Parsha Metzora
Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
Please Pray this
Prayer
First before reading.
In the name of Yahushua
Our Messiyah,
I pray for the
Spirit of Understanding
The Spirit of
Knowledge and
The Spirit of
Wisdom
As I read through this Parsha
The word metz
Parsha metzora deals with the
first stage of the purification process. The uniqueness of the laws of the
metzora has established that, despite the fact that his contamination is
manifested in a physical sense, it was caused by his degraded spiritual
condition.
Being alone outside the camp
will give him or her the opportunity to reflect on their deficiencies and a
chance for them to repent so that they can once more be found worthy to reenter
the camp.
As soon at that change takes place
within the mind and heart, the same Elohim who afflicted him of her will remove
the mark of his degradation and he can begin the process of reaching maturity.
They then begin a three-stage
purification process that is unique to a metzora. The first part of the ritual
was performed with two birds, outside of the camp. It was not a sacrificial
service, and the birds did not have to be doves or turtledoves, since they were
not offerings.
They had to be healthy and
kosher birds, but that was all. When that ritual was completed, the metzor was
permitted to enter the camp, but he or she was still tamei (ritually unclean)
and some of his restrictions remained in force.
After a seven-day waiting
period, he or she could bring the offering that would complete the process of
purification.
Lev 14:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, - I am YAHVEH You Elohim, I do not Change Mal 3:6 “For I am YAHVEH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob
are not consumed.” Therefore,
when He speaks as it this case it is forever.
Lev 14:2 “This shall be the Torah of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He
shall be brought to the priest, - Since the Torah
mentions that his purification takes place during the day, and we as believers
must walk in the light, all our actions should be in the day. He is brought to
the priest at the outskirt of the camp, were it would be easer for Kohem to
come and meet him.
Lev 14:3 and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look and
see, if the leprosy is healed in the leper, - The person who is now an out cast from the camp
must be examine outside the camp before he can be allow back inside.
Lev 14:4 then the priest shall command, and he shall take for him who is to be
cleansed two live and clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.- According to Hebrew tradition, this affliction is brought on as a
punishment for slander or gossip, therefore his purification is effected by
means of chirping or twittering birds.
The birds must be free of any
illness or defects, they must be clean, they must be a species that it
permissible to eat.
Cedar wood, because it grows
tall, imposing, and wide, the cedar symbolizes haughtiness.
Crimson thread and hyssop, the
thread is wool, dyed with a pigment made from a lowly creature, a type of
insect or snail, whose identity is unclear.
Thus, it symbolizes the
penitent’s newfound humility. Hyssop, a lowly bush symbolizes the same idea of
humility.
Atonement for sin requires
that the former sinner purge himself of the moral flaw that causes his
misdeeds. The underlying root cause of slander and gossip, the sins that are
punished by tzaraas, is arrogance, because it breeds the contempt for others
that lets one talk about them callously.
The metzora’s repentance
entails a resolve to change themselves, a change that is graphically symbolized
by the following three items that accompany his offering.
Lev 14:5 “And the priest shall command, and he shall kill one of the birds in an
earthen vessel over running water. – The slaughter is
done in the same manner of shechitah, at the front of the neck with a knife. It
may be performed anywhere, but it must be done by a qualified Pastor.
After the ritual is completed,
the bird is buried, not burnt. During the slaughtering of the bird, it is held
over the earthware vessel, so that its blood will flow directly into the vessel
containing the fresh spring water. This is the Blood and the Water that flows
from the side of Yahushua, for our deliverance.
Lev 14:6 “Let him take the live bird and the cedar wood and the scarlet and the
hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed
over the running water. – The live bird must be dip
in the blood of the bird that was killed, again represent the Blood that was
sacrifice and the bird that will be let loose to carry away our sins. The cedar
and the hyssop are tied together with the red thread. Then the bungle is held
in the right hand together with the live bird and they are dipped into the
blood and water mixture. Signifying the deliverance from our haughtiness.
Lev 14:7 “And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed from
the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird loose
in the open field. – The sprinkling is the
application of Blood and the Water seven times over the person. The seven times
is one of the perfect numbers. The person is now returned to a perfect state.
The bird is now let loose to
carry away the sins as the Red Sea took away Pharaoh Army, never to be seen anymore.
Lev 14:8 “And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off
all his hair and wash himself in water, and shall be clean. Then after that he
comes into the camp, but shall stay outside his tent seven days. – The focus now turn to the sinner, his responsibility does not end
with the letting go of the live bird. His sins had been atoned for, now the
root causes have to be dealt with.
By washing the garment is to
bring it under the scrutiny of Torah, removing anything that is not sanctioned
by EL YAHVEH.
The Shaving of the hair is to
remove or discard all old thinking or old truth, and bring every taught captive
to that of Torah. Only them we may allow to enter the camp to a holding area,
to see if he or she is truly sanctified.
Lev 14:9 “And on the seventh day it shall be that he shaves all the hair off his
head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shaves off. And he
shall wash his garments and wash his body in water, and shall be clean. – Seven days after the seclusion inside the camp, the individual is
again having all the hair on his head shaved, he is again washed his entire
garment and his entire body, and then he shall be clean.
The final stage of
purification. The person shall bring three animals offering and each one is
accompanied by a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah. In this matter the
metzora “The sinner” is an exception to the rule, since sin and guilt offering
are not usually accompanied by a meal offering.
It may be that the metzora is
accorded this honor as Elohim’s Own testimony to the sincerity of his
repentance, as evidenced by the removal of his bodily affliction.
An ephah is an unit of dry measure equal to about one bushel, or
about 33 liters, or a dry measure of about 64 US pint.
Lev 14:10 “And on the eighth day he takes two male lambs, perfect ones, and one ewe
lamb a year old, a perfect one, and three-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering,
and one log of oil. – On the eight day, the day of
new beginning he must take two male lambs, and one ewe, and one log of oil. The
oil was used as describe in verse 15 – 18. A log of oil measure with a volume
of six eggs, generally reckoned at between thirteen and fourteen fluid ounces.
These were to bring a grain offering.
Lev 14:11 “And the priest who is cleansing shall present the man who is to be
cleansed, with these offerings,
before יהוה, at the door
of the Tent of Meeting. – The Pastor who did the
cleansing shall present the person who is to be cleansed along with his
offering before the Tabernacle for full reinstatement.
Three animals, the meal
offering, must be presented at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Until the
metzora is completed all his offering, he stand alone just outside the eastern
entrance to the tabernacle, opposite the Tabernacle entrance so that he is not
inside it, but close enough for the Kohen to put oil on him, as required by the
verse below.
Lev 14:12 “And the priest shall take one male lamb and bring it as a guilt offering,
and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before יהוה. – The Pastor shall take the price of a male lamb, and bring it as a
guilt offering, along with the log of oil and presented as a wave offering
before EL YAHVEH.
