וַאֲנִי כַּאֲשֶׁר אֶנָּשֵׂא מֵעַל־הָאָרֶץ אֶמְשֹׁ כָּל־אָדָם אַחֲרָי׃
Yochanan/Joh 12:32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Myself.”
Once again the words of Romans 10:4 remind us that Yahshua is the goal of the Torah. We will see once again in this Torah portion that there are hidden messages that point towards our Messiah.
The portion discusses the census of the Yisraelites/Israelites, the washbasin of the Tabernacle, the anointing oils for the priests and kings, the incense offering, and the Sabbath. The Torah then relates the story of the Golden Calf, YHVH's anger at the Yisraelites, Moshes’ successfully arguing for YHVH’s forgiveness for the sin, the subsequent breaking of the tablets, and the giving of the second tablets.
We see once again the central role of the priesthood as YHVH’s choice in bringing about our redemption as well as the redemption of nations.1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light,
1Pe 2:10 who once were not a people, but now the people of Elohim; who had not obtained compassion, but now obtained compassion.
As we study the instructions of this portion we are faced with the sobering reality that not everyone is called and enters into this privileged priesthood. We are reminded once again that only certain priests were allowed to enter into the tabernacle.
We are reminded that Levi had three sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari (Genesis 46:11). Only those of Kohath (Aaron and his sons) were permitted to enter into the tabernacle to meet and minister to YHVH.
So likewise it may be that within the bride of Messiah only a select group desire to respond appropriately to the call of the priesthood according to YHVH’s instruction.
Yez/Eze 44:9 ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “No son of a foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, comes into My set-apart place, even any son of a foreigner who is among the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Eze 44:10 “And the Lĕwites who went far from Me, when Yisra’ĕl went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their crookedness.
Eze 44:11 “And they were attendants in My set-apart place, as gatekeepers of the house and attendants of the house, slaughtering the burnt offering and the offering for the people, and standing before them to attend to them.
Eze 44:12 “Because they attended to them before their idols and became a stumbling-block of crookedness to the house of Yisra’ĕl, therefore I have lifted My hand in an oath against them,” declares the Master יהוה, “that they shall bear their crookedness,
Eze 44:13 and not come near Me to serve as My priest, nor come near any of that which is set-apart to Me, nor into the Most Set-apart Place. And they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they have done.
Eze 44:14 “Yet I shall make them those who guard the duty of the House, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.
Eze 44:15 “But the priests, the Lĕwites, the sons of Tsaḏoq, who guarded the duty of My set-apart place when the children of Yisra’ĕl went astray from Me, they shall draw near to Me to serve Me, and shall stand before Me to bring to Me the fat and the blood,” declares the Master יהוה.
Praise the Father this priesthood is not just limited to one ethnic group.
Yesh/Isa 66:21 “And from them (gentiles) too I shall take for priests – for Lĕwites,” declares יהוה.
Blessing for the Torah:
Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-O’lam, asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,
v’natan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim , King of the Universe,
(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. Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Ameyn.)
Torah Readings:
1. 30:11 – 31:17
2. 31:18 – 33:11
3. 33:12-16
4. 33:17-23
5. 34:1-9
6. 34:10-26
7. 34:27-32
8. Maftir: 34:33-35
Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:1-39 (Ashkenazim); 18:20-39 (Sefardim)
Aliyah Rishon 30:11-31:17
Shemot/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.
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 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.
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.”
In Shemot/Exodus 38:26, 27 this same half shekel is called a “beka” (beit, kuph,ayin) The gematria of “beka” is 172. We know that there are 172 words in the 10 sayings (incorrectly called the 10 commandments)
The 172 words (bekah) represent the Torah in a “compact form” and reminds us of Yahshua who also represented the fullness of the Torah in his life.
Lifting up the head of the sons of Israel can be seen as both lifting up the Messiah in his execution as well as presenting him as the perfect Torah in the flesh. Only those who are willing to associate with Messiah in this way will be counted worthy of the kingdom in the “olam ha ze as well as the olam ha ba” (this present age and the age to come)
We see in the Good News Yahshua addresses this very issue of the giving of the “bekah”. Sadly we see how this redemption has been misrepresented.
