Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to actively study Torah. Please YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and the offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah.
יח גַּל-עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה-- נִפְלָאוֹת,
מִתּוֹרָתֶךָ.
Ps
119:18 -Open my eyes, that I might contemplate
depths of truth beyond my ability from Your Torah.
Many like Cozbi and Zimri sought to be in
covenant with the Elohim of Yisrael in an illegitimate way. Heresy and destruction come
about when you mix true worship with pagan worship. A “pure seed with an impure
seed.’ The Torah forbids sowing mixed seeds and mixing wool and linen in woven
garments (Lev 19:19).
2Co
6:14 Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership
has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with
darkness?
The text
implies that even ‘’believers’’ can be unequally yoked with each other. YHVH
will one day separate sheep from sheep - Eze 34:17 And as for you, O My flock, thus
said the Master יהוה, “See, I am judging between
sheep and sheep, between rams and goats.
Aliyah Shlishi 26:52-27:5
Num 26:52
And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Num 26:53 “The land is to be divided to these as an
inheritance, according to the number of names.
Num 26:54 “To the large one you give a larger
inheritance, and to the small one you give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be
given its inheritance according to their registered ones.
“Registered Ones” - “Pakad” “ BDB -6485 (Pual) “to be passed in review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account.’” The context seems to suggest that you could not decide or appoint an inheritance for yourself. Before receiving an inheritance you were subject to scrutiny from YHVH’s shepherds.
This
will be repeated during the millennium.
Eze 47:21
“And you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of
Yisra’ěl.
Eze 47:22
“And it shall be that you divide it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves,
and for the strangers who sojourn in your midst and who bear children among
you. And they shall be to you as native-born among the children of Yisra’ěl –
with you they have an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Yisra’ěl.a
Footnote: a Isa_14:1, Isa_56:6-8, Rom_11:17-26, Eph_2:19,
Eph_3:6, Rev_21:12.
Eze 47:23
“And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger (ger) sojourns, there you give him his inheritance,” declares the Master יהוה.
Num 26:55 “But the land is divided by lot, they inherit
according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Num 26:56 “According to the lot their inheritance is
divided between the larger and the smaller.”
Num 26:57 And these are the registered ones of the
Lĕwites according to their clans: of Gĕreshon, the clan of the Gĕreshonites; of
Qehath, the clan of the Qehathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.
Num 26:58 These are the clans of the Lĕwites: the clan
of the Liḇnites, the clan of the Ḥeḇronites, the clan of the Maḥlites, the
clan of the Mushites, and the clan of the Qorḥites. And Qehath brought forth
Amram.
Num 26:59 And the name of Amram’s wife was Yoḵeḇeḏ
the daughter of Lĕwi, who was born to Lĕwi in Mitsrayim. And to Amram she bore
Aharon and Mosheh and their sister Miryam.
Num 26:60 And to Aharon were born Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu,
El’azar and Ithamar.
Num 26:61 And Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu died when they brought
strange fire before יהוה.
Num 26:62 And
their registered ones were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old
and above. For they were not registered among the other children of Yisra’ĕl,
because there was no inheritance given to them among the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Num 26:63
These are the ones registered by Mosheh and Elʽazar the priest, who
registered the sons of Yisra’ĕl in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ by the Yardĕn of
Yeriḥo.
Note the prominence given to the Levites in the
distribution of the land of Israel – Lev 10:10
Num 26:64 But among these there was not a man of those
registered by Mosheh and Aharon the priest when they registered the sons of
Yisra’ĕl in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Num 26:65 For יהוה had said of
them, “They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of
them, except Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh, and Yehoshua son of Nun. (only two Israelites
over 60 years old)
Num 27:1 Then came the daughters of Tselophḥaḏ, son of Ḥĕpher, son of Gil’aḏ, son of Maḵir, son of Menashsheh, from the clans of Menashsheh, son of Yosĕph. And these were the names of his daughters: Maḥlah, Noʽah, and Ḥoḡlah, and Milkah, and Tirtsah.
Num
27:2 And they stood before Mosheh, and
before El’azar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by
the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
Num
27:3 “Our father died in the wilderness,
yet he was not in the company of those who were met together against יהוה, in company with Qoraḥ, but he died in
his own sin. And he had no sons.
Num 27:4 “Why should the name of our father be removed
from among his clan because he had no son? Give us a possession among the
brothers of our father.”
Num 27:5 Mosheh then brought their case before יהוה.
Num 27:6
And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Num 27:7 “The daughters of Tselophḥaḏ speak what is
right. You should certainly give them a possession of inheritance among their
father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
Num 27:8 “And speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl,
saying, ‘When a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance
to pass to his daughter.
Num 27:9 ‘And if he has no daughter, then you shall
give his inheritance to his brothers.
