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Post by alon on Jun 11, 2020 5:13:51 GMT -8
Name of Par’shah- 36.3 Beha’alotekha- When You Set Up
Par’shah- Num 8:1–12:16
D’rash: Chapter 8 concerns the construction of the Menorah and sanctification and service of the Levites. So none of this applies as a commandment today, though if you read there are some principles worth noting. But I leave that to you.
The Passover Celebrated
Numbers 9:2-3 (ESV) “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.” Again, the command to keep one of the moedim, Pesach.
Numbers 9:6-7,9-11a (ESV) And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the Lord's offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?” … The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. If for some reason you cannot keep Pesach on the commanded day, then an alternative is provided. It may be stretching the point, but if not invited to a seder, whenever possible I try to find a demonstration seder close by and attend that. These usually do not occur on Pesach, but I find one as close as possible. Then I mark the day as holy anyhow, a Shabbat to the Lord.
Numbers 9:11b-12 (ESV) They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. The same rules apply to this delayed Pesach as to the regular one.
Numbers 9:13 (ESV) But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. God’s provision for the unavoidable is not license to just do as we please. If at all possible, hold your Pesach celebration to the appointed time.
Numbers 9:14 (ESV) And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.” Again we are told there is one statute, one law for the sojourner and one for the native Hebrew.
Numbers 10:10 (ESV) On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.” “The day of your gladness “ apparently refers to Pesach, as that is what was being discussed. Vss. 1-9 talk about having a definite order and distinction in the trumpet blasts (it also specifies silver trumpets, Hebrew חצוצרה ḥaṣoṣrah, for the Mishkan). Many times in scripture a shofar שׁוֹפָר was specified. Blowing a shofar at the beginning of each convocation harkens back to this. However I am opposed to the practice of everyone showing up with their own shofarot and just blasting away. This usually sounds more like slaughtering goats than calling an assembly to worship. Our God is a God of order, and calling His people to worship should be a recognizable sound and pattern.
The rest of ch 10 speaks of a definite order to the Hebrews breaking camp, marching, and setting up the new camp. Also the Ark of the Covenant went before them, as God led them and prepared the way. As the old timers (my generation) would say, “That’ll preach!”
Chs. 11 & 12 are rebukes against complaining.
Par’shah- Num 8:1–12:16
D’rash: Chapter 8 concerns the construction of the Menorah and sanctification and service of the Levites. So none of this applies as a commandment today, though if you read there are some principles worth noting. But I leave that to you.
The Passover Celebrated
Numbers 9:2-3 (ESV) “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.” Again, the command to keep one of the moedim, Pesach.
Numbers 9:6-7,9-11a (ESV) And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the Lord's offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?” … The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. If for some reason you cannot keep Pesach on the commanded day, then an alternative is provided. It may be stretching the point, but if not invited to a seder, whenever possible I try to find a demonstration seder close by and attend that. These usually do not occur on Pesach, but I find one as close as possible. Then I mark the day as holy anyhow, a Shabbat to the Lord.
Numbers 9:11b-12 (ESV) They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. The same rules apply to this delayed Pesach as to the regular one.
Numbers 9:13 (ESV) But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. God’s provision for the unavoidable is not license to just do as we please. If at all possible, hold your Pesach celebration to the appointed time.
Numbers 9:14 (ESV) And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.” Again we are told there is one statute, one law for the sojourner and one for the native Hebrew.
Numbers 10:10 (ESV) On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.” “The day of your gladness “ apparently refers to Pesach, as that is what was being discussed. Vss. 1-9 talk about having a definite order and distinction in the trumpet blasts (it also specifies silver trumpets, Hebrew חצוצרה ḥaṣoṣrah, for the Mishkan). Many times in scripture a shofar שׁוֹפָר was specified. Blowing a shofar at the beginning of each convocation harkens back to this. However I am opposed to the practice of everyone showing up with their own shofarot and just blasting away. This usually sounds more like slaughtering goats than calling an assembly to worship. Our God is a God of order, and calling His people to worship should be a recognizable sound and pattern.
The rest of ch 10 speaks of a definite order to the Hebrews breaking camp, marching, and setting up the new camp. Also the Ark of the Covenant went before them, as God led them and prepared the way. As the old timers (my generation) would say, “That’ll preach!”
Chs. 11 & 12 are rebukes against complaining.