Mat 17:24 And when they came into Kephar Naḥum, those who received the tax came to Kĕpha and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the tax?”
Mat 17:25 He said, “Yea.” And when he came into the house, יהושע spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Shim’on? From whom do the sovereigns of the earth take toll or tax, from their own sons or from the strangers?”
Mat 17:26 Kĕpha then said to Him, “From the strangers.” יהושע said to him, “Then the sons are exempt.
Mat 17:27 “But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a piece of money (stater). Take that and give it to them for Me and you.” (“stater” was a gold coin)
Alfred Edersheim's book The Temple explains how this tribute was collected. He states: "For annually, on the 1st of Adar (12th Biblical monh)while (the month before the Passover), proclamation was made throughout the country by messengers sent from Jerusalem of the approaching Temple tribute. On the 15th of Adar the money-changers opened stalls throughout the country to change the various coins, which Jewish residents at home or settlers abroad might bring, into the ancient money of Israel. For custom had it that nothing but the regular half-shekel of the sanctuary could be received at the treasury. On the 25th of Adar business was only transacted within the precincts of Jerusalem and of the Temple, and after that date those who had refused to pay the impost could be proceeded against at law. End quote.
The moneychangers had a monopoly on the half shekel and buying and selling in the set apart place/sanctuary. Thus, they could charge what they wanted for those coins.
The moneychangers were much like the modern day bankers, especially the Federal Reserve Bank, today, who has a monopoly on creating money out of nothing and charging interest on it.
This remains the deception and disease of a false priesthood. If you don’t have their currency or do things their way, you will not receive redemption. (We are not redeemed with gold but with silver.)
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.
This washing was not meant to just be a ritual but a prophetic reminder that it was our hands and feet that joined themselves with those who condemned and executed our Messiah. With this knowledge a set apart priesthood desire their deeds (hands) and feet (ways) to continually be clean and pleasing to the Father.
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.”
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.’ ”
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.”
The anointing oil and incense represent the complete work of YHVH’s making us acceptable in His sight. We breathe the incense (inner man) and are anointed with the oil (outer man)
Exo 31:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exo 31:2 “See, I have called by name Betsal’ĕl son of Uri, son of Ḥur, of the tribe of Yehuḏah,
Exo 31:3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of Elohim in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work,
Exo 31:4 to make designs for work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,
Exo 31:5 and in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, and to work in all work.
Exo 31:6 “And I, look I have appointed with him Oholiaḇ son of Aḥisamaḵ, of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the hearts of everyone who is wise-hearted, and they shall make all that I have commanded you:
“No tribe was greater than Judah and none more lowly than Dan... Said YHVH: "Let the one come and be associated with the other, so that no man may despise [his fellow] or be arrogant, for both great and small are equal in YHVH's sight." (Midrash Tanchuma)
The name “Betsalel” (Betsal’ĕl) means “in the shadow of Elohim”. The name “Ohaliab” (Oholiaḇ )means” in the tents of his father”. We see from this that the great work YHVH does is not taking place in public places or large gatherings for everyone to see, but in quite humble places.
Exo 31:7 the Tent of Meeting, and the ark of the Witness and the lid of atonement that is on it, and all the utensils of the Tent,
Exo 31:8 and the table and its utensils, and the clean gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Exo 31:9 and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand,
Exo 31:10 and the woven garments, and the set-apart garments for Aharon the priest and the garments of his sons, for serving as priests,
Exo 31:11 and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the Set-apart Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they are to do.”
Exo 31:12 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Exo 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign1 between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart. Footnote: 1The only sign of יהוה setting us apart, the only sign of the everlasting covenant, is His Sabbaths, one of them being the seventh day Sabbath. This is repeated in Ezek. 20:12 & 20.
Exo 31:14 ‘And you shall guard the Sabbath, for it is set-apart to you. Everyone who profanes it shall certainly be put to death, for anyone who does work on it, that being shall be cut off from among his people.
