Nasso

Parashas NASSO

Numbers 4:21 – 7:89

HaFtarah

Shophtim “Judges”13:2 –25

Brit Chadasha

Acts 21:17 -32

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 called Nasso, is the 35 ^th Torah Portion, it means to “lift up,” it takes its name from the first word of the second verse of the Hebrew, which say: “lift up the heads of the sons of Gershon,” referring to the CREATOR’S desire to have the sons of Gershon counted among those who would received an inheritance.

The importance of the Shabbat of Nasso is connected to the fact that it follows, Passover “Shavuot,” which itself has such phenomenal energy that it is divided into two parts.

According to the Kabbalists calendar, the previous story of Bamidbar is usually read on the Shabbat prior to the festival of Shavuot or Pentecost, while the story of Nasso is usually read on the Sabbath after the holiday. Why is this exact placement of Naso around Pentecost so important?

Everything in the Torah has a deep, but often hidden importance. For example, the placement of the Large and small letters and dots above and spaces in the Hebrew text are always significant, in every case revealing a special light. The Torah is not a history book; the stories are not about what happened in Egypt or what happened in the desert

Some Torah teachers teach that on the night before Passover “Shavuot,” we are given a larger heart, a greater ability to truly experience a greater appreciation for the Light of the creator. This is the night when the Creator gives us the greater ability that was negotiated on the Day of Atonement. The night before Shavuot, we are given the faculties with which to experience the coming blessing of Pentecost, or in other words the next day of Creation.

We need the First day of creation, in order to experience the second day, muck like a child going from kinder garden to grade one. We are given instruction and an amazingly powerful new spiritual tool on Shavuot, but many of us do not realize what we have until we read the Torah Portion of Nasso.

 The Torah reading of Passover discusses the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. We also learn from the Haftarah, a section of the Book of Prophets, following the Torah Portion. This Haftarah for Shavuot speaks of Ezekiel’s vision of the angels, when he is actually sensing the light of the CREATOR.

When we connect the Light of the Torah reading with the light of the Haftarah and the BritChadash we are connecting them with the Tree of Life. The next step after that is to establish this connection as a constant in our lives through our new power of prophecy, the power of been able to give and received messages from the Light of the CREATOR.

Now that we have realize what was and is still been given to us on Passover “Shavuot,” we can see why the Shabbat of Nasso follow Passover, it provides us with time to absorb and to connect to these revelations. This revelation is not further information, but an opportunity to increase our visual range of the same information. It is like the morning sun that becomes progressively brighter every hour until it reaches its apex at noon.

The gift of tasting of the Light of the CREATOR is given to us on Shavuot, and to manifest it, to truly make it a part of our life, we cannot be content with who we were last Torah Cycle. We do not want the Shabbat of Nassso to simply pass us by, but we should let the experience of this Shabbat see us going from glory to glory. We must become a new person, one who sense, feels, taste, and see the brighter Light of the Creator in everything we experience. This is the opportunity we are given on the Shabbat of Naso.

This Parashas continue the task of counting the families of Levites and assigning them to their respective responsibilities. The last Parashas we saw the First of the Levites family the Kohathites had been counted before, and the Torah goes on to assign responsibility to the other families.

Num 4:21 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, - This is the 74 time Torah describe that EL YAHWEH spoke to Moses.

Num 4:22 “Take a census also of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their fathers’ house, by their clans. -   The name Gereshon means refugee. Take a census, or lift up the head of the Gereshinites. Among those who have a heart for EL YAHWEH, those who are a refugee at heart. Those whose home is not on this world. Number them? See who they are?

The Kohathites carried the most sacred parts of the Tabernacles, while the Gershonites carried the less sacred. By saying as well, the Torah makes the point that both tasks are necessary for the Tabernacle and both should be done with equal joy.

This is an implied message to believers who may not have been successful in their studies; or who cannot afford to contribute very large amount of time even to Torah study; or to make large contributions that are not enough to solve all budgetary problems.

To this, The Torah responds that whether one can bear the exalted Ark, or only the hooks and curtains, every role is significant, because each person is a unique participant in the ultimate destination.

The responsibilities of the three Levite families for the Tabernacle are discussed in this verse. The sons of Kehat discussed previously in the Story of Bamidbar took care of the Ark and the tools of the Tabernacle. The sons of Gershon, who were responsible for all of the coverings of the Tabernacle, were entrusted with concealing or revealing the Light when needed, in that way acting as a filter for the light.

By connecting with this section, we learn that there are times when we need less Light because we are not capable of handling too much and there are times when we need more Light because our spiritual Vessel to contain this Light has grown. We should always always strive to get as much light through the filter as possible.

Num 4:23 “Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter to perform the service, to do the service in the Tent of Meeting. – Set them apart from the already set apart people. The number 30 is the number of dedication. The symbolic nature of their age represents those who are dedication, and fifty means Pentecost or Holy Spirit. It is those believers who are dedicated that will experience Pentecost. 

