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 ,
(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.)
Aliyah
Reviee 20:14-21
Num 20:14 And Mosheh sent messengers from Qaḏĕsh to the sovereign
of Eḏom. “This is what your brother Yisra’ĕl said, ‘You know all the hardship (tiredness)
that has befallen us, (or found us)
It was common to call relatives, brothers in
Yisrael. The Israelites find themselves once again at Kadesh Barnea – the same
place they were turned back into the wilderness 38 years previously. Perhaps it
felt like dei – javu all over again. This time instead of the negative report
from the 10 spies – Miryam and Aharon die and Moshe strikes the rock twice for
water and in turn is refused entry into the land.
The name Kadesh Barnea also just called Kadesh
means “a set apart place of desert wondering” There are some scholars who
believe this is the same place as modern day Petra – a place of refuge. Our
destinies seem inextricably linked to spending a lot time in the wilderness.
Deu 8:2 “And you shall remember that יהוה your Elohim
led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, prove
you, to know what is in your heart, whether you guard His commands or not.
Num 20:15
that our fathers went down to Mitsrayim, and we dwelt in Mitsrayim a
long time, and the Mitsrites did evil to us and our fathers.
Num 20:16
‘And we cried out to יהוה, and He heard
our voice and sent the Messenger and brought us up out of Mitsrayim. And see,
we are in Qaḏĕsh, a city on the edge of your border.
Yahveh did not send “the Messenger” but a messenger.
Num 20:17 ‘Please
let us pass over, through your land. We shall not pass over through fields or
vineyards, nor drink water from wells, we shall go along the sovereign’s
highway. We shall not turn aside, right or left, until we have passed over your
border.’ ”
Num 20:18 But
Eḏom said to him, “You do not pass over through me, lest I come out against
you with the sword.”
The king of Edom(descended from Esav) suggested that he
was quite content to lay hold to Esav’s blessing of the sword.
The spirit of Esav is the spirit of all religion – it is
inherently hostile towards the sons of Yakov.
We can certainly be assured that this same spirit is alive and well and
will do all to resist an end time remnant from returning to the land of
Yisrael. The spirit of Esav is alive and well in modern day Judasim and
Christianity. So let’s arm ourselves with this reality, because it too soon
will end.
Baruch Ha Shem YHVH the spirit of Yakov is also alive and
well all over the earth and can often be found in the strangest of places and
peoples.
Midrash on Ovadyah 1.
Num 20:19 And the
children of Yisra’ĕl said to him, “We shall go by the highway, and if I or my
livestock drink any of your water, then I shall pay for it. Let me only pass
over on foot, without a word.”
Num 20:20 But he
said, “You do not pass over.” And Eḏom came out against them with many men and
with a strong hand.
Num 20:21 So when
Eḏom refused to let Yisra’ĕl pass over through his border, Yisra’ĕl turned
away from him.
This would have been a short cut, now they have to travel
the long way round to reach the promised land. An end time people will have to
face the fact that there are no shortcuts – no pre-trib-rapture!
This issue of the Edomites refusing Yisrael passage
through their territory is repeated twice. This perhaps is an end time
application of Edomite resistance.
Who are the Edomites? The Roman Catholic and Protestant
churches who are the carriers of the pagan western culture? There may even be
an Edomite element amongst the Yuhadim today.
We can be certain that an end time Hebrew bride of
Messiah will be resisted to the utmost from returning to the land of Yisrael.
Aliyah
Chamishi 20:22-21:9
Num 20:22 And the children of Yisra’ĕl, all the
company, departed from Qaḏĕsh
and came to Mount Hor.
In Hebrew “Mount Hor”
is basically a repetition of the same two words “ mountain, mountain” – We know
that mountains are often symbolic of challenges. There is possibly a hidden
message in this place of “double mountains” saying that “if you thought the
wilderness was tough, entering the land is going to be twice as tough.”
Num 20:23
And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh and to Aharon in Mount Hor near the border of the land of Eḏom, saying,
Num 20:24 “Aharon
is to be gathered to his people, for he is not to enter the land which I have
given to the children of Yisra’ĕl, because you(plural) rebelled against My
mouth at the water of Meriḇah.
Yahshua never rebelled against the “mouth” of YHVH,
neither should those who are chosen to be His people.
