NOTE: All of the yous and yours underlined as "you" and "your" indicates that the you and the your are plural. Also any of the words that are in pink lettering as "you" refers to the feminine gender, but it is only applied when it does not commonly refer to a woman. This only is applied to this week's Torah portion text at this time.

CHAPTER 30
Exodus 30:11-38

Exo 30:11 And יהוה spoke to Moses, to say, 12 When you lift up (bear up, carry) את-the head of the Sons of Israel by their visits (musters, numbers), and they shall give a man of a kepher-ransom of his soul to יהוה in visiting (accounting, mustering, numbering) them; and shall not be a plague on them in visiting (accounting, mustering, numbering) them. 13 This they shall give, everyone that goes over upon (over) the visited (accounted, mustered, numbered) ones, from the half of the shekel on the Shekel of the Sacred Area (Sacred Space): the shekel is twenty gerahs: From the half of the shekel shall be a Heave Offering (Raise Offering) to יהוה.

14 Everyone that goes over upon (over) the visited ones, (accounted ones, mustered ones, numbered ones), from a son of twenty years and the upward, shall give a Heave Offering (Raise Offering) of (at) יהוה.

21 And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and they shall not die: and she shall be to them a Statute of Ages, to him and to his seed for their generations.

22 And יהוה spoke to Moses, to say, 23 And you take for yourself a head of spices; five hundred of clear myrrh, and fifty and two hundred of cinnamon spice from his half, and fifty and two hundred of calamus spice, 24 and five hundred of cassia, on the Shekel of the Sacred Area (Sacred Space), and oil of olive of a hin: 25 And you shall do (make) him of a Sacred (Holy) Oil of the Anointing, an ointment unguent (compound, perfume, apothecary art) of the doing (work) of a perfumer (apothecary, compounder): shall be a Sacred (Holy) Oil of the Anointing.

26 And you shall anoint on him את-the Tent of Appointment, and את the Ark of the Testimony (Witness), 27 And את-the Table and את-all of his Vessels, and את-the Menorah and את-her Vessels, and את the Altar of the Incense, 28 and את-the Altar of Elevation Offering (Ascension, Offering, Burnt Offering) and את-all of his Vessels, and את-the Laver and את-his Base. 29 And you will sanctify them, and they shall be a Sacred (Holy) of Sacreds (Holies) [Sacred of Sacreds (Holy of Holies)]: anything that touches on them shall be Sacred (Holy). 30 And you shall anoint את-Aaron and את-his sons, and you shall sanctify them for the Priestship [(to do Priestly Acts)] for Me.

31 And you shall speak to the Sons of Israel, to say, This shall be the Oil of the Sacred (Holy) Anointing for Me for your generations. 32 Shall not be poured (libated) upon the flesh of an Adam, and you shall not do (make) like him in his proportion (measure, composition): he is Sacred (Holy), shall be Sacred (Holy) to you. 33 A man which shall perfumes (apotecaries, compounds) like him, and the which gives from him upon a stranger, and shall be cut off from his People.

34 And יהוה said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet spices of stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; spices, and pure frankincense: shall be a bahd-part (bahd-apart) on a bahd-part (bahd-apart): 35 And you shall do (make) of her an ointment (confection, perfume, apothecary), an incense (smoke, burning fumigating) of the doing (work) of a perfumer (apothecary, compounder), salted (salt seasoned), pure and Sacred (Holy): 36 And you shall pulverize (beat, comminute, grind) from her of powder (fineness, crushedness), and you shall give her from her to the face of the Testimony (Witness) in the Tent of Appointment which I will appoint to you there: she shall be to you a Sacred (Holy) of Sacreds (Holies) [Sacred of Sacreds (Holy of Holies)]. 37 And the incense which you shall do (make), you shall not do (make) for yourselves in her proportion (measure, composition): she shall be Sacred (Holy) to you for יהוה.

38 A man which shall do (make) like her, to smell on her, and shall be cut off from his People.

(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)

Verses eleven through sixteen

11 And יהוה spoke to Moses, to say, 12 When you lift up (bear up, carry) את-the head of the Sons of Israel by their visits (musters, numbers), and they shall give a man of a kepher-ransom of his soul to יהוה in visiting (accounting, mustering, numbering) them; and shall not be a plague on them in visiting (accounting, mustering, numbering) them. 13 This they shall give, everyone that goes over upon (over) the visited (accounted, mustered, numbered) ones, from the half of the shekel on the Shekel of the Sacred Area (Sacred Space): the shekel is twenty gerahs: From the half of the shekel shall be a Heave Offering (Raise Offering) to יהוה.

