Tzav

Parasha Tzav

Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36

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 Parashas

Tzav is the 25^th Parasha in the Torah cycle, this word Tzav mean to command. These chapters teach us how to perform the Principles and Rituals described in Vayikra.

The numerical value of the Hebrew word Tzav Command, equal the number of verse in this Parasha 96, in this reading. This numerical matching of the name of a Parasha with its length does not happen in any other Parasha.

In this Parasha, Yahweh told Moses to instruct Aaron and His sons the Mighty Hand of Yahweh on the correct practice for the Burnt offering. The lesson to be learn here is that when we make sacrifices to Yahweh with a desire to connect with Him, we avoid the worship of idols.

Idol worship is much more that just kneeling before a physical object; it also includes assigning power to things outside of ourselves and the light. It also has to do with making decisions and acting out of purely selfish motives, pride, the need to impress people.

All of our desire should be motivate by a desire to be like our Messiyah Yahushua, a desire that will bring about the very connection to the Ultimate Light. If the intention of connecting to the Creator does not underlie such an action, that action constitutes idol worship.

Usually when something of spiritual significant happens on a particular day, it is celebrate on that date every year. The Torah Portion illustrate that the first Shabbat HaGadol, the first revelation of Light, occurred on the 10 of Nissan “Abib,” on a Shabbat, and this revelation of Light occurs again each year on the Shabbat preceding Passover, irrespective of whether the 10^th fall on the Shabbat or not.

Shabbat Tzav is the only Shabbat in the entire Torah Cycle that merits the name Shabbat HaGadol, the Great Shabbat all by its self.

There are various explanations for the prominence of this Shabbat. It is called the Great Shabbat because all the Light revealed on the other Shabbat culminates on this Shabbat, the Shabbat before we Passover to the next day of creation.

As the redemption from Egypt commence on the month of Nissan “Abib” and some believe that the Final Correction will also occur on this month.

In this Torah Portion we learn the value of spiritual growth. The hallmark of a true spiritual work come when the student completes their spiritual goal and makes themselves ready for the next assignment. If we choose to remain at one spiritual revelation, no other spiritual revelation will be made available to us. If we refused to advance from the first day of Creation, we will never experience the second day.

When the three Disciples were on the Mt. of Transfiguration with Messiyah and they saw Him Transfigured with Moses and Elijah, they taught that was the height of their spiritual development, they wanted to build three Tabernacle, Messiyah Yahushua said this is only the beginning of what you will see, there was a lot greater things to come.

In this Torah Portion we learn a precious lesson, that any great revelation is preceded by a time of Great sacrifice; hopelessness comes before a time of great elevation, The Shabbat of Tzav marks the end of the spiritual year and the beginning of the next. The Sacrifice one made in the last Torah Cycle will manifest in the fruit of the Spirit for the next Torah Cycle.

The first two chapter in Tzav discuss the offerings that have already been mentioned in previous chapter, such as: Olah offering (elevated offering), Minchah (meal offering), Shelamim (peace offering), Chatas (sin offering), and  Asham (guilt offering).

The Torah and its principles are written to those who wish to become a part of the Kingdom of Heavens. The Torah speaks to Aaron and his four sons, the Mighty Hand of EL YAHWEH, the Five Fold Ministry on how they are to impart or to teach the people the laws require sanctifying them on their journey to perfection, which is one of the key requirements of the Kingdom.

The first offering mention in this chapter is the burnt offering, which symbolizes the destruction of our personal agendas. The Mighty Hand of Yahweh need to realize that if we do things for personal gain, we will make mistakes and therefore suffer the consequence of our wrong decisions.

On the other hand, if we burn our agenda, relying solely on Divine guidance, then our decisions will be correct. Most Pastor today live as if they were running for political office. To get as many votes as possible, they say only those things they think others want to hear. So we should take ourselves out of the running. We should learn from angels, and not from political candidates.

The Parasha Tzav contains a passage where the Creator instructs Moses on the manner in which to Kohanim the Priest should perform their sacrifice on the Burnt offering. He is to take off their clothes and put on regular cloth to carry the ashes outside the camp, to a place that is ceremonially clean. What do we learn from the fact that both the Kohem HaGadol and the other priest took their clothes off. And wear other clothes.

