Torah Pearls #35 – Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)

Shəmu’el was not of Levi, yet he served as Kohen. His retirement was not at age 51, but at his last breath. Keith, since your calling is as King and Priest, under Yeshu’a HaMoshe’a, Yehovah Tzva’ot, Melekh HaKavod, as long as you live, you are a valuable person with service to provide for the Kingdom.

Think about it, they were done in Iesous’ (Yesus) name, if they had been using Yeshua’s name they would still be acknowledging the Hebrew Root of their Faith – something they divorced themselves from and so creating a new religion…. And today unfortunately most ‘denominations’ remain children of Rome. As for me and my house….

isn’t “grace” a name of goddess??

learn not the way of the heathen.

Dear Donald… the Israelites were commissioned by Yah to be a light to the gentiles, so they too would come to know our awesome Creator. My experience from a gentile background, is that we are vehemently despised by many Jews… just for existing! That is contrary to your Yah given purpose.

Interestingly, many gentiles are “awakening” to an “I don’t know why, but it is imperative to learn ‘Hebrew roots’ of christianity” and are zealous in studying the tenach, leaving pagan holidays, keeping shabbat and the mo’edin… in whatever limited capacity we know at the time. Many are still in major learning stages which changes as we learn new info. We cannot learn tenach overnight!

But over the years, Yah has given us more discernment and we have eliminated those preachers which are off track. Nehemia’s great knowledge of scripture, refreshing insight, patience and ability to teach ‘newbies’ and not only his acceptance of us gentiles but his desire to share his understandings and have us learn these wonderful teachings from a hebraic perspective so we too can grow in our walk with Yah… are tremendously appreciated! And many of us are also learning of our hebrew ancestry, thanks to dna research.

Just the fact that we continue to listen to these podcasts to learn TRUTH should be something y’all should celebrate, because that is what was in Yah’s heart to happen!

Your attitude, which I have noted consistently, is that you want no part of gentiles learning and being united with Yah’s people. If so, then please take that to Him in prayer, because it is not appropriate and is against the purpose of this program. Shalom.

r u 3 sure your not christians hiding in Jewish clothing??

Nazarene = The Branch

Holy water has to be specially blessed by a priest or minister.

grace is also a name of a goddess.

so JC existed? where ‘s the proof?? no j in the Hebrew, so that can’t be his name.

Regarding what Nehemia said about 20 min in, about Christians not representing Christ, this was prophesied. At 2 Peter 2: 2 it says, “…there will also be false teachers amoung you. These will …even disown the owner who bought them… and because of them the way of the truth will be spoken of abusively.”

Thanks, so much for making your teaching available. Are you sure that naztre, meaning Isaias branch was not this word.

so true on this. stay away from all pagan religions. been saying that for quite some time, but nobody takes heed.

gr___ is a name of a goddess. not suppose to their names r we???

my desire is that we would all stay away from christainty, islam, and all other false religions please.

I’ve listened to Torah Pearls several times and I just finished this one for probably the 5th time and heard Jono ask about the two turtle doves in chapter 6 and it’s relation to The 12 days of Christmas. Wanted to add this “Just in case someone cares” comment and say the 12 days of Christmas is from Christians believing it took that long for the magi to travel to Bethlehem to visit Jesus. Also, the 2 turtle doves represent the Old & New Testament. Leave it to us to manipulate words from the Bible to fit Christmas….with our trees, candy canes and such. 🙂
I love Torah and Prophet Pearls as well as Hebrew Voices. I’m learning so much.
Shalom

I had a vision in prayer that it pleased God. Nehemia is a man.

Nehemia states at 34:10 that the tradition started in Judaism so the gentiles wouldn’t kidnap a married woman, not as a modest or humble sign.

Yes, I don’t see head covering as a commandment but an outer sign of a modest and humble women who was Set-apart for her husband.

Nehemia made the point that since Yehovah was so concerned about not exposing nakedness (Exo 20:26), he would not expose a woman’s nakedness either. Also, Shaul talks about keeping the traditions (not commandments) in 1 Cor 11:2.

The Levites were the ‘Lift & Carry Specialists’ in the Temple – not the Priests (Cohenim). The Levite’s ‘service’ was the heavy, dirty work associated with slaughtering, skinning, eviscerating sacrifice animals, carrying wood and water, and the cleanup afterwards (among all the other things). I can imagine most of them were big, muscular and quite capable – but were given a break at age 50, and relegated to supervisory roles assuring the next generation would be just as efficient as they were. From the age of 50 they could be considered the efficiency experts, but still got their orders from the Cohenim.

Numbers 5:18 the verb to uncover is Para #6544, also meaning to make naked.

I enjoyed and received, listening to the entire broadcast. The last verse was very good.

The Puritans and other Protestant traditions did their share of oppression as well.

you nailed it!
Is NO VOW to began with
Remeber HE touch the dead young boy who HE resurrect and the girl and drank wine as is record many time in the ReNewT. Yeshua is the Netzer the line from King David.

Thanks so much, you made my day!!

