Parashat 13 (Shemot) Portion 51 4:18-6:1 2 Sam 15:7-15 + 37 Acts 7:35-37

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.

וילך משׁה  and Moshe went …

All those whom He called will all be faced with this decision – there is a time to leave – the timing is critical.

Luk 14:26  “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate[a] his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and his own life too, he is unable to be My taught one. Footnote: aTo love less. Luk 14:27  “And whoever does not bear his stake and come after Me is unable to be My taught one. 

Exo 4:18  Then Mosheh went and returned to Yithro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Mitsrayim to see whether they are still alive.” And Yithro said to Mosheh, “Go in peace.”

Exo 4:19  And יהוה said to Mosheh in Miḏyan, “Go, return to Mitsrayim, for all the men are dead who sought your life.” 

Mat 2:14  And rising up, he took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim, 

Mat 2:15  and remained there until the death of Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son.” Exo_4:22-23, Hos_11:1, Rev_21:7. 

 

Exo 4:20  So Mosheh took his wife and his sons and set them on a(the) donkey, and he returned to the land of Mitsrayim. And Mosheh took the rod of Elohim in his hand.  (See also Ex 18:1-7)

“the donkey” (ha chamor) – the sages believe this was Messiah’s  donkey. Some sages believed that Messiah would come on a donkey to bring deliverance to Yisrael. Messengers of deliverance travel with great humility – on the donkey - Zec 9:9 

Exo 4:21  And יהוה said to Mosheh, “As you go back to Mitsrayim, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I am going to harden his heart, so that he does not let the people go.

Exo 4:22  “And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Yisra’ĕl is My son, My first-born,

Exo 4:23  so I say to you, let My son go to serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, see, I am killing your son, your first-born.”

This is the first time Yisrael is referred to as a nation, not only a nation amongst nations, but the nation referred to as YHVH’s first born son. A nation who had assimilated; a nation who most probably up to that point never established their covenant with YHVH by circumcising their sons.

Exo 4:24  And it came to be on the way, in the lodging place, that יהוה met him and sought to kill him.

Exo 4:25  And Tsipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and threw it at Mosheh’s feet, and said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me!”

Exo 4:26  So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

It is possible that on this occasion Moshe sent Tsipporah away. We see that Tsipporah is only mentioned again after this event in Shemot- Exo 18:2  And Yithro, Mosheh’s father-in-law, took Tsipporah, the wife of Mosheh – after he had sent her back, (or after her dismissal – Heb ‘’shiluach’’) See also Yasher chap 79

Tsipporah may have had great difficulty in accepting her husband’s call by YHVH to deliver the Israelites form Egypt. This may have proved to be a great disruption to their family life and future plans. ‘’She hadn’t signed up for this’’

Mar 10:29  יהושע said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for the sake of Me and the Good News, Mar 10:30  who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, everlasting life. 

Mat 10:36  and a man’s enemies are those of his own household.[d] Mic_7:6.

Exo 4:27  And יהוה said to Aharon, “Go to meet Mosheh in the wilderness.” And he went and met him on the mountain of Elohim, and kissed him. (Mount Sinai is where spiritual leaders meet to discuss the liberation of YHVH’s people- Ex 19:1 – three- month journey) see also Gal 1:17 Paul spent some time after his call at mount Sinai.

Exo 4:28  Mosheh then told Aharon all the words of יהוה who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him.

Exo 4:29  And Mosheh went with Aharon and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

Exo 4:30  And Aharon spoke all the words which יהוה had spoken to Mosheh. Then he did the signs before the eyes of the people.

Exo 4:31  And the people believed. And they heard that יהוה had visited the children of Yisra’ĕl and that He had looked on their affliction, and they bowed their heads and did obeisance.

Exo 5:1  And afterwards Mosheh and Aharon went in and said to Pharaoh, “Thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Let My people go, so that they keep a festival to Me in the wilderness.’ ”

Exo 5:2  And Pharaoh said, “Who is יהוה, that I should obey His voice to let Yisra’ĕl go? I do not know יהוה, nor am I going to let Yisra’ĕl go.”

