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TORAH PORTIONS
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M'TSORA (Leper)
Leviticus 14:1-15:33
There are 68 Aleph-Tavs in this week's Torah portion
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CHAPTER 14
Leviticus 14:1-57
Lev 14:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses to say, 2 This, she shall be the Teaching (Torah) of the leper in the day of his cleansing: And shall be brought to the Priest: 3 And the Priest shall go out to from outside by the Camp; and the Priest shall look, and behold, the plague of the leprosy is healed from the leper; 4 And the Priest shall command and take for the cleansing one two living clean birds, and cedar tree (wood), and crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and hyssop: 5 And the Priest shall command, and shall slaughter ta-the one bird to an earthen vessel upon (over) living (running) water: 6 shall take her, ta-the living bird, and ta-the cedar tree (wood), and ta-the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and ta the hyssop, and shall dip them and ta the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird upon (over) the living (running) water: 7 And shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) upon the cleansing one from the leprosy seven times, and shall make him clean, and shall send ta-the living bird upon (over) the face of the field. 8 And shall wash the one being cleansed ta-his garments, and shall shave ta-all of his hair, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be clean: and afterwards, shall come to the Camp, and shall dwell from the outside by his tent seven days. 9 And shall be, on the seventh day, shall shave ta-all of his hair, ta-his head, and ta-his beard and ta the brows his eyes, and ta-all of his hair shall be shaved: and shall wash ta-his garments, and shall bathe ta-his flesh in the water, and shall be clean.
10 And on the eighth day, shall take two perfect sheep, and one ewe sheep of a perfect daughter of her year, and three tenths of flour of a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) overflowed (mixed) in the oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the Priest that is cleansing shall stand ta the man that is being cleansed and these (them) to the Face of hwhy at the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment: 12 And the Priest shall take ta-the one he sheep, and shall bring him near for a Guilt Offering, and ta-the log of the oil, and shall wave them of a Wave Offering to the Face of hwhy: 13 And shall slaughter ta-the sheep in the place which ta-the Sin Offering and ta-the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) is slaughtered in the place of the Sacred Area: for as the Sin Offering, the Guilt Offering, he shall belong to the Priest: he is a Sacred (Holy) of Sacreds (Holies) [(Sacred of Sacreds, Holy of Holies)]: 14 And the Priest shall take from the blood of the Guilt Offering, and the Priest shall give upon the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot: 15 And the Priest shall take from the log of the oil, and shall pour (soak) upon the small (left) palm of the Priest: 16 And the Priest shall dip ta-his right finger from the oil which is in his small (left) palm, and shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) from the oil on his finger seven times to the Face of hwhy: 17 And from the remainder of the oil which is upon his palm, the Priest shall give upon the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot upon the blood of the Guilt Offering: 18 And the remainder among the oil which is upon the palm of the Priest, shall give upon the head of the one being cleansed: and the Priest shall atone upon him to the Face of hwhy. 19 And the Priest shall do (make) ta-the Sin Offering and shall atone upon the one being cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward shall slaughter ta-the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 20 And the Priest shall elevate ta-the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) and ta-the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) to the Altar: and the Priest shall atone upon him, and shall be clean.
21 And if he shall be poor, and his hand cannot afford (attain, reach); and shall take one sheep of a Guilt Offering for a Wave Offering to atone upon him, and one tenth of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering), and a log of oil; 22 And two turtledoves or two sons of a dove which his hand, she can afford (attain, reach); and one shall be of a Sin Offering, and the one shall be of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering). 23 And shall bring them on the eighth day to the Priest for his cleansing to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment to the Face of hwhy. 24 And the Priest shall take ta-the sheep of the Guilt Offering and ta-the log of the oil, and the Priest shall wave them of a Wave Offering to the Face of hwhy: 25 And shall slaughter ta-the sheep of the Guilt Offering, and the Priest shall take from the blood of the Guilt Offering, and shall give upon the tip of his right ear of the cleansing one, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot: 26 And the Priest shall pour (soak) from the oil upon the small (left) palm of the Priest: 27 And the Priest shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) on the right finger from the oil which is upon his small (left) palm seven times to the Face of hwhy: 28 And the Priest shall give from the oil which is upon his palm upon the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the Guilt Offering: 29 And the remainder from the oil which is upon the palm of the Priest shall be given upon the head of the one being cleansed to atone upon him to the Face of hwhy. 30 And shall do (offer, make) ta-the one from the turtledoves, or from the sons of a dove from which his hand, she can afford (attain, reach); 31 ta which his hand, she shall reach (afford, attain) ta-the one of a Sin Offering, and ta-the one of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) upon the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): and the Priest shall atone upon the one being cleansed to the Face of hwhy. 32 This is the Teaching (Torah) which is on him a plague of leprosy which his hand, she shall not reach (afford, attain) in his cleansing.
33 And hwhy spoke to Moses and to Aaron to say, 34 When you come to the land of Canaan which I am giving to you for a seize (hold), and I have given a plague of leprosy on the house of the land of your seize (hold); 35 and whichever belongs to him the house shall come and declare (tell) to the Priest to say, Is like (as) a plague is seen by me in the house: 36 And the Priest shall command, and they shall face ta-the house, before the Priest shall come to see ta-the plague, and shall not be anything unclean that is in the house: and after thus, the Priest shall come to see ta-the house: 37 And shall look at ta-the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house of yellowish green (green) or reddish hollow streaks (sinkings, depressions, subdues), and their appearance is lower (depressed, sunk in) from the wall; 38 And the Priest shall go out from the house to the entrance of the house, and shall shut up ta-the house seven days: 39 And the Priest shall return on the seventh day, and shall look: and behold, the plague has spread on the walls of the house; 40 And the Priest shall command, and they will pull off (strip off) ta-the stones which the plague is on (in) them, and they shall cast them to from outside by the city to an unclean place: 41 And ta-the house shall be scraped from housingward (inward) all around, and they shall spill out (pour out, gush out) ta-the dust that they scraped off to from outside by the city to an unclean place: 42 And they shall take other stones, and they shall bring to the stead of the stones; and shall take other mortar (dust), and shall plaster (daub) ta-the house.
43 And if the plague shall return and breaks out (bolts out) in the house after was pulled off (stripped off) ta-the stones, and after the scraping ta-the house, and after the plastering (daubing); 44 and the Priest shall come and look, and behold, the plague has spread in the house, she is a leprosy of fretting (bitterness, pain) in the house: he is unclean. 45 And shall tear down (raze, break down, destroy) ta-the house: ta-his stones, and ta-his trees (wood), and ta all of the dust (mortar) of the house; and shall be taken out to from outside by the city to an unclean place. 46 And the one going to the house all of the days that has shut him up, shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 47 And the one laying in the house shall wash ta-his garments; and the one eating in the house shall wash ta-his garments.
