Emor

Parashas Emor

Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23

Haftarah

Yechezkel “Exekiel” 44:15-31

Brit Chadasha

Qlesayah “Colossians” 2:11-23

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.

This Torah portion is the 31^th reading, the Hebrew word Emor imply to sing or to say or speak. This Torah portion begins with the instruction to Moses to “say or speak” to the Kohanim the Priest, who is the Mighty Hand of יהוה, the things we should and should not say.

How we perform an action is often more important than the action itself, and the mouth is usually involved in this process. When we connect with this reading, we can use the power of Emor to help us speak the illumination of truth.

Shabbat Emor precedes and prepares us for the revealing of the Light to us, the CREATOR was about to revealed great information to the Kohanim through Moses. On this Shabbat like every other Shabbat, information about the Kingdom of Heavens is reveal through the various Torah Portion we read.

On this Shabbat like all other Shabbat, as we indulge in Torah study, it is to arrive at a complete new level of consciousness, a consciousness where we can taste and see that the Light of the CREATOR is good.

At every level of light or days of creation, we experience a greater illumination of the same light, as the light of each day starts at dawn with the first glimpse and progress brighter from there until noon, so every believer experience light on the first day of creation, but that light should progress as we arrive at the sixth day. At the various level or days of creation, we experience further revelation of the light or greater secrets or sensation from Torah. When Torah talks about secrets it is not talking about words. It is talking about illumination of the Word.

This secret, this experience of the Light being revealed each day or Shabbat is something each individual must experience for themselves. We cannot give it to someone else, we either feel it or we don’t. In Torah a secret is like a taste, it is something that we cannot give to someone directly.

If I am eating an Apple, I cannot tell you the sensation I am experiencing, there is no word that can articulate a sensation or my experience, it is an individual experience. When we talk about secrets in Torah, we are not talking about information, but the intense spiritual light that the Torah student received every Shabbat. Shabbat Emor reminds us of the goal of Shabbat which is to elevate our consciousness every week to a new level of attainment.

We all live on a gigantic rock that rotates around an enormous ball of fire call the sun at a tremendous speed. Have you ever wonder what cause the Earth to rotate on its own axis at the same time that it revolves around the sun? Science explains that there are two natural forces at work as it rotates through space. One is the earth’s inertia, which is the tendency of an object to keep moving in a certain direction once it has started in that direction, and the force that opposes it is the second, the gravitational pull of the sun.

There is always a constant struggle between these two forces. If the gravitational pull of the sun should win, the earth would be drawn into the sun and be destroyed. If the inertia would win then the earth would be like a wondering rock flowing aimlessly in space. At the root of our physical existence lies a struggle between the nature of the Earth and the nature of the heavens, a constant tension of desires manifest itself, creating the perfect dynamic to support life.

This tension is also the foundation of our spiritual growth. Although the majority of us want our lives to be struggle free, there are forces that oppose us. As we see, these obstacles actually serve an essential function, for only with resistance can we accomplish what we came to earth to do.

As believers when we examine our spiritual lives, we often separate our days into good and bad. On the good days, we wake up with great expectation; we are usually at our best for that day. There are also days when wild horses could not drag us out of bed, those day nothing seem to go right.

If we should ask the average human they would tell you that the day when everything whent well, was their best days. In the spiritual, those so-called good days is when we make the least spiritual impact, for light shine the brightest when it is the darkest. As believers we are in this world to bring love where there is fear, to make peace when there is war; to bring light when there is darkness; to bring joy when there is sadness; to bring hope when there is despair; to bring faith when there is unfaithfulness.

Most of us do not experience days that are either completely difficult or completely great; we usually spend our days between either in one or the other. We might awaken in the morning with great expectation, only to receive a call that a friend is in a serious accident, then a few hours late another friend call you and ask you to be the godparent of their new born child. Then a few minute we are arguing with our teenage as to why they can go out with their friends.

To most of humanity we are reacting, to the situation. The truth is that we have to completely change our understanding, because every hour we have are very significant. The few minute when we are reacting with our friends, either in a happy or sad situation, are the reason why we are here in this world.

If we can experience these dark moments in our lives when nothing seems to go right and display the fruit of the spirit, when the opposite is staring us in the face, we have turn the fruit of the flesh into the fruit of the spirit. We will have revealed light in darkness, or light from darkness.

When we as believers read the Torah Portion of Emor, it appears to contain several instructions that does not seem to apply to our lives today. It begins by explaining whom the mature believer, the kohanim, the Priest, the Mighty Hand can or cannot marry and how he can become impure.

This Torah portion also introduces the various Feast day or cycles of enlightenment that control our lives. On Yum Kippur, our Messiyah Yahushua present to the Creator our daily, weekly, monthly and yearly spiritually report card, making a tally of the mount of Light we manifested over the past year. The beauty of this Torah Portion is that it allows us to completely change how we view our life. The long hour we spent studying and praying is not what matters. The only reason we are here on this earth this moment, are for the few second or minutes we have where we can pull light out of darkness.

Worthy is the man or woman who for a few minutes each day fights against the inclination that tries to stop us, when we know we should exemplify the fruit of the spirit. The previous Parashas dealt with the commandment that the entire nations should strive collectively to become a holy nation, and with it, the broad range of activities that brings one to this most exalted state.

In this chapter, the Torah now turns to the Kohanim, the Mighty Hand of Yahweh, whose Divine service places upon them a particular responsibility to minister at one of the five Altar of the Tabernacle. Their responsibility is to maintain the highest standards of holiness and purity, as a Mighty Hand representative of EL YAHWEH, created to brings people to perfection.

Lev 21:1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: ‘No one is to be defiled for the dead among his people, - Moses the most mature believer among the children of Yisrael, the one to whom יהוה spoke directly. He was given a special assignment to speak directly to the Kohanim, that is Aaron and his sons, who were the Mighty Hand representative off at that time? Moses was acting in the office of a Prophet, one to whom the Creator speak before He acts.

יהוה message is simple, do not defile yourself by been among the dead. From a spiritual sense, do not hang out with those who are spiritually or even physically dead. He is an Elohim of the living not the Dead. Yahushua says in Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:60 ‘But Yahushua replied, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’

These dead ones are those who have no hope of sanctification. It is only those who believe in El Yahushua, who have any hope of ever reaching perfection, do not waste your time with them, you might become defiled by their ways. Bad company will always influence good character in a negative way. Seldom will good ever influence bad for the positive.     

Death in scripture represents to cease in the flow of positive energy from the CREATOR to HIS children.

Lev 21:2 except for his relatives who are nearest to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; - As there are physical dead, there are also spiritual dead among us. The same principle applies in both the physical and the spiritual realm. The physical death of a person is when the flow of blood ceases in the body. In the spiritual sense it is when the Light of the CREATOR ceases to flow to us. If a Kohanim had a mother or father, or his son, or his daughter, or even his brother, he may associate with them, in order that he might save them in the process, other than that restricts who they socialize with.

Lev 21:3 and for his maiden sister who is near to him, who has had no husband – for her he can be defiled. – This is also true if the Kohanim had an unmarried sister, who is not under the authority of an husband. If any of the Kohanim is the eldest male, he is spiritually responsible for her.

 

Lev 21:4 He may not make himself unclean, because he is a leader (husband) among his people; doing so would profane him – All Spiritual leaders are forbidden to contaminate themselves by the dead or for the dead. Only an ordinary Kohen is permitted to contaminate himself for close relatives, while the other is not. As priest in the family or in the Tabernacle, extra care must be taken not to become contaminated, so that he may be prepared at all time to serve at a priest.

 

Lev 21:5 they do not make any bald place on their heads, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting in their flesh. -  This verse refers to a common practice of making a bald spots or gashes in the skin as a sign of mourning for the dead. When someone dies, there is nothing else that can be done for them. Their spiritual destiny is seal the moment one dies. Ecc 11:2  …. Whether a tree falls toward the north or the south, the place where the tree falls is where it stays. The tree in this scripture represent us, we have no more spiritual growth to make.

This is a clarification of the prohibition stated in 19:27. The prohibition against removing the beard applies only to shaving with a sharp blade; however, facial hair may be removed with a scissors. There is a certain demeanor that a Priest must maintain at all times.

The hair on a mans head acts as a spiritual antenna, we should never remove that antenna at any time. The type of hair, curly or straight determine the type of spiritual frequency a person is intune with. Hair also represent truth, and we should not remove truth from our lives, or from around our mouth, of from off our legs or even from under our armpit.

Lev 21:6 ‘They are set-apart to their Elohim and do not profane the Name of their Elohim, for they bring the offerings of יהוה made by fire, and the bread of their Elohim, and shall be set-apart. -  This concept of holiness implies abstinence and is particularly relevant to Priesthood; who are forbidden from contaminating themselves by the dead and from taking certain women for a wife.

Although a Kohanim/minister have several responsibilities and privileges beyond those of the ordinary people, they do not have the right to resign from their position or to give up their prerogatives. They are servants of יהוה and for them to abandon their role is a desecration of יהוה   Name.

The Torah indicates that a Kohen, who falls short of holiness, is guilty of desecrating יהוה Name. This is a reflection of the axiom, that more is demanded from people of prominence. Because a Kohen is the servant of יהוה, he must be scrupulous in his behavior; when he sins, onlookers regard it as a desecration of the One against whom he transgresses.