Exo 5:3  And they said, “The Elohim of the Heḇrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness and slaughter to יהוה our Elohim, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

 

The Yisraelites may not have been exaggerating when they feared the consequences of not obeying the command of Moshe to go out into the wilderness for three days. At this time in the history of the nation of Yisrael they had so assimilated into the Egyptian society that they had forsaken the ancient paths of their faith. Some sages believe that by the time Yisrael was to leave Mitsrayim they had fallen to the 49^th level of assimilation into pagan society. They say there were just one step away from complete assimilation and complete loss of their identity as descendants of Yakov. Today there remains a great danger of assimilation into the anti Torah, ‘’anti- Semitic’’ ‘’woke’’ culture of the modern world.

Exo 5:4  But the sovereign of Mitsrayim said to them, “Mosheh and Aharon, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens.”

Exo 5:5  And Pharaoh said, “See, the people of the land are many now, and you make them cease from their burdens!”

Exo 5:6  And the same day Pharaoh commanded the slave-drivers of the people and their foremen, saying,

Exo 5:7  “You are no longer to give the people straw to make bricks as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Exo 5:8  “And lay on them the required amount of bricks which they made before, do not diminish it. For they are idle, that is why they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and slaughter to our Elohim.’

Exo 5:9  “Let more work be laid on the men, so that they labour in it, and not pay attention to words of falsehood.”

Exo 5:10  And the slave-drivers of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus said Pharaoh, ‘I do not give you straw.

Exo 5:11  ‘Go, take straw for yourselves, wherever you find it, for your work shall not be diminished.’

Exo 5:12  And the people were scattered in all the land of Mitsrayim – to gather stubble for straw.

Exo 5:13  And the slave-drivers were hurrying them on, saying, “Complete your work, your daily amount, as when there was straw.”

Exo 5:14  Also the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl, whom Pharaoh’s slave-drivers had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not completed your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before?”

Exo 5:15  And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you treat your servants this way?

Exo 5:16  “There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And see, your servants are beaten, but your own people are at fault.”

Exo 5:17  But he said, “You are idle! You are idle! That is why you say, ‘Let us go and slaughter to יהוה.’

Exo 5:18  “So now go, work. And straw is not given to you, but deliver the amount of bricks.”

Exo 5:19  And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You are not to diminish your daily amount of bricks.”

Exo 5:20  And when they came out from Pharaoh, they met Mosheh and Aharon who stood there to meet them.

Exo 5:21  And they said to them, “Let יהוה look on you and judge, because you have made us loathsome in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to give a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Exo 5:22  And Mosheh returned to יהוה and said, “יהוה, why have You done evil to this people? Why did You send me?

Exo 5:23  “For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your Name, he has done evil to this people. And You have not delivered Your people at all.”

Exo 6:1  And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Now see what I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he is going to let them go, and with a strong hand he is going to drive them out of his land.”

 

According to Jasher chapter 80 it would take another two years before the plagues began. Two years of unbearable pain and suffering. What is the message to us today?

Amo 5:18  Woe to you who are longing for the day of יהוה! What does the day of יהוה mean to you? It is darkness, and not light, Amo 5:19  as when a man flees from a lion, and a bear shall meet him; or entered his house, rested his hand on the wall, and a serpent shall bite him. Amo 5:20  Is not the day of יהוה darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it? Amo 5:21  “I have hated, I have despised your festivals, and I am not pleased with your assemblies. 

The United Nations has a program called ‘’Agenda 21’’ – it is the so called ‘’Sustainable Global Development Agenda’’ The following two You Tube videos explain what’s happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PrY7nFbwAY

DEMOCRATS AGAINST U.N. AGENDA 21 - VIDEOS (democratsagainstunagenda21.com)

This present world with all its citizens is about to face the greatest challenges that any group of people have had to face any time in history.

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[a] 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 30:24  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 it.[b] Footnote: bSee Jer_23:20. 

Very few leaders are willing or prepared to warn or prepare the people of how truly terrible and horrific the coming days are going to be. It paralyzes the mind, it is unthinkable and seems impossible that such severe conditions will prevail in our time and they will go from bad to worse until YHVH delivers us.

How does one prepare themselves for such events?

