Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, You have set us apart by Your commandments and have commanded us to actively study Your Torah. Please YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May You open our eyes to see marvellous truths from Your Torah. Thank You for calling us who were once gentiles excluded from the citizenship of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no expectation and without Elohim- but now through the blood of Messiah we have gained access into the covenant and have obtained citizenship into the commonwealth of Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Amein
Bilaam utters seven parables or “mashalim” over the nation of Israel. These parables contain cryptic
hidden messages.These parables were originally intended to bring curses on Israel but turned out
to bring the most amazing blessings.
Mat 13:34 יהושע said all this to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a
parable, Mat 13:35 so that what was spoken by the prophet might be filled, saying, “I shall open
My mouth in parables, I shall pour forth what has been hidden from the foundation of the
world.” Psa_78:2.
Luk 8:10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the reign of Elohim, but
to the rest in parables, that
‘Seeing
they do not see, and hearing they do not understand.’ Isa_6:9.
מי מנה ‘’who will be able to count’’ those
who come from the descendants of Yakov?
Aliyah Reviee
Bemidbar 23:10-23:12 First Parable:
Num 23:9 “For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the
hills I observe him. Look, a people dwelling alone, not reckoning itself among
the nations. Num 23:10 “Who shall count the
dust of Ya‛aqoḇ, and the number of
one-fourth of Yisra’ěl? Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be
like his!” Num 23:11 And Balaq said to Bil‛am, “What have you done
to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have kept on blessing!” Num
23:12 And he answered and said, “Should I not take heed to speak what יהוה has put in my mouth?”
Bilaam standing on the
mountain peak is not filled with dread or fear but with an overwhelming sense
of jubilant praise to the Almighty as he beholds Yisrael. Bilaam recognizes
that Yisrael is different from all other nations through its laws and
instructions and that the Almighty has set apart Yisrael for Himself.
“shall not recon itself among the nations” the hitpael verb “hitchashav” is used and means to “consider or recon itself.” This is the only place in the Torah and in the Tenach that this hitpael verb is used, perhaps reminding us that only Yisrael and those who have been grafted into the “Tree of Yisrael “will enjoy this unique set apart relationship with YHVH. Note “different” but not “superior.” YHVH is no respecter of persons - Rom 2:11 For there is no partiality with Elohim. Rom 2:12 For as many as sinned without Torah shall also perish without Torah, and as many as sinned in the Torah shall be judged by the Torah. Rom 2:13 For not the hearers of the Torah are righteous in the sight of Elohim, but the doers of the Torah[c] shall be declared right. Footnote: c Mat_7:21-27, Jas_2:14-24.
It is our covenant relationship with YHVH and with one another as revealed in the Torah that makes us different.
‘’Such a people Balaam could not curse; he could only wish that the end of his own life might resemble the end of theirs. Death is introduced here as the end and completion of life. “Balaam desires for himself the entire, full, indestructible, and inalienable blessedness of the Israelite, of which death is both the close and completion, and also the seal and attestation” (Kurtz). This desire did not involve the certain hope of a blessed life beyond the grave, which the Israelites themselves did not then possess; it simply expressed the thought that the death of a pious Israelite was desirable good. (Ps 116:15) And this it was, whether viewed in the light of the past, the present, or the future. In the hour of death the pious Israelite could look back with blessed satisfaction to a long life, rich “in traces of the beneficent, forgiving, delivering, and saving grace of God;” he could comfort himself with the delightful hope of living on in his children and his children's children, and in them of participating in the future fulfilment of the divine promises of grace; and lastly, when dying in possession of the love and grace of God, he could depart hence with the joyful confidence of being gathered to his fathers in Sheol (Gen_25:8)’’. Rom 11:29
Moshe addresses this issue when he bids farewell to his fellow Yisraelites before he died.
Deu 4:4 “But you who are
clinging to יהוה your Elohim are alive today, every one of you.
Deu 4:5 “See, I have
taught you laws and right-rulings, as יהוה my Elohim
commanded me, to do thus in the land which you go to possess.
Deu 4:6 “And you shall
guard and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the
eyes of the peoples who hear all these laws, and they shall say, ‘Only a wise
and understanding people is this great nation!’
Deu 4:7 “For what great
nation is there which has Elohim so near to it, as יהוה our Elohim is
to us, whenever we call on Him?
Deu 4:8 “And what great
nation is there that has such laws and righteous right-rulings like all this
Torah which I set before you this day?
Deu 4:9 “Only, guard
yourself, and guard your life diligently, lest you forget the Words your eyes
have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all the days of your life.
And you shall make them known to your children and your grandchildren.
