1 "In the beginning” The first words of scripture and also the Hebrew name for Genesis called “B'rasheet”. Elohim, a generic term used for deity in scripture roughly 2,500 times. The word in Hebrew is plural and shows the duality of the Yehovah family at creation, Gen 1:26.
2 Due to Yehovah’s great and awesome power all He needs to do is to speak and creation occurred, Joh 1:1-3, Mk 4:39-41, .
3 In scripture evening precedes morning and the new day begins and the old one ends at sunset, Lev 23:32, Deut 21:23.
4 The Hebrew word here “moed” literally means the set apart Days of Yehovah. The sun rules the day and the day begins at sunset, and the moon rules the new moon and the new moon begins at the conjunction of the moon. In both cases there is nothing to watch or visually site not to entice Yisrael later to worship as the pagans did, Deut 4:19. For information on the full biblical calendar please see lesson 11 at www.coyhwh.com in the study section.
5 Elohim was made in the image of Yehovah as he has 2 hands and feet and 2 eyes etc. However, to be made in His likeness, denotes to have the character that He has and that does not come by instantaneous fiat but by a life-long commitment to conquer ones fallen human nature, to build patience and self-control and to 100% fully submit to the ruach of Yehovah and His Torah on how to love and worship Him and how to love our neighbor as ourselves.
6 Yehovah promised man “rulership” not ownership over the earth. Nowhere in scripture is heaven ever promised as the reward of the saved, but always dominion over the earth, Ps 115:16, Is 66:1. Also, we see from the very beginning that the command given by Elohim was for man to “be fruitful and multiple”. Adam was to teach the Torah of Yehovah to others but failed. Yehoshua who was the second Adam gave the same command in the New Covenant, Joh 15:1-8.
7 Clearly, the setting apart of the Sabbath day as set apart time goes back to creation week and was there from the very beginning. The Hebrew word for “rested' is “Shabbat”.
8 It is interesting to note that Adam was not in the garden yet.
9 Elohim “became' a living soul, he does not “possess” a soul. A soul can die and is not immortal as the soul that sins it will die, Eze 18:4, Ro 6:23. Please see lesson 17 on the immortal soul in the bible on line course at www.coyhwh.com in the study section.
10 “Keep it' - the Hebrew literally means to guard and protect it.
11 The tree of life signifies 100% belief and trust in Yehovah unconditionally, as where the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents man's free choice to make his own decision apart from the word of Yehovah.
12 The word “echad” is a Hebrew word that although could denote the number one can also denote (as in this case) a unified state between 2 things or people.
13 The word for 'naked' in verse 25 and the word for 'cunning 'are derived from the same root word in Hebrew.
14 This is the very first messianic scripture promising redemption directly after the sin of the man and woman. It is interesting that the prophecy is for a redeemer to come from the seed of a woman when most times in scripture legal genealogies come through a man. This is a hint to the virgin birth, Is 7:14.
15 A very clear scripture showing in Yehovah’s judicial order the wife's desire should be toward her husband as a helpmate and not toward her own independent private goals. Due to the rejection of Yehovah’s judicial order today divorce is at an all time high.
16 This scripture is very clear that man is mortal and will die, (Heb 9:27, Eccl 9:5). After this there will be a first and second resurrection for all those who ever lived (Rev 20:4-15) and those who have done good will receive eternal life and those who have done evil will go to the lake of Fire and cease to exist.
17 Here, Yehovah Yehoshua the High priest of the Melchizedek order does the first sacrifice and since death came through man, we see that also restoration of life would also come through man, and the seed of Adam Ro 5:12-16.
18 This Hebrew word for gotten “Kanati” also means to purchase and the root can mean to fix, repair or restore. Understandably, Adam and Eve thought that Cain was the prophesied messiah of Gen 3:15, and he would repair the covenant that they had broken.
19 In chapter 3:21 Yehovah already set the precedent that sin brings the shedding of innocent blood. Here, Cain was trying to bring a bloodless sacrifice without a true heart for Yehovah.
20 It is widely assumed that Cain married his sister but that is nowhere ever mentioned in scripture and is clearly against the Torah (Lev 18:9) and abominable in the eyes of Yehovah. Incestuous marriages was a Canaanite practice (Lev 18:3,24) and clearly not ordained by Yehovah.
21 This word can also mean to curse
22 Although, also, the personal name of the first human being, here “Adawm” means mankind.
23 The Hebrew word for years can also mean “times” and may be referring to 120 jubilees or 120 x 50= 6,000 yrs allotted to man until Yehovah would bring His kingdom, 2 Pe 3:8.
24 Truly a sobering scripture for all humans to see the fallen nature of man and the sadness of the Creator in making him, Ro 3:10-23.
25 The Hebrew word used for violence here is “Hamas”, the same as the terror group today.
26 The fact that Noah distinguished between clean and unclean animals undoubtedly shows that the clean and unclean laws of Leviticus 11 existed from creation.
27 Forty is the number of trial but also of overcoming.
28 In Yisrael there are only 2 seasons, winter and summer. The sun makes its revolution around the earth and when it passes the equator at the spring equinox, (called “tekufah' in Hebrew) the next new moon is the first new moon of the new year.
29 Of course this is with the already given instructions on clean and unclean animals, Gen 7:2, Gen 8:20
30 Due to the change in atmospheric pressure after the flood, a grape could now turn into wine. This was not possible before the flood. The grape juice stored had turned to wine unbeknown to Noah.
31 Noah knew he had been violated.
32 Caphtorim- Crete, which was anciently known as Caphtor was the home to several Philistine groups (Yer 47:4, Amos 9:7). The Philistines were an Indo-European maritime people who invaded Mitsrayim in the 12th century B.C. And were driven out and went to southwest Canaan, and other parts of the land.
33 Again the plurality in the Yehovah family is distinctly stated here as in the creation account, Gen 1:26, Gen 3:22.
34 Babel means confusion
35 Sarah was also the daughter of Terah and ½ sister to Abraham, Gen 20:12.
36 Yehovah’s first promise of covenant blessing to Abraham and a prophecy for all time that all nations should support Yisrael if they want to be blessed.
37 Bethel is 20 miles south of Shechem and Abraham built an altar here and called on Yehovah.
38 Verses 14-17- Yehovah gives His confirmation to Abraham to give the Promised Land to him and his descendants forever, 1 Chron 16:15-18, Gen 17:8.
39 Melchizedek is a title for Yehoshua Messiah who is the king of shalom and king of Yerushalayim (Heb 7:1-2). Most High El- In Hebrew is “El Elyone”.
40 Abraham tithed to Melchizedek knowing that He was Yehoshua, Heb 7:1-10.
41 “He believed Yehovah” the Hebrew word for “believe” comes from the verb “aman” which is literally to confirm, and where the word “amen” comes from at the end of a prayer, confirming what was prayed for in belief.
42 Abram means “exulted Father”, referencing Elohim, but Abraham means “father of many” and gives great significance to Abraham's new name from Yehovah.
43 Circumcision was not the covenant itself but a sign of the covenant with Yehovah.
44 This is quite an interesting story as first we see Yehovah appear as a man with two messengers (Gen 19:10) who also appeared as men. Then, we see that Abraham recognized Yehovah, as he met Him in Gen 14:18 using the title of Melchizedek.
45 Abraham prepared meat and milk together for Yehovah and the two messengers, so clearly they can be eaten together.
46 This is Aviv and passover time, that is why verses 5-6 state about passing over and also about quickly making bread without yeast. Gen 19:3 confirms that this is the time of Pesach and the time prophesied when Yitzhak would be born, who was a type of Messiah, Gen 22:1-17.
47 This is where the idea came from that to have a minion to start a house of assembly you must have at least 10 able men.
48 Sodom and Gomorrah had become a most depraved place and full of idolatry and homosexuals and violence.
49 The Hebrew word here can either be 'these men' or 'the men of the El'.
50 A great lesson that when Yehovah is bringing judgment you don't want to linger.
51 Zoar means little
52 No man has ever seen Yehovah the Father (Joh 1:18, 1 Joh 4:12) so this is Yehovah the son and this scripture shows that Yehovah is a family name consisting of two Yehovah beings, Is 44:6, Ps 110:1-2, Yer 23:6.
53 The Well of the oath, and also means seven; Hebraic wordplay
54 What a test to try Abraham but what belief he shows in obedience to Yehovah. The Hebrew word for “only” son, is “yachid” and can only mean “one”, whereas the word “echad” is a unity word denoting plurality, Gen 2:24, Deut 6:4.
55 Even though Abraham was fully intent on sacrificing Yitzhak, he also believed that Yehovah would raise him up, Heb 11:17-19.
56 Abraham laid the wood on Yitzhak, and the two went together. This is clearly showing the unity with both the father Abraham and the son Yitzhak in this sacrifice. It parallels beautifully the son of Yehovah, Yehoshua who also took the wood (cross beam) on His back (Joh 19:16-17) as He also willingly went to the tree of crucifixion to die for the penalty of the sins of the people.
57 Yitzhak's age indicates that he had to be willing to be a sacrifice, as he easily could have fought against Abraham in his old age if he desired.
58 Yehovah Yireh means Yehovah 'Will' provide.
59 The sons of Heth were Hittites (Gen 23:10) and descendents of Ham and Canaan (Gen 10:15).
60 This cave located in Hebron is still there today with the bones of Abraham and Sarah, Rebecca and Yitzhak and also Leah and Ya'akov.
61 This was Eleazar, (Gen 15:2)
62 In ancient times this represented the reproductive organ and the symbolism was that any unborn children would avenge the oath if violated.
63 This was not signifying beauty but that she was a functional hard worker.
64 A camel can hold up to about 150 liters of water. There were 10 camels and the traditional bucket would have held 5 liters with each pull from the well. This means that Rebecca pulled the bucket of water from the well about 30 times for each camel or 300 times total. This was why Eleazar had such a test to see how much of a functional hard worker Rebecca truly would have been.
65 Clearly, she passed the test.
66 In ancient days a ring on the nose was a sign of possession, but they were also used as amulets for witchcraft.
67 The Well of the Living One, My Seer
68 Yitzhak was 40 when he married Rebecca (verse 20) and sixty when Ya'akov was born).
69 Edom comes from the word “adom” which means red after Adam who came from the red earth.
70 Ya'akov realized the great blessing of the birthright promise.
71 Esau despised the birthright because it rightfully belonged to his brother Ya'akov and he wanted the blessing from it, not because he had true remorse or repentance for the grave sin he committed by selling it.
72 The reason stated here why Abraham was blessed to be the heir of the everlasting covenant was that in belief he kept the Torah and commandments of Yehovah. This proves that the Torah was present here at the beginning of the covenant and was not added at Mount Sinai 430 yrs after the covenant was made with Abraham. Only the Levitical priesthood was added later, see note on Gal 3:17, 19.
73 Garar is located about 10 miles south of Gaza.
74 Although Ya'akov lied about being Esau, he did not lie about being the firstborn as he rightfully bought the right from Esau earlier.
75 Esau now compounds the sin of selling his birthright by intermarrying with the seed of Ismael, who was born from the handmaid Hagar, and was not the seed of promise.
76 Bethel means “The House of Elohim”.
77 The vow of tithing came long before the Torah was given to Mosheh on Mount Sinai.
78 A terafeen was a household idol
79 Galeed means Heap of Testimony
80 Mitzpah means Watchtower
81 Mahanaim means Two Camps
82 Means Face of El, it was Elohim the son who Ya'akov wrestled, Hos 12:3-6.
83 Verses 1-2 show the dangers that happen when a woman goes out without a covering.
84 Verses 2-4- In showing commitment to Yehovah for the covenant he was entering, Ya'akov wanted to sanctify himself and his family from any idolatry that they possessed. Earrings were used as amulets in pagan worship, Hos 2:13.
85 Here, it is distinctly indicated showing more than one El and another indication of Yehovah the Father and Yehovah the son, Yehovah being a family name.
86 Means El Almighty
87 “Ben-Oni” means “son of my sorrow” and Ya'akov switched it to “Ben-yamin” “son of my strength”, or literally, son of my right (hand).
88 Yoseph is named first because he retrieved the right of the first-born as he was the first born of Rachel, the rightful covenant wife of Ya'akov, 1 Chron 5:1-2.
89 The Hebrew here is a rare archaic word “pas” which indicates a long robe. Also, the root of this word means the palm of the hand indicating the coat was made of many small palm like patches that could have been different colors. In any case the coat was beautiful and rare and is indicative of a royal garment, Ex 28:4, Luk 15:22, Joh 19:23-24.
90 Dothan is about 20 miles north of Shechem.
91 In ancient times prostitutes wore veils and used them to cover their faces not to be recognized. The practice of wearing a veil still prevails today in Islamic countries.
92 The signet ring, the bracelet and the staff were all signs of Yehudah holding the right of the scepter and it was a serious mistake to use such an important blessing as collateral for such an immoral act.
93 Pharez Means “divider”
94 This story is very symbolic as Yoseph is a type of Messiah and suffering servant and here the cupbearer tasted the wine for the king and the baker made bread signifying the bread and wine of the last Pesach.
95 Three being the number of the resurrection for those who believe in it (Math 12:38-40). The cupbearer was restored after 3 days and the baker hung on a tree. This typifies the 2 thieves who died with Yehoshua, one came to belief on the tree of crucifixion and one did not. Also, you can equate this parable with the two goats on Yom Kippur, one went alive into the wilderness and one was killed, Lev 16:8-10.
96 This is typifying the relationship with Yehovah and Yehoshua and Yehoshua being second in command of the universe, Phil 2:9-11.