A similar responsibility applies to all Hebrew, EL YAHWEH chosen people, and especially those who are privilege to be Torah intellectual; they must hold themselves to a higher standard of behavior and ethics.

Lev 21:7 ‘They do not take a woman who is a whore or a defiled woman, and they do not take a woman put away from her husband, for he is set-apart to his Elohim. – The definition of a harlot who is prohibited to a Kohen is quite limited: It is a woman who had has lived with a man who is not permitted to her because of a negative commandment. This includes not only relationships punishable by death or Kares, but also living with a mamzer or a nonbeliever.

A woman who is a defile woman, this term refers to any woman who is forbidden to be a wife of a Kohen or a Kohen Gadol. She is a polluted woman, her behavior is not circumspect. She cannot be a woman who believes in women liberation movement, one who practice a woman right to abortions and to make her own choice. She cannot eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Lev 21:8 ‘and you shall set him apart, for he brings the bread of your Elohim, he is set-apart to you. For I, יהוה, who sets you apart, as I am set-apart. – A Kohen is not merely an individual; as a representative of the Tabernacle, he is responsible to the nation, and the nation is obligated to require him to remain true to his calling.

The rest of the Nation of Yisrael must recognize the sanctity of the Kohanim by showing them respect and give them precedence. This is why a Kohen is called to the Torah first and has priority in leading the assembly in grace after meals.

  

Lev 21:9 ‘And when the daughter of any priest profanes herself by whoring, she profanes her father. She is to be burned with fire. – The daughter of a Kohanim must be circumspect in her behavior at all times. Her attitude determines the character of her father. Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. The fact that she must be burnt, send a strong signal that this kind of action is most serious and the punishment are final.

Do you think you could say that today, with the beliefe system of Women Libration movement. We woul be called a hater of women and accused of violence against women.

Verse 10 – 15 covers the laws of the Kohen Gadol. Remember the story of El Yahushua and Lazarus; Yahushua did not enter the Tomb. John 11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead were laid. And Yahushua lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that You have heard me. 42 And I knew that You headrest me always: but because of the people which standby I said it, that they may believe that You hast sent me. 43 And after he had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. El Yahushua spoke from outside the Tomb and called Lazarus to come out.

  Lev 21:10 ‘And the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is ordained to wear the garments, does not unbind his head nor tear his garments, - A kohanim/priest who has been inaugurated, assumes the office is one of two ways: by being anointed with oil of anointed prepared by Moses, or simply by wearing the vestments of his office. This is deriving from this verse, which speaks of both anointment and the wearing of the vestments. This vestment is full maturity. We as believers must guard our spiritual garment with our lives.

It is also customary for a person to tear their garment when they are under great distress, a Kohem if forbidden to do so. From a spiritual point of view their garment represents their righteousness, which is not allowed to be compromise for any reason.

Lev 21:11 He is not to go in to a building where any dead body is or make himself unclean, even when his father or mother dies. – Very straight forward. A building is a dwelling place, as the first day of creation symbolizes, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death does not mix. Mat 22:32  I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Mar 12:27  He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: you therefore do greatly errow.

Lev 21:12 Do not go out of the set-apart place, nor profane the set-apart place of his Elohim, for the sign of dedication of the anointing oil of his Elohim is upon him. I am יהוה. – He is not allowed to stop being a Kohanim, or is he allows to contaminate the Position that he holds. If the anointing is on him, it is a lifelong anointing, he cannot decide it is time to resign of retired.

In the days of the Temple, a Kohim would go to the Temple to work for seven days, these were the day when his wife was on her period, and he had to leve the house. However after she was clean he had to return home to perform

In the days of the Temple, a Kohim would go to the Temple to work for seven days, these were the day when his wife was on her period, and he had to leve the house. However after she was clean he had to return home to perform Exo 21:10  If a man take another wife; he shall not reduce her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage. 11  And if he do not do these three things to her, then she shall go out free without money.

Lev 21:13 ‘And let him take a wife in her maidenhood. – A Kohem must only take for a wife a woman who is a virgin. He should not take a widow (as other priests might), much less one divorced, or a harlot. The reason of this was to put a difference between him and other priests in this matter; and (as some suggest) that he might be a type of Messiyah, to whom the church was to be presented a chaste virgin, 2 Co. 11:2. See Eze. 44:22. Messiyah must have our first love, our pure love, our entire love; thus the virgins love thee, and such only are fit to follow the Lamb, Rev. 14:4.

 

Lev 21:14 ‘A widow or one put away or a defiled woman or a whore – these he does not take. But a maiden of his own people he does take as a wife. – Self-explanatory. This concept of a widow is some time very misleading. A widow is one whose husband has died within the redeem community. If a woman from outside the community joins the Nation of Yisrael, she is now a new creature. The husband she has in Yisrael must be her only husband. A woman can only be put away for some impurities. Remember the story of Abigail in 1 Samuel, her husband Nadal was a wicked man, after he died David took her to be one of his wives.

Lev 21:15 ‘And he does not profane his offspring among his people, for I am יהוה, who sets him apart. -  His sons and daughters must be role models for the other people. He must be careful how his children behave in public.

He might not profane his seed among his people. Some understand it as forbidding him to marry any of an inferior rank, which would be a disparagement to his family. Jehoiada indeed married of his own tribe, but then it was into the royal family, 2 Chr. 22:11. This was not to teach him to be proud, but to teach him to be pure, and to do nothing unbecoming his office and the worthy name by which he was called. Or it may be a caution to him in disposing of his children; he must not profane his seed by marrying them unsuitably. Ministers’ children become profaned if they be unequally yoked with unbelievers.

Luke 1:27  To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28  And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29  And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30  And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with Yahweh. 31  And, behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Yahushua.32  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and El Yahweh shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33  And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34  Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35  And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Verse 16 – 24 speaks of blemishes that cause disqualification of a kohanim. Every blemish on a person is a result of a negative force acting on that person life. Therefore those who are a Kohanim should have no negative blemish on them.

Lev 21:16 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -   

Lev 21:17 “Speak to Aharon, saying, ‘No man of your offspring throughout their generations, who has any defect, is to draw near to bring the bread of his Elohim. – What manifest itself in the natural has a spiritual manifestation. This verse forbids a blemished Kohen to perform the service in the Tabernacle. The next verse gives the reason for this prohibition. It is not proper for him to do so in the spiritual sense if there is a spiritual blemish on his character.

 

Lev 21:18 ‘For any man who has a defect is not to draw near: a man blind or one lame or disfigured or deformed, - A blind person, also means to be spiritually blind, or one who the Holy Spirit has departed, they have become spiritually blind. Such an incident can be seen in King Saul, who became spiritually blind after the Holy Spirit departed from him.

In the spiritual sense, one who has one foot longer than another, represent an uneven walk spiritually? The spiritual walk of a believer must be even at all times.

Lev 21:19 a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, - This verse describe a person who spiritual walk and work is broken, or it can be describe as having two sets of walk and work, one when one set of friends are around and the other when a different set of friends. The Apostle Paul, rebuke Peter for that same practice in Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If You, being a Jew, lives after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

Lev 21:20 or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch. -  A defect in the natural is a defect in the spiritual.

Lev 21:21 ‘No man among the offspring of Aharon the priest, who has a defect, is to come near to bring the offerings made by fire to יהוה – he has a defect, he does not come near to bring the bread of his Elohim. -  Physical defect manifest itself in a spiritual manner.

Lev 21:22 ‘He does eat the bread of his Elohim, both the most set-apart and the set-apart, - Although a Kohen with a blemish may not perform the service, he has the privilege of eating meat from the same sacrifice, but he cannot administer it. It is this bread of life that will clean him from all unrighteousness. An imperfection in the natural can be found in the spiritual. By eating from the sacrifice, that kohen with the defect will be able to restore himself. This is the root cause of miracles, the inner spiritual development, manifest itself in the natural.

Lev 21:23 only, he does not go near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a defect, lest he profanes My set-apart places. For I am יהוה, who sets them apart. – Only those who are perfect spiritually may approach the veil that separates the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. Yet they must not serve at the altar, at either of the altars, nor be admitted to attend or assist the other priests in offering sacrifice or burning incense. Great men choose to have such servants about them as are slightly, and it was fit that the great EL should have such in his house then, when he was pleased to manifest his glory in external indications of it.

But it was especially requisite that comely men should be chosen to minister about holy things, for the sake of the people, who were apt to judge according to outward appearance, and to think meanly of the service, how honorable it was made by the divine institution, of those that performed it looked despicably or went about it awkwardly. This provision YAHWEH made for the preserving of the reputation of his altar that it might not at any time fall under contempt. It was for the credit of the sanctuary that none should appear there who any way was disfigured, either by nature or accident.

 

Lev 21:24 Thus Mosheh spoke to Aharon and his sons, and to all the children of Yisra’ĕl. – Even Though the commandments related only to the Kohanim, Moses taught them to all the people as well.  Let such therefore as are openly vicious be put out of the priesthood as polluted persons; and let all that are made to be YAHWEH spiritual priests be before him holy and without blemish, and comfort themselves with this, that, Though in this imperfect state they have spots that are the spots of YAH’s children, yet they shall shortly appear before the throne of YAHWEH without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.

