hkrbh
tazw V'ZOTH
HA-B'RAKHAH (And This Is The Blessing)
Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12
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CHAPTER
33
Deuteronomy
33:1-29
Deu
33:1 And this is the
blessing which Moses, the man of the Elohim, blessed ta-the Sons of
Israel
to the facing of his death, 2 and said, hwhy came from
Sinai, and irradiated
from Seir to them; shined forth from Mount Paran, and arrived
with
myriads (millions) of Sacred Ones (Holy Ones): from His Right
came a Fiery Decree to them, 3 moreover (also) cherishes the Peoples;
all of
His Sacred Ones (Holy Ones) were in Your Hand: and
they strewed
down (sat down) to Your Feet; lifted up (carried, bore) with Your
Words. 4 Moses
commanded to us a
Teaching (Torah) of a possession (occupation) at the Assembly
of Jacob,
5 and was
King
in
Jeshurun, in the gathering the Heads of the People together,
the
Tribes
of Israel.
6 Have Reuben live and
not die; and his adult men shall be enrolled (scrolled, numbered)
[(with enrollment, with scroll, with number)].
7 And this is of Judah:
and said, Hear, hwhy, the voice
of Judah, and to
his People: You shall bring him; his hands were multiple to him, and
You
shall be a help from his distressors (afflictors, foes).
8 And to Levi, said,
Your Thummim and your Urim are for your Merciful (Saintly) Man which
you
tested
(tempted, tried, proved)
him in
Massah, you contended him upon the waters of Meribah;
9 that said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him;
and ta-his brothers
were not
regarded (acknowledged, respected, perceived), and did not know ta-his sons:
for
they have guarded (kept, observed, heeded) Your Saying, and they have
preserved (watched) Your Covenant.
10 They shall
teach Your Ordaninces to Jacob, and Your Teaching (Torah)
to Israel:
they shall
put incense
on Your Nostrils, and the Whole Offering upon Your
Altar. 11 hwhy, bless his valor,
and You shall
accept (be pleased, delight)
the work of his hands: crush (dash) the loins of his arisers, and his
haters from their arising.
12 Of Benjamin, said, The
beloved of hwhy shall tabernacle
for security (safety) upon
him; shall protect (veil) upon him
all of
the
day, and shall tabernacle between his upper arm corners (shoulders).
13 And of Joseph
said, With the blessing of hwhy shall be
his land, with the
preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the Heavens from (with) the dew, and with the deepness
(abyss) crouching
from beneath, 14 and with the preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the produce of the sun,
and of the precious driving yields (grazings?) of the moons,
15 And with
the
heads
of the ancient mountains, and with the preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the hills (hillocks) of
ages
[(everlasting
hills)],
16 And with the preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the Earth and
her fullness, and the delightness (pleasantness, acceptance) of the
tabernacling in the
bramble bush (thorn bush):
she
shall
come of her to the head of Joseph, and to the crown of the consecration
(set
apartness) of his
brothers. 17 The firstborn of his ox is honor (countenance, splendor,
majesty, magnificence) to him, and
the horns of
a
wild bull (?arisen bull?) are his horns: shall butt the peoples
together among them,
shall
be united at the uttermost part (limit, end) of
the Earth: and they are the myriads (millions) of Ephraim, and they are
thousands of Manasseh.
18 And of Zebulun, said,
Rejoice,
Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents. 19 They shall
call the Peoples at the mountain; there they shall sacrifice Sacrifices
of Righteousness: for they shall suck the abundance (resources) of the
seas, and
treasures (concealing valuables) shall be laid over (covered over, be
private,
hidden) at the sand.
20 And of Gad, said,
Blessed shall be the enlargment (broadening) of Gad: tabernacling as a
lioness, and tearing the arm, also the crown (scalp, top), 21 and
saw
the
first (first part) for
himself, for
there, a portion of the enactor (prescriber, lawgiver) was ceilinged
(reserved, enpanelled?);
and the heads of the people arrived, did (executed) the Righteousness
of hwhy, and His Judgments
(Ordinances) with
Israel.