Num 27:10 ‘And if he has no brothers, then you shall give
his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
Num 27:11 ‘And if his father has no brothers, then you
shall give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and he shall
possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Yisra’ĕl a law of right-ruling,
as יהוה commanded Mosheh.
The
daughters of Zelophehad could be compared to a type of end time bride of
Messiah:
“Machla” means afflicted, “Noah” means
"wandering", Milcah means "queen", Tirzah
means "pleasing", Hoglah can possibly mean celebrating or
dancing, because the first part of her name is “Chag.”
Etymology
of the name “Hoglah”
“The name Hoglah is ascribed to an unused root חגל, which occurs in Arabic with the meaning of to hobble or hop. The Arabic derived noun means partridge, so scholars conclude that the Hebrew name Hoglah does the same. There's nothing in the vocabulary of the Scriptures that comes close to the name “Hoglah.”
Could the meaning of these combined names be a
hidden reference to the five wise virgins in the parable of the ten virgins –
Matt 25?
“ The afflicted bride, weary from her wonderings will be crowned queen because she is pleasing to her king Messiah. She will dance and celebrate with her Messiah king at the marriage feast of the Lamb.”
In a storehouse north of
Shechem (in the land of the tribe of Manasseh) wine and olive oil jars (dated
from the period of Jeroboam) bearing the following inscriptions on them were
found:
One with the city’s name “Noa” another with the city’s name “Hogla” and in the same region we find a city named “Tirza”. (1 Kings 15:21 “21 )
“They were virtuous, since they would marry only such men as were worthy of them.... Even the youngest among them was not married before forty years of age. (This is deduced from the fact that Tzelafchad died in the first year after Exodus, and his daughters' petition was in the 40th year; thus the youngest of them could have been less than 40 at the time. Yet this occurred before their marriage, as evidenced from Numbers 36).”(Talmud, Bava Batra 119b)
The scripture has many examples of the wonderful impact woman have had in YHVH’s redemptive plan for Yisrael. The impact of these examples is often overlooked or ignored. It is a righteous woman who reflects the relationship between Messiah and his bride.
Eph 5:22 Wives,
subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master.
Eph 5:23 Because the
husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and
He is Saviour of the body.
Eph 5:24 But as the
assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands
in every respect.
Eph 5:25 Husbands,
love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for
it,
Eph 5:26 in order to
set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,f Footnote: f
Rev_19:8-9.
Eph 5:27 in order to
present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any of
this sort, but that it might be set-apart and blameless.
Luk
8:2 and certain women who were healed of wicked spirits and sicknesses:
Miryam, called ‘from Maḡdala,’ out of whom had come seven demons,
Luk
8:3 and Yoḥanah the wife of Kuza, manager of Herodes, and Shoshannah, and
many others who provided for Him from their resources.
Women were able to consecrate themselves with the vow of a Nazarite (Num. 6:2), just like men.
The women were present in services to hear the Word of YHVH (Neh.
8:2-3), and engaged in music ministry (Ex. 15:20-21; 1 Chron. 25:5), women sang
and danced in worship and often celebrated before YHVH with singing, dancing,
and tambourines (e.g., 1 Samuel 18:6; Psalm 68:25), and prophesy often included
instruments1 Chron.25:1-3, prophecy was also often sung as the Psalms were inspired
words put to song. The “daughters of music” (Eccl.12:4) were singing women, but
they were not included in the temple choir. In Exod.15:19-21 Israel’s first
prophetess (Mariam) led the women in timbrel, dancing, and singing the same
song of Moshe which is the most ancient praise song that we know of.
Huldah (640 B.C. 2 Kings 22:13-20), during the reformation of Josiah,
his workmen, who were repairing the temple, found a scroll of the Torah that
was neglected during the previous generation under King Manasseh. Yoshiyahu
directed five leaders to inquire of YHVH about the scroll. They went to the
married prophetess to verify the Torah.
‘’According to the Book of Judges, Deborah (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Dəḇōrāh, "’’) was a prophetess of YHVH of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Bible. Many scholars contend that the phrase, "a woman of Lappidot", as translated from biblical Hebrew in Judges 4:4 denotes her marital status as the wife of Lappidot’’
It is interesting to note that Deborah was not exercising authority
over men but merely proclaiming the Word of YHVH – she did not rule – she judged
with YHVH’s judgment.
Eph
5:31 “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be
joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Gen_2:24.
Eph
5:32 This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the
assembly.
Eph
5:33 However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as
himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.
1Co 11:3 And I wish you to know that the head of every man is the Messiah,a and the head of woman is the man,b and the head of Messiah is Elohim.c Footnotes: a Eph_1:22, Eph_4:15, Eph_5:23. b Gen_3:16. c 1Co_3:23, Joh_14:28.