97 El Shaddai means El Almighty
98 Ephraim and Manasseh were literally adopted by Ya'akov and became Yoseph's double portion for his birthright now having 2 tribes out of 13.
99 Ephraim would go into captivity and lose his identity and his calling back into covenant relationship from his Diaspora in the last days would be the fullness of the nations. See Ro 11:25-26.
100 Simeon wound up getting a portion from the land of Yehudah that was mostly desert and later mostly assimilated into the other tribal regions.
101 The kingship in Yisrael came from Yehudah fulfilling this verse.
102 Verses 9-10 show that the kingly line was promised to come through Yehudah and so the Lion of Yehudah (Yehoshua) would be born from this tribe and have universal rule, Ps 2:8, Dan 7:13-14, is 42:1-4, Rev 5:5,9.
103 Verses 11-12- show the bountifulness of blessing promised to Yehudah. Wine is a rare commodity used for feasts and special times of celebration but Yehudah will wash clothes in good wine showing the continual blessing that would be afforded to them.
104 Samson came from the tribe of Dan, Ju 13:2 The tribe of Dan also officially brought idol worship into Yisrael, Jud 18:30-31.
105 Because Gad was located on the eastern side of the Jordan, they were vulnerable to attack by the Moabites to the south of them.
106 Naphtali like a swift deer was known for his eloquence in speech, Jud 4:6, 15, 5:1-31.
107 Yoseph had the double blessing of the birthright and his son 's name Ephraim means fruitfulness.
108 The word separated here is the Hebrew word “nazeer” which is a form from Notsri.
109 Benjamin is compared to a ravenous wolf, who is mighty in battle but also cruel, Jud 20, Jud 3:12-20, 1 Sam 9:1-2.
110 Mizraim means The Meadow of Mitsrayim
1 As we know from the Brit Hadashah (New Testament) no man has ever seen Yehovah the Father and clearly the Messenger of Yehovah is Yehoshua His son.
2 Yisrael went as shepherds in Mitsrayim to farmers in Yisrael. Here, showing a land of “milk and honey” is showing the abundance of food and drink for both them and their animals, a shepherds dream.
3 The fact that in Hebrew it mentions Elohim speaking again indicates that possibly 2 different people are speaking. Elohim the Father and Elohim the son.
4 The Heavenly Father reveals His name to be Yehovah pronounced as Yehovah. This name is listed almost 7,000 times in the Tanach (Old Testament) alone and yet almost every bible translation on earth exchanges the sacred name of Yehovah for generic titles and even pagan names such as god and lord. Deut 28:58, 32:3, Is 12:4, Is 25:1, 42:8, 51:15, 59:19, Yer 10:6, 33:2, 2 Chron 6:32, Ps 102:15,21, 124:8.
5 Mosheh stuttered.
6 The Hebrew word used here is “Elohim” a generic title for deity and this title is used for Yehovah around 2,500 times in scripture and with Yehovah’s great power behind Mosheh he would look as if he were an Elohim to Aaron.
7 The donkey is a sign of humility, Zech 9:9, Math 21:1-9.
8 It was decided back with Noah and Abraham that salvation (Yehoshua) would come out of the seed of Yisrael, who is the firstborn to Yehovah, Amos 3:2.
9 Verses 24-26 Yehovah’s judicial order was that Mosheh' son should have been circumcised. Elohim had mercy to spare the boy, however Zipporah did not understand the covenant being a Midianite.
10 The thought in the Hebrew is not that Abraham never heard the name of Yehovah, but that Yehovah revealed Himself to Abraham as El Shaddai (El Almighty), however, now He was revealing Himself by His family name of Yehovah, the all existent one.
11 The Hebrew word “taneen” literally means crocodile and not snake. Crocodiles were worshiped in ancient Mitsrayim.
12 This month- “Aviv”, Ex 13:4
13 The Pesach is kept until the beginning of the 14th day and killed between the evenings of the ending of the 13th and beginning of the 14th.
14 If the passover was being eaten on the 15th day all the leaven would have already been removed from the homes and this statement would be redundant and unnecessary. The passover was eaten on the evening portion of the 14th day of Aviv.
15 This command was only given for the first Pesach meal as the Israelites would be preparing for leaving at the break of dawn the next morning.
16 The day of Pesach shall be celebrated forever. However, Yehovah has the prerogative to change the symbols of the Pesach as He did in the New Covenant using bread and wine to symbolize the slain blood of the Lamb of Yah.
17 The Hebrew word for set apart Assembly is “mikraw” and can also mean “ a rehearsal”. The set apart Days tell the plan of salvation through redemption in the blood of Yehoshua and each time the true believer celebrates these commanded days, each yearly cycle, they are rehearsing for the soon coming kingdom of Yehovah.
18 Whereas in Ex 12:6 the word for between the evenings in Hebrew is “Bin Ha arbayim,” which connotates the start of a day, here the word used is “ereb” which simply means evening.
19 No Israelite was to leave their home before the break of day if they wanted protection.
20 Although there may be confusion to the timing of Pesach due to there being two evenings in a day, a beginning and ending evening, there is only one “midnight” and if Pesach is named for the “passing-over” of the death messenger, and scriptures states the 14th day of the new moon is passover, (Lev 23:5), then the death messenger passed over on the 14th of Aviv at midnight, showing the meal had to be eaten early in the beginning of the 14th and not late in the day at the beginning of the 15th as some wrongly do today. The custom of celebrating the Pesach on the 15th day of Aviv came from modern Judaism but is not supported by scripture.
21 Ex 10:29 Pharaoh sent a declaration to Mosheh by messenger, but they did not see each other, Ex 10:28-29.
22 They left from Goshen where they lived and first traveled to Ramses, which was about 6 miles from Goshen and would have taken the better part of the daylight portion of the 14th of Aviv to travel.
23 If you add up the years this scripture is stating from the time of Abraham it was 430 years till the leaving of Mitsrayim.
24 This night to be remembered is not Pesach when the death messenger passed, but the next night and beginning of the 15th of Aviv when Yisrael actually left Mitsrayim (Ex 16:1).
25 You must be in the covenant to partake of the Pesach.
26 Circumcision is not the issue here in this verse but rather that anyone who eats of the Pesach must be “in covenant relationship.” Since Circumcision is the sign of the 1st covenant it stands to reason one would have had to be circumcised before partaking of the meal. However, since immersion is the sign of the New Covenant and not circumcision one would not have to be circumcised to partake of the Pesach symbols of the bread and wine in the New Covenant, but they would have to be immersed into the covenant by an elder of Yehovah.
27 The mark of the anti-messiah (Rev 13:16) is also in the right hand and fore-head and this is symbolic of “you think with your mind and do with your hands”. Also, the right hand in the Hebrew thought is the hand of strength. The word for right is “Yamin' in Hebrew and that is why when Rachel died Ya'akov changed the name of the child from Ben-omi “son of my sorrow” to Ben-yamin “son of my strength”.
28 The appointed time to keep the Pesach is on the 14th day of the first new moon Aviv, according to the biblical calendar. There is no biblical precedent for taking the Pesach symbols of the bread and wine weekly, or monthly, that came into practice by Catholicism almost a hundred yrs after the resurrection of Yehoshua by a Catholic bishop, but the instruction by Yehoshua was to celebrate His death once a yr on the 14 of Aviv, 1 Cor 11:23-26, Luk 22:19-20.
29 Every first-born to Yehovah had to be redeemed for 5 shekels. This wondrously shows Yehovah’s grace as the person was not enslaved or sacrificed but redeemed and Yehovah provided the means of redemption of the first-born, which belonged to Him. This is expounded in the New Covenant as all true covenant believers are firstborn (Rev 14:4) and the redemption was provided by Yehovah through the blood of Yehoshua.
30 This word means to turn back, and in the Hebrew mind set, when one repents, he turns back from his old way and does a 180 degree turn to a new way of life.
31 This shows that Yoseph believed in a resurrection and wanted his bones to be with his family in Yisrael at the time it would happen.
32 This shows the continual presence of both Yehovah and Yehoshua during this time period in the wilderness, 1 Cor 10:1-4.
33 A great many believers fail to see Yehovah intervene in their trials simply because they are continually fighting their battles themselves. If one could learn this valuable lesson to simply stand back in belief and allow Yehovah to intervene and handle things, there would be many more miracles to report.
34 Yehovah “Rapha” means Yehovah your healer
35 It is Yehovah who sets up a leader in his position and when one rejects the leader chosen and set up by Yehovah they reject Yehovah and are outside His judicial order.
36 The Hebrew for “what is it” is manna.
37 An omer is a measurement that is about 2 quarts or liters.
38 There should be no cooking, boiling or baking of food on the Sabbath day. All cooking should be done on day six, which is the preparation day.
39 The Sabbath day is based on a 7 day cycle that started at creation (Gen 2:1-3). In the original Hebrew it has the perfect article, which makes it one specific day and not a rotating cycle. The Sabbath day is from sunset to sunset, starting on Friday and ending at sunset on Saturday according to the Roman calendar. Everywhere it is mentioned in scripture it is always associated with a 7 day weekly cycle that does not change. Some have wrongly concluded the Sabbath rotates with the moon cycle but we find absolutely zero evidence for any such false theory in scripture.
40 This is only one new moon after leaving Mitsrayim and disobedience and rebellion is more of a character trait to Yisrael than simply an action and will prove to be their downfall.
41 They were given instruction not to go out and work and gather food. However, they were allowed and commanded to assemble together on the Sabbath day, Lev 23:2-3.
42 By contending against Yehovah’s appointed leadership, they were actually contending with Yehovah.
43 The Hebrew means “My Banner”, which indicates Yehovah representing them. After the split of Yisrael into Yehudah and Ephraim, the thought in scripture of a banner is most times associated with the return of the Messiah to unite Yisrael again as each tribe had their own banner.
44 Verses 14-26- Yethro taught Mosheh the power of synergy in delegation of power. One person can only do so much and if someone else can do the task 80% as good as you can, then it is better to delegate it and focus on the things that only your spiritual gifts can achieve.
45 Torah (Torah) was given on the third day, the same day as the resurrection, showing how both give life.
46 Verses 17-21- See Heb 12:25-29- If the fear of Yehovah is not present with someone then pride will rule their soul and be their downfall.
47 The Hebrew word “in vain” is “shav” and literally means to “change, falsify or to make common”. Taking the Creator's eternal set apart name Yehovah (Ex 3:15) and changing it to 'god', the name of the Babylonian deity is a clear violation of the third commandment, see note on Is 65:11.
48 The Hebrew word “kadosh' literally means “set apart”, meaning to keep the Sabbath set apart from the work of the other 6 days. Also, the fact that they are told to “remember” or bring back into memory this day clearly shows that the Sabbath day goes back to creation (Gen 2:1-3) and was not just implemented on Mount Sinai.
49 Yehovah here reverts the creation of the Sabbath day to Genesis, and shows that the Sabbath is part of creation and therefore cannot change anymore than the moon can become the sun, Heb 4:4-9 .
50 The last commandment ties them all together by not only telling us what to do, but that even our thoughts can defile us and sin starts in the mind, (Math 5:17-19, 21-22, 27-28).
51 Verses 2-6- This is a perfect example of one's servitude toward Yehovah in covenant relationship. If we truly love Yehovah with all our hearts and minds, then we will want to serve Him forever. However, if we decide to leave the covenant and turn back, we don't take other covenant believers with us, even if they are family members.
52 Clearly the unborn child is considered a life and life starts at conception.
53 Thirty silver pieces was the worth of a slave, which was considered the cheapest form of life. Messiah was sold for 30 pieces of silver to show that He came to die for everyone from the least to the greatest.
54 If you sacrifice to any other deity but Yehovah it is an abomination, yet most Christians will pray daily to a deity called “god”, which is the personal name of the Babylonian deity. See note on Is 65:11.
55 Verses 22-24- Yehovah has many laws to protect the weak, Deut 14:29, 16:11,14, Deut 24:19-21, 26:12-13.
56 This scripture does not mean that you can not vocalize the name of a pagan deity when you are reading scripture. The phrase in Hebrew “ to call upon” clearly implies to pray to or make a vow to.
57 Also called Sukkot (booths) but here typifying the bringing in of the harvest crop for preparation of winter and then appearing before Elohim in Yerushalayim to receive their blessing. The phrase “end of the year” is referring to the agricultural year, the normal, yearly cycle goes from equinox to equinox.
58 This was a pagan Canaanite practice and has nothing to do with not mixing milk and meat together in a meal, as we see that Abraham did so when he prepared a meal for Yehoshua Yehovah and His two Messengers in Gen 18:8.
59 Clearly, this was Yehoshua, the son and Messenger of Yehovah (Ex 3:2). “Yah- Shua” means the salvation of Yehovah. Math 1:21, Joh 17:11, Phil 2:9, Acts 4:12
60 Clearly, we see that Mosheh wrote all the words and there is no indication in the Torah of a hidden oral law that the Rabbis profess today. Jos 1:8, Jos 8:34-35, Jos 23:6
61 Forty being in scripture the number of trial or overcoming.
62 Understandably, Yehovah has judicial order in everything that He has created and we must strive to keep and obey Yehovah’s judicial order in every aspect of our life.
63 The word for one here is “echad” and means that they were united in one, Gen 2:24.
64 A piece of armor to cover the trunk
65 Again, we clearly see the Creator revealing His set apart, set apart name as Yehovah.
66 The actual times listed here are from sunrise for the morning sacrifice and sunset for the evening one. During temple times due to the amount of sacrifices being done they actually did them at 9:00am and 3:00pm, Num 28:4.
