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Todays Parsha #22: Va-Yakhel (And he assembled)

Exodus Revealed Conference
March 21-22, 2015
Planned List of Topics
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When Semites Were in Egypt

The Egyptian Record of the Exodus
The Great Exodus Cover-Up
The Egyptian Plague Clock
Moshes Missing Years
When Hebrews Left Egypt
Finding Mount Sinai

PART 1: THE LAST AND CURRENT TORAH PORTIONS

1) When Aaron submits to the peoples request to build a Golden Calf, he also reveals a
very subtle form of betrayal by ignoring what aspect of the Hebrew calendar?
When Aaron says, Tomorrow will be a feast to YHWH the word for tomorrow
is MACHAR which basically attaches to the morning AFTER a Hebrew day is
concluded. Because the Hebrew day starts in darkness as night begins and ends the
following evening, MACHAR is meant to bypass either the upcoming sunset, as in
this case, or if proclaimed from the evening, progress to the SECOND MORNING.
Either way, Aaron seems to have forgotten that the Hebrew day begins and ends at
sunset. In addition to not being able to add a feast on his own authority, which we
already went over, even if this was not a huge sin that said feast would have to begin
at sunset, not the next morning.
2) Where would Aarons idea for this subtle betrayal have been drawn from? What
inspired it?
It was inspired by Aarons time in bondage in Egypt. The ancient Egyptians were
sunrise to sunrise reckoners and always began their day accordingly. All of their
pagan festivals were made to coincide with the morning, rather than the sunset. This
is also in part because the Egyptians tracked their tropical year by the heliacal
rising of the star Sirius, meaning when that star had disappeared behind the sun for
70 days (significant to the Egyptians because this was the time it took for them to
prepare a mummy for resurrection) it would rise about 90 minutes before sunrise.
Their temples were in fact designed to catch the pre-dawn starlight and direct it to a
key part of their shrines. This appears to be the tradition that Aaron is drawing
from?

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3) What do earlier details about Aaron tell us that also relate to his failure in this Torah
portion?
Exodus 4:14 has Aaron easily moving about to meet Moshe after the encounter with
the Burning Bush. The very fact that Aaron is in Midian strongly suggests he is not
enslaved by the Egyptians and that he may have special status to be able to move
about freely. We should combine this fact with another that I have discussed
recently: The people go straight to Aaron and demand he build them a god of gold.
Now why would they do this? Obviously, when they were all in bondage, they knew
Aaron had the skill of a craftsman that would put him above the average slave
wallowing in the brick pits of Goshen. Otherwise, I find it hard to believe Aaron
could move about with impunity without the knowledge and consent of the
Egyptians. But if Aaron did know the arts of the temples in Egypt, it would explain
some of this mystery. There is obviously a lot more to discover however on this
matter and my suggestion here is in no way meant to answer it completely.
4) How did the Israelites in effect devolve into becoming Egyptians? Hint: The answer
is not as simple as saying they reverted to paganism with the Golden Calf but because
of what happens after they worship the Golden Calf.
Exodus 32:35 says that YHWH smote Israel because of the Golden Calf, and
inflicted plague. The Hebrew word for smote or strike is NAGAF, and it is also
used in connection to how YHWH punished or smote the Egyptians with plagues.
5) What detail in the famous confrontation of Eliyahu vs. the prophets of Baal disproves
a long standing rabbinic tradition?
The rabbis have said that in ancient times the only proper place to proclaim the
Name of YHWH was in the Temple, and much later on they officially eliminated
from synagogue service after the time of Ezra. However, Eliyahu here built an altar
and dedicated in the Name of YHWH and called on YHWH directly by that Name,
disproving this idea. He also prayed in that Name several times.
1) Meaning of this weeks Torah portion and summary of contents:
Vayakhel means and he assembled. The verb is derived from KAHAL, Hebrew for
assembly, congregation. After a brief sermon on the importance of Shabbat, Moshe
then gets the Israelites to work on the manifold details of building the Tabernacle and
related furniture and objects.

Vayakhel Moshe et-kol-adat beney-Yisra'el vayomer alehem eleh hadevarim

asher-tsivah Yahweh la'asot otam.

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Sheshet yamim te'aseh melachah uvayom hashvi'i yihyeh lachem kodesh

Shabat Shabaton l'Yahweh kol-ha'oseh vo melachah yumat.
2) Read Parsha (English-Exodus 35:1-38:20). Play by Play commentary where
appropriate.

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3) Point out key Hebrew words/terms. Color Commentary:

