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Why is another man put in charge of Ephraim when Joshua is Moshes second
in command and is from that tribe?
UL-MATEY VNEY EPHRAIM NASI KMUEL BEN SHIFTAN (34:24) =
from the tribe of Ephraim, Kamiel the son of Shiftan. Although Joshua is the
head of Ephraim, he is also chosen to be the head over all Israel after Moshe
dies. Therefore, to ensure fairness so that the other tribes do not feel
disadvantaged, a second leader from Ephraim is chosen, and this is the only
tribe that technically speaking has two heads.
4) Question for Numbers 35 & 36:
Due to special rulings, women who would have inherited their fathers estate
per the criteria of Numbers 27 immediately forfeit that estate if they marry
into another tribe, TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE.
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"But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel,
their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and
will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will
be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. 4 "When the jubilee of the sons
of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of
the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn
from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers." (Numbers 36:3-4 NAU)
5) Haftorah Question of the Week: Jeremiah 1:1-2:28
Jeremiah 2:19 has a word play that is similar to the way Abraham is named
but it goes in reverse. What is that wordplay?
RAAH (2:19) = evil, wickedness, but also another word spelled almost the
same way and sounds alike it is SHEPHERD, one who feeds the flock. So
there is a very fine line between feeding the flock and descending into evil. It
is literally only a matter of minor accenting and inflection. Root also appears
in 2:28translated as time of your TROUBLE in Stone but actually could
mean time of your evil.
It is the same difference between Abram and Abraham, just a letter HEH
separates the given name from the covenant name, but in this case it is the
HEH that is difference between the good activity (feeding) and the evil and
the evil has the HEH.
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II.
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 Deuteronomy 1:
How do details in this chapter help locate the real Mount Sinai?
7) Question for Deuteronomy 2:
What is the total period of time documented throughout the Torah and
confirmed in this chapter for the interval between Exodus and the start of the
entrance into Canaan?
8) Question for Deuteronomy 3:
Why doesnt Moshe mention the specific sins of Israels idolatry when
summing up the last 40 years?
9) Haftorah Question of the Week: Isaiah 1:1-28
Which NT writer seems to draw the most on the themes in Yeshayahu (Isaiah)
chapter 1? I will give you my opinion.
10) Renewed Covenant Commentary: Yochanan 15:1-11
John 15:1
186) Here Yshua uses the divine form of I am (Ena-na) indicating that
YHWH is speaking through him. However, the Speaker is acting as if it is
Yshua speaking, because He refers to my Father is the Cultivator when in
reality YHWH is speaking of Himself. If He were speaking directly to the
talmidim He would have said, He is the vine and I am the cultivator".
John 15:5
187) Aramaic "shebista" is the word for "branch"; however, the Netzer/branch
of Isa_11:1-2 is also being pictured here. The Netzer wordplays with
haNatzrati "the Nazarene" and "haNetzarim," "the Netzarim" title for
disciples; see Act_24:5. See Netzer in Appendix.
John 15:10
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