22 And of Dan, said, Dan
is a lion cub (whelp, sojourner): shall
leap (spring forth, pounce?) from the Bashan.
23 And of Naphtali,
said, Naphtali shall be
satisfied with delight (pleasantness, acceptance, ?goodwill?) and
fullness of the
Blessing
of hwhy: shall
possess (occupy) the sea area (west area) and the south wind area.
24 And of Asher, said,
Blessed be with the sons of Asher; shall be
accepted (pleased) of his brothers, and his foot shall dip (plunge) in
oil.
25 Your sandals shall be iron and copper; and your endurance (sluggish,
?slowness?, ?slow pace?)
shall be as
your
days.
26 No one is like the El of Jeshurun, riding the Heavens in your help,
and the firmament in His Majesty (Excellence).
27 The Elohim of ancient (old) is a Refuge (Cohabitation, Abode),
and
from underneath are
the Arms of
Ages: and drives out the enemy from your face, and shall
say, Destroy! 28 And Israel shall tabernacle in safety (security)
alone: the eye-well (eye-fountain) of Jacob shall be to a land of grain
and new
wine (grape juice);
also His Heavens, they shall drop down dew. 29 Happy are you, O Israel:
who
is like you, a People saved in hwhy, the Shield
of your help,
and
which is the Sword of your majesty (excellence), and your enemies they
shall be
liars to you;
and you, you shall tread upon their high places.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
Comparing the prophecies of Moses to the twelve tribes in this week's
Torah portion to Jacob-Israel's prophecies to his twelve sons which are
noted in the Torah portion of Va-Y'khi, in the
book of Genesis (The prophecies in Gensis will be colored in Yellow):
Verse six REUBEN 6 Have Reuben live and
not die; and his adult men shall be enrolled (scrolled, numbered)
[(with enrollment, with scroll, with number)]. Genesis 49:3 Reuben, you are my
firstborn, my power, and the first of my might, the excellency
(superiority, remainder) of dignity (exaltation, lifting up), and the
excellency (superiority, remainder) of strength (fierceness): 4
Bubbling (Froth) as water, you shall not excel (be superior, remain);
for you ascended the bed (bed chamber) of your father; then ascending,
you defiled (polluted, profaned) my bed couch.
This was hwhy's Mercy to the
tribe of Reuben in spite of the fact that
their patriarch defiled his father's bed and caused Israel-Jacob to
make this prophecy against his son.
Yair Davidiy of Brit Am
and Hebrew Nations
wrote a book titled "The
Tribes" where he revealing scattering of the twelve tribes of Israel.
This includes the tribe of Reuben, where Yair says they have
settled in France.
Verse
seven JUDAH 7 And this is of Judah:
and said, Hear, hwhy, the voice
of Judah, and to
his People: You shall bring him; his hands were multiple to him, and
You
shall be a help from his distressors (afflictors, foes). Genesis 49:8 Judah, you, your brothers
shall thank you: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; the
sons of your father, they shall shall bow down to you. 9 Judah is a
whelp (cub) of a lion: you will ascend from the prey, my son: Stooped
down, crouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall arouse him? 10
The stick (branch, sceptre) shall not depart (turn away) from Judah,
nor a lawgiver (decreer) from between his feet, for until Shiloh shall
come; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. 11 Binding
(Yoking, Girding) a foal (young donkey) to the vine, and a son of his
female donkey to the choice vine; washing his clothing in the wine, and
his covering in the bloods of grapes: 12 The eyes shall be brilliant
(flashy, sparkling, dark flashing, sparkling red, dark red) from wine,
and the teeth white from kheylev-milk.
Verses eight through eleven LEVI 8 And to Levi, said,
Your Thummim and your Urim are for your Merciful (Saintly) Man which
you
tested
(tempted, tried, proved)
him in
Massah, you contended him upon the waters of Meribah;
9 that said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him;
and ta-his brothers
were not
regarded (acknowledged, respected, perceived), and did not know ta-his sons:
for
they have guarded (kept, observed, heeded) Your Saying, and they have
preserved (watched) Your Covenant.