There is no way we can prepare ourselves for what is about to happen. We are all going to be taken captive and will have very little control over our lives or circumstances, perhaps no control whatsoever.

How do you prepare for such a time? You cannot!

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. 

Many of us will not make it. Death may even be a way of escape for some, but not for all.

To resist this future globalist agenda will prove fruitless that will become more and more brutal until Messiah comes to deliver us. When you think things can’t get worse – they will.

This is not a popular message and will be rejected by most people living on the earth today.

Mat 24:37  “And as the days of Noaḥ, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be. Mat 24:38  “For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noaḥ entered into the ark, Gen_7:7. Mat 24:39  and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be. 

Very, very few people were prepared for what came. So, it shall be once again in the last days.

‘’Is 6:13 … The set-apart seed is its stump!” 

In the end only the stump of the tree will be left – total and complete devastation- beyond recognition.

Luk 21:28  “And when these matters begin to take place, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” 

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 – Amein.

Parashat 13 – (Shemot’) - Portion 50 Shemot 3:1-4:17 Jer 1:6-10

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. Amein,

The first and foundational saying of the ‘’10 ‘’commandments’’ is found in Exo 20:2  “I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery. 

For us to fully grasp and appreciate our deliverance from sin and bondage we need the revelation that it is YHVH and YHVH alone who can and does deliver us from bondage.

If we as Messianic believers say YHVH could not do it without the help of a suffering Messiah we would be implying that YHVH alone is not sufficient to bring about our deliverance.

Isa 43:10  “You are My witnesses,” declares יהוה, “And My servant whom I have chosen, so that you know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no Ěl formed, nor after Me there is none. 

Isa 43:11  “I, I am יהוה, and besides Me there is no saviour. 

YHVH was and never will seek help from any man to accomplish His purposes – He is and will always only seek AGREEMENT and OBEDIENCE from man to accomplish His Redemptive purpose on earth.

2Co 13:1  …. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” Deu_19:15. 

The meaning of Yahshua’s name proclaims this agreement – ‘’YHVH (alone) is Salvation’’

This revelation does not come from flesh and blood……this revelation forms the very essence of eternal life and the most important commandment – Mark 12:28-34

Joh 17:3  “And this is everlasting life, that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and יהושע Messiah whom You have sent. 

Eze 22:30  “And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the breach before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it – but I did not find one! 

Isa 59:16  And He saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was no intercessor. So His own arm saved for Him, and His righteousness upheld him.

Col 2:9  Because in Him dwells all the completeness of Elohim-ness bodily, 

Col 2:10  and you have been made complete in Him, who is the Head of all principality and authority. 

The church for the most part has not walked in this truth, and this has caused them to fall into all kinds of idolatry and paganism.

ומשׁה….  Moshe a prophet like unto Yahshua (Deut 18:18) agreed (sometimes with hesitation) with YHVH’s plan to bring deliverance to both Hebrew and gentile alike from Egypt.

Exo 3:1  And Mosheh was shepherding the flock of Yithro (Excellent, His Excellence, His Remnant) his father-in-law, the priest of Miḏyan. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to Ḥorĕḇ, the mountain of Elohim.

Exodus Rabbah 2.2 (Shinan ed., pp. 105-106) explains that through shepherding the flock YHVH establishes whether a person is worthy to be chosen for a special task in the life of the people. Whenever YHVH wants to bring deliverance to his people He raises up a shepherd – our fathers Avraham, Yitchak and Yakov and even King David were all shepherds.

The Messiah – a prophet like unto Moshe - is and will always be the chief shepherd. All other shepherds are under shepherds.

Joh 10:14  “I am the good shepherd.¹ And I know Mine, and Mine know Me, Footnote: ¹Ezek. 34:11-12, Heb. 13:20, 1 Peter 2:25, 1 Peter 5:4. Joh 10:15  even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. Joh 10:16  “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold – I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.[b] Footnote: bSee also Joh_11:52, Eph_2:13-19, Isa_56:8, Eze_34:23, Eze_37:24.

Exo 3:2  And the Messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. And he looked and saw the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.

Exo 3:3  And Mosheh said, “Let me turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.”