Oh, man, Nehemia when you sent the shout out to me, even though it was some time ago, it touched my heart! You’re the best! shalom from Atlanta~

The “crimes done in Yeshua’s name” were done by the catholic church, not by all Christians.

Thank you for these teachings, I have learned so much and I appreciate all your efforts to divide our man-made traditions from Yahovah’s Perfect Truth.

Regarding your comment about a women’s head covering. There is more evidence than Numbers 5:18, although it is not a command, women covered their hair for more reasons than you presented.

It is a form of modesty and sets a married woman’s glory (which is her hair) apart for her husband, 1 Corinthians 11:7-15.

I personally know that it is pleasing to Yahovah, and it appears to have been the practice of the 1st century Assembly of Israel, so who changed?

Be very careful equating the quran with the Bible. Just as a quote from Hindu texts have no value in this context, nor do those from the quran. Yehovah is not allah. Not.

The Bible, in its entirety was written by the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) through men. It’s content was not written by Moses, Zechariah, Micah, John, Paul, or Yeshua (John 12:49 / 2 Peter 1:20-21) although each individual’s personhood shines through the text.

Secondly, 1Corinthians 11:4-10 is specific to a woman who is praying or prophesying – not everyday living whether she is married or unmarried.

Torah Pearls #35 – Naso:

The “Jesus” presented in pictures is, from my research, a representation of the Egyptian god, Sarapis (Secrets of Golgotha by Ernest L. Martin, pp. 354-356). Yeshua, looked no different from any other 1 Century Jewish man. No long hair, goatee, or Roman robes. And, sorry Mel Gibson – He was not handsome (Isaiah 53:2). Yeshua was not a Nazarite – Yochanan the Immerser most likely was a Nazarite (Matthew 11:18-19, Luke 1:13-15).

It’s every woman’s worst nightmare – cellulite and a puffy shapeless belly.

I believe that this passage in Numbers/Bamidbar 5 about the wife that goes astray is a prophecy of the redemptive work of the Messiah taking on the curses that are resting on Israel. YHVH is the jealous husband (Is 54:5, Ex 20:5), Israel (and Judah) are the unfaithful wife (Hos 4:15; 5:3,5; 6:10; 9:1).
I also believe there is a significance representing the Messiah when alef-tav precedes a word, attached with a maqquev. Alef-tav [AT] (the Greek equivalent would be alpha-omega) is attached to the word ‘his wife’ x2 in 5:14, to ‘wife’ and to ‘her offering’ in v15. In v18 it reads, “The Kohen shall stand ‘AT-the woman’ before YHVH and he shall uncover ‘AT-the head’ of the woman (Yahushua’s head was uncovered and they pulled His hair out) and he shall put upon her palms AT (as a stand alone untranslated word) the meal offering of remembrance…” This meal offering is a picture of the Messiah as firstfruits. v25 says “The Kohen shall take from the hand of the woman ‘AT-the meal offering’ of jealousies; he shall wave AT [stand alone] the meal-offering before YHVH, and he shall bring it near to the Altar. V26 reads “The Kohen shall take a handful from the meal-offering—’AT-its remembrance’—and burn [it] on the Altar; after that he shall cause ‘AT-the woman’ to drink the ‘AT-water’. He shall cause her to drink ‘AT-the water’…”
The cup of bitter waters is the cup that Yahushua prayed that the Father would let pass from Him See Mt 20:22, 26:39 and 26:42.
This ordeal at His crucifixion is what made his thighs waste away and his belly to swell (blood pooling in his belly).
v31 says the man (YHVH) will be free from guilt, but that the woman (Israel) shall bear her guilt.
(There is one place where my analogy does not work. That is in v20 where it reads “…and if you have become defiled and consorted has a man with you AT-[through] his lying [with you] other than your husband…” I have taken that to mean that AT was there and saw what she was doing. It does matter what we do behind closed doors.)
I do not read Hebrew yet. I used the Schottenstein interlinear translation from Artscroll.

why would you believe that jc actually existed…he would not be in the torah, as it would be adding to, in my opinion….no monuments or any books about him other then the council of nicea and catholics from there on…
don murphy.

Mr. Johnson, I heard your “wow” about 50 being the age of ‘that’s all she wrote!,” for Levitical service. Am I processing this correctly — Numbers 8:25 “from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the service thereof . . . BUT SHALL MINISTER WITH THEIR BRETHREN IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, to keep the charge, and shall do no service.” (KJV).
Enlighten us as to what reonsibility(ies) of ministry this entails, even tho they’re, at 50, not to do Levitical service any longer?

