Torah Portion – Week 49 (24-25)
Deut 21:10 – 25:19
Key Tetze– “When you go” – Covering many of the ‘hard to answer’ questions in Torah.
Ch. 21
21:11 – “Desire” (love, not lust) – Strongs (Compare with ‘lust’ type of desire – Strongs)
21:15 – Is it inevitable to have two wives and one be hated and the other loved? – Verse
- Two wives today? – Verses
- Two sons today
21:21 – If this rebellious, stubborn drunkard were to procreate, what would his offspring be like? “cut off the evil from you”. Like a dead branch on a tree or plant – Verses
21:23 – Curse – Verse
Ch. 22
22:4 – Think of how you can love your neighbor in other ways? – Loving even enemies – Verses
22:5 – If crossdressing is an abomination, what is transgenderism? (nevertheless…) – Verses
- Wearing pants??
22:8 – Parapet/battlement – Pic
- This precept can apply to many areas of life (this is how he communicates) – Verse
22:9 – Consider a much greater precept here – Verses
22:10 – Both are beast of burden, they tread differently and at different speeds – Verse
- Different tribes (is okay!)
22:11 – Specifically wool (animal) & linen (plant)
22:12 – Tzitzit command (men and women) – Verse
22:22-24 – Why Yahusha didn’t stone the woman – Verses
22:26 – Rape = Murder (revisit Exo
22:28-29 – Fornication = you must marry and cannot get divorced. (this is not rape)
Ch. 23
23:4 – A new way through Yahusha & Promise through obedience – Verses
23:7 – Don’t hate (me, even if I am an Edomite), but love and let go!
23:11 – Why at evening? The next day?
23:14 – Don’t forget dog poop!
23:15-16 – Take in the refugee
23:19 – Usury is part of the Ezekiel decree – Verses
23:25 – Yahusha and his disciples did not break Torah (there’s also no command not to heal on the sabbath) – Verses
Ch. 24
24:1-4 – MTOI Video
- Potv video
24:6 – both pieces, nether (lower) and upper millstone was needed to be able to mill – literally part of their ability to have food/income. Don’t be like a loan-shark/gangster (breaking kneecaps and taking millstones)
24:9 – Talking about Moses behind his back (this should put us all in fear of Yahuah)
24:12-13 – Supporting verses
23:end – Care for the poor and be generous – don’t forget where you came from – Verses
Ch. 25
25:1-3 – An assembly without consequences is set up for failure (we don’t whip…)
25:4 – Verses for practical application today
25:9 – Shoe loosed from his foot. Origin: Testament of Zebulon 1:7-23
25:15 – Must be fully upright in all our business dealings
25:18 – Still happening today
Season of life
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