67 In scripture the things that are set apart to Yehovah are not to be copied, yet in our modern world today many commercialize anything from scripture and there are trinkets of almost anything you can imagine to purchase.
68 Ex 31:12-19 clearly shows the eternal Sabbath covenant that Yehovah has made to His children for eternity that shows who He is as Creator and His blessing of rest to those that enter His family covenant.
69 Verses 16-17- The Sabbath is a most special and intimate covenant between Yehovah and His children forever. It is a wonderful blessing He gives every 7th day for His set apart elect covenant people to be able to leave the world and enter a type of the millennial rest from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday every week. True believers are commanded here that they are to guard and protect this special blessing.
70 Mankind has written millions of scrolls through the ages that people will follow and yet here, the 10 commandments, written by the very finger of Yehovah and mankind will not obey nor adhere to them.
71 The word here is “tekufah” and means a full revolution of the sun, meaning after the equinox. The year cannot begin before the vernal equinox and Sukkot cannot come until after the fall equinox.
72 Up till now the covenant was still not ratified due to the golden calf incident. The betrothal was never consummated and Yehovah severed the marriage agreement with Yisrael at this point
73 It would have been disrespectful for Mosheh to have his head covered while speaking to Yehovah. ( 1Cor 11:4)
1 The Hebrew name of the scroll is 'viyikra' and means “And He called”. The theme of the scroll are the requirements to be 'set apart' to Yehovah.
2 The word for 'burnt' is to ascend and is typical of the sacrifice going to the Father in heaven. The word for offering also translated at times as sacrifice is 'korban' and literally means to draw closer to through relationship. The idea of giving an offering to Yehovah was to draw closer to Him by giving up something of value. The word korban is used in Mk 7:11 and some translate it as gift.
3 The laying on of hands to the animal was done to transfer the sins of the individual to the animal as a substitute. We see the laying on of hands for the transferring of the set apart ruach to someone (Acts 8:17), and also for the transferring of power for ordination (Deut 34:9, Acts 6:6).
4 The grain offering was a continual reminder for the people that Yehovah is the provider of their daily bread and sustainer of their life. The Hebrew word for this offering also can mean 'a gift' and recognized the gift of life that Yehovah provides to the one offering.
5 This offering was to accompany one of the other sacrifices and was made without yeast or honey as both of these items can ferment, which would disqualify the offering.
6 The offering was salted to symbolize the eternal relationship Yehovah had with His people. Salt was a preservative for meat in ancient times and extremely important to the life of animals and people. Salt is essential for our health and plays a crucial role in keeping our bodies functioning properly. The two elements of salt, sodium and chloride each play a variety of crucial roles in one's body. In ancient times salt was used to pay wages and the word 'salary' comes from the word salt. (Math 5:13, Num 18:19)
7 The shalom offering comes from the Hebrew word “shelem”, which comes from the root of the word for shalom, which is shalom. It is the only offering where the offerer may also eat of the sacrifice with the priest. This showed the unity of the offerer with Yehovah through the priestly mediator who made the sacrifice on his behalf. This also greatly symbolized the unity that one has with Yehovah through the sacrifice of Yehoshua, the Prince of Shalom. (Is 9:6, Heb 7:2)
8 This literally says in Hebrew, “ And the priest who is The Messiah (Messiah)” showing that the priest doing the sin offering symbolized Yehoshua's great sacrifice He did for the sins of the people. ( Is 53:12)
9 Verses 1-12- The sin sacrifice was done by the priest who was a mediator for the people in symbolically shedding blood for their sins. The Torah states “eye for eye”, and “life for life”, so this symbolic act could not pay the penalty of the sins, as the life of an animal is not equal with the life of a human, but merely was a symbolic reminder to them (Heb 10:1-4). The bodies were burned and the ashes were placed at the third altar (Miphkad Altar) across the Kidron Valley on the lower part of the Mount of Olives where the Red Heifer sacrifice was done (Num 19) and also where Yehoshua was crucified (Heb 13:10-13).
10 The laying on of hands is to symbolically transfer the sin to the animal, see note on Lev 1:4.
11 These sacrifices are for sins of ignorance, but not defiance (Num 15:30-31). Also, if a sin was committed that was not a crime that required capital punishment, then besides the killing of the sacrifice, there also had to be restitution made by the offender.
12 There is a difference between forgiveness and restoration. This is the difference between Pesach (forgiveness) and The Day of Atonement (reconciliation). Although forgiveness is given, there still has to be restoration, according to Torah, to pay the penalty for what was lost. Much of the Torah lays out these judgments, depending on what the particular sin was, and if it was a crime that brought capital punishment, then only the principle of “life for life” could apply. This is why there was no salvation in the first covenant and why Yehoshua had to come and die to pay the life sentence for sin of all those who believe in His sacrifice.
13 Neutrality is of the devil, and it is the Torah given responsibility for someone who witnesses evil to report it (Math 18:15-16).
14 There always has to be admission of guilt and repentance in order to receive Yehovah’s forgiveness.
15 Ro 3:23-25
16 Verses 1-6- Now we start to see specific cases of guilt with repentance, where there has to be both a sacrifice made by the mediator (priest), and also restitution for what was lost by the perpetrator. When Yehoshua magnified the Torah, He showed that all sin starts in the mind, (Math 5:21-28) and to think lustful thoughts was considered adultery. Also, to be angry with someone is considered murder. By magnifying the Torah in such a way, Yehoshua showed the people that all humans have not only sinned but have committed crimes that bring the death penalty (Ro 3:10-25), and only by repenting of those sins and allowing His shed blood to pay the penalty for them can one be justified before Yehovah, and gain eternal life.
17 This is symbolic of Messiah's sacrifice, in which He was resurrected on the third day and with His resurrection no animal sacrifice according to the Levitical law was necessary any longer or acceptable to Yehovah.
18 Urim and Thummim were sacred stones that were used to determine the will of Yehovah in a given situation (Num 27:21). Urim starts with the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet 'Aleph' and Thummim starts with the last letter 'Tav'. (Pr 16:33)
19 A censor was a ceremonial vessel containing hot coals and was used for burning incense.
20 Yehovah is quickly setting the standard of His judicial order and the grave consequences for breaking it. Nadab and Abihu apparently had used coals that were not taken from the brazen altar (Lev 6:12-13, 16:12). They also did not come in at the prescribed time of day that Yehovah commanded (Ex 30:7-8), and considering the prohibition for a priest from alcohol when serving (verse 9), they were most likely intoxicated at this time also.
21 There is a great responsibility for covenant believers to live a set apart, sanctified, life from worldliness and sin; and someone cannot think that they can come to Yehovah on their own terms without respecting His judicial order in the house of assembly or in their personal lives (Heb 12:14).
22 See note on verse 1.
23 Chapter 11 defines the food laws of what animal life Yehovah created for consumption and what animal life that He did not. It is paralleled in Deut 14:3-21. An animal had to chew the cud and have a split hoof to be considered clean to eat and sea life had to have fins and scales.
24 Verses 13-19- All of the unclean birds names are carnivores.
25 The Hebrew word here 'Kadosh' means to be set apart. True covenant believers are to be set apart from the world not imitating their ways. To eat unclean food would be a defilement and outright act of rebellion.
26 The food laws here are quite simple; the Eternal Creator, who created all animals and sea life in Genesis, is simply telling His beloved creation which ones He created for consumption and which ones He did not.
27 Circumcision was a sign of the first covenant (Gen 17:10), but here it is also a law of clean and unclean. Women who are married to men who are circumcised have a much lower rate of cervical cancer than those who are not circumcised. According to this law, believers should still circumcise their male children on the 8th day of life. Only on the 8th day of life of a male baby does his vitamin k rise so that clotting can occur after the circumcision. Truly, the Creator's ways are perfect.
28 Interestingly enough, scientific evidence shows that this is exactly the time it takes for a newborn's immune system to build. Girl take double the time than boys do.
29 'Mercy-seat'- The Hebrew word is 'Kapporeth', coming from the word for the day of Yom Kippur, meaning to cover. The kapporeth was the actual cover of the ark (Ex 25:17) and where the priest sprinkled the blood to atone for the people on this day. The same word is used in Rom 3:25 for “a sacrifice for atonement” referring to Yehoshua's sacrifice for sin. Undoubtedly, this was the connection the Apostle Paul was trying to make.
30 The Hebrew word means “complete removal”, the two goats are both representative of the Messiah. One goat shows the dying Messiah, and the goat that was completely removed shows the Messiah completely taking away our sins and also the resurrection.
31 The Canaanites had a practice of sacrificing to goat deities, and The adversary has long been known as a goat. There was even a half man/half goat deity called Pan. This is why Yehovah prohibits the cutting of the corner of the beard to have a devil goat like appearance. Cross reference Lev 21:5, 2 Chron 11:15, Lev 19:27 Yer 9:25-26
32 From this verse it is an undeniable fact that there is no atonement for sin without the shedding of blood. Yehovah Himself instituted this principle in the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:21) and it shows that sin brings the shedding of innocent blood.
33 Although the life is in the blood, humans also needed the breath of life from Yehovah to make man a living soul (Gen 2:7).
34 Clearly, we see that all forms of incest are abominable to Yehovah and came from Canaanite practices. It is inconceivable to think that Yehovah preconceived humanity through incest in Gen 1, when it is clearly condemned here.
35 It is extremely important to Yehovah and proper judicial order to honor the older, more mature people in our families and communities, Pr 16:31, Pr 20:29.
36 The Canaanites had a practice of sacrificing to goat deities, and The adversary has long been known as a goat. There was even a half man/half goat god called Pan. This is why Yehovah prohibits the cutting of the corner of the beard to have a devil goat like appearance. (Lev 17:7)
37 Means he should not shave his head
38 By believing in and keeping the commandments, it was glorifying the name of Yehovah, the only true Elohim.
39 The fact that it mentions “these are my feasts” twice, shows that although the Sabbath is also a feast it is separated from the other feast days, and the other feast days do not have to fall on a Sabbath.
40 An omer is a measurement, not a sheaf and is about 2 quarts or liters.
41 This is not only for Yom Kippur, but with the Hebrew calendar, days are from sunset to sunset, therefore the Sabbath is also from sunset to sunset.
42 The feast runs according to the agricultural cycle of Yisrael and should not be before the autumn equinox.
43 The eighth day although connected to Sukkot, was in actuality a separate set apart day and pictures the great white throne judgment, directly after the millennium (Rev 20:11-15).
44 The Rabbis interpret this fruit to be the citron, but citrons were not indigenous to Yisrael and it is more likely referring to the pomegranate.
45 As a reminder of their exodus, they were to make temporary dwellings called Sookkahs and sit in them during the 7 days of Sukkot. This 7 day festival also pictures the millennium rule of Messiah.
46 These are Yehovah’s feasts, not merely the Jewish feast days.
47 Again, we see the great importance of the sacred name of Yehovah and how we need to keep that name sanctified. The Rabbis however take this to the point of not even ever mentioning the name and actually changing scripture when reading it to another name (Deut 4:2). The third commandment stating not to take Yehovah’s name in vain, literally means not to change or falsify it, or bring it to nothing. We are commanded to praise His name, worship His name, call on His name and glorify His name; how can you do this if you do not ever vocalize it? In essence, by not vocalizing the name Yehovah, they inadvertently bring it to nothing.
48 The reason why the Jubilee was announced at Yom Kippur is that planting for the next year was done directly after Sukkot before the rainy season, and if the next year was not to harvest the grain, there would be no reason to plant or sow the ground. Yom Kippur is also thought to be indicative of the wedding supper of the Messiah.
49 The 50th year is to be set apart. Some start the next jubilee year 1 of the next 7 year cycle on the 50th year and inadvertently count this year twice and only will have 49 years until the next Jubilee. Clearly, in the Hebrew, the 50th year is to be set apart (set apart means set apart) and is separated from the 7 cycles of 7 years each, just as Shavuot is the 50 day, separarted from the 7 weeks of 7 days.
50 The land of Yisrael belongs to Yehovah and whomever He shares it with.
51 This word indicates the rightful next of kin who would redeem his relative who has fallen into bondage, and is indicative in scripture of the Messiah who redeems those who seek Him of the bondage of the debt of their sins, which according to the Torah would be punishable by death. This is why it is very clear the Messiah must return directly before the Jubilee year of redemption (Is 60:16, Is 59:19-21, Ruth 2:20, 3:9, 4:1-10).
52 Due to replacement theology, many have lost the fact that being in covenant relationship in scripture is synonymous with being in the land of Yisrael. More than half of the covenant blessings directly deal with the blessing of the physical land of Yisrael. Those who deny this fact or place these blessings or cursings on another land are practicing replacement theology.
53 You see several times in this chapter that if Yisrael did not obey they would be punished and cast out of Yisrael for a duration that would last 7 times the punishment. If you take a biblical year of 360 days and times that by 7 you come up with 2,520. Using the year for a day principle in Num 14:34 you come up with a punishment of 2,520 yrs. Interesting enough from 573-72 BC when Yisrael was fully in captivity by the Babylonians if you add the 2,520 years, you come up with 1948, the very yr Yisrael became a nation again.
54 In any covenant in scripture the people (Yisrael), the Torah (law) and the land (physical land of Yisrael) never change. By changing any of those three aspects it is merely replacement theology, which scripture does not support.
55 Tithing is a principle that goes back to the beginning of time (Gen 28:22). It is a principle that all belongs to Yehovah (Ps 24:1) and He allows us to keep 90% of our increase if we rightfully give back 10% to Him for His work.