15 The rich shall not multiply (give more), and the poor shall not diminish (give less), from half of the shekel to give את-a Heave Offering (Raise Offering) of (at) יהוה to atone upon your souls. 16 And you shall take את-the Silver of the Atonements from את the Sons of Israel, and you shall give him upon the Service of the Tent of Appointment; and shall be for a Memorial (Remembrance) for the Sons of Israel to the Face of יהוה to atone upon your souls.

This was the first census done for the Sons of Israel, men from twenty years and upward. The purpose of the census is to provide an equal amount of a half of the shekel to hwhy as a Heave Offering. It is not noted, but it is also the Statute for the future for those who take a census of this matter to do the same.

King David did this, but did not collect the half shekels for the enumeration. There are two different sources of the same account, or two different accounts. The first account is noted in the book of the prophet Samuel

2 Samuel 24:1 And again the Anger of יהוה was kindled against Israel, and he moved את-David against them to say, Go, number את-Israel and את-Judah. 2 For the king said to Joab, the Captain of the Army, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye את-the People, that I may know את the number of the People. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now יהוה, thy Elohim, add unto the People, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord, the king delight in this thing? 4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number את-the People of את-Israel. 5 And they passed over את-the Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up את-the sum of the number of the People unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered את-the People. And David said unto יהוה, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech Thee, יהוה, take away את-the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 11 For when David was up in the morning, the Word of יהוה came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith יהוה, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? Or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? Or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the Hand of hwhy; for His Mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15 So יהוה sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the People from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. 16 And when the Messenger stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, יהוה repented him of the evil, and said to the Messenger that destroyed the People, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the Messenger of hwhy was by the threshingplace of Araunah, the Jebusite. 17 And David spake unto יהוה when he saw את-the Messenger that smote the People, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? Let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto יהוה in the threshingfloor of Araunah, the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as יהוה commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw את-the king and את-his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord, the king, come to his servant? And David said, To buy את-the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto יהוה, that the plague may be stayed from the People. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord, the king, take and elevate what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for an Eleveation Offering (Ascention Offering, Burnt Offering), and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, יהוה, thy Elohim, accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I elevate Elelvation Offerings (Ascention Offerings, Burnt Offerings) unto יהוה, my Elohim, of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought את-the threshingfloor and את-the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto יהוה, and elevated Elelvation Offerings (Ascention Offerings, Burnt Offerings) and Peace Offerings. So יהוה was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

This is the other account, which is noted in the book of the Chronicles

1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked את-David to number את-Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the People, Go, number את-Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring את-the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab answered, יהוה make His People an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord, the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why then doth my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave את-the sum of the number of the People unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to את-Joab. 7 And the Elohim was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote את-Israel. 8 And David said unto the Elohim, I have sinned greatly, because I have done את-this thing: but now, I beseech Thee, do away את-the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9 And hwhy spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith יהוה, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith hwhy, Choose thee 12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the Sword of יהוה, even the pestilence, in the land, and the Messenger of hwhy destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what I shall bring again ta-to him that sent me the word. 13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the Hand of hwhy; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 So יהוה sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15 And the Elohim sent a Messenger unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, יהוה beheld, and He repented him of the evil, and said to the Messenger that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the Messenger of יהוה stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan, the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted up את-his eyes, and saw את-the Messenger of יהוה stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the Elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And David said unto the Elohim, Is it not I that commanded the People to be numbered? Even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? Let Thine Hand, I pray thee, יהוה, my Elohim, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy People, that they should be plagued. 18 Then the Messenger of יהוה commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto יהוה in the threshingfloor of Ornan, the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the Name of hwhy. 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw את-the Messenger; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw את-David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. 22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto יהוה: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the People. 23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord, the king, do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for Elevation Offerings (Ascention Offerings, Burnt Offerings), and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the Food (Grain) Offering; I give it all. 24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for יהוה, nor elevated Elevation Offerings (Ascention Offerings, Burnt Offerings) without cost. 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26 And David built there an altar unto יהוה, and elevated Elevation Offering (Ascention Offering, Burnt Offering) and Peace Offerings, and called upon יהוה; and He answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of the Elevation Offering (Ascention Offering, Burnt Offering). 27 And יהוה commanded the Messenger; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 28 At that time when David saw that יהוה had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan, the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29 For the Tabernacle of יהוה, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the Altar of the Elevation Offering (Ascention Offering, Burnt Offering), were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. 30 But David could not go before it to enquire of Elohim: for he was afraid because of the sword of the Messenger of יהוה.