Lev 14:13 “And he shall slaughter the lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin
offering and the burnt offering, in a set-apart place. For the guilt offering,
like the sin offering, belongs to the priest. It is most set-apart. – At the North Part of the Outer Court, the guilt offering like the sin
offering is offered. The sacrificial part is then placed on the Brazen Altar.
The other parts like the sin offering belong to the pastor.
Lev 14:14 “And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and
the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be
cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right
foot. – The blood is place on the right ear, the right
thumb, and the right big toe, symbolizing that from here on these three body
parts must improve himself in mind, deed, and walk.
Lev 14:15 “And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the
palm of his own left hand. – The left hand
represent the Word
Lev 14:16 “And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left
hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before יהוה. – The Pastor shall sprinkle the oil westward, in the direction of the
Holy Place. For each toss of oil the Pastor symbolize that the individual must
walk perfectly from now on. The right and represent the Holy Spirit, with the
Holy Spirit the Word must be apply. Seven time must the guilty person overcome
their weakness before ABBA YAHWEH.
Lev 14:17 “And of the rest of the oil in his hand, the priest puts some on the tip
of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right
hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering. – The right ear, the thumb, and the right big toe is now anointed and
required to operate in perfection for the rest of the person life, until he or
she reaches perfection.
Lev 14:18 “And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he puts on the head
of him who is to be cleansed. And the priest shall make atonement for him
before יהוה. – The Pastor shall place the rest of the oil on the head and make
atonement through El Yahushua for the individual.
Lev 14:19 “And the priest shall make the sin offering, and make atonement for him
who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterwards he slaughters the
burnt offering. – The Pastor shall perform the
sin offering and an atonement offering for him who is being cleansed from his
uncleanness. After that, the burnt offering may be offered.
Lev 14:20 “And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on
the altar. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. – After the final step in this rather lengthy purification process, he
may now enter the Sanctuary and eat the sacrificial flesh. The guilt offering
atones fore the sins that cause him to become metzora, unclean. The sin
offering atones for the blasphemies he may well have uttered. And finally,
there is atonement in the sense that the elevation and meal offering elevates
him back into the place we was before his demise.
Verse 21 –32 illustrates the
point of the offering of the poor unclean person.
Lev 14:21 “But if he is poor and is unable to afford it, then he shall take one male
lamb as a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ĕphah of fine flour mixed with
oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil, - Every
animal offering must be accompanied by a meal offering, so that a metzora,
unclean person who is wealthy enough to bring three animal offering brings
three tenth ephah of flour. Since the poor metzora, unclean person brings only
one animal, requires only one meal-offering.
Lev 14:22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford,
and one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. – The requirements of the two turtledoves, which are slightly large
than a young pigeons, were indicative of the financial status of the person. A
person may bring what-ever he can afford; however a rich person cannot bring a
poor person offerings.
Lev 14:23 “And he shall bring them to the priest on the eighth day for his
cleansing, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before יהוה. – The same ritual principles describe in 14:10 - 19 is the same ritual
principles here in verse 24 – 32.
Lev 14:24 “And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of
oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before יהוה.
Lev 14:25 “And he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest
shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the tip of the
right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and
on the big toe of his right foot. –
Lev 14:26 “Then the priest pours some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.
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Lev 14:27 “And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that
is in his left hand seven times before יהוה. –
Lev 14:28 “And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip
of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right
hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the
guilt offering. –
Lev 14:29 “And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he puts on the head
of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before יהוה. –
Lev 14:30 “And he shall prepare one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, such as he
is able to afford, - We have here the gracious provision which the law
made for the cleansing of a poor
lepers. If they were not able to bring three lambs, and three
tenth-deals of flour, they must bring one lamb, and one tenth-deal of flour,
and, instead of the other two lambs, two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, as
in verse 21, 22.
Here we see, that
the poverty of the person concerned would not excuse him if he brought no
offering at all. Let none think that because we are poor YAHVEH does not
requires any sacrifice from us, since HE has considered us, and demands that
which it is in the power of the poorest to give.
"My son, give me thy
heart, and with that the calves of thy lips shall be accepted
instead of the calves of the stall.’’
That YAHVEH expected
from those who were poor only according to their ability; HIS commandments
are not grievous, nor does HE make us to serve with an offering. The
poor are as welcome to YAH’s altar as the rich; and, if there be first a
willing mind and an honest heart, two pigeons, when they are the utmost a man
is able to get, are as acceptable to YAHVEH as two lambs; for HE requires according
to what a man has and not according to what he has not.
But it is observable
that though a meaner sacrifice was accepted from the poor, yet the very same
ceremony was used for them as was for the rich; for their souls are as precious
and Mesiah and His gospel are the same to both. Let not us therefore have the
faith of our Lord Yahushua HaMashiach with respect of persons, Jam. 2:1.
Lev 14:31 that which he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other
as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. And the priest shall make
atonement for him who is to be cleansed before יהוה. – Every finger of the hand has a purpose, what we called the ring
finger represent the ministry of the Pastor. This finger is a part of the
Mighty Hand of YAHVEH, administer the Blood and the Water that flow from the
side of Yahushua. This is the ministry of atonement and deliverance, much like
the second cup of wine drank at Passover, the cup of deliverance.
Whatever financial position
any of us may find ourselves, Messiyah Yahushua has provide a way of
deliverance for us. All we have to do is to bring the require offering
according to our financial capability. Then with the help of the Pastoral
finger apply the Blood of Messiyah over our lives seven times.
Lev 14:32 “This is the Torah for one who had an infection of leprosy, who is unable
to afford for his cleansing.” – leprosy in this
example is any thing that cause us to become unclean. There is a law, a way in
which these things must be taken care off. Today many of us run to see a
Physologist for help, when all we have to do is to apply the principles outline
in this text. My people perish for the lack of knowledge.
Verse 33 – 57 defines the type
of afflictions that affect a house or building. As we have seen in the past
chapters a contamination that affect a human is usually caused by a spiritual
defecate.
Obviously, the appearance of a
Tzaraas is for a reason. This Tzaraas like all the others are Divine punishment
for selfish behavior and gossip. Elohim
mercifully begins by afflicting property such as the house where the guilty
party lives first, and then his garment, if the victim fails to modify their
behavior, he or she will be stricken by an affliction on their body.
By bringing tzaraas to their
house, Elohim is forcing them to remove their belongings from it, so that
everyone can see what he owns, and how thoughtless he is.
Such a person may display a
breath of heresy. He thinks that his property is his alone, acquired solely
through his own efforts, and that no one else is entitled to enjoy the benefits
of his personal success.
But his wealth and success are
from Elohim, the same Elohim Who made him what he is, is the same Elohim that
will take it away when he misused it.