ELEH HA DEVARIM (35:1) = these are the Words. When this and other similar
phrases appear, it is referring specifically to the giving of the covenant at Sinai, or to
events immediately preceding or following from that event (Exodus 19:6, 20:1, 35:1;
Deuteronomy 29:1-6).
LO TEVAARU ESH BECHOL MOSHVOTEYCHEM BEYOM HA-SHABBAT
(35:3) = Do not ignite any fire on the Shabbat, no matter where you may live. This
command forms the basis of the rabbinic opinion that you should not run electricity
on Shabbat, with the idea being to close a circuit is the equivalent of building a fire.
However, all hospitals in Israel certainly remain running on the Shabbat day which
tells us we should not ban electricity at the expense of our health. Furthermore, the
fire is in our house in the form of the current running whether we throw the switch
or not. Nor can the electric company be thought of as our servants working on
Shabbat.
One person told me they store wind and solar power in a battery that can be tapped on
Shabbat. Since the energy was already stored (kind of like gathering manna on the 6
days) it seemed a good alternative to tapping that which was stored already rather
than getting new energy from the electric company.
What makes that very interesting however is that by law, the electric company MUST
buy back from you surplus energy you generate on your own, which leads to another
halachic discussion: Does the money gotten in that way count as commerce if the
stored energy was used on Shabbat? We need a Beit Din for this stuff!
Note on 35:5-5-6: The techelet wool they are collecting here, although they probably
do not know it at the time, will be in part used for making the Israelite tzit-tzit about
18 months later. Other techelet wool is very well understood to form part of the
priests clothing as this was delineated earlier in Exodus.
VECHOL CHACHAM LEV BACHEM YAVOU VEYAASU ET-KOL ASHER
TSIVAH YAHWEH (35:10) = Every one of you who has wisdom upon their hearts
shall come forward and make all that Yahweh has commanded. wisdom upon their
hearts indicates natural talent, given by Yahweh to do this particular task.
SHEMEN HA-MAOR (35:14) = illuminating oil. The menorah here is given special
oil to light it with. However, I also find it interesting that the word MAOR is also
used, in its plural form of MAOROT, to describe the sun and the moon in Genesis
1:14, literally calling them luminaries and singly (luminary) in Genesis 1:16. This is
an interesting metaphor as Abba YHWH gives light to the sun (like the oil) and the
sun gives its light to the moon, explaining why the sun is the greater light, but in
another sense Abba YHWH provides the oil for both luminaries. Taking this
metaphor only a tiny bit further, it may explain why both Josephus and Philo referred
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to the menorah as reflecting or embodying the orbits of the planets, because the sun
and the moon anciently were counted as two of seven planets, with Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn being the remaining 5. The linkage with these 7
planets with the days of the week soon followed both in Hebrew and even from
pagan cultures that also kept the 7 day week. It is preserved most in modern Spanish
this way...
Suns-day (Domingo1/Sunday)
Moons-day (Lunes2/Monday)
Mars-day (Martes/Tuesday)
Mercurys-day (Miercoles/Wednesday)
Jupiters-day (Jueves/Thursday)
Venus-day (Viernes/Friday)
Saturns-day (Sabado/Saturday)
However, with the avoidance of paganistic veneration of the planets named after gods
forbidden in Deuteronomy 4:19-22 and other places, the Torah observant trend among
the Hebrews remained only numbering the days of the week 1 through 7, but nevertheless
the association between 7 days and 7 heavenly spheres remained part of Hebrew
tradition.
VAYAVOU KOL ISH ASHER NESAO LIBO VECHOL ASHER NADVAH RUCHO
OTOT HEVIU ET-TRUMAT YAHWEH LIMELECHET OHEL MOED ULECHOLAVODATO ULEVIGDEY HA-KODESH (35:21) = Every person whose heart has lifted
them up (to service) then came forward. Also each one who wanted to give brought a
contribution to Yahweh for the making of the Tent of Meeting, all its necessities and the
sacred vestments. The metaphor whose heart has lifted them up means who
volunteered out of inspiration. It is also interesting that another wordterumah or
contributionis also in this line and it also means to elevate.
VE-HA-NESIIM (35:27) = and the princes. These men are implied to be tribal
chieftains and the word here is the origin of the later Hebrew term NASI, which in
Yshuas day designated the head of the Sanhedrin. It is sometimes translated as
president but prince is the better rendering.
LAASOT BECHOL MELECHET MACHASHAVET (35:33) = and all other skilled
work. The word for work or MELECHET is the same as the word for KINGDOM or
DOMAIN, so this is skilled work for the kingdom of Father YHWH.

Domingo is from Latin domini, and in that context it actually means Lords day, perhaps inspired by
Revelation 1:10. This may reflect a Catholic attempt to separate this particular day out of pagan and into
Christian context and Sunday dawn rusurrection. However, it was not applied consistently across the rest of
the days, as Thursday, for example, is named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor and so on.
2
Lunes is where we get Latin lunar from, however the Mon in Monday is Old English, which
associated month and moon with the older word moonth.

