CONTINUING WITH THIS WEEK'S TORAH PORTION OF R'EY
CHAPTER 15
Numbers 15:1-23
Deu 15:1 From the end of seven years, you shall do (make) a Shemitah-release. 2 And this is the Word of the Shemitah-release: Every owner shall release the debt (creditor) of his hand which was borrowed among his neighbor; shall not exact (tax) את-his neighbor, and את-his brother; for a Shemitah-release is called out by יהוה.
3 You may exact (tax) את-the foreigner: and the which shall belong to you, you shall release your hand at את-your brother; 4 for ending (disappearing), shall not be among you a needy one; for blessing, יהוה shall bless you in the Land which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you of an inheritance to possess (occupy) her:
5 Only if listening, you will listen in the Voice of יהוה, your Elohim, to guard (keep, observe) to do all of את-this Commandment which I am commanding you the day (today), 6 for יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you, as the which had spoken to you: and you shall lend (pawn) multiple nations, and you, you shall not be lent (pawned); and you shall rule among many nations, and they shall not rule among you. 7 When shall be among you a needy one from one of your brothers, in one of your gates in your Land, which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you, you shall not encourage את-your heart, and you shall not shut up (stop) את-your hand from your brother that is needy: 8 for opening (entrancing), you shall open (entrance) את-your hand to him, and that lending (pawning), you shall lend (pawn) him enough from his lack (want) which shall be lacking (wanting) to him.
9 Guard (Observe, Take Heed) to yourself facing (lest) shall be a word with your failing profiting (failing ascending, worthless, unprofitable) heart, to say, The seventh year, the year of the Shemitah-release, is drawing near; And your eye shall be evil against your brother that is needy, and you shall not give to him; and cries upon you to יהוה, and shall be sin against you. 10 Giving, you shall give to him, and your heart shall not be evil in your giving to him: for in the occasion (circumstance, rolling) of this Word, יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your doings (works), and in all shall send forth [(put out)] your hand, 11 for the needy shall not be lacking (idle) from the drawing nearness of the land: Upon thus, I am commanding you, to say, Opening (Entrancing), you shall open (entrance) את-your hand to your brother, to your poor (afflicted), and to your needy in your land.
12 If your brother, the Hebrite (Hebrew man), or the Hebritess (Hebrew woman), shall be sold to you, and shall serve you six years; and in the seventh year, you shall send him away free from with you. 13 And when you send him away free from with you, you shall not send him away empty: 14 Furnishing (Supplying), you shall furnish (supply) to him from your flock, and from you grain floor, and from your winepress: which יהוה, your Elohim, has blessed you, you shall give to him. 15 And you shall remember when you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and יהוה, your Elohim, redeemed you: upon thus, I am commanding you את-this Word the day (today). 16 And shall be, when shall be said to yourself, I will not go out from with you; For loves you and את-your household, for is good to himself being with you; 17 And you shall take את-the awl, and shall give her in his ear and on the door, and shall be to you a servant of ages. And you shall also do so to your female servant. 18 Shall not be cruel (fierce, sore, hard, stiff) in your eyes in your sending him away free from with you; for double the hire of a hireling has been serving you six years: and יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you in all which you do.
19 All of the firstlings which shall be birthed among your herd and among your flock, the remembered one (male), you shall sanctify to יהוה, your Elohim: you shall not make serve among the firstling of your ox, and you shall not shear the firstling of your flock. 20 You shall eat him to the Face of יהוה, your Elohim, year among year in the Place which יהוה shall choose, you, and your household. 21 And when shall be in him a blemish, lameness, or blindness, any evil blemish, you shall not sacrifice him to יהוה, your Elohim. 22 You shall eat him in your gates: the unclean and the clean, alike him, as the gazelle (roebuck), and as the hart (stag, deer). 23 Only you shall not eat את-his blood; you shall shed (spill, gush out) upon the Land as (like) the water.
(NOTE: Not all verses will be comments)
Verses one through eleven
1 From the end of seven years, you shall do (make) a Shemitah-release. 2 And this is the Word of the Shemitah-release: Every owner shall release the debt (creditor) of his hand which was borrowed among his neighbor; shall not exact (tax) את-his neighbor, and את-his brother; for a Shemitah-release is called out by יהוה.
3 You may exact (tax) את-the foreigner: and the which shall belong to you, you shall release your hand at את-your brother; 4 for ending (disappearing), shall not be among you a needy one; for blessing, יהוה shall bless you in the Land which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you of an inheritance to possess (occupy) her:
5 Only if listening, you will listen in the Voice of יהוה, your Elohim, to guard (keep, observe) to do all of את-this Commandment which I am commanding you the day (today), 6 for יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you, as the which had spoken to you: and you shall lend (pawn) multiple nations, and you, you shall not be lent (pawned); and you shall rule among many nations, and they shall not rule among you. 7 When shall be among you a needy one from one of your brothers, in one of your gates in your Land, which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you, you shall not encourage את-your heart, and you shall not shut up (stop) את-your hand from your brother that is needy: 8 for opening (entrancing), you shall open (entrance) את-your hand to him, and that lending (pawning), you shall lend (pawn) him enough from his lack (want) which shall be lacking (wanting) to him.