48 And if the Priest coming, shall come and look, and behold, the plague has not spread in the house after the plastering (daubing) of ta-the house: and the Priest shall make ta-the house clean, for the plague has been healed.
49 And shall take to cleanse ta-the house two birds, and cedar tree (wood), and the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and hyssop: 50 And shall slaughter ta-the one bird to an earthen vessel upon living (running) water: 51 And shall take ta-the cedar tree (wood), and ta-the hyssop, and ta the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and ta the living bird, and shall dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the living (running) water, and shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) to the house seven times: 52 And shall cleanse ta-the house on the blood of the bird, and on the living (running) water, and on the living bird, and on the cedar tree (wood), and on the hyssop, and on the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))]: 53 And shall send away ta-the living bird to from outside by the city to the face of the field, and shall atone upon the house: and shall be clean. 54 This is the Teaching (Torah) for every plague of the leprosy, and for the scall (scurf), 55 and for the leprosy of the garment, and for a house, 56 and for a swelling (lifting, exalting), and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57 To teach in the day that is unclean, and in the day that is clean: this is the Teaching (Torah) of the leprosy.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
This is a continuation from chapters twelve and thirteen in last week's Torah portion of Thazria.
Verses one through nine
1 And hwhy spoke to Moses to say, 2 This, she shall be the Teaching (Torah) of the leper in the day of his cleansing: And shall be brought to the Priest: 3 And the Priest shall go out to from outside by the Camp; and the Priest shall look, and behold, the plague of the leprosy is healed from the leper; 4 And the Priest shall command and take for the cleansing one two living clean birds, and cedar tree (wood), and crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and hyssop: 5 And the Priest shall command, and shall slaughter ta-the one bird to an earthen vessel upon (over) living (running) water: 6 shall take her, ta-the living bird, and ta-the cedar tree (wood), and ta-the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and ta the hyssop, and shall dip them and ta the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird upon (over) the living (running) water: 7 And shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) upon the cleansing one from the leprosy seven times, and shall make him clean, and shall send ta-the living bird upon (over) the face of the field. 8 And shall wash the one being cleansed ta-his garments, and shall shave ta-all of his hair, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be clean: and afterwards, shall come to the Camp, and shall dwell from the outside by his tent seven days. 9 And shall be, on the seventh day, shall shave ta-all of his hair, ta-his head, and ta-his beard and ta the brows his eyes, and ta-all of his hair shall be shaved: and shall wash ta-his garments, and shall bathe ta-his flesh in the water, and shall be clean.
The items the Priest used in this week's Torah portion passage have symbolic meanings:
THE TWO BIRDS
The one killed: Yeshua being crucified
The One Released: Our sins flying away and not to be returned
Crimson thread: The blood of Yeshua
Cedar Wood: The cross on which Yeshua was crucified
Hyssop: Cleansing, an act of atonement for our sins
Living Water: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit)/Water of life/Baptsim of water
Seven Times: Finished work (forgivness)/Each day of the seven Kingdom days (7000 years)
Slaughtered Bird on Living Water on an Earthern Vessel: Yeshua, the Vessel, with His Blood and Water poured out after Roman soldier put a spear in His Side (thank you, Ephraim Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries)
Priest going out of the Camp: Yeshua going out of His Kingdom to the world (thank you, Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries)
These are the same three items we find in the Torah of the red heifer, which is noted in the Torah portion of Khukath, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 19:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses and to Aaron, to say, 2 This is the Statute of the Torah (Teaching) which hwhy commanded, to say: Speak to the Sons of Israel, and they shall take to you a perfect red heifer, which shall not be a blemish in her, which a yoke has not been elevated (ascneded) upon her. 3 And you shall give her to Eleazar, the Priest, and bring her out to from outside by the Camp, and shall slaughter her to His Face. 4 And Eleazar, the Priest, shall take from her blood on his finger, and spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) of her blood to the front of the face of the Tent of Appointment seven times. 5 And shall burn up ta-the heifer to His Eyes; ta-her skin, and ta-her flesh, and ta-her blood, upon her dung shall be burned up. 6 And the Priest shall take cedar tree (wood), and hyssop, and the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and shall cast (send, throw) to the midst of the burning up of the heifer. 7 And the Priest shall wash his Garments and shall bathe his flesh in the water, and afterward shall come to the Camp, and the Priest shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening).
There is another item noted in this week's Torah portion passage, and it is "living water". This is its symbolic meaning:
Living Water: Yeshua, the Water of Life
Yeshua revealed Himself as the Water of Life to 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. 8 (For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Yeshua answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the Gift of hwhy, and who It is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee Living Water. 11 The woman saith unto Him, Sir, Thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast Thou that Living Water? 12 Art Thou greater than our father, Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Yeshua answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the Water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the Water that I shall give him shall be in him a Well of Water springing up into Everlasting Life.
The apostle John also noted that those in Messiah who are Brides in Messiah are to drink the Water of Life, famously sung by the Messianic family group, Zemer Levav, which is noted in the book of Revelation
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the Water of Life freely.
Yeshua, the Bridegroom, is the Water of Life.
In verse eight of this week's Torah portion passage, the man has to shave all of his hair. This is done, so that anything related to the plague on his hair will not be on him. This is comparable to Joseph having his hair shaved off before meeting Pharaoh, which is noted in the Torah portion of Mikeyts, in the book of Genesis
Genesis 41:14 And Pharaoh sent and called ta-Joseph, and they hurried (made him run) from the bore-pit: and shaved, and changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
Bill Cloud of Shoreshim Ministries noted that when Joseph was shaved, he did not just have his beard shaved, but all of his hair from the top of his head to his feet. This account of Joseph was also symbolic of putting off his old self, and being a new person to become the Vicroy of Egypt.