The Kohem HaGadol and the other priest the Mighty Hand of Yahweh, were not just changing their physical clothes, but by removing their mundane clothing and donning the clothing of the priest; they were altering their level of consciousness. In our case, our negativity forms a covering that separates us from the light and others. We have to learn now to free ourselves from this covering metaphorically taking off our clothes to make progress in our spiritual works and relate proactively to other people.

It is much easier for us to see what is wrong with others than to see our own faults, but our real work begins with our internal process of correction, our individual tikkun. The purpose of the Kabbalah is simply to help people with the work of tikkum and personal transformation, using the Torah and the Holy Spirit.

Verse 1 – 6 continue to reveal to us the principle upon which the Kingdom is established. The following verse deal with the handling of ash and the fire from the Altars. The Tabernacle of the day requires the removal of the previous day’s ash from the Altar.

In, addition, there was a general commandment to keep the Altar burning at all time.

Chapter 6

Lev 6:1  And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, saying, - It is always interesting to know that when a new sets of rule or principles are given, it always starts with, “EL YAHWEH spoke to Moses” that there can be no doubt who is the originator of the Idea.

Lev 6:2 “When any being sins, and committed a trespass against יהוה , and has lied to his neighbor about a deposit, or about a pledge, or about a robbery, or shall extort from his neighbor, - This is what the EL of all Elohim, the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth says! When anyone who committed a transgression by lying, this is what they must do. Before we get to what must be done, notice how He compares those who lie, those who rob and those who extort from his neighbor, are from the same spirit. What this commandment is addressing is a particular mentality that is governs by a certain spirit. This was the spirit that the angels who followed Lucifer had, when they were in the Kingdom.

Lev 6:3 or has found what was lost and has lied concerning it, or did swear falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of all these that a man does, - A person who found a lost item off another brother and did not return the item to his neighbor and lied to protect himself are one of the same sin.

Lev 6:4 then it shall be, when he sins, and shall be guilty, that he shall return what he took by robbery, or what he has extorted, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost item which he found, - It shall be when he decided to own up to his transgression, He must return first what was taken. He cannot just say I am sorry. That does not work.

Lev 6:5 or all that about which he swore falsely. He shall repay its total value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whom it belongs, on the day of his guilt offering. – If in the process of lying, he cost someone else to experience a lost, He must return it plus 20%. When he goes to do his sin offering he must also bring 20% of the cost to his neighbor.

Lev 6:6 “Then he brings his guilt offering to יהוה , a ram, a perfect one, from the flock, with your valuation, as a guilt offering, to the priest. – He must then bring his guilt offering the cost of a perfect lamb to the congregation, and El Yahushua will make the necessary atonement for him. The guilt offering does not negate that restoration of the item lose to the victim as is often taught today. Restoration in full plus 20% must be made. This fine is deterrence against sinning. If however, all a person has to do is to ask for forgiveness without compensation to the victim, then the impetuous to change one behavior is greatly diminishes. Just saying I am sorry is not good enough. There must be a penalty, even if the evidence was not deliberate. The guilty party must also acknowledge his error, as action contrary to Torah.

We cannot overcome our sin if we do not acknowledge of sin, for our sin expose a problem in our character. By paying a fine to the injured party, and acknowledge of error, the spiritual process of repairing that flaw will start, the dismantling of the spirit “root cause” behind this tendency to break any of the command in this discussion.

Lev 6:7 “And the priest shall make atonement for him before יהוה , and he shall be forgiven for whatever he did that made him guilty.” – El Yahushua will make atonement for us only when the previous requirement is made. By acknowledging our fault as contrary to Torah and make the necessary monetary contribution, El Yahushua will atone for our sins; this will release the Holy Spirit to do a work in us, which will end up with the creation of a new attitude towards that sin.

Lev 6:8 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, - Again we read that it is EL YAHWEH who spoke to Moses, it did not say that Moses wrote his own words.