Although the imposition of the
afflictions goes from the less severe to the more severe, the Torah lists them
in the opposite order, beginning with the personal affliction and concludes
with the affliction of the house. This is because the Torah usually does thing
contrary to man’s thinking.
Lev 14:33 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, - Again we are
reminded that these are not Moses words, they are EL YAHVEH Words.
Lev 14:34 “When you come into the land of Kenaʽan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put a plague of leprosy in
a house in the land of your possession, - The
address here is that when we reach maturity, when we reach our objective, the
Promise Land is given to us as an example of the Spiritual mandate. These are
some of the principles we must abide by.
As Lucifer sinned and was cast
out, so do anyone who sin while in the promise land. The fall of that person
would result in their loss of their physical beauty and appearance deu to the
affliction on their home, and clothing. It is only in the Holy Land could
spiritual flaws have such tangible effects.
What the implication here is,
saying is at this stage of spiritual growth sin is dealt with more stringent. A
plague in a house is a public way of saying something is wrong in this house.
Lev 14:35 then shall the one who owns the house come and inform the priest, saying,
‘It seems to me that there is some plague in the house.’ – The one who dwells in that house, the leader of the house, the priest
of the house the man, must go to the priest and informed the Priest/Pastor that
there is an affliction in his house. It is not the wife; it is the person of
spiritual authority that must perform this act. This should be the Oldest
living male.
Lev 14:36 “And the priest shall command, and they shall empty the house, before the
priest goes in to look at the plague, so that all that is in the house is not
made unclean. And after that the priest goes in to look at the house. – The Priest/Pastor shall order an immediate cleaning of the house.
This is a source of public humiliation to the leadership of that house to allow
his house to fall into disrepair spiritually.
The house would be declared
tamei or quarantined; everything in it would become tamei as well.
Lev 14:37 “And he shall look at the plague and see, if the plague is on the walls of
the house with sunken places, greenish or reddish, which appear to be deep in
the wall, - The Priest/Pastor must make a total
examination of the house to determine the level of contamination. The color of
the afflicted area will determine the depth of the afflicted area.
Lev 14:38 then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and
shut up the house seven days. – After the
Priest/Pastor have made is decision, the house is now close up for seven days.
Lev 14:39 “And the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look and see, if
the plague has spread on the walls of the house, - Seven days later another inspection is required, to determine if the
affliction is a corporate or an individual affliction. Corporate in that is a
family sin or is it an individual who is the cause of the contamination.
Lev 14:40 then the priest shall command, and they shall remove the stones with the
plague in them, and they shall throw them outside the city, into an unclean
place, - If it is determine that the affliction have
not change the Priest/Pastor must order the afflicted stone taken out of the
wall. If two people share the same wall, the owner of the afflicted house and
his neighbor must join in taking down the offending part of the wall. Woe to
the wicked one and woe to his neighbor, for they will both suffer.
Another way of looking at this
affliction, is that after several attemp to deal with the affliction, it might
be an spiritual affliction, and the stone or the belife system that that is
base on must be cast out of the person and remove from among the camp.
Lev 14:41 while he lets the house be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that
they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. – Since the Promise Land is a Holy Place, any contaminance removed from
the afflicted house, must be dispose of in a safe place, known as an unclean
place or garbage dump.
Lev 14:42 “And they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those
stones, and take other mortar and plaster the house. – Fresh clean stones must be used to replace those that have been
removes. It is similar to replacing a defective or religious way of thinking
with Torah way of thinking. Too often the physical afflection that afflict an
individual is based on their religious thinking.
Lev 14:43 “And if the plague comes back and breaks out in the house, after he has
removed the stones, after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered, - It is not necessary for the plague to return to the same place or
for it to be even large than the first. If it return during the seven days
isolation, the house must be rendered contaminated. If it returns after the
seven days then it is consider a new affliction.
Lev 14:44 then the priest shall come and look and see, if the plague has spread in
the house, it is an active leprosy in the house, it is unclean. – If the Pastoral minister sees that after all the removal of the
contaminated area, the problem still persist, then the house itself is beyond
restoration.
Lev 14:45 “And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all
the plaster of the house, and he shall bring them outside the city to an
unclean place. – If after the initial
scrubbing, cleaning, and the replacing of the stone; if the plague brakes out
again, then the whole house must be dismantled.
If it is a family, the whole
family structure needs to be carefully examined carefully outside the city. Too
often the spiritual authority over the Family has been compromised. The man is
no longer the authority, maybe the woman now wear the pants or even the
children, as is so often the case in today’s society.
It this should happen in the
redeemed community, that family dwelling place would become a place of
contamination. The whole entire family support system in that house needs to be
carefully scrutinized.
Lev 14:46 “And he who goes into the house, all the days while it is shut up, becomes
unclean until evening. – Because of the spirit of
rebellion that is over that house, anyone who enters it is unclean until
evening, when he or she washes themselves in the blood and the water that flows
from the side of Yahushua. It is so essential for us to apply the Water that
flow from the Side of Messiyah to our lives every evening, for we do not know
what type of spirit we might have inadvertently bring home with us.
Lev 14:47 “And he who lies down in the house has to wash his garments, and he who
eats in the house has to wash his garments. – Anyone
who lies down in the house is compatible to someone who associate with the
inhabitance of the house is one who tolerates the principles practices in that
house.
Anyone who eats in that house
is one who accepts the principles practice in that house, both the one who lie
and the one who eats must reconsider their belief system and repent and change
their mindset to that of Torah.
When we listen to false
doctrine, we must always wash our mind from any words that we may find
attrative. Many time women in the church embrace women liberation theology
doctrine, because it is mix with a little light and a little darkness, a little
obedience and a little self sufficent.
It is imperative that we break
the influence of these teaching from the initial revelation that we do not
entertain any of its doctrine not even for a moment. These teaching, like the
thin edge of the wedge, all it needs is a simpatatic ear.
Lev 14:48 “However, if the priest indeed comes in and looks at it and sees that the
plague has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the
priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. - There is a multitude of spiritual meaning behind every word in the
Torah, this verse is no exception. In the context of this verse we can discern
that after the priest/pastor has done a through inspection and cleaning, after
the seven day isolation period is over, he is now looking for a new sets of
criteria.
He looks to see if one the
plague had spread, and two if it did spread. If it did spread the house would
be condemned as unclean. If it had not spread and there were sign of
improvement, then the house would be considered clean.
Lev 14:49 “And to cleanse the house, he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and
scarlet, and hyssop. – According to Hebrew
tradition, this affliction is brought on as a punishment for slander or gossip;
therefore his purification is effected by means of chirping or twittering
birds.
The birds must be free of any
illness or defects, they must be clean, they must be a species that it
permissible to eat.
Cedar wood, because it grows
tall, imposing, and wide, the cedar symbolizes haughtiness.
Crimson thread and hyssop, the
thread is wool, dyed with a pigment made from a lowly creature, a type of
insect or snail, whose identity is unclear.