Chapter 22

Verse 1 – 9 describes the safeguarding of the sanctity of offering and terumah. Here in this chapter the people are enjoined to avoid the contamination of sacrificial meat and terumah (The prescribed portions of the crops that are given to the Kohanim)

Lev 22:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 

 

Lev 22:2 “Speak to Aharon and his sons, that they separate themselves from the set-apart offerings of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and that they do not profane My set-apart Name in what they set apart to Me. I am יהוה. – Whenever a Kohanim become tamei “contaminated”, they must withdraw themselves from all aspects of the Temple service, lest they contaminate the peoples offering, making their offering unacceptable. The penalty for those who serve while contaminated is death by the hand of Heavens.

The word separate comes from the Hebrew word that mean crown. This alludes to the great people of Yisrael, those who are crowned with distinction, and cautions them to be especially careful to avoid desecration of the Name. Such people are prone to think that they can allow themselves liberties not permitted to commoners. On the contrary, the Torah tells them; their responsibilities are greater than those of other.

 

Lev 22:3 “Say to them, ‘Any man of all your offspring throughout your generations who draws near the set-apart offerings which the children of Yisra’ĕl set apart to יהוה, while he has uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from before Me. I am יהוה. – The term any man, meaning that this position should be only open to men, in any generation. Oh My! If he draws near or goes into the Court Yard or the Holy Place to present the people offering in a contaminated state will be cut off, or he will not be allow to present it at the various altars.

 

Lev 22:4 ‘Any man of the offspring of Aharon, who is a leper or has a discharge, does not eat the set-apart offerings until he is clean. And whoever touches what is rendered unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen, - This verse explains that anyone who is unclean must not touch any off the sacred things offered to EL YAHYEH until he is clean.

Lev 22:5 or a man who touches any creeping creature by which he would be made unclean, or any being by whom he would become unclean, even any of his uncleanness; - or who has touched a reptile or insect that can make him unclean, or a man who is unclean for any reason and who can transmit to him his uncleanness.

 

Lev 22:6 the being who has touched it shall be unclean until evening, and does not eat the set-apart offerings, but shall bathe his body in water. - The person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and is not to eat the holy things unless he bathes his body in water. Today we wash ourselves in the Blood and water that flow from Messiyah side.

    

Lev 22:7 ‘And when the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward eat the set-apart offerings, because it is his food. -  After sunset he will be clean again; and after, he may resume eating the holy things; because they are his food.

Lev 22:8 ‘He does not eat that which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it. I am יהוה. - But he is not to eat anything that dies naturally or is torn to death by a wild animals, I would include any road kill would make himself unclean; I am יהוה.

 

Lev 22:9 ‘And they shall guard My Charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, when they profane it. I יהוה set them apart. - The Kohanim must observe this charge of mine; otherwise, if they profane it, they will bear the consequences of their sin for doing so and die in it; I am EL YAHWEH, who makes them holy.  

Lev 22:10 ‘And no stranger eats the set-apart offering. A sojourner with the priest, or a hired servant, does not eat the set-apart offering. - No one who is not a Cohen may eat anything holy, nor may a tenant or employee of a Cohen eat anything holy. Anything holy are things set aside for the Kohen.

  

Lev 22:11 ‘But when the priest buys a being with his money, he can eat of it. And one who is born in his house can also eat his food. -  But if a Cohen acquires a slave, either through purchase or through his being born in his household, he may share his spiritual and physical food.

Lev 22:12 ‘And when a priest’s daughter is married to a stranger, she does not eat of the set-apart offerings. - If the daughter of a Cohen is joined to a man who is not a Cohen, she is not to have a share of the food set aside from the holy things, she must eat of the spiritual food provide in her husband house. Meaning that the husband must be the priest of the family.

 

Lev 22:13 ‘But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is put away, and has no child, and she returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food, but no stranger can eats of it. - But if the daughter of a Cohen is a widow or divorcee and has no child, and she goes back to her father's house as when she was young, she may share in her father's spiritual food; but no one who is not a Cohen is to share in it.  These verses describe what most women would find hard to accept, that the man is the spiritual head of the family.

Lev 22:14 ‘And when a man eats the set-apart offering by mistake, then he shall give a set-apart offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it. - If a person eats holy food by mistake, he must add one-fifth to it and give the holy food to the Cohen. This is the portion of our offering that should be set-aside for the Priest. David Mar 2:25  And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he was inneed, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him? 26  How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

1Sa 21:4  And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5  And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. 6  So the priest gave him holly bread: for there was no other bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Lev 22:15 - 16‘And let the priests shall not profane the set-apart offerings of the children of Yisra’ĕl, which they lift up to יהוה, or allow them to bear the crookedness of trespass when they eat their set-apart offerings. For I am יהוה, who sets them apart. - They are not to profane the holy things of the people of Yisra'el that they have set apart for EL YAHWEH, and therefore causing them to bear the guilt requiring a guilt offering, by eating their holy things; because I am YAHWEH, who makes them holy.

  

Verse 17 – 25 speaks of the blemished animals. Just as Kohanim with bodily blemishes are not permitted to perform the Divine Service, so blemished animals are invalid as offering. EL YAHWEH wants perfections from His sons in the spiritual and moral sense and from His offerings in the physical sense. Even Though a blemish animal may be larger and more valuable than an unblemished one, it is not acceptable, for YAHWEH does not measure perfection in monetary terms.

Lev 22:17 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -  

Lev 22:18 “Speak to Aharon and his sons, and to all the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Yisra’ĕl, or of the strangers in Yisra’ĕl, who brings his offering for any of his vows or for any of his voluntary offerings, which they bring to יהוה as a burnt offering, - "Speak to Aharon and his sons and to the entire people of Yisra'el; tell them: 'When anyone, of the house of Yisra'el or a foreigner living in Yisra'el, brings his offering, either in connection with a vow or as a voluntary offering, and brings it to EL YAHWEH as a burnt offering, it must be perfect. A vow is a personal obligation: “I obligate myself to bring an elevation offering.” The nature of the undertaking means that if the owner consecrates an animal and it become lost or blemish, he has not discharge his vows and must bring another animal.

A free will offering is a contribution “I consecrate this animal for use as an elevation Offering. The owner’s obligation is to offer that animal, but if for any reason that cannot be done; the owner has no further responsibility to bring another one.

Lev 22:19 for your acceptance, is a male, a perfect one from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats. -  In order for you to be accepted, you must bring a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep or the goats. We must pay the cost of a male goat, for the Goat is El Yahushua (Jesus Christ) he is the one our voluntary offerings. This verse specifies only animal’s elevation offering; birds, however, are acceptable even if they are female and blemished. They are disqualified only if they are lacking a limb.

Lev 22:20 ‘Whatever has a defect, you do not bring, for it is not acceptable for you. - You are not to bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted from you. This also mean that a person who is not saved cannot bring a peace offering or a vow offering, he must first bring a sin offering. This is reserved for a righteous person.

   

Lev 22:21 ‘And when a man brings a peace offering to יהוה, to complete a vow, or a voluntary offering from the cattle or the sheep, it is to be perfect to be accepted, let there be no defect in it. - Whoever brings a sacrifice of peace offerings to EL YAHWEH in fulfillment of a vow or as a voluntary offering, whether it come from the herd or from the flock, it must be unblemished and without defect in order to be accepted. This also means that if we also bring a monetary offering it must be from your own labor, not from someone else’s pocket.

  

Lev 22:22 ‘Those blind or broken or having a cut, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you do not bring to יהוה, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to יהוה. - If it is blind, meaning cannot see the light of the word; If it is injured, meaning psychologically unstable; If it is mutilated, injured, damage spoil; If it is has an abnormal growth, meaning gaining certain level of surface knowledge without experiencing the sixth days of Creation; or has festering or running sores, you are not to offer it to יהוה or make such an offering by fire on the altar to יהוה.

   

Lev 22:23 ‘As for a bull or a lamb that has any limb deformed or dwarfed you do not prepare as a voluntary offering, or for a vow it is not accepted. - If a bull or lamb has a limb, which is too long or short, you may offer it as a voluntary offering; but for a vow it will not be accepted. A man or woman with a super ego such as Hitler with an ego far beyond any repair.

The bull or lamb depicts different level of our ego. One is more dominant than another. Therefore, different type of offering is require. Every ego requires a different sacrifice in order to purify itself.

If we see a man who was once rich going through poverty, it is nothing he or she did wrong, it is the process that is required for him or her to achieved spiritual purification. One is more dominant than another. Therefore, different type of offering is required. Every ego requires a different sacrifice in order to purify itself.

If we see a man who was once rich going through poverty, it is nothing he or she did wrong, it is the process that is required for him or her to achieved spiritual purification. Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22  And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23  And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Humility of the Spirit can only be learnt by experiencing poverty. It is very difficult when one is rich and everyone look up to you it is difficult to consider themselves humble. The purpose of Creation is for the Creator to create perfect son for the kingdom. We are told that some of us are given one talent and some five talent, those of us who are given five are consider more talented than others. That why is sport we have super stars and mediocre players; some players are born talented and others have to work harder to achieve what others take for granted.

 

Lev 22:24 ‘Do not bring to יהוה what is bruised or crushed, or torn or cut, nor do it in your land. - You are not to give those who are damage into the Priesthood in your land, an ego with bruised, crushed, torn or cut genitals you are not to offer to EL YAHWEH.

The blemishes listed in this verse are a form of castration, the ability to multiply which is forbidden in the Land. The phrase in your land means that it is forbidden to do so to every conceivable species of ego in the country, whether or not they are acceptable for offering or spiritual food.

