Torah Portion – Week 43 (24-25)
Masei – the conclusion of the book of numbers. Retells the journeys in the wilderness, instructions for taking the land, cities for the levites, cities of refuge and daughters of zelophehad.
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- Each name for a stop has a meaning (Give Rameses and Sukkoth example).
- Ramses = Son of God/child of the sun
- Sukkoth = Shelter/ dwelling
- Etham = with them – the plowshare
- Pihahiroth = place where sedge grows
- (before migdol) “the tower”
- Passed through the midst of the sea, then 3 days journey
- Marah = Bitterness
- Elim = Big trees (fountains of water….)
- Red Sea = Sea of Reeds
- Ciyn = thorn or clay
- Dophkah = a knocking
- Alush = Mingling together / kneading together
- Rephidim = Rest or stays or resting places
- Sinai = Shining or to shine or Thorny/thorn bush
- Kibrothhattavaavah = graves of lust
- Hazeroth = villages, courts
- Rithmah = broom (as in wild desert broom)
- Rimmonparez = Pomegranate of the breach or
- Livnah – whiteness
- Rissah – Heap of ruins
- Kehelathah – Assembly
- Shapher – brightness
- Haradah – fear
- Makheloth – place of assembly
- Tahath – support
- Tarah – Stopping / station
- Mithcah – sweetness
- Hashmonah – fatness
- Moseroth – bonds
- Benejaakan – Sons of Jakaan (twisting)
- Horhagidgad – hill of felicity
- Jotbathah – Pleasantness
- Ebronah – Passage
- Eziongaber – backbone of a man
- Zin – thorn, dry place
- Kadesh – Holy, set apart
33:4-5 – Coming out of Egypt, Testing in the wilderness – Verses
- The Egyptians trusted in their idols and none saved them, they were all destroyed.
- Abraham in Jasher 11:16(30)-49
33:7 – Baal Tsephon – Mention Exodus 23:13 video
- Exodus 23:13 interlinear
33:55 – Verse 55 – We must drive out sin in the wilderness – Verses
- End: We need to be ready to move when the Most High says to move, just as the Israelites, but without all the complaining! – Verses
- Paul says these are for our admonition (1 Cor 10)
- We need to continue on this journey in the wilderness with perseverance, as he is testing us (Deut 8) – Verses
- Excellent parallel with our journey now, but also in the future? Eze 20:33-38
Ch.34
- Show the borders map
- Compare with Gen 15 borders
Ch.35
- Show visual of a town map and refer the website
- Levite cities – link
Levitical cities write up (Bible Gateway link)
- Cities of refuge – link
- Manslayer and death of the High Priest – a foreshadow of Yahusha!
- This is merciful of Yahuah to allow a man or woman be tried before judgement.
- Discuss the seriousness of even accidental manslaughter
- Refuge / Yahusha – Verses
- Blood pollutes the land – Verses
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