1Co 11:9 For man also was not created
for the woman, but woman for the man.
1Ti 2:11 Let a woman learn in silence,
in all subjection.
1Ti 2:12 But I do not permit a woman to
teach or to have authority over a man, rather, to be in silence.
1Ti 2:13 Because Aḏam was formed first,
then Ḥawwah.
1Ti 2:14 And Aḏam was not deceived, but
the woman, having been deceived, fell into transgression.
1Ti 2:15 But she shall be saved in
childbearing if they continue in belief, and love, and set-apartness, with
sensibleness.
1Co 11:11 However, man is not
independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Master.
1Co 11:12 For as the woman was from the
man, even so the man also is through the woman. But all are from Elohim.
1Co 11:13 Judge for yourselves: is it
proper for a woman to pray to Elohim with her head uncovered?
1Pe
3:2 having seen your blameless behaviour in fear.
1Pe
3:3 Your adornment should not be outward – arranging the hair, wearing
gold, or putting on dresses –
1Pe
3:4 but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a
meek and peaceable spirit, which is of great value before Elohim.
1Pe
3:5 For in this way, in former times, the set-apart women who trusted in
Elohim also adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands,
1Pe
3:6 as Sarah obeyed Aḇraham, calling him master, of whom you became
children, doing good, and not frightened by any fear.
1Pe
3:7 In the same way, husbands, live understandingly together, giving
respect to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of
the favour of life, so that your prayers are not hindered.
Php 2:6 who, being in the form of
Elohim, did not regard equality with Elohim a matter to be grasped,
Php 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the
form of a servant, and came to be in the likeness of men.
Php 2:8 And having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death even of a stake.
Parashat Pinchas is about righteous covenantal relationships so that our worship is acceptable to YHVH.
One of the major signs of the last days
apostacy will be believing men and women failing to reflect their joint
covenantal relationship according to the righteousness of the scriptures.
Isa 3:12 “My people! Youths exert pressure on them, and women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you astray,a and swallow the way of your paths.” Footnote: aSee Isa_9:16.
Isa 3:13 יהוה shall stand up to plead, and
is standing to judge the peoples.
Isa 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We shall eat our own food and wear our own clothes; only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.”
For this reason, there will be a great shaking in the last days.
Heb 12:25 Take heed not to refuse the
One speaking. For if those did not escape who refused the warning on earth,
much less we who turn away from Him from heaven,
Heb 12:26 whose voice shook the earth
then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the
earth, but also the heaven.” Hag_2:6.
Heb 12:27 And this, “Yet once more,”
makes clear the removal of what is shaken – as having been made – so that the
unshaken matters might remain.
Heb 12:28 Therefore, receiving an
unshakeable reign, let us hold the favour, through which we serve Elohim
pleasingly with reverence and awe,
Heb 12:29 for indeed, our Elohim is a consuming fire. Deu_4:24.
Num 27:12 And יהוה said to Mosheh,
“Go up into this Mount Aḇarim, and see the land which I have given to the
children of Yisra’ĕl.
Num 27:13 “And when you have seen it, you also shall be
gathered to your people as Aharon your brother was gathered,
Num 27:14 because you rebelled against My mouth in the
Wilderness of Tsin, in the strife of the congregation, to set Me apart at the
waters before their eyes.” These were the waters of Meriḇah, at Qaḏĕsh in the
Wilderness of Tsin.
Num 27:15 And Mosheh spoke to יהוה, saying,
Num 27:16 “Let יהוה, the Elohim of
the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Num 27:17 who goes out before them and comes in before
them, who leads them out and brings them in, so that the congregation of יהוה be not like
sheep without a shepherd.”
Num 27:18 And יהוה said to
Mosheh, “Take Yehoshua son of Nun with you, a man in whom is the Spirit. And
you shall lay your hand on him,
Num 27:19 and shall set him before Elʽazar the priest
and before all the congregation, and give him charge before their eyes,
Num 27:20 and shall put some of your
esteem upon him, so that all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl obey him.
Num 27:21 “And he is to stand before Elʽazar the
priest, who shall inquire before יהוה for him by the
right-ruling of the Urim. At his word they go out, and at his word they come
in, both he and all the children of Yisra’ĕl with him, all the congregation.”
Num 27:22 And Mosheh did as יהוה commanded him,
and took Yehoshua and set him before Elʽazar the priest and before all the
congregation,
Num 27:23 and laid his hands on him and commissioned
him, as יהוה commanded by the hand of Mosheh.
1Pe 4:17
Because it is time for judgment to begin from the House of Elohim. And
if firstly from us, what is the end of those who do not obey the Good News of
Elohim?
1Pe 4:18 And if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall the wicked and the sinner appear?
(Blessed are you Yahveh, 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