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Parashat 36 Portion 106 B’Midbar 9:22
– 10:36 Yesh 27:7-13 Rev 8:1-6
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.)
Karl Marx infamously described Christianity as the
‘’opiate of the masses’’. Opiates are used to escape pain, but they do not
guard us against suffering.
1Pe 4:1
Therefore, since Messiah suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the
same mind, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,[]a Footnote:
a Rom_6:2-22, 1Pe_2:25.
In these days the set apart Spirit is preparing us for
the difficult and troubling times that lie ahead. Most of humanity will not
survive the time of ‘’Yakov’s distress’’
Jer 30:5 “For this
is what יהוה said, ‘We
have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Jer 30:6 Ask now,
and see if a man is giving birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his
loins like a woman in labour, and all faces turned pale?
Jer 30:7 Oh! For
great is that day, there is none like it. And it is the time of Ya‛aqoḇ’s
distress, but he shall be saved out of it.
Jer 30:11 For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save
you. Though I make a complete end of all nations 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: aSee Jer_46:28, Isa_34:2, Isa_45:17,
Dan_2:44, Amo_9:8, Hag_2:22.
Jer 30:12 “For thus said יהוה, ‘Your
breach is incurable, your wound is grievous.
Jer 30:13 No one pleads your cause, to bind up. There are no
healing medicines for you.
1Co 10:1 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, that all
our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
1Co 10:2 and all were immersed into Mosheh in the cloud and in
the sea,
1Co 10:3 and all ate the same spiritual food,
1Co 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank
of that spiritual Rock that followed, and the Rock was Messiah.
1Co 10:5 However, with most of them Elohim was not well pleased,
for they were laid low in the wilderness.
1Co 10:6 And these became examples for us, so that we should not
lust after evil, as those indeed lusted.
1Co 10:7 And do not become idolaters as some of them, as it has
been written, “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to
play.” Exo_32:6.
1Co 10:8 Neither should we commit whoring, as some of them did,
and in one day twenty-three thousand fell,
1Co 10:9 neither let us try Messiah, as some of them also tried,
and were destroyed by serpents,
1Co 10:10 neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and
were destroyed by the destroyer.
1Co 10:11 And all these came upon them as examples, and they were
written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come,
1Co 10:12 so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest
he fall.
1Co 10:13 No trial has overtaken you except such as is
common to man, and Elohim is trustworthy, who shall not allow you to be tried
beyond what you are able, but with the trial shall also make the way of escape,
enabling you to bear it.
1Co 10:14 Therefore, my beloved ones, flee from idolatry.
Num 9:22 Whether two days, or a month, or a year that
the cloud lingered above the Dwelling Place to dwell upon it, the children of
Yisra’ĕl camped, and did not depart. But when it was taken up, they departed.
Num 9:23
At the command of יהוה they camped,
and at the command (Heb ‘’al pe’’) of יהוה they departed.
They guarded the Charge of יהוה, at the
command of יהוה by the hand of
Mosheh.
Note
the use of the future tense verbs – “encamped and journeyed.” These verbs may
also refer to a future time when Yisrael will begin its epic journey back to
Land. Note also that the word “commandment is not used but “mouth of YHVH” is
used. (Mt 4:4)
Our
future safety and survival depends on hearing and obeying the words that come
out of the mouth of YHVH.
In
the last of the last days the 144 000 witnesses of Rev 7 will guide and
protect us in the wilderness of the nations.
Eze
20:35 “And I shall bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and
shall enter into judgment with you face to face there.
Eze
20:36 “As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of
the land of Mitsrayim, so I shall enter into judgment with you,” declares the
Master יהוה.
Eze
20:37 “And I shall make you pass under the rod, and shall bring you into
the bond of the covenant,
Eze
20:38 and purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress
against Me. From the land where they sojourn I bring them out, but they shall
not come into the land of Yisra’ěl. And you shall know that I am יהוה.
Num 10:1 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Num 10:2 “Make two silver trumpets (Heb - chătsôtserâh) for yourself, make them of beaten work. And you shall
use them for calling the congregation and for breaking camp.
