^.Tol][;H.B I) Reading the Torah Portion

3-Year The Torah Portion | Parashat #107 Torah Cycle Beha’alotkha (Reading 3 of 4) Parashat #107 November 14, 2020

^.tol][;h.B I) Reading the Torah Portion

Beha’alotkha Now it’s time to read the Torah portion. You will get the most out of the Torah portion if you have a Numbers 11:1-35 disciplined plan for approaching it each week. I suggest the following (although you may want to develop your own plan of attack). Prepare by having a pen and paper ready to take notes or by having Judges 6:1-16 your computer ready. Read the Torah portion quickly just to get a bird’s-eye view of it and to gain a Matthew 6:25-30 general understanding of its contents. Then read it again slowly and more contemplatively. As you read it, you should keep track of 1) changes in the main storyline (plots and subplots) of the text, 2) the introduction of new major themes you have not encountered heretofore and 3) connections to the main themes developed in the Torah portion. Keeping track of the major themes will provide you with thoughts to help you outline the passage later on. Recording changes in the storyline (subplots) will Revelation 21:9-14 1) help you more accurately interpret Scripture and 2) see connections to themes that may be repeated in the Haftarah and Apostolic readings.

I strongly recommend that when you study these lessons you have the following tools available. 1) A Bible [all references are based on the NKJV], 2) a printed copy of this lesson, 3) pen and paper [notebook preferred] where you can either write extra notes or complete answers to questions where the lines in this lesson are not enough space to write on, 4) an on-line version of the Bible. I suggest BibleGateway (https://www.biblegateway.com/). There are many instances where I will ask you to make a connection to some other passage. The BibleGateway app has an awesome SEARCH feature to find Bible passages. Also, once you find a passage you can use Control-F or Command-F (MAC users) to find words, numbers or phrases in the text on display. Lastly, as often as possible . . . have a partner studying with you! II) Outlining the Torah Portion

Now that you have read the Torah portion, it’s time to outline it. Try to divide the Torah portion into its major subject divisions. Please limit the outline to no more than seven major headings. Also, try to limit each subject division to a short phrase. In the chart below provide a brief phrase describing each significant change of events in the reading. Outlining will help you develop the skill of “seeing” the themes in the text.

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III) Torah Portion Discussion Questions

I have given you a number of questions to stimulate your thought about the Torah portion reading. My goal is two-fold. First, I want to ask you questions about what the Spirit has shown me are important lessons to learn from the Torah reading. Secondly, I want to help you develop the art of making thematic connections. This skill will develop as you practice, practice, practice.

1. Did you notice that this week’s Torah portion began talking about food and ended with talking about food? What might this suggest? Hint – it has something to do with a literary pattern! ______

2. Read Numbers 11:1-9 and 11:31-35 and explain how they are thematically connected. ______

3. Read Numbers 11:10-15 and 11:24-30 and explain how they are thematically connected. ______

4. Read Numbers 11:11-16 and 11:18-23 and explain how they are thematically connected. ______

5. Discuss how the central axis is functioning. Is it functioning as the most important part/point of the chiastic structure (the divinely highlighted part), or as the point of turning? ______

6. I believe that Moses’ desire in Numbers 11:29 (Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!”) actually shows us a glimpse of what Adonai desired all along! Adonai wanted all His people to be filled with His Spirit. Furthermore, He wanted them to be prophets, inasmuch as a prophet is one who speaks the words of God! Can you think of a passage from the prophets which speaks of a time when Adonai would pour out His Spirit upon His people and a time that they would prophesy? ______

7. Besides the connection to Numbers 11:29, how else is Joel 2:28-30 (“And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 30 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood and fire and pillars of smoke.) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

8. How many connections can you find between 2 Kings 4:42-44 (Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.” 43 But his servant said, “What? Shall I set this before one hundred men?” He said again, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the LORD: ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’ ” 44 So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.) and the Torah portion? ______

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 2 9. How is Genesis 3:17-19 (Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

10. The children of Israel ate manna forty years in the wilderness and did not have to sweat at all to get their daily bread. What is the significance of this fact in light of Genesis 3:17-19? ______

IV) Messiah in the Parsha In Luke 24:25-27 and 46-47 Yeshua stated that Moses, the Prophets and the Writings all prophesied of His death, burial and resurrection in three days. Therefore, we should expect to see teachings about Yeshua and His role in redemption throughout the Torah. In this section I will ask you questions that will hopefully help you “see” Messiah Yeshua in the Torah portion and sometimes the Haftarah reading as well.