Thus, it symbolizes the
penitent’s newfound humility. Hyssop, a lowly bush symbolizes the same idea of
humility.
Atonement for sin requires
that the erstwhile sinner purge he of the moral flaw that cause his misdeeds.
The underlying root cause of slander and gossip, the sins that are punished by
tzaraas, is haughtiness, because it breeds the contempt for others that lets
one talk about them callously.
The metzora’s repentance
entails a resolve to change themselves, a change that is graphically symbolized
by the following three items that accompany his offering.
Lev 14:50 “And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running
water, - The ritual of purification of the house is
identical to the first stage of a metzora’s purification and it is carried out
only if the afflicted stones had to be removed from the house. However if the
affliction disappeared or the color fade from the house, the ritual is not
necessary. Unlike the purification of a human being, no further steps are
necessary.
Lev 14:51 and he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the
live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running
water, and shall sprinkle the house seven times. - The live bird must be dip in the blood of the bird that was killed,
again represent the Blood that was sacrifice and the bird that will be let
loose to carry away our sins. The cedar and the hyssop are tied together with
the red thread. Then the bungle is held in the right hand together with the
live bird and they are dipped into the blood and water mixture. Signifying the
resolving of our haughtiness.
Lev 14:52 “He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the
running water and the live bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop,
and with the scarlet,- During the slaughtering of the
bird is held over the earth ware vessel so that its blood will flow directly
into the vessel containing the fresh spring water. This Blood and the Water
that flows from the side of Yahushua, for our atonement and our forgiveness.
Lev 14:53 and he shall let the live bird loose outside the city in the open field,
and shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean. – The live bird is the one that take away the sin, it is a figure of El
Yahushua that bears the curses of our sin, and so we will not be found guilty.
Lev 14:54 “This is the Torah for any infection of leprosy, and eruption, - This a permanent ritual law for the Children of Yisrael, which
everyone who believe in El Yahushua the Messiyah is a part off.
Lev 14:55 and for leprosy of a garment, and of a house, - The spiritual diffinition of garment and house is our righteousness
and the way we conduct out lives.
Lev 14:56 and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot, - The spiritual diffinition of Swelling is those areas in our lives
that we are particular sensitive to, and the scabs are those area in our lives
that are we have shown some improvement yet there are still work to be done.
Bright spots are visible manifestation of problems in our lives that we need
work on.
Lev 14:57 to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the Torah of
leprosy. – These principles outline in this story
elucidate a principle if we are in the Outer court, the individual, the Holy Place
Chapter 15
Every Kingdom has a set on
principle that governs it operation; it is what I will refer to an underlying
principle. The various discharges from the human body that are contaminated to
various degrees, and which may require offerings as part of the person’s
purification process, it the what, the result of why.
The Why are the sins that
cause the contamination, the contamination produces the various discharges, or
physical manifestation on the person’s body.
In this chapter, we will look
at the how, in relation to a cure for the various afflictions.
Verse 1 – 18 deals with the
various discharge of the body. Semen or a zav-emission that emanate from a
human body is considered contaminated. It causes contamination to the one who
emitted it and to others who come into contact with it.
There is three degree of such
contamination, depending on the frequency and type of the discharges, as
follows:
§
A male who had a seminal
emission, whether the fluid is normal semen or the slightly different zav fluid
describe in verse 2. This contamination is the mildest of the tree degrees, and
it applies no matter what are the circumstances that brought about the
discharge. The person who has such an emission is called baal keri, and should
immerse or wash himself or herself in water and they will become clean at
sundown.
§
This discharge, which makes
someone a zav, is different from semen, but a man who has had a single
discharge, has the same status as the baal keri person. A man who has had two
such discharge is a zav and has the full severity of contamination, as will be
set forth in the next passages.
§
A man who has had three-zav
discharge, either in the same day within short intervals or on successive days,
has the same degree of contamination as an ordinary zav, but he must also bring
an offering at the conclusion of a seven-day period of seclusion, following the
discharge.
Lev 15:1 And יהוה
spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, - Since
this is a Kingdom principle, the King of the Kingdom determine His solutions
for total restoration, and we know that His decree cannot change. The flesh
refers here to the male organ. The fluid that Torah calls zov is similar to,
but different from semen. This could be describing a venereal disease, which is
a result of a form of contamination.
The root word zav ‘bwz’ appears twice in this verse and is followed by the word contaminated.
The same root word appears three times in the next verse where it is followed
by the word his contamination. In this formula, we see a difference between a
man who had two discharges and one who has had three.
Two discharge makes one a zav,
and create a level of contamination that lasts for seven days, but is removed
by immersion or washing in water, without the requirement of an offering or
sacrifice. This is not a sin unto death. The man who had three such discharges
requires an offering after seven day.
Lev 15:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When any man has a
discharge from his flesh, his discharge is unclean. – Moses the leader of the Children of Yisrael, a mature spiritual
person, was the one who this message was given. It was a result of his maturity,
his pure spiritual state, that he was able to hear the Voice of EL YAHVEH. This
chapter is teaching us the principle or the spiritual rituals, a person must
perform in order to restore them to the position from which their sins had made
them fall.
Lev 15:3 ‘And this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge; whether his flesh
runs with his discharge, or his flesh is stopped up by his discharge, it is his
uncleanness. – This uncleanness may give a symptom of a
discharge or a stoppage of flow. This could also refer to the urinal discharge,
which can also be described as stoppage of water in some case.
Lev 15:4 ‘Any bed becomes unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and any
object on which he sits becomes unclean. – Any bed
on which urine or semen falls become unclean, and anyone who sleep on it become
unclean.
Even if one should sit on a
pile of blanket, and the one at the bottom has the zaw contamination of mishkav
u’moshav, so that he did not actually come into direct contact with a contaminated
blanket, he is still tamei as if he had touched the afflicted blanket.
Lev 15:5 ‘And anyone who touches his bed has to wash his garments, and shall bathe
in water, and be unclean until evening. – Anyone
who even touches the resting place of this person, have to wash his or her
garments and shall bathe in water and become clean again in the evening.
If this is the case, a man
should not have sexual inter course on his bed, for fear of contamination of
the area in which he sleep.
Lev 15:6 ‘And he who sits on any object on which he who has the discharge sat, has
to wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. – The story of Rachel and her father’s idols is a good example. The men
who were looking for the idols would not touch her for she was in a state of
ritual contamination.
Lev 15:7 ‘And he who touches the flesh of him who has the discharge has to wash his
garments, and shall bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening. – Anyone who has sexual intercourse with that person, must consider
first their righteousness actions, wash their cloth, and be clean at sundown.
Lev 15:8 ‘And when he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he
shall wash his garments, and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until
evening. – Even the spit of the contaminated person is
considered to be unclean. The person who got spit on must wash himself or
herself and be clean at sundown.
