Thalia S.

NUMBERS 13-15 PARSHA SHELACH. HAFORTAH JOSHUA 2:1-24
Sabbath, June 18, 2011
Numbers 14:26-38 – Death sentence on the Rebels

God speaks to Moses and tells him that he has heard complaints from the evil congregation that was numbered and went to investigate the good and Promised Land, 20 years and old, they shall fall in the wilderness – they shall be consumed and they shall die in the wilderness (Numbers 13:26-29,34,35).
God punished the evil congregation one year for each day that they walked in the good and Promised Land, bearing the guilt of complaining and gathering against God.


Numbers 15:1-21 – HERD OF THE FLOCK

Laws of Grain and Drink Offering Numbers 15:2-16; 18-31; 35-41

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

3And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:

4Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.

5And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

6Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.

7And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

8And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:

9Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.

10And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

11Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.

12According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

13All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

14And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.

15One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.

16One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

17And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

19Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.

20Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

21Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

22And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

23Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;

24Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

25And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:

26And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.

27And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

28And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

29Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

30But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

31Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

God says that when you go onto the Promise Land that he giving you, your offerings that are made by fire to Jehovah, the LORD Thy God will be either a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or the offering by fire will be a freewill offering or from your appointed feasts. The offering by fire will make a sweet aroma to the LORD Thy God, Jehovah (Numbers 15:1-5)

The offering shall be accompanied by the grain offering, drink offering or a ram with a drink offering (Numbers 15:5, 6).

God gives the ordinance for the preparation for the offering by the fire that you shall bring a grain offering; a drink offering a burnt offering; a sacrifice to fulfill a vow; a peace offering shall be done for each young bull, ram; or a each lamb or young goat (Numbers 15:3-12).
I made a vow to the Lord; I promised him I would go every step of the way. I made a vow to the LORD.
The manner of the offering made by fire shall be by the native-born, this way he shall be pleasing to God. The offering made by fire shall be a sweet aroma to Jehovah. The stranger that is among you that is presents an offering shall be made by fire (Numbers 15:1-13, 14).

There is one law and one custom, that shall be for you ad and the stranger (Numbers 15:16). So when you meet a person that practices another religion, another science, another law, then you shall bring them into remembrance that this is the law, ,that give you delight and the law is perfect (Numbers 15:16,17; Exodus 12:49). This is the perfect law, the truth, there is no other truth – this is the highest.
As Moses prepared the hyssop and dipped it in the blood that was in the basin, and stroke each lintel and door post. So was Christ struck for our (false) beliefs, our illnesses and sicknesses; lack of prosperity; diseases; and he is our healing or lack of thereof of our wants and not needs.

Chapter 15, ends much like Parsha Shemini, God tells us He is Our God. God tells us He brought us out of Egypt.

Next God speaks to Moses and commanded him to say to the people that God has brought you into the Promised Land. I have brought you out of Egypt and you shall eat the bread of the land offer up a heave offering unto the LORD Thy God. The heave offering shall come from your threshing floor, which for King David is in Jerusalem (See Parsha Terumah, for the Heave Offering; 1 Kings 5:26 through 1st Kings 6:13; Exodus 25-27:19).

The errors committed without the knowledge of the congregation with all the knowledge that Moses has commanded that the LORD Your God has spoken, and then you shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering that is a “sweet savour unto the LORD Thy God.” By following the law of the burnt offerings 1) you shall give up the first fruits of dough, or fruits; 2) from your threshing floor (the storage of plenty); 3) releasing a tithe of something that is important to you. The aroma can be an indication that the burnt offering is acceptable to God – in a world where humans were often sacrificed.

The priest shall make atonement for the error of ignorance in your failure to observe the commandments spoken to Moses from Jehovah, the LORD Your God, with the offerings to meat; drink; and kid of goats for a sin offering. This is the early church and here is a perfect example of thy brother’s keeper (Numbers 15:22-26). Today we can be sure of our atonement when our book is written in the book of the Lamb, during Moses day the first covenant without grace, love and with law was called the book of Life.
Lastly, this chapter explains that Parsha Bechukota gives the commandment that the individual, the congregation and the sojourner shall have one law. However, in America the Canaanites corrupted the Christian Movement, and asserted privilege, racism, and the stolen legacy of 90 million stolen slaves from the Mother Country, because of literal and spiritual lack of understanding, of the truth, the word of God as it pertains to genocide, not limited to slavery; which caused disease, double poverty and homelessness, death and sickness that takes a backseat to international politics every day. Today there are at least two Christian Aryan Movements: Jehovah Witnesses’ and The Mormons. Let’s face it the Hebrew Bible was written in Hebrew. Jesus is Jewish. Basically once the Pharonic Dynasty fell, catastrophe set in for many nationalities that would one day regret calling America, home; some can never go back because their legacy is lost; and the resources have been stolen. As a lost group of Americans, may at anytime polarize the economic spectrum from happiness to hunger, heartache, hard times from unreasonable incarcerations’ and the death penalty; and institutionalization. There is not a prescription that can be filled for the adaption of society and it shouldn’t have to be. All I got to do is be Black and die. At night, when I wondered about my ancestors, I would say that they were substance that caused the fossils to turn into oil and makes gold illuminate.

