Weekly Torah Portion for July 23
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We are obligated to conform our priorities to God's, not the other way around. Blood, food, calendar dates.... these things are important to God. Although he doesn't always tell us exactly why they are important, he does give us some pretty good hints.
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Moses (Numbers 27:12-14) and Simeon (Luke 2:25) both lived to see the dawn of Israel's salvation but both also died before seeing the full realization of their greatest hope.
Moses and Zelophehad both died in the wilderness. However, Moses had two sons, but no inheritance in the land since he was a Levite, while Zelophehad did have an inheritance, even though he had no sons. (Numbers 27)
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Biblically, the only time a woman inherited directly (other than a dowry) was when she had no brothers. A man's property would never be inherited by his sister or aunt. If a daughter inherited land from her father, then she would be unable to marry a man from outside her father's tribe. However, if she had already married an outsider, then her father's property would revert to one of his brothers, either directly or via Levirate marriage.
Do not claim to be a servant of YHWH and then do not do HIS Will which is to obey HIS Torah. Just like the scripture which refers to treating the blood of Y'SHUA as a common thing means that one should not willfully sin believing that one will be forgiven for repeating the same willful sin continually. When Scripture talks about HIS Name, it is referring to the substantive traits of who HE is. HIS Righteousness, trustworthiness, authority. it is similar to how you think of all of the traits of a person. For example, when i think of certain political puppets, i think of how they are a deceitful liar. That persons name is brought to naught by his worthless character. it doesn't matter that many people call him "brandon" now, most americians know exactly who you're talking about when you say that. i do still call YHWH by the titles "GOD" and "LORD" and many other things depending on who i am talking with but, i am still presenting the same substance of who HE is from the same Scriptures to them in a way that they can keep up with the conversation. Most "messianic Torah observers are still on the milk believing themselves to be on the highbrow steak and potato. That's why their are so many factions in this returning to the old ways movement. There are arguments over the calendar because they haven't understood historical events. there are endless arguments over the pronunciation and spelling of HIS name. There are even endless arguments over things such as whether the people in Israel are the "true" Israelite or a false people. Yes, these can be interesting topics to discuss but, why do people get so angry over them and divide themselves into denominations EXACTLY the same way that churchianity has? We should be focusing on the larger matters of obedience. Things like helping others who need a hand up teaching them to walk on their own rather than them seeking a hand-out. Learn to actually care for our animals. not only in a mechanical sense of their food, housing and healthcare but, actually care for them. Spend time with them, understand their behavior and the like. Learn to care for your land. Being good stewards of all of the things that YHWH has put in our charge. Stop trying to be a remarkable person such as many of the Biblical prophets are thought of. Those prophets weren't seeking fame, fortune or renown, they were just simply obeying YHWH. YHWH is the one who made it all work out. YHWH made them "famous" not because of their greatness and/or grate accomplishments, YHWH made them famous because they honored and obeyed HIM. That is why we are here, to serve honor and worship YHWH, our creator. So just walk through your life righteously not trying to take on every responsibility just walk obediently to YHWH where you are and that is remarkable. Leave it to HIM to choose if we should be well known to many or not.
Numbers 27:8-11 define the line of inheritance of a man who dies without a son.
If he had sons, they would inherit all of the man's possessions at the time of his death. His daughters would probably have received smaller portions as their dowries.
If he had no sons, his daughters would inherit, and the property would be added to their dowries.
If he had no children at all, his father's sons would inherit, probably with preference to full brothers, as opposed to half-brothers.
If he had no children and no brothers, his grandfather's sons (his uncles) would inherit, or his cousins if his uncles were deceased.