Lev 6:9 “Command Aharon and his sons, saying, ‘this is the Torah of the burnt offering: This is the burnt offering, because it is burned on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar is kept burning on it. – This is the Torah of the Burnt offering; the burnt offering is our evil thought that arises in the heart of man, to make him deviate from the way of truth. In order to effectively eliminate there evil thought, it must be put upon the Brazen Altar all night. Meaning, we should stay up all night and pray the Blood that flow from the Feet of Yahushua all night.

The Brazen altar or the Blood that flow from the feet of Yahushua is one of the same. We do not have to kill a lamb anymore all we have to do is to pay the cost of the lamb and pray using the Blood that flow from the Feet of Yahushua all night, while confessing of evil thoughts.

Command the Mighty Hand, the five Fold Ministry to implement the following law or teaching to the people, regarding the burnt offering. It should be burned all night until morning.

The spiritual implication, is that when anyone come to Justification, initial salvation and offer a burnt offering, those things that we need to get rid of, we must not stop working with that individual until all the offering, those bad habits are taken care of at this Altar. This also imply that the Brazen Altar must remain open 24/7 that whosoever may come at any time will find this Altar open to them.

The night, represent those dark period of our live when we are required to remove those or anything that cause us to be in darkness spiritually as opposed to light Since the Brazen altar is the only altar where the burnt offering take place, and we know that this is fulfilled by the Blood that flows from Yahushua’s feet, it is this blood that that we bring as a sacrifice.

It is imperative for every believer to constantly exercising this altar, as the term the fire should never stop burning until the morning. Morning means that when there is no more darkness or our evil inclination is removed.

Lev 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and put his linen trousers on his body, and shall take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and shall put them beside the altar. -  Although this verse only specified two garments, the majority of the Kohem service is invalid unless he wears all four of his required vestments. These two garments seem to imply that the require minimum covering for this position is righteousness, righteousness is living according to the all the law. If the priest is living according to the basic requirement of the law, they are qualified to operate at this position spiritually.

The ash of the burn offering is that which is the residue of the cleansing process, those thing that have gone Thought the fire, the ash is what is left over from the process.  When some have gone through the fire of affliction, and those things that are nothing more than stubbles, useless commodities, are exposed, this level of priesthood may assist in the final removal of the ash. Ash is nothing more than useless waste, things that are of no spiritual value. The fire of affliction exposes these commodities to or character traits to us, these traits must not be allowed to exist within the camp. These ash, even Thought they are not of themselves evil, they are off no value spiritual.

Lev 6:11 And he shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and shall bring the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. – The priest hood shall take of his regular garments used to minister in the Tabernacle, the Holy Place and put on less honorable garments for the removal of these mundane task. Since these activates are not of the same spiritual magnitude as that of the Altar of the tabernacle, they must still be done by the Priest assign to do it.

Since the process involves moving a great deal of ash from the Holy Altar, it too must be handled with care, and it must be place in a clean place even if it is outside the Camp.

In cases where, for example when the casting out of an evil spirit is required to be done by the priest, it should not be done in the Set Apart Priest Garments. The priest must remove this garment and perform that service in regular garments. This that might be required to be done cannot be done in the Set Apart Garments. That garment is to minister at Father YAHWEH Set Apart Altars only.

Lev 6:12 And the fire on the altar is kept burning on it, it is not put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and arrange the burnt offering on it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. – This fire, this process must be kept burning in our lives, and it should never cease. The moment we stop examining ourselves and brining our character to the fire to see what is of Torah and what the buildup of useless garbage is not, then in outlive will start the process of enlightenment.  Our High Priest will arrange for the useless garbage and the excess of our lives to be taken to this Altar and place on the fire for destruction.

The wood, the dead wood are those people or circumstances that are only good for one thing, to be burn. Notice when Yisrael were been tested, EL YAHWEH used Pharaoh as a form of wood, which was later destroyed in the process. However, he was instrumental in the sovereign plan to free Yisrael from Egypt.

Lev 6:13 fire is continually kept burning on the altar, it is not put out. – This Brazen Altar will continue to burn from a spiritual position, until EL YAHWEH Sovereign Will is achieved. The restoration of the Kingdom will see an end to this fire.

