Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach
l’O’lam va-ed!
Baruch ata YHVH
Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu
eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the
blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed One for all eternity. Blessed are
you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have selected us from among
all the peoples, and have given us your Torah.)
This weeks portion has to do with the ordination of Aharon and his sons. The Hebrew words for ordination are ‘’le maleh yadahim’’ or ‘’filling of the hands’’. The offerings described as the ‘’ordination offerings’’ are referred to as the ‘’miluim’’ or filling offering’’ What does it mean ‘’to fill the hands’’?
Eph 2:10
For we are His workmanship, created in Messiah יהושע unto good works, which Elohim prepared beforehand that we
should walk in them.
In the Book of
Hebrews (most probably written by a Levite – Barnabas) we have a pattern on how
YHVH establishes His priesthood:
Heb
5:8 though being a Son, He learned obedience by what He suffered.
Exo 4:22 “And you
shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Yisra’ěl is My son, My first-born,
We
are a nation of priests - 1Pe 2:9
But you are a chosen race,b Deu_10:15 a royal priesthood,c
Isa_61:6 a set-apart nation,d Exo_19:6 a people for a
possession,e Isa_43:2 that you should proclaim the praises of Him
who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light, Footnotes: bAlso see Isa_43:20.
cAlso see Isa_66:21. dAlso see Deu_7:6. eAlso see Exo_19:5,
Tit_2:14.
The
church created a false dichotomy between the ‘’clergy and the laity’’ The
scriptures teach us that there are nations (goyim) and then there is Yisrael.
It
remains the duty of a called out set apart priesthood to teach the nations the
difference between set apart and secular and clean and unclean – Lev 10:10.
Heb
5:9 And having been perfected, He became the Causer of everlasting
deliverance to all those obeying Him,b Footnote: b Joh_3:36, Joh_14:15,
Joh_14:23, Joh_15:10, Act_3:22-23.
Heb
5:10 having been designated by Elohim a High Priest “according to the
order of Malkitseḏeq,”
Warning
Against Apostasy
Heb
5:11 concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you
have become dull of hearing.
Heb
5:12 For indeed, although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need
someone to teach you again the first elements of the Words of Elohim. And you
have become such as need milk and not solid food.
Heb
5:13 For everyone partaking of milk is inexperienced in the word of
righteousness, for he is a babe.
Heb
5:14 But solid food is for the mature whose senses have been trained by
practice to discern both good and evil.
Heb 6:1 Therefore, having left the word of the
beginning of the Messiah, let us go on to perfection,a not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of belief toward Elohim,
Footnote: a Mat_5:48.
Heb 6:2 of the
teaching of immersions, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the
dead, and of everlasting judgment.
Heb 6:3 And this we
shall do, if Elohim indeed permits.
Heb 6:4 For it is
impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly
gift, and have become partakers of the Set-apart Spirit,
Heb 6:5 and have
tasted the good Word of Elohim and the powers of the age to come,
Heb 6:6 and fall away,
to renew them again to repentance – having impaled for themselves the Son of
Elohim again, and put Him to open shame.b Footnote: bSee Heb_10:26-31.
Note
the priestly call in what has been incorrectly called the foundations of the
Christian faith – Repentance from dead works – faith towards YHVH – the
teaching of immersions – the laying on of hands – the resurrection of the dead
– everlasting judgment.
We
see this pattern in this Torah portion.
Exo 29:1 “And this is the task you shall
do to them to set them apart to serve Me as priests: Take one young bull and
two rams, perfect ones,
Exo
29:2 and unleavened bread, and
unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil – make
these of wheat flour.
Exo
29:3 “And you shall put them in one
basket and bring them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
Exo
29:4 “Then you shall bring Aharon and
his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.
Exo
29:5 “And you shall take the garments,
and shall put on Aharon the long shirt, and the robe of the shoulder garment,
and the shoulder garment, and the breastplate, and shall gird him with the
embroidered band of the shoulder garment,
Exo
29:6 and shall put the turban on his
head, and shall put the set-apart sign of dedication on the turban,
Exo
29:7 and shall take the anointing oil,
and pour it on his head and anoint him.
Exo
29:8 “Then you shall bring his sons and
put long shirts on them,
Exo
29:9 and shall gird them with girdles –
Aharon and his sons – and put the turbans on them. And the priesthood shall be
theirs for an everlasting law. So you shall ordain (fill the hand) Aharon and
his sons.