9 Guard (Observe, Take Heed) to yourself facing (lest) shall be a word with your failing profiting (failing ascending, worthless, unprofitable) heart, to say, The seventh year, the year of the Shemitah-release, is drawing near; And your eye shall be evil against your brother that is needy, and you shall not give to him; and cries upon you to יהוה, and shall be sin against you. 10 Giving, you shall give to him, and your heart shall not be evil in your giving to him: for in the occasion (circumstance, rolling) of this Word, יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your doings (works), and in all shall send forth [(put out)] your hand, 11 for the needy shall not be lacking (idle) from the drawing nearness of the land: Upon thus, I am commanding you, to say, Opening (Entrancing), you shall open (entrance) את-your hand to your brother, to your poor (afflicted), and to your needy in your land.
Looking at the word RELEASE
The Hebrew word for release is "sh'mee-tah"- Shin, Mem, Tet, Heh (שמטה). It is from Strong's Concordance number 8059, and its definition
From H8058; remission (of debt) or suspension (of labor): - release.
from 8058 "shah-maht" (שמט), and its definition
A primitive root; to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively to let alone, desist, remit: - discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
The Hebrew word "shah-maht" is used in the paragraph regarding the release, and it is translated above as "release". These Hebrew words are where we get our modern English word "smite". In other words, hwhy was saying to the People, ""Smite" the debts among your brothers every seventh year, for forty nine years, with the exception of counting the Jubilee year in the fiftieth year, and if you do not "smite" the debts, I will "smite" your economy". Based on Jonathan Cahn of Beth Israel Worship Center, who wrote the New York Times best sellers "The Harbinger" and "The Mystery of the Shemitah", he noted that the year of the Shemitah occurred in the years 2001 and 2008, and they both occurred on the same Jewish calendar day of the 29th day of the month of Elul. The United States did not "smite" the debts of the people during these seventh years, and it resulted in hwhy "smiting" the U.S. economy.
For the record, I am not making predictions, the tetrad blood moons (the sequence of four) discovered by Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries, occurred, during the Feast of Passover/Unleavened Bread in 2014 and 2015, and during the Feast of Sukkoth in 2014 and 2015. It was told from people that it was very rare, and on top of this, it was visible in "Jerusalem".
This week's Torah portion occurred in the week of August 9th-15th, 2015, which noted this week's Torah portion passage. During that week, the nation of China had devalued their currency and causing some panic in the stock markets, including the United States on Tuesday of that week. Also, the United States is at least 800 billion dollars in debt to China.
The religious Jews made a way to prevent those who are in debted to them to be release them of their debts by taking the seventh year off instead of making their debtors debt free, and then in the eighth year the religious Jews pick up where they left off. This is a violation of the Commandment of the Shemitah. The religious Jews call this the "Prozbul". This is a link at The Israel Koschitzky Torat Hat Etzion VBM [Virtual Beit Midrash] website of how the Jewish Prozbul for the Shmitah works. Click on the link below to get to the webpage.
https://etzion.org.il/en/halakha/yoreh-deah/eretz-yisrael/prozbul-part-1-3
We need to pray to our fellow religious Jewish people to stop this practice.
Jonathan Cahn also made a video called "Isaiah 9:10 Judgment", in relation to his book "The Harbinger" regarding the Shemitah years in the United States. What he did not say, and I doubt that he ever will, is that the Biblical account of Isaiah 9:10 was a judgment against the Northern Kingdom of Israel, a.k.a. the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel. This is what is noted in the book of the prophet Isaiah
Isaiah 9:9 And all of the People shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
As I commented before, Yair Davidiy of BritAm and Hebrew Nations realized that part of the lost Ten Northern Tribes migrated to the United States from Britain and Europe. As Bill Cloud of Shoreshim Ministries, Brad Scott of Wildbranch Ministry and others stated that Hebrew mindset is cyclical, and what goes around comes around. The Ten Northern Tribes erred during Isaiah's time, and now forward to 2001 and 2008, and 2015, the cycle has come full circle to the Lost Ten Northern Tribes, located in the United States regarding these Shemitah judgments.
Notice in verses six and seven of this week's Torah portion passage that the "you" in each of the verses are boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. hwhy was saying to them that their "souls" are to honor the Shemitah-release, as well as giving to the needy who is lacking.
!!!כבד לך יהוה
I want to note that the seventh year of rest for the cultivated land does not say that it is a Shemitah year. There is no mention that the resting of the land is called a Shemitah in the Torah. It only refers to the release of debts, but it is strongly probable that it is in sync with the seventh year of the Shemitah. The prophet Jeremiah made judgment against the Southern House of Judah for not giving the land its rest, and causing them to be away for a year that it was not rested for the 490 years of their residence in the land, which is noted in the book of the Chronicles
2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them את-the king of the Kasdeem, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their Sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. 18 And all of the Vessels of the House of the Elohim, great and small, and the Treasures of the House of יהוה, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all of these he brought to Babylon. 19 And they burned את-the House of the Elohim, and brake down את the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all of the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all of the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the Word of hwhy by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed את-her Shabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
This is based in the book of the prophet Jeremiah
Jeremiah 25:8 Therefore thus saith יהוה of Armies; Because ye have not heard את-My Words, 9 Behold, I will send and take את-all of the families of the hidden (north), saith יהוה, and Nebuchadrezzar, the King of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve את-the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith יהוה, for את-their iniquity, and the land of the Casdim, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land את-all My Words which I have pronounced against it, even את-all that is written in this Book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
The prophet Jeremiah did not make any mention of a Shemitah, but as I mentioned, it is strongly probable that the rest of the land is in sync with the Shemitah.