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Note for 35:34: Oholiab is called here the son of Ahisamach, the tribe of Dan.
Ahisamach = my brother has supported. Dan, as we just saw, means judgment.
Note for 35:35: This explains why my brother has supported Oholiabs judgment:
He has filled them with skills to perform every work as an engraver and a designer and
of an embroidererand a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.
Good judgment indeed!
Note for 36:1: Bezalel = in the protection (shadow) of El. Oholiab = my fathers tent.
Or, In the protection of El (is) my fathers tent! Compare to Yshua saying My
Fathers house has many rooms!
CHOCHMAH BE-LIBO (36:2) = wisdom of the heart. Highlighting this phrase once
more but from a different angle this time out, as CHOCHMAH is a very special form of
heavenly wisdom, thus showing said wisdom literally as a gift of the Ruach ha Kodesh.
Note on 36:6: The literal reading in the Hebrew, let no man or woman do any more
work is referring to their carrying or bringing more raw materials for the Tabernacle.
From this example the rabbis derive the rule that to carry objects is one of the activities
that is prohibited on the Shabbat, which may explain why the Pharisees repeatedly chided
Yshua for commanding that people carry their pallet and similar issues. However, the
Oral Law, both during that time and now, seems a tad inconsistent on the matter as a
pious Jew in worship is sometimes called upon to lift heavy objectslike the Torah
scroll itself for exampleand that is problematic because to my mind the rabbis cannot
posit a sacred exception, i.e. that because the Torah scroll is a sacred object it is exempt
from being counted as a work object, because the materials the Israelites are carrying
here are ALSO sacred objects, for the Tabernacle! Therefore it seems to my mind only
logical to not posit this command as a Shabbat prohibition. Of course, it also may be a
case by case matter as well, depending on what is being carried, for what purpose and
how heavy it is.
ORECH HAYERIAAH HAACHAT SHMONEH VEESRIM BAAMAH
HAYERIAH HAECHAT MIDAH ACHAT LECHOL HAYERIOT (36:9) = all the
tapestries were the same size, 28 cubits long and 4 cubits wide. 28 divided by 4 is of
course 7, a sacred number of completeness and perfection. It also may refer to the 28
days of the VISIBLE lunar cycle.
VAYECHABER ET-CHAMESH HAYERIOT ACHATA EL-ECHAT VECHAMESH
YERI'OT CHIBAR ACHAT EL-ECHAT (36:10) = The first five tapestries he sewed
together, as well as the other five. The term is HE SEWED rather than were sown.
This could mean that either Betzalel or Moshe were directly involved in the actual
production of this piece. Same as with 36:14.
VEET AMUDAV CHAMISHAH VEET VAVEYHEM VETSIPAH ROSHEYHEM
VACHASHUKEYHEM ZAHAV VEADNEYHEM CHAMISHA NECHOSHET
(36:38) = there were five poles to hold it, along with gold hooks, caps and bands. There
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were also five copper bases. The detail with the caps was not recorded earlier, for the
pillars, in Exodus 26:37. Exodus 38:17 will add that these caps are made of silver.
TOPHACH (37:12) = hand breadth. As we saw last week this is the length across four
fingers of the hand, or just over 2 inches.
VAYITSOK LO ARBA TABEOT ZAHAV VAYITEN ET-HATABAOT AL ARBA
HAPEOT ASHER LEARBA RAGLAV (37:13) = and he cast four gold rings for the
table, placing the rings on the corners of the four legs. This detail is not mentioned in
Exodus 25:26.
VAYAAS ET-HAKELIM ASHER AL-HA-SHULCHAN ET-KEAROTAV VEET
KAPOTAV VEET MENAKIOTAV VEET HA-KESAVOT ASHER YUSACH
BAHEN ZAHAV TAHOR (37:16) = He made the utensils to go on the table, bread
forms and incense bowls, as well as half tubes and side frames to serve as dividers of the
bread, all out of pure gold. This is a detail that was not recorded in the previous
accounting, in Exodus 25:29. This shows the advantage of multiple accounts from which
to draw all the needed details.
VAYITSOK ARBA TABAOT BEARBA HA-KETSAVOT LEMICHBAR HANECHOSHET BATIM LABADIM (38:5) = He cast four rings on the copper screen to
hold the carrying poles. Same as above, another unique detail not mentioned previously
(Exodus 27:4).
VAYAAS ET-HA-KIYOR NECHOSHET VEET KANO NECHOSHET BEMAROT
HA-TSOVEOT ASHER TSAVEU PETACH OHEL MOED (38:8) = the dedicated
women who assembles at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. The word TSOVEOUT is
derived from TSAVA which means to charge so these women have been charged or
dedicated in this specialty, almost as if they were a craft guild of some kind. Also many
rabbis believe the reference to mirrors proves these items were actually bronze, which
has a much higher gloss.
VAYAS ET-HECHATSER LFEAT NEGEV TEYMANAH KALEY HECHATSER
SHESH MOSHEZAR MEAH BAAMAH (38:9) = he made the enclosure (for the
Tabernacle). On the south side, the twined linen hangings were 100 cubits long.
VEHADADANIM LAAMUDIM NECHOSHET VAVEY HAAMUDIM VACHASHUKEYHEM KESEF VETSIPUY RASHEYHEM KASEF VEHEM
MECHUSHAKIM KESEF KOL AMUDEY HECHATSER (38:17) = The bases for these
poles were made of copper and the pole hooks and bands were made from silver. All the
enclosures poles also had silver caps, and the poles were ringed with silver. Here is the
fifth detail not listed in the previous accounting, given in Exodus 27:11.
Torah Question of the Week:
How is the Tabernacle remembered in the plan of Ezekiels Temple?
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PART 2: THE HAFTORAH

Torah Question of the Week:
How is the Tabernacle remembered in the plan of Ezekiels Temple?
Because the north and south sides of the Tabernacle are 100 cubits and this figure is
carried over in part to the dimensions of the inner court of the Temple:
Then he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine
twisted linen, 100 cubits; their twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets, made of
bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. For the north side
there were 100 cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze,
the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. (Exodus 38:9-11 NAU)
Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the
exterior of the inner court, 100 cubits on the east and on the north. As for the gate
of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width. It had
three guardrooms on each side; and its side pillars and its porches had the same
measurement as the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five
cubits. Its windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same
measurements as the gate which faced toward the east; and it was reached by seven
steps, and its porch was in front of them. The inner court had a gate opposite the
gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured 100 cubits from
gate to gate. Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward
the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches according to those same
measurements. The gate and its porches had windows all around like those other
windows; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. There were
seven steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm
tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side. The inner court had a gate
toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, 100 cubits.
(Ezekiel 40:19-27 NAU)
4) Haftorah portion (English- 1 Kings 7:40-b-50) and discuss common themes with the
Torah portion. This week we will read straight through and give more commentary
due to its short length.