Olive oil and the priestly garments have a connection - The Hebrew word
for "oil" is shemen, which is the root of the Hebrew for
"eight," shmoneh. The High Priest had 8 different garments.
Those
vestments which were common to all priests, were:
• Michnasayim
(breeches)—linen pants reaching from the waist to the knees "to cover
their nakedness" (Exodus 28:42)
• Ketonet
(tunic)—made of pure linen, covering the entire body from the neck to the feet,
with sleeves reaching to the wrists. That of the High Priest was embroidered
(Exodus 28:39); those of the priests were plain (Exodus 28:40).
• Avnet
(sash)—that of the High Priest was of fine linen with "embroidered
work" in blue and purple and scarlet (Exodus 28:39, 39:29); those worn by
the priests were of white, twined linen.
• Mitznefet
(turban)—that of the High Priest was much larger than that of the priests and
wound so that it formed a broad, flat-topped turban; that for priests was wound
so that it formed a cone-shaped turban, called a migbahat. The tzitz, a golden
plate inscribed with the words: "Holiness unto JHWH" was attached to
the mitznefet.
The vestments that were unique to the High Priest
were:
• Me'il
("Robe of the Ephod")—a sleeveless, purple robe, the lower hem of
which was fringed with small golden bells alternating with pomegranate-shaped
tassels in blue, purple, and scarlet - tekhelet[10], argaman, tolaat shani.
• Ephod—a
richly embroidered vest or apron with two onyx-stones on the shoulders, on
which were engraved the names of the tribes of Israel – see BDB robe of
approach- bondservant.
• Choshen
(Breastplate)—with twelve gems, each engraved with the name of one of the
tribes; a pouch in which he probably carried the Urim and Thummim. It was fastened to the Ephod (gematria 358)
• Tzitz
(crown)—a gold plate inscribed with the words "Set Apart unto YHWH"
which was attached to the front of the Mitznefet, so that it rested on his
forehead
Exo
29:10 “And you shall bring near the bull
before the Tent of Meeting, and Aharon and his sons shall lay their hands on
the head of the bull. (bull for sins of priests, rams for sins of people)
Exo
29:11 “And you shall slaughter the bull
before יהוה, by the door of the Tent of Meeting,
Exo 29:12 and take
some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your
finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.
Exo 29:13 “And you
shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage on the
liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the
altar.
Exo 29:14 “But the
flesh of the bull, and its skin and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside
the camp. It is a sin offering.
Heb 13:10 We have a slaughter-place from which
those serving the Tent have no authority to eat.
Heb 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts whose
blood is brought into the Set-apart Place by the high priest for sin, are
burned outside the camp.
Heb 13:12 And so יהושע also suffered outside the gate, to set apart the people with
His own blood.
Heb 13:13 Let us, then, go to Him outside the camp,
bearing His reproach.
You have got to come outside the ‘’camp of man made
organized religion’’ if you want to know
and serve Messiah and be part of a set apart priesthood.
Exo 29:15 “And
take one ram, and Aharon and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the
ram,
Exo 29:16 and you
shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all
around on the altar.
Exo 29:17 “And cut
the ram in pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and place them upon its
pieces and on its head.
Exo 29:18 “And you
shall burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to יהוה, it is a sweet fragrance, an offering made by fire to יהוה.
Exo 29:19 “And you
shall take the second ram, and Aharon and his sons shall lay their hands on the
head of the ram,
Exo 29:20 and you
shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of
the right ear of Aharon and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the
thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle
the blood all around on the altar.
Exo 29:21 “And you
shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing
oil, and sprinkle it on Aharon and on his garments, on his sons and on the
garments of his sons with him. And he and his garments shall be set-apart, and
his sons and the garments of his sons with him.
Exo 29:22 “And you
shall take the fat of the ram, and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the
entrails, and the appendage on the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat on
them, and the right thigh – it is for a ram of ordination –
Exo 29:23 and one
loaf of bread, and one cake made with oil, and one thin cake from the basket of
the unleavened bread that is before יהוה.
Exo 29:24 “And you
shall put all these in the hands of Aharon and in the hands of his sons, and
you shall wave them – a wave offering before יהוה.
Exo 29:25 “Then
you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt
offering, as a sweet fragrance before יהוה. It is an offering made by fire to יהוה.
Exo 29:26 “And you
shall take the breast of the ram of Aharon’s ordination (ha miluim) and wave it
– a wave offering before יהוה, and it shall be your portion.