 

Lev 22:25 ‘And from a son of a stranger’s hand you do not bring any of these as the bread of your Elohim, for their corruption is in them, and defects are in them, they are not acceptable for you. - And you are not to receive any of these from a foreigner for you to offer as bread for your Elohim, because their deformity is a defect in them - they will not be accepted from you. The stranger of this verse is an unbeliever. He is not permitted to bring animals to be offered in the temple. What does this mean, do not let a Muslim come into your church to offer his offering. If He is not coming to bring the perfect offering which is El Yahushua, it is not permitted.

This does not mean that if a person was once damage and restoration has taken place that he or she cannot be used in the Church; just look at the life of the Apostle Paul for example.

Verse 26 – 33 speaks of the Eligibility of offering. Following the physical disqualifications, the Torah now goes into the requirement of minimum age and various other rules governing offerings.

 

Lev 22:26 and יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -

 

Lev 22:27 “When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother. And from the eighth day and thereafter it is acceptable as an offering made by fire to יהוה. -  When a child is born if it is a D-type, I-type, C-type of S-type personality, it is to stay with its mother for seven days; but from the eighth day on, it can be made accepted for an offering made by fire to EL YAHWEH. 1Sa 1:20  Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she had a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have ask for him from Yahweh. 21 And the man Elkanah, and his entire house, went up to offer unto Yahweh at the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and there abide forever. 23  And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemed thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Yahweh establish his word. So the woman abode, and breast feed until she weaned him. 24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of Yahweh in Shiloh: and the child was young. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Yahweh. 27 For this child I prayed; and Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 Therefore also I have lent him to Yahweh; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to Yahweh. And he worshipped Yahweh there.

Just as a Sabbath must past before a boy can be circumcised, the animal instinct must undergo their seventh day of recreation, before he can bears the mark of the testimony of the Kingdom of Heavens. This is the position of full maturity, where the Sabbath rest is the qualification, the validity to the entire purpose of Creation.

Yahweh does not need anything from us, not even sacrifices, yet there are rules pertaining to desecrating and sanctifying Yahweh’s Name.  These rules actually deal with the Essence of Yahweh within each of us. We diminish the flame of light that is been developed within us when we do negative things, and we make the flame to grew when we perform the positive commandments. It is not for Yahweh’s sake that we should not be negative or reactive; it is for our own sake.

Lev 22:28 “But do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day. - However, no animal is to be slaughtered together with its young on the same day, neither cow nor ewe. Despite the masculine of this prohibition it applies only to the mother and her young. The masculine pronoun refers to the species, not the individual animal. This is to safeguard the animal’s species, in World War II; we see a violation of this principle, when both mother and child were sent to the gas chambers. It is a protection against extermination.

  

Lev 22:29 “And when you bring a slaughtering of thanksgiving to יהוה, bring it for your acceptance. - When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to EL YAHWEH for your spiritual development, you must do it in a way such that you will be accepted. The offering must be presented in such a way that Elohim will find it, and you, acceptable. The next verse goes on to say that the Kohan must have his mind at the time of the slaughter that it will be eaten within the assign time.

Lev 22:30 “It is eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am יהוה. - It must be eaten on the same day it is offered; leave none of it till morning; I am EL YAHWEH.

 

Lev 22:31 “And you shall guard My commands and do them. I am יהוה. – It is incumbent on every believer to guard these; Laws, Precept, Statues, and Judgments found in Torah.

  

Lev 22:32 “And do not profane My set-apart Name, and I shall be set-apart among the children of Yisra’ĕl. I am יהוה, who sets you apart, - You are not to profane The holy Name of Yahweh; on the contrary, He must be regarded as holy among the people of Yisra'el; It is He who determine what or who is holy; do not applying His Name to an idol, or treating it with irreverence or contempt or as a byword.

A believer should be willing to gives his own live in order to sanctify EL YAHWEH’S Name. If someone sin because he believes that Yah’s Will does not matter to him, he has already desecrated the Name of EL YAHWEH.

The desecration of the Name is the most serious of all sins and the one to which it is most difficult to atone. If anyone dedicates his or her lives to EL YAHWEH service, He will devote Himself personally to you, by regulating your activity, and not through any intermediary.

Lev 22:33 who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, to be your Elohim. I am יהוה. - Who set us apart, meaning that He liberated us from Sin on the condition that we would make ourselves holy as His son Yahushua; therefore He has a right to make demands on us. The whole purpose of Creation is to develop mature sons called Messiyah’s. Those who will rule and reign with Yahushua in the world to come. Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and correct: be keen therefore, and repent. 20  Behold, I stand at the door of your heart, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door of His heart, I will come in to him, and will fellowship with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcome his testing I will grant him the opportunity to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath a spiritual ear let him hear what the Spirit said unto the churches.

Chapter 23

This chapter deals with יהוה, appointed time in Hebrew call Moadims, because they are special days when the Redeem people meet, as it were, with EL YAHWEH.

Moadims, the appointed seasons, summon us to submit ourselves entirely to the contemplation and the inner realization of those things or ideals, which lies at the foundation of our spiritual growth.

The Kingdom of Heaven deal only in cycles. The cycle of the Milky Way Galaxies revolve every one thousand years, in the years 2016 we are at the last 16 year of the 6^th or six millennium. The earth revolve around the sun once a year, the moon goes around the earth every month, and the earth revolve every day.

Just as moed in space refers to the locality which men have as their appointed place of assembly for an appointed purpose such as the tent of meeting ”Ohel Moed”, so Moed in time is a point in time which summons us to an appointed activity. In our case to a spiritual activity or out pouring of spiritual consciousness.

Therefore, the moadims are the days, which stand out from the other days during the millennium, yearly, monthly, weekly and daily cycles. They summon the faithful from our everyday life to stop and dedicate all our spiritual activities to our spiritual growth.

The moadims interrupt the ordinary activities of our life and give us the opportunity, to consecration ourselves for a future in the world to come, by revivifying those ideals upon which our whole spiritual growth is based, or they help us eradicate such evil consequence of past activates that are deadly to our spiritual development. These moadims give us the opportunity to receive the blessing essential for spiritual growth, as the four seasons are important for the development of the plants around us; the moadims are to our spiritual development. These moadims are dress rehearsal before the real performance which is the marriage feast of the Lamb, in Revelation 19.

Lev 23:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, - 

Lev 23:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘the appointed times of יהוה, which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, my appointed times, are these: -   You are to proclaim, you are to tell everyone about the designated times as holy convocations. The sun, the moon, and the stars, which are EL YAHWAH unchanging calendar, determine these times. These festivals such as Passover the 14^th day of the first month are based on the Heavenly calendar, which is the sighting of the newly visible moon, and the barley harvest in Yisrael during the spring.

EL YAHWEH show the sign of His time in nature and it is incumbent on Yisrael to respond; this reaction by His people expresses the mutual love of the Creator and His chosen people. Speak unto the Children of Yisrael, and say unto them, Concerning the Divinely Appointed times of YAHWEH, which ye shall proclaim to be holy dress rehearsals; even these are for my divinely set appointments for Messiyah Yahushua.

The purpose of the Moadims, “Festivals” is spiritual elevation, and the special foods and festive clothing are to help people achieve that goal. By giving honor and distinctiveness to the day, we focus our mind on it significant and thereby help us foster a realization of the spiritual opportunities it offers us, if we but utilize them properly. Matthew 22:3-4.

Lev 23:3 ‘Six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to יהוה in all your dwellings. – The day of complete rest in the natural signifies the same in the spiritual. When we as believers experience each day of Creation, we will eventually come to the seventh day spiritually. This is the state of Spiritual maturity, which is the whole purpose of creation.

The Torah introduces this day as the first of the festivals. As true to form, EL YAHWEH always starts with the objective first, and then He tells us how to achieve it. Every Sabbath and all the others feast days are opportunities for us to withdraw from the physical reality and move into the spiritual realm. If we did not have these special days, the world would br too much for us to handle. These special connections give us the opportunity to connect to the power to develop our flame.

Passover or Pesach is the only time of the year that we get to move from one level of creation to the next, like a child moves from one grade to another. It is the time of the year that we get the key to open the prison of our faulty belief system, those robotic ways of our ego’s thinking that are negative to the development of our flame.

Pesach is about moving from one level of illumination, replacing the realm of darkness, until we develop the perfect light we require to free us from our slavery mentality. According to the spiritual universal law, that which we do not earn, we cannot keep.

To be the cause of our own light, we need to behave proactively to earn, we cannot keep. To be the cause of our own light, we need to behave proactively to earn the light we receive.

Through the counting of the omer between Pesach and Shavuot and by meeting the challenge and opportunities this powerful period gives  us, we cleanse ourselves, level by level. As a result of this cleansing, we can receive more of the light of immortality, a continuing force of endless renewal.

If Passover is about a higher quality of life, Shavuot  is about the reward of a higher quality of life for the next year. On Pentecost, we determine and seal our portion of light for the year.

Lev 23:4 ‘These are the appointed times of יהוה, set-apart gatherings which you are to proclaim at their appointed times. -  These are the designated times of ELYAHWEH, the holy convocations you are to proclaim at their designated times. The Sabbath is a weekly reminder of the purpose of Creation. Now, we are going to learn the yearly milestone to achieve this goal. Number 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year.

Verse 5 – 8 speaks of Passover or Pesach.