56 A shepherd would literally count each of his sheep by having them pass under a rod. As true believers are called the sheep of Yehoshua Messiah's pasture (Joh 10:1-10) they are literally the tithe from this world to be part of the family of Yehovah.
1 Firstborn and firstfruits in scripture are interchangeable both are set apart for Yehovah and belong to Him. The firstborn are simply the firstfruit or tithe of the womb.
2 He did this because it was a shame for a man to have long hair or to have his head covered before Yehovah and he could not enter the sanctuary of Yehovah until he shaved his head. The long hair of the vow caused the separation from the sanctuary. (1 Cor:11:4, 14, Ex 34:34, Ezek 44:20)
3 Some have falsely assumed that any drinking of alcohol is sin, but we clearly see from this and many scriptures that drunkenness is sin and not simply drinking a small amount of wine or alcohol.
4 The passover was so serious because it was the renewing of Yehovah’s covenant each yr that if someone did not partake in the passover, he was cut off from Yisrael and the house of assembly. That is why it is the only set apart day to Yehovah that has a second one if by necessity the first one was missed.
5 There is one law for both Israelites and Gentiles who have been grafted into the one tree of Yisrael. Later rabbis developed what they call Noahide laws for Gentiles that are not found in scripture, but only in their oral tradition (takanot).
6 This day for a year principle is used different times in scripture to delineate the times of certain punishments for Yisrael.
7 There are not separate laws for Israelites and Gentiles grafted into Yisrael, but one Torah for everyone.
8 The verb “shall be” is in the third person future tense and can mean either “he” or “it”, but in context it seems to be speaking of the Messiah being the authority to them by the tassel.
9 This is paramount to blasphemy, as they are condemning the great work Yehovah did by taking them out of Mitsrayim and then calling the slavery in Mitsrayim a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 We see the consequences when Yehovah’s judicial order is challenged. Yehovah’s mercy is unending but only when there is repentance and not when there is a prideful hardened heart of rebellion.
11 Once we dedicate something to Yehovah it becomes set apart and no longer our own.
12 The almond tree is the first tree each year to bear flowers and bud but the last to bear its fruit, and was known in ancient times for its diligence. Due to this Yehovah used it to show His unswerving backing of Aaron as High Priest.
13 True priests of Yehovah do not gather and hoard mammon, but live by belief and trust Yehovah to provide as they are His possession.
14 This water was used for the ceremonial washings for when one became ceremonially unclean.
15 The Red Heifer was the only sacrifice that was done on the third altar across the Kidron Valley on the slope of the Mount of Olives right below where the crucifixion of Yehoshua the Messiah took place. This sacrifice was clearly pointing toward His cleansing of all sin through immersion in His name. If one did not cleanse himself on the third day (through the resurrection) he would not be clean on the 7th day ( picturing the millennium and the resurrection).
16 Another clear prelude to the immersion ceremony which would become the sign of the New Covenant.
17 This was a grave sin before Yehovah, as Mosheh had started to take for granted the great power that Yehovah had given him, and did not follow the instructions of speaking to the rock but pridefully struck the rock in defiance to Elohim's command. This loss of self-control and lack of judgment cost him entrance into the Promised Land. Deut 1:37-38.
18 Meribah means strife.
19 Yehovah had distinctly already given His answer in verse 12, and he should not have even allowed these men in his house to tempt him from the word Yehovah gave him.
20 A clear Messianic prophecy.
21 In Yehovah’s judicial order women should always have a covering to protect them. This ancient aspect of society that had much love and wisdom is almost lost in western society today.
22 Six cities of refuge were to be set apart as follows; Bezer, Ramoth, Golan east of the Jordan River, and Kedesh, Shechem, and Hebron west of the Jordan River.
1 Yam Suph is the Sea of Reeds, Ex 13:18, 1 Kgs 9:26, According to the geography given this had to be on the eastern side of the Jordan River.
2 Mount Horeb is Mount Sinai, Mount Seir is the Jordanian city of rock called Petra
3 The Shefelah region
4 Anak means giant. This tribe lived near Hebron and and the surrounding mountains; later Yehoshua conquered them, Jos 11:21-22. A remnant remained in Gaza, Asdod and Gath, the city that Goliath came from.
5 This shows the consequences of our decisions and even Mosheh, a great man of Elohim lost out on the Promised Land due to this grave mistake.
6 This shows that children are teachable when they are young before many get older and develop a hardened heart.
7 The problem was that they were not repentant, but as Esau, they simply were sorry that they lost their blessing.
8 Verses 1-8 clearly show that the Israelites were on the east side of the Jordan at this time where Mount Sinai was located in Jabel El Laws in Saudi Arabia, Gal 4:25.
9 These giants are called Rephaim.
10 Avvim were a Pre-Philistine people other wise unknown, Jos 13:3.
11 Caphtorites- see Gen 10:14
12 Bashan- The area east of the Sea of Gelilah commonly known as the Golan Heights, which was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh.
13 This is speaking of his coffin, which was made of a stone structure called a dolmen. Many hundreds of these have been located in archeological excavations in the Golan Heights today.
14 “Yisrael listen”- Literally, “hear and obey”. This is written in command form. Obedience is a pre-requisite for all covenants of Yehovah.
15 Many Christians forget that the New Testament was not written until late first century/early second century and early believers would have only had the Torah and would have highly upheld the words that are written here to esteem the Torah of Yehovah greatly (Acts 28:23).
16 The word Torah means “instruction”. It was given as a manual to teach the people how to live a righteous, wisdom filled life. Understanding this fact; how could a ruach filled person ever say it is done away with? Pr 1:7-9, Pr 2:1-2, Pr 3:1-2
17 The Torah separates believers from other people of the world. (Ro 7:12, Ps 119172, Ps 19:7-11)
18 No human being has ever seen Yehovah the Father (1Joh 4:12), they have only heard the sound of His voice. When Yehovah visably appears in the Tanach it is Yehoshua Yehovah, the son appearing, Gen 19:24, Gen 18:1.
19 Verses 16-18- It is interesting to note from these verses that there was no religious art with depictions of people or animals until the 3rd century A.D. And the start of the Byzantine era. It was considered breaking the 2nd commandment.
20 It is inconceivable to think that Yehovah would command Yisrael every new moon to go out and visibly sight a crescent moon in the context of this verse. The biblical calendar started the new moon by conjunction and the sighting of the crescent came much later after the Babylonian captivity as it was adopted from Babylon. Yehovah works in the circular pattern and the day starts with the absence of the sun (at sunset) as the new moon starts with the absence of the moon (Heb 11:1-2) at conjunction. Knowing Yisrael's propensity to follow their pagan neighbors, Elohim would never purposely tempt them (Ja 1:13-14) by commanding His people to visibly sight a crescent moon each new moon. The sign of the crescent moon has traditionally been used in the occult and even is the sign of Islam. You can study the complete biblical calendar in lesson 11 online at www.coyhwh.com in the study section.
21 Yehovah is living and whatever does not draw close to Him will be consumed. He is jealous means He maintains His rights. Deut 9:3, Ex 24:17
22 This verse means there is no life without Yehovah as the source.
23 All three of these places are on the eastern side of the Jordan River. Ramoth means heights and was between Hesbon and Bashan divided by the Jabbok River and was heavily wooded during biblical times.
24 “Mount Sion” - possibly a spelling error of “Sirion” (Deut 3:9). If the scripture correctly names Mount Hermon as also Sion it could have some interesting implications for the last days, Rev 14:1-3, Math 24:14-15.
25 Mosheh as a type of Messiah paralleled Yehoshua in that they were both deliverers, prophets, mediators, and intercessors.
26 Verses 8-9- The premise of this command is the worshiping of a graven image.
27 “In vain” means to change, falsify or make common. The sacred name Yehovah is so set apart from any other name on earth, it must be revered above everything. The rabbis took this to the point of not even mentioning it, and inadvertently have brought it to nothing. How could we, according to scripture, praise His name, glorify His name, sing praises to His name, call on His name if we did not mention it?
28 The Hebrew word for “set apart” is “Kadosh” and literally means “set apart”.
29 In Exodus, the Sabbath commandment reverts back to creation, whereas here it is to remember their slavery. This shows us the two-fold commission of the Sabbath day to revere Yehovah as creator and look forward to His soon coming Kingdom when all will be as it was in the Garden of Eden. Secondly, it also reminds us every 7th day of the bondage that our sins brought us into and we give reverence to Yehoshua Messiah (Mk 2:28) from saving us from that spiritual bondage by paying the penalty of our sins. Keeping these two most important aspects in remembrance is vital for true covenant believers and clearly shows the Sabbath is important to keep and is still a commandment today.
30 This was not in Ex 20 under the law against coveting and shows in covenant relationship the former obligations remain and updates can simply be added according to the ruach of the law.
31 The last commandment ties up all ten by not only telling what to do and not do, but that our thoughts can defile us and sin starts in the mind. Ja 1:14-15, 1 Cor 6:9-10, Eph 5:5.
32 There is nothing written in the Torah that would make one think that there was a hidden oral law. Everything commanded by Yehovah was written in the scroll of the Torah, Jos 8:33-35, Deut 31:9, Ex 24:4.
33 Being obedient to the Torah was indicative of being able to dwell in the land.
34 This would be a desert wanderers' dream. The milk and honey idiom shows much water and unlimited grazing for animals with sweetness of honey all around, something they did not have in the wilderness.
35 This verse called “The Great Shema” because “Hear O Yisrael” means to listen or be attentive to. The Hebrew word “echad” is a unity word such as family, see Gen 2:24, and means 'Yehovah united'. If the intention of the verse was to show there was only one Yehovah, the Hebrew word used would have been “yachid”, see Gen 22:12. It would also make no sense to state there is only Yehovah, when scripture undeniably states there are messengers and Seraphs and elders around His throne amongst other beings, Rev 4:4, Is 6:1-3.
36 It was blasphemy and cursing to pray to the name of any deity but Yehovah, Ex 22:20, Ex 23:13, Ex 3:15, Is 42:8.
37 The fear of Yehovah will lead one to repentance and obedience, Ps 111:10, Pr 1:7. Without the fear of Yehovah, pride will rule one's life, Num 15:39.
38 The Hittites were a dynasty located in Asia Minor and from 1800B.C. to around 1200B.C. they dominated much of the land of Canaan. The name Amorite comes from the Akkadian word for westerner (west from Babylon) and they lived in the hill country during the time of the Israelite conquest. The Perizzites lived in southern Yehudah (Jud 1:4-5) and some lived in the land of Ephraim (Jos 17:15). The Hivittes were from Gibeon (Jos 9:7, 11:19, 2 Sam 24:7) and the Yebusites were in Yerushalayim (1 Chron 11:4-5).
39 Since the creation of Adam in Genesis, there have only been roughly 150 generations using the number 40, which is the smallest number in equating a generation. This shows that Yehovah’s love and mercy continues today to those fearing Him and keeping His commandments.
40 The singular suffix here indicates Yehovah will personally punish each individual who disobeys Him.
41 The physical land of Yisrael is always an integral part of Yehovah’s everlasting covenant.
42 The wilderness was simply a test of belief and obedience, Heb 3:7-19, 4:1-3.
43 The Timna copper mines in the south were used to mine copper for Solomon's sanctuary and also the trans-Jordan mountains.
44 Verses 11:14- It is much easier to forget Elohim during the times when everything is going good, instead of the times of trial when He is more needed. This is a warning to always remember the one who freed them.
45 This is the prideful, blinded thought of the Laodicean that thinks his own might got him all he has acquired and doesn't realize his pathetic spiritual state, (Rev 3:14-18).
46 See note on Deut 1:28.
47 The 10 commandments called words here.
48 “Godgudah”- The place is unknown but the name is after a false pagan goddess.
49 There are only blessings for obedience (Ps 19:7-11) and curses for disobedience, Deut 28:58-67.
50 This does not include Yoseph and his family, whereas Gen 46:27 does.
51 Although man thinks in the linear, Yehovah works in the circular. The biblical year goes around in a circle from equinox to equinox.
52 So not to be enticed with false worship, Yisrael was commanded to destroy all the altars of worship where pagans were sacrificing to their false deities.
53 Yerushalayim, since the Garden of Eden, has always been the eternal headquarters of Yehovah and will continue to be so in the Millennium Mic 4:2-4, Ps 132:13-14, Ps 122:1, Kgs 14:21, Ps 135:21, Yoel 2:32, 3:17, 21, Yer 3:17.
54 Yehovah’s way is always leading to sanctification of His chosen people.
55 As in ancient Yisrael, so it is today that one must be an over-comer to come to the rest (millennium) of Yehovah, Phil 2:12, Rev 2:4-5.
56 A clear parallel is shown of entering the Promised Land of Yisrael with the millennium. Heb 3:7-19
57 All set apart sacrifices that were commanded must be done at the altar in Yerushalayim. Private free will offerings could be done at home if one could not get to Yerushalayim.
58 The sacrifices of the pagans were so abominable, even sacrificing children, that Yehovah would have no part of any mixture of paganism with biblical practices. Today many Christians mix pagan practices such as Christmas and Easter and clearly go against the direct command of scripture.
59 The practices mentioned here are pagan and temple. Pagan priests also many times shaved their heads and even cut themselves to draw blood as a temple ritual. 1 Kgs 18:26-28, Lev 19:28, Lev 21:5-8, Yer 15:5-6.
