Blessing
for the Torah Reading:
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, you have selected us from among all the peoples,
and have given us your Torah.
Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Ameyn.)
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.
--חָרוּת,
עַל-הַלֻּחֹת.
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)
Avot 6:2 … )---for there is no free individual, except for he
who occupies himself with the study of Torah
Yakov/Jas 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.
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
John 8:32-36.
This is not the Torah
of bondage as the church has taught – it is the Torah of freedom because when
we are empowered by the Ruach Ha Kodesh to walk in all the righteousness of the
Torah we will progressively experience a life of freedom.
Rom 8:2 For the Torah of the Spirit of the life in
Messiah יהושע has set me
free from the law of sin and of death.
Rom 8:3 For the
Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, Elohim, having
His own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin
in the flesh,
Rom 8:4 so that
the righteousness of the Torah should be completed in us who do not walk
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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!”
The sound of idolatry is impressive – it sounds mighty and convincing
but in reality it can be compared to a spiritual drunken orgy where the
religious masses fornicate with the most despicable theological doctrines
imaginable, done in the name of “serving” Elohim.
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.
It is very clear that idolatry consists of any actions, words or
thoughts that contradict or violate the covenant (Torah) of Yahvch.
The greatest responsibility placed upon man is to hear, obey and do all
the commandments of YHVH.
Wilful and ongoing disobedience to YHVH’s covenant carries with it the
most serious consequences imaginable for man.
“Idolatry is putting someone else
in YHVH’s place.
Genuine faith in YHVH is singular
faith – a faith that relies upon the Elohim of Yisrael and upon Him alone.
Idolatry is not only bowing to a
false god, or putting man in the place of YHVH. It is also thinking and living
as though there is no real need of YHVH
Idolatrous people are satisfied
with a corporate relationship with YHVH.”
Most people who claim to follow true religion will be turned away from
entering into YHVH’s presence.
Mat 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master,
Master,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the
desire of My Father in the heavens.
Mat 7:22 “Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Master,
Master, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name,
and done many mighty works in Your Name?’
Mat 7:23 “And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never
knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!’1 Footnote: 1
See v. 15.
Mat 25:11 “And later the other maidens also came,
saying, ‘Master, Master, open up for us!’
Mat 25:12 “But he answering, said, ‘Truly, I say to
you, I do not know you.’
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.
Moshe imposed on them a test like that given a “sotah” a wife accused of
adultery – Bamid/Numbers 5:16-18. It is likely that a plague came upon those
who were guilty see 33:25
“Colloidal
gold” (gold dust) preparations (suspensions of gold nanaoparticles) in water
are intensely red- coloured, and can be made with tightly controlled particle
sizes up to a few tens of nanometers across by reduction of gold chloride with
citrate or ascorbate ions. Colloidal gold is used in research applications in
medicine, biology and materials science.”
Wikipedia.
Is this
just a coincidence that the water turned red when the gold dust was mixed with
the water?
Midrash:
Idolatry or
false religion is often obsessed with the acquiring of wealth (gold).
A severe
judgment will be made on such idolatry illustrated by the gold being ground
into powder. People will one day come face to face with their idolatry
illustrated by drinking of gold dust as a form of severe judgment.
One can
also midrash around the fact that Yahshua was broken (Torah tablets smashed)
and his blood flowed for the healing of our seemingly incurable disease of
idolatry and all other related iniquities.
Yahshua
will return during a future Yom Kippur. The second set of tablets were given to
Moshe during the time of Yom Kippur.
Yahshua
return in the fullness of Torah to teach Torah to the nations – Yesh 2:2,3.
Isa 2:2 And it shall be in the latter days that the
mountain of the House of יהוה is established
on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills. And all
nations shall flow to it.
Isa 2:3 And many
peoples shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of יהוה, to the House of the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ, and
let Him teach1 us His ways1, and let us walk in His paths1,
for out of Tsiyon comes forth the Torah1, and the Word1
of יהוה from Yerushalayim.” Footnote: 1His
ways, His paths, the teaching and the Word of יהוה are used synonymously.
Yahshua has
come in the volume of the book and will return in the volume of the book.
Heb 10:7 “Then I said, ‘See, I come – in the roll of
the book it has been written concerning Me – to do Your desire, O Elohim. (Ps
40)
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.
Their hearts are set on being idolatrous.
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.
We need to note here that the majority of Yisrael did not
join Moshe – only a few priests – Levites.
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.”
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 offer up himself to be cut off from YHVH and annul the covenant
of death mankind has entered into.
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.”
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 Yaʽaqoḇ,
saying, ‘To your seed I give it.’
Exo 33:2 “And I
shall send My Messenger before you, and I shall drive out the Kenaʽanite
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.
This pattern seems to repeat itself again and again. If
you truly want to be free from idolatry you need to “leave 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.
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן-נוּן נַעַר, לֹא יָמִישׁ מִתּוֹךְ
הָאֹהֶל. {פ}
The sages say “bin” is used instead of “ben” to denote
that Yehoshua was a man of “understanding” – “bein” in Hebrew.
In a midrashic sense this Yehoshua can be likened to our
own Yahshua Moshiach who was a disciple of Moshe. They even carry the same
name.
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.”
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.”
The name of YHVH is the single summation of all He is –
the sum of all His attributes. Thus when YHVH puts Moshe in the cleft of the
rock He first declares His Name and then proceeds to reveal His Esteem by describing
His attributes. “To be satisfied with the pop culture name (God) and definition
of YHVH is likewise to engage in idolatry, for the worship of the G-d which the
culture has defined is the worship of another G-d. Our golden calves are less
obvious, but they are there nonetheless.”
That’s why you have to come to come out of the camp and
seek to join yourself to the heart of Moshe.
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.”
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. (Emphasis added by myself).
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.
Jer 30:11 ‘For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you.
Though I make a complete end of all gentiles1 where I have scattered
you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in
judgment, and by no means leave you unpunished.’ Footnote: 1See
46:28, Isa. 34:2, Isa. 45:17, Dan. 2:44, Amos 9:8, Hag. 2:22.
Jer 30:12 “For
thus said יהוה, ‘Your breach
is incurable, your wound is grievous.
Jer 30:24 The burning displeasure of יהוה shall not turn
back until He has done and established the purposes of His heart. In the latter
days you shall understand it1. Footnote: 1See 23:20.
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.”
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.
The Torah now instructs us on how we are to guard
ourselves against idolatry.
Exo 34:11 “Guard
what I command you today. See, I am driving out from before you the Amorite and
the Kenaʽanite 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 Aḇiḇ,
because in the month of Aḇiḇ 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.”
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, 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.