These are the possible symbolic meanings of a man shaving his body:
Man shaving his hair the first time: Putting off the old self and to be a new man
Man shaving his hair the second time: Being cleansed by the water of the Word and being filled with the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit)
This symbolic meaning is based on the apostle Paul's letters to the assembly in Ephesus, Corinth and Colossia
Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard Him, and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Yeshua: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after the Lord is created in righteousness and true holiness.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the Image of Him that created Him:
Verses ten through thirty two
10 And on the eighth day, shall take two perfect sheep, and one ewe sheep of a perfect daughter of her year, and three tenths of flour of a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) overflowed (mixed) in the oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the Priest that is cleansing shall stand ta the man that is being cleansed and these (them) to the Face of hwhy at the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment: 12 And the Priest shall take ta-the one he sheep, and shall bring him near for a Guilt Offering, and ta-the log of the oil, and shall wave them of a Wave Offering to the Face of hwhy: 13 And shall slaughter ta-the sheep in the place which ta-the Sin Offering and ta-the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) is slaughtered in the place of the Sacred Area: for as the Sin Offering, the Guilt Offering, he shall belong to the Priest: he is a Sacred (Holy) of Sacreds (Holies) [(Sacred of Sacreds, Holy of Holies)]: 14 And the Priest shall take from the blood of the Guilt Offering, and the Priest shall give upon the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot: 15 And the Priest shall take from the log of the oil, and shall pour (soak) upon the small (left) palm of the Priest: 16 And the Priest shall dip ta-his right finger from the oil which is in his small (left) palm, and shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) from the oil on his finger seven times to the Face of hwhy: 17 And from the remainder of the oil which is upon his palm, the Priest shall give upon the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot upon the blood of the Guilt Offering: 18 And the remainder among the oil which is upon the palm of the Priest, shall give upon the head of the one being cleansed: and the Priest shall atone upon him to the Face of hwhy. 19 And the Priest shall do (make) ta-the Sin Offering and shall atone upon the one being cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward shall slaughter ta-the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering): 20 And the Priest shall elevate ta-the Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) and ta-the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) to the Altar: and the Priest shall atone upon him, and shall be clean.
21 And if he shall be poor, and his hand cannot afford (attain, reach); and shall take one sheep of a Guilt Offering for a Wave Offering to atone upon him, and one tenth of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil for a Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering), and a log of oil; 22 And two turtledoves or two sons of a dove which his hand, she can afford (attain, reach); and one shall be of a Sin Offering, and the one shall be of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering). 23 And shall bring them on the eighth day to the Priest for his cleansing to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment to the Face of hwhy. 24 And the Priest shall take ta-the sheep of the Guilt Offering and ta-the log of the oil, and the Priest shall wave them of a Wave Offering to the Face of hwhy: 25 And shall slaughter ta-the sheep of the Guilt Offering, and the Priest shall take from the blood of the Guilt Offering, and shall give upon the tip of his right ear of the cleansing one, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot: 26 And the Priest shall pour (soak) from the oil upon the small (left) palm of the Priest: 27 And the Priest shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) on the right finger from the oil which is upon his small (left) palm seven times to the Face of hwhy: 28 And the Priest shall give from the oil which is upon his palm upon the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the Guilt Offering: 29 And the remainder from the oil which is upon the palm of the Priest shall be given upon the head of the one being cleansed to atone upon him to the Face of hwhy. 30 And shall do (offer, make) ta-the one from the turtledoves, or from the sons of a dove from which his hand, she can afford (attain, reach); 31 ta which his hand, she shall reach (afford, attain) ta-the one of a Sin Offering, and ta-the one of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) upon the Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering): and the Priest shall atone upon the one being cleansed to the Face of hwhy. 32 This is the Teaching (Torah) which is on him a plague of leprosy which his hand, she shall not reach (afford, attain) in his cleansing.
This week's Torah portion passage is relevent to the Elevation Offering from the Torah portion of Va-Yikra, in the book of Leviticus, in chapter one, and of last week's Torah portion of Thazria, in the book of Leviticus, in chapter twelve, where the offerings are based on one's financial capabability. The one example given was Joseph and Mary after Mary's forty day unclean period, in giving birth to Yeshua was over, had brought two turtledoves, or two sons of a dove for her Torah requirement, revealing their financial status as being poor.
Looking at the symbolic meanings of the offering requirements:
Eighth day: New beginnings
Two male sheep and one female sheep: Yeshua, the Sacrifice Lamb
Flour mixed in oil: Yeshua filled with the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit)
Log of oil: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit)
Notice that the one being cleansed from the leprosy is getting the blood and the oil by the Priest in the same locations that the Priests were getting from Moses when the Priests were sacrificing for the start of their service at the Tent of Appointment, which is noted in the Torah portion of Tsav, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 8:22 And brought near ta-the second ram, the Ram of Consecration Offering (Fulfilling Offering): and Aaron and his sons, they suported (laid) ta-their hands upon the head of the ram 23 and was slaughtered; and Moses took from his blood, and gave upon the tip of right ear of Aaron, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of his right foot. 24 And brought near ta-the sons of Aaron, and Moses gave the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the thumb (big toe) of their right foot: and Moses strewed (sprinkled) ta-the blood upon the Altar all around.
The following list contain the symbols of the body parts of the former leper:
GENERAL:
Tip of the Ear: Hearing the Word
Thumb of the Right Hand: Doing the Word
Thumb of the Right Foot: Walking in the Word
Also, the blood and the oil that were applied to the former leper have symbolic meanings:
The Blood: Yeshua
The Oil: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit)
The following list contains symbolic meanings in which these two items were applied to the former leper:
WITH THE BLOOD OF THE GUILT OFFERING:
The Blood: Yeshua
Blood on the Tip of the Ear: Yeshua covering one's hearing of the Word
Blood on the Thumb of the Right Hand: Yeshua covering one's doing of the Word
Blood on the Thumb of the Right Foot: Yeshua covering one's walking in the Word
WITH THE OIL FROM THE LOG:
Oil: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit)
Oil on the Tip of the Ear: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) motivating one's hearing of the Word
Oil on the Thumb of the Right Hand: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) involving one's doing of the Word
Oil on the Thumb of the Right Foot: The Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) involving one's walking in the Word
The former leper was to symbolically listen, do, and walk in the Word through these symbolic acts at his body part locations. Just like Aaron and his sons were given by Moses before they were to do their Priestly Acts, because the right side is considered the strong side, like the right arm is stronger than the left arm.
The right side also refers to Yeshua being at the Right Hand of the Father, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 26:64 Yeshua saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the Right Hand of power, and coming in the clouds of the heavens.
Yeshua is on the right side of the Father.
In verse sixteen of this week's Torah portion passage, the Priest was to sprinkle oil on the Altar seven times, as compared to when a Priest normally sprinkles blood from certain sacrifices on the Altar seven times.
Looking at the word LOG
The Hebrew word for log is "lohg"- Lamed, Gimel (gl). It is from Strong's Concordance number 3849, and its definition
From an unused root apparently meaning to deepen or hollow (like H3537); a log or measure for liquids: - log [of oil].
This is where we get our modern English word "log".
Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries noted that being cleansed is like being resurrected from the dead, and that Yeshua brought dead flesh to life.
Yeshua was visited by two of John the Immerser's disciples. The Immerser's men went to ask if Yeshua was the one that was to come, which is noted in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 7:19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Yeshua, saying, Art Thou he that should come? Or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto Him, they said, John the Immerser hath sent us unto Thee, saying, Art Thou he that should come, or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour He cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind He gave sight. 22 Then Yeshua answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the Gospel is preached. 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me.