60 1 Pe 2:9
61 Tithing is an Elohim given principle that all belongs to Yehovah, and when we receive increase from Him we give 10% tithe on all increase. Math 23:23, Gen 28:18-22, Num 18:21-29, Deut 26:12
62 The Hebrew word used here for wine, “terosh” indicates it is new wine.
63 This here is speaking of the festival tithe. Ten percent was already tithed in verse 22, and here in verse 23, it is stating by being faithful and putting aside Yehovah’s 10%, you can now use 10% of the tithe for you and your family at feast time in Yerushalayim.
64 Coming up to Yerushalayim at feast time was a great blessing and also a commandment. One of the worst punishments of Israel’s Diaspora was that they could no longer appear before Yehovah at feast time in His set apart city Yerushalayim. Many today, due to Diaspora, have totally missed the point of the biblical calendar being agricultural to connect Yisrael to the land all year long. By keeping the feast in captivity worldwide there is a great blessing missed by not coming to Yerushalayim at feast time.
65 Not only did Yehovah condone happiness and joy at feast time, but He actually commanded it. You were able to use your second tithe for special meals etc that you may not be able to enjoy other times of the year.
66 Yehovah commanded that every third year the tithe was to be used for the poor and less fortunate to make sure that the poor were not neglected. Also note, that the tithe was brought to the elders who would have been sitting in the city gate for distribution.
67 Yisrael was to have a very special relationship with each other as brothers. If followed, it ensured that there would not be needy or poor among them. Unfortunately, as a nation they never implemented these practices.
68 Speaking of people who may have been ceremonially unclean at the time.
69 The Pesach is referred to by the actual sacrifice of the lamb at the beginning of Aviv 14,( Ex 12:3-5) but it is also referred to for the whole week of sacrifices associated with Pesach (Num 28:16-31). Here we know that it is referring not only to the actual killing of the Pesach lamb on the 14th of Aviv, but also to what is called the second Hagidah or shalom offering to Yehovah because you can also use the herd for this sacrifice as with the actual Pesach it could only be eaten from the sheep or goats. This sacrifice in verse two is what is called in scripture 'the night to be observed celebration' for leaving Mitsrayim the next night after the Pesach. (Ex 12:29-42)
70 Again an indication of more than just the Pesach offering on the 14th of Aviv.
71 This is clearly relating to the night Yisrael left Mitsrayim in celebration, which was the night after the Pesach, as the Pesach was not a night of celebration but of death and they were commanded not to leave their houses until the next morning. (Ex 12:21, 29-42)
72 You must have Aviv grain for this ceremony. If you wait until after the equinox to start the year, according to scripture, you will always have grain ready enough for this ceremony.
73 Clearly, the feast of Sukkot must be after the summer harvest and after the fall equinox. Not only must the fruit be ripe enough for harvest but their would have had to be enough time to actually harvest the crop to bring the tithe to Yerushalayim as commanded. It is inconceivable that Israelites would have came empty handed to Yerushalayim for about a month's journey round-trip, while their crops would fall and rot on the ground while they would be gone feasting with no harvest fruit.
74 It was a great blessing and a command to appear before Yehovah at feast time with your blessing in your hand for your obedience. It was one of the greatest punishments of their Diaspora that Yisrael could no longer appear before Yehovah in Yerushalayim at feast times. Being in the land was synonymous with being in covenant relationship. We don't see any land covenant promises outside the land of Yisrael, only promises of restoration in the last days back into the physical land of Yisrael and back into covenant relationship.
75 These were subordinates who would carry out the sentence given by the judge.
76 The word for pillar is Asherim. These were images of Asherah, the mother goddess of 70 false gods including Baal. The symbol of this cult was the trunk of a tree. Pagans believed that Asherah was the wife of Yehovah.
77 Speaking of pagan worship. Anywhere a believer goes the Torah should sanctify them from the ways of pagan worship.
78 Yehovah is setting His judicial order in matters of judgment and also setting the precedent that He appoints His leaders and His authority is with them in their decision making. By going against the judgment of the leader that Yehovah appointed, in essence, they would be going against Yehovah Himself who placed the leader. (Ex 16:1-8)
79 It is noteworthy to state that one was obligated to listen to the judgment of the priest whether it was correct in their eyes or not.
80 Num 8:13-18, Num 18:6, 14, 20-24
81 There was equality of portion except for what belonged to family inheritance. Num 35:1-8, Jos 21:1-42
82 Relating to the prophecy of Gen 3:15, the Messiah would be from the seed of a woman and He would be like Mosheh in that they both are intercessors, redeemers, prophets, and shepherds. Ex 32:30
83 Any prophet in the bible without fail was spoken to by the Creator's name Yehovah. In turn, anyone claiming to be a prophet must only speak in the name of Yehovah or he would be put to death.
84 This principle is also reiterated in Math 18:16, where at least 2 witnesses must corroborate an offense. Lev 5:1, Num 35:30
85 This means to 'let the punishment fit the crime'. It should also be noted here that it is speaking to the leaders of the nation for proper justice not for individual vindictive purposes.
86 Every aspect of life including war was tied in with wanting the help of Elohim. Many times it was the priest who would lead the charge when going to war.
87 Here we see how compassionate Yehovah is even in times of war considering each and every detail of one's life.
88 This truly showed how debase people were that trees were more valued than people. (Jon 4:9-11)
89 The shedding of innocent blood for sin showed the importance that was put on compensation for life, even if it was not known who killed the man (verse 9).
90 This could only take place if the woman agreed to leave and then the law was meant as a humane act to the slave woman.
91 Although having multiple wives is never condoned in scripture, we also never see it to be clearly defined as sin in the Tanach. Yet, it is evident by example that family dysfunction would occur, and from the New Testament and Yehoshua, we clearly see it was never the will of Yehovah and is forbidden to any New Covenant believer ( Mk 10:1-10)
92 The right of the first born is conditional and can be lost by the first-born himself, but not simply taken. 1 Chron 5:1, Gen 48:22, Gen 25:29-34.
93 Rebellion in the home would lead to rebellion in society.
94 The day ends at sunset, Math 27:57-60, Joh 19:31
95 Up until the 1960's and the era of rebellion, pants were a man's garment and not worn by women. In many conservative countries today, dresses are still worn by women including the religious community of Judaism.
96 Their step is different, it would not work, Amos 3:3
97 Under the same principle of keeping things in the purity of their created form, wool comes from an animal and linen from a plant. Lev 19:19
98 This was the stained bloody sheet from the wedding night proving her virginity.
99 Deut 25:2-3, 2Cor 11:24
100 Even though they were only engaged according to ancient Middle Eastern tradition (takanot) she was by contract still considered to be his wife. Math 1:18-19
101 In the Hebrew it denotes that both parties were willing participants in the act.
102 Seems to indicate someone was purposely doing this to mimic a pagan practice.
103 The word for “Moabite” is in the masculine form denoting that this only applies to men and not woman, see Ruth 1:4.
104 Edomites come from Esau, who was the brother of Ya'akov.
105 Verses 12-14, are speaking of making sure you bury your stool outside the camp for hygiene and due to Yehovah’s presence among them.
106 This is speaking of a foreign slave seeking refuge in Yisrael.
107 This Hebrew term means a male prostitute.
108 Verses 21-23- Today, people take very lightly making commitments to both Yehovah and man and then, casually break them without wanting any consequences. Here we see that when one vows something to Yehovah, he is bound to fulfill His word and that is why the marriage covenant is “till death do them part”. As they vowed this very thing to Yehovah and each other and entered covenant relationship, Mal 2:14-17.
109 This chapter is not condoning the practice of divorce, but is warning the woman not to leave even if the husband serves her a paper of divorce, as if she left and went to become another man's wife she could never come back to her first husband (Yer 3:1). This is a shadow of the New Covenant as if someone is immersed and has hands laid on them to join the New Covenant and become the bride of Messiah and then they would leave and turn his/her back on Yehoshua, they can never return again and have blasphemed Yehovah’s ruach. Heb 6:4-6
110 The millstone was used to grind flour for bread and was essential for survival of one's family.
111 To a poor man the clothing given in pledge may be his only garment. By showing mercy to him the lender will be blessed for his mercy.
112 In 2nd temple times the Sanhedrin court had experts who were used when scourging a prisoner. Due to this scripture they would make a whip with 13 leather strips and would whip the prisoner three times. Every part of the body was fair game. Also, attached to the end of each whip would be rocks, glass, pieces of stone and other sharp objects to inflict greater pain, Math 27:26, 2 Cor 11:24.
113 See note on 1 Tim 5:17-18.
114 Verses 5-10 is called the law of the levirate and shows the importance in ancient days about continuation of seed in a family and inheritance in the eyes of the people. Dying without an heir was about the worst thing that could happen to someone (Eccl 4:8).
115 Verses 13-16- In ancient times many things were bartered and the seller would use a scale of weights or a measure and some dishonest people had a false weight or measure with the intent to cheat people.
116 A reference to Ya'akov who went from Canaan back to Paran and back again amidst many trials and struggles.
117 By repeating and confirming this scripture the recipient would put themselves under a curse of disobedience because no one is righteous who can keep the Torah completely. See note on Gal 3:11. Yehoshua warned against joining the covenant under such conditions without having an avenue to remove the penalty of sin, Jos 24:14-28
118 This chapter clearly shows that you cannot separate the land of Yisrael from the covenant of Yehovah. If the people of Yisrael would be obedient to the Torah, then they would be blessed and the land would be blessed. If they did not, then they would be cursed and the land cursed and eventually they would be dispelled from the land.
119 Yehovah is a family name consisting of Yah Yehovah the Father, and Yehoshua Yehovah the son. When someone is immersed into the New Covenant into the family name of Yehovah they are literally joining His family and that brings great blessing and protection and people will see this and have fear to go against a family member of Yehovah. Ro 8:14-17, Gen 20:1-18
120 In the entirety of the set apart scriptures there is only blessings for obedience and cursing for disobedience.
121 In ancient times water was equivalent with life. Without water one could not survive and this is why many times in scripture Yehovah is equated with living water, Ps 29:3, Yer 2:13, Rev 22:1.
022 Verses 45-47 is a stark warning for all true covenant believers to always keep the fear of Yehovah in their hearts and love and honor Him and serve Him and obey His commandments.
123 The very essence of obedience and the first step toward repentance is to recognize and acknowledge the Creator of the Torah, Yehovah, and to give glory to His name.
124 Torah means instruction
125 The word doubt here is implied, as in ancient Hebrew there is no actual word for doubt. Doubt is a horrible plague that will lead to uncertainty and fear and also torment (1 Joh 4:18). This plague is the opposite of belief and is instilled in many in western society today.
126 As a mother cares for her suckling child, Yehovah cared for His people (Is 49:15) and provided every need for 40 yrs in the wilderness. This was to teach them full belief in Him for everything and is a stark difference from the world we live in today where most things in the west are provided by an individual himself or the government.
127 One need not get caught up on all the mysteries of the universe, but simply read and obey the Torah and his life will be greatly blessed and he will inherit eternal life Ps 19:7-11, Pr 3:1-3.
128 Yer 30:18, Eze 36:24, Ezek 34:13, Yer 31:8, Yer 3:18, Yer 50:4-5, Mic 4:6-7, Amos 9:14-15
129 Verses 10-16 is a beautiful poetic stanza that shows Yehovah’s Torah is very simple and needs to be written in our heart for us to obey it and obedience to it is life. Throughout the entire bible you will only see blessings for obedience and cursing for disobedience.
130 A great scripture showing life starts at conception.
131 Mosheh wrote the entire Torah, there is no mention of an oral law that later came as a tradition (takanot) of the Rabbis. Jos 8:34-35, Ex 24:4. Deut 31:24
132 Yerushalayim, 1 Kgs 14:21
133 Verses 16-18- Yehovah did not state this due to predestination as man has free will to choose his path, but because He knew their hardened hearts and prideful attitude to refuse to humble themselves before Him and repent and receive His ruach and grace, Ja 4:6, Acts 7:51.
134 Mosheh wrote the entire Torah, there is no mention of an oral law that came as a tradition (takanot) of the Rabbis later. Jos 8:34-35, Ex 24:4, Deut 31:9, Jos 1:8.
135 As the “Our Father” prayer in Mathew 6:9, prayers always starts out by glorifying the wonderful, glorious name of Yehovah.
136 The Masoretic text changed the text here to read “according to the number of the sons of Yisrael”, but clearly the Dead Sea scrolls and the Septuagint both correctly states “according to the number of the Messengers of Elohim”. This verse is relating back to creation when Yehovah separated mankind by their races into the different regions of the earth and set messengers in each area according to the number of people.
137 Verses 15-18 shows Yisrael's rebellion, however Yehovah uses the word “Jeshurun”, which means “upright one” and is a term of endearment to describe Yisrael's great potential in later years when they would turn back to Yehoshua, the son of Yehovah.
138 If only Christian Pastors could drop the scales from their eyes to see the plainness of verses such as these and that the Torah is life and keeping it only brings life, happiness, and blessings.
139 Waters of Meribah, Num 20:12.
140 “Separated one” in Hebrew is “nazir”. As Yoseph is clearly a type of the Messiah, this is just another clue to who the Messiah will be as Yehoshua came from Netzeret, which is a form from nazir. Math 2:23, Is 11:1
141 The land of Asher was famous for its olive oil. Today some believe this prophecy is relating to fossil fuel and there is off shore drilling in this Territory.
142 This was across the Jordan River in modern day Jordan.
143 Some have tried through replacement theology to say that heaven or another land on earth has replaced the physical land of Yisrael in the New Covenant, but as we see nothing could be further from the truth and that theory has no scriptural support. Ezek 20:42.
144 We see the ceremony of the laying on of hands is not just a New Testament doctrine (Heb 6:2), but goes back to the Torah and even to the scroll of Genesis 48:14.
