Bemidbar (Numbers) 11

Lesson date: 08/01/5860AA

Verse 1 – The first thing that I want to make apparent to everyone is that we could spend all day in Verse One because there is so much going on in this verse. The imagery is very powerful and possesses a beauty and finality to it, all in one verse. I want to show you just a fraction of what is here to be seen: H5971 – עם – ‛am – BDB Definition: 1) nation, people a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one’s people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred ((Editor’s note: it also means a congregation of people.) Please remember what ‘ayin and mem mean in Hebrew.))

The next word you must look at is also very special: H596 – אנן – ‘ânan – BDB Definition:(Hithpael) complain, murmur ((Notice: There is not a whole lot of leeway here.))

Php 2:14 Do all matters without grumblings and disputings,

Php 2:15 in order that you be blameless and faultless, children of Elohim without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Co 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.

Jud 1:16 These are grumblers, complainers, who walk according to their own lusts, and their mouth speaks proudly, admiring faces of others for the sake of gain.

Lam 3:39 What? Should mankind complain, A living man, because of his sins?

Lam 3:40 Let us search and examine our ways, And turn back to יהוה.

Psa 142:2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my distress.

H6051 – ענן – ‛ânân – BDB Definition: 1) cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass 1a) cloud-mass (of theophanic cloud) 1b) cloud: Num 10:34 And the cloud of יהוה was above them by day when they went out from the camp.

Now stop and think about it; these people had followed the cloud by day and fire by night across the Sinai Peninsula, through the Reed Sea, to Mt. Sinai and pledged to do as YHVH commanded Mosheh. Now, for the first time in a year they were commanded to follow the cloud to a new encampment and when the got there they complained, grumbled.

A Aleph Strong leader, leader o ‘ayin eye, see, experience
n Noon Seed, life, activity n Noon Seed life activity
n Noon Seed, life, activity n Noon Seed life activity

The Leader is the Serpent Seed Experience the Life of the Seed.
((Matt 23:33)) ((Gal. 3:15-16))

Here lies the difference between following one’s own desires and following the Commands of Elohim: 1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and guard His commands.

1Jn 5:3 For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy,

Please let me know your thoughts on why the Children of Yisra’el were complaining and about what?

H376 – אישׁ – ‘ı̂ysh

BDB Definition:
1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

H784 – אשׁ ‘êsh

BDB Definition:
1) fire
1a) fire, flames
1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany)

Verse 2 – Only when people are in imminent danger of being consumed by fire do they cry out or, turn to Torah.

Verse 3 – Tab’erah – the place of burning: Deu 9:22 “And at Taḇ‛ěrah and at Massah and at Qiḇroth Hatta’awah you made יהוה wroth.

Tab’erah – the place of burning
Massah – temptation, trial
Qibroth Hatta’avah – graves of lust, sepulchre of intense desire

Verse 4-9 – please read verse 4 carefully. This almost sounds like us – “mixed multitude” but don’t be fooled it isn’t. H628 – אַסְפְּסֻף – ‘asp^esûph – as-pes-oof’ – By reduplication from H624; gathered up together, that is, a promiscuous assemblage (of people): – mixt multitude, rabble, disorganized crowd of people. ((You know, a mob.))

A group of people who do not adhere to any rules. Instead of adhering to the laws and commands of Elohim they do what they desire. They were not satisfied with the manna –Joh 6:48 “I am the bread of life.

Joh 6:49 “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.Joh 6:50 “This is the bread which comes down out of the heaven, so that anyone might eat of it, and not die.

Joh 6:51 “I am the living bread which came down out of the heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever. And indeed, the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

They were not content with the Bread of Life but instead desired the pleasures of their own eyes or the pleasure of Egypt. Even in the midst of all the blessings He has bestowed upon us do we desire more? 1Jn 2:15 Do not love the world nor that which is in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1Jn 2:16 Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.

1Jn 2:17 And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but the one doing the desire of Elohim remains forever.

The “mixed multitude” was not satisfied being fed the Bread of Life from heaven, the manna, they wanted more. They wanted meat and spices. Have you ever had somebody tell you they did not believe in Torah because of some food they ate? You know, pork bacon, seafood, catfish.

Isa 30:8 And go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it is for a latter day, a witness forever:

Isa 30:9 that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who refuse to hear the Torah of יהוה,

Isa 30:10 who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us what is smooth, prophesy deceits.

Isa 30:11 “Turn aside from the way, swerve from the path, cause the Set-apart One of Yisra’ěl to cease from before us.”