Glory to יהוה for revealing this to me. The destruction of Jerusalem did not occur in the 490th year. I'll explain.
When Jeremiah noted the 490 years, he didn't include the fiftieth Jubilee year in each of the forty nine year cycles. We have to remember that the Jubilee year is an "independant" year that is not part of the seven year cycle. What we need to do is to configure how many Jubilee years occurred in these 490 years:
49 years / 490 years = 10
That means there were ten Jubilee years the prophet Jeremiah didn't include in the 490 years, nor were calculated in the prophet's passage. Adding the two numbers together this is the total:
490 years + 10 Jubilee years = 500 years.
It is my humble, but strong opionion, that the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple occurred on "the 500th year", on "the Tenth Jubilee", in which the number ten represents "completion", like the Ten Words (Commandments). hwhy waited until the tenth Jubilee to see if the People in Jerusalem, in the Southern House of Judah, was going to honor His Commandment of the rest for the land in the seventieth Shemitah year, in its sake the 490th year, in its real year, the 499th year, and in the tenth Jubilee year, the 500th year. When they didn't follow the Commandment, hwhy passed judgment against the Southern House of Judah, instead of a positive one for this 500th year, which includes the ten Jubilees of years. hwhy allowed these years to occur, because the Southern House of Judah did not follow the Commandment of the Jubilee up to this tenth Jubilee to restore everything back, and as a result of failing to follow this Commandment in these ten Jubilees, hwhy sent them into Babylonian captivity.
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JONATHAN CAHN
THE ISAIAH 9:10 JUDGMENT (VIDEO)
The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment (Part 1) - Jonathan Cahn Documentary
The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment (Part 2) - Jonathan Cahn Documentary
Verse eleven
11 for the needy shall not be lacking (idle) from the drawing nearness of the land: Upon thus, I am commanding you, to say, Opening (Entrancing), you shall open (entrance) את-your hand to your brother, to your poor (afflicted), and to your needy in your land.
It is probable that Yeshua based His Words in this week's Torah portion passage when he said this to Judas, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 12:1 Then Yeshua six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Yeshua, and wiped His Feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray Him, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 7 Then said Yeshua, Let her alone: against the day of My burying hath she kept this. 8 For the poor always ye have with you; but Me ye have not always.
Verses twelve through fifteen and eighteen
12 If your brother, the Hebrite (Hebrew man), or the Hebritess (Hebrew woman), shall be sold to you, and shall serve you six years; and in the seventh year, you shall send him away free from with you. 13 And when you send him away free from with you, you shall not send him away empty: 14 Furnishing (Supplying), you shall furnish (supply) to him from your flock, and from you grain floor, and from your winepress: which יהוה, your Elohim, has blessed you, you shall give to him. 15 And you shall remember when you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and יהוה, your Elohim, redeemed you: upon thus, I am commanding you את-this Word the day (today).... 18 Shall not be cruel (fierce, sore, hard, stiff) in your eyes in your sending him away free from with you; for double the hire of a hireling has been serving you six years: and יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you in all which you do.
The second part of this subject in chapter fifteen of this week's Torah portion was regarding the release of slaves. Those who have their brethren to serve them are to be set free in the seventh year, but they were also commanded to give provision for them and not to be sent out empty. Moses said this to them to remind them that they were once slaves in Egypt themselves. Moses also noted to them that the servants worked for the double of a master's hire. Looking at the United States history, when the southern states allowed slavery to exist between the 1600's until the end of the Civil War, there were a lot of believers throughout this period. Though it was believed that the "Old Testament" was done away with, Yeshua still followed the Torah, and did not say that it was done away with at all, for He said to the Pharisees, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the Torah, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For verily I say unto you, till the heavens and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Torah, till all be fulfilled.
In my observation, the southern plantation owners and other slave owners who owned slaves did not obey the Torah to send the slaves free when those years came to pass. The southern slave states were judged for not sending them free by the result of the Civil War, resulting in some of their major cities to be destroyed. Just to note that slavery existed throughout human history until years after the Civil War, though there are still some pockets in the world that still do.
Looking at the word REDEEM
In verse fifteen, the Hebrew word for redeem is "pah-dah"- Peh, Dalet, Heh (פדה). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6299, and its definition
A primitive root; to sever, that is, ransom; generally to release, preserve: - X at all, deliver, X by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem (-ed), rescue, X surely.
This is where we get our modern English word "paid". In other words, when יהוה redeemed Israel, it is an act of being "paid in full", just like what Yeshua did for us, and is based from the apostle Paul in his letter to the assembly in Rome
Galatians 3:13 Messiah hath redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Yeshua redeemed us, or "paid" the price for us as "paid In full", as יהוה did for the Israelites.