Lev 15:9 ‘Any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides becomes unclean. – Even the saddle on which the person sits, even if they were in a bus,
or an airplane seat, they become unclean. Can you imagining sitting in a
contaminated seat in an airplane when it crashes.
Lev 15:10 ‘And whoever touches any of that which was under him is unclean until
evening. And he who is carrying them up has to wash his garments, and shall
bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. – We need the Spirit of Wisdom to be with us every day to help us to
make the right choose as to were to sit in a public area or whether we can even
shake a next person hand. It is a good thing we are commanded to wash every
evening in the Water that flows from the side of El Yahushua.
Lev 15:11 ‘And anyone whom he who has the discharge touches without rinsing his
hands in water, shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and be unclean
until evening. – This verse makes an
important discloser here. It is incumbent on the contaminated person to wash
their hand before greeting another person. Have we ever wondered why there are
so many outbreaks of diseases such as Sars among our midst?
Lev 15:12 ‘And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharge touches has to be
broken, and every wooden vessel has to be rinsed in water. – We know from previous study that a vessel made from earth is very
porous, and become quite easy for the contamination to reside in the numerous
pores of the vessels. This earth vessels must be destroyed if it was even touch
by an individual.
Lev 15:13 ‘And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he
shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and shall wash his
garments, and shall bathe his flesh in running water, and be clean. – The person who is contaminated by the third stage of this discharge
must experience the seven-day cleansing. It is my belief that this could be a
discharge of masturbation that was deliberate done by the man. The other two
discharges were involuntary.
The seven day if for the man
to look carefully at himself and determine why he was drawn to perform such an
act.
Lev 15:14 ‘And on the eighth day he takes for himself two turtledoves or two young
pigeons, and shall come before יהוה, to the door of the Tent of
Meeting, and shall give them to the priest. – The guilt
offering for such an offense is two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which is
to be brought to the Pastor/Priest to be offered.
Lev 15:15 ‘And the priest shall prepare them, the one as a sin offering and the other
as a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him before יהוה because of his discharge. – When the victim is healed, he must offer a sin offering to atone for
his sin that cause the malady to be brought upon him. Then he must bring his
elevated offering to thank EL YAHVEH for having cured him.
The purification process of a
metzora the contaminated one, involves three animals; even for a poor person
has to bring at least one, but a zav and a zavah must bring only birds.
The sacrificial service of
animals requires the Kohanm, so it is inevitable that the metzora’s purification
process will become well known. This would cause him no humiliation, however,
because his sin and punishment were public in some case.
To the contrary, the fact that
so many people will know that he repented and become purified is to his honor.
Because a zav’s sin is a very
private matter and EL YAHVEH wishes to spare him from shame, he brings only
birds, whose service can be performed by a single Kohen.
Lev 15:16 ‘And when a man has an emission of semen, then he shall wash all his flesh
in water, and be unclean until evening. – This also
includes our regular sexual intercourse with our wives. It is always a good
time to have sex with one spouse just before sundown that they might wash
immediately afterwards to prevent any extended time in an unclean state.
Lev 15:17 ‘And any garment and any leather on which there is semen, shall also be
washed with water, and be unclean until evening. - This
signified the great gospel duties of faith and repentance, and the great gospel
privileges of the application of Messsiyah’s blood and water that flow from His
side, to our souls for our deliverance and his grace for our sanctification. YAHVEH
has promised to sprinkle clean water upon us, and to cleanse us from all our
filthiness, and has appointed us by repentance to wash and make ourselves
clean: he has also provided a sacrifice of atonement, and requires us by faith
to interest ourselves in that sacrifice; for it is the blood and water from
the side of Messiyah his Son that cleanses us from all sin, and by which
atonement is made for us, that we may have admission into YAH’s presence and
may partake of his favour.
Lev 15:18 ‘And when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they
both shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. - It is also essential to know that a man has no reason to masturbate, in
the Hebrew culture or in Torah he is allow to have as many wives as he can
afford. If the man was having regular emission of semen, he has to go find a
wife.
One of Judah son was consider sinful
for he did not deposit his semen in the right place. Exodus 38:
8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9And Onan knew that the
seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s
wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his
brother. 10And the thing which he did displeased the YAHVEH:
wherefore he slew him also.
Verse 19 – 28 describes the
female discharges. These verses deal with the sanctity of the Hebrew home, for
it contain the laws of niddah. “The menstruant”, and niddus, the monthly period
when husband and wife may not cohabit.
It is significant that this
mitzvah is known as purity of the family. Just as the ritual that the binds man
and women to one another is called, sanctification, for a Hebrew marriage is an
exercise in bringing sanctity to the human relationship that can most easily
become an act of degradation.
The maintenance of this
sanctity throughout the years during which the home is built and the children
of the future are brought into the world depends on the constant purity of the
family and the partners to whom the responsibility was given to create it.
It is essential that Hebrew
women understand that a great personal sacrifice and hardship is require to
maintain this purity, and thereby help to build the family on a strong
foundation of holiness. Unlike the contamination of a male discharge, which has
virtually no application in the absence of the Temple and sanctities that must
be kept ritually pure, the female discharge discussed in this passage still has
the applicability of the niddah laws.
The passage here contains two
categories of law. The first applies to a woman in her menstrual period, called
niddah. The other passage speaks of a zavah, who, like her male counterpart,
may be require to bring an offering as part of her purification process.
Since it is very difficult to
determine when a is in her niddah and when she is a zavah, it is necessary to
impose some regulation of zavah upon all women. Since this state is a state of
contamination, the woman is required to isolate her self for seven days. This
is enforce by a law prohibit cohabitation with a niddah woman as we will see in
chapter 18 and 20.
Verse 19 –24 set forth the
first part of the passage deals with a woman’s regular menstrual flow, but not
with the separate condition of zavah. As indicated in verse 25, a crucial
difference between niddah and zavah is the time of her discharge. If it comes during
the time of her regular monthly period, she has the status of a niddah; if it
comes at other times, she may be a zavah.
Lev 15:19 ‘And when a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her flesh is
blood, she has to be in her separation for seven days. And whoever touches her
is unclean until evening. – In her state of
separation, throughout the seven-day period, she is ritually contaminated to
the same degree as a zav, and she must therefore separate herself from people
or things that are required to remain ritually pure.
Lev 15:20 ‘And whatever she lies on during her separation is unclean. And whatever
she sits on is unclean. – The bed she lays or sits on
during this time of separation is considered unclean. One of the reasons why I
refuse to take public transit if for this same reason. I do not know who was
sitting in the seat I just sat in.
Lev 15:21 ‘And anyone who touches her bed has to wash his garments, and shall bathe
in water, and be unclean until evening. It is
incumbent on all of the Mighty Hand of EL YAHVEH ministers to stay away from
your wives the night before you attempt to minister in Church. Do not even
shake the hand of a young woman, for you are not sure if she is ritually clean.