Lev 23:5 ‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, is the Passover to יהוה. –  Who determine when the Year starts? Is it not the Creator of the Universe! Did He not determine that the New Moon will be the sign of the new month? Is it not Him who determines when the Barley harvest comes to maturity? Therefore in the mouth of two witnesses let the New Year be established.

Therefore, fourteen days after the sighting of the Barley harvest turning white and the New moon, the next full moon fourteen days later is YAHWEH Passover. This Passover can fall on any day. The day El Yahushua “Jesus Christ” died on the Cross, Passover fell on a Wednesday. Then how is it that Christian only celebrates Christ death on a Friday, Good Friday?

The Galaxy revolve once every thousand year, the earth revolve around the sun every year, the moon revolve around the earth every month, the earth revolve every day. Each one of these cycle are used to determine the Biblical time.

Lev 23:6 ‘And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Festival of Unleavened Bread to יהוה – seven days you eat unleavened bread. – The Day after Passover, regardless of which day it falls on, is the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread. The cycle of the month and the days are used to determine when Passover. The specific combination of the first month and the fifteen day of the month is day of unleaven Bread.

This first month is the beginning of spring, and full moon is always on the fourteen day, it is not too difficult to determine this time of the year.

Lev 23:7 ‘On the first day you have a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work. – On the fifteenth day is a holy day; we must not do any form of labor.

Lev 23:8 ‘And you shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה for seven days. On the seventh day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work. – For these seven days it is a time of praise and worship. A time when we take a close look at ourselves and confess our shortcomings, those leaven in our lives that causes us to become hearer of the word only.

Verse 9 – 14 speaks of the counting of the Omer. The fifty days that leads up to Pentecost. Before any grain produce of the new crop may be eaten, a measure of ground barley must be brought to the temple on the second day of Passover as a new meal offering. [This is the first fruit of the Barley offering. Once it is brought, the barley harvest may be eaten.

          In order to elevate humanity to a higher consciousness, men must stand on their feet to count the Omer. The counting of the Omer is the privilege off those male, who are in covenant, so women are exempted from this counting.

Counting seven cycles within seven cycles; Eze 10:9  And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone. 10  And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. Eze 1:16  The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the color of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17  When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they change not when they went.

Since each wheel represent a cycle, what Ezekiel 10:9 seems to imply is that there is an Cherub over every cycle. These four wheel are the four cycle of A thousand year, yearly, monthly, and daily cycle.

         

          When we sanctified ourselves seven-day, and seven times seven, we come into the 50^th day we called it Shavuot, or Pentecost. This will produce an awakening in the human being, bringing heavens to earth or joining of the 10% to the 90%.

          This period of sanctification led up to Shavuot or Pentecost the out pouring of the Holy Spirit, or the out pouring of illumination. Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost “Shavout” was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Lev 23:9 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -  

Lev 23:10 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and you shall say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest to the priest. – When we have come into the Land of Yisrael, as when we will receive our inheritance in Heavens, we must all bring a tenth of the harvest to the Creator. All these are Kingdom principles that we must practice here on earth, that when we get to Heavens, we will know how the Kingdom works.

When we come into the land, have a spiritual meaning behind it. When we receive our inheritance, as a son of EL YAHWEH, it will be required of us to give a tenth of our Kingdom to our El Yahushua, Who will also give a tenth to His Father. These principles is what we must learn while we are here on earth, in preparation for the Kingdom to come.

 

Lev 23:11 ‘And he shall wave the sheaf before יהוה, for your acceptance. On the morrow after the Sabbath the priest waves it. – On the morning after the first day of Passover the 16^th of the first month. Passover is on the 14^th, the next day the 15^th is a Holy Day, and the next day is the day the tithes of the new crop are given. The morrow after the first day of Pesach, which is called a rest day because any ordinary work is forbidden. Although the word ordinarily refers to the Sabbath, this cannot be the case, because this verse does not specify which of the fifty-two Sabbaths is meant.

The term however, means that it must be treated like any ordinary Sabbath. This as becomes a major points of controversy between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Sadducees interpreted the verse literally, as referring to the seventh day Sabbath, and claim that the Omer must always be counted from a Sunday, regardless of which day the Passover falls on.

If the Passover falls on a Sunday, then the first day of the Omer will be started from the other Sunday, this would make it 56 day from Passover to Pentecost. However, if we used the Pharisees way of determine the First day, and then Pentecost will always fall fifty days after Passover, regardless of which day is Passover.

Lev 23:12 ‘And on that day when you wave the sheaf, you shall prepare a male lamb a year old, a perfect one, as a burnt offering to יהוה, - This is a lamb of celebration to go with the first fruit of the new crop. This offering is not necessary a tenth, of the whole crop. The field might not yet be completely harvested, but the first of new crop must be given first. The tenth will be given later, when the entire crop is completely harvested.

 

Lev 23:13 and its grain offering: two-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to יהוה, a sweet fragrance, and its drink offering: one-fourth of a hin of wine. – This offering is an exception to the rule, since the meal offering of a lamb is normally one tenth-ephah. The wine-libation given below is the normal quarter-hin. This offering is an exception to the rule, since the meal offering of a lamb is offered with one tenth-ephah of fine flour. The wine-libation given below is the normal quarter-hin. 

Lev 23:14 ‘And you do not eat bread or roasted grain or fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your Elohim – a law forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. – The product of the new crop must not be eaten until; the offering of the new crop is given. This speak of a time in the Kingdom when we receive our inheritance that we must not use the produce of our Kingdom until we give our tithes to those in authority to El Yahushua over is over us. He intern must pay His tithes to EL YAHWEH.

 We should never eat of our pay cheaque until we have offer up one tenth of it to EL YAHWEH. This is a practice that will be performed in the Kingdom, after those who have reach maturity been given our share of our Fathers Kingdom, we all must pay a tithes to our father. If we should ever have anyone under us, they too must pay tithes to us.  

Verse 15 – 21 speaks of the Omer count and Shavuos. Unlike all the other festivals, Shavuos is not identified as a specific day on the Hebrew calendar, but as the fiftieth day after the Omar-offering. 

Beginning on the second day of Pesach, when the Omar is brought, forth-nine days are counted, and the next day the fiftieth is Shavuos or Pentecost. This recalls the days in the wilderness immediately after the Exodus, when the Children of Yisrael excitedly counted the days, each day improving and elevating themselves, so that they would be worthy of receiving the Torah. Today, it is both the Torah and the Ruach (Holy Spirit.)

The fact that Shavuos does not have a specific calendar date of its own, but is attached to Pesach by the seven weeks count, symbolizes that the freedom of Pesach is significant as the prelude to the giving of the Torah, and the Ruach fifty days after El Yahushua died on the Cross.

The day does not begin on the first day of Pesach, because that day is reserve for the celebration of the Exodus and its miracles, for that event established undeniably that YAHWEH alone controls nature and changes it at will to suit His purposes.

  

Lev 23:15 ‘And from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you shall count for yourselves: seven completed Sabbaths. – From the day after the first day of Passover every individual believer must count every one of the days separately and audibly. This day is now the 16^th of Aviv, the first biblical month. This is not Sunday as the Sadducees teaches. The day after Passover is the 15^th of Avis (Nisan), is the first day of unleaventh bread, which is a Sabbath day. 

 

Lev 23:16 ‘Until the morrow after the seventh Sabbath you count fifty days, then you shall bring a new grain offering to יהוה. – The repeat of the day after the first day Passover, fifty days must be counted, this is the time when the new Wheat harvest is now ready to be harvest. The meal offering of Shavuos is called new and first-offering because it was the first temple-offering from the new wheat crop. We count 50 days from Passover or count 7 sets of 7 days from the 16^th Aviv, the day after the First Day of unleavened bread. This would be Pentecost. The Children of Yisrael leave Yisrael on the first day of unleavened bread, and fifty days later was the first Pentecost at Mount Sinai.

What this mean is that fifty days after the barley is harvested, the wheat harvest will be ready to be harvest also. EL YAHWEH used the things of nature to teaches us a spiritual lesson. As we harvest the product of earth, so does our Heavenly Father harvest the Souls of man. When the children of Yisrael left Egypt, was a fulfillment of this day, then El Yahushua send the Ruach on Pentecost was another fulfillment of that day. All the Feast Days speaks of specific events that will be fulfilled on a global scale, in the past or in the future.

Lev 23:17 ‘Bring from your dwellings for a wave offering two loaves of bread, of two-tenths of an ĕphah of fine flour they are, baked with leaven, first-fruits to יהוה. – Two things were given at Pentecost, the Torah, and the Menorah, both fifty-day after Passover. The two loves also represent the two stone tables that the summery of the Torah was written on. Two tenths of an ephad of fine flour represent the process of making fine flour baked with the leaven of the Holy Spirit, in particular the Spirits of Understand, Knowledge and Wisdom. Those who have achieved this quality of spiritual development will be the first fruits to our Heavenly Father. On Pentecost fifty days from Passover we must bring two loaves of Bread as a praise offering.

Lev 23:18 ‘And besides the bread, you shall bring seven lambs a year old, perfect ones, and one young bull and two rams. They are a burnt offering to יהוה, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet fragrance to יהוה. -  With the bread offering, the animal’s mentions in this verse must be offered complementing the two loaves “grain” offering.