Exo 3:4  And יהוה saw that he turned aside to see, and Elohim called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Mosheh! Mosheh!” And he said, “Here I am.”

This burning bush represents the first significant miracle of the Exodus journey. According to the law of first appearances it lays a foundation for all miracles. Miracles were not meant to entertain but to bring us out of bondage. The fire and light of this first miracle will not cease until the mission of our return to the land and into His Presence has been accomplished.

Miracles were always meant to release us from oppression and show us the way back home. That is why genuine miracles are so special.

Exo 3:5  And He said, “Do not come near here. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is set-apart ground.”

Nothing man made can stand in His Presence. Maybe that is why Adam and Eve were naked in His Presence and unashamed. They were covered by His Perfect light - His Esteem.

Exo 3:6  And He said, “I am the Elohim of your father, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ.” And Mosheh hid his face, for he was afraid to look at Elohim.

Exo 3:7  And יהוה said, “I have indeed seen the oppression of My people who are in Mitsrayim, and have heard their cry because of their slave-drivers, for I know their sorrows.

‘’Cries of distress’’ came from those who were overwhelmed by their harsh circumstances. Eze 9:4  and יהוה said to him, “Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Yerushalayim, and you shall put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.” 

Exo 3:8  “And I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Mitsrites, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Kenaʽanites and the Ḥittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Ḥiwwites and the Yeḇusites.

Deu 7:1  “When יהוה your Elohim brings you into the land which you go to possess, He shall also clear away many nations before you: the Ḥittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Kena‛anites and the Perizzites and the Ḥiwwites and the Yeḇusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you. Deu 7:2  “And when יהוה your Elohim gives them over to you, you shall strike them and put them under the ban, completely. Make no covenant with them, and show them no favour. 

Exo 3:9  “And now, see, the cry of the children of Yisra’ĕl has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Mitsrites oppress them.

Exo 3:10  “And now, come, I am sending you to Pharaoh, to bring My people, the children of Yisra’ĕl, out of Mitsrayim.”

Exo 3:11  And Mosheh said to Elohim, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Yisra’ĕl out of Mitsrayim?”

Exo 3:12  And He said, “Because I am with you. And this is to you the sign that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Mitsrayim, you are to serve Elohim on this mountain.”

The sign YHVH gave Moshe that would convince Moshe that it was YHVH speaking to him, would be the giving of the Torah on “this mountain” The Messiah will proclaim the same Torah from Yerushalyim. The same sign will follow in the last days - a remnant will return to embracing the Spirit and the Word of the Torah.

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 Ya‛aqoḇ, and let Him teach us His ways, and let us walk in His paths, for out of Tsiyon comes forth the Torah, and the Word of יהוה from Yerushalayim.” That’s why until this day Jerusalem is a place of continuous battles.

Exo 3:13  And Mosheh said to Elohim, “See, when I come to the children of Yisra’ĕl and say to them, ‘The Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His Name?’ what shall I say to them?”

Exo 3:14  And Elohim said to Mosheh, “I am that which I am.”¹ And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” Footnote: ¹The Heḇrew text reads: ’eyeh ’asher ’eyeh, the word ’eyeh being derived from hayah which means to be, to exist.’Ehyeh is the first person form of hayah, "to be", I will be who I will be’’

In this context it appears that YHVH wants to be known in a ‘’future’’ context – Why? It’s like YHVH will forever say ‘’you think what I have done in the past is amazing – it will become more and more amazing as eternity progresses. YHVH does not return to a former glory. 2Co 3:17  Now יהוה is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of יהוה is, there is freedom. 2Co 3:18  And we all, as with unveiled face we see as in a mirror the esteem of יהוה, are being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem, as from יהוה, the Spirit.

Exo 3:15  And Elohim said further to Mosheh, “Thus you are to say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ, has sent me to you. This is My Name forever, and this is My remembrance (זִכְרִי) to all generations.’

Exo 3:16  “Go, and you shall gather the elders of Yisra’ĕl together, and say to them, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, of Yitsḥaq, and of Yaʽaqoḇ, appeared to me, saying, “I have indeed visited you and seen what is done to you in Mitsrayim;

The tragedy then and now was that His people did not know Him. Deu 4:30  “In your distress, when all these words shall come upon you in the latter days, then you shall return to יהוה your Elohim and shall obey His voice. 