Exo 31:15 ‘Six days work is done, and on the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, set-apart to יהוה. Everyone doing work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.
Exo 31:16 ‘And the children of Yisra’ĕl shall guard the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant.
Exo 31:17 ‘Between Me and the children of Yisra’ĕl it is a sign forever. For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”
There are two dimensions to Shabbat, referred to in the dual commandment to "keep" it and to "make" it. It is a day possessing an intrinsic holiness from the very beginning of time; this set apartness the people of Israel are commanded to keep and preserve. And then there is the command "to make the Shabbat"--to impart greater set apartness and meaning to it by our actions (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch).
Aliyah Sheni 31:18-33:11
Shemot/Exo 31:18 And when He had ended speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Mosheh two tablets of the Witness, tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim.
The Sages note the similarity of the Hebrew word kechaloto--"when he had ended" or “as to finish with him”--with the word kekallato, "as his bride," citing numerous ways in which the Torah, referred to in this verse, and the Shabbat, spoken of in the previous verse, are analogous to a bride: Why is that? Because when YHVH gave the Torah to Israel, it was then as dear to them as a bride is to her spouse, as it says, "And he gave to Moshe kechaloto." (Midrash Rabbah)
Just as a bride comes to her groom beautiful, bejewelled and perfumed, so does the Shabbat come to the people of Israel... Just as the groom dresses in his finest raiment to receive his bride, so does the Jew receive the Shabbat. Just as a groom is pampered and absolved from working all his nuptial days, so is the Hebrew on Shabbat (Midrash).
This means that when YHVH handed the Tablets to Moses, the people had already made the Golden Calf! Thus the Midrash says: while they were busy provoking Him to anger below, He was occupied in heaven with bestowing upon them a Torah of life... (Midrash Rabbah)
Exo 32:1 And when the people saw that Mosheh was so long in coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aharon, and said to him, “Arise, make us mighty ones who go before us. For this Mosheh, the man who brought us up out of the land of Mitsrayim, we do not know what has become of him.”
Exo 32:2 And Aharon said to them,
“Take off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” Exo 32:3 “And all the people took off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aharon.
There's no understanding the character of this people! They're solicited for the Golden Calf, and they give; they're solicited for the Tabernacle--they give. Today we are still the same.
Exo 32:4 And he took this from their hand, and he formed it with an engraving tool, and made a moulded calf. And they said, “This is your mighty one, O Yisra’ĕl, that brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim!”
Exo 32:5 And Aharon saw and built an altar before it. And Aharon called out and said, “Tomorrow is a festival to יהוה.”
Exo 32:6 And they rose early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Exo 32:7 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Mitsrayim have corrupted themselves.
Exo 32:8 “They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a moulded calf, and have bowed themselves to it and slaughtered to it, and said, ‘This is your mighty one, O Yisra’ĕl, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim!’ ”
Exo 32:9 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “I have seen this people, and see, it is a stiff-necked people!
Exo 32:10 “And now, let Me alone, that My wrath might burn against them and I consume them and I make of you a great nation.”
Exo 32:11 But Mosheh pleaded with יהוה his Elohim, and said, “יהוה, why does Your wrath burn against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Mitsrayim with great power and with a strong hand?
Exo 32:12 “Why should the Mitsrites speak, and say, ‘For evil He brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from the heat of Your wrath, and relent from this evil to Your people.
Exo 32:13 “Remember Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yisra’ĕl, Your servants, to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I increase your seed like the stars of the heavens. And all this land that I have spoken of I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”
Exo 32:14 And יהוה relented from the evil which He said He would do to His people.
Exo 32:15 And Mosheh turned and went down from the mountain, and in his hand were the two tablets of the Witness, tablets written on both their sides, written on the one and on the other.
Exo 32:16 And the tablets were the work of Elohim, and the writing was the writing of Elohim engraved on the tablets.
Engraved (charut) on the Tablets (32:16) Had the First Tablets not been broken, no nation or people could have subjugated the Hebrew people, as it is written, "Charut on the Tablet." Do not read charut (engraved), but cheirut (free); on account of these Tablets, Israel would have remained ever free. (Talmud and Rashi, Eruvin 54a)
Ya’akov/James 1:25 But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom,1 and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah. Footnote: 1See 2:12.
