Lesson date: 03/17/5857AA

Verse 1 – The name Shittim- H7851 = the place of acacias. Did you notice anything? Do you hear the Children of Yisra’el complaining about where they are? There is a reason for that and it is found in the second part of the verse: the people began to whore with the daughters of Mo’ab”. Whore = zanah (H2181) and it specifically refers to the Bride of YHVH committing spiritual adultery more than physical adultery. This why why Exodus 20:5 is worded so exactly: … “For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,”

The word Zanah comes from a primitive root that has a special connotation: “Highly fed and therefore wanton.” In other words all their needs are met now all they want women. And, because the worship of Ba’al involved sexual orgies the Yisra’elites found what they were looking for. Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 25 →

Lesson date: 3/23/5857AA

Verses 1-4 – The journey to the Promised Land is coming to an end. Miriam is dead, as is Aharon and 24,000 people just died in a plague and YHVH tells Mosheh it is time to take a census once again. Any good military commander would want to know exactly how many combat aged troops He has at His Command. Think about it, it is not long before Mosheh himself will die and only Yehoshua and Kaleb will there to command the Army of Elohim, the Army of Yisra’el. The phrase “Take a census” we have looked at before – שְאוּ אֶת־ראֹּש – ‘seu et rosh’ – The word “ ‘sue” is from the root word “nasa” – H5375 and is in the qal imperative form so the initial “nun” drops off and is translated as “lift up”. The whole phrase is Lift up the(H853) head: Joh_3:14 “And as Mosheh lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so the Son of Aḏam has to be lifted up, To show that indeed our Head was lifted up: 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.

Look at these verses from a military point of view instead of some hidden deep theological meaning. Each division (tribe) will form up in parade formation and company by company Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 26 →

Lesson date: 4/1/5857AA

Verses 1-11 – There are many things that I admire about the daughters of Tselophhad. First, was their courage. Tselophhad was an Yira’elite, from the Tribe of Menashsheh, that had come up out of Mitsrayim and died in the wilderness. He had 5 daughters and no sons. Mosheh had outlined the process for each family to have an inheritance in the Promised Land and it made no provision for this situation where there was no male heir. If the daughters of Tselophhad had not spoken up then this would have denied them an inheritance and the loss of their father’s name. They did not sneak around and asked Mosheh on the sly but rather boldly went before Mosheh, El’azar and the entire congregation of Yisra’el, which had it been me I think I would have felt somewhat intimidated: Heb 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who was tried in all respects as we are, apart from sin.

Heb 4:16 Therefore, let us come boldly to the throne of favour, in order to receive compassion, and find favour for timely help.

Secondly, their knowledge of Torah. They did not wish for their father’s name to be forgotten Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 27 — The Daughters of Tselophhad Should Be Our Example →

Lesson date: 4/8/5857AA

In reading Chapter 28 you have to ask yourself, “Why is YHVH repeating the sacrifices now?” And the answer would be, “Because the old generation has died out that performed the sacrifices around Mt. Sinai and need to hear this instruction for the “new” generation of the Children of Yisra’el.” Remember, at this time, the generation of Yisra’elite men have not even been circumcised and won’t be until after they cross the Jordan River and enter into the Promised Land.

Verses 1-2 – the word for “command” is H6680 – צוה – tsâvâh – BDB Definition: 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order. This word is a military term to show Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 28 →

Lesson date: 2/11/5854AA

Num 30:1  And Mosheh spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, “This is the word which יהוה has commanded:

From this first verse of scripture I want to look at 2 words; tribes and commanded.

The Hebrew word for tribes is – ‘ha-mattoth’ – which is the plural of the word (‘ha’ just means ‘the’) מַּטָּּה mattah – Strong’s H4294 meaning, ‘a staff, rod, branch, a tribe, a branch of a vine’ which comes from the primitive root נָּטָּה natah – Strong’s H5186 meaning, ‘to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline’. This word is for all the ‘tribes’ (branches) of Yisra’ĕl – all who have ‘spread out’. Why is this important?

Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 30 →

Lesson date: 04/22/5857AA

Verses 1-2 – The above phrase is “Naqam neqamat” ((H5358 – H5360)) which means “take vengeance”. Idt is a command. If you read Verse 2 carefully YHVH is telling Mosheh, “Mosheh, I have one last assignment for you before you die, take vengeance on the Midyanites: Deu 32:35 Vengeance is Mine, and repayment, At the time their foot slips; For near is the day of their calamity, And the matters prepared are hastening to them.’

Vengeance is according to YHVH’s timing, not ours.

I can’t go into all the details but, in March of 1981, only weeks after President Reagan was sworn into office, there was an assassination attempt on President Reagan and I went into a hissy fit about George H.W. (Short for Hell is Waiting) Bush wanting to assassinate Reagan to be President in order to institute is evil agenda. My dad very patiently listened to me and went I was tired or out of breath he told me, “Son, I know you know all this is true but one day the Great Equalizer is coming Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 31 →

Lesson date: 04/22/5857AA

This chapter speaks to me today in a special way and so I have treated this chapter differently than the rest. It causes me to reflect on my past and, believe me, it’s not pretty. It causes me to actually dig into my memories and emotions and root out my motivation for doing certain things in my life when I did. Was my motivation because of much prayer, fasting and meditation or because…well, it looks good to me? Unfortunately, many life altering decisions were predicated on the category of “Looks good to me and, oh, I’ll pray about it later, if I get time.”

The decision reached by the tribes of Gad and Re’uben may have been made after much prayer and meditation and after each receiving 55,000+ sheep, 6,000 cattle and 5,000 donkeys from the war on the Midyanites, plus what they already had. Perhaps, in all fairness to Gad and Re’uben, they sat down for a pow wow and reached the decision, “You know, if we didn’t have to dedicate so much manpower to herding thousands upon thousands of sheep, goats, donkeys and cattle we could concentrate on fighting better.” Someone may have even chimed in, “Yeah, and if we didn’t have all these kids and women to worry about too, we could do some real fighting and killing.” Do you think this is what they really thought? Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 32 — Keep Going? Or, Settle Down? A.K.A. “Are we there yet?” →

Lesson date:2/25/5854

Departures = מַסְעֵי “masei/masey” meaning, ‘departures, stages, journeys’, and comes from the root word מַסַע massa – Strong’s H4550 which means, ‘a pulling up, breaking (camp), setting out, a journey, order of march’ and this comes from the primitive root נָסַע nasa – Strong’s H5265 meaning, ‘to pull out or up, set out on a journey, departed’. The connotation for the usage of this verb is to pull up the stakes of the tents to depart. The popular phrase in the American Civil War was “strike the tents”, which was also some of the last words uttered by Robert E. Lee. This word brings to mind another word seen often in scripture ‘sojourner’. We are just sojourners in this world and should not be a part of it. Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 33 →

Lesson date: 3/3/5854AA
42^nd Day of Counting the Omer

Verse 2 begins with Command – H6680 – צוה – tsâvâh -BDB Definition: 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order. If you will do a search in E-Sword or similar program on H6680 you will see something very interesting. It is almost always followed by H853 – את – which, as we have discussed is a prophetic marker rather than being a translatable word. There is speculation among Hebrew scholars that the ancient meaning associated with the word was ‘come’ based upon its appearance in the quote for the Book of Battles of יהוה, in Numbers 21:14-20. I don’t believe this to be the case because of the quote from יהוה in verse 16: “Gather the people, and let Me give them water.” I believe this is a direct reference to the coming of Yeshua. Hmm, maybe that is what they meant to say.

Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 34 — Stay within the Boundaries →

Lesson date: 3/3/5854AA
Day 43 of the Counting of the Omer

The Lěwites received no inheritance of their own and were allotted cities to dwell in from within the inheritance of each tribe and the land they were to receive was to be a substantial size to be for their cattle, livestock and possessions. Each city with its open land for livestock was to be an area of about 1,78km x 1,78km

Continue reading Bemidbar (Numbers) 35 — Cities for the Lewites and Cities of Refuge →