10 They shall
teach Your Ordaninces to Jacob, and Your Teaching (Torah)
to Israel:
they shall
put incense
on Your Nostrils, and the Whole Offering upon Your
Altar. 11 hwhy, bless his valor,
and You shall
accept (be pleased, delight)
the work of his hands: crush (dash) the loins of his arisers, and his
haters from their arising. Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are
brothers; vessels of violence from their stabbings. 6 My soul, do you
not enter in their intimacy (foundation, secrecy); My honor (liver), do
you not unite (be one) in their assembly: for they killed a man in
their anger, and in their pleasure (delight) they castrated
(exterminated) an ox. 7 Cursed be their anger, for was fierce (strong);
and their rage (wrath), for was cruel (harsh, severe): I will
distribute (divide) them in Jacob, and I will scatter (disperse) them
in Israel.
This
was a prophecy of Yeshua, a descendant of the Levite tribe,
guaranteed of the line of Aaron,
through his mother, Mary, whom Moses did not see, and did not regard
his
brothers and did not know his sons after the flesh, but kept the
Father's Word and His Covenant.
Verse twelve
BENJAMIN 12 Of Benjamin, said, The
beloved of hwhy shall tabernacle
for security (safety) upon
him; shall protect (veil) upon him
all of
the
day, and shall tabernacle between his upper arm corners (shoulders).
Genesis 49:27 Benjamin is a wolf
shall tear (rend); in the breaking period (morning) shall consume
(devour) the booty, and shall divide the spoil by the mixing period
(evening).
Verses thirteen through seventeen JOSEPH 13 And of Joseph
said, With the blessing of hwhy shall be
his land, with the
preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the Heavens from (with) the dew, and with the deepness
(abyss) crouching
from beneath, 14 and with the preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the produce of the sun,
and of the precious driving yields (grazings?) of the moons,
15 And with
the
heads
of the ancient mountains, and with the preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the hills (hillocks) of
ages
[(everlasting
hills)],
16 And with the preciousness (distinguishing, value) of the Earth and
her fullness, and the delightness (pleasantness, acceptance) of the
tabernacling in the
bramble bush (thorn bush):
she
shall
come of her to the head of Joseph, and to the crown of the consecration
(set
apartness) of his
brothers. 17 The firstborn of his ox is honor (countenance, splendor,
majesty, magnificence) to him, and
the horns of
a
wild bull (?arisen bull?) are his horns: shall butt the peoples
together among them,
shall
be united at the uttermost part (limit, end) of
the Earth: and they are the myriads (millions) of Ephraim, and they are
thousands of Manasseh.
Genesis 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful
son upon an eye-well; Daughters shall mount (hurl) over (upon) a
strolling wall (traveling wall): 23 And they will be bitter (vexed),
and they will shoot, and they will lurk a master of arrows (spears): 24
And his bow, she shall dwell in firmness (toughness, durability,
permamence, strength), and the arms of his hands, they were solidified
(refined) from the Hands of the Soaring One of Jacob; (from there is
the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel:) 25 from the El of your father, and
will help you; and ta Shaddai, and shall bless you of
the blessings of the Heavens from above, the blessings of the deep
crouching under, the blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 26 The
blessings of your father have prevailed over (upon) the blessings of my
conceivers (progenitors) unto the utmost (extent) little hills
(hillocks) of ages: they
shall be for the head of Joseph, and for the crown of a Nazarite (Set
apartness) of his brothers. Looking at the word CROUCH
The Hebrew word for
crouch
is "rah-vahts"- Resh, Bet, Tsade Sophit (Ubr).
It is from Strong's Concordance number 7257, and its definition
A
primitive root; to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent
animal); by implication to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed: -
crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay (cause to, make to) lie
(down), make to rest, sit. This could be where we get our
modern English word "ribbit" meaning the expression of a frog who
naturally "crouches".