Summarizing the two accounts:

2ND SAMUEL

800,000 Israeli men
500,000 Judah men
Total- 1,300,000
(Benjamin and Levi not counted)

Cost of King David's sin: Loss of 70,000 men

1,300,000/.5 (half shekel) = 650,000 shekels of silver

King David bought the threshing floor, and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver

1ST CHRONICLES

1,100,000 Israel men
470,000 Judah men
Total- 1,570,000 men
(Benjamin or Levi not counted)

1,570,000/.5 (half shekel) = 785,000 shekels of silver

Cost of King David's sin: Loss of 70,000 men

King David bought the threshing floor for 600 shekels of gold

I think I solved the puzzle: The threshing floor was bought for 600 shekels of gold, and the oxen was bought for fifty shekels of silver.

Between the two accounts, the census difference was of 170,000 men- a little over ten percent difference.

The point is that King David did not take the 1/2 shekel for each men counted according to this week's Torah Commandment passage, and it cost his kingdom 70,000 men, but hwhy used it as a means for David to buy the threshing floor of Aranah/Ornan, the Jebusite, for the future site of the Temple. But those purchases was a make up for the half shekel total that David should have accumulated for the census.

In a Breaking Israel News article February 15, 2018, the Sanhedrin and Mikdash (Temple) Educational Center are going to mint of a commorative half shekel showing Cyrus with President Donald Trump in appreciating his decision to recognize Jerusalem as its capitol.

This is the image of the front of the half shekel Trump coin

You can access the article and the Mikdash Educational Center half shekel page by clicking on the link below.

SANHEDRIN MINTS HALF SHEKEL WITH IMAGES OF TRUMP AND CYRUS

Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries on his blog did a teaching of the 1/2 shekel titled "(Shekalim) Payment of the 1/2 Shekel and Yeshua turning the tables in the Temple". Click on the image below to get to the teaching. (Note: one has to be subscribed to his blog to access his teachings)

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"(Shekalim) Payment of the 1/2 Shekel and Yeshua turning the tables in the Temple"
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Verses seventeen through twenty-one

THE COPPER LAVER

117 And יהוה spoke to Moses, to say, 18 And you shall do (make) a Laver of copper and his Base shall be of copper for washing: and you shall give him between the Tent of Appointment and between the Altar, and you shall give water there. 19 And Aaron and his sons, they shall wash את-their hands and את-their feet from him: 20 In their entering (going) to the Tent of Appointment, they shall wash of water, and they shall not die; or in their approach to the Altar to minister, to incense (smoke, fumigate, burn) a Fire Offering to יהוה:

21 And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and they shall not die: and she shall be to them a Statute of Ages, to him and to his seed for their generations.

THE SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF THE COPPER LAVER

Copper: Man, Judgment, Suffering-(source: maranathalife.com)
Water: The Ruakh HaKodesh (Holy Spirit)/Water of the Word

GENDER:
Copper Laver: MALE
Base: (MALE?)

The water that washes the hands and feet is an instill of the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) being on their hands to act the Kingdom Work and the feet to walk the Kingdom Walk.

The apostle Paul applied the water of washing in relationships between a husband and wife's relationship by the Water of the Word, which is noted in his letter to the assembley in Ephesus

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah also loved the assembly, and gave Himself for her; 26 That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, 27 That He might present it to Himself a glorious Assembly, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be Holy and without blemish.

We as believers are washed in the water of His Word, for we are Yeshua's Bride, and the washing of the Water of the Word is an act for us to be washed and cleansed besides being washed by the Blood of the Lamb.

Compare the Copper Laver in the wilderness to Solomon's Temple built in Jerusalem, which is noted in the book of the Kings

1 Kings 7:23 And he made את-a Molten Sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing את-the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. 27 And he made את-ten bases of copper; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four copper wheels, and plates of copper: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the Laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

This is an example image of a possible pattern of the Copper Laver for the Tabernacle in the wilderness

Verses twenty two through thirty three

THE HOLY OIL OF THE ANOINTING

22 And יהוה spoke to Moses, to say, 23 And you take for yourself a head of spices; five hundred of clear myrrh, and fifty and two hundred of cinnamon spice from his half, and fifty and two hundred of calamus spice, 24 and five hundred of cassia, on the Shekel of the Sacred Area (Sacred Space), and oil of olive of a hin: 25 And you shall do (make) him of a Sacred (Holy) Oil of the Anointing, an ointment unguent (compound, perfume, apothecary art) of the doing (work) of a perfumer (apothecary, compounder): shall be a Sacred (Holy) Oil of the Anointing.

26 And you shall anoint on him את-the Tent of Appointment, and את the Ark of the Testimony (Witness), 27 And את-the Table and את-all of his Vessels, and את-the Menorah and את-her Vessels, and את the Altar of the Incense, 28 and את-the Altar of Elevation Offering (Ascension, Offering, Burnt Offering) and את-all of his Vessels, and את-the Laver and את-his Base. 29 And you will sanctify them, and they shall be a Sacred (Holy) of Sacreds (Holies) [Sacred of Sacreds (Holy of Holies)]: anything that touches on them shall be Sacred (Holy). 30 And you shall anoint את-Aaron and את-his sons, and you shall sanctify them for the Priestship [(to do Priestly Acts)] for Me.