1. We have seen in previous lessons that Moses is a messianic figure. In other words, his life foreshadows that of Messiah Yeshua’s in many ways. For example, we know that Moses’ birth is a prophetic picture of the birth of Messiah, and that Pharaoh is a prophetic picture of Herod. But that’s not the only event in Moses’ life that teaches us about the work of the Messiah. For example, whom from the book of Genesis can we thematically connect to Moses as it pertains to feeding a multitude of people? ______

2. This is interesting because we know that Joseph is also a picture of Messiah Yeshua. In past lessons we’ve seen how his life is full of messianic significance! So now we have two messianic figures who supernaturally multiply food to feed many people. What connection can we make between Moses and Joseph multiplying food and feeding many people to what we learned in the Torah Portion Discussion Question section of our lesson? ______

3. Now this is even more interesting because we know (from previous lessons) that Elisha is also a messianic figure. We’ve learned previously that Elijah is a prophetic picture of John the Baptist who came before the messianic figure Elisha. So, Joseph, Moses and Elisha, all messianic figures, multiplied food for large numbers of people. Can you thematically connect these messianic figures to events in Yeshua’s life? ______

4. How is to Matthew 14:13-21 thematically connected to the Torah portion and the story of Elisha in 2 Kings 4:42- 44? ______

5. What then might we conclude is the significance of the stories involving Moses, Joseph and Elisha and the circumstances they found themselves in when they lacked food for a multitude? ______

6. How is John 7:37-39 (On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 3 for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______7. You will remember that Moses’ lament was that he did not have anyone else to help bear the burden of all the people. How many thematic connections can you find between Acts 6:1-4 (Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. 2 Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. 3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; 4 but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”) and the Torah portion? ______

8. How is John 14:15-18 (“If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

9. Judaism teaches that there were originally seventy nations on the earth. This is deduced from Genesis 10. If you have a Chumash you can study the charts there concerning how they determined this. With this in mind, Judaism believes that the number 70 is thematically connected to the total number of nations of the world. This is plausible because as we’ve learned in previous lessons, Adonai uses numbers to teach us things. There is also a connection between the Feast of Sukkot and the nations. Can you think of a Scripture from the prophets that clearly connects Sukkot to “the nations”? ______

10. How many bulls are sacrificed in Numbers 29:12-40 during the feast of Sukkot? With A) the fact that Judaism teaches that there were originally 70 nations on the earth, and B) that there’s a particular connection between Sukkot and the nations, what might the number of bulls offered on Sukkot in Numbers 29:12-40 imply? ______

11. In Deuteronomy 10:22 (Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.), it states that seventy souls (of the children of Israel) went down into Egypt. Notice how these seventy souls went on to become the entire nation of Israel. Using this Scripture as a foundation, one could argue that all the current nations of the world were spawned from the original seventy nations (derived by Judaism) from Genesis 10. Now read Deuteronomy 32:8 (When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.) Here we see a direct connection between the number of nations of the world and the number of the children of Israel! It says He set the boundaries of the peoples (nations) based on the number of the children of Israel. How could Deuteronomy 10:22 be used along with Deuteronomy 32:8 to prove that the number of nations was originally seventy? ______

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 4 12. Of course, this all depends on whether or not Judaism is correct in stating that the original number of nations was seventy. But here’s something that’s quite compelling. How is Act 2:1-4 (When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.) thematically connected to our Torah portion? ______

13. Notice how Acts 2:5-13 (And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. 7 Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” 12 So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?” 13 Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”) states that there were Jews from every nation under heaven (think seventy nations)! How then does this passage thematically connect to our Torah portion especially pertaining to seventy being the number of the nations of the world? ______

14. Lastly, Judaism also teaches that when Adonai spoke the ten commandments in Exodus 20 that He spoke them in the seventy languages of the world. I do not personally believe this; however, I can provide thematic proof that this was possible. Think of the following facts: A. Judaism teaches us that the Torah was given on Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. B. Acts 2 is a celebration of Shavuot! C. According to Act 2:5 (And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven (again, think seventy!). D. According to Acts 2:11-12, the Jews who were present from every nation heard the apostles speaking to them in (all) of their languages! Discuss how the Jewish teaching that Adonai spoke the ten commandments in the seventy languages of the world has thematic support. ______