Num 10:3 “And when they blow (S8628 – Takah – long
blast) both of them, all the congregation shall meet before you at the door of
the Tent of Meeting. (Hebrew defines
different kinds of blasts from the trumpets)
Num 10:4 “And if they blow one, (takah - blast– long
blow)then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Yisra’ĕl, shall gather to
you.
Num 10:5 “And when you blow a shout,(teruah – short blow -
alarm) the camps that lie on the east side shall depart.
Num 10:6 “And when you blow (teruah) a shout the second time, then the camps
that lie on the south side shall depart – they blow a shout for them to depart.
Num 10:7 “And when the assembly is to be assembled,
you blow (long blasts), but do not
shout (short blasts).
Num 10:8 “And the
sons of Aharon, the priests, blow (takah)with the trumpets. And it shall be to
you for a law (chukat) forever throughout your generations.
One of the main differences
between the ‘Shofar’ and the ‘trumpet’ is that while everyone could blow in the
‘Shofar,’ in the ‘trumpet’ ONLY the priests could do so.
Num 10:9 “And when you go into battle in your land
against the enemy that distresses you, then you shall shout with the trumpets,
and you shall be remembered before יהוה your Elohim, and you shall be saved from
your enemies.
Num 10:10 “And in the day of your gladness, and in your
appointed times, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow(takah) the
trumpets over your burnt offerings and over your peace offerings. And they
shall be a remembrance for you before your Elohim. I am יהוה your Elohim.”
Num
10:11 And it came to be on the twentieth
day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from
above the Dwelling Place of the Witness. (just after the seven days of chag ha
matzot of pesach sheni – in the last
days the stragglers and backsliders will be given a second chance to join the
12 tribes returning to the land)
Perhaps
there was a delay to their journey because of “Pesach sheni” or second Passover
– see previous portion.
Num 10:12 And the children of Yisra’ĕl departed,
setting out from the Wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud dwelt on it in
the Wilderness of Paran.
Num
10:13 Thus they departed the first time,
according to the command of יהוה by the
hand of Mosheh.
This
was the first time after camping at Mount Sinai that the nation moved. They had
left Mitzraim/Egypt and now they were ready to move on.
Num 10:14 And the banner of the camp of the children of
Yehuḏah departed first
according to their divisions. And over their army was Naḥshon, son
of Amminaḏaḇ.
Num 10:15 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Yissasḵar was Nethanĕ’l, son of Tsuʽar.
Num 10:16 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Zeḇulun was Eliyaḇ, son
of Ḥĕlon.
Num 10:17 And the Dwelling Place was taken down. And
the sons of Gĕreshon and the sons of Merari departed, bearing the
Dwelling Place.
Num 10:18 And the banner of the camp of Re’uḇĕn
departed according to their divisions. And over their army was Elitsur, son of
Sheḏĕy’ur.
Num 10:19 And over the army of the tribe of the children
of Shimʽon was Shelumi’ĕl, son of Tsurishaddai.
Num 10:20 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Gaḏ was Elyasaph, the son of Deu’ĕl.
Num 10:21 And the
Qehathites departed, bearing the set-apart objects, while the Dwelling
Place was set up before they came.
Num 10:22 And the banner of the camp of the children of
Ephrayim departed according to their divisions. And over their army was
Elishama, son of Ammihuḏ.
Num 10:23 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Menashsheh was Gamli’ĕl, son of Peḏahtsur.
Num 10:24 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Binyamin was Aḇiḏan, son of Giḏʽoni.
Num 10:25 Then the banner of the camp of the children
of Dan, which formed the rear guard of all the camps, departed according to
their divisions. And over their army was Aḥiʽezer,
son of Ammishaddai.
Num 10:26 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Ashĕr was Paḡʽi’ĕl, the son of Oḵran.
Num 10:27 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Naphtali was Aḥira, the son of Ěnan.