31 And you shall speak to the Sons of Israel, to say, This shall be the Oil of the Sacred (Holy) Anointing for Me for your generations. 32 Shall not be poured (libated) upon the flesh of an Adam, and you shall not do (make) like him in his proportion (measure, composition): he is Sacred (Holy), shall be Sacred (Holy) to you. 33 A man which shall perfumes (apotecaries, compounds) like him, and the which gives from him upon a stranger, and shall be cut off from his People.

34 And יהוה said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet spices of stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; spices, and pure frankincense: shall be a bahd-part (bahd-apart) on a bahd-part (bahd-apart): 35 And you shall do (make) of her an ointment (confection, perfume, apothecary), an incense (smoke, burning fumigating) of the doing (work) of a perfumer (apothecary, compounder), salted (salt seasoned), pure and Sacred (Holy): 36 And you shall pulverize (beat, comminute, grind) from her of powder (fineness, crushedness), and you shall give her from her to the face of the Testimony (Witness) in the Tent of Appointment which I will appoint to you there: she shall be to you a Sacred (Holy) of Sacreds (Holies) [Sacred of Sacreds (Holy of Holies)]. 37 And the incense which you shall do (make), you shall not do (make) for yourselves in her proportion (measure, composition): she shall be Sacred (Holy) to you for יהוה.

38 A man which shall do (make) like her, to smell on her, and shall be cut off from his People.

THE SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF THE HOLY OIL OF THE ANOINTING

Spices/Incense: Worship (source: maranathalife.com)/Prayers of the Saints

Looking at the following words:

MYRRH

The Hebrew word for myrrh is "mohr"- Mem, Resh (מר). It is from Strong's Concordance number 4753, and its definition

From H4843; myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter): - myrrh.

from 4843 "mah-rahr" (מרר), and its definition

A primitive root; properly to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively make) bitter (literally or figuratively): - (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter (-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved (-eth), provoke, vex.

Myrrh means "bitter". Mor is also where we get our modern English word "myrrh".

This is Wikipedia says regarding the Myrrh Tree:

Myrrh /ˈmɜːr/ from the Hebrew '"מור"' ("mor") and Arabic مر (mur) is the aromatic

of a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus Commiphora, which is an essential oil termed an oleoresin. Myrrh resin is a natural gum. It has been used throughout history as a perfume, incense and medicine. It can also be ingested by mixing it with wine.

When a tree wound penetrates through the bark and into the sapwood, the tree bleeds a resin. Myrrh gum, like frankincense, is such a resin. When people harvest myrrh, they wound the trees repeatedly to bleed them of the gum. Myrrh gum is waxy and coagulates quickly. After the harvest, the gum becomes hard and glossy. The gum is yellowish and may be either clear or opaque. It darkens deeply as it ages, and white streaks emerge.

Myrrh gum is commonly harvested from the species Commiphora myrrha, which is native to Yemen, Somalia, Eritrea and eastern Ethiopia. Another commonly used name, Commiphora molmol, is now considered a synonym of Commiphora myrrha. The related Commiphora gileadensis, native to Eastern Mediterranean and particularly the Arabian Peninsula, is the biblically referenced Balm of Gilead, also known as Balsam of Mecca. Several other species yield bdellium and Indian myrrh.

The oleo gum resins of a number of other Commiphora species are also used as perfumes, medicines (such as aromatic wound dressings), and incense ingredients. These myrrh-like resins are known as opopanax, balsam, bdellium, guggul and bisabol.

Fragrant "myrrh beads" are made from the crushed seeds of Detarium microcarpum, an unrelated West African tree. These beads are traditionally worn by married women in Mali as multiple strands around the hips.

The name "myrrh" is also applied to the potherb Myrrhis odorata, otherwise known as "cicely" or "sweet cicely".

Myrrh is mentioned in the Old Testament numerous times as a rare perfume with intoxicating qualities, such as Genesis 37:25 and Exodus 30:23.

Myrrh is also found in the Christian Bible as one of the three gifts the wise men presented to the Christ Child, according to the gospel of Matthew. According to the gospel of Mark, Jesus was offered wine and myrrh before the crucifixion.

These are images of the Myrrh Tree

Images of the Myrrh Tree with resin

Myrrh powder

Myrrh oil

CINNAMON

The Hebrew word for cinnamon is "keenamohn"- Kuph, Nun, Mem, Vav, Nun Sophit (קנמון). It is from Strong's Concordance number 7076, and its definition

From an unused root (meaning to erect); cinnamon bark (as in upright rolls): - cinnamon.