Notice that in verse fourteen of this week's Torah portion passage that the person being set free from the master is given three things when they leave: meat (protein), grains (or carbohydrates) and liquid, which is from the wine press (for drink). This is just like the three basic items that the Israelites are required to give to the Priests when they atone for their sins.
Verses sixteen and seventeen
16 And shall be, when shall be said to yourself, I will not go out from with you; For loves you and את-your household, for is good to himself being with you; 17 And you shall take את-the awl, and shall give her in his ear and on the door, and shall be to you a servant of ages. And you shall also do so to your female servant.
This Commandment was taken from the Torah portion of Mishpatim, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 21:5 And if the servant, saying, shall say, I love את-my lord, את-my woman (wife), and את-my sons; I will not go out at my freedom: 6 And his lord shall approach him to The Elohim; and shall approach him to the door, or to the side doorpost; and his lord shall pierce (bore) את-his ear on an awl (piercing tool); and shall serve him for ages.
This Torah Commandment required the Hebrew servant by his Hebrew master to pierce the servant's ear onto the master's door. This would make the Hebrew a servant to that house forever. These are the symbolic meanings of each of the actions:
Master shall approach to the Elohim: Yeshua, the Master, being approached to the Elohim, the Heavenly Father
The piercing of a servant from an awl by the master: The piercing of Yeshua who was pierced by the nails by the Roman soldiers
A servant being pierced to the door post by the master: Yeshua being pierced to the cross by the Roman soldiers
When Yeshua was resurrected on the third day, His Body was made whole again, but He left something physical on His Body which His piercings on His Hands and side, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Yeshua came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in His Hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the Print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His Side, I will not believe. 26 And after eight days again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Yeshua, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My Hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My Side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my Elohim. 29 Yeshua saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
When Yeshua was pierced to the cross, He became "the Servant" to יהוה. Though Yeshua was pierced by the Roman soldiers, it was יהוה that used the solders to pierce Him, therefore יהוה was "the Master" to Yeshua, as well as "the Elohim" to Yeshua, though He was Yeshua's Heavenly Father. Yeshua became "the Servant" to His Heavenly Father, as well as being the Son to the Father, and through Yeshua's servitude to His Father, we have become the Heavenly Father's children, as well as being His servants through Yeshua, the Messiah, by the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).
When that Hebrew servant was present with People, they will see his pierced ear, stating that he is someone's servant forever, and is taken. This is the same situation with Yeshua, because He became hwhy's servant forever. There was an account referring to Yeshua's pierced body, which is noted in the Gospel of John
According to verse twenty five and twenty seven of John's passage noted above, Thomas stated he wanted to see the pierced areas of Yeshua's body for proof, since Yeshua came eight days earlier to the other disciples. They knew Yeshua was nailed to the cross, for at least John and Mary saw Him there, and they most likely saw the holes on the wooden cross Yeshua was nailed, and Thomas saw them on Yeshua and believed. This is the same situation when a Hebrew male servant can prove to anyone that he belongs to his master forever by showing his pierced ear and take them to the hole on the wooden door post where the awl pierced his ear and pierced the door post.
Verses nineteen through twenty three
19 All of the firstlings which shall be birthed among your herd and among your flock, the remembered one (male), you shall sanctify to יהוה, your Elohim: you shall not make serve among the firstling of your ox, and you shall not shear the firstling of your flock. 20 You shall eat him to the Face of יהוה, your Elohim, year among year in the Place which יהוה shall choose, you, and your household. 21 And when shall be in him a blemish, lameness, or blindness, any evil blemish, you shall not sacrifice him to יהוה, your Elohim. 22 You shall eat him in your gates: the unclean and the clean, alike him, as the gazelle (roebuck), and as the hart (stag, deer). 23 Only you shall not eat את-his blood; you shall shed (spill, gush out) upon the Land as (like) the water.
I have commented regarding the relevence to the gazelle and the hart in chapter twelve, but it can be added that the same issue applies to the animals that are blemished, lame or blind. They are clean, because they are kosher animals, and they are unclean because they have these blemishes on them and are not accepted for sacrifices at the Tent of Appointment/Temple.
CHAPTER 16
Deuteronomy 16:1-17
Deu 16:1 Guard (Observe Heed) the renewed month of the Aviv, and you shall do (make) the Passover to יהוה, your Elohim: for in את-the renewed month of the Aviv, יהוה, your Elohim, brought you out from Egypt at night. 2 And you shall sacrifice a Passover of the flock, and of the herd, to יהוה, your Elohim, in the place which יהוה shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 3 You shall not eat leavened bread upon him; seven days you shall eat upon him unleavend (unleavening), the Bread of Affliction; for you came out in flight (haste) from the land of Egypt: by that, you shall remember את-the day you came out from the land of Egypt all of the days of your life. 4 And sourdough shall not be seen to you in all of your borders seven days; and from the flesh which you sacrificed in the mixing period (evening) on the first day shall not stay (remain) by the breaking period (morning). 5 You are not able to sacrifice את-the Passover in one of your gates, which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you: 6 for but to the Place which יהוה, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there, you shall sacrifice את-the Passover in the mixing period (evening) according to [(as)] the going of the sun, at the Appointed Time of your coming out from Egypt. 7 And you shall cook (ripen, ?boil?, roast) and you shall eat in the Place which יהוה, your Elohim, shall choose on Him: and you shall face away in the breaking period (morning), and you shall go to your tents. 8 Six days you shall eat unleavened (unleavening): and on the seventh day shall be a Refrain (Inclosure, Restrain, Solemn Assembly) to יהוה, your Elohim: you shall not do work.
