Torah 101-Naso Portion ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS STUDY QUESTIONS (from Bamidbar)

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1) Question for Numbers 1: How does one name for the Tabernacle help reveal its most important function? MISHKAN HA-EDUT (1:50) = the Tabernacle of the Testimony. The inner part of the Tabernacles main function is to hold the Ark the Covenant. 2) Question for Numbers 2: What is special about the numbers for Yehudah in relationship to the whole 603,550 total for all Israel that isnt true about the numbers for any other tribe? (Sorry this one is a harder question than I normally do for Torah 101 but I have to do it!) When you divide the number for Yehudah, 74,600, into the total for all of the tribes of 603,550, you get a figure of 12.36% for Yehudahs portion of the whole. This is the only tribe that specifically hits 12%--emblematic of the 12 tribes of Israeland it is also the only time you have a factor of 3 between the first two numbers (12) and the last two number (36). To me this is a mini math code that speaks to the fact that out of Yehudah or the prominent tribe of the 12 will come a factor of 3, or 3 sets of 14 generation name-lists as recorded by Matthew! 3) Question for Numbers 3: What does the metaphor on the face of Aaron really mean here? AL PENEY AHARON AVIHEM (3:4) = on the face of Aarons lifetime, or during the time of Aarons life. The use of the metaphor on the face means in the presence of so obviously Aaron had to be alive when Nadav and Abihu died. 4) Question for Numbers 4: Kohath is mentioned here in this chapter, but what is the significance of the first time his name appears, in Genesis 46:11?

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When Kohath is mentioned in Genesis, he is the 24th and last generation mentioned in that book, if we are counting to Moses and the Exodus. This is because the list of names from Adam to Noah is 10, followed by another 10 from Noahs son Shem to Abraham, then Isaac is 21, Jacob is 22, Levi is 23 and Kohath is 24. This is another math-calendar code. Since there are 24 hours in a day, Moses effectively ends one day in Genesis at hour 24 and then talks about a new day starting in Exodus. Also, by that count Moses father Amram is the 25th generation, making Moses and Aaron 26. Since that generation of Moses and Aaron is the one that Abba YHWH reveals His Name to, it is significant that the letters in His Name add up to 26 (Y=10, H=5, W=6, H=5 = 26)! 5) Haftorah Question of the Week: Hosea 2:1-22 What is one of the most ironic twists in Hosea regarding the names of the people involved? Please note, I am not referencing the names of the children. The name GOMER comes from a root that means to complete, assemble, or bring to an end. It is also the root for the word GEMARA, which will become a name for part of the Talmud, i.e. the bringing together, completion of the Oral Law. In a sense GOMER then is a kind of word picture of assembling evil and adulterous deeds together, but the same root implies the COMPLETION of Abba YHWHs purpose in demonstrating what that sin looks and feels like!

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QUESTIONS FOR THIS TORAH PORTION (Bamidbar) Please NOTE: For clarity and time constraints, if I elect to not read the whole parsha (which is the case this week) I may still ask questions relating to the portions I did not read!

6) Question for Numbers 5: How is the man who brings a false charge of adultery against his wife punished (in a sense) when she drinks the cursed water but is vindicated? 7) Question for Numbers 6: The oldest known fragment of any quote from the Scripture is in this chapter. Where is it?