Deu 4:31  “For יהוה your Elohim is a compassionate Ěl, He does not forsake you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them. 

Exo 3:17  and I say: I am bringing you up out of the affliction of Mitsrayim to the land of the Kenaʽanite and the Ḥittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Ḥiwwite and the Yeḇusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’

Exo 3:18  “And they shall listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders of Yisra’ĕl, to the sovereign of Mitsrayim, and you shall say to him, ‘יהוה Elohim of the Heḇrews has met with us. And now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness to slaughter to יהוה our Elohim.’

Exo 3:19  “But I know that the sovereign of Mitsrayim is not going to let you go, not even by a strong hand. 

Exo 3:20  “And I shall stretch out My hand and strike Mitsrayim with all My wonders which I shall do in its midst. And after that he shall let you go. 

The same will be true of the last days.

Exo 3:21  “And I shall give this people favour in the eyes of the Mitsrites. And it shall be, that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed. 

Exo 3:22  “But every woman shall ask from her neighbour and from the stranger in her house, objects of silver, and objects of gold, and garments. And you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters, and shall plunder the Mitsrites.” 

Whatever was stolen or taken from the Israelites in unpaid wages or any other civil or criminal damage they suffered will be abundantly returned. (With interest). So shall it also be in the last days – this will also afford the perpetrators an opportunity to repent and make restitution.

Mosheh Given Powerful Signs

Exo 4:1  And Mosheh answered and said, “And if they do not believe me, nor listen to my voice, and say, ‘יהוה has not appeared to you?’ ” 

Exo 4:2  And יהוה said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A rod.” 

Exo 4:3  And He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent. And Mosheh fled from it. 

Exo 4:4  And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Reach out your hand and seize it by the tail” – so he reached out his hand and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand – 

Exo 4:5  so that they believe that יהוה Elohim of their fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, has appeared to you.” 

Exo 4:6  And יהוה said to him again, “Now put your hand in your bosom.” And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, and see, his hand was leprous, like snow. 

Exo 4:7  And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom again.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and see, it was restored like his other flesh. 

Exo 4:8  “And it shall be, if they do not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign, they shall believe the voice of the latter sign. 

Exo 4:9  “And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land. And the water which you take from the river shall become blood on the dry land.” 

Midrash regarding these ‘’signs’’

A rod that turns into a serpent: A rod was an important tool for a shepherd to guide and guard his sheep (physical) YHVH will destroy like a serpent those who oppose Him from guiding His people from slavery into freedom.

His hand placed on his bosom and leprosy or ‘’tzra at’’(צָרַעַת): According to the Torah sickness is a result of disobedience to the Torah- Deu 28:58  “If you do not guard to do all the Words of this Torah that are written in this book, to fear this esteemed and awesome Name, יהוה your Elohim, Deu 28:59  then יהוה shall bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues, great and lasting plagues, and grievous and lasting sicknesses. 

Water from the Nile that turns into blood: The reality of the Nile is that it was one of the sources of great occultic power – ‘’water spirits’’ which the pagan Egyptian priests had summoned for centuries. Man-made religion including Christianity has been doing this for more than 2000 years.

Exo 4:10  And Mosheh said to יהוה, “O יהוה, I am not a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” 

Exo 4:11  And יהוה said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, יהוה? 

Exo 4:12  “And now, go, and I shall be with your mouth and teach you what to say.” 

Exo 4:13  But he said, “O יהוה, please send by the hand of him whom You would send.” 

Exo 4:14  And the displeasure of יהוה burned against Mosheh, and He said, “Is not Aharon the Lěwite your brother? I know that he speaks well. And see, he is also coming out to meet you. And when he sees you, he shall be glad in his heart. 

Exo 4:15  “And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I am with your mouth and with his mouth, and I shall teach you what to do. 

Exo 4:16  “And he shall speak for you to the people. And it shall be that he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be an elohim[a] for him. Footnote: aOr mighty one. 

Exo 4:17  “And take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.” 

