Friday, May 14, 2010
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Shabbat Shalom Loved One!
Last week we again learned about keeping His Sabbath and His commands even if it demands we repent- TESHUVA- turn around and follow (obey) Him! Guarding His Sabbath (Not our own picked Sabbath) brings His provision, His peace and His presence! (This will be much more recognizable when our economy fails)
(Lev 26:2) ‘Guard my Sabbaths and reverence my set-apart place. I am יהוה. (Lev 26:3) ‘If you walk in my laws and guard my commands, and shall do them, (Lev 26:4) then I shall give you rain in its season, and the land shall yield its crops, and the trees of the field yield their fruit. (Lev 26:5) ‘And your threshing shall last till the time of the grape harvest and the grape harvest shall last till the time of sowing. And you shall eat your bread until you have enough, and shall dwell in your land safely. (Lev 26:6) ‘And I shall give peace in the land, and you shall lie down and no one make you afraid. And I shall clear the land of evil beasts, and I will not let the sword go through your land. (Lev 26:7) ‘And you shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you. (Lev 26:8) ‘And five of you shall pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you pursue ten thousand. And your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. (Lev 26:9) ‘And I shall turn to you and make you bear fruit, and shall increase you, and shall establish my covenant with you. (Lev 26:10) ‘And you shall eat the old supply, and clear out the old because of the new. (Lev 26:11) ‘And I shall set my Dwelling Place in your midst, and my being shall not reject you. (Lev 26:12) ‘And I shall walk in your midst, and shall be your Elohim, and you shall be my people. (Lev 26:13) ‘I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from being their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk upright.
Here is the promise guaranteed for us if we continue to disobey!
(Lev 26:14) ‘But if you do not obey me, and do not do all these commands, (Lev 26:15) and if you reject my laws, or if your being loathes my right-rulings, so that you do not do all my commands, but break my covenant, (Lev 26:16) I also do this to you: And I shall appoint sudden alarm over you, wasting disease and inflammation, destroying the eyes, and consuming the life. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. (Lev 26:17) ‘And I shall set my face against you, and you shall be smitten before your enemies. And those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. We also learned why we are still scattered around the planet and He also has saved us and awakened us before the GREAT (for us who will repent) and TERRIBLE (For those who will not repent or see no need to)
Here is the Scripture that tells us why we have been scattered from Israel for 2730 years! 390 years that Ezekiel was told to lay on his side for the abominations of Easter fertility goddess worship and winter solstice worship (Back then December 25th before the advancing equinox) and bowing to the evergreen tree (Jer 10) manhood of the sun god by placing gold and silver balls on it and placing gifts under it, by the Easter priests of the 10 northern tribes (now scattered and lost sheep of Israel). The Scripture below tells us why the 390 years was multiplied by 7 which are 2730 years! That judgment time appears to have finished about 1 month ago! It is possible we have now less than 6 months before the judging of His church first.
(Lev 26:18) ‘And after all this, if you do not obey me, then I shall punish you seven times more for your sins. (Lev 26:19) ‘And I shall break the pride of your power, and shall make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. (Lev 26:20) ‘And your strength shall be spent in vain and your lands not yield its crops, nor do the trees of the land yield their fruit. (Lev 26:21) ‘And if you walk contrary to me, and refuse to obey me, I shall bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins, (Lev 26:22) and send wild beasts among you, which shall bereave you of your children. And I shall cut off your livestock, and make you few in number, and your highways en I also shall walk contrary to you, and I myself shall smite you seven times for your sins. shall be deserted. If you are not instructed by me, by these, but walk contrary to me, (Lev 26:24) then I also shall walk contrary to you, and I myself shall smite you seven times for your sins. (Lev 26:25) ‘And I shall bring against you a sword executing the vengeance of my covenant, and you shall gather together in your cities, and I shall send pestilence among you, and you shall be given into the hand of the enemy. (Lev 26:26) ‘When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back to you your bread by weight and you shall eat and not be satisfied.
The next judgment if we still won’t repent after the Spring 2010, as I said above, comes at the Fall of 2010 and appears to be death by famine, fear, and the sword!
(Lev 26:27) ‘And if in spite of this, you do not obey me, but walk contrary to me, (Lev 26:28) then I shall walk contrary to you in wrath. And I myself shall punish you seven times for your sins. (Lev 26:29) ‘And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and eat the flesh of your daughters. (Lev 26:30) ‘And I shall destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and put your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols. And my being shall loathe you. (Lev 26:31) ‘And I shall turn your cities into ruins and lay your set-apart places waste, and not smell your sweet fragrances. (Lev 26:32) ‘And I shall lay the land waste, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. (Lev 26:33) ‘And I shall scatter you among the gentiles and draw out a sword after you. And your land shall be desert and your cities ruins, (Lev 26:34) and the land enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies waste and you are in your enemies’ land. Then the land would rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. (Lev 26:35) ‘As long as it lies waste it rests, for the time it did not rest on your Sabbaths when you dwelt in it. (Lev 26:36) ‘And as for those of you who are left, I shall send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee. And they shall flee as though retreating from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues. (Lev 26:37) ‘And they shall stumble over one another, as from before a sword, when no one pursues. And you shall be unable to stand before your enemies. (Lev 26:38) ‘And you shall perish among the gentiles, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up, (Lev 26:39) and those of you who are left rot away in their crookedness in your enemies’ lands, and also in their fathers’ crookednesses rot away with them.
Time to repent loved ones! Teshuvah- we turn our stiff necks and follow Him!
(Lev 26:40) ‘But if they confess their crookedness and the crookedness of their fathers, with their trespass in which they trespassed against me, and that they also have walked contrary to me, (Lev 26:41) and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies – if their uncircumcised heart is then humbled, and they accept the punishment of their crookedness, (Lev 26:42) then I shall remember my covenant with Yaʽaqoḇ, and also my covenant with Yitsḥaq, and also remember my covenant with Aḇraham, and remember the land.
