As believers in Yahshua we see a clear pattern in
this Torah portion of being born again or leaving Egypt; going through the
waters of immersion – mikveh; and
finally being filled with the Ruach of YHVH. This needs to happen if you wanted
to be counted as part of the Kingdom of YHVH.
Exo 30:11 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Exo 30:12 “When
you take the census of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to register them, then each
one shall give an atonement for his life to יהוה, when you
register them, so that there is no plague among them when you register them.
יב כִּי
תִשָּׂא אֶת-רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם, וְנָתְנוּ אִישׁ כֹּפֶר
נַפְשׁוֹ לַיהוָה, בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם; וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה בָהֶם נֶגֶף, בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם.
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12 'When you (sing) will lift up the
head of bnei Yisrael to cause them to be called to account they cause a man
to be given a covering atonement for his soul unto YHVH, to be counted; and
not to be for them a fatal plague-. for a sheltering covering is with them.
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“Census”- pâqad
- BDB Definition
1d) (Pual) to be passed in review, be caused
to miss, be called, be called to account
1c) (Piel) to muster, call up.
If we directly translate the Hebrew of these verses it
sounds completely different.
“ki tisa et
rosh benei Yisrael” or “when you will lift up the head of the sons of Israel…”
This has
been translated “when you take a census of the children of Israel”
Note the
use of the word “rosh” or “head” it is written in the singular. Note also the
use of the words “ki tisa” can also be translated “because you will lift up”…
The
translators most probably experienced difficulty in trying to understand what
the text was saying. It is possible that this scripture is trying to tell us
the following:
“Because a time is coming when you will lift up
the son of man who is the head of Israel” in him all those who are redeemed
will be counted”
It is
rather conspicuous that the word “rashim” (plural for rosh) is not used. The
use of “rosh” (singular) can mean one person who represents all of Israel.
Exo 30:13
“Everyone among those who are registered is to give this: half a sheqel
according to the sheqel of the set-apart place, twenty gĕrahs being a sheqel.
The half-sheqel is the contribution to יהוה.
“Half” implies that two parties need to co- operate to
make a whole.
Exo 30:14
“Everyone passing over to be registered, from twenty years old and
above, gives a contribution to יהוה.
Exo 30:15 “The
rich does not give more and the poor does not give less than half a sheqel,
when you give a contribution to יהוה, to make
atonement for yourselves.
Exo 30:16 “And you
shall take the silver for the atonement from the children of Yisra’ĕl, and give
it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. And it shall be to the children of
Yisra’ĕl for a remembrance before יהוה, to make
atonement for yourselves.”
Shemot 38:25-26 tells us that the silver collected was
equivalent to 1775 shekels – and was used for the foundation sockets of the
tabernacle. Silver symbolizes redemption and the total gematria of the Hebrew
alphabet is 1775 – if you include the “sofiet” letters – kaph, nun and tzaddi.
- https://noahsage.com/2012/10/02/a-little-mystery-hidden-in-the-hebrew-alphabet/
Exo 30:17 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exo 30:18 “And you
shall make a basin of bronze, with its stand also of bronze, for washing. And
you shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put water
in it.
Exo 30:19 “And
Aharon and his sons shall wash from it their hands and their feet.
Exo 30:20 “When
they go into the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near the altar to attend,
to burn an offering made by fire to יהוה, they wash
with water, lest they die.
Exo 30:21 “And
they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a
law forever to them, to him and his seed throughout their generations.”
Immersion into Yahshua implies that we immerse ourselves
into his death – a judgment(bronze) for our sins and we rise again into new
life – Gal 2:20
Exo 30:22 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exo 30:23 “And
take for yourself choice spices, five hundred sheqels of liquid myrrh,
and half as much – two hundred and fifty – of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two
hundred and fifty of sweet-smelling cane,
Exo 30:24 and five
hundred of cassia, according to the sheqel of the set-apart place, and a hin of
olive oil.
Exo 30:25 “And you
shall make from these a set-apart anointing oil, a compound, blended, the work
of a perfumer. It is a set-apart anointing oil.
Exo 30:26 “And
with it you shall anoint the Tent of Meeting and the ark of the Witness,
Exo 30:27 and the
table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar
of incense,
Exo 30:28 and the
altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand.
Exo 30:29 “And you
shall set them apart, and they shall be most set-apart. Whatever touches them
is to be set-apart.
Exo 30:30 “And you
shall anoint Aharon and his sons, and set them apart, to serve as priests to
Me.
Exo 30:31 “And
speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘This is a set-apart anointing oil
to Me throughout your generations.
Exo 30:32 ‘It
shall not be poured on the flesh of a man, and make no other like it, according
to its composition. It is set-apart, it is set-apart to you.
Exo 30:33 ‘Whoever
compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, shall be
cut off from his people.’ ”
Annointing of oil symbolizes the immersion into the Ruach
Ha Kodesh (Set Apart Spirit of YHVH)
Exo 30:34 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Take sweet spices,
fragrant gum and cinnamon and galbanam, and clear frankincense with these sweet
spices, all in equal amounts.
Exo 30:35 “Then
you shall make of these an incense, a compound, work of a perfumer, salted,
clean, set-apart.
Exo 30:36 “And you
shall beat some of it very fine, and put some of it before the Witness in the
Tent of Meeting where I meet with you, it is most set-apart to you.
Exo 30:37 “And the
incense which you make, do not make any for yourselves, according to its
composition, it is set-apart to you for יהוה.
Exo 30:38 “Whoever
makes any like it, to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
Incense symbolizes the life of Yahshua.
2Co 2:14 But thanks be to Elohim who always leads us
on, to overcome in Messiah, and manifests through us the fragrance of His
knowledge in every place.
2Co 2:15 Because we are to Elohim the fragrance of
Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
2Co 2:16 To the one we are the smell of death to
death, and to the other the fragrance of life to life. And who is competent for
these?
To further understand
this first census we need to look at the second census in Numbers 26.
There is a pattern –
we must return to the pattern.