Isa 6:5  And I said, “Woe to me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips – for my eyes have seen the Sovereign, יהוה of hosts.” Isa 6:6  And one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the slaughter-place. Isa 6:7  And he touched my mouth with it, and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your crookedness is taken away, and your sin is covered.” 

Jer 1:6  And said I, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.” Jer 1:7  And יהוה said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ but go to all to whom I send you, and speak whatever I command you. Jer 1:8  “Do not fear their faces, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares יהוה. Jer 1:9  Then יהוה put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and יהוה said to me, “See, I have put My words in your mouth. Jer 1:10  “See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the reigns, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” 

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 – Amein. 

Parashat 13 (Shemot) Portion 49 – Ex 2:1-25 Jer 1:1-2:3

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. Amein

וילך אישׁ – a man went …  וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ, מִבֵּית לֵוִי; וַיִּקַּח, אֶת-בַּת-לֵוִי.

The Birth of Mosheh

Exo 2:1  And a man of the house of Lěwi went and married a daughter of Lěwi. 

Why does the Torah omit the details of this ‘’man’’ here? The Torah wants us to enquire about this man and the circumstances surrounding this relationship.

Vs 1 refers to Exo 6:20  And Amram took for himself Yoḵeḇeḏ, his father’s sister, as wife. And she bore him Aharon and Mosheh. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.

This creates a dilemma - Lev 18:12  ‘The nakedness of your father’s sister you do not uncover, she is your father’s flesh.  His father's sister - דדתו dodatho. The true meaning of this word is uncertain.

The best critics suppose that Jochebed was the cousin of Amram, and not his aunt. In Hebrew ‘’dodi’’’can also mean someone who is much loved. Does Mosheh come from a questionable background?

Maybe the use of ‘’dodatho’’ is deliberate and meant to cause us to seek some explanations.

The ‘’virgin’’ birth of Messiah created some confusion for another ‘’ish’’ called Yosef. Mat 1:19  And Yosěph her husband, being righteous, and not wishing to make a show of her, had in mind to put her away secretly. 

Mat 1:20  But while he thought about this, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Yosěph, son of Dawiḏ, do not be afraid to take Miryam as your wife, for that which is in her was brought forth from the Set-apart Spirit. 

Exo 2:2  And the woman conceived and bore a son. And she saw that he was a lovely child, and she hid him three months. 

Yahshua also had to be hidden - Mat 2:14  And rising up, he took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim, 

Mat 2:15  and remained there until the death of Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son.” Exo_4:22-23, Hos_11:1, Rev_21:7. 

Exo 2:3  And when she could hide him no longer, she took an ark(Heb ‘’teivah’’) of wicker for him, and coated it with tar and pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the edge of the river. 

This is the first appearance of this word ‘’teivah’’ – This same word is also used to describe Noach’s ark. The word ‘’teivah’’ is only used in the context of Mosheh and Noacch in the Torah. The ‘’teivah’’ unlike a boat cannot direct its course, it simply floats as it is guided by the wind – Heb ‘’ruach’’

 

Exo 2:4  And his sister stood at a distance, to know what would be done to him. 

Miryam – Yahshua’s relatives also stood at a distance to see how they executed him - Joh 19:25  And by the stake of יהושע stood His mother, and His mother’s sister, Miryam the wife of Qlophah, and Miryam from Maḡdala. 

Jeremiah’s calling is also unusual - Jer 1:5  “Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I did set you apart – I appointed you a prophet to nations.” 

We see a similar incident when Miryam Yahshua’s pregnant mother meets her aunt Elisheva - Luk 1:39  And Miryam arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Yehuḏah, Luk 1:40  and entered into the house of Zeḵaryah and greeted Elisheḇa. 

Luk 1:41  And it came to be, when Elisheḇa heard the greeting of Miryam, that the baby leaped in her womb. And Elisheḇa was filled with the Set-apart Spirit, Luk 1:42  and called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! Luk 1:43  “And who am I, that the mother of my Master should come to me? Luk 1:44  “For look, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 

Exo 2:5  And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her young women were walking by the riverside. And when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her female servant to get it, 

Exo 2:6  and opened it and saw the child, and see, the baby wept. So, she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the children of the Hebrews.” 