Rom 11:29 For the
gifts and the calling of Elohim are not to be repented of. (cannot be changed)
In Messiah who has grafted us
into His chosen people Israel we too have this unique calling.
1Pe 2:9 But you
are a chosen race,[b] Deu_10:15 a royal priesthood,[c] Isa_61:6
a set-apart nation,[d] Exo_19:6 a people for a possession,[e]
Isa_43:2 that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out
of darkness into His marvellous light, Footnotes: bAlso see Isa_43:20.
cAlso see Isa_66:21. dAlso see Deu_7:6. eAlso see Exo_19:5,
Tit_2:14.
1Pe 2:10 who once
were not a people,[f]but now the people of Elohim;[f] who had not
obtained compassion,[f] but now obtained compassion.[f] Hos_1:9-10,
Hos_2:23. Footnote: fAlso see Isa_65:1, Hos_1:9, Isa_63:16,
Isa_64:8, Rom_9:25-26.
Exo 19:5 ‘And now, if
you diligently obey My voice, and shall guard My covenant, then you shall be My
treasured possession above all the peoples – for all the earth is Mine –
Exo 19:6 ‘and you shall be to Me a reign of priests and a set-apart nation.’ Those are the words which you are to speak to the children of Yisra’ěl.”
Num 23:13 And Balaq said to him,
“Please come with me to another place from where you see them. You only see the
extremity but not all of them. Curse them for me from there
Num 23:14 And he took him to the
field of Tsophim,(“watchers” see Book of
Enoch) to the top of Pisgah,(cleft or temporary separation) and
built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Num 23:15 And he said to Balaq,
“Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet over there.”
Num 23:16 And יהוה came to
Bilʽam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balaq, and say
this.”
Num 23:17 So he went to him and saw him standing by his
burnt offering, and the heads of Mo’aḇ with him. And Balaq asked him, “What
did יהוה say?”
Second oracle 18-24 – Victorious in YHVH’s Faithfulness
Num 23:18 And he took up his proverb and said, “Rise
up, Balaq, and hear! Listen to me, son of Tsippor!
Num 23:19 “Ěl is not a man, to lie; nor a son of man,
to repent! (Rom 11:29) Has He said, and would He not do it; or spoken, and
would not confirm it?
Num 23:20 “See, I have received, to bless. And He has
blessed, and I do not reverse it.
Num 23:21 “He has
not looked upon wickedness (Heb ‘’avon’’ or lawlessness) in Yaʽaqoḇ, nor has
He seen trouble in Yisra’ĕl. יהוה his Elohim is
with him, and the shout of a Sovereign is in him.
Act 17:30 “Truly,
then, having overlooked these times of ignorance, Elohim now commands all men
everywhere to repent, Act 17:31 because He has set a day on which He
is going to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed,[b]
having given proof of this to all by raising Him from the dead.” Footnote: bSee
Act_10:42.
Midrash: This verse is possibly saying that YHVH looks at their iniquity
in such a way as to His foreknowledge of Yisraels repentance - Zec
12:10 “And I shall pour on the house of Dawiḏ and on the inhabitants of
Yerushalayim a spirit of favour and prayers. And they shall look on Me whom
they pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son. And
they shall be in bitterness over Him as a bitterness over the first-born.
Num 23:22 “Ěl who brought them out of Mitsrayim, is for
them like the horns of a wild ox.(wild ox or ראים)
Num 23:23 “For there is no sorcery against Yaʽaqoḇ,
nor is there any divination (unless you let the demons in for a while, while
you came to your senses) against Yisra’ĕl. Now it is said to Yaʽaqoḇ and to
Yisra’ĕl, ‘What has Ěl done!’
Num 23:24 “Look, a people rises like a lioness, and
lifts itself up like a lion; it lies not down until it devours the prey, and
drinks the blood of the slain.”
Num 23:25 And Balaq said to Bilʽam, “Do not curse them
at all, nor bless them at all!”
Num 23:26 And Bilʽam answered and said to Balaq, “Have
I not spoken to you, saying, ‘All that יהוה speaks, that I
do’?”
Aliyah Shishi 23:27-24:14
Num 23:27 And Balaq said to Bilʽam,
“Please come, let me take you to another place. It might be right in the eyes
of Elohim that you curse them for me from there.”
Num 23:28
And Balaq took Bilʽam to the top of Peʽor, that overlooks the wasteland.
Num
23:29 And Bilʽam said to Balaq, “Build
seven alters for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
Num 23:30
And Balaq did as Bilʽam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each
altar.
Num 24:1 And when Bilʽam
saw that it pleased יהוה to bless Yisra’ĕl, he did not go as at other times, to seek to
use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Num 24:2 And Bilʽam lifted up his eyes and saw
Yisra’ĕl encamped according to their tribes. And the Spirit of Elohim came upon
him.