Monte Judah related the killed bird for the leper to Yeshua being sacrificed at the cross. Also, Monte compared the living bird released to having our sins flee away, like Yeshua removing our sins as far as the east and west, which is based in the book of the Psalms
Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
In the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant), Yeshua healed lepers during His Ministry. One of them is noted in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark
Matthew 8:1 When He was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. 2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. 3 And Yeshua put forth His Hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Yeshua saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the Priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Mark 1:40 And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying unto Him, If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. 41 And Yeshua, moved with compassion, put forth His Hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 43 And He straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the Priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Yeshua could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to Him from every quarter.
There are those who say that this leper in Matthew's passage was most likely to be Simon the Leper mentioned later, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 26:6 Now when Yeshua was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His Head, as He sat at meat. 8 But when His disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Yeshua understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon Me. 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but Me ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on My Body, she did it for My Burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a Memorial of her.
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries noted that Yeshua told presumably Simon the Leper to do the Commandment in this week's Torah portion chapter's passage, but Simon, the Leper, didn't obey Yeshua's Words, and instead went out and told the People.
Verses thirty three through forty eight
33 And hwhy spoke to Moses and to Aaron to say, 34 When you come to the land of Canaan which I am giving to you for a seize (hold), and I have given a plague of leprosy on the house of the land of your seize (hold); 35 and whichever belongs to him the house shall come and declare (tell) to the Priest to say, Is like (as) a plague is seen by me in the house: 36 And the Priest shall command, and they shall face ta-the house, before the Priest shall come to see ta-the plague, and shall not be anything unclean that is in the house: and after thus, the Priest shall come to see ta-the house: 37 And shall look at ta-the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house of yellowish green (green) or reddish hollow streaks (sinkings, depressions, subdues), and their appearance is lower (depressed, sunk in) from the wall; 38 And the Priest shall go out from the house to the entrance of the house, and shall shut up ta-the house seven days: 39 And the Priest shall return on the seventh day, and shall look: and behold, the plague has spread on the walls of the house; 40 And the Priest shall command, and they will pull off (strip off) ta-the stones which the plague is on (in) them, and they shall cast them to from outside by the city to an unclean place: 41 And ta-the house shall be scraped from housingward (inward) all around, and they shall spill out (pour out, gush out) ta-the dust that they scraped off to from outside by the city to an unclean place: 42 And they shall take other stones, and they shall bring to the stead of the stones; and shall take other mortar (dust), and shall plaster (daub) ta-the house.
43 And if the plague shall return and breaks out (bolts out) in the house after was pulled off (stripped off) ta-the stones, and after the scraping ta-the house, and after the plastering (daubing); 44 and the Priest shall come and look, and behold, the plague has spread in the house, she is a leprosy of fretting (bitterness, pain) in the house: he is unclean. 45 And shall tear down (raze, break down, destroy) ta-the house: ta-his stones, and ta-his trees (wood), and ta all of the dust (mortar) of the house; and shall be taken out to from outside by the city to an unclean place. 46 And the one going to the house all of the days that has shut him up, shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 47 And the one laying in the house shall wash ta-his garments; and the one eating in the house shall wash ta-his garments.
48 And if the Priest coming, shall come and look, and behold, the plague has not spread in the house after the plastering (daubing) of ta-the house: and the Priest shall make ta-the house clean, for the plague has been healed.
Today, we would call this plague, mold or fungus. These are a couple of images of examples of the mold that exists at homes:
The first one is an image of red mold on a stone from a house
This is an image of green mold that exists on a stones
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries noted that, in many words, even if they knew that it is a plague, they can't say 'It is a plague' or 'I know it's a plague'. That is why the Hebrew text says "K'neh-gah" literally translated "[Is] "as" a plague", meaning to say that it looks like a plague. They would have to speak with reservation and not as direct. Mark also compared this notion to going to visit a doctor in which a patient can't say to doctor that he or she knows it is this certain ailment or condition or disease, but a patient would have to say that he or she is not sure it is this disease or that ailment. It is up to the doctor that makes that call. That is the purpose to see the doctor. That would be an act of disrespect to the authorities. Thank you, Mark.
These are the possible symbolic meanings for this plague in the house:
PRIEST COMMAND: hwhy/Yeshua command
PRIEST COMING TO SEE THE PLAGUE: YESHUA AS WITNESS/WITNESS
"As a plague seen by me in the house": hwhy/Yeshua seeing the sins in the House of Israel/Nothern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
Preist command homeowners face the home: Leaders/elders (today- leaders of a nation) facing the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
Priest shall look at the plague: hwhy/Yeshua looking at the sins in the House of Israel/Nothern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
Plague in the walls of hollow strakes sank (depressed, lower) from the wall: Those sinning the House of Israel/Nothern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) deteriating its weakest points through sinning, thus destroying the walls of righteousness/hedge of protection from hwhy/Yeshua
Yellowish green, reddish: The different type, or "color" of sins are causing the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) to sin
This is what Jonathan Cahn of Beth Israel Worship Center mentioned in his book "The Harbinger" when hwhy brought down the hedge of protection from the United States that resulted in the 911 plane crashes at the twin towers and other locations in 2001.
Looking at the word HALLOW STREAKS (SINKINGS, DEPRESSIONS)
The Hebrew word for hallow streaks (sinkings, depressions) is "sh'kah-roo-rah"- Shin, Kuph, Ayin, Resh, Vav, Resh, Heh (hrwreqs). It is from Strong's Concordance number 8258, and its definition
From H8257; a depression: - hollow strake.
from 8257 "shah-kah" (eqs), and its definition
(Abbreviated in Amo_8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication to be overflowed, cease; causatively to abate, subdue: - make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
This is where we get our modern English word "scar".
This is what is happening in the nations today, where righteousness is being "subdued" and "quenched" by the rebellion of the people who are not believers in Yeshua.
These are the symbolic meanings of this week's Torah portion passage:
Priest goes out from the house entrance: hwhy/Yeshua leave the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
SHUT UP THE HOUSE 7 DAYS: TIME OF FRUICTIFYING AND BRING TO FULFILLMENT
7TH DAY: DAY OF FULFILLMENT
PRIEST RETURNS: hwhy/YESHUA RETURNS/WITNESS
Plague spread (broken out) on the walls: Sin has spread more on the people of the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
PRIEST COMMAND: hwhy/Yeshua command
Pull of plagues stones off the wall: Separating those where sinning from the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)/(fault of character of somone in the house. Thank you, Mark)
House shall be scraped: Removing the sin from the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
Take it to unclean place: Ridding the sin from the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) from its borders
Take other stones: Replacing People (i.e. new kings) in the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) from its borders/(Believers as living stones grated in to the House of Israel- thank you, Mark)
This happened often in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, as noted throughout the books of the Kings and the books of Chronicles.