Lev 15:22 ‘And whoever touches any object that she sat on has to wash his garments,
and shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. – There are some churches that require the women to sit on one side of
the church while the men sit on the other side. There is some validity to this
practice. How many men arrive in church on Sunday hand in hand with their wife
and she is on her monthly cycle. This is not to be so.
Lev 15:23 ‘And if it is on the bed or on any object on which she sits, when he
touches it, he is unclean until evening. – If a
woman who is ritually contaminated touches a Pastor after sundown on Friday
evening, that Pastor is not allowed to minister on Sabbath.
Lev 15:24 ‘And if any man lies with her at all, and her monthly flow is on him, he
shall be unclean seven days. And any bed he lies on is unclean. – Here is another principle, if
her husband has marital relationship with her; he is unclean for seven days.
and any bed he sleep on will become unclean. Yet today it is taught that a
woman is more sensitive during this time of the month, and it is a time for
maximum pleasure. Do we ever wonder why there are so many sexual transmitted
diseases?
Verse 25 – 28 describes zavah.
According to the tradition taught to Moses by EL YAHVEH at Sinai, there are
seven days during which a discharge gives a woman the niddah status of the
previous verse.
Lev 15:25 ‘And when a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at
the time of her monthly separation, or when she discharges beyond her usual
time of monthly separation, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as
the days of her monthly separation. She is unclean. – Many days seem to imply plurality of actions is sufficient to
indicate that there must be a minimum of two days. The additional words many
imply that this is a condition known as a major zavah require a flow of three
days. What is this flow one may ask?
Outside of her monthly
separation explained in the prefatory remarks, the days of potential zivah can
begin only after the seven niddah days are over. Therefore the sense of this
phrase is that she in now past her niddah days.
What kind of flow is this
verse describing, if it is not the regular monthly cycle, and it is safe to say
it is not a venereal disease. Then what is it? Is it the flow that comes from a
woman when she is ready for her husband? This flow might mean any undesirable
flow that is not part of the monthly cycle.
Lev 15:26 ‘Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge is to her as the
bed of her monthly separation. And whatever she sits on is unclean, as the
uncleanness of her monthly separation. – Any bed that
she lies on will become contaminated, deu to her state of impurities.
Lev 15:27 ‘And anyone who touches them is unclean, and shall wash his garments, and
shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. – If there is a flow from a woman or a man, if it is beyond the
natural boundaries of nature. It is a sign that something is wrong with the
body, it is in a state of uncleanness. Mucus from a cold could be one such
activity.
Lev 15:28 ‘But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count for herself
seven days, and after that she is clean. – The same
principle is seen here after she is clean from her impurities; she must be
secluded for seven days.
Lev 15:29 ‘And on the eighth day she takes for herself two turtledoves or two young
pigeons, and shall bring them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of
Meeting. – On the eight day the day of new beginning she
is require to bring her guilt offering and her elevation offering to the
Tabernacle.
Lev 15:30 ‘And the priest shall prepare the one as a sin offering and the other as a
burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before יהוה for the discharge of her
uncleanness. – The priest/Pastor shall prepare the sin
offering, which include a confession for allowing ourselves to get to this
stage of contamination. Even though it may not be a sin unto death, it is a sin
anyway.
Lev 15:31 ‘Thus you shall separate the children of Yisra’ĕl from their uncleanness,
lest they die in their uncleanness when they defile My Dwelling Place which is
in their midst. – The result of continue to
live in this state, will eventually led to Spiritual death of the individual.
The spiritual death comes when we defile the Tabernacle, with our uncleanness.
Lev 15:32 ‘This is the Torah for one who has a discharge, and for him who emits
semen and is unclean thereby, These are the
statues when anyone has a discharge from their bodies, and it is a law forever.
Lev 15:33 and for her who is sick in her monthly separation, and for one who has a
discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with an unclean woman. – The charges are repeated here again as a reminder. Notice that the
extra chare of associating with an unclean woman is also included.
HafTorah
2Kings 7:3 – 7:28
2Ki 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the
entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we
die? - How the Syrians’ flight was discovered by four
leprous men. Samaria was delivered, and did not know it. The watchmen on the
walls were not aware of the retreat of the enemy, so silently did they steal
away. But Providence employed four lepers to be the intelligencers, who had
their lodging without the gate, being excluded from the city, as ceremonially
unclean: the Jews say they were Gehazi and his three sons; perhaps Gehazi might
be one of them, which might cause him to be taken notice of afterwards by the king,
ch. 8:4. See how these lepers reasoned themselves into a resolution to make a
visit in the night to the camp of the Syrians.
They were ready to perish for hunger; none
passed through the gate to relieve them. Should they go into the city, there
was nothing to be gain where they were, they mist die in the streets; should
they sit still, they must pine to death in their cottage.
2Ki 7:4 If we say, We will
enter into the city, then the famine is
in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now
therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us
alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. - They therefore determine to go over to the enemy,
and throw themselves upon their mercy: if they killed them, better die by the
sword than by famine, one death than a thousand; but perhaps they would save
them alive, as objects of compassion. Common prudence will put us upon that
method which may better our condition, but cannot make it worse. The prodigal
son resolves to return to his father, whose displeasure he had reason to fear,
rather than perish with hunger in the far country.
2Ki 7:5 And they rose up in
the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to
the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. - These lepers conclude, "If they kill us, we shall but die;’’ and
happy they who, in another sense, can thus speak of dying. "We shall but
die, that is the worst of it, not die and be damned, not be hurt of the second
death.’’ According to this resolution, they went, in the beginning of the
night, to the camp of the Syrians, and, to their great surprise, found it
wholly deserted, not a man to be seen or heard in it.
2Ki 7:6 For YAHVEH had made
the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and
they said one to another, Lo, the king of Yisrael hath hired against us the
kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. – The wicked
will run away when no one is in persuaded. Some time when we hear of people
hearing voices in their mind, do not think it strange.
2Ki 7:7 Wherefore they
arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their
asses, even the camp as it was,
and fled for their life. - Providence
ordered it, that these lepers came as soon as the Syrians had fled, for they
fled in the twilight, the evening twilight, and in the twilight the lepers came
verse 5, and so no time was lost. When our Creator delivered our enemies into
our hand it will be total.
2Ki 7:8 And when these
lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did
eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and
hid it; and came again, and
entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
- How they reasoned themselves into
a resolution to bring tidings of this to the city. They feasted in the first
tent they came to and then began to think of enriching themselves with the
plunder;
2Ki 7:9 Then they said one
to another, We do not well: this day is
a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning
light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and
tell the king's household. - but they corrected
themselves: "We do well not to conceal these good tidings from the
community we are members of, under color of being avenged upon them for
excluding us from their society; it was the law that did it, not they, and
therefore let us bring them the news. Though it awake them from sleep, it will
be life from the dead to them.’’ Their own consciences told them that
some mischief would befall them if they acted separately, and sought themselves
only.