Third
oracle – 3-9 – Yisrael is the
blessed of YHVH.
Num 24:3 And he took up his proverb and said, “The
saying of Bilʽam, son of Beʽor, and the saying of the man whose eyes are
opened,
Num 24:4 the saying of him who hears the words of Ěl,
who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes opened wide:
Num 24:5 “How good
are your tents, O Yaʽaqoḇ, your dwellings, O Yisra’ĕl!
Num 24:6 “Like wadis that stretch out, like gardens by
a river, like aloes planted by יהוה, like cedars beside waters.
Num 24:7 “He makes water flow from his buckets, and
his seed is in many waters. His sovereign is higher than Aḡaḡ, and his reign
is exalted.
Num 24:8 “Ěl who brought him out of Mitsrayim is for
them like the horns of a wild ox; he devours nations, his enemies; and he
breaks their bones, and with his arrows he smites.
Num 24:9 “He bowed down, he lay down like a lion. And,
like a lion, who would rouse him?
Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.” Gen 12:3
Num 24:10 Then the displeasure of Balaq burned against
Bilʽam, and he struck his hands together. Balaq then said to Bilʽam, “I
summoned you to curse my enemies, and see, you have kept on blessing, these
three times!
Num 24:11 “And now flee to your place. I said I would
greatly esteem you, and see, יהוה has kept you back from esteem.”
Num 24:12 And Bilʽam said to Balaq, “Did I not also
speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
Num 24:13 ‘If Balaq should give me his house filled
with silver and gold, I am unable to go beyond the word of יהוה, to do either
good or evil of my own heart. What יהוה speaks, that I
speak’?
Num 24:14 “And now, see, I am going to my people. Come, let me advise you what this people is going to do to your people in the latter days.” (now he is adding insult to injury to Balak. Bilaam is now going to give the knock- out blow. Balak was having a very bad day, and it was about to get worse)
Aliyah Sheviee 24:15 – 25:9
Fourth oracle vs 15-19 – The promised Messiah
Num 24:15
And he took up his proverb and said, “The saying of Bilʽam,
son of Beʽor, and the saying of the man whose eyes are opened, (he is wide awake, he is not dreaming or under any
demonic influence)
Num 24:16
the saying of him who hears the words of Ěl, and knows the knowledge of
the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes
opened wide:
Num
24:17 “I see Him, but not now; I observe
Him, but not near. A Star shall come out of Yaʽaqoḇ, and a Sceptre shall rise
out of Yisra’ĕl, and shall smite the corners of Mo’aḇ, and shall destroy all
the sons of Shĕth.
Num 24:18
“And Eḏom shall be a possession; and Sĕʽir shall be a possession –
enemies – and Yisra’ĕl is doing mightily.
Num 24:19
“And out of Yaʽaqoḇ One shall rule and destroy the remnant from
Ar.” Is 15:1
Num 24:20 He
then looked on Amalĕq, and he took up his proverb and said, “Amalĕq was first
among the nations, but his latter end is to perish forever.”
Num 24:21 He
then looked on the Qĕynites, and he took up his proverb and said, “Firm is your
dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock,
Num 24:22
but Qayin is to be burned (eradicated). Till when does Asshur (Heb
‘’straight’’ second son of Shem) keep you captive?”
Num 24:23
And he took up his proverb and said, “Oh, who does live when Ěl does
this?
Oracles 5-7 vs 20 – 24 – Israel rules in
victory over all her enemies.
Num 24:24
And ships shall come from the coast of Kittim,(‘bruisers” descendants of
Javan – Greece) and they shall afflict Asshur and afflict Ěḇer, and so shall
Amalĕq, and he also perishes.”
Num 24:25
And Bilʽam arose and left, and returned to his place. And Balaq also
went his way.
Num 25:1 And Yisra’ĕl dwelt in
Shittim,(last halting place before they crossed the Jordon – a place of
piercings) and the people began to whore with the daughters of Mo’aḇ,
Num 25:2 and
they invited the people to the slaughterings of their mighty ones, and the
people ate and bowed down to their mighty ones.
Num 25:3
Thus Yisra’ĕl was joined to Baʽal
Peʽor, and the displeasure of יהוה burned against
Yisra’ĕl.
Num 25:4 And יהוה said to
Mosheh, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before יהוה, before the
sun, so that the burning displeasure of יהוה turns away
from Yisra’ĕl.”
Baal-peor = “master(husband) of the gap”- the
deity worshipped at Peor. The Torah says that Yisrael “yoked” themselves to
Baal Peor. Our forefathers made an alliance with demonic forces that continue
with their descendants.
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, YHVH giver of the Torah – Ameyn
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