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8) Question for Numbers 7: What is significant about the timing of when Manasseh offers hs offering for the Tabernacle? Commentary on the hidden messages behind the names in this chapter follows: (7:12) NAHSHON AMMINADAB JUDAH. NAHSHON (perhaps from NAHSHOL) = stormy sea/waters. AMMINADAB = my kinsman is noble. JUDAH = praise. Message: [Through] stormy waters my noble kinsmen/family [received] praise. Another possible meaning to NAHSHON is initiator. (7:18) NETHANAEL ZUAR ISACCHAR. NETHANAEL = Given of El. ZUAR = little one. ISACCHAR = there is recompense. If recompense is meant in a bad sense here, i.e. in the sense of taking vengeance, the sentence possibly means: There is little revenge given from El [for our sins]. (7:24) ELIAB HELON ZEBULON. ELIAB = El is my Father. HELON = brave. ZEBULON = dwelling of honor. Message: El is my Father [Who is] brave and dwells with honor. (7:30) ELIZUR SHEDEUR REUBEN. ELIZUR = El of the rock or El is my rock. SHEDUER = Shaddai is light. REUBEN = behold a son. Message: El is my rock, Shaddai is light [that] beholds [His] Son. (7:36) SHELEUMIEL ZURISHADDAI SHIMEON. SHELEUMIEL = peace of El. ZURISHADDAI = My Rock is Shaddai [a title for YHWH]. SHIMEON = they hear. So the sentence is The peace of El, the Rock of Shaddai [is for] they who hear [him]. (7:42) ELIASAPH DEUEL GAD. ELIASAPH = El has added. DEUEL = El has known. GAD = fortunate. Because this is the sixth day, what El has added may relate to the Shabbat and therefore mean, El has added and El has known the sons of the fortunate [who keep the added seventh day]. (7:48) ELISHAMA AMMIHUD EPHRAIM. ELISHAMA= El has heard. AMMIHUD = my people are majestic. EPHRAIM = fruitful. Pretty straight forward: El has heard that my people are majestic and fruitful! (7:54) GAMALIEL PEDAHZUR MANASSEH. GAMALIEL = El has recompensed. PEDAHZUR = the rock has ransomed. MANASSEH = causing forgetfulness. Message: El has recompensed [through] the rock of ransoming causing forgetting [of our sins]. NOTE: This may be a reference to a rock that

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was used to sacrifice unto YHWH per our Haftorah portion this week (Judges 13:19). (7:60) ABIDAN GIDEONI BEN-YAMIN. Each of these names may spell out a message. Abidan = My Father is judge. Gideoni = my cutter (hewer with an axe). Ben-Yamin= Benjamin, literally son of my right hand but idiomatically son of my strength/power. So perhaps this means: My Father [YHWH] is a Judge that cuts down the sons of power! (7:66) AHIEZAR AMMISHADDAI DAN. AHIEZAR = my brother is help. AMMISHADDAI = my kinsman/family is Shaddai. DAN = judge. Message: My brother is help, my family is Shaddai [and my] judge. Last two combine (7:72-78) PAGIEL OCHRAN ASHER AHIRA ENAN NAPHTALI. PAGIEL = occurrence/intervention of El. OCHRAN = trouble. ASHER = who/whom (to those). AHIRA (the brother of evil). ENAN (fountain). NAPHTALI (wrestle with/for El). Message: Els intervention [is] trouble [for those] who are brothers of evil [but] a fountain [of life] to those who strive with El! 9) Haftorah Question of the Week: Judges 13:2-25 Who is the Man of Elohim that talks with Manoah? Where does the Scripture confirm his identity? 10) Renewed Covenant Commentary: Acts 21:17-32 Acts 21:20 221) Greek murias (myriads) refers to a minimum of 10,000 souls. 222) See Josephus the Netzari in Appendix. 223) Most translations read "zealous for the law"; it is a self-evident truth that myriads of Netzarim followers of Y'shua were also zealous for Torah! The work of the Ruach haKodesh (Set-Apart Spirit) is to write Torah (instructions in righteousness) upon the hearts of YHWH's people, both Jew and Elohim Fearers. Acts 21:21 224) Attacks against Rav Shaul by factions of rabbinical zealots were manifold. Shaul taught that faith and intent of the heart determines whether a person is ready to be circumcised and walk in Torah. At no time did Shaul teach against either circumcision or Torah; however, he opposed the "traditions of the Pharisees" who demanded blind observance to their religious traditions. Shaul required that 4|Page

Gentile converts be taught about covenant and have clear understanding of what they were doing, in relationship to YHWH and His Mashiyach. To be expected to know and observe complex halakha at early stages of belief is unacceptable. Both the Pharisees and Netzarim taught that a person must study to develop their understanding and establish the intent in their heart before circumcision, rather than blindly follow the wishes of others. Only a small group of zealots demanded immediate circumcision, which is something Rav Shaul clearly opposes. It is very evident that Awraham received instruction before his circumcision, and he is the father of Faith for both Jews and Gentiles alike. Acts 21:27 227) Rav Shaul has been seen in the Temple for some time; here he is found celebrating Shabbat in the Temple. Rav Shaul is not posturing; his relationship with YHWH and Mashiyach requires observance of Shabbat. Paul is not mixing Pagan ideas with Y'shua, as most Christians suggest; rather, he interprets the observance of Torah through Mashiyach, rather than through Pharisaical tradition. This in no way diminishes but, rather, establishes Torah. See Rav Shaul (Apostle Paul) in Appendix.

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