2Ki 7:10 So they came and
called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the
camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there
was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied,
and the tents as they were. - Selfish narrow-spirited people cannot expect to
prosper; the most comfortable advantage is that which our brethren share with
us in. According to this resolution, they returned to the gate, and acquainted
the sentinel with what they had discovered.
2Ki 7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.-
who straightway brought the intelligence to
the King, and it was not the less acceptable for being first brought by lepers.
2Ki 7:12 And the king arose
in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians
have done to us. They know that we be
hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the
field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and
get into the city.- The king’s jealousy of a stratagem in the Syrian’s retreat. He feared
that they had withdrawn into an ambush, to draw out the besieged, that they
might fall on them with more advantage. he knew he had no reason to expect that
YAHVEH should appear thus wonderfully for him, having forfeited his favor by
his unbelief and impatience. He knew no reason the Syrians had to fly, for it
does not appear that he or any of this attendants heard the noise of the
chariots which the Syrians were frightened at. Let not those who, like him, are
unstable in all their ways, think to receive any thing from YAHVEH; nay,
a guilty conscience fears the worst and makes men suspicious.
2Ki 7:13 And one of his
servants answered and said, Let some
take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are as all the
multitude of Yisrael that are left in it: behold, I say, they are
even as all the multitude of the Yisraelites that are consumed:) and let us
send and see. - The course they took for their satisfaction, and to
prevent their falling into a snare. They sent out spies to see what had become
of the Syrians, and found they had all fled indeed, commanders as well a common
soldiers. He that gave this advice seems to have been very sensible of the
deplorable condition the people were in; for speaking of the horses, many of
which were dead and the rest ready to perish for hunger, he says, and repeats
it, "They are as all the multitude of Yisrael.
2Ki 7:14 They took therefore
two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go
and see. - Yisrael used to glory in
their multitude, but now they are diminished and brought low.’’ He advised to
send five horsemen, but, it should seem, there were only two horses fit to be
sent, and those chariot-horses. Now YAHVEH repented himself concerning his
servants, when he saw that their strength was gone, Deu. 32:36.
2Ki 7:15 And they went after
them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was
full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste.
And the messengers returned, and told the king.- They could track them by
the garments which they threw off, and left by the way, for their greater
expedition.
2Ki 7:16 And the people went
out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures
of barley for a shekel, according to the word of YAHVEH. - The plenty that was evident in Samaria, was seen
from the plunder of the camp of the Syrians. Had the Syrians been governed by
the modern policies of war, when they could not take their baggage and their
tents with them they would rather have burnt them (as it is common to do with
the forage of a country) than let them fall into their enemies’ hands; but YAHVEH
determined that the besieging of Samaria, which was intended for its ruin,
should turn to its advantage, and that Yisrael should now be enriched with the
spoil of the Syrians as of old with that of the Egyptians.
Here we see,
1. The wealth of
the sinner laid up for the just (Job 27:16, 17) and the spoilers spoiled,
Isa. 33:1.
2. The wants of
Yisrael supplied in a way that they little thought of, which should encourage
us to depend upon the power and goodness of YAHVEH in our greatest straits.
3. The word of Elisha
fulfilled to a tittle: A measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel;
those that spoiled the camp had not only enough to supply themselves with, but
an over plus to sell at an easy rate for the benefit of others, and so even those
that tarried at home did divide the spoil, Ps. 68:12; Isa. 33:23. YAH’s
promise may be safely relied on, for no word of his shall fall to the ground.
2Ki 7:17 And the king
appointed YAHVEH on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and
the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of YAHVEH had
said, who spake when the king came down to him. - The death of the unbelieving courtier, that
questioned the truth of Elisha’s word. Divine threatening will as surely be
accomplished as divine promises. He that believeth not shall be damned
stands as firm as He that believeth shall be saved.
This lord,
Was preferred by the
king to the charge of the gate, to keep the peace, and to see that there
was no tumult or disorder in dividing and disposing of the spoil. So much trust
did the king repose in him, in his prudence and gravity, and so much did he
delight to honor him. He that will be great, let him serve the public.
Was trodden to death
by the people in the gate, either by accident, the crowd being exceedingly
great, and he in the thickest of it, or perhaps designedly, because he abused
his power, and was imperious in restraining the people from satisfying their
hunger. However it was, YAH’s justice was glorified, and the word of Elisha was
fulfilled. He saw the plenty, for the silencing and shaming of his unbelief,
corn cheap without opening windows in heaven, and therein saw his own
folly in prescribing to YAHVEH; but he did not eat of the plenty he saw. When
he was about to fill his belly YAHVEH cast the fury of his wrath upon
him (Job 20:23) and it came between the cup and the lip. Justly are those
thus tantalized with the world’s promises that think themselves tantalized with
the promises of YAHVEH. If believing shall not be seeing, seeing shall not be
enjoying.
2Ki 7:18 And it came to pass
as the man of YAHVEH had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for
a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about
this time in the gate of Samaria: - This
matter is repeated, and the event very particularly compared with the
prediction, that we might take special notice of it, and might learn,
How deeply YAHVEH
resents out distrust of him, of His power, providence, and promise. When
Yisrael said, Can YAHVEH furnish a table? YAHVEH heard it and was wroth.
Infinite wisdom will not be limited by our folly. EL YAHVEH never promises the
end without knowing where to provide the means.
How uncertain life
and the enjoyments of it are. Honor and power cannot secure men from sudden and
inglorious deaths. He whom the king leaned upon the people trod upon; he who
fancied himself the stay and support of the government was trampled under foot
as the mire in the streets. Thus hath the pride of men’s glory been often
stained.
How certain YAH’s
threatening are, and how sure to alight on the guilty and obnoxious heads. Let
all men fear before the great ELOHIM, who treads upon princes as mortar
and is terrible to the kings of the earth.
2Ki 7:19 And that YAHVEH
answered the man of YAH, and said, Now, behold, if YAHVEH should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?
And He said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof.-
2Ki 7:20 And so it fell out
unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
Brit Chadasha
Markus
5: 24 - 34
Mark 5:24And Yahushua went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged
him. - Here is one, that comes openly to beg
a cure for a sick child; and it is no less a person than one of the rulers
of the synagogue, one that presided in the synagogue-worship or, as some
think, one of the judges of the consistory court, which was in every city,
consisting of twenty-three. He was not named in Matthew; he is here, Jairus,
or Jair, Jdg. 10:3.
He addressed himself
to the Messiyah, though a ruler, with great humility and reverence; When he
saw him, he fell at his feet, giving honor to him as one really greater
than he appeared to be; and with great importunity, he besought him greatly,
as one in earnest, as one that not only valued the mercy he came for, but that
knew he could obtain it no where else.