What did Sha’ul say? 2Ti 4:3 For there shall be a time when they shall not bear sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear,

2Ti 4:4 and they shall indeed turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to myths.

Ever hear, “But Peter had a dream?” “We love the food that we ate in Egypt and it was free. It didn’t cost anything. Oh, sure. Technically we were slaves but we ate real good.” They forgot the costs of their slavery. They forgot that their free food wasn’t really free. What was one of those costs? Today, it would be called late term abortion: Exo 1:16 and he said, “When you deliver the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death, but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

In other words Pharaoh was saying, “Kill the boys and we will make concubines of the girls.” But you can eat free, especially every fifth Sunday. Bring a covered dish if you can but, don’t worry, it’s free.

Verses 10-15 – Complaining is a communicable disease, it spreads. Now Mosheh complains. There is a difference between what Mosheh did and what the “mixed multitude” did. The people complained to Mosheh but, Mosheh complained to YHVH: Psa 142:1 I cry out to יהוה with my voice; I pray to יהוה with my voice.

Psa 142:2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my distress.

Mosheh poured out his heart to YHVH and what did YHVH do?

Verses 16-30 – The pouring out of the spirit. Look at how it affects Yehoshua(v. 28). Also, look closely at verse 23: “Is the arm of יהוה too short?

Too short = H7114 – קצר – qâtsar – BDB Definition: 1) to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved

1a) (Qal) to be short 1b) (Piel) to shorten 1c) (Hiphil) to shorten 2) to reap, harvest 2a) (Qal) to reap, harvest 2b) (Hiphil) to reap, harvest

Isa 59:1 Look, the hand of יהוה has not become too short to save, nor His ear too heavy to hear.

Jer 32:17 Ah, Master יהוה! See, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is no matter too hard for You,

Luk 1:37 because with Elohim no matter shall be impossible.”

In verse 24-25 Mosheh gathers 70 men and the Ruach is poured out on them and they began to prophecy but in verse 26 two men continued to prophecy and Yehoshua asked Mosheh to rebuke them. ((Type and shadow?))

Luk 9:49 And Yoḥanan answering, said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your Name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”

Luk 9:50 But יהושע said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

Mar 9:38 And Yoḥanan said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone, who does not follow us, casting out demons in Your Name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.”

Mar 9:39 And יהושע said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My Name is able to readily speak evil of Me.

Mar 9:40 “For he who is not against us is for us.

Eldaḏ – אלְּדָד – Strong’s H419 – ‘El has loved’
Mĕyḏaḏ – מֵידָד – Strong’s H4312 – ‘love’.

Out of 70 only two continued to prophecy. This is not 10% it is not even 5%. Actually, it is less than 3%, @2.8%: Rev 11:3 “And I shall give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth.”

Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that are standing before the Elohim of the earth.

Could this actually be a foreshadowing of the two witnesses here in Torah?

Col 2:16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths –

Col 2:17 which are a shadow of what is to come – but the Body of the Messiah.

Heb_10:1 For the Torah, having a shadow of the good matters to come, and not the image itself of the matters, was never able to make perfect those who draw near with the same slaughter offerings which they offer continually year by year.

Verses 31-35 – Be careful what you ask for! In verse 20 we have a hint of what is to come: “but for a new moon of days, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes an abomination to you,”

YHVH answered Mosheh’s prayer which was the complaint of the people, “We want meat”. YHVH gave them meat but with a price for their evil behavior. They had to walk a day’s journey to get the meat, which was over 3 feet deep on the ground, and then walk a day’s journey back and those who had complained, the mixed multitude, died while it was still in their mouth. They got what they wanted but at the cost of their lives.

Look at verse 35. What is so significant about Hatseroth in verse 35 that it is mentioned here?

Ahavah vberakhot,

Lesson date: 12/14/5856AA

Verse 1 – The first thing that I want to make apparent to everyone is that we could spend all day in Verse One because there is so much going on in this verse. The imagery is very powerful and possess a beauty and finality to it, all in one verse. I want to show you just a fraction of what is here to be seen: H5971 – עם – ‛am – BDB Definition: 1) nation, people a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one’s people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred ((Editor’s note: it also means a congregation of people.) Please remember what ‘ayin and mem mean in Hebrew.))

The next word you must look at is “awesome”, fantastic, neat, special: H596 – אנן – ‘ânan – BDB Definition:

(Hithpael) complain, murmur ((Notice: There is not a whole lot of leeway here.))