Torah Portion Week 18 – Mishpatim “Laws” 22-23
Exo 21:1 – 24:18
- Targums link: https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Torah-Targums-Of-Exodus-Pre-Revision.pdf
Judgements = Right rulings strongs: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h4941/kjv/wlc/0-1/
- Guidebook for judges https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut+1%3A16-17&version=KJV
21)
21:1-3 Very similar to creation account – work 6 and rest, much like the Sabbath day of the week and Sabbath year of rest.
- Contract employee or indentured servitude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude
- Also for thievery Exo 22:3
21:12 – Death penalty derived from here.
21:20 – Targums says death
21:25 – Eye for an eye… https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+42%3A21%2C+Matthew+5%3A38-40%2C+Deuteronomy+4%3A2&version=KJV
- Book of the Natsarim 16:48-49 (156)
21:35 – Solomon gleaned wisdom from this ruling, we can do the same today, glean, realizing there cannot be a verse for every single scenario. But these give us the heart of the father.
21:36 – In general, Yahusha was preparing his people for a time without the temple, a time where we should be looking to forgive one another, rather than to be quick to run to court to essentially sue each other. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%203:4-5&version=KJV
22)
22:3 – Read Targum on this one
22:14 – Just like in today’s world, if we break something of our neighbors in our possession, then we make it right.
22;15 – Example: riding in the car together and it breaks down (owner knows you didn’t do anything to cause the issue)
22:18 – Torah mockers will use this (we are in dispersion/Egypt/daughter of Babylon with governing rules – did Daniel go around and kill witches and such?)
- Rev 22 (outside N.J. will be sorcerers…)
22:22-23 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+esdras+2%3A20-23&version=RSV
22:25 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+6%3A30-36&version=KJV
22:26 – Perhaps only covering by night.
22:28 – https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ecclesiasticus-21-27/
And
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude+1%3A9&version=KJV
- Their time is coming https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+82&version=KJV
22:29 – redemption https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=num+18%3A16&version=KJV
22:30 – Give everything first to Yahuah (living sacrifices)
- AND THE BEST (CAIN AND ABEL)
- Went to his priests and levites
23)
23:1 – False witness https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut+19%3A16-19&version=KJV
23:2 – Riots, following the crowds..
23:3 – Rich or poor among us are equal (no favoritism to the poor – even Robin Hood)
23:4-5 – https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+25%3A21-22&version=KJV
23:6 – Opposite of 23:3 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+2%3A2-7&version=KJV
23:8 – This isn’t about gifts in general, but bribery (remember this section is all about justice) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+20%3A29&version=RSV
23:9 – We are still sojourners today https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=lev+19%3A34%2C+heb+11%3A8-10%2C+ps+119%3A19&version=KJV
23:12 – Can this still apply today? Why not (Lev 25 does state its for being in the land of promise, not captivity) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=lev+26%3A31-35%2C+2+chron+36%3A19-21%2C+eze+20%3A21&version=KJV
23:13 – The fallen ones
23:14 – 3 Main harvests (including end times) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLZSXSMfXeU
23:19 – Some say this type of meat is most palatable boiled in milk.
- This practice would be cruel
- There does exist some pagan rituals, found in African tribes and Arab customs
23:20-23 – Yahusha –The Angel of YHWH Yahusha a messenger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lYIJA5mh74&t=12s
23:25-26 – The promises for obedience IN the land, not for captivity which we are in now.
24)
The marriage
24:7 – I do! – Read Targums (dispel the book of covenant vs book of the law)
24:8 – The covenant (marriage) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+26%3A26-28%2C+heb+9%3A18-28%2C&version=KJV
24:10 – No man has seen Yah https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+1%3A18&version=KJV
24:11 – Vows, witnesses, meal and blood
