passage to be translated as "ripen/roast"? Why wasn't the Hebrew word tsalee used instead? Was is a mistake? Did hwhy wanted us to boil it instead of roasting it? If hwhy wanted them to roast it, why was the Hebrew basal used instead of tsalee? I have no answer to that at this time.
Notice in verse six of this week's Torah portion passage that the "you" is boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. hwhy was saying to them that their "souls" are not to sacrifice the Passover in their gates.
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Verses nine through twelve
9 Seven weeks you shall enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) for yourself: from the beginning of the sickle on the stalked grain (standing grain), you shall begin to enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) seven weeks. 10 And you shall do the Feast of Weeks to hwhy, your Elohim, of an Abundance of a Freewill Offering (Voluntary Offering) which you shall give of your hand, as the which hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you: 11 And you shall rejoice to the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite which is in your gates, and the sojourner (stranger), and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow which are in your nearness, in the Place which hwhy, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 12 And you shall remember when you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall guard (keep, observe, take heed), and you shall do ta-these Statutes.
It mentions that Shavuoth was a feast. It did not mention that before in the Torah portion of Emor, in the book of Leviticus, and in the Torah portion of Pinkhas, in the book of Numbers
Leviticus 23:15 And from the morrow of the Shabbath, from the day you shall bring ta-the omer-sheaf of the Wave Offering; you shall enroll (scroll, enumerate, number) for yourselves seven Shabbaths, they shall be accomplished (complete, perfect): 16 unto from the morrow of the seventh Shabbath, you shall enroll (scroll, enumerate, number) fifty days; and you shall bring near a Renewed Donation Offering [(Renewed Tribute Offering, Renewed Food Offering, Renewed Grain Offering, Renewed Apportion Offering) to hwhy. 17 From your dwellings you shall bring two Breads of the Wave Offering, they shall be two tenths of flour; they shall be baked of leavened bread; the First Fruits to hwhy. 18 And you shall bring near upon the bread seven perfect sheep, sons of a year, and one bullock of a son of a herd, and two rams: they are an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) to hwhy, and their Donation Offerings (Tribute Offerings, Food Offerings, Grain Offerings, Apportion Offerings), and their Drink Offerings (Libation Offerings), of a Fire Offering of a pleasant scent to hwhy. 19 And you shall do (offer) one goat of kids for a Sin Offering, and two sheep, sons of a year, for a Sacrifice of the Peace Offerings. 20 And the Priest shall wave them upon the Breads of the First Fruits of a Wave Offering to the Face of hwhy, upon the two sheep: they shall be Sacred (Holy) to hwhy for the Priest. 21 And you shall call out (proclaim) on this same day, shall be a Sacred (Holy) Calling (Convocation) for yourselves: you shall not do any work of service: a Statute for Ages in all of your dwellings for your generations. 22 And in your reaping (harvesting) ta-the harvest of your land, you shall not finish the mouths (corners) of your field in your reaping (harvesting). You shall not glean (pick up) the gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor (afflicted, humbled) and for the sojourner (stranger): I am hwhy, your Elohim.
Numbers 28:26 And on the day of the First Fruits, in your bringing near a Renewed Donation Offering [(Renewed Tribute Offering, Renewed Food Offering, Renewed Grain Offering, Renewed Apportion Offering) to hwhy, in your Weeks (Shavuoth), shall be a Sacred (Holy) Calling (Convocation) to you; you shall not do any work of service: 27 and you shall bring near an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, a Burnt Offering) for a pleasant scent to hwhy; two bullocks of sons of a herd, one ram, seven sheep of sons of a year; 28 and their Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil of three tenths for the one bullock, two tenths for the one ram, 29 a tenth, a tenth, for the one sheep, for the seven sheep; 30 one goat of the kids to atone upon you, 31 from by apart of the Continual Elevation Offering [(Continual Ascension Offering, Continual Burnt Offering)] and his Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering), you shall do (prepare), they shall be perfect for you, and their Drink Offerings (Libation Offerings).
Based on this Torah week's portion passage, in verse ten, regarding First Fruits (Shavuoth), we can feast on Shavuoth.
Notice in verse nine of this week's Torah portion passage that the "yourself" is boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. hwhy was saying to them that their "souls" are to count the weeks to Shavuoth. We as believers in Yeshua are to do the same thing with our souls.
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In verse nine of the Emor passage noted above, it reveals to us that on the day of First Fruits, which occurs on the first Biblical day of the week during one of the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, they are not to put the sickle to the grain until "this day". This will commence the first day of the fifty day count to Shavuoth. As I noted in the Torah portion of Emor, in the book of Exodus, they are not to begin using the sickle until the first Biblical day of the Biblical week, which would be during the day on Sunday, becuase one can't see the grain at night. I have explained this in detail, and you can access this commentary by clicking on the link below to get to the webpage.