Here are our weekly Torah Scriptures: Bamidbar In the Wilderness
Numbers 1:1-4:20; Hosea 2:1-22; 1 Corinthians 12:1-20 (extended by purpose);
2 Samuel Chapters- 13, 14, and 15.
Numbering the children of Israel- 20 years old Interesting side note: The command by the UN (Pharaoh) system went forth in 1947 and they were attacked again in 1967, once the men had turned 20 and could be numbered for war.
(Num 1:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Mitsrayim, saying, (Num 1:2) “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head, (Num 1:3) from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army in Yisra’ĕl. Number them by their divisions, you and Aharon. (Num 1:4) “And a man from every tribe should be with you, each one the head of his father’s house. (Num 1:5) “And these are the names of the men who stand with you. From Re’uḇĕn: Elitsur, son of Sheḏĕy’Ur. (Num 1:6) “From Shimʽon: Shelumi’ĕl, son of Tsurishaddai. (Num 1:7) “From Yehuḏah: Naḥshon, son of Amminaḏaḇ. (Num 1:8) “From Yissasḵar: Nethanĕ’l, son of Tsuʽar. (Num 1:9) “From Zeḇulun: Eliyaḇ, son of Ḥĕlon. (Num 1:10) “From the sons of Yosĕph: From Ephrayim: Elishama, son of Ammihuḏ. From Menashsheh: Gamli’ĕl, son of Peḏahtsur. (Num 1:11) “From Binyamin: Aḇiḏan, son of Giḏʽoni. (Num 1:12) “From Dan: Aḥiʽezer, son of Ammishaddai. (Num 1:13) “From Ashĕr: Paḡʽi’ĕl, son of Oḵran. (Num 1:14) “From Gaḏ: Elyasaph, son of Deu’ĕl. (Num 1:15) “From Naphtali: Aḥira, son of Ěnan.” (Num 1:16) These are the ones called from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, heads of the thousands of Yisra’ĕl. (Num 1:17) And Mosheh and Aharon took these men who were called by name, (Num 1:18) and they assembled the entire congregation together on the first day of the second month. And they declared their ancestry by clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one head by head. (Num 1:19) As יהוה commanded Mosheh, so he registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai. (Num 1:20) And the children of Re’uḇĕn, Yisra’ĕl’s first-born, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, every male head by head, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:21) those who were registered of the tribe of Re’uḇĕn were forty-six thousand five hundred. (Num 1:22) From the children of Shimʽon, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, of those who were registered, according to the number of names, every male head by head, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:23) those who were registered of the tribe of Shimʽon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred. (Num 1:24) From the children of Gaḏ, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:25) those who were registered of the tribe of Gaḏ were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. (Num 1:26) From the children of Yehuḏah, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:27) those who were registered of the tribe of Yehuḏah were seventy-four thousand six hundred. (Num 1:28) From the children of Yissasḵar, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:29) those who were registered of the tribe of Yissasḵar were fifty-four thousand four hundred. (Num 1:30) From the children of Zeḇulun, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:31) those who were registered of the tribe of Zeḇulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. (Num 1:32) From the sons of Yosĕph, the children of Ephrayim, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:33) those who were registered of the tribe of Ephrayim were forty thousand five hundred. (Num 1:34) From the children of Menashsheh, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:35) those who were registered of the tribe of Menashsheh were thirty-two thousand two hundred. (Num 1:36) From the children of Binyamin, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:37) those who were registered of the tribe of Binyamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred. (Num 1:38) From the children of Dan, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according (Num 1:39) those who were registered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. (Num 1:40) From the children of Ashĕr, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:41) those who were registered of the tribe of Ashĕr were forty-one thousand five hundred. (Num 1:42) From the children of Naphtali, their genealogies by their clans, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army, (Num 1:43) those who were registered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred. (Num 1:44) These were those registered, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered, with the leaders of Yisra’ĕl, twelve men, each one for his father’s house. (Num 1:45) And all those that were registered of the children of Yisra’ĕl, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and above, everyone going out to the army in Yisra’ĕl, (Num 1:46) all those that were registered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
How many Levites? Unknown- They are the guarders of the Covenant!
(Num 1:47) But the Lĕwites were not registered among them by their fathers’ tribe, (Num 1:48) because יהוה had spoken to Mosheh, saying, (Num 1:49) “Only the tribe of Lĕwi you do not register, nor take a census of them among the children of Yisra’ĕl. (Num 1:50) “Instead, appoint the Lĕwites over the Dwelling Place of the Witness, over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They bear the Dwelling Place and all its furnishings, and they attend to it, and camp around the Dwelling Place. (Num 1:51) “And when the Dwelling Place is to go forward, the Lĕwites take it down. And when the Dwelling Place is to be set up, the Lĕwites set it up. And the stranger who comes near is put to death. (Num 1:52) “And the children of Yisra’ĕl shall pitch their tents, everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own banner, according to their divisions, (Num 1:53) but let the Lĕwites camp around the Dwelling Place of the Witness, so that there be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl. And the Lĕwites shall guard the duty of the Dwelling Place of the Witness.” (Num 1:54) And the children of Yisra’ĕl did according to all that יהוה commanded Mosheh, so they did.
Order in the Camp!