Vaya'as Chirom et-hakiyorot ve'et-haya'im ve'et-hamizrakot vayechal

Chiram la'asot et-kol-hamelachah asher asah lamelech Shlomoh beyt
Yahweh.
5) Our linguistic commentary comes from the last line, 7:50, with two key words:
DELETH- the door, and is the same word as the letter DALET, which looks like a
door. In Aramaic that door-letter also has a dot in the middle for a knob to open it up!
Put the DALET into YHWH and you get YEHUDA (Judah, praise)! However, this
concept should never be used to justify pronouncing the Name as Yehovah
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because these are completely different words, meanings and roots for to be (hayah,
YHWH) and praise (Yehudah) and one does not prove the morphology of the other.
For more information, please see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFP02mAHlQ.
PENIMI =innermost, as in innermost door leading to the Kadosh Kadoshim.
Derived from PANIM (face). Moshe knew Abba YHWH panim al panim (face to
face), meaning Moshe had an intimate relationship with the Father. Here these
innermost doors lead to the intimate place of Abba YHWH on earth and that is why
you might die if you are not a high priest or if you are and enter the shrine at the
wrong time, in the wrong way, and so on. Then face to face becomes LITERAL
and so would your death be.
BONUS Teaching: The 24/26 Math Code
The Four Kinds of Numbers in Scripture (Introduction)
Shalom allsince we have been seeing in recent weeks the beauty of math codes all over
the Tabernacle I thought it might be good to fortify this parsha with a fresh review and
analysis on how the overall structure works. First, we need to set up some broad
definitions:
1) Exalted: A number appears consistently across the breadth of Scripture with the
same theme and usage across the board. 7 is the number of perfection, 40 the
number for restoration, and so on. The main focus of this research is based on
understanding Exalted Numbers.
2) Derivative: A number is calculated based on the multiplication of one or more
Exalted Numbers though it is not an Exalted Number itself. For example 7 and 2
are Exalted Numbers. When multiplied they become a derivative number known
as 14, but 14 in and of itself has no Exalted status. Its meaning though may be
derived from its factors, 7 being perfection and 2 to being confirmation or
validation, so 14 is the number perfect validation, and so on.
3) Standalone: This is a number that is shown to have specific profound meaning as
a code or herald in Scripture and it has the same status as an Exalted Number
does. The difference is a standalone number is a number that occurs only once
and yet shows the same depth of meaning as its Exalted counterpart does. 153 for
example only occurs once in Scripture in the Gospel of John for the number of
great fish caught, but it has huge prophetic significance. It is the numerical value
of Betzalels name, this being the man who built the Ark of the Covenant, and his
name means in the shadow of El which the Ark was directly intended to
demonstrate. If you were to make a pyramid of stones starting at the top (stone 1)
then down a level (stones 2 and 3) then a level more (stones 4,5 and 6) and so on
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to reach the 153rd stone, it would be the last stone with a base level of 17. In other
words 17 + 16 + 15 + 14 + 13 + 12 + 11 +10 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5+ 4 +3 +2 +1 =
153. 17 is both the age of Joseph when he arrives in Egypt as a slave and the
number of years his father Jacob settles in Egypt before he dies. Therefore 153 is
a picture of the sojourn into Egypt to escape famine and the Exodus to free the
Israelites from bondage with an extraordinary deliverance as Joseph calls it.
The Ark of course represents the power of Elohim on earth that made Israel
invincible so all these elements are painting a prophetic picture of a deliverance in
our future. The fish are those of us who follow Messiah, because he called the
apostles while many were fishermen and said, Follow me, and I will make you
fishers of men. When we plug these images and usages in then, we see events
that deal with famines, plagues, wars and so on but at the end salvation comes, so
this 153 is a salvation countdown of sorts and when the 153 comes, we begin to
run out of time to catch followers. How it comes about and when is of course a
much longer story but it does showcase the profound messages in a standalone
number.
4) Unknown: The rest are unknown numbers, either because they have no message
or because their hidden meanings have not been revealed yet.
More on Exalted Numbers
Numbers 0-10 are automatically exalted because they form the base from which all other
numbers are derived and multiplied out from and also because of their Scriptural
connections confirming their meanings. I will talk about 0 another time, but 1 through 10
have these meanings according to Scripture:
1 = Truth (there is only one true Elohim, one Redeemer, one faith, one immersion, etc.)
Also the One Elohim is called the Spirit of Truth (Deuteronomy 6:4, John 15:26,
Ephesians 4:5). Since there is only one True El, this number is never added to or
multiplied. Like Abba YHWH, it cannot be changed (Malachi 3:6).
2 = Confirmation or Validation, because it is out of the mouths of two witnesses that
every matter be established (Deuteronomy 18 and 19). A double confirmation (2 x 2)
means you have properly laid your Foundation (4).
3 = Completion, but not necessarily perfection, though it can be. Messiah rises from the
dead after the completion of three days and three nights so that was perfect, but more
fundamentally he fulfilled his task over that period of time. Sometimes we may complete
a task (Jonah, also freed from the fish after 3 days and 3 nights) but have other work to
do still (Jonah still must preach to the Ninevites). When 3 (completion) is multiplied by
2 (validation) we get 6, the number for work, which is why our work ends after 6 days. 3
x 3= 9, which refers to a period when tasks are waiting to be judged or witnessed, and
then after that (3 x 4) gives you the number for Divine Government or Israel (12).
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4 = Foundation or Architecture, because the perfect Garden of Eden had 4 rivers filling
into a single pool. A handsbreadth is measured across 4 fingers of that hand. There are 4
winds, 4 seasons, 4 creatures at Abba YHWHs throne, 4 main directions, the
Tabernacle curtains are 4 cubits thick, and of course there are 4 Gospels. The double of 4
is 8, the number of Renewal.
5 = Torah or Instruction, because once your foundation is laid you need instructions on
how to build the structure over it! There are 5 Books of Moses (Torah), 5 fingers on each
hand that does a job, 5 toes on each foot that walks to a job, 5 brothers give instructions
to Joseph, 5 senses that direct you through life and so on. 5 x 2 = 10, the number for
witness or witnessing, so we become a witness to the truth when we confirm (2) the
Torah (5).
6 = Work, because in 6 days Elohim made the heavens and the earth and all that was in it
and on the seventh day He rested, and we are also commanded to work six days and rest
on the seventh. Our Messiah completed his work after 6 hours on the cross and he spent 6
periods (3 days + 3 nights) in the tomb finishing his work in the grave.
7 = Perfection or Rest, because you completed your work (6) and need refreshment. In
that refreshment is perfection, because the Shabbat is the climax of Creation Week.
8 = Renewal or Retreat, because after your rest you are refreshed by definition and you
start a renewed cycle. The last day of Sukkot (Tabernacles) is called in Torah Shemini
Etzeret ant it means the 8th day of retreat.
9 = Expectation (for appraisal), because after 3 tasks are completed (3 x 3) you are
waiting for a judgment on how you did. You are waiting for the witness (10) to come. If
the judgment goes well, then you move forward. If not, the task is undone, which is why
both Temples were destroyed on the 9th day of the 5th month. That day was cursed
according to the rabbis, and of course it is the 5th month, the number for instruction. So in
the expectation for a witness and instruction the Temples failed and were destroyed as a
result.
10 = witness or witnessing, because Abraham bargained for the Sodomites down to 10
righteous souls to save the city, Jacob witnessed his wages changed 10 times by Labaan
before leaving, 10 plagues were witnessed in Egypt, 10 commandments were witnessed
at Sinai and Abba YHWH says in Numbers that His patience was tried by the Israelites
10 times before punishing them, after 10 spies came back with an evil report.
And of course, one more number, 12, is the number for Israel or Divine Government, for
obvious reasons. But now that we have the basics in place, lets proceed to a simple but
profound counting exercise.