9 Seven weeks you shall enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) for yourself: from the beginning of the sickle on the stalked grain (standing grain), you shall begin to enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) seven weeks. 10 And you shall do the Feast of Weeks to יהוה, your Elohim, of an Abundance of a Freewill Offering (Voluntary Offering) which you shall give of your hand, as the which יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you: 11 And you shall rejoice to the Face of יהוה, your Elohim, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite which is in your gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow which are in your drawing nearness, in the Place which יהוה, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 12 And you shall remember when you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall guard (keep, observe, take heed), and you shall do את-these Statutes.
13 You shall do the Feast of the Sukkoth (Tabernacles, Booths) for yourself seven days, in your gathering from your grain floor and from your wine press: 14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow, which are in your gates. 15 Seven days you shall feast to יהוה, your Elohim, in the Place which יהוה shall choose: for יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your produce, and in all of the doing (work) of your hands, and you shall be only joyful.
16 Three times in the year, all of your remembered ones (males) shall appear (be seen) at את-the Face of יהוה, your Elohim, in the Place which shall be chosen; in the Feast of the Unleavened (Unleavening), and in the Feast of the Weeks, and in the Feast of the Sukkoth (Booths): and shall not appear (be seen) empty at את-the Face of יהוה:
17 a man according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of יהוה, your Elohim, which was given to you.
(NOTE: Not all verses will have comments)
Verses one through eight
1 Guard (Observe Heed) the renewed month of the Aviv, and you shall do (make) the Passover to יהוה, your Elohim: for in את-the renewed month of the Aviv, יהוה, your Elohim, brought you out from Egypt at night. 2 And you shall sacrifice a Passover of the flock, and of the herd, to יהוה, your Elohim, in the place which יהוה shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 3 You shall not eat leavened bread upon him; seven days you shall eat upon him unleavend (unleavening), the Bread of Affliction; for you came out in flight (haste) from the land of Egypt: by that, you shall remember את-the day you came out from the land of Egypt all of the days of your life. 4 And sourdough shall not be seen to you in all of your borders seven days; and from the flesh which you sacrificed in the mixing period (evening) on the first day shall not stay (remain) by the breaking period (morning). 5 You are not able to sacrifice את-the Passover in one of your gates, which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you: 6 for but to the Place which יהוה, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there, you shall sacrifice את-the Passover in the mixing period (evening) according to [(as)] the going of the sun, at the Appointed Time of your coming out from Egypt. 7 And you shall cook (ripen, ?boil?, roast) and you shall eat in the Place which יהוה, your Elohim, shall choose on Him: and you shall face away in the breaking period (morning), and you shall go to your tents. 8 Six days you shall eat unleavened (unleavening): and on the seventh day shall be a Refrain (Inclosure, Restrain, Solemn Assembly) to יהוה, your Elohim: you shall not do work.
This is the annual Passover Commandment noted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers. This is the first time that I noticed in verse one of this week's Torah portion passage that the Israelites left at "night". This is the Biblical day in which they left at night, which is noted in the Torah portion of Masei, in the book of Numbers
Numbers 33:3 And they pulled up (journeyed) from Rameses in the first renewed month, on the five ten (fiveteen, fifteen) day of the first renewed month; from after the Passover, the Sons of Israel, they went out on a high (raised) hand to the eyes of all of the Egyptians. 4 And Egypt was with burying את which יהוה had struck among them: every firstborn, and on their elohim, יהוה did (made, executed) Judgments.
That means they went out when יהוה led as a Pillar of Fire. That means that the Egyptians who were present during the Israelites' departure witnessed the Pillar of Fire at night.
Notice that יהוה required the men to do this at the place His Name was to dwell, which is Jerusalem. I will explain this later.
Looking at the word COOK (RIPEN, ?BOIL?, ROAST)
The Hebrew word for cook (ripen, ?boil?, roast) is "bah-shahl"- Bet, Shin, Lamed (בשל). It is from Strong's Concordance number 1310, and its definition
A primitive root; properly to boil up; hence to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen: - bake, boil, bring forth, is ripe, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).
Notice that the majority of the definitions in this Hebrew word is related to boiling. Comparing to the account which is noted in the Torah portion of Bo, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 12:6 And shall be for you to guard (observe, heed) until the four ten (fourteen) day of (for) this renewed month: and all of the Assembly of the Congregation of Israel, they shall slaughter him between the mixing periods. 7 And they shall take from the blood and they shall give him upon the two side posts, and upon the upper door post (lentil) upon the houses which they shall eat him in them. 8 And they shall eat את-the flesh in this night roasted of fire; and they shall eat unleavened upon bitters (bitter foods, bitter herbs). 9 You shall not eat from him raw (tough), and sodden (boiling) from boiling in water, for but roasted of fire; his head shall be upon (over) his shoulder legs and upon (over) his nearness (inwards).