Contiuing on the symbolic meanings:
Plaster the house: Rebuild hwhy's/Yeshua's walls of righteousness/hedge of protection in the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
Plague returns, spreads (breaks out) in the house: Sin still within, and affects the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)/(fault of character of somone in the house. Thank you, Mark)
PRIEST COMES AND LOOKS: hwhy/YESHUA RETURNS AND FOLLOWS UP/WITNESS
Plague spreads in the house: Sin has spread and affected others in the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)/(fault of character of somone in the house. Thank you, Mark)
Leprosy of fretting (bitterness, pain) on the house: Sin has affected the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation being "fretted, bitter, in pain" by protestors, etc. [could also be people in the assembly or in a congregation])
Looking at the word FRETTING (BITTERNESS, PAIN)
The Hebrew word for fretting (bitterness, pain) is "mah-ahr"- Mem, Aleph, Resh (ram). It is from Strong's concordance number 3992, and its definition
A primitive root; to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, that is, be painful: - fretting, picking.
This is the similar Hebrew word for bitter. Those who are not believers in Yeshua will be "bitter" against us, as well as being bitter against hwhy/Yeshua.
Continuing on the symbolic meanings:
UNCLEAN: Sin has affected the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
Tear down all elements of the house, and taken outside of the city: People of the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) removed and/or killed and/or exiled and/or enslaved to another country. Also, spiritually, people of believers being turned over to HaSatan
In the book of the Prophets, this has what happened to both houses of Israel. The Nothern Kingdom of Israel was exiled around 722 BC, and later, when the Southern House of Judah was taken into Babylonian captivity around 586 BC. In the end times, the people of the world, because of their rebellion against hwhy/Yeshua, will experience the Seven Years Tribulation, and it will be an act of being turned over to HaSatan, take on his mark, and be eternally damned.
Continuing with the symbolic meanings:
The one going to the house/lying in the house/sitting in the house shall wash his garments and be cleansed: The lands of the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) shall be wash and cleansed with the Ruakh HaKodesh and the water of the Word. Also it could mean the land given rest/one being baptized in the water
Be unclean until the evening: Unclean until time alloted in the new day (to hwhy/Yeshua the new millenium)
OR
PRIEST COMING AND LOOKING: hwhy/YESHUA COMING AND LOOKING, OR WITNESSING, AND LOOKING AT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL/NORTHERN ISRAEL/JUDAH (TODAY- A BELIEVING NATION)/WITNESS
Plague has not spread (breaking out): Sin has not spread in the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation)
CLEAN: Sin died in the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) and is alive in hwhy/Yeshua
Plague is healed: hwhy/Yeshua making the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah (Today- a believing nation) whole
An example of the steps that caused a house (or nation) to sin is when King Jeroboam made the people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel go astray from the Torah, which is noted in the book of the Kings
1 Kings 12:25 Then [King] Jeroboam [of the Northern Kingdom of Israel] built ta-Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built ta-Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of hwhy at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their Adon, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy elohim, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set ta-the one in Bethel, and ta-the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made ta-an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel ta-the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and made a feast unto the sons of Israel: and he offered upon the Altar of the Burnt Incense.
This is the foundation of the perverse pagan holiday of Haloween. I did a teaching of it, titled "The Biblical Roots of Halloween". You can go to the Holidays and Holy Days weblink on the top of the page, by clicking the Halloween link to get to the webpage, or you click on the link below to get to the webpage.
THE BIBLICAL ROOTS OF HALOWEEN
Though it relates to the whole house of Israel, it still relates to sin. These unrighteous fruits are revealed, which are noted in the apostle Paul's letters to the assemblies in Colossia and Galatia
Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Messiah in hwhy. 4 When Messiah, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the Wrath of hwhy cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Messiah is All, and in all.
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of hwhy.
The apostle James, Yeshua's brother, reveals what happens to sin, which is noted in his epistle
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of the Lord: for the Lord cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
This is what the apostle Paul noted to the assembly in Galatia regarding the fruits of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no Torah. 24 And they that are Messiah's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
The Apostle Peter noted these means to grow in love, which is noted in his epistle
2 Peter 1:3 According as His Divine Power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 6 And to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; 7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, unconditional love. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Yeshua, the Messiah.
Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries noted that the stones being taken down and thrown can be compared to Yeshua prophecying that the stones of the Temple will be thrown down, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 24:1 And Yeshua went out, and departed from the Temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the Temple. 2 And Yeshua said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark also noted the comparison to us as living stones, which the apostle Peter noted in his book
1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a Spiritual House, an Holy Priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to hwhy by Yeshua Messiah. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a Chief Corner Stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded.
Thank you, Mark.
Verses forty nine through fifty seven
49 And shall take to cleanse ta-the house two birds, and cedar tree (wood), and the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and hyssop: 50 And shall slaughter ta-the one bird to an earthen vessel upon living (running) water: 51 And shall take ta-the cedar tree (wood), and ta-the hyssop, and ta the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))], and ta the living bird, and shall dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the living (running) water, and shall spurt (besprinkle, sprinkle) to the house seven times: 52 And shall cleanse ta-the house on the blood of the bird, and on the living (running) water, and on the living bird, and on the cedar tree (wood), and on the hyssop, and on the crimson (red) worm [(worm of the crimson (red))]: 53 And shall send away ta-the living bird to from outside by the city to the face of the field, and shall atone upon the house: and shall be clean. 54 This is the Teaching (Torah) for every plague of the leprosy, and for the scall (scurf), 55 and for the leprosy of the garment, and for a house, 56 and for a swelling (lifting, exalting), and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57 To teach in the day that is unclean, and in the day that is clean: this is the Teaching (Torah) of the leprosy.
These are the same items, and similar process, and symbolic meanings as the former leper after he was healed from leprosy, which are noted in the commentary in verses one through seven.
To Summarize this week's Torah portion chapter, this is the comparison of the plagues and their symbolic relationships from last week's Torah portion of Thazria, and segments of this chapter of this week's Torah portion of M'tsora:
| TORAH SOURCE | TORAH PORTION TOPIC | SYMBOLIC RELATION |
| Leviticus 13:1-46 |
Plague of an Individual | Sin of an Individual |
| Leviticus 13:47-58 |
Plague of a Garment/Vessel/ Skin | Sin in an Assembly or Congregation |
| Leviticus 14:33-48 |
Plague of a House | Sin in the House of Israel/Northern Israel/Judah/A Believing Modern Nation [Could also apply to an Assembly or a Congregation] |
Regarding the generality of mold and mildew, all I can say that it is good thing we have cleaning agents today like Tilex, otherwise, we would have a lot of houses torn down. That would hurt the real estate agencies a lot as well as the banks. It could put them out of business in this field entirely with the exception of the banks in some matters, that is if everyone followed this Toraic Commandment :) .