The case is this, He
has a little daughter, about twelve years old, the darling of the
family, and she lies gravely ill; but he believes that if The Messiyah
will but come, and lay his hands upon her, she will return even from the
gates of the grave. He said, at first, when he came, She lies a dying
(so Mark); but afterward, upon fresh information sent him, he saith, She is
even now dead (so Matthew); but he still prosecutes his suit; see Lu.
8:42–49. Messiyah readily agreed, and went with him.
Mark 5:25And a certain woman, which had an issue of
blood twelve years, - Here is another, that comes clandestinely to steal
a cure (if I may so say) for herself; and she got the relief she came for. This
cure was wrought by the way, as he was going to raise the ruler’s
daughter, and was followed by a crowd. See how Messiyah improved his time, and
lost none of the precious moments of it.
Many of his
discourses, and some of his miracles, are dates by the way-side; we
should be doing good, not only when we sit in the house, but when we walk
by the way, Deu. 6:7.
Now observe, he
piteous case of this poor woman. She had a constant issue of blood upon
her, for twelve years, which had thrown her, no doubt, into great
weakness, had embittered the comfort of her life, and threatened to be her
death in a little time.
She had had the best
advice of physicians, that she could get, and had made use of the many
medicines and methods they prescribed: as long as she had any thing to give
them, they had kept her in hopes that they could cure her; but now that she had
spent all she had among them, they gave her up as incurable.
Mark 5:26And had suffered many things of many
physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but
rather grew worse, - That skin for
skin, and all that a man has, will be give for life and health; she spent all
she had upon physicians. It is ill with those patients whose physicians are
their worst disease; who suffer by their physicians, instead of being
relieved by them.
Those that are not bettered
by medicines, commonly grow worse, and the disease shows no sign of
improvement. It is usual with people not to apply themselves to Yahshua, till
they have tried in vain all other avenues, and find them, as certainly they
will, physicians of no value. And he will be found a sure refuge,
even to those who make him their last refuge.
Mark 5:27When she had
heard of Yahushuas, she came and press behind Him, and touched His garment. -
Those who have not been made bettered by medicines, commonly grow
worse, and the disease gets the worst of the Patents. It is usual with
people not to apply themselves to Yahshua, till they have tried in vain all
other helpers, and find them, as certainly they will, physicians of no
value, and He will be found a sure refuge, even to those who make
him their last refuge.
Mark 5:28For she said, If I may but touch the end of
His Garment, I shall be whole. – The strong faith that she had in the power of
Messiyah to heal her; she said within herself, though it doth not appear that
she was encouraged by any preceding instance to say it, If I may but touch
his “tzitziyot”clothes, I shall be whole. She believed that he cured, not as a prophet,
by virtue derived from EL YAHVEH, but as the Son of YAH, by a virtue inherent
in Himself. Her case was such as she could not in modesty tell him publicly, as
others did their grievances, and therefore a private cure was what she wished
for, and her faith was suited to her case.
Mark 5:29And straightway the fountain of her blood
was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. - The
wonderful effect produced by it; She came in the crowd behind
him, and with much ado got to touch the fringes of His garment. This fringe
is called tzitziyot, Numbers 15:38, and immediately she felt the
cure wrought.
The flux of blood
was dried up, and she felt herself perfectly well all over her, as well
as ever she was in her life, in an instant; by this it appears that the cure
was altogether miraculous; for those that in such cases are cured by natural
means, recover their strength slowly and gradually, and not all at once;
but as for YAHVEH, his work is perfect.
Those whom Messiyah heals of the disease of sin, which bloody issue,
cannot but experience in themselves a universal change for the better.
When any believers
wear tzitziyot on the end of his garment, it is a sign that they observed all
of EL YAHVEH commandment. Such a person is a walking source of healing, for
virtue dwells with them.
Mark 5:30And
Yahushua, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him,
turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my
clothes? - Messiyah’s enquiry after
his concealed patient, and the encouragement he gave her, upon the discovery of
her; our Messiyah knew in himself that virtue had gone out of him. He
knew it not by any deficiency of spirits, through the exhausting of this
virtue, but rather by an agility of spirits, in the exerting of it, and the
innate and inseparable pleasure he had in doing good.
Mark 5:31And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest
the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? - And being desirous to see his patient, he asked, not
in displeasure, as one affronted, but in tenderness, as one concerned, Who
touched my tzitziyot? The disciples, not without a show of rudeness and
indecency, almost ridiculed his question; The multitudes throng thee, and
sayest thou, Who touched me? As if it had been an improper question.
Mark 5:32And he looked round about to see her that
had done this thing. - Yahushua passed by the affront, and looks around
to see her that had done this thing; not that he might blame her
for her presumption, but that he might commend and encourage her
faith, and by his own act and deed might warrant and confirm the
cure, and ratify to her that which she had surreptitiously
obtained. He needed not that any should inform him, for he had presently his
eye upon her.
Mark 5:33But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing
what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the
truth. - As secret acts of sin, so secret
acts of faith, are known to Yahushua Messiyah, and are under His eye. If
believers derive virtue from Messiyah ever so closely, he knows it, and is
pleased with it. The poor woman, hereupon, presented herself to Yahushua
Messiyah, fearing and trembling, not knowing how He would take it.
Yahushua Messiyah’s
patients are often trembling, when they have reason to be triumphing. She might
have come boldly, knowing what was done in her; yet, knowing that,
she was in an unclean state she was in fears
and trembles. It was a surprise, and was not yet, as it should
have been, a pleasing surprise. However, she fell down before him.
There is nothing
better for those that fear and tremble, than to throw themselves at the feet of
YAHVEH Yahushua; to humble themselves before him, and refer themselves to him.
Mark 5:34And
he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee
whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. - she told him all the
truth. We must not be ashamed to own the secret transactions between
Messiyah and our souls; but, when called to it, mention, to His praise, and the
encouragement of others, what He has done for our souls, and the experience we
have had of healing virtue derived from him.
The consideration of
this, that nothing can be hid from Messiyah, should engage us to confess all to
him. See what an encouraging word he gave her; Daughter, thy faith hath made
thee whole. Yahushua puts honor upon faith, because faith gives honor to
the Messiyah.
But see how what
is done by faith on earth is ratified in heaven; Messiyah saith, Be
whole of thy disease. If our faith sets the seal of its amen to the
power and promise of EL YAHVEH, saying, "So it is, and so let it be to
me;’’ YAH’s grace will set the seal of its amen to the prayers and hopes
of faith, saying, "So be it, and so it shall be, to thee.’’
Therefore, "Go
in peace; be well satisfied that thy cure is honestly come by, is
effectually wrought, and take the comfort of it.’’ They that by faith are
healed of their spiritual diseases, have reason to go in peace.
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