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Staying focused on the Witness Number of 10, we see in our first counting of lineages, 10
generations from Adam to Noah, witnessing to the fact that what Abba YHWH creates
He can also destroy.
Before counting a bit more though, I should explain that what we are doing here is what I
call a Redemption Count, which basically means we are counting (in this phase) from
Adam to Moshe and Exodus. For these purposes then we must direct our count from
Adam to Jacob and through Levi in order to get to the right place.
And so it is from Noahs son Shem until Abraham are exactly 10 more generations, and
these 10 witnesses point to the covenant from Noah to Abraham, from the rainbow to
Canaan. Also because the number 2 represents confirmation, multiplying it by 10
CONFIRMS Abba YHWHs commitment to man, bringing us to the 20th generation
(Abraham).
From this point, that necessarily means that Isaac is generation #21, Jacob is #22 and his
son Levi is #23. That then brings us to the last generation in Genesis (46:11) counting in
this manner through Levi: Kohath, who is #24.
So notice what happens when we reach 24. Like hours in a day, the number of priestly
divisions and the number of Levite division (1 Chronicles 24-25), 24 represents a kind of
Scriptural day. In this case the day that began with Adam ended with Kohath and the
book of Genesis ended in that 24th hour as Moshe literally turned the page to his 2nd
book of Exodus.
This same pattern will repeat two more times before the whole Scripture revelation
period closes. Since we are now in the part of the Redemption Count about Moshe, we
need to keep counting another 24 generations.
The problem is though that Moshes own lineage does not survive that long and in any
case we were really meant to count the priesthood, which means going through Moshes
older brother Aaron.
However, Aaron also has some problems. Of his 4 sons, 2 of them die before having
children, leaving only Eleazar and Ithamar. While both of these sons will have many
generations of progeny, it is Eleazars line that particularly takes the lead in the
priesthood and who has more numerous descendants overall (Numbers 20:26, 1
Chronicles 24:4). This means we must count the priests not just through Aaron but
through Eleazar as well, so lets do that, starting with where we left off from Kohath and
according to 1 Chronicles 6:1-14
1) Amram, 2) Aaron, 3) Eleazar, 4) Phinehas, 5) Abishua, 6) Bukki, 7) Uzzi
8) Zerahiah, 9) Meriaoth, 10) Amariah, 11) Ahitub, 12) Zadok (Davids priest),
13) Ahimaaz, 14) Azariah, 15) Yohanan (was with Solomon when Temple was built)
16) Azariah II, 17) Amariah II, 18) Ahitub II, 19) Zadok II, 20) Shallum, 21) Hilkiah