CHAPTER 15
Leviticus 15:1-33
Lev 15:1 And hwhy spoke to Moses and to Aaron, to say, 2 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, When a man, a man, shall have a discharge (flow) from his flesh of his issue (semen), he shall be unclean. 3 And this, she shall be his uncleanness in his issue (semen): an emission in his flesh of ta-his issue (semen), or has stopped his flesh from his issue (semen), she is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed which shall lie upon him the discharge (flow) shall be unclean: and every vessel which shall be sat (dwelt) upon him shall be unclean. 5 And a man who touches on his bed shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 6 And the one sitting (dwelling) upon the vessel which the discharged one (flowed one) had sat (dwelt) upon him shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 7 And the one touching on the flesh of the discharged one (flowed one) shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 8 And if the discharged one (flowed one) shall spit on the clean one; and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 9 And every saddle which the discharged one (flowed one) shall ride upon him shall be unclean. 10 And anyone that touches on anything which shall be under him shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening): and the one touching them shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 11 And anyone which touches on him the discharged one (flowed one), and his hands were not rinsed in the water, shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 12 And an earthen vessel which shall touch on him the discharged one (flowed one) shall be shever-broken: and every vessel of tree (wood) shall be rinsed in the water.
13 And when discharged one (flowed one) from his issue (semen) shall be cleansed; and shall account (enumerate, number) to himself seven days for his cleansing, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in living (running) water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day, shall take for himself two turtledoves or two sons of a dove, and shall come to the Face of hwhy to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment, and shall give them to the Priest: 15 And the Priest shall do (offer) them one of a Sin Offering and the one of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering); and the Priest shall atone upon him to the Face of hwhy from his issue (semen).
16 And if she shall go out of a man from him a copulation (laying) of seed, and shall bathe ta-all of his flesh in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 17 And every garment and every skin (leather) which shall be a copulation (laying) of seed upon him, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 18 And a woman who shall be lain of a man of her has a copulation (laying) of seed, and they shall bathe in the water, and they shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening).
19 And if a woman, she shall have an issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of blood, shall be a discharge (flow) in her flesh, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and anyone that touches on her shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 20 And anything which she lays upon him on her impurity shall be unclean: and anything which she sits (dwells) upon him shall be unclean. 21 And anyone that touches on her bed shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 22 And anyone that touches on any vessel which she sits upon him shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 23 And if he shall be upon the bed or upon the vessels which she sits (dwells) upon him in his touching on him, shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 24 And if laying, shall lay of her a man, and she is of her impurity upon him, and shall be unclean seven days; and every bed which lays upon him shall be unclean.
25 And if a woman discharges (flows) an issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her blood many days in not of the time of her impurity, or if she discharges (flows) upon her impurity; all of the days of the issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her uncleanness as she shall be the days of her impurity: she shall be unclean. 26 Any of the bed which she shall lay upon him, all of the days of her issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) as a bed of her impurity shall be to her: and any of the vessel which she shall sit (dwell) upon him shall be unclean as the uncleanness of her impurity. 27 And anyone that touches on them shall be unclean, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 28 And if shall be cleansed from her issue (menstrual flux, menstruation), and shall account (enumerate, number) to herself seven days, and afterwards, she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day, she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two sons of a dove, and shall bring them to the Priest to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment. 30 And the Priest shall do (offer) ta-the one of a Sin Offering, and ta-the one of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering); and the Priest shall atone upon her to the Face of hwhy of the issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her uncleanness. 31 And you shall separate (set apart) ta-the Sons of Israel from their uncleanness; and they shall not die in their uncleanness in their defiling (making unclean) ta-My Tabernacle which is in their midst. 32 This is the Teaching (Torah) of the discharged one (flowed one), and of which she goes out from him of a copulation (laying) of seed by uncleanness on her; 33 And the one infirmed (sick) in her impurity, and the issue (semen) of ta-his discharge (flow) by a remembered one (male) and by a female, and by a man which shall lay with an unclean woman.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
Verses one through eighteen
THE EMISSION OF A MAN
1 And hwhy spoke to Moses and to Aaron, to say, 2 Speak to the Sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, When a man, a man, shall have a discharge (flow) from his flesh of his issue (semen), he shall be unclean. 3 And this, she shall be his uncleanness in his issue (semen): an emission in his flesh of ta-his issue (semen), or has stopped his flesh from his issue (semen), she is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed which shall lie upon him the discharge (flow) shall be unclean: and every vessel which shall be sat (dwelt) upon him shall be unclean. 5 And a man who touches on his bed shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 6 And the one sitting (dwelling) upon the vessel which the discharged one (flowed one) had sat (dwelt) upon him shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 7 And the one touching on the flesh of the discharged one (flowed one) shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 8 And if the discharged one (flowed one) shall spit on the clean one; and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 9 And every saddle which the discharged one (flowed one) shall ride upon him shall be unclean. 10 And anyone that touches on anything which shall be under him shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening): and the one touching them shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 11 And anyone which touches on him the discharged one (flowed one), and his hands were not rinsed in the water, shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 12 And an earthen vessel which shall touch on him the discharged one (flowed one) shall be shever-broken: and every vessel of tree (wood) shall be rinsed in the water.
13 And when discharged one (flowed one) from his issue (semen) shall be cleansed; and shall account (enumerate, number) to himself seven days for his cleansing, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in living (running) water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day, shall take for himself two turtledoves or two sons of a dove, and shall come to the Face of hwhy to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment, and shall give them to the Priest: 15 And the Priest shall do (offer) them one of a Sin Offering and the one of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering); and the Priest shall atone upon him to the Face of hwhy from his issue (semen).
16 And if she shall go out of a man from him a copulation (laying) of seed, and shall bathe ta-all of his flesh in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 17 And every garment and every skin (leather) which shall be a copulation (laying) of seed upon him, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 18 And a woman who shall be lain of a man of her has a copulation (laying) of seed, and they shall bathe in the water, and they shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening).
The STDTestExpress website has an article titled "Penile Discharge" which gives an explanation what it means for a man to give a discharge:
"Penile discharge is the result of inflammation of the urethra (the tube that carries urine and ejaculate through the penis). This may results in a condition called urethritis.
Urethritis can be caused by several different types of viruses, bacteria, and yeast that invade the urethra.
Discharge from the penis can range in consistency from thin and watery to thick and viscous, and can be clear, white, yellow, bloody, or a range of colors in between. It can also vary in amount from barely noticeable to very pronounced. Discharge can be accompanied by an odor, or it can be odorless. The most common culprits of penile discharge are chlamydia, gonorrhea, ureaplasma, mycoplasma and trichomoniasis—all of which can cause similar symptoms.
Discharge from the penis is not a "normal" occurrence in men; however, just because you're experiencing discharge doesn’t mean you necessarily have an STD. There are many different organisms that can be introduced into the urethra and cause infection that are not classified as sexually transmitted diseases".