Ya’akov/Jas 2:12 So speak and so do as those who are to be judged by a Torah of freedom.1 Footnote: 1See 1:25, and Yoch/John 8:32-36.
Exo 32:17 And Yehoshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted and he said to Mosheh, “A noise of battle in the camp!” Exo 32:18 But he said, “It is not the sound of those who shout of might, nor is it the sound of those who cry out in weakness, but the sound of singing that I hear.”
Exo 32:19 And it came to be, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. And Mosheh’s displeasure burned, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
Exo 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burned it in the fire, and ground it into powder, and scattered it on the face of the water and made the children of Yisra’ĕl drink it.
Exo 32:21 And Mosheh said to Aharon, “What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”
Exo 32:22 And Aharon said, “Do not let the displeasure of my master burn. You know the people, that it is in evil.
Exo 32:23 “And they said to me, ‘Make us mighty ones who go before us. For this Mosheh, the man who brought us out of the land of Mitsrayim, we do not know what has become of him.’
Exo 32:24 “And I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let them take it off.’ And they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”
Exo 32:25 And Mosheh saw that the people were let loose, for Aharon had let them loose, to their shame among their enemies.
Exo 32:26 And Mosheh stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Who is for יהוה? Come to me.” And all the sons of Lĕwi gathered themselves to him.
Exo 32:27 And he said to them, “Thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl: ‘Each one put his sword on his side, pass over to and fro from gate to gate in the camp, and each one slay his brother, and each one his friend, and each one his relative.’ ”
Exo 32:28 And the sons of Lĕwi did according to the word of Mosheh. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.
Exo 32:29 And Mosheh said, “You are ordained for יהוה today – since each one has been against his son and his brother – so as to bring upon you a blessing today.”
Exo 32:30 And it came to be on the next day that Mosheh said to the people, “You, you have sinned a great sin. And now I am going up to יהוה – if I might atone for your sin.”
Exo 32:31 And Mosheh returned to יהוה and said, “Oh, these people have sinned a great sin, and have made for themselves a mighty one of gold!
Exo 32:32 “And now, if You would forgive their sin, but if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written.”
Moshes’ name appears in every Parshah in the books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers (the Book of Genesis predates Moshes' birth; Deuteronomy consists wholly of a first-person narrative spoken by Moshe). Every Parshah, that is, except for one: the Parshah of Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20--30:10, the previous Parsha), which includes not a single mention of Moshes' name. The reason for this is that Moshe said to YHVH: "If You do not [forgive Israel], blot me out of Your book which you have written." For the censure of a righteous person, even if made conditional on an unfulfilled stipulation, always has some effect (Baal HaTurim).
Exo 32:33 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I blot him out of My book.
Exo 32:34 “And now, go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. See, My Messenger goes before you. And in the day of My visitation I shall visit their sin upon them.”
There is no misfortune that does not have in it something of the sin of the Golden Calf.
(Talmud, Sanhedrin 102a)
Herein lies one the greatest mysteries of our redemption:
Yeshayahu/Isa 28:16 Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am laying in Tsiyon a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a settled foundation. He who trusts shall not hasten away
Isa 28:17 And I shall make right-ruling the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet. And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lying, and the waters overflow the hiding place.
Isa 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your vision with the grave not stand. When an overflowing scourge passes through, then you shall be trampled down by it.
Moshe seeks to annul the covenant of death Yisrael has made. The Torah teaches in Bemidbar/Numbers 30 that the father can annul a vow that his daughter or wife enter into unwisely.
Moshe seeks to annul this vow by offering himself up as a ransom. This points us to a future time when Messiah himself would be the only one who could annul this covenant of death.
How could this be done? Messiah himself would become the other half of the redemption shekel. The word “bekah” also means “to cleave” as to cut apart. Man was separated from the covenant and could only be restored to the covenant with YHVH if the half became a whole.