Verses
eighteen and nineteen ZEBULUN AND ISSACHAR 18 And of Zebulun, said,
Rejoice,
Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents. 19 They shall
call the Peoples at the mountain; there they shall sacrifice Sacrifices
of Righteousness: for they shall suck the abundance (resources) of the
seas, and
treasures (concealing valuables) shall be laid over (covered over, be
private,
hidden) at the sand. Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall
tabernacle by the cove (coast) of the seas; and he shall be for a cove
(coast) of ships; and his flank (thigh, testacles) shall be upon Zidon.
Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a strong-skeleton (gnaw strong) donkey
crouching down between the burdens (stalls, sheepfolds): 15 And saw a
rest area for goodness, and ta-the land that was delightful,
(beautiful); and stretched out his shoulder to burden bear, and became
for a tributary (task, forced labor) servant.
Verses
twenty and twenty-one GAD 20 And of Gad, said,
Blessed shall be the enlargment (broadening) of Gad: tabernacling as a
lioness, and tearing the arm, also the crown (scalp, top), 21 and
saw
the
first (first part) for
himself, for
there, a portion of the enactor (prescriber, lawgiver) was ceilinged
(reserved, enpanelled?);
and the heads of the people arrived, did (executed) the Righteousness
of hwhy, and His Judgments
(Ordinances) with
Israel. Genesis 49:19 Gad, a troop, shall raid him:
and he shall attack (gash) the heel.
Verse
twenty two DAN 22 And of Dan, said, Dan
is a lion cub (whelp, sojourner): shall
leap (spring forth, pounce?) from the Bashan. Genesis 49:16 Dan shall judge his People as
one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent upon the way, an
adder upon the well traveled path (highway) biting (striking) the heels
of a horse, and his rider shall fall backwards.
Verse
twenty three NAPHTALI 23 And of Naphtali,
said, Naphtali shall be
satisfied with delight (pleasantness, acceptance, ?goodwill?) and
fullness of the
Blessing
of hwhy: shall
possess (occupy) the sea area (west area) and the south wind area. Genesis 49:21 Naphtali is a female
deer (doe) sent: giving beautiful (fairly, glistening) words.
Verse
twenty four ASHER 24 And of Asher, said,
Blessed be with the sons of Asher; shall be
accepted (pleased) of his brothers, and his foot shall dip (plunge) in
oil.
25 Your sandals shall be iron and copper; and your endurance (sluggish,
?slowness?, ?slow pace?)
shall be as
your
days. Genesis 49:20 From Asher, shall be
shemen-oil of her his bread, and he shall give dainties (delicacies,
pleasures) a king. Notice that the one
of the tribes missing in this prophecy's Torah
portion was
Simeon. Why? If I am correct, Mark Biltz of El Shaddai
Ministries noted that it was a probably a means of an allegory
to say that the
tribes of Israel were not "hearing" the word through Moses, becuase
Simeon's name means "hear", which is noted in the Torah portion of
Vay-Yeytsey, in
the book of Genesis
Genesis 29:33And she
conceived still, and she birthed a son; and she said, For hwhy had heard for I am hated,
and has given to me ta-this one: And she called
his name, Simeon.
This would make sense, because the Israelites were already
given
the Song of Judgment against them, because they were not "listening" to
the Torah and
obeying Him through His Word, as well as His Spoken Word. Thank you
Mark.
!!!hwhy
Kl dbk
Notice also that the tribe Joseph had the most spoken in both the
Vay-Y'khi and this week's Torah portion passages.
You can read also the account of these twelve tribes in the Torah
portion of Va-Y'khi by clicking on the link below to get to the webpage.
Verse
twenty six
26 No one is like the El of Jeshurun, riding the Heavens in your help,
and the firmament in His Majesty (Excellence).
Looking at the word JESHURUN
The Hebrew word for Jeshurun
is "Y'shoo-roon"- Yod, Shin, Resh,
Vav, Nun Sophit (Nwrsy).