The Hebrew word for sodden in this Exodus passage is the same Hebrew word for cook (ripen, ?boil?, roast).
Looking at the word ROAST
The Hebrew word for roast in this Exodus passage is "tsah-lee"- Tsade, Lamed, Yod (צלי). It is from Strong's Concordance number 6748, and its definition
Passive participle of H6740; roasted: - roast.
from 6740 "tsah-lah" (צלה), and its definition
A primitive root; to roast: - roast.
Why was the Hebrew word commonly used for "boil" or "sodden" applied to this week's Torah portion passage to be translated as "ripen/roast"? Why wasn't the Hebrew word tsalee used instead? Was is a mistake? Did hwhy wanted us to boil it instead of roasting it? If יהוה wanted them to roast it, why was the Hebrew basal used instead of tsalee? I have no answer to that at this time.
Notice in verse six of this week's Torah portion passage that the "you" is boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that יהוה was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. יהוה was saying to them that their "souls" are not to sacrifice the Passover in their gates.
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Verses nine through twelve
9 Seven weeks you shall enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) for yourself: from the beginning of the sickle on the stalked grain (standing grain), you shall begin to enumerate (scroll, enroll, number) seven weeks. 10 And you shall do the Feast of Weeks to יהוה, your Elohim, of an Abundance of a Freewill Offering (Voluntary Offering) which you shall give of your hand, as the which יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you: 11 And you shall rejoice to the Face of יהוה, your Elohim, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite which is in your gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow which are in your drawing nearness, in the Place which יהוה, your Elohim, shall choose to tabernacle (abode, inhabit) His Name there. 12 And you shall remember when you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall guard (keep, observe, take heed), and you shall do את-these Statutes.
It mentions that Shavuoth was a feast. It did not mention that before in the Torah portion of Emor, in the book of Leviticus, and in the Torah portion of Pinkhas, in the book of Numbers
Leviticus 23:15 And from the morrow of the Shabbath, from the day you shall bring את-the omer-sheaf of the Wave Offering; you shall enroll (scroll, enumerate, number) for yourselves seven Shabbaths, they shall be accomplished (complete, perfect): 16 unto from the morrow of the seventh Shabbath, you shall enroll (scroll, enumerate, number) fifty days; and you shall bring near a Renewed Donation Offering [(Renewed Tribute Offering, Renewed Food Offering, Renewed Grain Offering, Renewed Apportion Offering) to יהוה.
17 From your dwellings you shall bring two Breads of the Wave Offering, they shall be two tenths of flour; they shall be baked of leavened bread; the First Fruits to יהוה.
18 And you shall bring near upon the bread seven perfect sheep, sons of a year, and one bullock of a son of a herd, and two rams: they are an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, Burnt Offering) to יהוה, and their Donation Offerings (Tribute Offerings, Food Offerings, Grain Offerings, Apportion Offerings), and their Drink Offerings (Libation Offerings), of a Fire Offering of a pleasant scent to יהוה.
19 And you shall do (offer) one goat of kids for a Sin Offering, and two sheep, sons of a year, for a Sacrifice of the Peace Offerings. 20 And the Priest shall wave them upon the Breads of the First Fruits of a Wave Offering to the Face of יהוה, upon the two sheep: they shall be Sacred (Holy) to יהוה for the Priest. 21 And you shall call out (proclaim) on this same day, shall be a Sacred (Holy) Calling (Convocation) for yourselves: you shall not do any work of service: a Statute for Ages in all of your dwellings for your generations. 22 And in your reaping (harvesting) את-the harvest of your land, you shall not finish the mouths (corners) of your field in your reaping (harvesting). You shall not glean (pick up) the gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor (afflicted, humbled) and for the sojourner (stranger): I am יהוה, your Elohim.
Numbers 28:26 And on the day of the First Fruits, in your bringing near a Renewed Donation Offering [(Renewed Tribute Offering, Renewed Food Offering, Renewed Grain Offering, Renewed Apportion Offering) to יהוה, in your Weeks (Shavuoth), shall be a Sacred (Holy) Calling (Convocation) to you; you shall not do any work of service: 27 and you shall bring near an Elevation Offering (Ascension Offering, a Burnt Offering) for a pleasant scent to יהוה; two bullocks of sons of a herd, one ram, seven sheep of sons of a year; 28 and their Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering) of flour overflowed (mixed) in the oil of three tenths for the one bullock, two tenths for the one ram, 29 a tenth, a tenth, for the one sheep, for the seven sheep; 30 one goat of the kids to atone upon you, 31 from by apart of the Continual Elevation Offering [(Continual Ascension Offering, Continual Burnt Offering)] and his Donation Offering (Tribute Offering, Food Offering, Grain Offering, Apportion Offering), you shall do (prepare), they shall be perfect for you, and their Drink Offerings (Libation Offerings).
Based on this Torah week's portion passage, in verse ten, regarding First Fruits (Shavuoth), we can feast on Shavuoth.
Notice in verse nine of this week's Torah portion passage that the "yourself" is boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. hwhy was saying to them that their "souls" are to count the weeks to Shavuoth. We as believers in Yeshua are to do the same thing with our souls.