Num 20:25 “Take
Aharon and El’azar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor,
Num 20:26 and
strip Aharon of his garments and put them on El’azar his son, for Aharon is to
be gathered to his people and die there.”
Num 20:27 And
Mosheh did as יהוה commanded, and
they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation.
Num 20:28 And
Mosheh stripped Aharon of his garments and put them on El’azar his son. And
Aharon died there on the top of the mountain. And Mosheh and El’azar came down
from the mountain.
Num 20:29 And when
all the congregation saw that Aharon was dead, all the house of Yisra’ĕl wept
for Aharon, thirty days.
Num 21:1 And the
sovereign of Araḏ,
the Kena’anite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Yisra’ĕl was coming on the
way to Atharim, and he fought against Yisra’ĕl and took some of them captive.
Num 21:2 Then Yisra’ĕl made a vow to יהוה, and said, “If You deliver this people
into my hand indeed, then I shall put their cities under the ban.”
“Ban” - Hebrew “Charam” means to completely destroy, to
annihilate.
This vow is one of the commandments of Torah to destroy
all Canaanite nations.
Deu 20:16 “Only, of the cities of these peoples which יהוה your Elohim
gives you as an inheritance, you do not keep alive any that breathe,
Deu 20:17 but you
shall certainly put them under the ban: the Ḥittite
and the Amorite and the Kenaʽanite and the Perizzite and the Ḥiwwite
and the Yeḇusite, as יהוה your Elohim
has commanded you,
Deu 20:18 lest
they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done
for their mighty ones, and you sin against יהוה your Elohim.
YHVH saves individuals from any place who respond to His
call to come out of sin and repent. One of Yahshua’s talmidim was a Kenaanite.
The talmadim of Yahshua were forbidden to go to these gentile cities. Later we
see Shaul visiting these cities. Why?
Perhaps certain peoples and cultures have given themselves over to the control
of evil powers, but there are always exceptional individuals who refuse to
submit to the wickedness of their prevailing culture – for example Ruth was a
Moabite.
Mat 10:4
Shimʽon the Kenaʽanite, and Yehuḏah from Qerioth, who did also deliver Him
up.
Mat
10:5 יהושע sent these twelve out, having
commanded them, saying, “Do not go into the way of the gentiles, and do not
enter a city of the Shomeronites,
Mat 10:6
But rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Num 21:3 And יהוה listened to
the voice of Yisra’ĕl and gave up the Kena’anites, and they put them and their
cities under the ban. So the name of that place was called Ḥormah. (Hormah means devoted to destruction)
Num 21:4 And they
departed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land
of Eḏom. But the being of the people
grew impatient because of the way.
Num 21:5 And the
people spoke against Elohim and against Mosheh, “Why have you brought us up out
of Mitsrayim to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and
our being loathes this light bread.”
Num 21:6 And יהוה sent fiery
serpents among the people, and they bit the people. And many of the people of
Yisra’ĕl died.
Num 21:7 Then the
people came to Mosheh, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against יהוה and against
you. Pray to יהוה to take away
the serpents from us.” So Mosheh prayed on behalf of the people.
Num 21:8 And יהוה said to
Mosheh, “Make a fiery serpent,(Heb –
saraph) and set it on a pole. And it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when
he looks at it, shall live.”
Num 21:9 So Mosheh
made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole. And it came to be, if a serpent
had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
Joh 3:14 “And as Mosheh lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so the Son of Aḏam
has to be lifted up,
Joh 3:15 so
that whoever is believing in Him should not perish but possess everlasting
life.
“The
Brazen Serpent was a picture of the Messiah who was lifted up on an execution
stake, who would heal those bitten by the poison of sin. Israel rebelled
against YHVH, and only by being obedient and believing YHVH’s healing of sin,
could they find healing. They needed to turn to the Brass Serpent if they
desired healing. In the same way, man must turn to Messiah who was lifted up on
an execution stake (pole) if they want
healing from the poison of sin.”
It is profound
that the Hebrew word for serpent “nachash” and the Hebrew word for Messiah
“Mashiach” both have a gematria of 358.
“This "brazen serpent"
became an object of adoration to Israel, and so remained until Hezekiah
destroyed it by breaking it into fragments (II Kings 18:4)
This idolatry seems to have repeated itself in the Christian church –who
have for the most part chosen to worship “Jesus” instead of YHVH – Yoh 4:24.