It is from Strong's Concordance number 3484, and its definition
From
H3474; upright; Jeshurun, a symbolical name for Israel: - Jeshurun.
from 3474 "yah-shahr" (rsy),
and its definition
A
primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively to be (causatively
to make) right, pleasant, prosperous: - direct, fit, seem good (meet),
+ please (well), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take
the) straight (way), be upright (-ly).
This name was the alterante name for Israel.
You
can get Yair
Davidiy's "The Tribes" Fourth Edition book at his website.
Just click on the book image below to get to the webpage.
The views and opinions expressed, from these different formats of
teachings below, are solely those
of the personnel and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions
of The
Aleph-Tav Project.
27 The Elohim of ancient
(old) is a Refuge (Cohabitation, Abode), and
from underneath are
the Arms of
Ages: and drives out the enemy from your face, and shall
say, Destroy!
Notice that this verse has all three time lines: past, present and
future:
Past:The Elohim of ancient (old) is a
Refuge (Cohabitation) Present:and from underneath are the Arms of
Ages Future:and shall drive out the enemy from
your face, and shall say, Destroy!
!!!hwhy
Kl dbk
CHAPTER
34
Deuteronomy
34:1-12
Deu
34:1 And Moses
acsended from the going overs (circumvent region, plains) of
Moab to Mount Nebo at
the
head of the Pisgah, which is upon the facing of Jericho. And hwhy showed him [(made him see)]
all of ta-the land of ta-the Gilead
unto Dan,
2 and taall
of Naphtali, and ta-the land of
Ephraim, and
Manasseh, and taall of the land
of Judah, unto
the hindermost (furthest) sea, 3 and ta-the Negeb,
and ta-the region (circumvented
area, plain) at
the cleaved area (cleaved valley area, split area) at
Jericho, the city of the palm trees unto Zoar.
4 And hwhy
said to him, This is
the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to
Jacob, to say, I will give her to your seed: seeing yourself
among
your eyes, and you will not go over there. 5 And Moses,
the servant
of hwhy, died there
[(And was the death of Moses, the servant of hwhy there)] in the land of
Moab upon the Mouth of hwhy,
6 and buried him in a
narrow area (gorge, narrow lofty area, ?back?, ?back area?, ?majestic
area?) in the land of Moab opposite (at the front of) Beth
Peor: and a man does not know ta-his burial
place unto this
day. 7 And Moses was a son of a hundred and twenty years in
his
death: his eye had not faint (weak, dulled, dimmed), and the freshness (force, ?vigor?) had not fled.
8 And the Sons of Israel wailed (wept) of ta-Moses in the going overs (plains) of Moab
thirty days: and the days of weeping (wailing) of the lamenting
(mourning) of Moses had completed.
9 And Joshua, son of Nun, was full of the Spirit of Wisdom; for Moses
had supported (laid) ta-his hands
upon him: and the
Sons of Israel, they listened to him, and they did as the which hwhy commanded ta-Moses.
10 And did not
arise a prophet again in Israel like Moses of which he knew hwhy Faces
to faces, 11 of
all of the Signs
and the Miracles
(Wonders), which hwhy sent him to
do
in the land
of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all of his servants, and to all of his
land,
12
and of all of the strong hand, and of all of the great fear (terror)
which
Moses
did
to the eyes of all of Israel.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have
comments)
Verses one through
three
1 And Moses
acsended from the going overs (circumvent region, plains) of
Moab to Mount Nebo at
the
head of the Pisgah, which is upon the facing of Jericho. And hwhy showed him [(made him see)]
all of ta-the land of ta-the Gilead
unto Dan,
2 and taall
of Naphtali, and ta-the land of
Ephraim, and
Manasseh, and taall of the land
of Judah, unto
the hindermost (furthest) sea, 3 and ta-the Negeb,
and ta-the region (circumvented
area, plain) at
the cleaved area (cleaved valley area, split area) at
Jericho, the city of the palm trees unto Zoar.
An
organization on the verses10.blogspot.com
website called The Honest
Truth,
Exploring God's
Word has a short article
titled "Moses View of the Promised
Land". This is their article based from Deuteronomy 34:4:
"Moses
was forbidden
by God from entering the Promised Land because of what happened at
Kadesh.