TORAH PORTION EMOR
Verses thirteen through fifteen
13 You shall do the Feast of the Sukkoth (Tabernacles, Booths) for yourself seven days, in your gathering from your grain floor and from your wine press: 14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner (stranger), and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow, which are in your gates. 15 Seven days you shall feast to hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which hwhy shall choose: for hwhy, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your produce, and in all of the doing (work) of your hands, and you shall be only joyful.
The translators of the King James Version translated the word feast as a "solemn feast"
(KJV) Deuteronomy 16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Looking at the word JOYFUL
The Hebrew word for joyful is "sah-mey-akh"- Shin, Mem, Khet (xms). It is from Strong's Concordance number 8056, and its definition
From H8055; blithe or gleeful: - (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry ([-hearted]), rejoice (-ing).
from 8055 "sah-makh" (xms), and its definition
A primitive root; probably to brighten up, that is, (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome: - cheer up, be (make) glad, (have make) joy (-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Nowhere in this Strong's source it contains a definition of this Hebrew word for "solemn assembly". The King James translators wrongfully translated this word as "solemn assembly". Sukkoth is not a solemn assembly, but SEVEN DAYS OF JOYFUL, REJOICING, CELEBRATING, AND HAPPY FEASTING!!! PARTAAAAY!!! This is Yeshua's "Birthday Party". Whoever translated this word in the KJV should be spanked.
Verses sixteen and seventeen
16 Three times in the year, all of your remembered ones (males) shall appear (be seen) at ta-the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, in the Place which shall be chosen; in the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, and in the Feast of the Weeks, and in the Feast of the Sukkoth (Booths): and shall not appear (be seen) empty at ta-the Face of hwhy: 17 a man according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of hwhy, your Elohim, which was given to you.
This Commandment is also noted in the Torah portions of Mishpatim and Ki Thisa, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 23:14 Three footings (walkings, [times]) you shall feast to Me in the year. 15 You will guard (keep, observe, watch) ta the Feast of the Unleavened Bread: seven days you will eat unleavened bread as the which I have commanded you by the Appointed Time of the renewed month of the Aviv; for in him, you came out from Egypt: and they shall not appear at My Face empty: 16 And the Feast of the Harvest, the firstfruits of your doings (works), which you have sown in the field: and the Feast of the Ingathering (Adding) in the going out of the year in your gathering (adding) ta-your doings (work) from the field. 17 Three times in the year shall all of your remembered ones (males) appear to the Face of the Adon hwhy.
18 You shall not sacrifice the blood of My Sacrifice upon leavened bread; and shall not tarry (lodge, let stay) the kheylev-fat of My Feast until the breaking period (morning).
19 You will bring the first of the firstfruits of your ground at the House of hwhy, your Elohim....
Exodus 34:18 ta-You shall guard (keep, observe, watch) the Feast of the Unleavened. Seven days you shall eat unleavened, which I commanded you, by the Appointed Time of the renewed month of the Aviv: for you came out from Egypt in the renewed month of the Aviv.
19 Every firstling (opener) of the womb belongs to Me; and all of your livestock of your remembered one (males), a firstling (opener) of an ox and the lamb. 20 And you shall redeem a firstling (opener) of a donkey on a lamb: and if you cannot redeem, and you shall break neck him. You shall redeem every firstborn of your sons, and they shall not appear at My Face empty.
21 Six days you shall work, and in the seventh day you shall desist (cease, rest): you shall desist (cease, rest) in plowing and in harvest.
22 And you shall do for yourself the Feast of Weeks, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat; and the Feast of the Ingathering of the cycle of the year. 23 Three times in the year shall all of your remembered ones (males) see ta-the Face of the Adon (Lord, Master) hwhy, Elohim of Israel. 24 For I will dispossess nations from your face, and I will broaden ta-your border: and a man shall not covet (desire, delight, lust) ta-your land in your ascending to see (appear at) ta-the Face of hwhy, your Elohim, three times in the year.
The men of Israel were commanded to provide gifts to hwhy at these three appointed timed feasts, I was looking at the fact that the gifts were also given during the Feast of the Sukkoth, which is the true time of Yeshua's birth and His first eight days of life, which the first day of Sukkoth was His birth, and the eighth day of the Solemn Assembly.
After meditating and reading the scriptures, it is my humble, but strong opinion that Yeshua fulfilled the Commandments of this chapter for the men to go to Jerusalem for these three appointed times of each of the harvest feasts of Passover/Unleavened Bread, Weeks (Shavuoth/Pentecost/also known as First Fruits II) and Sukkoth (Booths/Tabernacles/Ingathering). These are the Gospel sources that prove this notion, and are located in the Gospels of Luke and John:
THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER/UNLEAVENED BREAD: As a boy- Luke 2:41; As a sacrificed Lamb- John 6:4-71
THE FEAST OF THE WEEKS (SHAVUOTH/PENTECOST/FIRST FRUITS II): John 5:1-47
Yeshua followed the Commandment to be in Jerusalem on Shavuoth.