This whole had to be perfect and there was only one who could make it perfect. Yahshua from Nazareth was the only one who could make the “half a whole.” Messiah had to take upon himself the imperfection and constant covenant breaking of the other “guilty half.”
This is what a priest does. There is no other priest like Yahshua. Only he could take on our guilt and shame and in exchange give us his perfection and beauty. This deep identification with Messiah is what YHVH does when He conforms us into the image of His Son so that His covenant can be restored in us perfectly. (Rom 8:29)
A true priest is forever paying a price to bring completeness to YHVH’s people.
That’s why the whole offering system is not about appeasing an angry Elohim. The very word for offering “korban” comes from the root word to “draw near.” We can draw with humble broken hearts because we know it cost so much for us to be able to draw near to our Creator.
Exo 32:35 And יהוה plagued the people because they made the calf, which Aharon made.
Exo 33:1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Come, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Mitsrayim, to the land of which I swore to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya’aqov, saying, ‘To your seed I give it.’
Exo 33:2 “And I shall send My Messenger before you, and I shall drive out the Kena’anite and the Amorite and the Ḥittite and the Perizzite and the Ḥiwwite and the Yeḇusite,
Exo 33:3 to a land flowing with milk and honey. For I do not go up in your midst because you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”
Exo 33:4 And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.
Exo 33:5 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. Should I go up in your midst for one moment I shall consume you. And now, take off your ornaments, and I shall know what to do to you.’ ”
Exo 33:6 So the children of Yisra’ĕl took off their ornaments at Mount Ḥorĕḇ.
Exo 33:7 And Mosheh took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the Tent of Meeting. And it came to be that everyone who sought יהוה went out to the Tent of Meeting which was outside the camp.
Exo 33:8 And it came to be, whenever Mosheh went out to the Tent, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Mosheh until he entered the Tent.
Exo 33:9 And it came to be, when Mosheh entered the Tent, that the column of cloud descended and stood at the door of the Tent, and He spoke with Mosheh.
Exo 33:10 And all the people saw the column of cloud standing at the Tent door, and all the people rose and bowed themselves, each one at the door of his tent.
Exo 33:11 Thus יהוה spoke to Mosheh face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Yehoshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the Tent.
Aliyah Shlishi 33:12-16
Exo 33:12 And Mosheh said to יהוה, “See, You are saying to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not made known to me whom You would send with me, though You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favour in My eyes.’
Exo 33:13 “And now, please, if I have found favour in Your eyes, please show me Your way, and let me know You, so that I find favour in Your eyes. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
Exo 33:14 And He said, “My Presence does go, and I shall give you rest.”
Exo 33:15 And he said to Him, “If Your Presence is not going, do not lead us up from here.
Exo 33:16 “For how then shall it be known that I have found favour in Your eyes, I and Your people, except You go with us? Then we shall be distinguished, I and Your people, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
Aliyah Reviee 33:17-23
Shemot/Exo 33:17 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Even this word you have spoken I shall do, for you have found favour in My eyes, and I know you by name.”
Exo 33:18 Then he said, “Please, show me Your esteem.”
Exo 33:19 And He said, “I shall cause all My goodness to pass before you, and I shall proclaim the Name of יהוה before you. And I shall favour him whom I favour, and shall have compassion on him whom I have compassion.”
Exo 33:20 But He said, “You are unable to see My face, for no man does see Me and live.”
Exo 33:21 And יהוה said, “See, there is a place with Me! And you shall stand on the rock.
Exo 33:22 “And it shall be, while My esteem passes by, that I shall put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand while I pass by.
Exo 33:23 “Then I shall take away My hand and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”
Aliyah Chamishi 34:1-9
Shemot/Exo 34:1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I shall write on these tablets the Words that were on the first tablets which you broke.
Exo 34:2 “And be ready in the morning. Then you shall come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain.
Exo 34:3 “And let no man come up with you, and let no man be seen in all the mountain, and let not even the flock or the herd feed in front of that mountain.”
Exo 34:4 And he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Then Mosheh rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as יהוה had commanded him, and he took two tablets of stone in his hand.