But God did allow
him to see it. At the end of Deuteronomy we read, “Then Moses
climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across
from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land – from
Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh,
all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negev and the
whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as
Zoar” (Deut. 34:1-3).
In 2006 I went on
a trip to Israel and one of our stops was Mount Nebo, in Jordan. This
is the view back into Israel from the top":
"Compare
this
with a map of Israel, with all the places Moses saw marked":
"As
you can see,
it’s not physically possible to see the region of Naphtali
(i.e.
Galilee), nor the Mediterranean Sea, from standing on Mount Nebo.
Therefore, what God showed Moses was something very special. He may
have showed him the land in a vision, or transported him to a great
height. Moses might not have entered the Promised Land, but he saw it
in a way no-one else did".
These next few images are views that Moses saw on Mount Pisgah
Moses more or
less is compared to Abraham viewing the land, which is noted in the
Torah portion of
Lekh L'kha, in the book of Gensis Genesis
13:14And hwhy said to
Abram after
that Lot separated (split) from upon him, Lift up (bear) your eyes now
and look from
the place which you are there; hiddenward (northward), and negebward (southward),
and eastward, and seaward (westward): 15 for ta-all the land
which you
see to yourself will I give her to your seed unto ages [(forever)]. 16
And I will set ta-your seed as the
dust of the Earth: which if a man is able to count ta-the dust of the Earth, also
your seed shall be counted. 17 Arise, walk in the land to her length
and to her breadth; for I will give her to you. 18 And Abram tented,
and came and dwelled among
the Oaks of Mamre which was in Hebron, and built there an
altar to hwhy. This
next
scripture source is what
former radio commentator, Paul Harvey, would coin the phrase "The
rest of
the
story" regarding Moses after his
death. It regards Moses'
body, which is
noted
in the book of Jude
Jude 1:8
Likewise also these
filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of
dignities. 9 Yet Michael,
the Archangel, when contending with the devil
he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a
railing accusation, but said, hwhy rebuke
thee.
Even after Moses' death, HaSatan was disputing with, of all
individuals, Michael, the Archangel, about Moses' body. I have an
opinion that HaSatan wanted Moses' body exhumed to have it exalted in
order for the people to
focus on the man rather than hwhy.
This was one
of HaSatan's temptations to Yeshua, which is noted in the Gospel of
Matthew
Matthew
4:5 Then the
devil taketh Him up into the Holy City, and setteth Him on a pinnacle
of the Temple, 6 And saith unto Him, If Thou be the Son of
Elohim,
cast Thyself down: for it is written, He shall give His messengers
charge
concerning Thee: and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at
any time Thou dash Thy Foot against a stone. 7 Yeshua said unto him, It
is written again, Thou shalt not tempt hwhy, thy Elohim.
HaSatan
wanted Yeshua exalted as a man which would not glorify hwhy,
the unseen
Father, just like HaSatan wanted Moses' body to be glorified instead
of hwhy.
Moses died for his disobedience against hwhy
for striking
the rock and
not speaking to it, which is noted in the Torah portion of Khukath, in
the book of Numbers
Numbers 20:1And
the Sons of Israel, of all of the Congregation, they came at the
Wilderness
of Zin in
the first renewed month: and the People dwelled in Kadesh; and Miriam,
she had the death [(she died)]
there, and she had the burial [(she was buried)] there. 2 And was no
water for the
Congregation:
and they assembled upon (over) Moses and upon (over)
Aaron. 3 And the
People contended (complained, grappled) with Moses, and they said, to
say, And to him ([And o that)]
we shall
expire
among the expiration of our brothers to the Face of hwhy! 4 And to
why you
have
brought ta-the Assembly
of hwhy to this
wilderness, for the death [(to die, for dying)]
there, us and our cattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle)? 5 And to why have you
acsended us from Egypt
to
bring us to this evil place, is not a place of seed, and fig,
and
vine, and pomegranate; and has no water for imbibing (drinking)?