The grain offering is a presentation of our achievement we have made in the acquiring of the principle of Torah. The offering of seven one year old lam, represent the seven days of creation, the sacrifice the seven sin of the animal nature that so easily ensnare us.

Lev 23:19 ‘And you shall offer one male goat as a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old, as a peace offering. – Once we are still in the flesh, we must always offer a sin offering, which is El Yahushua. The two lamb of one year old, represent the yearly sin and atonement of our sin that we must achieve in our spiritual progression.

As believer we are require to make seven peace offering, during the seven days of our spiritual development.

 

Lev 23:20 ‘And the priest shall wave them, besides the bread of the first-fruits, as a wave offering before יהוה, besides the two lambs. They are set-apart to יהוה for the priest. – Every year, the priest/Pastor must offer the first fruit of their congregation unto EL YAHWEH, along with the two lambs, one for a sin offering and the other to take away the evil inclination for that year, until we reach maturity.

It is the best of the bunch that will set apart for further advance Torah study, as it was in the olden days. Only the best of those children in Torah School were chosen to be prepared for training to be a Rabbi. Just like it is the best ten percent that was given as tithes.

 

Lev 23:21 ‘And on this same day you shall proclaim a set-apart gathering for yourselves, you do no servile work on it – a law forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. – This is a form of spiritual term test as it is one of the three harvests of the crop for the year.

As there are three yearly harvests, there are three assessment points in our yearly spiritual cycle. Our obedience to those feast days will determine the spiritual marks we will receive for the spiritual year, or our spiritual cycle. This must be a principle we must practice, until the restoration of the Kingdom of Heavens.

Lev 23:22 ‘And when you reap the harvest of your land do not completely reap the corners of your field when you reap, and do not gather any gleaning from your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am יהוה your Elohim. – When we have assessed the spiritual situation of the group, we must not remove all the fruit; we must leave some of the fruits for the Spiritual poor among us. The Stranger among us is those who have not yet save those who are a stranger from El Yahushua.

During the seven days of unleavened bread we should have had remove from us certain evil tendencies, those tendencies will produce the fruit of the spirits seven week later. The fruit of the spirit that will be produce, will depends on the evil tendencies we have wash away during the seven days of unleavened bread.

Verse 23 – 25 speaks of Rosh Hashanah the feast of trumpet. The Torah speaks of Rosh Hashanah both in these verses and in Numbers as a day of the sounding of the Shofar. The Shofar is a call of repentance; the Shofar calls out to believers to awake, those who are spiritually asleep, to remember the purpose of Creation, which is to prepare mature sons for the Kingdom.

Remember the purpose why you are created, look into your soul, and improve your selves spiritually. The appointed time of the second coming of Messiyah is drawing near. Prepare your selves, those of us who are within range of the mark of the higher calling.

This day is like a call to study hard for a coming final examination in two weeks. As the first coming of Yahushua our Messiyah was on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacle, and His circumcision was on the eight day; His second coming will be on during the same feast. We will not know what year, or what day, however we are given the time of the year, in which we may expect Him.

We are told that the sound of the Shofar or trumpet will in Mat 24:30  And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in Heavens: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of Heavens with power and great glory. 31  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of Heavens to the othe. 1Co 15:52  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. EL YAHWEH people will never be without a witness. Torah is not for the unsaved, it is for the Redeemed Community only.

   

Lev 23:23 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -  

Lev 23:24 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you have a rest, a remembrance of blowing of trumpets, a set-apart gathering. – On the first day of seventh month all the Children of Yisrael must used this day to blow the Shofar or trumpet. It is a gathering for the Redeemed Community only. The Shofar, the ram’s horn symbolizes the ram that Abraham offered in place of Isaac, it explains that a remembrance before EL YAHWEH is needed because Rosh Hashanah inaugurates the ten-day period of judgment and repentance, before Yom Kippur.

 

Lev 23:25 ‘You do no servile work, and you shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה. – It is a time of rejoicing for those who have gotten to that lofty state of a mature believer, a time when we can look forward for the returning of the Bridegroom.

In ancient Hebrew culture, before a wedding feast began, the Bride Groom would announce his arrival with the sound of the Shofar, this would give the bride enough time to prepare herself and send back the signal that all is well.

This Day of Rosh Hashanah is a day when we practice the different sound of the Shofar that all believer should know, that when that great day arrive and the angel of the YAHWEH will sound the Trumpet, we will be aware of the meaning of the sound of the Shofar.

1Co 14:6  Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 7  And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.

There is a particular sound of the Shofar that call people to battle, there is also a call for a special occasion, and there is a reassuring sound that says all is well. How will you know which is which.

Verse 26 – 32 describes some of the laws governing Yom Kippur. This day is the final day or the final chance for believers to prepare themselves for the coming of the bridegroom.

Lev 23:26 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -  

Lev 23:27 “On the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be a set-apart gathering for you. And you shall afflict your beings, and shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה. -  On the tenth day of Tishrei is the day of Day of Atonement, it is the day El Yahushua give a report to our Father EL YAHWEH pertaining to our spiritual growth or our spiritual progress. It is a day of fasting; of afflicting our body to see what fruits of the Spirit governs it.

Our body usually reacts according to the level of maturity. If Yum Kippur is a struggle then we know for certain that we are not yet a mature believer. If we control our body according to the Spirit of Authority, then we know that we have managed to bring our body under the control of the Holy Spirit. This is the so-called final test for the year, the time when the final harvest for the year is gathered in.

Like the wise virgins who had oil in their lamps, this day spiritually is for the so-called foolish virgins to become wise and purchase the oil essential to keep their lamps burning all night.

Lev 23:28 “And you do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before יהוה your Elohim. – Like Passover, Pentecost, Rosh Hashanah, and Yum Kippur have a very specific day of the year, it is interesting to note that it is the New Moon, Rush Kodesh that determines the Yearly Feast. The difference between the feast day and the weekly Sabbath is that food can be prepared except for Yum Kippur, when we must fast.

Lev 23:29 “For any being who is not afflicted on that same day, he shall be cut off from his people. – Any believer, who does not take this time to cram spiritually for the final test, will not make it to graduation. This fasting is an affliction of the soul. The influence of the flesh and the spirit of man govern our soul. When we afflict the flesh by denying it the very essence of life, we react in the spirit according to how much influence our flesh has over our soul.

  The fruit of the Spirit will manifest itself according to our level of maturity. Am I in the first, second, third, forth, fifty, sixth or seventh day of Creation will determine our reaction to the affliction on Yum Kippur.

Lev 23:30 “And any being who does any work on that same day, that being I shall destroy from the midst of his people. – This day is not a day for studying; it is a day of testing. The term work is over, the time for trying to improve on our spiritual existing, as the sixth day of Creation represent mans striving to attained that lofty goal of spiritual maturity.

Lev 23:31 “You do no work – a law forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. – As we are not allowed to do no work physically, we are also not allowed to improve our spiritual portfolio.   

Lev 23:32 ‘It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your beings. On the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you observe your Sabbath.” – On the ninth day of the month at evening, Yum Kippur must be observed. As the Sabbath represent coming into the fullness spiritually, these feast day help us forms part of our yearly spiritual achievement.

Verse 33 – 43 describes succoth and Shemini Atzeres. Succoth, the festival of Booths, commemorates the shelter that EL YAHWEH provides for the Hebrew people in the wilderness, and an essential parts of the Succoth service as it recall the shelter in the Wilderness, and to a greater extent El Yahushua our Messiyah.

Succoth is at time to rejoice in EL YAHWEH’S provision for our well being. It is the only festival that our prayer describes as a time of our Joy. This is because Succoth is a time of culmination, a time when the individual and the nation have succeeded in attaining a long-sought goal.

In the agricultural sense, this is because it is the time when the summer’s produce is gathered. In the spiritual sense, Succoth is the culmination of a process. First comes redemption; then the purpose of redemption and finally, these lessons are brought into our everyday lives when we find our joy in observing the commandments.

Lev 23:33 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -

 

Lev 23:34 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Booths for seven days to יהוה. – On the fifteenth day of the seventh month is the Festival of Booths. It is a time when we are commandment to live in booth, temporary shelter.

Lev 23:35 ‘on the first day is a set-apart gathering, you do no servile work. – On the fifteen-day of Tishrei is the first day of Succoth, is a holy Sabbath day. Notice that all the Yearly Sabbath is determine by the New moon. It is the New Moon that marks the start of the new month. It was on this day that our Lord and Savor El Yahushua were born to us in Beth Lechem on that wonderful night. It was the day on which He came and Tabernacle among us, and was circumcise on the Eight-day of Succoth. 

Lev 23:36 ‘For seven days you bring an offering made by fire to יהוה. On the eighth day there shall be a set-apart gathering for you, and you shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה. It is a closing festival, you do no servile work. – For seven day we are required to live outside for eight days, in make shift or temporary lodging. It is a time when we celebrate with our friends, the producer of the Harvest. If we are a fig farmer we share in the abundance of figs that EL YAHWEH has bless us with. 

On the eight day the day when El Yahushua was circumcises. It is a day in which we give thanks for a fresh, a new start to the new Torah Cycle. El Yahushua might not have come this year, but He might next year. Never the less we will use the new Torah cycles to develop our selves further. Those of us, who have reach maturity, must continue to lead and encourage other to strive for Maturity.