1 This word is somewhat ambiguous and can also mean innkeeper.
2 The people knew the personal name of Yehovah the Creator who did the wonders before Pharaoh in Mitsrayim.
3 It is Yehovah who lifts up man and takes him down. Dan 4:17, 4:31-33
4 Apparently, all the children who were born in the wilderness were not circumcised. This shows the covenant at Mount Sinai clearly was not consummated and here is being reestablished.
5 Gilgal means 'wheel'.
6 The word for captain here in Hebrew is “sar' and is used in Is 9:6 as a description of the Messiah being“Sar Shalom' or Prince of Shalom. Undoubtedly, this had to be Yehoshua as a messenger would not allow worship, and a messenger's presence would not make the ground set apart. (Rev 22:8-9, Ex 3:2, 5)
7 The whole camp of Yisrael was defiled due to one mans sin.
8 Achor means grief, Hos 2:15
9 Since a biblical day starts and ends at sunset the body had to be removed before the new day would begin (Deut 21:22)
10 Verses 34-35- Mosheh wrote the entire Torah, there is no mention of an oral law that came as a tradition (takanot) of the Rabbis later. Ex 24:4. Deut 31:9, 24
11 The biblical day starts and ends at sunset (Deut) 21:22)
12 The covenant blessings that Yehovah promised to Abraham, Yitzhak, and Ya'akov are primarily millennium blessings, but in a physical way these blessings were fulfilled to Yisrael . The big difference in the millennium is that the people will have eternal life at that time.
13 The sanctification or setting apart of the covenant people of Yehovah is a running theme throughout the entire bible. Covenant believers are told to be in the world, but not of the world ( Joh 17:11-16, 1 Joh 2:15-17), and it is forbidden in both the 1st and New Covenant to marry unbelievers ( 2Cor 6:114-18).
14 You cannot separate the land of Yisrael from the covenant of Yehovah. Many today blindly try to do this through replacement theology, which is nowhere found in scripture.
15 The word Elohim is a plural noun and here the pronoun “they” is also plural. Yehovah in scripture is a family name. More than 50 times we see the Father referred to as Yah Yehovah, and His son is Yehoshua Yehovah (Pr 30:4). When a new believer is immersed to join the covenant of Yehovah, he is immersed in the family name of Yehovah.
16 Yehoshua 24:14-27 is an extremely important part of scripture and clearly shows the difference between the first covenant, which was cause and effect, and the New Covenant in which Yehovah sent His son to pay the penalty of sin and He remembers those sins no more.
In the first covenant there was forgiveness for sins of ignorance (Lev 4) but the penalty of those sins still remained. Each year on Yom Kippur (kippur means covering, not removal) the sins were placed on the altar and covered over until the next year. In the Torah, forgiveness must be followed by restitution of what was stolen or lost through the sin. This fact is completely lost in the false, easy grace that most of Christianity teaches today.
There were 4 sins that brought the death penalty and could not have a sacrifice to cover them. They were murder, blasphemy, idolatry and adultery. Yehoshua by magnifying the Torah and showing that sin starts in the mind, He showed that to Yehovah “anger is murder, and lust is adultery”. By realizing this sobering fact, it clearly shows that none are righteous (Ro 3:10-23) and we all need the blood of Messiah who poured out His blood to establish the New Covenant and pay the penalty of the sins of those who repent and are immersed into the covenant in His name.
1 According to Yehovah’s judicial order, women are not to be in a position of authority over a man and it would have been a shame on Yisrael that a woman would have been the leader of the victory. ( Gen 3:16, 1Tim 2:11-14)
2 The Messenger of Yehovah is Yehoshua Yehovah, the son of Yehovah.
3 Vs 38-40- There was nothing wrong with Gideon putting out a fleece to confirm his conviction.
4 This shows that Yehovah’s leaders simply administer, but it is Yehovah that rules. So in essence when someone rejects the Elohim given position of a leader of Yehovah they are rejecting Yehovah who is the ruler that placed them (Ex 16:2-8).
5 This is at least 350 ounces, and more if the reference is to the heavier shekel.
6 A mill stone was about 18 inches in diameter and 3 to 4 inches thick.
7 This verse shows two things. First that vows to Yehovah are binding and number two: one should be very careful when making a vow as Yehovah expects us to keep our vows that we make (Eccl 5:1-6). This vow was extremely costly and was paid with the life of his daughter.
8 The Ephraimites had a special accent that could not pronounce this word.
9 The Hebrew word used here “pelay” is the same word used in Is 9:6 in giving the names of the Messiah of Yisrael. Clearly, the Messenger of Yehovah is the being later to become Yehoshua, the son of Yehovah.
10 The Messenger of Yehovah, who is defined as the being who later became Yehoshua, the son of Yehovah is also Elohim and clearly preexisted before the virgin birth to Mariam in Mathew chapter 1.
11 Ramath- Lehi means jawbone height.
12 Jud 16:5
13 This verse again shows the sacredness in ancient times associated with making a vow and keeping ones word.
14 This last verse of Judges truly shows the sad consequences when Yehovah’s judicial order is ignored for self motivation.
1 Because King David had a heart to build a house for Yehovah, Yehovah said that He would build an eternal house for David (2Sam 7:8-13, 26-29). This is speaking of an everlasting dynasty with a physical sanctuary for Yehoshua, the son of David. Yehoshua will be king and David will reign with Him Yer 30:9, Eze 37:23-24.
2 To serve any other deity but Yehovah was death.
3 Yisrael had rejected Yehovah and His governmental system and wanted to govern themselves. Many today have the same mindset and syndrome in the Laodicean house of assembly, Rev 3:17-18.
4 The consequences of poor decision making not only affects the person, but also all those around him. The tribe of Benjamin lost out on the kingly line due to Saul's pride and lack of repentant heart.
5 Yehovah is looking for humble, obedient servants that will be loyal to Him throughout eternity. Faith is simply undying loyalty and to trust and obey Yehovah under any circumstance.
6 Rebellion = bitterness and divination = sorcery.
7 This was the tzitzeet (tassel), which represents the authority of a male. By ripping his tzitzeet it showed that due to his lack of judicial order Saul's authority was being ripped away from him.
8 David had Yehovah’s set apart ruach, Ps 51:11.
9 The Philistines were an Indo-European, maritime people who invaded Mitsrayim in the 12th century B.C. And were driven out and went to southwest Canaan, and other parts of the land, by this time they had a foothold on the whole southern portion of Yisrael.
10 40 in scripture is the number of trial or overcoming.
11 Yonathan and David's relationship is one of the greatest examples in scripture of a true, covenant friendship.
12 Saul was relieving himself.
13 One does not need to take matters into his own hands but to simply trust in Yehovah who will avenge those who fight against His elect.
14 The witch apparently had seen a demon who was portraying himself as Samuel.
15 Verses 11-13- The bodies were recovered by the men of Jabesh- gilead, who had not forgotten how Saul had once saved them, 1 Sam 11:1-11.
1 The new day began at sunset, Lev 23:32.
2 David was 30 yrs old when he began to reign, exactly the same age Yehoshua was when He began His ministry, Luk 3:23.
3 Because of the natural fortress of Mount Zion, the Yebusites mocked that even the blind and lame could defend against David, not knowing he would come through the water shaft.
4 The Temple Mount where the sanctuary of Yehovah was built is Mount Zion, which is also the city of David (2 Chron 5:2).
5 Baal perazim in Hebrew.
6 This cannot be Solomon who lost out on the kingdom but can only be speaking about Yehoshua, the son of David and Yehovah and also the Messiah.
7 David's sons were priests or cohen, however they were not Levites, so this must be referring to the Melchizedek priesthood (Heb 7:14-17).
8 Jedidiah means “beloved of Yah”.
9 This is a copyist error and should read 4 yrs.
10 These were signs of mourning and humility as it is a shame for a man to cover his head (1 Cor 11:14).
11 Counsel to a king was extremely important, as was discerning the counsel. Without discernment a leader will enter much trouble for many.
12 Due to David's great leadership ability his life was worth 10,000 others, as without him all the army would be discouraged and fall. This truly shows how important true leadership really is.
13 Michal is the sister of Merab who was married to Adriel. (1 Sam 18:19). Apparently, Merab died and Michal raised her 5 sons. Michal had no children of her own due to the curse for despising David for his worship of Yehovah when they brought up the ark of the covenant, 2Sam 6:16, 20-23.
14 The one struck was Lahmi, the brother of Goliath, 1 Chron 20:5.
1 The promise to have a son be on the throne of Yisrael for eternity was conditional on obedience to the Torah. Solomon failed, but Yehoshua, the eternal king did not fail, Math 5:17.
2 Solomon was a type of Messiah, and shalom was granted during his reign. The true Messiah will have everlasting shalom, Yer 23:6, Math 5:35, Heb 7:1-2, Is 9:6-7.
3 The Hebrew word for “appoint” is “Nathan” and this is a prophecy showing that the Messiah will be born from the lineage of Nathan NOT Solomon, Luk 3:31.
4 Verses 12-13- Shows that the covenant of Yehovah was conditional on obedience to the Torah and still is today. In any biblical covenant the three elements that never change are the people being Yisrael, the land always being the land of Yisrael, and the Torah as a protective agent to safeguard the people in the covenant.
5 A cubit was roughly 18 inches, so the set apart of Holies was 30 feet long and the complete sanctuary was 90 feet.
6 Verse 29,33- . The sanctuary of Yehovah had to do with drawing close to Him through sacrificing animals, where in the NT it is through believe in His son (Joh 4:21-24). This has nothing to do with the command of going up to Yerushalayim at feast time to receive the reward for obedience throughout the year. Appearing in Yerushalayim for the feast had to do with the blessing of obedience and bringing the harvest fruits for celebration.
7 Verses 41-43- Yehovah also hears the voice of the stranger if he is pure-hearted and sincere.
8 This is at the Gulf of Aqaba.
9 Six is the number of man and 666 shows man's government in rebellion to Yehovah, Rev 13:16-18.
10 Solomon worshiped false deities. Ashtoreth is the same goddess as “Istar” or “Easter”.
11 Yehovah gave Solomon a great opportunity but it was conditional on his obedience and due to his failure the kingdom would be taken from him and divided 1 Chron 28:1-9.
12 Verses 28-29- Yeroboam tried to prevent the Northern tribes from going back to Yerushalayim and maybe turning on him. So he set 2 places of worship one at the southern border in Bethel and one at the northern border in Dan. He then went on to change the feast to the 8th new moon from the 7th new moon thinking it would be more convenient for those in the north as in northern Yisrael the harvest can be a little later than in the south. He thought this might appeal to the people who may rather have a later feast and be able to care for their harvest first.
13 Yehovah’s calendar is set in the heaven's (Gen 1:14) by the moon and the sun and stars. It is a grave sin to purposely change the set apart time of Yehovah.
14 This most amazing prophecy was fulfilled exactly according to the word of Yehovah almost 300 years later, even naming the king Josiah who would fulfill it, 2 Kgs 23:15-16.
15 It is not fully apparent why the man would have lied to the prophet of Yehovah, but the prophet should have realized that Yehovah is not double-minded and once given a direct command Yehovah wouldn't have changed His mind (Ja 1:8, Mal 3:6).
16 Yehovah consecrated the tribe of Levi to be the priests, as He also consecrates His ministers in the New Covenant through the laying on of hands and a very strict criteria (1 Tim 3:1-6). Someone cannot consecrate himself to be a priest or minister of Yehovah and it is wickedness for one to try to do so and fully outside of judicial order and will only bring chaos and confusion.
17 This was a great sin in the eyes of Yehovah. When someone takes the role of leadership over others in Yehovah’s house of assembly there is a great responsibility to follow Yehovah’s judicial order and grave consequences not to (1 Kgs 15:28-30).
18 Baasha was from Yisachar.
19 Verses 17-23- See story in Luk 7:11-17
20 Apparently, Elijah had been translated before this occurrence of being taken up in the chariot of fire ( 2Kgs:2:11, 15-17).
21 A striking challenge by Elijah to the lukewarm people. It would be interesting to see what Elijah would say to people today who read their bibles but call Yehovah by the names of “god” and “lord'; names of false pagan deities.
22 This was a pagan ritual of self-mutilation and strictly forbidden in the Torah, Lev 19:28, Deut 14:1.
23 The altar was arranged in the Hebrew letters of the name of Yehovah to show which Elohim was the only true Elohim.
24 This was about 15 liters
25 It was part of the job of Elijah to turn the people's heart back to Yehovah, the only true Elohim, (Mal 4:5-6).
26 Elijah won the victory for Yehovah.
27 Yezreel was a winter residence of Ahab and about 17 miles from Mount Carmel.
28 It is quite striking that after just having such great courage to fight and defeat 450 priests of Baal that Elijah would be so afraid of the woman Yezebel.
29 This was a desert shrub that could grow up to 10 feet tall.
30 Mount Horeb was an alternate name for Mount Sinai, Ex 3:1.
31 Apparently, this was the same cave that Mosheh was in when Yehovah showed him His backside, Ex 33:12-23.
32 It is evident by this question that Yehovah did not call for Elijah but that he came on his own misguided instructions.
33 It is hard to hear the voice of Yehovah when there is clutter in one's life, as one must listen very intently to hear a small still voice.
34 A second time the word of Yehovah asked what Elijah was doing there as he just defeated the priests of Baal and the people were on his side chanting “Yehovah is Elohim”, (1 Kgs 19:39). At this most pivotal moment when the people now needed Elijah's guidance in how to properly worship Yehovah, he had ran away from his responsibility and was sulking in a sympathy party.