We see Yahshua also coming into a gentile pagan world. Even the rabbis were expecting the Messiah to be associated with the Roman empire – a type of Egypt - ( Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 98a)

https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.98b.12?lang=bi

‘’Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi asked Elijah another question about the future time: “When will the Messiah come? Elijah answered, “Go and ask him, himself.” Rabbi Yehoshua was amazed: “You mean I could find him, talk to him—now? Where is he?” Elijah said, “You can find him at the gates of Rome.” “How will I recognize him at the gates of Rome?” asked Rabbi Yehoshua. Elijah told him, “There he sits among the lepers….’’

Exo 2:7  And his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 

Exo 2:8  And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” And the young woman[a] went and called the child’s mother. Footnote: aSee Explanatory Notes: Maiden. 

Exo 2:9  And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, then I shall pay your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 

Exo 2:10  And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Mosheh, saying, “Because I have drawn him out of the water.” 

Yahshua was also nursed by His mother - Luk 11:27  And it came to be, as He was saying this, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You sucked!” 

Luk 11:28  But He said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of Elohim and watching over it!”b Footnote: bSee Luk_8:21. 

Luk 8:21  And He answering, said to them, “My mother and My brothers are those who are hearing the Word of Elohim and doing it.”[b] Footnote: b Mat_12:50, Mar_3:35 

Mosheh Flees to Midian

Exo 2:11  And in those days it came to be, when Mosheh was grown, that he went out to his brothers and looked at their burdens. And he saw a Mitsrian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. 

Exo 2:12  So he turned this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he struck the Mitsrian and hid him in the sand. 

‘’Jasher 71: 2. And when the man who was beaten saw Moses he ran to him for help, for the man Moses was greatly respected in the house of Pharaoh, and he said to him, My lord attend to me, this Egyptian came to my house in the night, bound me, and came to my wife in my presence, and now he seeks to take my life away. 3. And when Moses heard this wicked thing, his anger was kindled against the Egyptian, and he turned this way and the other, and when he saw there was no man there he smote the Egyptian and hid him in the sand, and delivered the Hebrew from the hand of him that smote him.’’

Exo 2:13  And he went out the second day and saw two Hebrew men fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your neighbour?” 

Exo 2:14  And he said, “Who made you a head and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Mitsrian?” And Mosheh feared and said, “Truly, the matter is known!” 

Exo 2:15  And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and he sought to kill Mosheh. But Mosheh fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Miḏyan. And he sat down by a well. 

Mosheh had to learn obedience to YHVH through the things which he suffered.

Heb 5:7  who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent fear, Heb 5:8  though being a Son, He learned obedience by what He suffered. Heb 5:9  And having been perfected, He became the Causer of everlasting deliverance to all those obeying Him,[b] Footnote: b Joh_3:36, Joh_14:15, Joh_14:23, Joh_15:10, Act_3:22-23.

Exo 2:16  And the priest of Miḏyan had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock, 

Exo 2:17  but the shepherds came and drove them away. Then Mosheh stood up and came to their rescue, and watered their flock. 

Exo 2:18  And they came to Re‛u’ěl[b] their father, and he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?” Footnote: bHis title was Yithro (Excellency). 

Exo 2:19  And they said, “A Mitsrian rescued us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.” 

Exo 2:20  And he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why did you leave the man? Call him and let him eat bread.” 

Exo 2:21  And Mosheh agreed to dwell with the man, and he gave Tsipporah his daughter to Mosheh. 

Wells were significant places – Eliezer found Rivka at a well. Yitzchak was waiting for Rivka at a well – Beer le chai Roi -  Moshe meets Tzipporah at a well – Yahshua meets the Samaritan woman at Yakov’s well in Schechem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz81dIfwf4Y

Exo 2:22  And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gěreshom, for he said, “I have become a sojourner in a foreign land.” 

Exo 2:23  And it came to be after these many days that the sovereign of Mitsrayim died. And the children of Yisra’ěl groaned because of the slavery, and they cried out. And their cry came up to Elohim because of the slavery. 

Exo 2:24  And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His covenant with Aḇraham, with Yitsḥaq, and with Ya‛aqoḇ. 