(Num 2:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, (Num 2:2) “The children of Yisra’ĕl are to camp, each one by his own banner, beside the sign of his father’s house. Let them camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance.” (Num 2:3) And on the east side, towards sunrise: those of the banner of the camp of Yehuḏah camp according to their divisions. And the leader of the children of Yehuḏah: Naḥshon, son of Amminaḏaḇ. (Num 2:4) And his army with their registered ones: seventy-four thousand six hundred; (Num 2:5) those camping next to him is the tribe of Yissasḵar, and the leader of the children of Yissasḵar: Nethanĕ’l, son of Tsuʽar. (Num 2:6) And his army with its registered ones: fifty-four thousand four hundred. (Num 2:7) Then the tribe of Zeḇulun, and the leader of the children of Zeḇulun: Eliyaḇ, son of Ḥĕlon. (Num 2:8) And his army with its registered ones: fifty-seven thousand four hundred. (Num 2:9) All the registered ones of the camp of Yehuḏah, according to their divisions: one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. These depart first. (Num 2:10) On the south side: the banner of the camp of Re’uḇĕn according to their divisions, and the leader of the children of Re’uḇĕn: Elitsur, son of Sheḏĕy’Ur. (Num 2:11) And his army with its registered ones: forty-six thousand five hundred. (Num 2:12) And those who camp next to him: the tribe of Shimʽon, and the leader of the children of Shimʽon: Shelumi’ĕl, son of Tsurishaddai. (Num 2:13) And his army with their registered ones: fifty-nine thousand three hundred. (Num 2:14) Then the tribe of Gaḏ, and the leader of the children of Gaḏ: Elyasaph, son of Reʽuw’ĕl. (Num 2:15) And his army with their registered ones: forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. (Num 2:16) All the registered ones of the camp of Re’uḇĕn, according to their divisions: one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. And they are the second to depart. (Num 2:17) And the Tent of Meeting, the camp of the Lĕwites, shall move out in the middle of the camps. As they camp, so they move out, everyone in his place, by their banners. (Num 2:18) On the west side: the banner of the camp of Ephrayim according to their divisions, and the leader of the children of Ephrayim: Elishama, son of Ammihuḏ. (Num 2:19) And his army with their registered ones: forty thousand five hundred. (Num 2:20) And next to him the tribe of Menashsheh, and the leader of the children of Menashsheh: Gamli’ĕl, son of Peḏahtsur. (Num 2:21) And his army with their registered ones: thirty-two thousand two hundred. (Num 2:22) Then the tribe of Binyamin, and the leader of the children of Binyamin: Aḇiḏan, son of Giḏʽoni. (Num 2:23) And his army with their registered ones: thirty-five thousand four hundred. (Num 2:24) All the registered ones of the camp of Ephrayim, according to their divisions: one hundred and eight thousand one hundred. And they are the third to depart. (Num 2:25) On the north side: the banner of the camp of Dan, according to their divisions, and the leader of the children of Dan: Aḥiʽezer, son of Ammishaddai. (Num 2:26) And his army with their registered ones: sixty-two thousand seven hundred. (Num 2:27) And those who camp next to him: the tribe of Ashĕr, and the leader of the children of Ashĕr: Paḡʽi’ĕl, son of Oḵran. (Num 2:28) And his army with their registered ones: forty-one thousand five hundred. (Num 2:29) Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali: Aḥira, son of Ěnan. (Num 2:30) And his army with their registered ones: fifty-three thousand four hundred. (Num 2:31) All the registered ones of the camp of Dan: one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They depart last, with their banners. (Num 2:32) These were registered ones of the children of Yisra’ĕl by their fathers’ houses. All who were registered according to their divisions of the camps: six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. (Num 2:33) But the Lĕwites were not registered among the children of Yisra’ĕl, as יהוה commanded Mosheh. (Num 2:34) And the children of Yisra’ĕl did according to all that יהוה commanded Mosheh. So they camped by their banners and so they departed, each one by his clan, according to their fathers’ houses.
Order and provision for YHWH’s declared Priests! Note: from 1 month old
(Num 3:1) And these are the generations of Aharon and Mosheh when יהוה spoke with Mosheh on Mount Sinai. (Num 3:2) And these are the names of the sons of Aharon: Naḏaḇ, the first-born, and Aḇihu, Elʽazar, and Ithamar. (Num 3:3) These are the names of the sons of Aharon, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to act as priests. (Num 3:4) (Comment: Out of Order!) And Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu had died before יהוה when they brought strange fire before יהוה in the Wilderness of Sinai. And they had no children. So Elʽazar and Ithamar acted as priests in the presence of Aharon their father. (Num 3:5) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, (Num 3:6) “Bring the tribe of Lĕwi near, and set them before Aharon the priest, and they shall serve him, (Num 3:7) and shall guard his duty and the duty of all the congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the Dwelling Place. (Num 3:8) “And they shall guard all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to do the service of the Dwelling Place. (Num 3:9) “And you shall give the Lĕwites to Aharon and his sons. They are the given ones, given to him from among the children of Yisra’ĕl. (Num 3:10) “And appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall guard their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.” (Num 3:11) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, (Num 3:12) “Now look, I myself have taken the Lĕwites from among the children of Yisra’ĕl instead of every first-born who opens the womb among the children of Yisra’ĕl. And the Lĕwites shall be mine, (Num 3:13) because all the first-born are mine. On the day that I struck all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, I set apart to myself all the first-born in Yisra’ĕl, both man and beast. They are Mine, I am יהוה.” (Num 3:14) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying, (Num 3:15) “Register the children of Lĕwi by their fathers’ houses, by their clans. Register every male from a month old and above.” (Num 3:16) So Mosheh registered them according to the word of יהוה, as he had been commanded. (Num 3:17) And these were the sons of Lĕwi by their names: Gĕreshon, and Qehath, and Merari. (Num 3:18) And these are the names of the sons of Gĕreshon by their clans: Liḇni and Shimʽi. (Num 3:19) And the sons of Qehath by their clans: Amram and Yitshar, Ḥeḇron and Uzzi’ĕl. (Num 3:20) And the sons of Merari by their clans: Maḥli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Lĕwites by their fathers’ houses. (Num 3:21) From Gĕreshon came the clan of the Liḇnites and the clan of the Shimʽites. These were the clans of the Gĕreshonites. (Num 3:22) Their registered ones, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, their registered ones were seven thousand five hundred. (Num 3:23) The clans of the Gĕreshonites were to camp westward, behind the Dwelling Place, (Num 3:24) and the leader of the fathers’ house of the Gĕreshonites: Elyasaph, son of