35 Verses 14-16- Due to Elijah shirking his responsibility he lost his position as prophet to Elisha. A stark warning that when Yehovah gives someone a job they should be thankful and grateful and work as hard as possible to accomplish what Yehovah wants them to do.
36 Many times a prideful person will think that they are the only one serving Yehovah, when in reality Yehovah always has others to replace someone who is not fit for their position. This should be quite humbling.
1 The word for “translated” in most bibles means to “take from one place to another”. Elijah did not go to the third heaven, which is the throne of Yehovah, which no man has ever gone ( Joh 3:13), but he was taken across the sky to another mountain somewhere as he had on other occasions (1 Kgs 18:11-12, 2 Kgs 2:16). He later wrote to King Jerhoram (2 Chron 21:12), which proved he was still on the earth and not in heaven.
2 Yehovah’s truth has no price tag and is a free gift from Him. No true man of Elohim will market the word of Yehovah.
3 In these last days, it is not a time to be marketing the good news of Yehoshua, but it is the time to be making the word of Yehovah available to all those who want to receive it.
4 She was the daughter of Ahab and Yezebel and just like her mother was completely outside of Yehovah’s judicial order.
5 These were mercenary soldiers from Caria in southwest Asia minor, who served as royal bodyguards.
6 The custom started with King Solomon being coronated at the stone pillars at the entrance to the sanctuary of Yehovah at the Gihon spring in the southwestern tip of the city of David. This entrance with stone pillars has been excavated in recent times by archaeologists in Yerushalayim.
7 Joktheel means the rocky height.
8 Lachish was about 25 miles southwest of Yerushalayim and was the summer palace of several kings and a fortress city.
9 Shalmaneser was son to and successor of Tiglash- Pileser and reined from 727-722B.C.
10 This area was south of the Caspian Sea and NE of the Tigris River. Sargon ll, the general under Shalmaneser takes credit for this battle in his annals. Interesting enough, although there were several million Israelites living in the attacked region, Sargon states he only took 27, 290 captive. The reason being that many Israelites had already fled before this battle ever took place to the south to the Carthage empire, to the west, to Europe, and also some went to Yehudah and assimilated into other areas around the globe and became known as “The lost tribes of Yisrael”.
11 Verses 7-18- although Yehovah has great patience and never-ending mercy and love, there is a point when people give themselves over to evil and sin that their hearts will be hardened and they will be unable to ever repent and only judgment for their pride and sin awaits, Heb 3:10-13.
12 Verses 26-33- Due to their fear of the lions, the people developed a mixture of pagan worship with some of Yehovah’s biblical statutes, which is a religious trend that continued through time and even today. They also had unqualified men as their priests whom Yehovah did not ordain and without proper leadership the people will inevitably be led astray.
13 Verses 33-39- These verses show us how vitally important it is to obey Yehovah’s eternal Torah, which is His very character or else man will simply work every evil from the imagination of his own heart, Yer 17:9-10, Jud 21:25.
14 The fact that human beings are very quick to follow something that is purely evil, but will resist tooth and nail to something pure from Elohim is clear proof of the fallen nature of man and that redemption can only come through the transformation by the Ruach H'Chodesh of Yehovah, after full repentance is admitted and made.
15 In these end times, as Yehovah is revealing who the tribes of Yisrael are today, it is a stark warning that disobedience to the Torah that Mosheh gave Yisrael from Yehovah was the main avenue that caused their captivity, and returning to it is a per-requisite to returning to covenant relationship with Yehovah, 2 Chron 6:36-39, Lev 26:40-46, Mal 4:4, Yoel 2:12-27.
16 Verses 1-6- Manasseh was 12 yrs old and Hezekiah was granted 15 yrs after his prayer to Yehovah for more time to live, so Manasseh would have never been born had Hezekiah not asked Yehovah for more time and it would have saved the life and sorrow of untold thousands in Yehudah from his evil ways. Sometimes it is better to simply trust in Yehovah’s mercy than to dictate our desires to Him from our own selfish hearts.
17 These were cultivated terraced gardens
1 Ro 9:29 it is always only a remnant that is faithful.
2 It was never the intention of Yehovah to have a earthly king over Yisrael. The original system set up under Mosheh was for judges in each area and captains over 1,000's, over 100's and 50's and over 10's. Yehovah would have been King over them. (1Sam 8:4-9)
3 Mountain is synonymous in scripture with a kingdom or large land mass (Rev 17:9).
4 Yerushalayim is where the Garden of Eden was and has been set apart for Yehovah from creation as His headquarters and will be restored as His eternal dwelling place when Yehoshua returns. (Mich 4:2)
5 An analogy on pride, which is lifted up with the large cedar trees of Lebanon. The oak tree is one of the strongest and longest lasting, showing the contrast of the strength of Yehovah, which is greater than the longest lasting trees
6 These were especially large ships that carried smelted metal to Tarshish. Tarshish means smelted metal.
7 A prophecy for the last days of the break down of the family.
8 These ornaments being mentioned are showing Yisrael living in a state of prosperity and ease and due to disobedience Yehovah is going to bring punishment.
9 Showing in the end times women feeling that they can be independent of husbands as their Elohim given covering and want children out of wedlock.
10 Depicting a great judgment that will come due to the immoral system being displayed.
11 Showing a heavenly security that will follow the judgment.
12 Is 5:1-12, Yisrael in other places (Yer 12:10, Math 21:33-45) has been pictured as a vineyard to whom Yehovah had nurtured but which yielded very little fruit.
13 The patience of Yehovah with the nation through antiquity shows His unending mercy, and long-suffering, and love.
14 Yehovah created mankind to have land to cultivate and to be blessed by and it is a curse to bring house on house and put so many people condensed into small area.
15 A curse on those who want prophecy to happen simply to see the excitement of it not knowing that there are grave times coming in the end of days (Amos 5:18-20)
16 Seraphim were messenger beings such as messengers. The word seraph comes from the verb to burn and these were representatives of Yehovah used for cleansing (Num 21:6).
17 The sin was covered as on Yom Kippur (kippur means to cover), but were not removed. They can only be removed when the penalty is paid. This was done when Messiah was crucified on the Mount of Olives right above the Mikphad altar where all ashes of every sin sacrifice was brought.
18 It is a pattern in scripture of the set apart 10% always remaining.
19 This is a play on words whereas Tabeal means 'good for Elohim', he was going to be 'good for nothing'.
20 Whereever the word look “hineh” in the Hebrew appears with the present participle it always refers to a future event.
21 This word in Hebrew is “almah” and can only mean a women or young women who has never had sexual relations with a man.
22 Immanual means 'Elohim is with us' and clearly shows that although the Messiah will be born from a virgin He will also be Elohim. The situation is that Yehovah has already promised that the Messiah would come through the seed of David and now Syria is threatening to destroy Yehudah. Yehovah is giving a sign to show that Yehudah will not be destroyed before the Messiah will be born and to show He is the Messiah He will be born of a virgin. If this was simply a statement about a young woman having a baby where would be the sign? Also, in English the word “you” is ambiguous and can mean one person or multiple people. In Hebrew this is not the case and in verse 9, 11, 16 and 17 the “you” is in the singular speaking to Ahaz. However in verse 13 and 14, which are insertion prophetic verses about Messiah, the “you” is plural speaking to the nation.
23 This verse speaking about Ahaz son was fulfilled as within 12 yrs of this prophecy Damascus was captured by Assyria (732) and Yisrael had also fallen (721).
24 The Hebrew word for this phrase to hurry the spoil and haste to plunder is “Maher-shalal-hash-baz”. This was the name of Yehsa'yahu's second son.
25 “Maher-shalal-hash-baz”
26 The true talmidim of Yehovah would have the Torah written on their hearts Yer 31:33.
27 Any true servant of Yehovah will teach only what is scripturally sound according to the Torah.
28 Math 4:15-16
29 This scripture shows that the Messiah would be born as a human, but also 3 out of the 4 titles mentioned also show that He will be Elohim.
30 The Kingdom of Yehovah is an eternal kingdom that will be established on the earth at Messiah's return.
31 Instead of repenting for their sin and looking toward Elohim, the people are saying that they will merely rebuild and move on as if nothing has happened.
32 Ro 9:27-28 Although there would be millions upon millions of Israelites scattered abroad only a remnant will return.
33 Jesse was the father of David and this shows that when the Messiah will appear David will not have a great dynasty as he did, but there will merely be a shoot coming from the stump of Jesse. When David was under his father Jesse he was still a shepherd before he was a king.
34 The word in Hebrew for branch is “netzar” and this is the scripture referred to in Math 2:23, the whole chapter is Messianic.
35 Where believers get a down payment of the set apart ruach (2Cor 5:5), the Messiah has the fullness of the ruach of Yehovah.
36 Verse 6-9 is showing the peaceful nature during the millennial kingdom.
37 Speaking of Yerushalayim (Is 2:3).
38 In ancient Yisrael there was a specific banner for each of the 12 tribes and this is a messianic phrase showing that when the messiah is here all 12 tribes will be restored once again.
39 “In that day”refers to the time period that the messiah will be returning, and at that time Yehovah will regather Yisrael 2 times. One has already happened with Yehudah getting a homeland in 1948, and their will be a second regathering of the rest of the remnant of the tribes of Yisrael in the future.
40 Many of these areas are where the northern tribes of Yisrael were dispersed in 721-718 B.C.
41 The Messiah is gathering both the House of Yehudah and the House of Yisrael (Ezek 37:15-28).
42 Since the days right after king Solomon there has been a vexation between the divided kingdom of Yehudah and Yisrael (Ephraim). This is indicating in the messianic age that vexation will be removed through the presence of messiah.
43 If you look at an aerial view of the Red Sea crossing it looks like a lip and this is stating Yehovah in that day will divide it into 7 channels for the returning exiles.
44 salvation = My salvation
45 Yehovah is a family name with the Father being Yah Yehovah and the son Yehoshua Yehovah.
46 Yehoshua when He came to earth was the exact representation of Yehovah the Father (Col 1:15, Heb 1:3) although they are not the same being they have the same ruach.
47 Joh 7:38
48 In the millennial kingdom all people will honor the one true name of the Creator Yehovah.
49 It is commanded in scripture to exult the name of Yehovah, to sing to His name, to praise His name, glorify His name etc. How could one do this without recognizing His true name Yehovah?
50 Is 11:12
51 This is the end time period of Yehovah’s wrath on mankind for their sin and rebellion.
52 The Persians and the Medes are prophesied to destroy Babylon. These nations today are geographically Iran and Russia.
53 End time Babylon is being destroyed right before the wrath of Yehovah on the earth. These scriptures and others (Yer 50:3,8, 12, Rev 18:2, 4) show that end time Babylon is a physical land and not just a system.
54 Showing the downfall of The adversary.
55 The adversary had a very high position to Yehovah (Ezek 28;13-15) until pride and vanity destroyed him.
56 Yehovah tells us to emulate Him in His character and likeness (Math 5:48) but not to try to usurp His position and authority.
57 In the end The adversary will rule for 42 new moons over an evil world system (Rev 13:4-8).
58 A parallel to Messiah who is the true branch (Is 11:1, Zech 6:12).
59 Sela is the city of Petra in modern day Jordan.
60 The Moabites in Petra are asking Yehudah for refuge.
61 Is 11:16 states that Yehovah will once again make the waters dry at the Red Sea in Sinai. This scripture seems to indicate that the drying of the water will be permanent and make a crossing for those coming from Assyria.
62 In the millennial kingdom Mitsrayim, Assyria and Yisrael all will be allies.
63 Modern day Cyprus
64 This is the wrath of Yehovah on the earth called 'The day of Yehovah” in scripture
65 Ezek 7:12
66 This judgment coming on mankind that is still futuristic, is coming due to the breaking of the Torah, which conclusively proves the Torah could not be done away with.
67 This judgment will wipe off almost all people living on earth at the time.
68 A metaphoric phrase showing that all happiness has left the earth during this most troublesome time.
69 This seems to indicate some sort of cosmic disturbance such as an asteroid or meteor hitting the earth.
70 1 Cor 15:54
71 Rev 21:4
72 The Father's name is Yah Yehovah. Yehovah being a family name.
73 The dead are asleep in the dust awaiting the resurrection. (1Cor 15:50-51, 1 Thes 4:13-17, Yob 14:10, 12-14).
74 Speaking to the remnant during this time of tribulation to be hidden from the fury.
75 There is no private interpretation to scripture 2Pe 1:20, but you must go from scripture to scripture and let the bible interpret itself.
76 All throughout scripture Yehovah spoke to Yisrael through his servants who spoke Hebrew or Aramaic, a close dialect of Hebrew. However, this prophecy is saying to Ephraim they will be taught by non-Hebrew speaking people showing this is due to their Diaspora and the penalty of losing the language, due to their rejection of Torah and dispersion from the land.
77 Speaking of Messiah
78 Speaking of the 'day of Yehovah” and His wrath in the end time.
79 Vs 23-28, Just as a farmer uses different threshing instruments for each type of grain, Yehovah intends to use different types of judgments to bring His people to repentance.
80 Speaking of Yerushalayim
81 The feast run by the Hebrew lunar cycle, which is a 19 yr time cycle.
82 There is a play on words here to the circular pattern to the 19 yr time cycle to to allowing the enemy to encircle the camp of Yerushalayim and building a rampart to attack her.