 Verse 14 – 18 adds several new instructions to the laws of the grain offering also called the meal offering, which was first given in chapter 2. The sacrifice performed by Aaron and his sons are describe in this section. Through the sacrifice, we can purify ourselves. The reading of this section helps us to desire to connect to the right spiritual consciousness to purify our consciousness.

It is important for us to understand how much our spiritual growth depends on our purification. In the time of the Temple, the priest performed the sacrifices and the other ritual on behalf of the people. Today our High Priest is Yahushua; everyone must still bring the cost of the sacrifice, to produce the same spiritual commitments through our decisions, our intentions and our actions.

It is necessary to make the decision to disconnect from our selfish desires and become more off sharing beings, because Yahushua act as our Kohanim and perform our Minchah offering.

Lev 6:14 And this is the Torah of the grain offering: The sons of Aharon shall bring it near before יהוה , in front of the altar, - The Torah, the teaching, the instruction pertaining to the grain offering, which the priest, the Mighty Hand of Elohim, the Five Fold Ministry shall perform on behalf of the people in the Sanctuary. The Hebrew word (זאת) is a general term, implying that the law in questioning applies to other subject as well. Here it teaches that the oil and frankincense mentioned in the next, with regard to Yisrael offering must be included also in the meal offering of verse 20, even Though the service of the Priestly offering differs from those of the ordinary people.

Lev 6:15 and shall take from it with his hand from the fine flour of the grain offering, and from its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet fragrance, as its remembrance portion to יהוה . – The three-finger-full and the frankincense that are burned on the Altar will be a source of merit, so that Elohim will regard the owner of the offering as acceptable, and as one who brought satisfaction to Him.

Lev 6:16 ‘Then Aharon and his sons eat the rest of it. It is eaten with unleavened bread, in the set-apart place. They eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. – The Five Fold Ministry shall use the rest of the offering for themselves. Today when we bring this offering, when we have a party in celebration of our good fortune, we must invite a member of the Five Fold Ministry to the celebration.

The meal offering has the status of offering that which is holy, for, as stated in verse 17, it has the same status as, guilt, and sin offering. Therefore, it may not leave the Outer court and it may be eaten only by the male Kohanim.

Lev 6:17 It is not baked with leaven. I have given it to them as their portion of My offerings made by fire, it is most set-apart, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. – This offering must not be made with the contaminating influences of religion, it must be done according to the prescribe pattern outline in Torah.

Lev 6:18 ‘All the males among the children of Aharon eat it – a law forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to יהוה . All that touches them is to be set-apart. - The new requirement of this law is that only the male among the children of Aaron shall partake of this offering, this becomes a permanent law. With the advent of women liberation movement this law seems to become a sticky wicket to many believers today. However, Elohim laws cannot be change, regardless of the prevailing social norms at any given time in the history of humanity.

Anyone who touches this offering, will become holy, even the very vessels that the meal was prepared in will also become Holy. If a food or vessel touches the meal offering in such a way that it can absorb its essence, that food or vessel must be treated according to the halachic stringency of the meal offering. All the foods would have to be eaten within the prescribe time period and in the place where the meal offering must be eaten.

 Verse 19 – 23 illustrates the principle of the Priestly meal offering. This meal offering is offered on three occasions: Every Kohen must offer it once in his lifetime, the first time he performs the Temple service, the kohen Gadol must offer it when he assumes office and every day thereafter.

Lev 6:19 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, - This verse is a point worth stressing every time, that the Law is the Word of EL YAHWEH. Since He is the King of Kings, He alone decides what goes on in His Kingdom.

Lev 6:20 “This is the offering of Aharon and his sons, which they bring near to יהוה , beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ĕphah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night. – These loaves are to be baked into twelve unleavened loaves that were to be on the altar of showbread. This was to be the offering of the Five Fold Ministry, the uncompromised Word of EL YAHWEH. The Word must be read morning and evening, much the same way we eat breakfast and dinner.

There is also another law that it is require to be read on the seventh year at the feast of Succoth.

Lev 6:21 “It is made on a griddle with oil. Bring it in mixed, bring the baked portions of the grain offering near, a sweet fragrance to יהוה . – The illustration that it was to be made on a griddle, symbolize that the Word, the bread of life, was to be proven in the lives of anyone who wishes to be part of the Mighty Hand of EL YAHWEH. The bread or the Word must be mixed with faith. This offering, this bread must be accompanied or presented with Frankincense. Much like the frankincense on the Altar of Showbread.