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In verse nine of the Emor passage noted above, it reveals to us that on the day of First Fruits, which occurs on the first Biblical day of the week during one of the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, they are not to put the sickle to the grain until "this day". This will commence the first day of the fifty day count to Shavuoth. As I noted in the Torah portion of Emor, in the book of Exodus, they are not to begin using the sickle until the first Biblical day of the Biblical week, which would be during the day on Sunday, becuase one can't see the grain at night. I have explained this in detail, and you can access this commentary by clicking on the link below to get to the webpage.
TORAH PORTION EMOR
Verses thirteen through fifteen
13 You shall do the Feast of the Sukkoth (Tabernacles, Booths) for yourself seven days, in your gathering from your grain floor and from your wine press: 14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless (orphan), and the widow, which are in your gates. 15 Seven days you shall feast to יהוה, your Elohim, in the Place which יהוה shall choose: for יהוה, your Elohim, shall bless you in all of your produce, and in all of the doing (work) of your hands, and you shall be only joyful.
The translators of the King James Version translated the word feast as a "solemn feast"
(KJV) Deuteronomy 16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Looking at the word JOYFUL
The Hebrew word for joyful is "sah-mey-akh"- Shin, Mem, Khet (שמח). It is from Strong's Concordance number 8056, and its definition
From H8055; blithe or gleeful: - (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry ([-hearted]), rejoice (-ing).
from 8055 "sah-makh" (שמח), and its definition
A primitive root; probably to brighten up, that is, (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome: - cheer up, be (make) glad, (have make) joy (-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Nowhere in this Strong's source it contains a definition of this Hebrew word for "solemn assembly". The King James translators wrongfully translated this word as "solemn assembly". Sukkoth is not a solemn assembly, but SEVEN DAYS OF JOYFUL, REJOICING, CELEBRATING, AND HAPPY FEASTING!!! PARTAAAAY!!! This is Yeshua's "Birthday Party". Whoever translated this word in the KJV should be spanked.
Verses sixteen and seventeen
16 Three times in the year, all of your remembered ones (males) shall appear (be seen) at את-the Face of יהוה, your Elohim, in the Place which shall be chosen; in the Feast of the Unleavened (Unleavening), and in the Feast of the Weeks, and in the Feast of the Sukkoth (Booths): and shall not appear (be seen) empty at את-the Face of יהוה:
17 a man according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of יהוה, your Elohim, which was given to you.
This Commandment is also noted in the Torah portions of Mishpatim and Ki Thisa, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 23:14 Three footings (walkings, [times]) you shall feast to Me in the year. 15 You will guard (keep, observe, watch) את the Feast of the Unleavened Bread: seven days you will eat unleavened bread as the which I have commanded you by the Appointed Time of the renewed month of the Aviv; for in him, you came out from Egypt: and they shall not appear at My Face empty: 16 And the Feast of the Harvest, the firstfruits of your doings (works), which you have sown in the field: and the Feast of the Ingathering (Adding) in the going out of the year in your gathering (adding) את-your doings (work) from the field. 17 Three times in the year shall all of your remembered ones (males) appear to the Face of the Adon יהוה.
18 You shall not sacrifice the blood of My Sacrifice upon leavened bread; and shall not tarry (lodge, let stay) the kheylev-fat of My Feast until the breaking period (morning).
19 You will bring the first of the firstfruits of your ground at the House of יהוה, your Elohim....
Exodus 34:18 את-You shall guard (observe, heed) the Feast of the Unleavened (Unleavening). Seven days you shall eat unleavened, which I commanded you, by the Appointed Time of the renewed month of the Aviv: for you came out from Egypt in the renewed month of the Aviv.
19 Every firstling (opener) of the womb belongs to Me; and all of your livestock of your remembered one (males), a firstling (opener) of an ox and the lamb. 20 And you shall redeem a firstling (opener) of a donkey on a lamb: and if you cannot redeem, and you shall break neck him. You shall redeem every firstborn of your sons, and they shall not appear at My Face empty.
21 Six days you shall work, and in the seventh day you shall desist (cease, rest): you shall desist (cease, rest) in plowing and in harvest.
22 And you shall do for yourself the Feast of Weeks, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat; and the Feast of the Ingathering of the cycle of the year. 23 Three times in the year shall all of your remembered ones (males) see את-the Face of the Adon (Lord, Master) יהוה, Elohim of Israel. 24 For I will dispossess nations from your face, and I will broaden את-your border: and a man shall not covet (desire, delight, lust) את-your land in your ascending to see (appear at) את-the Face of יהוה, your Elohim, three times in the year.
The men of Israel were commanded to provide gifts to יהוה at these three appointed timed feasts, I was looking at the fact that the gifts were also given during the Feast of the Sukkoth, which is the true time of Yeshua's birth and His first eight days of life, which the first day of Sukkoth was His birth, and the eighth day of the Solemn Assembly.