La’ĕl. (Num 3:25) And the duty of the children of Gĕreshon in the Tent of Meeting was the Dwelling Place, and the tent with its covering, and the covering of the door of the Tent of Meeting, (Num 3:26) and the screens of the courtyard and the covering of the door of the courtyard, which is around the Dwelling Place and the altar, and their cords, according to all its service. (Num 3:27) And from Qehath came the clan of the Amramites, and the clan of the Yitsharites, and the clan of the Ḥeḇronites, and the clan of the Uzzi’ĕlites. These were the clans of the Qehathites. (Num 3:28) In number, all the males, from a month old and above, were eight thousand six hundred, guarding the duty of the set-apart place. (Num 3:29) The clans of the children of Qehath were to camp on the south side of the Dwelling Place. (Num 3:30) The leader of the fathers’ house of the clans of the Qehathites, was Elitsaphan, son of Uzzi’ĕl. (Num 3:31) And their duty was the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the utensils of the set-apart place used in the service, and the covering, and all its service. (Num 3:32) And Elʽazar, son of Aharon the priest, was to be chief over the leaders of the Lĕwites, with oversight of those who guard the duty of the set-apart place. (Num 3:33) From Merari came the clan of the Maḥlites and the clan of the Mushites. These were the clans of Merari. (Num 3:34) The number of their registered ones and all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred. (Num 3:35) The leader of the fathers’ house of the clans of Merari, was Tsuri’ĕl, son of Aḇiḥayil. These were to camp on the north side of the Dwelling Place. (Num 3:36) And the appointed duty of the children of Merari was the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its columns, and its sockets, and its utensils, and all its service, (Num 3:37) and the columns of the courtyard all around, with their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords. (Num 3:38) And those who were to camp before the Dwelling Place on the east, before the Tent of Meeting, were Mosheh and Aharon, and his sons, guarding the duty of the set-apart place, and the duty of the children of Yisra’ĕl. But the stranger who came near was to be put to death.(Num 3:39) All the registered ones of the Lĕwites, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered at the command of יהוה, by their clans, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.
Restating who are His Priests; numbering them and providing for them!
(Num 3:40) And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Register all the first-born males of the children of Yisra’ĕl from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. (Num 3:41) “And you shall take the Lĕwites for me – I am יהוה – instead of all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl, and the livestock of the Lĕwites instead of all the first-born among the livestock of the children of Yisra’ĕl.” (Num 3:42) And Mosheh registered all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl as יהוה had commanded him. (Num 3:43) And all the first-born males, by the number of names, from one month old and above of their registered ones, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. (Num 3:44) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, (Num 3:45) “Take the Lĕwites instead of all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl, and the livestock of the Lĕwites instead of their livestock. And the Lĕwites shall be mine, I am יהוה. (Num 3:46) “And for the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the children of Yisra’ĕl, who are more than the number of the Lĕwites, (Num 3:47) you shall take five sheqels for each one, head by head – take it by the sheqel of the set-apart place, the sheqel of twenty gĕrahs. (Num 3:48) “And you shall give the silver, the ransom of those who are in excess among them, to Aharon and his sons.” (Num 3:49) And Mosheh took the ransom silver from those who were over and above those who were ransomed by the Lĕwites. (Num 3:50) From the first-born of the children of Yisra’ĕl he took the silver, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five pieces, according to the sheqel of the set-apart place. (Num 3:51) And Mosheh gave their ransom silver to Aharon, and to his sons, according to the word of יהוה, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh. (Num 4:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying, (Num 4:2) “Take a census of the sons of Qehath from among the children of Lĕwi, by their clans, by their fathers’ house, (Num 4:3) from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting. (Num 4:4) “This is the service of the sons of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting, the most set-apart matters: (Num 4:5) “At the breaking of camp, Aharon and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Witness with it, (Num 4:6) and shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over that an all-blue wrapper, and shall insert its poles. (Num 4:7) “And on the table of showbread they shall spread a blue wrapper, and shall put on it the dishes, and the ladles, and the bowls, and the jars for pouring, and the showbread on it. (Num 4:8) “And they shall spread over them a scarlet wrapper, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles, (Num 4:9) and shall take a blue wrapper and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, and its snuffers, and its trays, and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it. (Num 4:10) “And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a bar. (Num 4:11) “And over the golden altar they shall spread a blue wrapper, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles, (Num 4:12) and shall take all the utensils of service with which they serve in the set-apart place, and shall put them in a blue wrapper, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a bar, (Num 4:13) and shall remove the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple wrapper over it, (Num 4:14) and shall put on it all its utensils by which they serve there: the fire holders, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, and all the utensils of the altar, and shall spread on it a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles. (Num 4:15) “And when Aharon and his sons have finished covering the set-apart objects and all the furnishings of the Set-apart Place at the breaking of camp, then the sons of Qehath shall come to lift them, but let them not touch that which is set-apart, lest they die. These matters are the burden of the sons of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting. (Num 4:16) “And the oversight of Elʽazar, son of Aharon the priest, is the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the Dwelling Place and all that is in it, with the set-apart place and its furnishings.” (Num 4:17) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying, (Num 4:18) “Do not cut off the tribe of the clans of the Qehathites from among the Lĕwites, (Num 4:19) but do this to them, and they shall live and not die when they approach the most set-apart objects: Aharon and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his burden. (Num 4:20) “They are not, however, to go in to watch while the set-apart objects are being covered, lest they die.”