Cinnamon means "erect". This Hebrew word, keenamohn, is also where we get our modern English word "cinnamon".

This is what Plantguide.org says regarding cinnamon:

"The Cinnamons of the market are the inner barks obtained from trees of tropical countries and islands. The plants are quite ornamental; twenty to forty feet high; smooth, enduring, green, simple, and entire leaves. The flowers are small and very insignificant in appearance. Cinnamon is an old-time, highly prized spice.

There are several varieties of cinnamon upon the market.

Cassia cinnamon, which is a Chinese variety, is obtained from Cinnamomum cassia. The bark is quite thick and contains only a small amount of volatile or ethereal oil. It is of little value, yet it is exported on a large scale. It forms the cheap cinnamon of the market. There are other Chinese cinnamons of good quality which constitute the principal commercial article.

The Saigon cinnamon is by far the best article. It also is Chinese, obtained from an undetermined species. It is the strongest and spiciest of the cinnamons, and it is the only variety official in the United States Pharmacopoeia. The bark is of medium thickness, deep reddish-brown, and rich in volatile oil.

The Ceylon cinnamon, from India, is noted for the delicacy of its flavor, but it contains comparatively little volatile oil. The bark is very thin and of a lighter brown color than that of the Saigon cinnamon".

Nearly all of the cinnamon of the market is obtained from cultivated plants. There are large plantations in southeastern China, Cochin-China, India, Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Java, and other tropical countries and islands. In many instances little or nothing is known regarding the cultivation, collecting, and curing of cinnamons. As a rule, the trees are pruned for convenience in collecting the bark. In the better-grade cinnamons the bark from the younger twigs only (one and one-half to two years old) is collected.

These are images of the Cinnamon Tree

Cinnamon Tree bark

Cinnamon Flower

Cinnamon Berries

This is a sketch image of a cinnamon plant

Cinnamon powder

Cinnamon oil

CALAMUS

The Hebrew word calamus is "kah-neh"- Kuph, Nun, Heh (קנה). It is from Strong's Concordance number 7070, and its defintion

From H7069; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard): - balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.

from 7069 "kah-nah" (קנה), and its defintion

A primitive root; to erect, that is, create; by extension to procure, especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own: - attain, buy (-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess (-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.

Calamus means "purchased".

This is what Old Dominion University's website in their Plant S.I.T.E. page on Bible Plants says regardint the calamus plant:

Exodus 3[0]: 2325, Song of Solomon 4:14, Isaiah 43: 24, Jeremiah 6:2, and Ezekiel 27:19 are the only references to an unusual plant translated as "sweet cane", "calamus", "sweet myrtle" and in other ways indicative of the confusion over which plant is intended. The Hebrew word, qaneh, indicates a fragrant plant with an upright aspect.

The verses in the prophets (op. cit.) clearly indicate the value of calamus and the fact that it was widely traded with nations in Asia. Two plants have been suggested. The first is a widespread plant of wetlands in the northern hemispheres of both the Old and New Worlds, Acorus calamus L. (Araceae). The rhizome has a peculiar sweet, lingering aroma suitable as a "carrier" in a perfume. Motley (1994) suggests that A. calamus is the calamus mentioned in Exodus 3 for the anoint ing oil applied to priests and objects in the tabernacle. Milne and Milne (1967) state that A. calamus was found in the tombs of the Pharaohs but cite no reference. Acorus calamus is not listed in a modern treatment of perfumery (Calkin and Jellinek 1994) but is still used in medicine and cosmetics (Leung and Foster 1996).

The second candidate is lemon grass. These are species of the genus Cymbopogon (Poaceae), most likely C. citratus (DC) Stapf. although several species are widely grown in tropical regions for their aroma and flavor. As the oil of lemon grass can be sensitizing to the skin (Leung and Foster 1996), it seems a less likely candidate for the biblical calamus than A. calamus.

Song of Solomon 4:14 indicates that "calamus" was grown as a garden plant. Acorus calamus is a plant of wet areas, scarcely the setting of this garden and not native to Israel. This is easily explained by the fact that this is a poetic expression of fragrant plants, including those that are not native in the Middle East.

These are images of the Calamus Plant

Calamus Flower

Calamus Root

This is a sketch image of a calamus plant

Description of plate:
A, rhizome and basal portion of leaves;
B, upper end of leaf with inflorescence (spike) ;
1, 2, 3, 5, flowers ;
4, stigma ;
6, section of fruit;
7, stamens ;
8, pollen grains.

Calmus powder

Calamus oil

CASSIA

The Hebrew word for cassia is "keed-dah"- Kuph, Dalet, Heh (קדה). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6916, and its definition

From H6915; cassia bark (as in shrivelled rolls): - cassia.

from 6915 "kah-dahd" (קדד), and its defintion

A primitive root; to shrivel up, that is, contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference: - bow (down) (the) head, stoop.