Num 10:28 Such was
the order of setting out of the children of Yisra’ĕl, according to their
divisions, when they departed.
Num 10:29 And Mosheh said to Ḥoḇaḇ, the
son of Reʽuw’ĕl (friend of Elohim)the Miḏyanite,
Mosheh’s father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which יהוה said, ‘I give it to you.’ Come with us,
and we shall do good to you, for יהוה has spoken
good concerning Yisra’ĕl.”
Num 10:30 And he replied to him, “I am not going, but I
am going to my own land and to my relatives.”
Num 10:31 Then he said, “Please do not leave us,
because you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you shall be our eyes.
Num 10:32 “And it shall be, when you go with us, then
it shall be that whatever good יהוה does to us,
the same we shall do to you.”
According
to the sages Yitro did accompany Moshe and received a 250 000 sq cubits plot of
land in Yericho.
“and
you shall be our eyes” is written in the future tense. Rashi translates this as
“if anything should be hidden from our eyes, you will enlighten us”
This
is a rather profound prophetic statement and is seen by some as a future
prophecy of the significance of “gerim” or the grafted in branches of Yisrael
playing an extremely significant role in bringing light to the Torah of YHVH as
it relates to end time issues and the returning of all exiles to the land of Yisrael.
Num 10:33 So they set out from the mountain of יהוה on a journey of three days (Messianic number). And the ark of the covenant of יהוה went before them for the three days’
journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
Rashi makes a very
interesting comment on this ark. He says on page 787 in the Stones Chumash –
“The commentators raise the difficulty that the ark traveled after the formations
of Judah and Reuben (vs 17) not at the forefront of the camp, this ark was not
the ark that contained the Tablets but the second ark which contained the
broken pieces of the first set of tablets which Moses had shattered. This is a picture of Messiah’s broken body
resurrected after three days who will lead us in the way to the Kingdom of
YHVH.
Num 10:34 And the cloud of יהוה was above them by day when they went out
from the camp.
Num 10:35 And it came to be, whenever the ark set out,
that Mosheh said, “Rise up, O יהוה! And let Your
enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You.”
Col 2:15 Having stripped
the principalities and the authorities, He made a public display of them,
having prevailed over them in it.
Num 10:36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O יהוה, to the countless thousands of Yisra’ĕl.”
1Th 4:16 Because the
Master Himself shall come down from heaven with a shout, with the voice of a
chief messenger, and with the trumpet (Heb -teruah)of Elohim, and the dead in
Messiah shall rise first.
1Th 4:17 Then we, the
living who are left over, shall be caught away together with them in the clouds
to meet the Master in the air – and so we shall always be with the
Master.
1Th 4:18 So, then,
encourage one another with these words.
Vs 35 speaks of Yahshua’s
first coming and vs 36 speaks of his second coming.
These two verses (35 and
36) happen to fall between two inverted ‘nuns’ - (a “nun ‘’] is one of the letters in the
Hebrew alphabet and they appear here in these verses back to front – ‘’[‘’)
Whenever an oddity appears in the Torah we need to pay special attention to
some hidden deeper message in the text.
“Nun” (5125) has a
meaning to “resprout” and contains the idea of “life in perpetuation” or
posterity. The verb ‘’nun’’ means ‘’to greatly increase’’ this verb is
connected with a similar verb ‘’daga’’ which also means ‘’to increase or
multiply’’ the noun ‘’dag’’ in Hebrew means ‘’fish’’ Fish are known to multiply
in great numbers.
Why the inverted ‘nuns”? Maybe as long as Messiah is not on earth teaching the nations the Torah, the increase and blessings of life will be abrupt and back to front and not “perpetuating” as it was meant to be.
In the
synagogues vs 35 is read when the Torah scroll is taken out of a closet called
the “ark of the covenant/Aharon Kodesh” and verse 36 is read when the scroll is
returned. Even in our days I believe this action sends a message into the
spiritual realm. It is stating that the Messiah has come and scattered and
defeated his enemies and he will return with millions of his followers and
completely remove all our enemies
Isa 9:6 For a Child
is born unto us, a Son is given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder. And
His Name is called Wonder, Counsellor, Strong Ěl, Father of Continuity, Prince
of Peace.