When one touches an item that came in contact with a man who had a discharge, that person has come in contact with a foreign human organism which came from the sexual part of the man. Even if the semen didn't come out, the fluid was part of the "sexual coctail" that would have included the semen, and it is causes to make the person who came in contact with it unclean until sunset when they sky begins to mix from day to night.Verse eight
8 And if the discharged one (flowed one) shall spit on the clean one; and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening).
This week's Torah portion verse was manifested in the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant) when Yeshua was spat at by the Jewish authorities, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 26:65 Then the High Priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard His blasphemy. 66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in His Face, and buffeted Him; and others smote Him with the palms of their hands,
When they did this to Yeshua, Yeshua was taking on the uncleanness of the men and women who had emissions in the past via the current Priests as well as the past Priests who took on the sins of the People via the sacrifices of their cleanliness. Yeshua allowed this on purpose to take them to the cross at the Mount of Olives for His crucifixion.
Indirectly related, hwhy compared to Miriam's plague as a spitting from a father, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'ah-alothkha, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron, she spoke against Moses upon the sake of (concerning) the Cushite woman whom had taken: for had taken a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, that surely only hwhy spoke among Moses? That had not also spoken among us? And hwhy heard. 3 And the man, Moses, was much (very) humble (lowly, meek) than all of the Adam (mankind) which were upon the face of the ground. 4 And hwhy said suddenly (instantly) to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of Appointment! And the three of them, they came out. 5 And hwhy came down in the Pillar of the Cloud, and stood at the Entrance of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam: and both of them, they came out. 6 And said, Hear now My Words!: If your prophet of hwhy shall be in an appearance to him, I will be made known, I will speak among him in a dream. 7 Not so of My servant, Moses! He is faithful in all of My House! 8 I speak among him Mouth to mouth, and of appearance, and not in riddles; and shall behold (regard) the Manifestation of hwhy!: And why were you not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?! 9 And the Anger of hwhy glowed against them; and left.
10 And the Cloud turned away from upon the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was with leprousy as the snow: and Aaron faced to Miriam, and behold, was leprous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Among me, my adon, not now do you not put (lay, set) sin upon us, which we have done slackly (dotely, foolishly), and of which we have sinned. 12 Not now she shall be as the dead whom in his coming out from the womb of his mother, and half of his flesh is consumed. 13 And Moses cried to hwhy, to say, El now! Heal for her now! 14 And hwhy said to Moses, And her father, spitting, shall spit on her face, that she be not reproached (taunted, insulted) seven days? She shall be shut out seven days from outside by the Camp, and afterwards, she shall be gathered. 15 And Miriam, she was shut out from outside by the Camp seven days: and the People did not pull up (journey) until the gathering of Miriam. 16 And afterwards, the People, they pulled up (journeyed) from Hazeroth, and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.
In the redemptive end of this week's Torah portion verse, Yeshua had to take on the spittle of the unclean, via the Roman soldiers, as part of His fulfillment in taking on the uncleanness of the Isralites, as well as the world, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
John 9:1 And as Yeshua passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And His disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Yeshua answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the Works of hwhy should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the Works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the World. 6 When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Verses thirteen through fifteen
13 And when discharged one (flowed one) from his issue (semen) shall be cleansed; and shall account (enumerate, number) to himself seven days for his cleansing, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in living (running) water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day, shall take for himself two turtledoves or two sons of a dove, and shall come to the Face of hwhy to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment, and shall give them to the Priest: 15 And the Priest shall do (offer) them one of a Sin Offering and the one of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering); and the Priest shall atone upon him to the Face of hwhy from his issue (semen).
This pertains to the day after the man who had the issue that made him unclean the previous day and had just became clean, and has to go through another seven day step process for his cleansing until the eighth day to offer his offering to the Priest. In total, this was a nine day ordeal.
There are symbolic meanings to the numbers seven and eight:
Seven: Spiritual Completion
Eight: New Beginnings (thank you Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries)
The seven days are an act of completion process like hwhy's completion of the six days of creation and the seventh day of the Shabbath, as emphasized from the first two chapters in the Torah portion of B'reyshith, in the book of Genesis. The number eight also relates to the new beginnings of the Priesthood service, which is noted in the Torah portion of Sh'mini, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 9:1 And was on the eighth day Moses called for Aaron, and for his sons, and for the Elders of Israel;
Looking at the following words:
DISCHARGE (FLOW)
The Hebrew word for discharge (flow) is "zoov"- Zayin, Vav, Bet (bwz). It is from Strong's Concordance number 2100, and its definition
A primitive root; to flow freely (as water), that is, (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively to waste away; also to overflow: - flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run.
ISSUE (SEMEN)/ISSUE (MENSTRUAL FLUX, MENSTRUATION)
The Hebrew word for issue (semen)/issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) is "zohv"- Zayin, Vav, Bet (bwz). It is from Strong's Concordance number 2101, and its definition
From H2100; a seminal or menstrual flux: - issue.
from 2100 "zoov" (hwhy), and its definition
A primitive root; to flow freely (as water), that is, (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively to waste away; also to overflow: - flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run.
Notice they are the same Hebrew words with similar meanings.
Notice in this week's Torah portion chapter that all of these issues except for one allows the person to be clean while its on the same day, after the person bathes and washes the garments that came in contact with the item that was touched with the foreign discharged organisms. The exception was the earthen vessel which had to be broken, because, as I mentioned in past Torah portions, the earthen vessel is porous, and holds on to whatever comes in contact with it.
Notice also that a man after his seven day period ends, he has to bring two turtledoves or two sons of a dove, like a woman does after the days of her cleansing after giving birth to a child. For the men who practiced this Toraic Commandment when the Tabernacle/Temple was in operation, I wonder if they took their wives with them when they went to the Priest, so that it won't be conspicuous that it is the man that is being purified :) .
Verses nineteen through thirty-one
THE EMISSION OF A WOMAN
19 And if a woman, she shall have an issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of blood, shall be a discharge (flow) in her flesh, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and anyone that touches on her shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 20 And anything which she lays upon him on her impurity shall be unclean: and anything which she sits (dwells) upon him shall be unclean. 21 And anyone that touches on her bed shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 22 And anyone that touches on any vessel which she sits upon him shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 23 And if he shall be upon the bed or upon the vessels which she sits (dwells) upon him in his touching on him, shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 24 And if laying, shall lay of her a man, and she is of her impurity upon him, and shall be unclean seven days; and every bed which lays upon him shall be unclean.