After meditating and reading the scriptures, it is my humble, but strong opinion that Yeshua fulfilled the Commandments of this chapter for the men to go to Jerusalem for these three appointed times of each of the harvest feasts of Passover/Unleavened Bread, Weeks (Shavuoth/Pentecost/also known as First Fruits II) and Sukkoth (Booths/Tabernacles/Ingathering). These are the Gospel sources that prove this notion, and are located in the Gospels of Luke and John:
THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER/UNLEAVENED BREAD: As a boy- Luke 2:41; As a sacrificed Lamb: John 6:4-71
THE FEAST OF THE WEEKS (SHAVUOTH/PENTECOST/FIRST FRUITS II): John 5:1-47
Yeshua followed the Commandment to be in Jerusalem on Shavuoth.
Looking at verses two through four, which is noted in the Gospel of John
John 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Beth Esda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season [Shavuoth] into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
The angel that went down into the pool stirring the water was a type and shadow of the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) coming down on Yeshua's disciples on Shavuoth (Pentecost) in Acts chapter two.
THE FEAST OF THE SUKKOTH (BOOTHS/TABERNACLES/INGATHERING): John 7:2-10:21
It has been noted that that it has been commonly accepted that during the time of Sukoth.
Looking again what is noted above in the Torah portions of Mishpatim and Ki Thisa, in the book of Exodus
Exodus 23:16 And the Feast of the Harvest, the firstfruits of your doings (works), which you have sown in the field: and the Feast of the Ingathering (Adding) in the going out of the year in your gathering (adding) את-your doings (work) from the field.
Exodus 34:22 And you shall do for yourself the Feast of Weeks, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat; and the Feast of the Ingathering of the cycle of the year.
Though the topic only relates to the three times of the year to meet יהוה at Jerusalem, it doesn't say anywhere else that the going out of the year or the cycle of the year starts at Yom Teruah. After researching, it is my humble, but strong opion that Rosh Hashanah is not the Biblical new year. I noted that in my humble, but strong opinion, each of these sources, based on its context of the Commandment for the men to meet hwhy three times in the year, are based on "THE HARVEST CYCLE", or "THE HARVEST YEAR".
Based on the context of this week's Torah portion passage with the two other Exodus passages noted above, the these three times that the men were to see יהוה in Jerusalem during these feasts of Unleavened Bread, First Fruits (Shavuoth/Pentecost) and Ingathering (Sukkoth/Booths/Tabernacles), are based on the times of the "harvesting periods". Think of this way. When does the NFL football cycle occur? Between the months of August and February of the Gregorian Calendar. It doesn't go by the proper time line of the Gregorian Calendar from January to December. This means, based on the context of these three times of their visits to Jerusalem during each of the three harvesting periods, this word is referring to "the Harvest Cycle" of the year. It is not culturally possible, nor is it culturaly common, to do any harvesting between the eighth and the twelfth Biblical months of the Biblical year's "Harvest Cycle", because that's how hwhy created it, plus it gets cold, or it is cold, during the off harvest months.
Now that this definition has been clarified, this is the emphasis of verse twenty two of the Ki Thisa passage:
Exodus 34:22 And you shall do for yourself the Feast of Weeks, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat; and the Feast of the Ingathering of the cycle [the "Harvest Cycle"] of the year.
In comparison to the religious Jewish doctrine that was the end of the year meant the new Biblical year, This is what Wikipedia says regarding Rosh Hashanah:
"Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration, which begins on the first day of Tishrei. Tishrei is the first month of the Jewish civil year, but the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year.
According to Judaism, the fact that Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the year is explained by it being the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman according to the Hebrew Bible, and their first actions toward the believed realization of humanity's role in God's world. According to one secular opinion its origin is in the beginning of the economic year in the ancient Near East, marking the start of the agricultural cycle".
Religious Judaism doctrine celebrates Rosh Hashanah for two days, which goes against scripure. Judaism also based this traditional new year on the creation of Adam and Khavah (Eve) by saying that the seven days of Creation occurred during the seventh Biblical month of Ethanim/Tishri, which to me, doesn't make sense. It is my strong opnion that the creation of Adam and Khavah (Eve) occurred in the first Biblical month of Aviv/Nissan, and not the seventh Biblical month of Tishrei/Ethanim.
This is a chart showing the Biblical Harvest Year Cycle, including other things related to the true Biblical year of the first Biblical month of Aviv/Nissan
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Notice in verse seventeen of this week's Torah portion passage that the "you" is boldened in pink. In the Hebrew text, this pronoun is in the feminine singular gender. This tells us that hwhy was speaking to their "soul", and the soul in both men and women are feminine. יהוה was saying to them that their "souls" are not to go to Jerusalem three times in the year empty handed. We as beleivers in the Messiah are not to come to Him empty handed. One example is what the apostle Paul noted in the letter to the assembly in Galatia
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the Mercies of Elohim, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Elohim, which is your reasonable service.
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I have wrote a teaching regarding Rosh HaShanah, with some charts included, titled "Rosh HaShanah, the Biblical New Year?". Click on the link below to get to the webpage.
ROSH HASHANAH, THE BIBLICAL NEW YEAR?
I also wrote a teaching titled "When Was Yeshua Born? Evidence Based On Scriptural Facts" which reveals that Yeshua was born in the Biblical feast of Sukkoth. You can access it by clicking on the link below to get to the webpage.
WHEN WAS YESHUA BORN? EVIDENCE BASED ON SCRIPTURAL FACTS
That ends this week's Torah portion commentary.
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