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22) Azariah III, 23) Seraiah, 24) Yehozadak (High Priest when Temple was
destroyed)
See what happened? We cycled through another 24 generations which ran from Moshes
father Amram to the destruction of Solomons Temple. Then when disaster came, the
clock reset againjust as it did from the time of Kohath to the Exodusand now
Yehoshua ben Yehozadak begins a fresh 24 cycle as the first high priest in the restored
Temple!
But, there is a slight catch. Just as we needed to count from Abraham to Moshe through
Levi, so now we are counting from this point to Messiah, Lion of Judah! Therefore, in
order to begin the count anew, we count from Judahs representative at the time of
Yehoshua ben Yehozadak, and that must be Zerubabel. But the count will not have
Yshua be the 24th generation (Matthew 1:13-16)
1) Zerubavel fathered,
2) Awiud, Awiud fathered
3) Elyakim, Elyakim fathered
4) Azor. (Mat 1:14) Azor fathered
5) Tzadoq. Tzadoq fathered
6) Achin, Achin fathered
7) El'ichud. (Mat 1:15) El'ichud fathered
8) El'azar, El'azar fathered
9) Matan, Matan fathered
10) Ya'akov. (Mat 1:16) Ya'akov fathered
11) Yosip, the guardian of
12) Maryam, from whom was born
13) Y'shua, who is called the Mashiyach.
The reason this one doesnt work is because the line is tracking father to son, and
Matthew is Maryams line.
Therefore we need Josephs lineage in Luke 3:23-27 (in reverse order because he does it
opposite from Matthew) to bring us much closer to our count
1) Zerubavel, 2) Rasa, 3) Yochanan, 4) Yehuda, 5) Yosip, 6) Shamei, 7) Mattath
8) Maath, 9) Nagi, 10) Khasli, 11) Nakhum, 12) Amos, 13) Matta, 14) Yosip
14) Yani, 16) Malki, 17) Lewi, 18) Mattath, 19) Heli, 20) Yosip, 21) Yshua
So here Yshua is born 3 x 7, 21 generations from Zerubabel. 7 is perfection and 3 is
completion, as we saw, but the real number meanings are more concerned with grand
totals than they are with interim figures.
In any case, the important point is the third 24 hour day did not end with Yshuas birth
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ascend and have his disciples finish telling his story, for the entire Biblical period to
close.
So the last three generations related to the time from 30 CE (his death and resurrection) to
the early disciples and eyewitnesses to Messiah dying. The last of these, Yochanan, died
in the year 100, the end of the 24th generation. These were not literal 20 or 40 year
generations, since none of the others were either, but were name-based and leader-based.
Our last three generations then roughly correspond to the early establishment of apostles
where Peter takes charge, Yaakov is put in charge of Jerusalem but Paul hasnt started
his journeys yet (30-44 CE), this is #22.
Then from the time Paul begins travelling to his and Peters death and the destruction of
the Temple by Rome is our next generation (44-70 CE), #23.
And finally from the destruction of the Temple until the last parts of the NT are written
(Jude, Revelation) and Yochanan dies is our last generation, #24.
The Big 26
But while this is a stunning pattern in showing the Scripture time is covered in three
groups of 24 generations each, there is another huge code in the middle of it all that may
be even more important.
You may have noticed that Moshe and Aaron come about in the 26th generation overall
from Adam. This is critical to understand: 26 is the numerical value of Abba YHWHs
Name (Y = 10, H = 5, W = 6, H = 5 = 26)! As such, and like the number 1 which cannot
in this system be added to or multiplied out because that would be mathematical idolatry,
26 represents the ultimate standalone and exalted number.
It is of course then no coincidence that Abba YHWH reveals His true essence to that 26th
generation, starting with Moshe at the Burning Bush, that He is Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh (Iam
that I am), a name not known to the Patriarchs. Please note that Ehyeh is not a substitute
for YHWH because YHWH is He is whereas Ehyeh is I am. We cannot call on I
AM because then we are making ourselves equal to Him! So we say Yah He is =
Yahweh.
But heres where the math really goes even deeper than it has already. There are exactly
4,000 years in Scripture history. Those of you who have been with me for a while know I
date the Exodus to 1447 BCE based on 1 Kings 6:1 and other sources. Then I count back
in Hebrew-Masoretic time to get to 3901 BCE (September 24th in our current calendar)
for Adams creation. From that time forward, the end of the 24th generation (Yochanans
death in 100 CE) is exactly 4,000 years from where we started! This makes perfect sense
because 4,000 is the product of the two numbers for generations given in Scripture, 40
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However, the big show is this: Count the generations starting with Adam in 3901 BCE
and the death of Joseph (in 1591 BCE) is 2,310 years for that time in Genesis. Exodus,
picking up from Josephs death, will bring us 64 years later to get to Moshes birth and
36 more years brings us to year 2,400 from Adam, which is Moshes 36th birthday. This
is the time just before he flees to Midian a few years later and it is also the time his rival
Thutmoses the Third becomes king. Moshe has effectively run out of time as the clock
ticks 2400. It will be very shortly into the next hour that the next phase of his life
begins, which leads us to one final mystery:
Moshe said to YHWH, Oh Adonai, I have never been a man of words, not from
yesterday or from three days ago or from the time You first spoke to me, for I am
slow of speech and tongue. (Exodus 4:10-Matara)
It seems clear that this time on Mount Sinai, with Exodus 3 and 4 meant as a continuous
narrative, is supposed to be the first time Abba YHWH spoke with Moshe. However,
from the Hebrew itself and as translated not just by me but by Bible.ort.org and Stone, it
seems at least suggested that Abba YHWH spoke with Moshe on a previous occasion!
In response to such a shocking idea, other translations have tried to downplay the Hebrew
and suggest that from the first means from the time of the current conversation on
Mount Sinai started in Exodus 3:1. However, this makes no sense for one compelling
reason: Moshes time references are going in the wrong direction!
If Moshe meant from the start of this conversation then he also would have mentioned
that conversation starting in 3:1 FIRST, followed by yesterday, and then three days ago
and then always, in his accounting of the time that he has not been a man of words!
Instead, the order begins the OTHER way with yesterday FIRST, then three days before
SECOND and then a previous occasion THIRD, before proceeding to always. That
means Abba YHWH and Moshe had to speak before Sinai, and my question is when was
this occasion?
I believe there is only one answer, it had to be while Moshe was still in Egypt, perhaps
around his 36th birthday, when the line of Adam celebrated its 2400th year in existence,
because 24 (time) x 100 (generation) = 2400 = the time that the generation will be freed
from bondage. So when Moshe fled Egypt, he did not go alone. He went where Abba
YHWH commanded him to go to await further instructions. The 24th century-hour was
up a new hour of freedom had literally dawned 4 years before Moshe arrived in Midian!
No coincidences in Scripture!
6) Renewed Covenant portion: (English) Hebrews 9:1-14, read straight through.
9:1 mentions the earthly sanctuary but secretly also refers to the heavenly one in the
Aramaic. As we saw last week, the word for ministrationteshmeshtais derived
from SHEMESH/SHAMASH, meaning the sun. This phrase would seem to anticipate
the great and perfect tabernacle that Yshua entered into in 9:11!
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Hebrews 9:3
51) Kadosh Kadoshim (Set Apart of the Set Aparts) translated as "Holy of Holies";
however, it is important to note that many religions use "holy" as a term to denote what is
sacred unto them. In the Malchut Elohim, the term Kadosh denotes the "nature" of
YHWH. YHWH is the sole Creator and sustainer of Life; He has made distinct
"boundaries" in Himself which He reveals according to His Word and through the Ruach
haKodesh. The word holy is derived from heile which means to be warmed by the sun.
It has a direct connection to sun worship; this is not a matter of semantics, but of
understanding and applying what belongs unto YHWH and that which is not of Him. In
Christianity being "holy" is often thought of as "being like Jesus" although most
Christians wouldn't dare to live like Y'shua and His Talmidim for fear of being "too
Jewish," or being labeled as legalists! Y'shua and His followers were Torah Observant; it
is within Torah Observance that one can truly define what it means to be "Set Apart unto
YHWH." "But know that YHWH has Set Apart him that is Chasid (righteous) for
Himself: YHWH will hear when I call unto him" (Psa_4:3).
Hebrews 9:4
52) Some theologians posture that there was no censer in the inner sanctum for more
information see Epistle to the Hebrews in Appendix.
MATLA is Hebrews 9:9 is closely related to MILTHA (Word in John 1:1), both
derived from to speak. In this place though MATLA means symbol but it can also
mean proverb/parable in Matthew 13:18 which would appear to draw near to Word
(MILTHA)! So in a sense this symbol becomes the proverb that becomes the Word made
flesh!
7) Apply these themes/issues to modern issues in the Netzari faith. (See the Torah
Thought for the Week which talks about the hope that out of the most unclean things
can come things Set-Apart and beautiful unto YHWH.)
8) Relate to all or part of an Appendix portion of AENT or footnotes from a portion.
(This week we offer expanded commentary from the footnotes.)
STUDY QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED NEXT WEEK
1) Why is the specific commandment about the Shabbat given again in Exodus 35 when
it has already been given three times previously to this same group of people? (This is
in contrast with Deuteronomys passages on the same matter, which are given to the
next generation after the Exodus.)
2) How are details in the construction of the Ark of the Covenant directly related to the
name of its craftsman, Betzalel?