83 Zech 14:2
84 Rom 11:8
85 Dan 12:10
86 A Jewish idiom for the end times.
87 A strong warning against Yehudah seeking an alliance with Mitsrayim for security instead of seeking Yehovah.
88 Mitsrayim has never been a true ally of Yisrael and has never been their refuge, only a false security.
89 This message is for the end times.
90 Verses 18-26 go into millennial blessings
91 Showing fullness of bounty, as the harvest is plentiful, and even the chaff is used for food for the animals who worked turning the sled to crush the grain.
92 A region in Yerushalayim west of the Kidron valley where children were sacrificed to Molech.
93 See note on Is 30:5
94 Zech 14:2-4
95 Sign of Messiah
96 Yerushalayim is the eternal capital and headquarters of Yehovah forever.
97 More millennial blessings implied.
98 They are having the blessing of water for crops and the animals to plant and harvest them.
99 Compare this barren forecast to the blessing of Is 32:20.
100 The righteous who keep the Torah of Yehovah are blessed but the sinners are afraid when the wrath of Yehovah comes (Math 7:21-23).
101 Heb 10:26-32.
102 Whatever you focus on is most real to you and a true believer is not to look upon evil. (Pr 20:8)
103 Yehovah’s wrath on the earth is called “The Day of Yehovah” in scripture.
104 Showing the glory in the kingdom given to Yehovah even by His creation and nature.
105 In the Kingdom there will be total healing to sickness and as a sign that He was the Messiah and King of that Kingdom, Yehoshua opened the eyes of the blind and healed the deaf and the lame fulfilling this scripture.
106 Over the last 20 yrs in the southern Israeli dessert, from artisan underground wells, this scripture has literally come to past and there is much vegetation now growing in the dessert.
107 Heb 12:14
108 1 Chron 6:57.
109 These cities were in Mesopotamia .
110 These cities were in Syria, Is 36:18-20.
111 Ex 25:21-22, Num 7:89, Ps 80:1, Ps 99:1.
112 The Assyrians often led away their captives by tying ropes to rings placed in their noses.
113 Yehovah is promising that they would not be destroyed and His sign is that He would grow the grain for survival for 2 yrs and they would be there in the third year to plant.
114 Some believe that this was a sun dial with literal steps that the sun would shade to know the time of day.
115 Yah Yehovah is the name of the Father.
116 Figs were used for medicinal purposes in ancient Ugarit.
117 2 Chron 32:23.
118 2 Kgs 25:13-15, Dan 1:2, Dan 5:3, 23.
119 From biblical times the bible revealed that the earth was round.
120 Rev 21:6.
121 Abraham is called friend of Yehovah ( Ja 2:21-23).
122 'Redeemer' This word means someone who is an obligated family protectorate, who redeems lost land, and is showing that Yehovah is the family leader and protectorate of Yisrael and the one who will restore their heritage.
123 A threshing sledge had sharp stones, and metal on the bottom to crush the grain. Yehovah is metaphorically stating that they will have much new grain and food.
124 From this point of Yesha'yahu until the end of the scroll it becomes about the Messiah of Yisrael and the millennial rule of the Kingdom of Yehovah.
125 Whereas before when speaking about the promised messiah it referred to the redemption of the nation, now it becomes broader that the Messiah would be the redeemer of all mankind.
126 The Messiah would not be a street preacher looking for followers but people would be coming to hear Him.
127 This shows the tenderness of the Messiah, as He is careful not to break or loss the littlest part (Joh 6:10-12).
128 The Messiah will uphold the Torah (Math 5:17).
129 Yehovah the Father had called His servant personally and clearly they are not the same being, although He will come in the authority of His Father.
130 Referring to the darkness that each human being sits in due to their sins.
131 The Creator (named Yehovah) will not give the glory of His name to pagan deities.
132 He has one purpose and vision to serve Yehovah and fulfill His will, but He has no vision to anything else, His only trust is in Yehovah (Is 50:4, Ps 38:12-15).
133 Showing He is not speaking about physically being deaf and blind in verse 19.
134 Far be it from doing away with the Torah, the Messiah will bring the spiritual intent (Math 5:17-18).
135 Almost always in scripture when using the name Ya'akov, it is about fleshly Yisrael, but when using the term Yisrael, it is about the one who overcame with Elohim, which is the meaning of Yisrael.
136 Yisrael would go into captivity from their land, but it is the promise of Yehovah that they would return.
137 Yehovah is eternal. There was no El before Him and there will be none after Him. Yehovah is a family name and Elohim is plural as we see in Gen 1:1, and 26, and eternally there has been Yah Yehovah the Father and Yehoshua Yehovah, who in the Tanach was called the Messenger of Yehovah.
138 Yehoshua came in the name and authority of His Father and did the will of the Father perfectly (Joh 5:30, 37,43).
139 Ex 15,:22-27, 17:1-7.
140 Means upright one, a term of endearment
141 There are 2 Yehovah’s here, one the King of Yisrael and His redeemer, Yehovah of Hosts. Elohim is plural, besides them (the one true Yehovah family) there is no other Elohim.
142 As verses 9-20 will show Yehovah is clearly speaking about false Elohim.
143 Showing how fruitless it is to make an idol.
144 If one would just think of the process in creating an idol it is most ridiculous.
145 This is a most amazing prophecy written about King Cyrus of Persia more than 200 years before his birth, stating that he would be servant of Yehovah. It states that he would allow the rebuilding of Yerushalayim after the destruction by the Babylonians exactly as he did. He was so amazed that the one true Elohim named him 200 yrs before his birth that he gave a royal degree to help with gold, money and even a royal escort to go back and rebuild the sanctuary of Yehovah.
146 When King Cyrus overtook Babylon they diverted the great River that ran under the wall and then went under the wall in the dry river bed and opened the 2 great doors of Babylon, exactly as the prophecy predicts. (Dan 4:7, Ez 1:1-7)
147 Although Yehovah named Cyrus by name before birth and Cyrus carried out the will of Yehovah, according to scripture, Cyrus never turned to Yehovah from his false, pagan, deities and never personally knew Yehovah.
148 In Hebrew, this verse means that all life comes from Yehovah, there is no other source of life but Him, but does not mean that He is alone in the vast universe as we know that He had Yehoshua with Him at creation (Gen 1:1, 26, Eccl 12:1, Is 48:16, Pr 30:4, Joh 1:1-5) and also there were messengers and other elders in Heaven (Rev 4:4).
149 Darkness is simply the absence of light, so by creating light, you give the possibility for darkness. In the same way evil is simply the absence of shalom, so by creating shalom you give the ability for evil in its absence, but Yehovah does not make the evil itself, it is simply a by product from the rejection of Him and His Torah.
150 This Hebrew word from Gen 1:2, does not mean that the original earth was not created void or empty as it states, but that it was made with the intent to be created and inhabited.
151 The comparisons are always to false deities not to His heavenly Kingdom nor His son who reigns at His right hand under Him (Ps 110:1, 1 Pe 3:22, Heb 1:3, Heb 8:1, Heb 10:10-13, Heb 12:2 Acts 2:33 Acts 7:55-56).
152 Ro 14:11, Phil 2:10.
153 Yehovah is comparing Himself to the false deities that are being made from gold.
154 Speaking of king Cyrus of Persia.
155 Babylon is represented as a woman. In the archives found in Iraq it states that Istar the false goddess of Babylon was the mother of immigrants, and she had a 7 spike crown on her head and either a torch or a golden cup in her hand and the law scroll of Hammurabi in the other hand. She also had red and purple garments (Rev 17:4).
156 End time Babylon is a pleasure seeking nation who is living in relative luxury as most other live in poverty (Rev 18:7-8).
157 Babylon instead of giving glory to Elohim became a deity to themselves.
158 This Hebrew word is 'hovah” and means ruin or mischief. It is where the name Jehovah comes from, which cannot be the Father's name as there is no letter 'J' in Hebrew, and Yehovah is not Elohim of mischief. Jehovah is a false combination of taking the four letters for the name Yehovah, Y H W H and putting in the vowels for Adonai. Jewish Rabbis started this tradition (takanot) during second temple times as they began to think the sacred name Yehovah was too set apart to pronounce. So not to inadvertently pronounce the name they changed the vowel pointing in the Masoretic text with the vowels of Adonai.
159 As we see here Yehovah is the only personal name that the Creator gives Himself (Ex 3:15). He has many titles but only one family name, Yehovah.
160 Yehoshua is the right hand of Yehovah, (Is 63:1-5, Is 59:16, Ps 110:1-5).
161 Speaking of the Messiah who was with Him at creation (Gen 1:1, 26, Joh 1:1-4).
162 Yah Yehovah the Father speaking here.
163 Yehoshua Yehovah the son answering in this verse and clearly showing the duality of the one Yehovah family at Creation (Eccl 12:1, Is 54:5, Ps 149:2, Is 44:24).
164 Just as Yehovah named the pagan king Cyrus to fulfill His will with allowing Yisrael to return after the Babylonian exile, the Messiah is also called by name by Yehovah and He will bring the Israelites back to the land a second time at His return (Is 11:13, Ezek 37:15-28, Ex 23:21, Math 1:21, Acts 4:12).
165 Even though Yisrael would have to wait for their redemption till the latter days, the Servant of Yehovah is still honored throughout the earth until that time.
166 Here Yehoshua Messiah is promised to be king over all the earth. This was never promised to king David. (Is 42:1-4)
167 The Messiah will not be accepted by the nation at first, but will be at His second coming (Zech 12:10).
168 Whereas physical Yisrael was led out of the darkness of slavery in Mitsrayim, The Messiah will bring Yisrael out of spiritual darkness. (Is 61:1-2 Luk 4:18)
169 As a good shepherd does, the Messiah will lead His followers to green pastures and watered oasis’s. (Joh 10:11)
170 “Sinim” is China, showing that King Messiah has scattered sheep from the House of Yisrael from the four corners of the earth and they will be gathered at His return.
171 Yehoshua is the kinsman redeemer, who is in scripture the legal close relative who is able to redeem a relative from debt and to restore to them property that was lost. Messiah is showing that Yisrael had more than a physical debt to pay, but a spiritual debt for their sins that only He could pay as their kinsman redeemer. (Is 50:1, 53:6, 12)
172 This is a severing of the engagement agreement as when Mosheh went up to Mount Sinai to receive the contract of marriage, Yisrael greatly sinned with the golden calf and the marriage covenant agreement was broken.
173 Yehovah is completely with His Messiah and His Messiah has fully yielded to the call of Yehovah even to be subject to physical torture and humiliation. The beard was a sign of respect and for someone to pluck it out on someone else was utterly contemptible. (Math 26:67, 27:30, Mk 15:19 Luk 22:63)
174 Telling them to go back to their beginnings and learn the wonderful lessons of the rewards of belief in Yehovah.
175 Going back to the beginning would bring them to The Garden of Eden, which was in Yerushalayim and will literally be restored in the millennial kingdom (Ezek 47:1-12, Rev 22:1-3, Yoel 2:3).
176 At the core of shalom and harmony in the millennial kingdom will be the obedience by all to the Torah (Mic 4:2, Yer 31:33).
177 Is 50:9
178 In Is 30:7, the word for strength is 'rahab' and this may be a metaphor for how Yehovah destroyed Mitsrayim, or it could be a creature that this verse here indicated but otherwise is not mentioned in scripture (Ps 87:4, 89:9-10).
179 Speaking of the second exodus (Is 11:11-16, Yer 31:1-17).
180 Literally means to blaspheme.
181 Where as today the name of Yehovah is not known or uttered in Yisrael, during the millennial reign of Yehoshua everyone will know the name of Yehovah.
182 When Yehoshua returns on the Mount of Olives (Zech 14:1-5) all eyes will see Him, (Math 24:30).
183 This is addressed to those in Babylon and they are told that they must leave the immoral filth of Babylon and return to their homeland (Rev 18:4).
184 This is to those that take the early warning of leaving Babylon in belief. To those who wait for the last minute they are told to run in haste for their lives (Yer 51:6, 45).
185 Starting with this verse and going through all of chapter 53, the Messiah is pictured as a willing suffering servant that gave His life for exchange of the sins of the people. Is 53 is the only chapter of the entire Tanach that is not read in the Torah cycle of readings in the Synagogue. The disfigurement is from the scourging that He took (Math 27:26).
186 A prophecy showing that the nation would not accept the servant at this time.
187 Is 11:1, showing the humble beginnings of King Messiah.
188 It is not physical beauty that attracts people to the Servant but His being filled with the ruach of Elohim.
189 Indicating the sufferings that the Servant went through early in His life to be able to have empathy on others.
190 At His first coming the nation would not truly understand the great blessing being brought to them by King Messiah.
191 The substitutionary sacrifice that the Messiah will make for the people is due to their sin.
192 Every human being has sinned sins worthy of death and only by excepting the sacrifice of Yehoshua to pay the penalty of those sins can someone have them paid for Ro 3:10-26.
193 This literally means that He was killed for the transgression of the people.
194 There has never been a human being born that has affected the lives of more people than Yehoshua of Netzeret.
195 Clearly, showing a promise of resurrection (Ps 16:9-11).
196 Because of the great sacrifice that King Messiah made in paying the penalty for the sins of the covenant people, Yehovah will give Him a great position for eternity, Phil 2:7-11.
197 An idiomatic poetic phrase speaking to the House of Yisrael who grew much larger in their Diaspora than Yehudah who never lost their identity.
198 In ancient times when a child would marry, the family would simply lengthen the tent they lived in for the new couple. This is stating to Yehudah that they need to do the same for the returning Ephraimites coming from Diaspora (Is 56:8).
199 This word is plural in Hebrew and shows 2 beings at creation (Ps 149:2, Eccl 12:1).