Cassia means "shriveled" and "bow (down) (the) head".

This is what Plantguide.org says regarding cassia:

The cassia tree of southern China (Cinnamomum cassia) is closely related to the true cinnamon and is said to have been used since 3000 B. C. in China as a substitute for cinnamon. The tree attains a height of 25 to 50 feet and closely resembles in appearance the true cinnamon tree. Cassia bark was used as a spice in various countries long before true cinnamon was employed for that purpose.

The best grade of Chinese cassia bark, or cassia lignea, is nearly as aromatic as true cinnamon and may be used for the same purposes. Young trees are cut down at the age of 6 years and the branches harvested for their yield of bark. The bark is slipped from branches about 1 inch in diameter and flattened out, after which the epidermis is removed with a plane. The bark is then dried for a period of about 24 hours and baled.

All parts of the plant may be used for distillation of cassia oil. The dried unripe fruits, called cassia buds in trade, are much used in the place of cinnamon. The United States imports about 6,000,000 pounds of cassia bark annually. In China there are approximately 60,000 acres devoted to the cultivation of cassia. The yield averages 1 1/2 tons per acre every 6 years.

The bark of Cinnamomum iners and Cinnamomum sintoc of Malaya and of Cinnamomum massoia of New Guinea is also used for the same purpose. In India the leaves of Cinnamomum tamala and Cinnamomum obtusifolium are almost universally used by the natives as a spice.

The fallen leaves have been found to be just as aromatic as the freshly picked leaves. It is only necessary, therefore, to have a tree or two in the dooryard to furnish a continuous supply of flavoring material for home use.

These are images of the Cassia Tree

An image of a Vietnamese cutting bark of a Cassia Tree

Cassia bark

Cassia berries

This is a sketch image of a cassia plant

Cassia powder

Cassia oil

OIL

The Hebrew word is "sheh-mehn"- Shin, Mem, Nun Sophit (שמן). It is from Strong's Concordance number 8081, and its definition

From H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively richness: - anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil ([-ed]), ointment, olive, + pine.

from 8080 "shah-mahn" (שמן), and its definition

A primitive root; to shine, that is, (by analogy) be (causatively make) oily or gross: - become (make, wax) fat.

Oil means "shine".

These are images of Olive Trees

Olive fruit

Olive oil

Showing the translations of each of the spices:

Myrrh: Bitter
Cinnamon: Erect
Calamus: Purchased
Cassia: Shriveled/Bow (down) (the) Head
Oil: Shine

Applying the words of these definitions together, it makes a story. This is what it says: (Note: they are not in order of the elements)

"One who was purchased, took on the bitterness and was shriveled, then erected and afterward bowed down the head. And later in time, a shining appeared"

This was a hidden "prophecy code" of Yeshua being "purchased" in silver by Judah Iscariot, and took on the sins (the "bitterness") of the world. Afterward, His Glesh was shredded ("shriveled") with the cat of nine tails, then was "erected" on a cross, then "bowed downed His Gead" and died. Then later the angel who was like lightning ("shining") when the angel rolled the stone away, or Yeshua "shined" after He was revived to life when the stone was rolled away when Yeshua was resurrected from the dead.

!!!!!כבד לך יהוה

Verses thirty four through thirty eight

THE OINTMENT OF INCENSE

34 And יהוה said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet spices of stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; spices, and pure frankincense: shall be a bahd-part (bahd-apart) on a bahd-part (bahd-apart): 35 And you shall do (make) of her an ointment (confection, perfume, apothecary), an incense (smoke, burning fumigating) of the doing (work) of a perfumer (apothecary, compounder), salted (salt seasoned), pure and Sacred (Holy): 36 And you shall pulverize (beat, comminute, grind) from her of powder (fineness, crushedness), and you shall give her from her to the face of the Testimony (Witness) in the Tent of Appointment which I will appoint to you there: she shall be to you a Sacred (Holy) of Sacreds (Holies) [Sacred of Sacreds (Holy of Holies)]. 37 And the incense which you shall do (make), you shall not do (make) for yourselves in her proportion (measure, composition): she shall be Sacred (Holy) to you for יהוה.

38 A man which shall do (make) like her, to smell on her, and shall be cut off from his People.

THE SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF THE OINTMENT OF INCENSE

Spices/Incense: Worship (source: maranathalife.com)/Prayers of the Saints

Looking at the following words:

STACTE

The Hebrew word for stacte is "nah-taph"- Nun, Tet, Peh (נטפ). It is from Strong's Concordance number 5198, and its definition

From H5197; a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte): - drop, stacte.

from 5197 "nah-taph" (נטפ), and its definition

A primitive root; to ooze, that is, distil gradually; by implication to fall in drops; figuratively to speak by inspiration: - drop (-ping), prophesy (-et).