It is important that you get a proper Christian education, and in any religion that you study, you should know that only the Spirit of God gives you true wisdom and knowledge, which you should desire more than gold or silver. Don’t let man teach you his faith because he will cause you to error every time and when you fail a test by testing God; rebelling and complaining against God which our most recent Memorial Portions have illustrated in the month of June 2011 and July 2011, then you will know that you have hurt others and may have prevented yourself from entering into eternal life.
So I say to you, it’s not too late to prepare yourself for the eternal glory of God, be sure that before you enter a sanctuary, a physical entity that you shall inquire into the politics, there will always be a Judas spirit hanging around waiting to hate, cheat, steal, envy, and deceive – you must be courageous and have the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Don’t cause strife by inquiring into the politics, asking about how you feel about genocide, racism and the America’s dirty pass with the slavery issue – these are smart questions and very necessary prior to the 1970’s. Just make sure that you are full of the spirit of gifts like special faith and that you are there to listen. In addition, don’t worry about people that don’t like the way you look be sure that you don’t feed into stereotypes and violence, let them continue to think what they want to think about you, but you should just make sure that nothing gets in the way of serving God, and hearing the good message that the speaker has taken his time to prepare for you, so that you can be a good hear and a doer (Numbers 15:22-29). After that a man was gathering sticks, and he was brought to Moses etc. They put the stick gatherer in a ward, on the Sabbath day (Numbers 15:30-34). God said,

Numbers 15:32-41 King James Version (KJV)
35And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
37And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.

Disciples References:
Amos 1:9-12 (Ottoman Empire, i.e., Basra, Iraq); Amos 2:9-10; Amos 3:1-3
Daniel 9:11-15
Nehemiah 1:8, 9
Jeremiah 44:15-28 (Dwelling in Egypt)
Obadiah 9, 10
Hebrew 11:31
James 2:25
Matthew 1:5
Exodus 20:10
Genesis 15:16
Joshua 8
Psalm 5:6
Proverbs 12:22
1st Timothy 4:7
Deuteronomy 3:6
Joshua 5:1
Joshua 2:2,3,15,16,22,24; Matthew 4:1-11
Numbers 13:25-33
Joshua 6:23,23; Matthew 1:5,6
2 Timothy 3:13; 4:3
Numbers 21:6-7
Numbers 31:13-14
Romans 1:17


Recommended References:

Numbers 15:6 – Numbers 28:12 (Pinchas)
Numbers 15:31 – 2nd Samuel 12:9; Proverbs 13:13; Leviticus 5:1 (Vayikra); Ezekiel 18:20
Numbers 15:32 – Exodus 31:14 (Ki-Tisa)
Numbers 15:34 – Leviticus 24:12 (Emor)
Numbers 15:35 – Exodus 31:14-15 (Ki-Tisa); Leviticus 24:14 (Emor); 1st Kings 21:13; Acts 7:58
Numbers 15:38 – Deuteronomy 22:12 (Ki-Tetze); Matthew 23:5
Numbers 15:39 – Deuteronomy 29:19 (Nitzvaim/Vayelech); Job 31:7; Jeremiah 9:14; Ezekiel 6:9; Psalm 73; 27; James 4:4
Numbers 15:40 – Leviticus 11:44, 45 (Shemini; see also Yitro and Kedoshim); Romans 12:1; Colossians 1:22; 1st Peter 1:15; Exodus 19:6 (Yitro); Revelations 20:24,26
15:2 : 15:18 (Shelach); Leviticus 23:10 (Emor); Deuteronomy 7:1 (Ekev)
15:3 : Leviticus 1:2 (Vayikra); Leviticus 7:16 (Tzav); Leviticus 23:8 (Emor); Numbers 28:19 (Pinchas); Deuteronomy 16:10 (Re’eh); Genesis 8:21 (Noach); Exodus 29:18 (Tetzaveh)
15:4 : Leviticus 2:1 (Vayikra); Leviticus 6:14 (Tzav); Exodus 29:40 (Tetzaveh); Leviticus 23:13 (Emor); Numbers 28:5 (Pinchas)
15:5 : Numbers 28:7 (Pinchas)
15:8 : Leviticus 7:11 (Tzav)
15:9 : Numbers 28:12 (Pinchas)
15:11 : 15:28 (Shelach)
15:15 : 15:29 (Shelach); Exodus 12:49 (Parsha Bo); Numbers 9:14 (Beha’alotcha)
15:18 : 15:2; Deuteronomy 26:1,2; (Ki-Tavo)
15:19 : Joshua 5:11,12
15:20 : Deuteronomy 26:2,10 (Ki Tavo); Proverbs 3:9; Leviticus 2:14
15:22 : Leviticus 4:2 (Vayikra)
15:24 : Leviticus 4:13,23 (Vayikra); Numbers 15:8 (Shelach); Numbers 28:15 (Pinchas); Ezra 6:17
15:25 : Leviticus 4:20 (Vayikra)
15:27 : Leviticus 4:27,28 (Vayikra)
15:28 : Leviticus 4:35 (Vayikra)
15:29 : Numbers 15:15 (Shelach)
15:30: Deuteronomy 17:12 (Shoftim); Psalm 19:13; Hebrew 10:26, 30-39; 1st Peter 2:10


Prayer,
Dear God thank you for your Son. Thank you for his examples in fulfilling the scriptures, and thank you for the examples of faith of all your servants of God that make it easier to handle tough decisions in critical circumstances.