Isa 9:7 Of the increase of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the throne of Dawiḏ and over His reign,a to establish it and sustain it with right-ruling and with righteousness from now on, even forever. The ardour of יהוה of hosts does this. Footnote: aSee Isa_16:5, Psa_2:1-12, Psa_45:6, Mic_5:2, Luk_1:32-33.
Isa 27:12
And in that day it shall be that יהוה threshes, from
the channel of the River to the wadi of Mitsrayim. And you shall be gathered
one by one1, O children of Yisra’ĕl. Footnote: 1Jer.
3:14-15.
Isa 27:13 And in that day it shall be that a great horn
is blown,(Heb ‘’shofar gadol’’) and those who were perishing in the land of
Ashshur and the outcasts in the land of Mitsrayim shall come, and shall worship
יהוה on the set-apart mountain, in Yerushalayim
– see also 1 Thess 4:16.
Only a restored Levitical
priesthood (accompanied by the 144 000 end time witnesses) will discern
the sound of the trumpets in the book of Revelation and warn those called to
guard the commandments and who have the testimony of Yahshua.
Rev
8:1 And when He opened the
seventh seal, there came to be silence in the heaven for about half an
hour.
Rev 8:2 And I saw the
seven messengers who stand before Elohim, and to them were given seven
trumpets.
Rev 8:3 And another
messenger came and stood at the slaughter-place, holding a golden censer, and
much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all
the set-apart ones upon the golden slaughter-place which was before the
throne.
Rev 8:4 And the smoke of
the incense, with the prayers of the set-apart ones, went up before Elohim from
the hand of the messenger.
Rev 8:5 And the
messenger took the censer, and filled it with fire from the slaughter-place,
and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, and thunders, and lightnings,
and an earthquake.
The
Seven Trumpets
Rev 8:6 And the seven
messengers who held the seven trumpets (Heb – shofar)prepared themselves to sound (Heb
‘’takah’’)
It is difficult for many to
see how this Torah portion can have any meaningful significance for messianic
believers.
If we observe the pattern and
context of the book of revelation – we see similarities to this portion. In
Revelation chapter seven it also mentions the 12 tribes – 144000. In chapter
eight it speaks of the trumpets.
It may be difficult for us to
imagine ourselves in a similar end time scenario, but listen to the words of
Yahshua:
Mat 10:16 “See, I send
you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise a as
serpents and innocent as doves. Footnote: aOr cautious, crafty, shrewd.
Mat 10:17 “But beware of
men, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins and flog you in their
congregations.
Mat 10:18 “And you shall
be brought before governors and sovereigns for My sake, as a witness to them
and to the nations.
Mat 10:19 “But when they
deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it shall
be given to you in that hour what you shall speak,
Mat 10:20 for it is not
you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
Mat 10:21 “And brother
shall deliver up brother to death, and a father his child. And children
shall rise up against parents Mic_7:6 and shall put them to
death.
Mat 10:22 “And you shall
be hated by all for My Name’s sake. But he who shall have endured to the end
shall be saved.[b] Footnote: bSee Mat_24:13.
Mat 10:23 “And when they
persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you shall
by no means have gone through the cities of Yisra’ěl before the Son of Aḏam
comes. (42 cities in Israel)
Mat 10:24 “A taught one
is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
Mat 10:25 “It is enough
for the taught one to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master.
If they have called the master of the house Be‛elzebul, how much more those of
his household!
We might not like the idea of
moving from one location to another in the last days in fear of our lives. This
Torah portion and Yahshua’s words suggest that this will happen.
The comfort is that we will
have the guidance and protection of the 144000 ‘’sealed Israelites’’ as well as
the two witnesses.
We see a similar pattern in
‘’parashat matot’’ Numbers 31 – 12000 Israelites defeat Midianites and secure a
massive booty that was divided amongst the Israelites.
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