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.)
Num 9:22-23 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. At the command of יהוה they camped, and at the command 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 the Land. Note also that the word “commandment'' is
not used but “mouth of YHVH” is used.
Mat
4:4 But He answering, said, “It has been
written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from
the mouth of יהוה.’ ”1 Footnote: 1Dt. 8:3.
We are on a journey and will only reach our final
destination after the millennium.
Num 10:1 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Num 10:2 “Make two
silver trumpets 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 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, 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) the camps that
lie on the east side shall depart. Num 10:6
“And when you blow 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 with the trumpets. And it shall be to you for a law (chukat)
forever throughout your generations. 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 (this can be Feasts
like Chanukah and Purim -Book of Esther- that are not Torah commanded Moadim),
and in your appointed times (Moadim) , and
at the beginning of your months (Rosh Chodesh), you shall blow 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 near
the end of 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 return to the land)
Perhaps there was a delay to their journey because of “Pesach
sheni” (Hebrew for second Passover – see previous portion).
Num 10:12,13 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. 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 000sq 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 Israel 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 Israel.
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 Yahudah 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 Mosheh had shattered.
This is a picture of Messiah’s
broken body resurrected after three days to show us 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.” Num 10:36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O יהוה, to the countless thousands of Yisra’ĕl.”
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” The “nun” also
looks like a bent “vav”
reminding us of how
Messiah came to serve and not to be served.
Why the inverted ‘nuns”?
Maybe as long as Messiah is not on earth teaching the nations the Torah, life
will be abrupt and back to front and not “perpetuating” as it was meant to be.
Today we believe that these two verses testify to the
two comings of our Messiah. In the synagogues vs 35 is read when the Torah
scroll is taken out of a closet called the “ark of the covenant/Aaron Kodesh”
and verse 36 is read when the scroll is returned. Even in our days I believe
this action sends a terrifying 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 to enforce a complete removal our enemies
Col 2:15 Having stripped the principalities and the
authorities, He made a public display of them, having prevailed over them in
it.
1Jn 3:1-3 See what love the Father has given us, that
we should be called children of Elohim! For this reason the world does not know
us, because it did not know Him. Beloved ones, now we are children of Elohim.
And it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is
revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone having this expectation in Him
cleanses himself, as He is clean.
Isa 27:12,13 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. And in that day it shall be that a great horn is blown, 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.
In these days there may still be a remnant Levitical
leadership and those willing to submit to such an anointing. Who desire the
return of the full measure and splendor of the true Messiah and the true Torah.
Only these will be able to discern the prophetic signs and trumpet sounds of
the last days.
Only a restored Levitical priesthood 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 22:14 “Blessed are those1 doing His
commands,2 so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of
life, and to enter through the gates into the city.
Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu,
Melech ha-‘Olam, asher natan lanu Toraht-emet, v’chay-yeh o’lam nata-b’tochenu.
Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you Yahweh, our Elohim, King of the
Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and have planted everlasting
life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah – Ameyn)
