Here is a list of Apostolic passages that I think pair well with parsha #vayechi ("And he lived", Genesis 47:28-50:26), plus links to related videos and commentary:
https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/04/25/parsha-va
My home of shalom always enjoy the peace on the Homestead
My home of shalom always enjoy the peace on the Homestead
Happy birthday Blair! :)
SERIES C --- EXODUS FROM BONDAGE --- LESSON 20
PRESERVE FREEDOM
LAWS FOR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS
From Exodus 22
If someone steals an ox or sheep and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox he stole or four sheep for the sheep he stole. If a thief is caught while breaking into a house and beaten to death, the one who killed him will not be guilty unless this happened during the day. Then it will be assumed that the man was murdered and the murderer will be guilty. When a thief is caught in the act, he must pay the full fine or be sold as a slave for his debt. He must pay twice the fine if he has kept the ox, donkey or sheep or whatever he has stolen. If someone lets his animal into his field or vineyard to graze until there is no pasture left and then turns the animal into another man’s field, he shall repay that man from the best of his own field or vineyard. If someone starts a fire that goes out of control and burns another man’s shocked or standing grain, the one who started the fire must pay for the damages. If someone holds his neighbour’s money or valuables for safe keeping and these are stolen from his house, the thief, if caught, must pay double the value. But if the thief is not caught, the person holding the valuables shall go before the judges so that they may determine whether or not he is the thief. If someone claims that his neighbour has his lost donkey, sheep, clothing or other possession, the case shall come before the judges. If the judges decide that the neighbour is guilty, he shall pay the man who has made the claim twice the amount. If someone keeps a donkey, ox, sheep or other animal for his neighbour and it dies or escapes, but no one has seen what happened, that person must take an oath before Adonai and his neighbour that he has not stolen his neighbour’s property. The neighbour must accept the oath as the truth and no payment shall be required. But if the animal was actually stolen, the man must repay his neighbour. If it was torn by wild animals, the man must bring it as proof and he will not have to pay for it. If someone borrows anything from another person and it is hurt or dies and the owner is not with the property at the time, then the borrower shall pay the owner for it. But if the owner is with the property, then the borrower shall not pay for it. If the property is rented, the rent money will pay for it. If a man seduces a virgin, then he must pay the customary dowry and marry her. If the father refuses to let the girl marry this man, then the man must pay the same amount of dowry. A sorceress must be executed. Anyone who treats an animal as husband or wife must be executed. Anyone who sacrifices to any god except Adonai shall be put to death. You must never mistreat a stranger, for you were once strangers in the land of Egypt. You must never take advantage of widows or orphans. If you do in any way and they cry to Adonai for help, I will listen to them and My anger shall flare out against you and I will destroy you with the sword so that your wives shall become widows and your children shall become orphans. If you lend money to a fellow Israelite who is poor, you shall not charge interest or make the arrangements a creditor would make. If you take the man’s cloak as a pledge for the loan, you must return it before evening, for the cloak is his only covering as he sleeps. If he cries to Adonai for help, I will listen, for I am compassionate. You shall not curse YHVH or a ruler of your people. You shall not delay the offerings of grain and wine which you give Me, nor shall you delay the payment you make to redeem your firstborn sons. For seven days you shall leave the firstborn of the oxen and sheep with the mother, then give it to Adonai on the eighth day. You are My special people, set apart for My special purpose. You shall not eat any animal torn by wild beasts in the field. Instead, it shall be left for dogs to eat.
COMMENTARY
THE VERSATILE CLOAK
In the land that Adonai would give His people, each individual would be responsible to preserve the freedom YHVH had won for them. As slaves in Egypt, they had no responsibility. Now each would have an active part in the kind of nation Israel would become, a nation with Laws designed to protect even the animals and slaves. More {case law} examples show YHVH’s people the choices they would each need to make to become a land of the godly and free. Clothes were certainly not easy to get in ancient times. Every garment had to be made by hand; a long, hard process. Even the fabric had to be started from scratch, whether it was from hides, leather, goat or camel hair, wool or felt. Women cleaned the animal hair and wool. They had to card it {similar to combing}, spin it into yarn or thread and then weave it into cloth. Once the garment was finished, it was treated with great care. Most people had just one wrap; their cloak. Only the rich could afford to change clothes. A cloak was expensive and hard to make. So, it was patched and re-patched and used for any and all occasions; even as a pillow and a sleeping bag. It was rarely washed and people wore perfumes to cover up its bad odour. The cloak was truly the most useful article of clothing a person ever owned.
Thought for Today: Sunday January 01:
May you choose joy this day! May you chase and count all your blessings. May you sow generously for a eternal harvest. May you trust YHVH with the seeds you have sown. May you water them with faith, knowing and believing Elohiym will multiply all your seeds. Have an abundant joyful blessed day!
God's ways are different from the ways of the world, as Messiah Yeshua explained. So why do we see Joseph, a man of God, apparently following the ways of the world when God put him in charge of Egypt's government?
https://thebarkingfox.com/2022..../12/31/walk-like-an-
God's ways are different from the ways of the world, as Messiah Yeshua explained. So why do we see Joseph, a man of God, apparently following the ways of the world when God put him in charge of Egypt's government?
https://thebarkingfox.com/2022..../12/31/walk-like-an-
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