This is a time when the believer prays for the new rain. The raining season usually start with the gentle rain, which germinate the seeds of the Barley crop, that they might start to grow; and as the plant grow stronger the rain intensify, to a point where is will be able to survive the heavy rain. It is the heavy rain that helps the plant to establish their roots deep into the soil.

Lev 23:37 ‘These are the appointed times of יהוה which you proclaim as set-apart gatherings, to bring an offering made by fire to יהוה, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a slaughtering and drink offerings, as commanded for every day – Each festival day has its own required nussaf-offering, as listed in Number 28 – 29. This term indicates that if a mussaf was not offered on the appropriate day, it may not be brought later. Passover was the only day, that that particular offering could be brought another day.

Lev 23:38 besides the Sabbaths of יהוה, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your voluntary offerings, which you give to יהוה.  - The mussaf offerings mentioned in the previous verse are in addition to the mussaf that would be required if a Sabbath fell during the festival.

Lev 23:39 ‘But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the fruit of the land, observe the festival of יהוה for seven days. On the first day is a rest, and on the eighth day a rest. – The Torah now reintroduces the subject of Succoth, which was interrupted by verse 37 – 38. The laws of Succoth are divided into two passages: The first refers to the sanctity of the festival as represented by the offerings; now the Torah gives the commandments that are unique to Succoth.

The word, but, suggest a limitation. Previously, the Torah spoke of Rosh Hashanah and Yum Kippur, the solemn days of judgment and fasting.

Now the word but emphasizes that Succoth is different. It is a time when there is a special commandment to be joyous and grateful for the blessing of the harvest, El Yahushua first Coming.

You shall celebrate, for a seven-day period. This celebration is the commandment to bring a special peace offering, known as Chagigah, in honor of the festival. All men who come to the Temple must offer the Chagigah on each of the three pilgrimage festivals; El Yahushua was brought to the Temple on the eight day of Succoth.

Again seven is one of the numbers of completion, when we celebrate Succoth we are either in the first day or up to the seventh day, if we are in the eight-day spiritually we will be a mature believer.  

Lev 23:40 ‘And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of good trees, branches of palm trees, twigs of leafy trees, and willows of the stream, and shall rejoice before יהוה your Elohim for seven days. – As believers we are one of four types of trees: the fruit of citron, the branches of the dates palms, twigs of a plaited tree, and brook willow.

The four Species of tree represent our character. The Citron resembles the heart, the lulav palm branch represents the spine; the hadasim myrtle leaves, the eyes; and the aravos willow branches, the lips.

By presenting all four together, we symbolize the need for a person to utilize all his faculties in the service of EL YAHWEH.

The esrog which has both a taste and a pleasant aroma, symbolizes one who possesses both scholarship and good deeds; the Lulav a branch of the date palm whose fruit has a taste but no aroma, symbolizes a scholar who is deficient in good deeds; the myrtle which has no taste but does have an aroma, symbolizes a person who is deficient in Torah but possesses good deeds; and the willow which lacks both symbolizes a person who has neither. The four Species are help together because all sorts of people must be united in the community of Yisrael.

The term whosoever will may come, applies to this verse.

   

Lev 23:41 ‘And you shall observe it as a festival to יהוה for seven days in the year – a law forever in your generations. Observe it in the seventh month. – We shall celebrate it for seven days. We also know that one-day also represent a year, and also one Thousand years. These four types of people are the character who will come to the Mature Believer for help, they are the ones we must help to establish their body as a Soccoth for the Shekinah. The end of Succoth eight day marks the beginning of the New Torah Cycle, and the start of the new rainy season.

Lev 23:42 ‘Dwell in booths for seven days; all who are native Yisra’ĕlites dwell in booths, - The symbolic representation of the booths, or temporary dwellings, is a reminder that our life here on planet earth is only a temporary dwelling. You might remember me saying that Adam and Eve were created to live seven Thousand years, of seven years.

We are to dwell in booths for seven days; all, of us who are of the Commonwealth of Yisrael, this planet is certainly is not our home. 

Lev 23:43 so that your generations know that I made the children of Yisra’ĕl dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim. I am יהוה your Elohim. -  This verses teach us that the individual, who performs this commandment in faith, will bear in mind that as EL YAHWEH sheltered Yisrael in the wilderness, He will also shelter us as we lived here on Planet earth, while we strive for perfection.

  

Lev 23:44 Thus did Mosheh speak of the appointed times of יהוה to the children of Yisra’ĕl. – The appointed times are for the Children of Yisrael only. Those who practice them are in essential citizen of the Kingdom of Heavens while here on Earth. Obedience to the Moedems, generates or release the anointing so to speaks, that is essential for the functioning of the Menorah. John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; 17  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither know him: but you know him; for he dwell with you, and shall be in you.

  

Chapter 24

This chapter begins with the commandment to perform two parts of the Temple service, the lighting of the Menorah and the placing of the Altar of Show-bread on the Table, in essence the Spirit and the Word.

We have just read about the moedems, the rendezvous in time between EL YAHWEH and Yisrael, and the festivals that commemorate great events and call Yisrael to raise itself again to a higher spiritual peak every year, until full maturity is attained.

The concern for Yisrael as a community spiritual growth is embedded in the Moedems, and is illustrated in a greater details in the lighting of the flames of the Menorah, and fuel by the twelve loaves of bread that are on constant display on the Altar of Show-bread.

Verse 1 – 4 speaks exclusively of the Menorah.

Lev 24:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -  

Lev 24:2 “Command the children of Yisra’ĕl that they bring to you clear oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually. – The Children of Yisrael had to bring Olive oil that was produce by pressing the olive fruit against each other. It is the close association with each other that cause the oil of the anointing to flow among us. If we press olive and fig we will never receive olive oil, where two are three are gathered the Holy Spirit is in the midst.

This chapter seems to repeat the commandment of oil, which was stated before in Exodus 27:20. The Menorah is an indicator of the Holy Spirit, one of the few object lesson authorize by The Creator. It is supposed to be a continual flame, for which oil would be require, the flame of YAHWEH, the Flame of Wisdom and Understanding, the Flame of Counsel and Might, the Flame of Knowledge and the Fear of Elohim. Holiness is the oil that is burn in the Menorah.  

Lev 24:3 “Outside the veil of the Witness, in the Tent of Meeting, Aharon is to arrange it from evening until morning before יהוה continually – a law forever throughout your generations. – The area outside the Veil of Witness is called the Holy Place; it is a place where holiness dwells. It is a place where holiness must be practice from evening until morning continually, meaning that it is an ongoing practice as long as humans live on planet earth. 

Lev 24:4 “He is to arrange the lamps on the clean gold Menorah before יהוה continually. – The gold that is used to build the Menorah is pure gold. Pure gold goes through the process seven times, making the gold virtually transparent. It is at this point in our spiritual development that our lives will become a transparent vessel before our Creator. Meaning that there is no hidden or untouchable area in our lives. These lamps are the seven Spirits found in Isaiah 11:2 and Rev 5:6. These lamps are an indicator of us, who we are called to be. We must walk in: the Spirit of YAHWEH, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, the Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of YAHWEH; 3 And shall make us of quick understanding in the fear of YAHWEH: and we shall not judge after the sight of our eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of our ears: The first three lamps are developed first, as the sun, the moon, and the stars was created on the fourth day, the first three lights are developed in our lives on the forth Torah cycle, the fourth year.

The Menorah, represent who we are called to be. The Holy Spirit is here to help us developed these seven character, which help us the produce the nine fruit of the spirits found in Galatians 5:22 - 23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance:

In Revelation 5:6  ….. having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of YAHWEH sent forth into all the earth. The Menorah is also described as seven horns, seven authorities; and seven eyes which are the seven Spirits of EL YAHWEH available to the entire world.

  Verse 5 – 9 described in Exodus 25:23 – 30. Every sixth day, twelve large loaves were baked, and was place on the Table on the Sabbath, as describe below, and the old bread were divided among the Kohanim and eaten. Miraculously, the bread remained fresh all week. This bread represents the Torah, and the new loves every week represent the weekly Parashas.

Lev 24:5 “And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it, two-tenths of an ĕphah in each cake. – The fine flour is the written words; it was to be prepared into food for the people every week. Even Though the bread was made from flour, every bread prepared was in its self a unique loaf.

Regardless of whatever stage of our spiritual development we are at, the loaves, the weekly Parashas will provide enough food for our spiritual needs. The twelve loves represent the twelve tribe of Yisrael. Regardless of what tribe we are from, our Heavenly Father have provide enough spiritual food for our spiritual growth.

Lev 24:6 “And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the clean table before יהוה. – We also know that two is the number of separation, these bread are for those people who are a part of the Nation of Yisrael. The clean table represents an uncontaminated surface, while religion represent mans viewpoint a contaminated surface.

Lev 24:7 “And you shall put clear frankincense on each row, and it shall be on the bread as a remembrance portion, an offering made by fire to יהוה. – The bread on the Altar of Show-bread represents the Torah. It has been said that when Moses wrote the Torah he place the summary in the Ark of The Covenant, and gave one copy of Torah to each one of the twelve tribes.

Therefore each bread on the Altar represent the Parashas been given to each one of the twelve tribe of Yisrael. The Frankincense on each row, represent the fragrance EL YAHWEH receive when He see His Children eating from the Altar of Show-bread.