Here is why Yahshua was mikvahed for Priesthood at age 30!
(Num 4:21) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, (Num 4:22) “Take a census also of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their fathers’ house, by their clans. (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. (Num 4:24) “This is the service of the clans of the Gĕreshonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: (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, (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. (Num 4:27) “Aharon and his sons are to command all the service of the sons of the Gĕreshonites, their entire burden and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all the duty of their entire burden. (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. (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. (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, (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. (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.” (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, (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. (Num 4:36) And their registered ones, by their clans, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. (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. (Num 4:38) And those registered ones of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their clans and by their fathers’ house, (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, (Num 4:40) the registered ones, by their clans, by their fathers’ house, were two thousand six hundred and thirty. (Num 4:41) These were the registered ones of the clans of the sons of Gĕreshon, of all who serve in the Tent of Meeting, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה. (Num 4:42) And those of the clans of the sons of Merari who were registered, by their clans, by their fathers’ house, (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, (Num 4:44) the registered ones, by their clans were three thousand two hundred. (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. (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, (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, (Num 4:48) their registered ones were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. (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.
Here YHWH declares Israel’s whoredoms of idolatry and removes provision
(Hosea 2:1) “Say to your brothers, ‘O my people,’ and to your sisters, ‘O, compassioned one.’ (Hosea 2:2) “Strive with your mother, strive, for she is not my wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her whorings from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts, (Hosea 2:3) lest I strip her naked, and shall set her up as on the day she was born, and shall make her like a wilderness, and shall set her like a dry land, and shall put her to death with thirst. (Hosea 2:4) “And I shall not have compassion on her children, for they are the children of whorings. (Hosea 2:5) “For their mother has whored, she who conceived them has acted shamelessly. For she said, ‘I go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.’ (Hosea 2:6) “Therefore, see, I am hedging up your way with thorns, and I shall wall her in, so that she does not find her paths. (Hosea 2:7) “And she shall pursue her lovers but not overtake them, and shall seek them but not find them. Then she shall say, ‘Let me go and return to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.’ (Hosea 2:8) “And she did not acknowledge that I gave her grain, and new wine, and oil, and increased her silver and gold which they prepared for Baʽal. (Hosea 2:9) “Therefore I shall turn back and shall take my grain in its time and my new wine in its season, and I shall take away my wool and my linen covering her nakedness. (Hosea 2:10) “And now I shall uncover her shame before the eyes of her lovers, and no one shall deliver her from my hand. (Hosea 2:11) “And I shall cause all her rejoicing, her festivals, her New Moons, and her Sabbaths, even all her appointed times, to cease, (Hosea 2:12) and lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said, ‘these are my rewards that my lovers have given me.’ And I shall make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. (Hosea 2:13) “And I shall punish her for the days of the Baʽals to which she burned incense and adorned herself with her rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, and forgot me,” declares יהוה. (Hosea 2:14) “Therefore, see, I am alluring her, and shall lead her into the wilderness, and shall speak to her heart, (Hosea 2:15) and give to her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Aḵor as a door of expectation. And there she shall respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Mitsrayim. (Hosea 2:16) “And it shall be, in that day,” declares יהוה, “that you call me ‘my Husband,’ (Comment: In that Day is a Hebrew idiom for the Day of the Lord or Yom Kippur also known as Judgment Day and refers to the coming Sabbath rest also following the Day of YHWH!)) And no longer call me ‘my Baʽal.’ (Hosea 2:17) “And I shall remove the names of the Baʽals from her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. (Hosea 2:18) “And in that day I shall make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping creatures of the ground, when bow, and sword, and battle I break from the earth. And I shall make them lie down in safety. (Hosea 2:19) “And I shall take you as a bride unto me forever, and take you as a bride unto me in righteousness, and in right-ruling, and kindness and compassion. (Hosea 2:20) “And I shall take you as a bride unto me in trustworthiness, and you shall know יהוה. (Hosea 2:21) “And it shall be in that day that I answer,” Declares יהוה, “that I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth, (Hosea 2:22) and the earth answer the grain and the new wine and the oil, and they answer Yizreʽĕl. (Hosea 2:23) “And I shall sow her for myself in the earth, and I shall have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion. And I shall say to those who were not my people, ‘You are my people,’ while they say, ‘my Elohim!’ ”
We are mostly ignorant about His 9 Supernatural gifts than just about anything!
Many even deny His promised power and lose His supernatural help for coming troubles – some even apply the miraculous promised here to demonic power- Be very careful about that- as according to Yahshua there is no forgiveness for this action. Assume these gifts are for you, study them and seek His face- these days approaching will demand His supernatural help! These gifts we do not control but by studying and believing in His promises here; you position yourself to walk in these gifts and receive them for the benefit of others by faith!
(1Co 12:1) And concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not wish you to be ignorant. (1Co 12:2) You know that you were gentiles,1 led away to the dumb idols, even as you might be led. Foot note: 1Eph. 2:11, Eph. 4:17, 1 Peter 4:3, 1 Thess. 4:5. (1Co 12:3) Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of Elohim says יהושע is a curse, and no one is able to say that יהושע is Master except by the Set-apart Spirit. (1Co 12:4) And there are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. (1Co 12:5) There are different kinds of services, but the same Master. (1Co 12:6) And there are different kinds of workings, but it is the same Elohim who is working all in all. (1Co 12:7) And to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for profiting, (1Co 12:8) for to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit, (1Co 12:9) and to another belief (faith) by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit, (1Co 12:10) and to another operations of powers, and to another prophecy, and to another discerning of spirits, and to another kinds of (unknown) tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues. (1Co 12:11) But one and the same Spirit works all these, distributing to each one individually as He intends. (1Co 12:12) For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is the Messiah. (1Co 12:13) For indeed by one Spirit we were all immersed into one body, whether Yehuḏim or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink into one Spirit. (1Co 12:14) For indeed the body is not one member but many. (1Co 12:15) If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” does it therefore not belong to the body? (1Co 12:16) And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” does it therefore not belong to the body? (1Co 12:17) If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? If all were hearing, where would be the smelling? (1Co 12:18) But now Elohim has set the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He pleased. (1Co 12:19) And if they all had been one member, where would the body be? (1Co 12:20) And now, there are indeed many members, but one body.