Stacte means "ooze", "drop" and "inspirer". It could also apply to "prophecy (prophet)".

On godasagardener.com website, this is what they said regarding the stacte:

"Stacte, Styrax officinalis"

"Temple incense stacte comes from the plant Styrax officinalis. In Israel, S. officinalis has several names to include stacte tree, Official Storax, and styrax".

The stacte from from the Storax Tree. On Tiuli.com it is also known as the "Snowdrop Bush". This is one of the same trees that Jacob used to make strips for the sheep and goats while they were in heat, to birth spotted, speckled and variegated animals, which is noted in the Torah portion of Vay-Yeytsey, in the book of Genesis

Genesis 30:30 For little which was to you was to my face and has spread out for a multitude; and יהוה has blessed you to my feet: and now when shall I do, also I, for my house? 31 And said, What shall I give to you? And Jacob said, You shall not give to me anything: If you will do for me this word; I will return, I will tend, and I will guard (keep, observe, heed) your flock: 32 I will go over among all of your flock the day (today) of the removing from there every spotted (speckled) and variegated lamb, and every brown (black) lamb among the sheep, and variegated and spotted (speckled) among the kids: and these shall be my wages. 33 And shall eye (testify) her on me of my righteousness in the day to come [(in the latter day)] when you come upon my wages to your face of all which, they are not spotted (speckled) and variegated among the kids, and brown (black) among the sheep, he shall be stolen with me. 34 And Laban said, Behold, conditioning (to him), shall be according to your word, 35 and removed in that day את-the kids: the ring streaked (bands, striped) and the variegated, and את all of the kids: the spotted (speckled) and the variegated, and of all which were white on him, and all of the brown (black) among the sheep, and were given into the hands of his sons, 36 and set a journey of three days between himself and between Jacob: and Jacob was tending the remainder of את-the flocks of Laban [(the את-flocks of Laban that remained)]. 37 And Jacob took for himself shoots of the fresh (green) Storax Tree, and the Almond Tree and the Plane Tree; and peeled (stripped, streaked) among them peelings (strips, streaks) of white, revealing the white which was upon the shoots, 38 and placed (stood) את-the shoots which were peeled (stripped, streaked) in the gutters in the troughs of the water which the flocks, they came to imbibe (drink) at the nokakh-front (nokakh-opposite, nokakh-before) of the flocks, and were in heat in their coming to imbibe (drink). 39 And the flocks, they were of heat to the shoots, and the flocks, they birthed ring streaked (bands, stripes), spotted (speckled), and variegated.

These are images of the Storax Tree

The Storax Tree with stacte resin

Branch and flowers

This is what the Etsy.com website said about this image:

"Rescued from a first edition 1957 book on flowers and plants from the bible is this graceful rendition of Stacte Styrax Officinalis".

Stacte resin

ONYCHA

The Hebrew word for onycha is "sh'khey-leth"- Shin, Khet, Lamed, Tav (שחלת). It is from Strong's Concordance number 7827, and its definition

Apparently from the same as H7826 through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound; a scale or shell, that is, the aromatic mussel: - onycha.

from 7826 "shah-khahl" (שחל), and its defintion

From an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his characteristic roar): - (fierce) lion. [or of a large shell]

Onycha means "roar"

The Oncycha is also called "Gum Rockrose".

This is what the Davis Landscape Architecture blogpage says regarding the Gum Rockrose: (https://davisla.wordpress.com/category/gum-rockrose/)

"Cistus ladanifer is an evergreen upright shrub with a loose open habit. Its dark green leaves are lanceolate with entire margins, up to 10cm long and 2cm broad and are grey on the underside. The leaves are covered in a fragrant resin. Its branches. Its white flowers have 5 distinctive maroon spots at the base of its petals, are up to 10cm across and have yellow stamens and pistils at its centre.

Cistus ladanifer, commonly known as Gum Rockrose, Labdanum, Common Gum Cistus and Brown-eyed Rockrose, is native to the western Mediterranean region. The resin of this plant has historically been used in perfumes".

These are images of the Onycha (Gum Rockrose) plant

Onycha Flower

Onycha branch

This is what the Etsy.com website said about this image

"Rescued from a first edition 1957 book on flowers and plants from the bible is this graceful rendition of the Onycha or Gum Rockrose"....