Aliyah Shishi 21:10-20
Num 21:10 And the children of Yisra’ĕl set out and
camped in Oḇoth. (Familiar
spirits)
Num 21:11
And they departed from Oḇoth and camped at Iyĕ Ha-Aḇarim,(ruined in
crossing over) in the wilderness which is east of Mo’aḇ, toward sunrise.
Num 21:12
From there they set out and camped at the wadi Zereḏ. (unusual growth)
Num 21:13
From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which
is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the
Arnon is the border of Mo’aḇ, between Mo’aḇ and the Amorites.
Num 21:14
Therefore it is said in the Book
of the Battles of יהוה, “Wahĕḇ in
Suphah, the wadi Arnon,
Num 21:15 and the
slope of the wadi that turns aside to the dwelling of Ar, and lies on the border
of Mo’aḇ.”
Num 21:16 And from
there on to Be’ĕr, which is the well where יהוה said to
Mosheh, “Gather the people, and let Me give them water.”
Num 21:17 Yisra’ĕl
then sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing to it,
Num 21:18 a well
the leaders sank, which the nobles of the people dug with their staves, by the
word of the Law-giver.” Then from the wilderness on to Mattanah, (statute
maker staff – statute = chok)
Num 21:19 from
Mattanah to Naḥali’ĕl, from Naḥali’ĕl to Bamoth,
Num 21:20 and from
Bamoth, in the valley that is in the country of Mo’aḇ, to the top of Pisgah
which looks down on the wasteland.
Aliyah Sheviee 21:21-22:1
Num 21:21 And Yisra’ĕl sent messengers to Siḥon sovereign of the
Amorites, saying,
Num 21:22
“Let me pass through your land. We shall not turn off into fields or
vineyards, we shall not drink water from wells, but go by the sovereign’s
highway until we have passed over your border.”
Num 21:23
But Siḥon would not allow Yisra’ĕl to pass through his border. So Siḥon
gathered all his people together and went out against Yisra’ĕl in the
wilderness, and he came to Yahats and fought against Yisra’ĕl.
Num 21:24
And Yisra’ĕl smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession
of his land from the Arnon to the Yabboq, as far as the children of Ammon, for
the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Num 21:25
And Yisra’ĕl took all these cities, and Yisra’ĕl dwelt in all the cities
of the Amorites – in Ḥeshbon and in all its villages,
Num 21:26
for Ḥeshbon was the city of Siḥon the sovereign of the Amorites, who
had fought against the former sovereign of Mo’aḇ, and had taken all his land
from his hand as far as the Arnon.
Num 21:27
That is why those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Ḥeshbon, let the
city of Siḥon be built and established.
Num 21:28
“For fire went out from Ḥeshbon, a flame from the city of Siḥon. It
consumed Ar of Mo’aḇ, the masters of the heights of the Arnon.
Num 21:29
“Woe to you, Mo’aḇ! You have perished, O people of Kemosh! He has given
his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Siḥon the
sovereign of the Amorites.
Num 21:30
“Then we shot them – Ḥeshbon has perished as far as Diḇon. And we laid
waste as far as Nophaḥ, which reaches to Mĕyḏeḇa.”
Num 21:31 So
Yisra’ĕl dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Num 21:32
And Mosheh sent to spy out Ya’zĕr. And they took its villages and drove
out the Amorites who were there,
Num 21:33
and turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Oḡ sovereign of Bashan
went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Eḏre’i.
Num 21:34
And יהוה said to
Mosheh, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, with all his
people and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Siḥon sovereign of
the Amorites, who dwelt at Ḥeshbon.”
Num 21:35 And they
smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until no remnant was left to him.
And they took possession of his land.
Num 22:1 And the children of Yisra’ĕl set out and
camped in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ beyond the Yardĕn of Yeriḥo.
We need to remind ourselves that when Yahshua
returns to rule and reign there will be no opposition to any word from the
Torah.
Rev 19:15 And out of His mouth
goes a sharp sword,(Torah) that with it He should smite the nations. And He
shall shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Ěl Shaddai.
Every word of the Torah will be
fulfilled and upheld when Yahshua returns.
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
Please
note these notes are under construction and are subject to correction and are
in no way a final authority on any subjecy.