   

Lev 24:8 “On every Sabbath he is to arrange it before יהוה continually, from the children of Yisra’ĕl – an everlasting covenant. – Every Sabbath a fresh set of loves is place on the Altar, so it is that a fresh set of bread is placed on the Altar of the Teacher every Sabbath. In Torah a teacher is a Rabbi, every Sabbath the teacher expound on the Torah, from a certain section of the Torah called a Parashas. This reading of the Parashas is a sweet smelling fragrant much like the smell of Frankincense is being burnt.

  

Lev 24:9 “And it shall be for Aharon and his sons, and they shall eat it in the set-apart place, because it is most set-apart to him from the offerings of יהוה made by fire – an everlasting law.” – Since the Word of EL YAHWEH is from an Holy ELOHIM, it must be read in a holy place, just like the bread must be eaten in a set apart place. The Constitution of the Heavenly Kingdom is a Holy Document; it must be treated as such. It is a form of burn offering unto EL YAHWEH every time we read from the Torah.

The Torah now proceeds to a narrative that seems to be out of place. It is a story of a Hebrew man who committed the atrocious sin of blaspheming the Name of EL YAHWEH. 

Parashas Mishpatim, which deals with relationships among believers, preceded the long series of laws dealing with the Tabernacle and the offerings, so, too, after the passage dealing with the showbread, Leviticus deals with such relationships.

This method seems to imply that the goal of the Torah is to establish a nation of human beings who seek perfection in their relationship with one another, no less than in their relationship with EL YAHWEH.

In this context, it is instructive that there is a stress on the requirement that the Menorah and the Torah require us to be pure. Only if there is an essential purity in wisdom, understanding, counsel, authority, knowledge, and the fear of Elohim, can our social relationships be sound.

The narrative of the blasphemer symbolizes the need for the Spirit of the Fear of EL YAHWEH one of the attribute of the Holy Spirits. Anyone who utters a curse against EL YAHWEH lacks the Spirit of the Fear of EL YAHWWEH and the Spirit of Wisdom. For if he did feared the Creator, he would never had curse His Name. If he had wisdom, he also would not have Curse YAHWEH’S Name.

 Such a human failure leads easily to the subject of murder and property damage, the sort of anti-social behavior that makes it impossible for society to function properly.

Indeed, the fruit of the Spirit flows from man’s desire to build his or her Menorah, which is the root of the Tree of Life. That tree produces the nine fruit of the spirits, found in Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.

Lev 24:10 And the son of an Yisra’ĕlite woman, whose father was a Mitsrite, went out among the children of Yisra’ĕl. And the Yisra’ĕlite woman’s son and a man of Yisra’ĕl strove in the camp. – The verb he went out implies that he separate himself from the rest of the people, he gave up his share of the world to come. This is a form of backsliding.

His mother was Hebrew, but his father was one of the Egyptian who came out with the exodus. It is important for the verse to describe his father. After all he was the head of the household. His son should reflect the essence of the father. But the young man chooses to blasphemy in public, this would incur the death penalty.

Why you may ask? Any form of Cancer must be remove with extreme predigest. Blasphemy is a contagious action, like leprosy. If left unattended, very soon the whole camp would be affected. Others may see it and choose to follow the same practice. By dealing with it quickly and swiftly, the message is send not to blasphemy the Holy Name of EL YAHWEH.

Torah mentions the fight, because if they had argued rationally, they would not have come to blows; had they merely disputed, there would have been no blasphemy.

  

Lev 24:11 And the Yisra’ĕlite woman’s son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. So they brought him to Mosheh. Now his mother’s name was Shelomith the daughter of Diḇri, of the tribe of Dan. – The sinner’s innocent mother and the tribe are mentioned to teach that a sinner brings shame not only upon himself, but also upon his parents and tribe. On the other hand, the righteous brings credit upon all who are associated with them. 

Lev 24:12 And they put him in under guard, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of יהוה. – He was place under guard. There was no prison in those days. He was completely isolated, as is the case with all contamination. This was done, while the elders see from EL YAHWEH what they were to do.

 

Lev 24:13 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, -  

Lev 24:14 “Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and all those who heard him shall lay their hands on his head, and all the congregation shall stone him. – The guilty person must be brought outside the Camp, and those who had firsthand knowledge were to be the first to cast the stone in the presence of all the people. I am also quite sure he was given an opportunity to repent and he chooses not to. The story of El Yahushua and the lady caught in adultery is a case in point.

Lev 24:15 “And speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘Anyone who curses his Elohim shall bear his sin. – Both verses 15 and 16 speak of the sin of intentional sin blasphemy. 

Lev 24:16 ‘And he who blasphemes the Name of יהוה shall certainly be put to death, and all the congregation certainly stone him, the stranger as well as the native. When he blasphemes the Name, he is put to death.  – A standing law made upon this occasion for the stoning of blasphemers. Magistrates are the guardians of both tables, and ought to be as jealous for the honor of YAHWEH against those that speak contemptuously of his being and government as for the public peace and safety against the disturbers of them.

1. A great stress is laid upon this law, as in no case to be dispensed with: He shall surely be put to death; they shall certainly stone him. Those that lightly esteemed YAH’s honor might think it hard to make a man an offender for a word (words are but wind); but YAHWEH would let them know that they must not make light of such words as these, which come from malice against YAHWEH in the heart of him that speaks, and must occasion either great guilt or great grief to those that hear.

2. It is made to extend to the strangers that sojourned among them, as well as those that were born in the land. YAHWEH never made any law to compel strangers to be circumcised and embrace the Jewish religion (proselytes made by force would be no honor to the EL of Yisrael), but he made a law to restrain strangers from speaking evil of the EL of Yisrael.

3. He that was put to death for blasphemy is said to bear his sin, in the punishment of it; no sacrifice being appointed, on the head of which the sin might be transferred, he himself was to bear it upon his own head, as a sacrifice to divine justice. So his own tongue fell upon him (Ps. 64:8), and the tongue of a blasphemer will fall heavily.

Anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is a person of the lowest spiritual level that they are considering beyond saving. That person is not worth to be keep alive, meaning that person should not receive any more light from the CREATOR. Life on earth is about acknowledging YAHWEH as EL and strive for perfection, if anyone do not desire to accomplish the spiritual goal of the Creator, he or she is not worth to live. That is what this verse elucidates.

Verse 17 – 22 this passage contains perhaps the most misunderstood phrase in the Torah: an eye for an eye. The unlearned maintain that it is originally meant literally, but was later reinterpreted to mean monetary compensation. Torah never require anything more than monetary compensation.

Lev 24:17 ‘And he who smites the life from any man shall certainly be put to death. – A person who murder has sunken to the lowest possible spiritual level even lower than an animal. His life is not worth the effort to be saved. That person also has elevated themselves to the position of god, the ability to decide who should live or who should die. Every life as long as there is breath in them have the potential to achieve perfection, anyone who deprive another of that goal, is against the Creator purpose for Creation. The Creator alone has the right to decide who should live and who should die. 

Lev 24:18 ‘And he who smites a beast repays it, body for body. -  In the case of an animal, a life for a life or the cost of the animal must be paid. This is what scripture call an eye for an eye. Cost for Cost.

Lev 24:19 ‘And when a man inflicts a blemish upon his neighbor, as he has done so it is done to him: - This does not mean if I cut your finger off, you must also cut mines off also. This means that I must compensate the victim for his loss, with whatever is at my disposal. Torah is expressing responsibility for one’s actions. Cutting of the other person finger does not compensate the first person for his or her lost.

Lev 24:20 ‘Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he inflicts a blemish upon him, so it is done to him. – Whatever we do to another believer, we must stand the cost, whatever it is. That is why a person is often describing as a slave to another person, it is for the debt he or she has incurs. We are never told to be slave to the outside world, only to each other. 

Lev 24:21 ‘And he who smites a beast repays it, and he who smites a man to death is put to death. – There is a consequence for every action. The divine law took not only their lives, but their goods also under its protection. Those beasts which belonged to no particular person, but were, as our law speaks, of a wild nature, it was lawful for them to kill; but not those which any man had a property in. Does God take care for oxen? Yes; for our sakes he does.

Lev 24:22 ‘You are to have one right-ruling, for the stranger and for the native, for I am יהוה your Elohim. – The same ruling for the stranger who come to live among us as for the native Hebrew? That strangers, as well as native Yisraelites, should be both entitled to the benefit of this law, so as not to suffer wrong, and liable to the penalty of this law in case they did wrong. And, it should seem, this is it that brings in these laws here, to show how equitable it was that strangers as well as Yisraelites should be punished for blasphemy, because strangers as well as Israelites were punishable for other crimes. And there may be this further reason for the recognition of these laws here, YAHWEH would hereby show what provision he had made for man’s safety, in punishing those that were injurious to him, which should be an argument with magistrates to be jealous for his honor, and to punish those that blasphemed his name. If YAHWEH took care for their comfort, they ought to take care for his glory.

Lev 24:23 And Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Yisra’ĕl did as יהוה commanded Mosheh. -  The execution of the blasphemer. Moses did, as it were, sign the warrant or it: He spoke unto the children of Yisrael to do it, and they did as the YAHWEH commanded Moses. This teaches that death is the wages of sin, and that blasphemy in particular is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. But, if those who thus profane the name of YAHWEH escape punishment from men, yet the YAHWEH our Elohim will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgments. This blasphemer was the first that died by the law of Moses. Stephen, the first that died for the gospel, died by the abuse of this law; the martyr and the malefactor suffered the same death: but how vast the difference between them!