Sin is crouching at the door! Shun evil advice-rape and incest will get its reward-
(2Sa 13:1) And after this it came to be that Aḇshalom son of Dawiḏ had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar, and Amnon son of Dawiḏ loved her. (2Sa 13:2) And Amnon was distressed, even to become sick, because of his sister Tamar – for she was a maiden – and it was hard in the eyes of Amnon to do whatever to her. (2Sa 13:3) And Amnon had a friend whose name was Yonaḏaḇ son of Shimʽah, Dawiḏ’s brother. Now Yonaḏaḇ was a very wise man. (2Sa 13:4) And he said to him, “Why are you, the sovereign’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Explain it to me.” And Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Aḇshalom’s sister.” (2Sa 13:5) And Yonaḏaḇ said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and make the food before my eyes so that I see it, and eat it from her hand.’ ” (2Sa 13:6) So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the sovereign came to see him, Amnon said to the sovereign, “Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me before my eyes, so that I eat from her hand.” (2Sa 13:7) And Dawiḏ sent to Tamar, to the house, saying, “Please go to the house of your brother Amnon, and make food for him.” (2Sa 13:8) So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, while he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it, and made cakes before his eyes, and baked the cakes. (2Sa 13:9) And she took the pan and turned them out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Make everyone go away from me.” And they all went out from him. (2Sa 13:10) And Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom that I eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom. (2Sa 13:11) And she brought them to him to eat, and he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.” (2Sa 13:12) And she answered him, “No, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Yisra’ĕl. Do not do this wickedness! (2Sa 13:13) “Where could I take my shame? And you – you would be like one of the fools in Yisra’ĕl. And now, please speak to the sovereign, for he would not withhold me from you.” (2Sa 13:14) But he would not listen to her voice, and being stronger than she, he humbled her and lay with her. (2Sa 13:15) Amnon then hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Arise, go!” (2Sa 13:16) And she said to him, “No, for this evil of sending me away is worse than the other you have done to me.” But he would not listen to her. (2Sa 13:17) And he called his young man serving him, and said, “Now put this one out, away from me, and bolt the door behind her.” (2Sa 13:18) And she had on a long coat, for the sovereign’s maiden daughters wore such garments. And his servant put her out and bolted the door behind her. (2Sa 13:19) And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her long coat that was on her, and put her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly. (2Sa 13:20) And Aḇshalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon, your brother been with you? But now, keep silent, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this matter to heart.” So Tamar remained in the house of her brother Aḇshalom, but was ruined. (2Sa 13:21) And Sovereign Dawiḏ heard all these reports, and he was very wroth. (2Sa 13:22) And Aḇshalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor evil. Aḇshalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar. (2Sa 13:23) And it came to be, after two years, that Aḇshalom had sheep-shearers in Baʽal Hatsor, which is beside Ephrayim, and Aḇshalom invited all the sons of the sovereign. (2Sa 13:24) And Aḇshalom came to the sovereign and said, “See, your servant has sheep-shearers. Please, let the sovereign and his servants go with your servant.” (2Sa 13:25) But the sovereign said to Aḇshalom, “No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be too heavy on you.” And he urged him, but he would not go. And he blessed him. (2Sa 13:26) And Aḇshalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the sovereign said to him, “Why should he go with you?” (2Sa 13:27) And Aḇshalom urged him, so he let Amnon and all the sons of the sovereign go with him. (2Sa 13:28) And Aḇshalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch, and when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I shall say to you, ‘Smite Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave.” (2Sa 13:29) Then the servants of Aḇshalom did to Amnon as Aḇshalom had commanded. Then all the sons of the sovereign rose up and each one mounted his mule and fled. (2Sa 13:30) And it came to be, while they were on the way, that news came to Dawiḏ, saying, “Aḇshalom has smitten all the sons of the sovereign, and not one of them is left!” (2Sa 13:31) And the sovereign rose up and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their garments torn. (2Sa 13:32) And Yonaḏaḇ son of Shimʽah, Dawiḏ’s brother, answered and said, “Do not let my master say they have killed all the young men, the sons of the sovereign, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Aḇshalom this has been appointed from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar. (2Sa 13:33) “And now, let not my master the sovereign take the matter to his heart, to think that all the sons of the sovereign are dead. For only Amnon is dead.” (2Sa 13:34) And Aḇshalom fled, and the young man who was watching lifted up his eyes and looked and saw many people were coming from the way behind him, on the side of the hill. (2Sa 13:35) Then Yonaḏaḇ said to the sovereign, “Look, the sons of the sovereign are coming; as your servant said, so it is.” (2Sa 13:36) And it came to be, as soon as he had finished speaking, that look, the sons of the sovereign came, and they lifted up their voice and wept. And the sovereign too, and all his servants wept very bitterly. (2Sa 13:37) But Aḇshalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihuḏ, sovereign of Geshur. And Dawiḏ mourned for his son all the days. (2Sa 13:38) So Aḇshalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years. (2Sa 13:39) Sovereign Dawiḏ then longed to go to Aḇshalom, for he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead. (2Sa 14:1) And Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah knew that the heart of the sovereign was towards Aḇshalom. (2Sa 14:2) And Yo’aḇ sent to Teqowa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead. (2Sa 14:3) “Then you shall go to the sovereign and speak to him according to this word.” And Yo’aḇ put the words in her mouth. (2Sa 14:4) And when the woman of Teqowa spoke to the sovereign, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, “Save, O sovereign!” (2Sa 14:5) And the sovereign