Num 4:24 “This is the service of the clans of the Gĕreshonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:  - to work and to carry. The work was the preparations of the parts of the Tabernacle that they were to carry.

The Kohathites, however, had to stand aside and let the Kohanim prepare the artifacts that they, the Kohathites, would carry. Therefore, they are described as carrying, but not as working.

Num 4:25 “And they shall bear the curtains of the Dwelling Place and the Tent of Meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is on it, the covering for the door of the Tent of Meeting, - The definition of a Gereshon is to be a refugee. Their responsibility was to maintain the curtains of the Tabernacle. Curtains signify separation, and Covering signifies protection. These are a form of believers who are separate from the world system, what the Hebrew word call Kadosh, meaning to be separated. They are the one who will be protected, or under the protection of the Kingdom of Heavens.

Every article, every responsibility, describe in the Tabernacle as a Spiritual message behind it. The Gereshonites are no exception.

Num 4:26 and the screens of the courtyard and the covering for the door of the gate of the courtyard, which is around the Dwelling Place and altar, and their cords, all the equipment for their service and all that is made for them – so shall they serve. – The screens of the courtyard and the door to the Tabernacle symbolize separation. There must be a clear distinct boundary between the believer and the world system. We do not dress the same we do not walk the same, we do not live the same, we do not worship on the same day.

It is only trough the prescribe doorway that a person may enter the Tabernacle. That Doorway is El Yahushua our Messiyah. A true Gereshonite will always maintain this principle. That no one come to the Father but trough Him, who is the Door.

The cord describe here is the Scarlet thread of Redemption. That we see flowing from Genesis right trough to Revelation. That thread, or that Cord is, El Yahushua.

Num 4:27 “Aharon and his sons are to command all the service of the sons of the Gĕreshonites, all their burden and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all the duty of their entire burden. – Aaron and his sons are like those in the Holy of Holies, giving instructions to those in the Holy Place as to how they are to functions. The work of the Gereshonites is to help them become more familiar with the Sacred Altar before they can ever become mature enough to be a Priest. 

Num 4:28 “This is the service of the clans of the sons of Gĕreshon in the Tent of Meeting. And let their duties be under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest.-

  

Num 4:29 “As for the sons of Merari, register them by their clans and by their fathers’ house. -  The Hebrew word Marari means bitter. The word “paw kad” register means to charge, to count, and to commit.  The third family of the Levites was the Sons of Merari; they were in charge of the posts and beams, the very foundation upon which the Tabernacle stood. It is our foundations that support us when we go through hardships. By connecting to the Merarites, we receive support to strengthen our foundations and to reveal the Light that exists in the hardships themselves.

Num 4:30 “Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting. – They were to commit to the service of the Tabernacle those of the Clan of Gereshon who were thirty to fifty years old. 

Num 4:31 “And this is the duty of their burden, according to all their service for the Tent of Meeting: the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its columns, and its sockets, - There responsibility was to maintain, carry, install the Boards, the bars, the columns, and the sockets.

Num 4:32 and the columns around the courtyard with their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their equipment and all their service. And assign to each by name the equipment of the duty of their burden. – Each Gereshonites was to be named to his specific task, rather than an entire family being assigned in a general manner. This rule applies to the Kohathites and Gershonites, too, but it was important to spell it out for the Merarites. Since they carried the heaviest parts of the Tabernacle, it was necessary to make sure that each individual had a fair share of the burden.

This verse is a classic indicator of ministry. In today’s Pastor dominated ministry, the pastor would assign his or her sons to the most prominent position in the Church; some even go as far as to let their son replace them when they choose to retire. Even if the son was not called by name according to Torah, the pastor makes sure he called his son by name.

Num 4:33 “This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest.” – Every person in the ministry must be under authority to one of the Mighty Hand of Elohim.

I had a few Karaite who came into my Assemble a few years ago. They plant the seed that they do not want to be under the authority of no minister. Every time I make a suggestion they would oppose. It got to a point that they begins to tell the Assembly that they should be free to tithes any were they want, they should be only require to give enough money to cover the rent of the meeting area. 

Num 4:34 So Mosheh and Aharon and the leaders of the congregation registered the sons of the Qehathites by their clans and by their fathers’ house, - It is the leadership those who are mature in the Assembly, that must appoint the qualified person to the various area of ministry to the functioning of the Tabernacle.

Num 4:35 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting. – We also know that a Hebrew person is consider a grownup at age twenty. We can also call them a mature believer. 

Num 4:36 And their registered ones, by their clans, were two Thousand seven hundred and fifty. -  There are identify according to their Clan, meaning that our talents we are given here on earth will determine our responsibility in Shamahem “Heavens.”

Num 4:37 These were the registered ones of the clans of the Qehathites, all those serving in the Tent of Meeting, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה by the hand of Mosheh. – The lessons that can be learn from these examples given in Torah, it that we should all grow or develop within the area, the environment, the culture we are born into.