Exo 34:5 And יהוה came down in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, יהוה.
Exo 34:6 And יהוה passed before him and proclaimed, “יהוה, יהוה, an Ěl compassionate and showing favour, patient, and great in kindness and truth,
Exo 34:7 watching over kindness for thousands, forgiving crookedness and transgression and sin, but by no means leaving unpunished1, visiting the crookedness of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.” Footnote: 1This is confirmed in Num. 14:18, and in Jer. 30:11.
Exo 34:8 And Mosheh hurried and bowed himself toward the earth, and did obeisance,
Exo 34:9 and said, “If, now, I have found favour in Your eyes, O יהוה, I pray, let יהוה go on in our midst, even though we are a stiff-necked people. And forgive our crookedness and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
Aliyah Shishi 34:10-26
Shemot/Exo 34:10 And He said, “See, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I am going to do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of יהוה. For what I am doing with you is awesome.
Exo 34:11 “Guard what I command you today. See, I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Kena’anite and the Ḥittite and the Perizzite and the Ḥiwwite and the Yeḇusite.
Exo 34:12 “Guard yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.
Exo 34:13 “But break down their altars, and smash their pillars, and cut down their Ashĕrim –
Exo 34:14 for you do not bow yourselves to another mighty one, for יהוה, whose Name is jealous, is a jealous Ěl –
Exo 34:15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they whore after their mighty ones, and slaughter to their mighty ones, and one of them invites you and you eat of his slaughterings,
Exo 34:16 and you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters whore after their mighty ones, and make your sons whore after their mighty ones.
Exo 34:17 “Do not make a moulded mighty one for yourselves.
Exo 34:18 “Guard the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the appointed time of the month of Aviv because in the month of Aviv you came out from Mitsrayim.
Exo 34:19 “Everyone opening the womb is Mine, and every male first-born among your livestock, whether bull or sheep.
Exo 34:20 “But the first-born of a donkey you ransom with a lamb. And if you do not ransom, then you shall break his neck. Every first-born of your sons you shall ransom. And they shall not appear before Me empty-handed.
Exo 34:21 “Six days you work, but on the seventh day you rest – in ploughing time and in harvest you rest.
Exo 34:22 “And perform the Festival of Weeks for yourself, of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
Exo 34:23 “Three times in the year all your men are to appear before the Master, יהוה, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl,
Exo 34:24 for I dispossess nations before you, and shall enlarge your borders, and let no one covet your land when you go up to appear before יהוה your Elohim three times in the year.
Exo 34:25 “Do not offer the blood of My slaughtering with leaven, and do not let the slaughtering of the Festival of the Passover remain until morning.
Exo 34:26 “Bring the first of the first-fruits of your land to the House of יהוה your Elohim. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Aliyah Sheviee 34:27-35
Shemot/Exo 34:27 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Write these Words, for according to the mouth of these Words I have made a covenant with you and with Yisra’ĕl.”
Exo 34:28 And he was there with יהוה forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread and he did not drink water. And He wrote on the tablets the Words of the covenant, the Ten Words.
Exo 34:29 And it came to be, when Mosheh came down from Mount Sinai, while the two tablets of the Witness were in Mosheh’s hand when he came down from the mountain, that Mosheh did not know that the skin of his face shone since he had spoken with Him.
Exo 34:30 And Aharon and all the children of Yisra’ĕl looked at Mosheh and saw the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
Exo 34:31 But Mosheh called out to them, and Aharon and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him, and Mosheh spoke to them.
Exo 34:32 And afterward all the children of Yisra’ĕl came near, and he commanded them all that יהוה had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
Exo 34:33 And when Mosheh ended speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
Exo 34:34 But whenever Mosheh went in before יהוה to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out he spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕl what he had been commanded,
Exo 34:35 and the children of Yisra’ĕl would see the face of Mosheh, that the skin of Mosheh’s face shone, and Mosheh would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.
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 YHVH, 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, Yahweh giver of the Torah.
Ameyn.)
Please note these notes are under construction and are subject to correction and are in no way a final authority on any subject.
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