said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, my husband is dead. (2Sa 14:6) “And your female servant had two sons. And the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one smote the other and killed him. (2Sa 14:7) “And see, the entire clan has risen up against your female servant and said, ‘Give him who smote his brother, so that we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would extinguish my burning coal that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the earth.” (2Sa 14:8) And the sovereign said to the woman, “Go to your house, and let me give orders concerning you.” (2Sa 14:9) And the woman of Teqowa said to the sovereign, “My master, O sovereign, let the crookedness be on me and on my father’s house, and the sovereign and his throne be guiltless.” (2Sa 14:10) And the sovereign said, “Whoever speaks to you, bring him to me, and let him no longer touch you.” (2Sa 14:11) And she said, “Please let the sovereign remember יהוה your Elohim, and the redeemer of blood not destroy any more, lest they destroy my son.” And he said, “As יהוה lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.” (2Sa 14:12) And the woman said, “Please, let your female servant speak a word to my master the sovereign.” And he said, “Speak.” (2Sa 14:13) And the woman said, “And why have you reasoned like this against the people of Elohim? For in speaking this word the sovereign is as one who is guilty, in that the sovereign does not bring his outcast one home again. (2Sa 14:14) “For we shall certainly die and become like water spilled on the ground, which is not gathered up again. Yet Elohim does not take away a life, but shall devise ways, so that His outcast ones are not cast out from Him. (2Sa 14:15) “And now I have come to speak this word to my master the sovereign because the people have made me afraid. And your female servant said, ‘Please let me speak to the sovereign, it could be that the sovereign does what his female servant asks, (2Sa 14:16) for the sovereign has listened to deliver his female servant from the hand of the man seeking to destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of Elohim.’
(2Sa 14:17) “Then your female servant said, ‘Please let the word of my master the sovereign be comforting, for my master the sovereign is as the messenger of Elohim, in discerning the good and the evil. And יהוה your Elohim is with you.’ ” (2Sa 14:18) and the sovereign answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me the matter that I am asking you.” And the woman said, “Please, let my master the sovereign speak.” (2Sa 14:19) And the sovereign said, “Is the hand of Yo’aḇ with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As your being lives, my master the sovereign, no one turns to the right or to the left from all that my master the sovereign has spoken. For your servant Yo’aḇ commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your female servant. (2Sa 14:20) “Your servant Yo’aḇ has done this to change the appearance of the matter. But my master is wise, according to the wisdom of a messenger of Elohim, to know all that is in the earth.” (2Sa 14:21) And the sovereign said to Yo’aḇ, “See now, you shall do this matter. And go; bring back the young man Aḇshalom.” (2Sa 14:22) And Yo’aḇ fell to the ground on his face and did obeisance, and blessed the sovereign. And Yo’aḇ said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my master, O sovereign, in that the sovereign has done the word of his servant.” (2Sa 14:23) And Yo’aḇ rose up and went to Geshur, and brought Aḇshalom to Yerushalayim. (2Sa 14:24) And the sovereign said, “Let him return to his own house, but do not let him see my face.” And Aḇshalom went to his own house, and did not see the sovereign’s face. (2Sa 14:25) And in all Yisra’ĕl there was no one who was praised as much as Aḇshalom for his good looks.
(Comment: We can readily see how pride and scheming entered in as Aḇshalom sought his own revenge which YHWH declares is His. Next he manipulated men to try to usurp his father’s Kingdom) From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. (2Sa 14:26) And when he cut the hair of his head – for it was at every year’s end that he cut it because it was heavy on him – when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sheqels by the sovereign’s weight. (2Sa 14:27) And to Aḇshalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of fair appearance. (2Sa 14:28) And Aḇshalom dwelt in Yerushalayim, two years, and he had not seen the sovereign’s face. (2Sa 14:29) Then Aḇshalom sent for Yo’aḇ, to send him to the sovereign, but he would not come to him. And he sent again the second time, but he would not come. (2Sa 14:30) And he said to his servants, “See, Yo’aḇ’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” And Aḇshalom’s servants set the field on fire. (2Sa 14:31) Then Yo’aḇ rose up and came to the house of Aḇshalom, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?” (2Sa 14:32) And Aḇshalom said to Yo’aḇ, “Look, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, so that I send you to the sovereign, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It was good for me while I was there.” ’ And now, let me see the sovereign’s face. And if there is any crookedness in me, then you shall put me to death.” (2Sa 14:33) Yo’aḇ then went to the sovereign and informed him. And he called for Aḇshalom, and he came to the sovereign and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the sovereign. Then the sovereign kissed Aḇshalom. (2Sa 15:1) And it came to be after this that Aḇshalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him. (2Sa 15:2) And Aḇshalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. And it came to be, whenever anyone who had a complaint came to the sovereign for a right-ruling that Aḇshalom would call to him and say, “What city are you from?” And when he said, “Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Yisra’ĕl,” (2Sa 15:3) Aḇshalom would say to him, “Look, your matters are good and right, but you have nobody from the sovereign to hear you.” (2Sa 15:4) And Aḇshalom would say, “Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any complaint or case would come to me, and I shall let right be done to him.” (2Sa 15:5) And it came to be, whenever anyone came near him to bow down to him that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him. (2Sa 15:6) And Aḇshalom did this to all Yisra’ĕl who came to the sovereign for right-ruling. And Aḇshalom stole the hearts of the men of Yisra’ĕl. (2Sa 15:7) And it came to be at the end of four years that Aḇshalom said to the sovereign, “Please, let me go to Ḥeḇron and pay the vow which I vowed to יהוה. (2Sa 15:8) “For your servant vowed a vow while I dwelt at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If יהוה indeed brings me back to Yerushalayim, then I shall serve יהוה.’ ” (2Sa 15:9) and the sovereign said to him, “Go in peace.” And he rose up and went to Ḥeḇron. (2Sa 15:10) But Aḇshalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, then you shall say, ‘Aḇshalom is sovereign in Ḥeḇron!’ ” (2Sa 15:11) and with Aḇshalom went two hundred men from Yerushalayim who were invited, and they went along unsuspectingly, and did not know the matter at all. (2Sa 15:12) Aḇshalom also sent for Aḥithophel the Gilonite, counselor of Dawiḏ, from his city, from Giloh, while he was bringing offerings. And it came to be that the conspiracy became strong, for the people with Aḇshalom kept increasing. (2Sa 15:13) Then a messenger came to Dawiḏ, saying, “The hearts of the men of Yisra’ĕl are with Aḇshalom.” (2Sa 15:14) And Dawiḏ said to all his servants who were with him at Yerushalayim, “Rise up, and let us flee, for none of us shall escape from Aḇshalom. Go in haste, lest he overtake us quickly and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.” (2Sa 15:15) And the sovereign’s servants said to the sovereign, “Look, your servants shall do according to all that my master the sovereign chooses.” (2Sa 15:16) And the sovereign went out, and his entire household at his feet. But the sovereign left ten women, concubines, to look after the house. (2Sa 15:17) So the sovereign went out, and all the people at his feet, and they stood still at the last house. (2Sa 15:18) And all his servants were passing on at his side. And all the Kerĕthites, and all the Pelĕthites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men, who had followed him from Gath, were passing on before the sovereign. (2Sa 15:19) And the sovereign said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you go, you also, with us? Turn back and remain with the sovereign, for you are a foreigner, and also an exile from your own place. (2Sa 15:20) “You came yesterday, and should I today make you wander up and down with us, when I am going wherever I am going? Return, and take your brothers back. Kindness and truth be with you.” (2Sa 15:21) And Ittai answered the sovereign and said, “As יהוה lives, and as my master the sovereign lives, in whatever place my master the sovereign is, whether in death or life, let your servant also be there.” (2Sa 15:22) Therefore Dawiḏ said to Ittai, “Go, and pass over.” And Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones who were with him passed over. (2Sa 15:23) And all the land was weeping with a loud voice, and all the people were passing over. And the sovereign himself was passing over the wadi Qiḏron, and all the people were passing over toward the way of the wilderness. (2Sa 15:24) And see, Tsaḏoq also came, and all the Lĕwites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of Elohim. And they set down the ark of Elohim, and Eḇyathar went up until all the people completed passing over from the city. (2Sa 15:25) And the sovereign said to Tsaḏoq, “Take the ark of Elohim back to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of יהוה, then He shall bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling. (2Sa 15:26) “But if He says thus, ‘I have not delighted in you,’ here I am, let Him do to me as seems good in His eyes.” (2Sa 15:27) And the sovereign said to Tsaḏoq the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace and your two sons with you, Aḥimaʽats your son, and Yehonathan son of Eḇyathar. (2Sa 15:28) “See, I am waiting in the desert plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” (2Sa 15:29) And Tsaḏoq and Eḇyathar took the ark of Elohim back to Yerushalayim, and they remained there. (2Sa 15:30) And Dawiḏ went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up. And he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up. (2Sa 15:31) And Dawiḏ was informed, saying, “Aḥithophel is among the conspirators with Aḇshalom.” And Dawiḏ said, “O יהוה, I pray you, make the counsel of Aḥithophel foolish!” (2Sa 15:32) And it came to be that Dawiḏ came to the summit, where he bowed himself before Elohim, and saw Ḥushai the Arkite, coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. (2Sa 15:33) And Dawiḏ said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you shall become a burden to me, (2Sa 15:34) but if you return to the city, and say to Aḇshalom, ‘I am your servant, O sovereign – once servant of your father, but now I am your servant,’ then you shall nullify the counsel of Aḥithophel for me. (2Sa 15:35) “And are not Tsaḏoq and Eḇyathar the priests with you there? And it shall be that every matter you hear from the sovereign’s house, you should report to Tsaḏoq and Eḇyathar the priests. (2Sa 15:36) “See, there with them is their two sons, Aḥimaʽats, Tsaḏoq’s son, and Yehonathan, Eḇyathar’s son. And by them you shall send me every matter you hear.” (2Sa 15:37) And Ḥushai, Dawiḏ’s friend, went into the city. And Aḇshalom came into Yerushalayim.
May YHWH bless, direct, protect and provide for you and your loved ones! Thank you for your hearing and understanding; your heart rendered and wise prayers for Bonnie and I are much appreciated! You are the greatest family on the planet. We pray that YHWH repays you with 30, 60 and one hundred fold return back to you and your loved ones-(Now- in these days when we must hear and receive) for planting those prayers! Thank you! Thank You! THANK YOU! You are precious treasure to our King!
(Luke 8:4) When a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable: (Luke 8:5) "The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled underfoot and the birds of the air ate it up. (Luke 8:6) "Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. (Luke 8:7) "Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. (Luke 8:8) "Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great." As He said these things, He would call out, "He, who has ears to hear, let him hear." (Luke 8:9) His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant. (Luke 8:10) And He said, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.(Luke 8:11) "Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. (Luke 8:12) "Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. (Luke 8:13) "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. (Luke 8:14) "The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. (Luke 8:15) "But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance. (Luke 8:16) "Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light. (Luke 8:17) "For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
May you continue to plant prayers seeds in good soil and FEAR NOT- LOVED ONE!
Shalom to your home,
Thurston