25 And if a woman discharges (flows) an issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her blood many days in not of the time of her impurity, or if she discharges (flows) upon her impurity; all of the days of the issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her uncleanness as she shall be the days of her impurity: she shall be unclean. 26 Any of the bed which she shall lay upon him, all of the days of her issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) as a bed of her impurity shall be to her: and any of the vessel which she shall sit (dwell) upon him shall be unclean as the uncleanness of her impurity. 27 And anyone that touches on them shall be unclean, and shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in the water, and shall be unclean until the mixing period (evening). 28 And if shall be cleansed from her issue (menstrual flux, menstruation), and shall account (enumerate, number) to herself seven days, and afterwards, she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day, she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two sons of a dove, and shall bring them to the Priest to the Entrance of the Tent of Appointment. 30 And the Priest shall do (offer) ta-the one of a Sin Offering, and ta-the one of an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering); and the Priest shall atone upon her to the Face of hwhy of the issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her uncleanness. 31 And you shall separate (set apart) ta-the Sons of Israel from their uncleanness; and they shall not die in their uncleanness in their defiling (making unclean) ta-My Tabernacle which is in their midst.
The women's impurity is what is called today a "woman's monthly cycle period" when they bleed for a few days. This is to show that they are fertile and able to get pregnant. If they did not have a menstrual flow, they could not.
Looking at the word IMPURITY
The Hebrew word for impurity is "nee-dah"- Nun, Dalet, Heh (hdn). It is from Strong's Concordance number 5079, and its definition
From H5074; properly rejection; by implication impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest): - X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean (-ness, thing, with filthiness).
from 5074 "nah-dahd" (ddn), and its definition
A primitive root; properly to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away: - chase (away), X could not, depart, flee (X apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
Womenshealth.gov has an epublication article titled "Menstruation and the menstrual fact sheet". This is what it basically says regarding the Menstrual Cycle:
"Menstruation (men-STRAY-shuhn) is a woman's monthly bleeding. When you menstruate, your body sheds the lining of the uterus (womb). Menstrual blood flows from the uterus through the small opening in the cervix and passes out of the body through the vagina...".
In the Scriptures, it says that when the women gives an emission of blood, they are unclean for seven days as compared to men for only one day. Why is a woman unclean for seven days compared to a man's one day? When a woman bleeds during their menstrual cycle, some of the woman's lining which is part of a woman's flesh is shed which is "dead flesh", and as it does, the woman is also emiting "blood" out of her body. This is what Moses wrote in the Torah portion of Akharey Moth, in the book of Leviticus
Leviticus 17:11 For a soul of the flesh, she is in the blood:...
When a woman discharges blood, she is also discharging part of her "soul". Part of the life of her soul has departed from her body. It is also compared to a soul that departs from one's body, and when a person dies, the "soul" departs from the person. Also, when a person touches the item that had contact from that woman who is in a menstrual period, that person is in indirect contact with "dead flesh" as well as the blood which includes that woman's soul. That is why that female person would be unclean until the mixing after sunet of the new day.
Verse twenty five
25 And if a woman discharges (flows) an issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her blood many days in not of the time of her impurity, or if she discharges (flows) upon her impurity; all of the days of the issue (menstrual flux, menstruation) of her uncleanness as she shall be the days of her impurity: she shall be unclean.
In relation, there is an account in the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant), where a woman was bleeding for twelve years, which is noted in the Gospels of Mark and Luke
Mark 5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Yeshua, came in the press behind, and touched His Garment. 28 For she said, If I may touch but His Clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30 And Yeshua, immediately knowing in Himself that Virtue had gone out of Him, turned Him about in the press, and said, Who touched My Clothes? 31 And His disciples said unto Him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest Thou, Who touched Me? 32 And He looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before Him, and told Him all of the truth. 34 And He said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Luke 8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind Him, and touched the border (or tassel) of His Garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45 And Yeshua said, Who touched Me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him said, Master, the multitude throng Thee and press Thee, and sayest Thou, Who touched Me? 46 And Yeshua said, Somebody hath touched Me: for I perceive that Virtue is gone out of Me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before Him, she declared unto Him before all of the People for what cause she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 And He said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Notice that Yeshua did not say to her that she had to go to the Priest and follow the Commandment procedure. Why? I don't know. Maybe she did, and it was not recorded. Or, was it the fact that Yeshua was "the Priest", and made her clean through His saying to her "thy faith hath made thee whole...", meaning that she was cleansed through His word? It could be the latter.
Regarding this week's Torah portion segment of a woman's issue, if we look at our society today, and if we stayed with this Biblical trend, think about how many people are unclean today. Look how much people interact in today's human society, especially in today's cities. I would guarantee you that if anyone touches anything, whether a door knob, the bathrooms, a chair, even shaking hands with people, I would guarantee you that they would have touched something, or someone, that was in contact by someone who was unclean, or came in contact by something touched by someone else who was unclean.
I had a personal experience at a store where I went to to pay for my purchases, and the lady cashier handed me my receipt. Normally a cashier would hand me my receipt with their fingers touching the other end of it, but as she handed me my receipt, her hand was on the middle portion of the receipt. When I grabbed my receipt from the end, part of her hand came in contact with mine. I do not know why she handed it to me in an unconventional way. I went back to the same store at another time, and came to the same cashier and did the same thing with the receipt, so it seemed, to me to be on purpose. I could not say whether she was unclean or not. Let's say that she was, that meant she made me unclean for the day by that direct contact. Others could receive a receipt that the cashier touched that was unclean as well, or customers could have come in contact with the cashier and make the cashier unclean. Think about that. How many items did unclean men and women touched at a store that they came in contact.
For women today who have menstrual flows, there are items now that can keep their flow from coming out of their bodies. Does this stop the means of their uncleanness, and does this make them exempt from the Torah Commandment or give an exception to the Torah? Most likely not. Because if they were able to prevent the flow from coming out, they are still going through their monthly cycle and would be unclean. I am not exempting the men, for the men are just as guilty of this by their discharges as well.
Also in these Torah accounts in this week's Torah portion chapter, the men and women who have discharges will be unclean seven days. Fun, huh? Could you imagine a man or a woman calling work? A man or a woman would call their bosses and say to them, such as "I'm sorry boss, but I won't be able to be to come to work for eight days, because according to the Torah, I am unclean for seven days, and can't touch anything, lest I make people and places unclean".
How about the fact that if you're unclean by any form of contact, you would have to wash your clothes and take a shower, or a bath. Make sure you do it during the daytime and not go out of your house until the sunset, during the mixing period of the evening, because you are unclean until the Biblical new day starts. And you would be doing this daily (unless you were stranded alone on an island)
Make sure you have your washers ready, your showers and your baths ready every time you come home...
and have a nice day.
Ending this, Rico Cortes of Wisdom in Torah Ministries has made available a PDF Book called "The Laws of Taharah" from C.I.S. Publishers. I don't agree with everything they say, but it is an interesting pictoral guide to this kind of offering relating to this chapter. Click on the image below to download the book.
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