Onycha capsule and seeds

Onycha Oil

GALBANUM

The Hebrew word galbanum is "khehl-b'nah"- Khet, Lamed, Bet, Nun, Heh (חלבנה). It is from Strong's Concordance number 2464, and its definition

From H2459; galbanam, an odorous gum (as if fatty): - galbanum.

from 2459 "kheh-lehv" (חלב), and its definition

From an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence the richest or choice part: - X best, fat (-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.

Galbanum means "fat" and also "rich". Khelb'nah is also where we get our modern English word "galbanum".

This is what Wikipedia says regarding galbanum:

"Galbanum is an aromatic gum resin, the product of certain umbelliferous Persian plant species in the genus Ferula, chiefly Ferula gummosa (synonym F. galbaniflua) and Ferula rubricaulis. Galbanum-yielding plants grow plentifully on the slopes of the mountain ranges of northern Iran. It occurs usually in hard or soft, irregular, more or less translucent and shining lumps, or occasionally in separate tears, of a light-brown, yellowish or greenish-yellow colour, and has a disagreeable, bitter taste, a peculiar, somewhat musky odour, an intense green scent, and a specific gravity of 1.212. It contains about 8% terpenes; about 65% of a resin which contains sulfur; about 20% gum; and a very small quantity of the colorless crystalline substance umbelliferone. It also contains α-pinene, β-pinene, limonene, cadinene, 3-carene, and ocimene".

This is an image of the Galbanum plant

Galbanum flower

Galbanum gum

Galbanum oil

FRANKINCENSE

The Hebrew word for frankincense is "l'voh-nah"- Lamed, Bet, Nun, Heh (לבנה). It is from Strong's Concordance number 3828, and its definition

From H3826; frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke): - (frank-) incense.

from 3826 "leeb-bah" (לבה), and its definition

Feminine of H3820; the heart: - heart.

from 3820 "leyv" (לב), and its definition

A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything: - + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag [-eous], friend [-ly], ([broken-], [hard-], [merry-], [stiff-], [stout-], double) heart ([-ed]), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind (-ed), X regard ([-ed)], X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.

from 3824 "ley-vahv" (לבב), and its definition

From H3823; the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like H3820: - + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ([faint], [tender-] heart([-ed]), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.

from 3823 "lah-vahv" (לבב), and its definition

A primitive root; properly to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824) to unheart, that is, (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; also (as denominative from H3834) to make cakes: - make cakes, ravish, be wise.

Frankincense means "heart".

This is what Wikipedia says regarding frankincense resin:

"Frankincense, also called olibanum, is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia in the family Burseraceae, particularly Boswellia sacra (syn: B. bhaw-dajiana), B. carterii33, B. frereana, B. serrata (B. thurifera, Indian frankincense), and B. papyrifera. The English word is derived from Old French "franc encens" (i.e., high quality incense).[1]

There are four main species of Boswellia that produce true frankincense. Resin from each of the four is available in various grades. The grades depend on the time of harvesting; the resin is hand-sorted for quality".

These are images of Frankincense Trees

Frankincense resin

Dried resin

Frankincense oil

Looking the at the definitions of these four words:

Stacte: Prophet/Inspiring one
Onycha: Roar
Galbanum: Fat/Rich
Frankincense: Heart

Applying the words of these definitions together, it makes a story. This is what it says:

"A Prophet and an Inspiring One will roar out from the fatness and richness of his heart"

This "Inspiring One" is Yeshua, the Messiah, who spoke out ("roared out") from the "fatness" and "richness" of His "Heart" towards the Jewish People and the Pharisees, the Jewish Scribes, and the Jewish Elders during His Ministry on earth.

!!!!!כבד לך יהוה

In the application of the Holy Oil of the Anointing and the Ointment of Incense, if anyone tried to make these or get involved with these other than its proper use, they are "usurping" the prophetic role of Yeshua, the Messiah. Regarding the Priests, those who usurp the first oil compound would be making themselves playing the role of a "false priest" in which is the Aaronic Levitical line where Yeshua would be descended, and יהוה took away the Priesthood from the other tribes. The second oil compound, regarding the Temple, those who usurp this would make themselves as a "false Messiah" taking the place of Yeshua, who is the Tabernacle made Flesh. That is why if anyone partook or made these combinations, they would be "cut off" from their People.

!!!!!כבד לך יהוה

Indirectly related, Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries noted that hwhy will give us an oil of joy for mourning, which is noted in the book of the Prophet Isaiah

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of Adonai, יהוה, is upon me; because יהוה hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the Acceptable Year of יהוה, and the day of vengeance of our Elohim; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of יהוה, that He might be glorified.

This was during the year of Yeshua's Ministry.

I only have one very stern warning to say:

DON'T PREPARE THESE OINTMENTS EVEN THOUGH YESHUA HAS BEEN RESSURECTED!!! THIS IS A COMMANDMENT THAT IS STILL APPLIED FOR TODAY!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

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