Lev 6:22 “And the anointed priest from among his sons, who is in his place, prepares it – a law forever to יהוה . All of it has to be burned, - The priest or the Mighty Hand Ministry who is anointed, those set apart to teach the Word, in whatever part of the world they might be. This adjective describes the forever application, which applies only to the Kohen Gabol’s offering. It is brought every day and is describe as continual, while other Kohanim brings their offering only once, on the first day of their service.

This verse refers only to those who are anointed, who is mature, one who assumes the office of a Son of Aaron. He must bring this offering everyday of his tenure. From the first day in office, the Kohem Gadol must bring this offering twice a day.

Lev 6:23 and every grain offering for the priest is completely burned, it is not eaten.”  - Every grain offering must be completely burnt, meaning that the offering, it must be completed. The presentation of the Weekly Parasha must be completed every week.

Verse 24 – 30 adds to the laws of the sin offerings that were given in chapter 4. Sin offering help us to atone for any kind of misdeed and to cleanse the negativity we have inside of us. We often lack the courage and strength to correct our flaws, choosing instead to see ourselves as blameless victim of circumstances rather than as responsible souls, wholly accountable for the state of our own lives.

An enlighten person believe that the Torah or Bible does not act with harsh judgment, but instead reveals man’s error to him as a loving parent would  do, firmly but soothingly and with mercy. This awakens the man’s repentance so that he can begin to purify himself.

According to Kabbalah a person can cleanse himself either through pain or proactive transformation. When we experience poor health, if we lose our business or go broke, if our marriage fails or our children cause us headaches, we are becoming spiritual clean, through the pain. However, we can choose to used the spiritual tool like  reading the Torah through the Holy Spirit to correct our past iniquities so we need not experience the pain and suffering of purification.

Lev 6:24 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

Lev 6:25 “Speak to Aharon and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the Torah of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering is slaughtered before יהוה , it is most set-apart. – The upgrade to the previous definition given in chapter 4. The Torah tells us that the sin offering must be slaughtered in the same place as the elevation offering.

In choosing this roundabout way of telling us the location of its slaughter, the Torah alludes to an underlying cause of sin. An elevation offering is slaughter in the north part of the Brazen Altar, the word can also be used to describe hidden, because an elevation offering frequently is brought to atone for hidden Thoughts of the heart.

Although a sin offering is brought for unintentional sin acts and not for Thoughts, the Torah compares it to the elevation offering, which may be offered to atone for sinful Thought, verse 1:3, because people do not become careless over night. If someone sins by mistake, we may be certain that his acts were preceded by sinful Thoughts and desires.

Lev 6:26 ‘The priest who is making atonement eats it, in the set-apart place it is eaten, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. – The High Priest who make atonement for us, enjoy the benefits of the sacrifice, in the set apart place. The term that performs is not meant literally as the Kohen who physically performs the service. Rather, the meat of the offering is apportioned among all the Kohanim who are eligible to perform its service, whether or not they actually did so. This is indicated by verse 29, which states clearly that all the Kohanim may eat the meal offering.

Lev 6:27 ‘All that touches its flesh is to be set-apart. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a set-apart place. – As in verse 18, above, this touching involves absorption of the sin offering essence. Whatever the Blood of the Lamb of all Lambs touches will be forgiven. Whatever that touches the flesh, the Word, the Torah is to be consider Kadosh, Holy. Whenever the Blood of the Lamb is used by any religious institution and the members thereof is was in the blood and water that flow from the side of the El Yahushua (Jesus Christ) is applied to the life of any one, they will be set apart as the next verse indicates.

Lev 6:28 ‘But the earthen vessel in which it is cooked is to be broken. And if it is cooked in a bronze pot, then it is scoured and rinsed in water. – Any earthly, unsaved vessel or person in which the word is applied, it will become to him a snare. However, if it is a person who reside in the Outer court, someone who is saved, which the bronze metal represent, then it will be a source of cleansing to them. A source of Living Water so to speak.