6 And
Moses
and Aaron went from the face of the Assembly to the Entrance
of
the Tent of Appointment, and they fell upon their faces: and the Glory
of hwhy appeared to
them. 7 And hwhy
spoke to Moses, to say,
8 Take ta-the staff (rod, branch), and
assemble ta-the Congregation,
you, and
Aaron, your
brother, and you
shall speak to the lofty rock (craggy rock, ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress)
to their eyes; and
shall
give his water, and you
shall bring out the water from the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock, stronghold, fortress) for
them: and you
shall make quaff (drink)ta-the Congregation
and ta-their cattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle).
9 And Moses took ta-the staff (rod, branch) from
of the Face of hwhy, as the which
was commanded him. 10
And
Moses and Aaron, they assembled ta-the Assembly
to the face of
the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress), and said unto
them, Hear now, the rebels (bitter ones)! That from this lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock,
stronghold, fortress) we shall bring out to you
water?!
11 And Moses raised ta-his hand,
and struck ta-the lofty rock (craggy rock,
ragged rock, stronghold, fortress) among
his staff (rod, branch)
two times: and much of the waters, they came out, and the Congregation,
she
imbibed (drank), and theircattle (brutish
beasts, brutish cattle)also.
12 And hwhy
spoke to Moses and to
Aaron,
Because you
did not believe (have faith) in Me, to sanctify Me to the eyes of the
Sons
of Israel, for (by) thus you shall not bring ta-this Assembly to the land
which I am giving [(I have given)] to them. 13 These are the waters of
Meribah
which the Sons of Israel, they contended (complained, grappled) at ta-hwhy, and was
sanctified among
them.
Moses could have continued crossing over to the
promised
land if he obeyed, because his eyes were still strong for his
age. hwhy
reminded Moses
this again just in case he asked why he couldn't go across with the
Israelites. One of my grandmothers who was old at the time, was not
allowed a certain food item. She asked why she couldn't have it, and it
was explained to her that it would affect her health. Later she asked
the same question "Why can't I have it"?. In Moses' case,hwhy
was being proactive
toward him "just in case" he would potentially ask Him again. hwhy said this to
Moses, which is noted
in the Torah portion of Va-Ethkhanan, in the book of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 3:23And
I implored (gave) hwhy in that
time, to say, 24
You, Adonai hwhy, You
have begun (rubbed) to show
ta-Your servant
ta-Your Greatness, and ta-Your Strong Hand: which who
is
El in
the Heavens and in the Earth, which can do according to (as) Your
Doings
(Works), and according to (as) Your Might? 25 I will go over now, and
I will see ta-the
good land which is in over the Jordan, this good mountain area, and
the
Lebanon. 26 And hwhy was overgoing on me for
your account, and did
not listen to me: and hwhy
said to me, Multiple is to
you;
you will not speak again to Me anymore on
this word.
Indirectly related, there was a similar instance that occurred when
believers in Yeshua did not obey the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy
Spirit) in doing the
right thing, and died in their prime, which is noted in the book of the
Acts
Acts
5:1 But a
certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy
to
it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart
to
lie to the the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of
the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was
sold,
was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in
thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto the Lord. 5 And
Ananias hearing these
words fell down, and gave up the spirit: and great fear came on all
them
that heard these things. 6 And the young men arose, wound him
up,
and carried him out, and buried him. 7 And it was about the
space
of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came
in. 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for
so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. 9 Then Peter said
unto
her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit
of hwhy? Behold,
the feet of them
which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee
out. 10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the
spirit: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying
her
forth, buried her by her husband. 11 And great fear came upon all the
assembly, and upon as many as heard these things. This
couple disobeyed the Spirit of Elohim, and it cost them their
lives. hwhy
is showing us as believers
that it is not just a Tanakhic thing, but it also applies to the
post-resurrection era, in the Brith Khadashah (the New Covenant) as
well.
That ends this
week's Torah portion commentary.
This
also ends the book of Deuteronomy as well as this year's Torah Cycle.
Don't
cry, we are going to read the Torah
all over again hwhy
willing.