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3) How is another design aspect of the Ark of the Covenant repeated during an
important Gospel event?
4) Why would Solomon contract work for building the Temple out to a pagan king?
5) What does Hirams choice of worker that he sends to Solomon tell us about his
resources that is surprising?
Torah Thought for the Week:
One Tree, Three Branches (Expanded)
We saw from our Renewed Covenant portion how some of the deepest insights about
Mashiyach can be encoded in what may seem like endless minutia about the dimensions
of tent poles, clasps, menorahs, silver bases and so on. But Abba YHWH has said that
Moshe must make everything according to the pattern He showed him on the mountain
the pattern of the heavens in other words.
Such a linkage is of course reinforced in this and other parts of Hebrews: The Heavenly
Temple with sacrifices better than these and so on. So if Yshua is hiding in all these
tons of details, what more can we learn about him and his nature without violating the
One-ness of his Father YHWH?
A few years ago, I admittedly struggled with finding a non-trinity way to explain all these
things. I neither wanted to advocate three gods nor did I want to sacrifice Yshuas
divinity on an altar of bad spiritual politics.
So, at one point during this time, someone I knew had just come off of a radio interview
and said that he had a similar struggle, only in his case he was on a radio program and
needed 10+ minutes he said to attempt an answer on Godhead. In an instant I shot back
and said I can do it in 10 seconds: One tree, three branches, not three separate trees.
More than 1 tree equals an IDOLA-TREE. He looked at me and said, Andrew, next
time YOU go on the program but figure out how to fill the rest of the time.
The truth is, I think I was actually more astonished than he was. I had never thought of
Godhead as a tree or articulated it in that way before. It just popped into my head and out
of my mouth seemingly from out of nowhere and the imagery, quite frankly, wouldnt
leave me alone. Sometimes it would just resonate in my mind for no reason, One tree,
three branches as if it was taunting me to write it down so it would go away. I never
did write it down though until quite some time later and I am still tweaking it even now.
So here we go with the latest version
Christianity tends to teach that Godhead is a mystery, but it really isnt according to Rav
Shaul who said the following in Romans 1:20 of the AENT:

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For, from the foundations of the world, the hidden things of Elohim are seen by
the mind in the things he created even his eternal power and divinity, so that they
might be without excuse.
Rav Shaul also said that YHWH is not the Author of confusion, so we really should be
able to understand these things if we properly search the Word. Starting in Matthew
28:19 we read
Go therefore, make disciples of all nations and immerse them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Ruach haKodesh.
Notice here it is NAME, singular, not NAMES. And yet go to any Christian baptism and
they will say name of the Father, name of the Son, name of the Holy Spirit. Thats not
what the text says though either in Greek or Aramaic!
So first we need to understand there is only ONE NAME by which we are saved and
ONE NAME to immerse in: YAHWEH!
In Yochanan 17 Yshua says, Father, protect them by the power of YOUR NAME, THE
SAME NAME YOU GAVE ME. This should be clear. The Father and the Son have the
SAME NAME, which is to say YAH. While yeshua is the Hebrew verb meaning to
save or salvation, the YAH component that is Yshuas name above all names, the
name superior to the angels (Hebrews 1:1-5). Furthermore we see one shocking truth
also in Yochanan 17Yshua came to teach the Name of His Father Yahweh!
(Joh 17:6) I have made Your Name known to the sons of those men whom You
had given to me from the world. They were Yours and You have given them to
me, and they have kept Your Word.
(Joh 17:12) I was with them while I was in the world. I have kept them in your
Name; those whom you have given to me, I have kept. And not a man of them is
lost except for the son of destruction, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.
(Joh 17:26) And I have made Your Name known to them. And I will confess it
so that the love with which You have loved me might be in them, and I might be
in them."
Theres an even more powerful reason for many teachers in Yshuas daythose who
upheld the ban on the Nameto hate him. But getting back to the main point, now we
see that the names of the FatherYHWHand His Son are the same, but what about the
Ruach Ha Kodesh? Lets see this here
Create in me a clean heart, O Elohim, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do
not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
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But they rebelled and vexed his Holy Spirit. Then he became their enemy and
himself waged war on them. But he called the past to mind, Moses his servant.
Where is he who saved them from the sea, the Shepherd of his flock? Where was
he who put his Holy Spirit among them, whose glorious arm led the way by
Moses' right hand? Who divided the waters before them to win himself
everlasting renown, who led them through the depths as easily as a horse through
the desert? They stumbled as little as cattle going down to the plain. Yahweh's
Spirit led them to rest. (Isaiah 63:10-14 NJB)
So Yahwehs Spirit is the Ruach ha Kodesh and therefore the RHK as I sometimes
abbreviate the term is simply another title or descriptor for Father YHWH. Therefore all
are immersing in the one Name of Yahweh, but are referencing the Son and the RHK to
show veneration for the details of His full salvation plan. In other words, we give thanks
to Yshua because he paid the price for our sins and gave us eternal life and we remember
Father YHWH as the RHK because Yshua promised the Father would send the RHK
to us after he rose and ascended, a point we will get to in a moment.
Now lets take a look at that One Tree, shall we?
In the heart and roots of the tree is Father YHWH Himself, the part that is unseen to all of
us except the Son who came down from heaven. But when we pray properly, as Yshua
taught us in Matthew 6, we access Our Father WHO IS IN HEAVEN. This is the first
branch of the tree growing from the eternal roots and trunk of the One Tree. It is the
Father Who loves us and sends His Son to us, just as it is the Father who sent us Moshe,
David and so on.
But out of the second middle branch there is also something special we will call THE
WORD. The Word came out of the essence of the Father and created everything (Psalm
33:6). As the WORD came from Father YHWHs Mouth, came from Him, it IS Him.
But Yochanan is also right that the Word that was Elohim is also with Elohim because
it came from His mouth as breath and dwelt next to Him.
Now on this Second Branch there is a beautiful and precious piece of fruit, glorious and
perfect. The fruit falls from the One Trees Second Branch to the earth, where it grows
into a man, the Word made flesh, Yshua the Son of Yah and our Savior. Though this
fruit may someday perish, the branch it came from in heaven can never perish and
therefore the Son has always and will always be alive and all powerful. But so long as
that fruit from the Second Branch is on earth as Yshua the Man, the third branch will not
fully reveal its power to us.
That Third Branch, the Ruach Ha Kodesh, has always been with us to be sure. It has
inspired prophets and kings of Israel. But Yshua says the Ruach ha Kodeshs full
purpose and power comes when, by definition, his physical presence has gone away and
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And if you ask of me, in my name, I will do it! If you love me, keep my
Commandments. And I will ask of my Father and He will give you another
Redeemer who will be with you forever. The Spirit of Truth, He who the world is
not able to receive because it has not seen Him, nor does know Him. But you
know Him for He dwells with you and He is in youThese things I have spoken
among you while I am with you. But the Redeemer, the Ruach haKodesh, the One
whom my Father will send in my name will teach you everything. And He will
remind you of everything that I said to you. (Yochanan 14:14-17,25-26-AENT)
So since the Ruach ha Kodesh is another title for YHWH, it is also known as the Spirit of
Truth. This is nothing new as Isaiah also called seven spirits YHWH in 11:1-2,
including two that were called wisdom and understanding and yet no one would
suggest Isaiah was saying there were seven individual elohims out there!
In other words, with the ONE TREE, the first Branch sets the salvation plan up, the
second Branch makes that plan possible through his sacrifice and the third branch guides
us to understand all thingsincluding Godheadonce the Second Branch is back in
heaven. All this, and there is no need for PERSONS OF THE TRINITY, no need for
awkward terms like TRI-UNITY, no need to feel you have to subtract from the Son to
give glory to the Father and above all, no need for more than one Yahweh to make it all
happen!
Of course though, the One Tree metaphor doesnt get into the human side of Yshua, or
why he and not His Father die on the stake, but it does nevertheless simplify Godhead in
the main in a way that not all the catechisms of Rome that have ever been written ever
could. And this is because it is the truth, and the truth is simple, not fear based, and it
always makes us free!
Im Andrew Gabriel Roth and thats your Torah Thought for the Week!
Next week we will be exploring Pekudei (these are the expenses), Exodus 38:21 to 40:38,
Haftorah 1 Kings 7:15-8:21 and our Renewed Covenant portion will be the first 11 lines
of Acts. Stay tuned!

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