Exo 2:25  And Elohim looked on the children of Yisra’ěl, and Elohim knew! 

Only YHVH knows the exact time of our deliverance from this present world - Mat 24:36  “But concerning that day and the hour no one knows, not even the messengers of the heavens, but My Father only.[h] Footnote: h Mar_13:32 

To understand the scriptures we need to see that Messiah is goal of all scripture - Rom 10:4  For Messiah is the goal[b] of the ‘Torah unto righteousness’ to everyone who believes. To understand prophecy we need to see that Yahshua is also the goal of prophecy – Rev 19:10 … For the witness of יהושע is the spirit of prophecy.” 

 Yahshua came to free us from our bondage to sin. Mat 1:21  “And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His Name יהושע for He shall save His people from their sins.”

In Jer 1:5 of our haftorah portion we read:
ה  בְּטֶרֶם אצורך (אֶצָּרְךָ) בַבֶּטֶן יְדַעְתִּיךָ, וּבְטֶרֶם תֵּצֵא מֵרֶחֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיךָ:  נָבִיא לַגּוֹיִם, נְתַתִּיךָ.	5 Before I (will form) formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before you (will) come forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed you a prophet unto the nations.

In the Hebrew text our attention is drawn to two different spellings for the word ‘’ אצורך'' In the scroll the scribes wrote the word without the ''vav'' Why remove the ‘’vav’’? Perhaps this is a future reference to the physical birth and existence of the Messiah. This is important for many believers ‘’deity’’ the physical birth and earthly existence of the Messiah. (Trinitarian heresy)

1Jn 4:3  and every spirit that does not confess that יהושע Messiah has come in the flesh is not of Elohim. And this is the spirit of the anti-messiah which you heard is coming, and now is already in the world. 

Tragically many Christians and even Messianic believers proclaim that YHVH and Messiah are the same Person. The Set Apart Spirit is bringing a correction to this way of thinking amongst believers – those whose names have been written in ‘the Book of life’ before the foundation of the world. All  true believers whose names have been recorded will repent. Even this repentance is a gift from YHVH who does not want anyone to perish - 2Pe 3:9  יהוה is not slow in regard to the promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.[b] Footnote: b 1Ti_2:4. 

Eph 1:3  Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Messiah, Eph 1:4  even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be set-apart and blameless before Him, in love,[a] Footnote: aSee also 2Th_2:13. 

Rev 13:7  And it was given to him (second beast) to fight with the set-apart ones and to overcome them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and tongue and nation. Rev 13:8  And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names (shemot)have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from the foundation of the world shall worship him. 

Rev 3:5  “He who overcomes shall be dressed in white robes, and I shall by no means blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I shall confess his name before My Father and before His messengers. 

Eph 4:30  And do not grieve the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (Mat 12:31-32 blasphemy against Set Apart Spirit)

Joh 6:39  “This is the desire of the Father who sent Me, that all He has given Me I should not lose of it, but should raise it in the last day. 

Rev 22:19  and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, Elohim shall take away his part from the Book[f] of Life, and out of the set-apart city, which are written in this Book. Footnote: f Some manuscripts read ‘tree of life’.”  (Revelation was the embodiment of all scripture)

Deu 29:16  “For you know how we dwelt in the land of Mitsrayim and how we passed through the nations which you passed through, 

Deu 29:17  and you saw their abominations and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them, 

Deu 29:18  lest there should be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe, whose heart turns away today from יהוה our Elohim, to go and serve the mighty ones of these nations, lest there should be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood. 

Deu 29:19  “And it shall be, when he hears the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,’ in order to add drunkenness to thirst. 

Deu 29:20  “יהוה would not forgive him, but rather, the displeasure of יהוה and His jealousy shall burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book shall settle on him, and יהוה shall blot out his name from under the heavens. 

Deu 29:21  “And יהוה shall separate him for evil, out of all the tribes of Yisra’ěl, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Torah. 

Isa 62:2  And the nations shall see your righteousness, and all sovereigns your esteem. And you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of יהוה designates. 

Rev_2:17  “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I shall give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I shall give him a white stone, and on the stone a renewed Name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”  

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 – Amein.