Exo 29:27 “And
from the ram of ordination you shall set apart the breast of the wave offering
which is waved, and the thigh of the contribution which is raised, of that
which is for Aharon and of that which is for his sons.
Exo 29:28 “And it
shall be from the children of Yisra’ĕl for Aharon and his sons by a law
forever, for it is a contribution. And it is a contribution from the children
of Yisra’ĕl from their peace offerings – their contribution to יהוה.
Exo 29:29 “And the
set-apart garments of Aharon are for his sons after him, to be anointed in them
and to be ordained in them.
Exo 29:30 “The
priest from his sons in his place, puts them on for seven days, when he enters
the Tent of Meeting to attend in the set-apart place.
Exo 29:31 “And
take the ram of ordination and cook its flesh in a set-apart place.
Exo 29:32 “And
Aharon and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in
the basket, by the door of the Tent of Meeting,
Exo 29:33 and they
shall eat those offerings with which the atonement was made, to ordain
them, to set them apart. But let a stranger not eat them, because they are
set-apart.
Exo 29:34 “And if
any of the flesh of the ordination (ha milium)offerings, or of the bread, be
left over until the morning, then you shall burn up what is left over. It is
not eaten, because it is set-apart.
Exo 29:35 “And so
you shall do to Aharon and his sons, according to all I have commanded you.
Seven days you shall ordain them,
Exo 29:36 and
prepare a bull each day as a sin offering for atonement. And you shall cleanse
the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to set it
apart.
Exo 29:37 “For
seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and set it apart. And the
altar shall be most set-apart – whatever touches the altar is to be set-apart.
Exo 29:38 “And
this is what you prepare on the altar: two lambs, a year old, daily, continually.
Exo 29:39 “Prepare
the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you prepare between the
evenings,
Exo 29:40 and
one-tenth of an ĕphah of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil,
and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering, with the one lamb.
Exo 29:41 “And
prepare the other lamb between the evenings. And with it prepare the grain
offering and the drink offering, as in the morning, for a sweet fragrance, an
offering made by fire to יהוה –
Exo 29:42 a
continual burnt offering for your generations at the door of the Tent of
Meeting before יהוה, where I shall meet with you to speak with
you.
Exo 29:43 “And
there I shall meet with the children of Yisra’ĕl, and it shall be set apart by
My esteem.
Exo 29:44 “And I
shall set apart the Tent of Meeting and the altar. And Aharon and his sons I
set apart to serve as priests to Me.
Exo 29:45 “And I
shall dwell in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl and shall be their Elohim.
Exo 29:46 “And
they shall know that I am יהוה their Elohim, who brought them up out of
the land of Mitsrayim, to dwell in their midst. I am יהוה their Elohim.
There is also a difference and separation amongst the
priesthood – see Numbers chapter 4.
So too we believe there will be differences amongst those priests who are
called to be the bride of Messiah.
by
the Word of Elohim,a Footnote: a Heb_11:3.
2Pe
3:6 through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded
with water.
2Pe
3:7 And the present heavens and the earth are treasured up by the same
Word, being kept for fire, to a day of judgment and destruction of wicked
men.
2Pe
3:8 But, beloved ones, let not this one matter be hidden from you:
that with יהוה one day
is as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day. Psa_90:4.
2Pe
3:9 יהוה is not
slow in regard to the promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward
us, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.b
Footnote: b 1Ti_2:4.
2Pe
3:10 But the day of יהוה shall come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with intense heat,
and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
2Pe
3:11 Seeing all these are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of
people ought you to be in set-apart behaviour and reverence,
2Pe
3:12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of Elohim, through
which the heavens shall be destroyed, being set on fire, and the elements melt
with intense heat!
2Pe
3:13 But according to His promise we wait for a renewed heavens and a renewed earth Isa_65:17, Isa_66:22
in which righteousness dwells.
Rev 20:11 And I saw
a great white throne and Him who was sitting on it, from whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw
the dead, small and great, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead
were judged from what was written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the
sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and She’ol gave up the dead who
were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
Rev 20:14 And Death
and She’ol were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death.a
Footnote: aSee Rev_2:11, Rev_20:6, Rev_21:8.
Rev 20:15 And if
anyone was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake
of fire.
Baruch atah YHVH,
Eloheynu, Melech ha-‘Olam, asher natan lanu Toraht-emet, v’chay-yeh o’lam
nata-b’tochenu. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you Yahweh,
our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and
have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of
the Torah – Ameyn.)