Looking at verses two through four, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Beth Esda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season [Shavuoth] into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
The angel that went down into the pool stirring the water was a type and shadow of the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) coming down on Yeshua's disciples on Shavuoth (Pentecost) in Acts chapter two.
THE FEAST OF THE SUKKOTH (BOOTHS/TABERNACLES/INGATHERING): John 7:2-10:21
It has been noted that that it has been commonly accepted that during the time of Sukoth.
Looking again what is noted above in the Torah portions of Mishpatim and Ki Thisa, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 23:16 And the Feast of the Harvest, the firstfruits of your doings (works), which you have sown in the field: and the Feast of the Ingathering (Adding) in the going out of the year in your gathering (adding) ta-your doings (work) from the field.
Exodus 34:22 And you shall do for yourself the Feast of Weeks, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat; and the Feast of the Ingathering of the cycle of the year.
Though the topic only relates to the three times of the year to meet hwhy at Jerusalem, it doesn't say anywhere else that the going out of the year or the cycle of the year starts at Yom Teruah. After researching, it is my humble, but strong opion that Rosh Hashanah is not the Biblical new year. I noted that in my humble, but strong opinion, each of these sources, based on its context of the Commandment for the men to meet hwhy three times in the year, are based on "THE HARVEST CYCLE", or "THE HARVEST YEAR".
Based on the context of this week's Torah portion passage with the two other Exodus passages noted above, the these three times that the men were to see hwhy in Jerusalem during these feasts of Unleavened Bread, First Fruits (Shavuoth/Pentecost) and Ingathering (Sukkoth/Booths/Tabernacles), are based on the times of the "harvesting periods". Think of this way. When does the NFL football cycle occur? Between the months of August and February of the Gregorian Calendar. It doesn't go by the proper time line of the Gregorian Calendar from January to December. This means, based on the context of these three times of their visits to Jerusalem during each of the three harvesting periods, this word is referring to "the Harvest Cycle" of the year. It is not culturally possible, nor is it culturaly common, to do any harvesting between the eighth and the twelfth Biblical months of the Biblical year's "Harvest Cycle", because that's how hwhy created it, plus it gets cold, or it is cold, during the off harvest months.
Now that this definition has been clarified, this is the emphasis of verse twenty two of the Ki Thisa passage:
Exodus 34:22 And you shall do for yourself the Feast of Weeks, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat; and the Feast of the Ingathering of the cycle [the "Harvest Cycle"] of the year.
In comparison to the religious Jewish doctrine that was the end of the year meant the new Biblical year, This is what Wikipedia says regarding Rosh Hashanah:
"Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration, which begins on the first day of Tishrei. Tishrei is the first month of the Jewish civil year, but the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year.
According to Judaism, the fact that Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the year is explained by it being the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman according to the Hebrew Bible, and their first actions toward the believed realization of humanity's role in God's world. According to one secular opinion its origin is in the beginning of the economic year in the ancient Near East, marking the start of the agricultural cycle".
Religious Judaism doctrine celebrates Rosh Hashanah for two days, which goes against scripure. Judaism also based this traditional new year on the creation of Adam and Khavah (Eve) by saying that the seven days of Creation occurred during the seventh Biblical month of Ethanim/Tishri, which to me, doesn't make sense. It is my strong opnion that the creation of Adam and Khavah (Eve) occurred in the first Biblical month of Aviv/Nissan, and not the seventh Biblical month of Tishrei/Ethanim.This is a chart showing the Biblical Harvest Year Cycle, including other things related to the true Biblical year of the first Biblical month of Aviv/Nissan
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Notice in verse seventeen of this week's Torah portion passage that the "you" is boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. hwhy was saying to them that their "souls" are not to go to Jerusalem three times in the year empty handed. We as beleivers in the Messiah are not to come to Him empty handed. One example is what the apostle Paul noted in the letter to the assembly in Galatia
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the Mercies of Elohim, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Elohim, which is your reasonable service.
!!!hwhy Kl dbk
I have wrote a teaching regarding Rosh HaShanah, with some charts included, titled "Rosh HaShanah, the Biblical New Year?". Click on the link below to get to the webpage.
ROSH HASHANAH, THE BIBLICAL NEW YEAR?
I also wrote a teaching titled "When Was Yeshua Born? Evidence Based On Scriptural Facts" which reveals that Yeshua was born in the Biblical feast of Sukkoth. You can access it by clicking on the link below to get to the webpage.
WHEN WAS YESHUA BORN? EVIDENCE BASED ON SCRIPTURAL FACTS
That ends this week's Torah portion commentary.
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