Sometimes with the Torah we need to step back as it were from the specific words of the text to looking at who the players are and what are the actions. The wife can be singular as well as national Israel. TanKa tells us the HaShem watchers over, sees or overseas Israel from year to year. This is an allusion to the Sabbath and Feast Days, our appointments with HaShem. There was a time when Israel was not showing up for these appointments, that is she was hidden from His view, and a spirit of Jealousy arose? Where’s my wife and what is she up to? And there was evidence, as reported by the prophets, that she was having relations with other gods/husbands. What to do can only come from the Heavenly court Himself. So from the earth and water which HaShem made, He places the ketubah, DT. into the spirit. We read how the Cohens were to place HaShem’s name upon His people. The Covenant into the water erases His name; the wife no longer carries His name Israel, adopts the names of the nations; the Ba’al’s of the nations. He’s not responsible for her anymore, so all the curses come upon her. We’ve seen picutes of women in Africa who’ve been subject to sever drought and famine. They have swollen bellies due to infestation from eating rotten food or mostly impure water, and their thights have dropped, there’s no meat on them – one wonders how they can stand.They are unable to bear children, still born, or infants dies shortly after birth.
If a man divorces his wife, and she goes and marries another, and then decides she was better off with the first husband, and they remarry, they both die, as both commited adultry.

Yeshua, comes to reverse the curse, how? He the innocent party dies for her sins,takes on all the penalties for breaking covenant and if we beleive in Him, we partake of his death, and when He rises from the dead, we also rise with HIm – and are once again betrothed, legally married. We are returning to Him learning to walk in HIs Covenant, not yet living together. Bridal preparation. Marriage at will happen in the fall feasts, when the FAther says, all is ready and Go get your bride. First His crowning at Yom Teruah, then at the Great Wedding Yom Kippur; and then all Israel shall be saved at Tabernacles.

The prophecy is Isaiah 11:1, which says a branch (netzer) shall come from the root of Jesse. Appropriately, Yeshua was born in Netzeret or Nazereth.

Keith! wil you pls stop with the OJ stuote!?

yep, hineni, thx for the shout out! Love and shalom to you and all y’all, and praying for traveling mercies and covering for you for “re-entry”!

I wonder if you are confusing Nazarite (Nazir) and Nazarene (Notzri)?

When Yeshua had His last passover He said: Matt 26:29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Also He has conquered/overcome death, He is a far away from death as is possible.

I think Yeshua is fulfilling the Nazarite vow now. Because He’s the Messiah and Nazarites are prophetic of the Messiah at this time.

I just finished listening to this weeks portion study and all I can say is WOW!!! There was sooooo much “meat”. I always thought the part about the wife being given the water, the dust and words was a symbol of when they were at the mountain after the golden calf situation – after they drank and their bellies swelled. That has always resembled a picture of Israel as being set apart as the “Bride” (Kings and Princes) of יהוה and the “instructions” were considered the Katuba (unsure of the spelling). Hope you (Nehemia) comment if it is or isn’t. Tks in advance.

Thank you for sharing…
The spirit of jealousy (kinah)comes because the possibility of his wife beings unfaithful. Now, Yehova is jealous (kinah) for his wife/People if we say we embrace Torah (Spirit of shavuot). Dt 29,20 Ps 78.58.
Ez. 8.3 says something that might connect it with the passage in Nasso. He (Ezequiel) is taken by the hair and taken to Jerusalem to see the idol of jealousy that provokes jealousy (kinah). So God is jealous for His wife and giving her the opportunity to confess.
Now following Nasso it comes the nazarite vow that a person wants to Dedicate to God Yehova. That is a Great contrast. Toda raba. Florence from Guatenala.

What is the spirit of jealousy? and how does it “come upon man” Num 5:14? shabbat sholam

This portion contains too much for one episode! My wife’s reaction to being sent outside the camp for a miscarriage, “Oh, wonderful.” I quickly said it doesn’t mean your family can’t come with you, but is that how it was? The RC Pope, who cares? Unless it’s relevant. Actually some of my best friends are ex-Roman-Catholic. Two received the fullness of the Aaronic Blessing on a number of different occasions, although it was not pronounced. It was ministered from on high. In Eastern religion it is called Bliss. The phenomenon is first alluded to in Exodus when Moses appears with an aura of light.
Nehemia’s comments about head covering are a little bewildering. The word phro (Num.5:18-bible), what does it really mean vs. how are you interpreting this as messing up the hair? In terms of the Temple symbolism it would make sense that she is made naked (head naked!) before YHWH. How could her hair be messed up with her head covering on? Good work on the Lev./Num./Matt. discussion.
Regarding the head covering controversy in other faiths-
1Cor.11:4-10 raises further questions about head covering yet seems to firmly imply that women need to have some form of head covering. Writings attributed to Paul seem to contain some Rabbinical content not apparent in other New Testament works.
Surah24:30 men must avert their gaze, from becomes swiftly apparent in the next verse. The implication is given in 30:30 where people are commanded to preserve their birthright fitrah; the purity of a child.
Surah24:31 women are commanded to modesty including head cover.
If women were not supposed to cover their bodies for modesty in the Israelite then Messianic periods it was certainly commanded by the Qur’an. However, that may not be one of the 613 Commandments Of Moses.
It is inappropriate to say we should celebrate women’s beauty. Our Western Civilisation is overwhelmed by symbolism and behaviour that encourages relations outside of marriage. God does not want us to pursue this path.