The environment we are born into or the circumstance we are place in, is the perfect tool that we given to help us formulate ore develop our personality. Even though the Hebrew word Marari means bitter. This could imply, that if life has dealt us a bitter hand, it is still the ideal circumstance for us to reach maturity. The Gereshonites should not try to be kohathites, everyone must remain in the clan, or circumstance they were born in. 1Co 7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of Elohim. 20  Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 21  Are You called while you are a servant? Care not for it: but if You may be made free, use it rather. 22 For he that is called in YAHWEH, being a servant, is YAHWEH's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Yahushua's servant. 23  You are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24  Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with Elohim.

Num 4:38 And those registered ones of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their clans and by their fathers’ house, -   Even though the Levites were counted when they reach 30 days old, they only performed their duties between the ages of 30 to 50, the period of their greatest and most valuable age.

We also have opening during our lives and we have to make sure we do not waste them. If the average life span is 70 year, we generally tend to be distracted and full of Ego for our first 30 years as young adults, and most people spend the last 10 years in retirement.

That means that we have only 30 years of true living. This passage opens our eyes to the fact that our middle years are the most productive, so we must take full advantage of that time to work on our ego.

Num 4:39 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting, -   This seems to imply that there is an age when the work on our ego is most effective..

Num 4:40 the registered ones, by their clans, by their fathers’ house, were two Thousand six hundred and thirty. -  Those who had made the most of their time to work on their selfish ego were 6,630.

Num 4:41 These were the registered ones of the clans of the sons of Gĕreshon, of all who serves in the Tent of Meeting, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה. – This verse implies that those who achieve full maturity from the Clan of the Gereshonites to serve in the Ministry. 

Num 4:42 And those of the clans of the sons of Merari who were registered, by their clans, by their fathers’ house, - This verse elucidate the numbe that reach maturity from the Clan of Merari. The Hebrew word Mer-aaw-ree means bitter. Bitterness can be a tool to bring a certain personality type to deal effectivel with their ego. It is sad to acknowledge that even among the body of believer there is a few that are bitter for whatever reason there is.

Even those sets of believers also have the opportunity to do the work of transformation. The temple is an institution of transformation. 

Num 4:43 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting - Because of the circumstance of bitterness, it is the right tool for the transformation of the Merarites. This seems to imply that the family we are born in is the ideal atmosphere for us to transform our ego. 

Num 4:44 the registered ones, by their clans were three Thousand two hundred. – We need to remember that the description seen in Torah is not talking about physical registeration, but spiritual. Those who have come to earth and achieve that which we call overcommers, Revelation 3:21.

Num 4:45 These were the registered ones of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה by the hand of Mosheh. – We must remember that every Tribe has a story to convey to us today. Their names when view from the Hebrew perspective, contains a tremendous spiritual lesson. Every message in Torah is design to elevate us spiritual.

The whole purpose of creation is for Elohim to create perfect sons for the Kingdom of Heavens. The stories in this Parashas show us the different kind of peoples, among those who have a heart of Elohim.

Num 4:46 All the registered ones of the Lĕwites, whom Mosheh and Aharon and the leaders of Yisra’ĕl registered, by their clans and by their fathers’ houses, - All those who have a heart for יהוה who reach maturity, some fast that the others will be registered. This registered means that their names will be written in the Lamb Book of Life. Rev 20:11  And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the Heavens fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before יהוה; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

The registration, the ordaining, those who are chosen are those who revelation speak of as those who will be invited to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. This is the whole purpose of Creation. The Sixth Days of Creation should not have taken so if we only believe the Written Word. Hebrew 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2  For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4  For he speak in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise And YAHWEH did rest the seventh day from all his works. 5 And in this place again, if they shall enter into my rest.

Heb 4:6  Seeing therefore it remained that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7  Again, he limited a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Yahushua had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remained therefore a rest to the people of YAHWEH. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as YAHWEH did from his. 11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12  For the Word of YAHWEH is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the Thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed into the Heavens, Yahushua the Son of YAHWEH, let us hold fast our profession. 15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

    

Num 4:47 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who came to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting - To bear the burdens at the tent of meeting, illustrate a point that even El Yahushua “Jesus Christ” said if it is possible take this cup, the cup of the burden that was for him alone to endure. What may I ask, is the cup of your burden in this life? It is to endure the Cross as He did.

Num 4:48 their registered ones were eight Thousand five hundred and eighty. – After they were counted family by family, the Levites were equally beloved by יהוה. It is like a King who counts his art treasures one by one, savoring each one separately. Then he adds them up, enjoying the large total of His Treasures.

Num 4:49 According to the command of יהוה they were registered by the hand of Mosheh, each according to his service and according to his burden, thus were they registered by him, as יהוה commanded Mosheh. – Moses in these contents represents El Yahushua, the One who will hand the Kingdom back to His Father, totally restored. The true purpose of ministry is describe here, to develop and register overcomers for the kingdom. Notice the verse says the hand of Moses, the mighty hand of the: Apostle, phophet, Evangelist, Pastor and teacher.