V) Making the Connection to the Haftarah Reading I have listed a number of passages from the Haftarah reading that have thematic connections to the Torah portion. Your job is to find the thematic connections in the Torah portion. Although I may quote an entire verse or two from the Haftarah reading, you should focus most of your attention on the text that is bold and italicized. The bold and italicized text will contain the main theme or words that I want you to connect to the Torah portion. Once you have found a connection to the Haftarah verses, record the chapter and verse of the Torah text connection and write a brief sentence describing how the two passages are thematically connected.

1. How is Judges 6:1 (Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 5 2. How is Judges 6:1 (Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______3. How is Judges 6:5 (For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts; both they and their camels were without number; and they would enter the land to destroy it.) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______4. How is Judges 6:5 (For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts; both they and their camels were without number; and they would enter the land to destroy it.) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______5. How is Judges 6:6-7 (So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. 7And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the LORD because of the Midianites) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______6. How is Judges 6:8a (that the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______7. How is Judges 6:8-9 (that the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage; 9and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land.’ ”) and Judges 6:13 (Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______8. How is Judges 6:11 (Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______9. How is Judges 6:13 (Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______10. How is Judges 6:13 (Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion?

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 6 ______11. How is Judges 6:13 (Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______12. How is Judges 6:14-15 (Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” 15So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______13. How is Judges 6:14 and 16 (Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” 16And the LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

VI) Making the Connection to the Apostolic Writings I have listed a number of passages from the Apostolic reading that have thematic connections to the Torah portion. Your job is to find the thematic connections to the Torah portion. Although I may quote an entire verse or two from the Apostolic reading, you should focus most of your attention on the text that is bold and italicized. The bold and italicized text will contain the main theme or words that I want you to connect to the Torah portion. Once you have found a connection to the Apostolic verses, record the chapter and verse of the Torah text connection and write a brief sentence describing how the two passages are thematically connected.

1. How is Matthew 6:25 (“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?”) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

2. What verse in another book of the Torah do you think Yeshua had in mind when he spoke these words in Matthew 6:25 (“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?”)? Remember, Yeshua had just recently been tempted by the devil in the wilderness when he spoke these words. ______

3. How can we connect Matthew 6 :26 (Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?) to the Torah portion? ______

4. How is Matthew 6:27 (Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 7 5. How is Matthew 6:30 (Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

6. How is Matthew 6:30 (Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?) thematically connected to the Torah portion? ______

This crossword puzzle will cover basic facts about the Torah portion, Haftarah reading and Apostolic readings. The answers are based on the text from the New King James Version of the Bible and may contain phrases as well as individual words.

VIII) Practical Application

Let’s get practical. The study of the Word is not complete until we are encouraged to think, speak and act differently. Our study of the Word should always involve personal application of the text to our lives. As I’ve heard it said before, Adonai’s Word needs to go from our head to our hearts and then to our hands. Our lifelong journey is to become like our master, Yeshua, and this is only accomplished as we faithfully apply His Word to every aspect of our lives. Discipling Our Children What have you learned from this week’s Torah study that you can teach your children? Ø Write down what you learned that can and/or should be discussed with your children? Perhaps they need to know some of the facts covered in the crossword puzzle? o ______o ______o ______Ø Write down anything you learned that revealed bad habits or thought patterns in your children’s lives? o ______o ______o ______Ø Write down anything you learned that revealed good habits or thought patterns that your children need to be encouraged or strengthened in and grow in obedience to? o ______o ______o ______

Ø Write down anything you learned that can be a topic of prayer for you and your children this week or permanently? o ______o ______o ______

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 10 Discipling One Another Think about what you’ve studied in this week’s lesson. Ø Write down anything you learned that impacted you the most? o ______o ______o ______Ø Write down anything you learned that revealed bad habits or thought patterns you need to stop? o ______o ______o ______Ø Write down anything you learned that revealed good habits or thought patterns you need to be encouraged or strengthened in and grow in obedience to? o ______o ______o ______Ø Write down anything you learned that can be a topic of prayer for yourself, your family, your worship community, your neighborhood, the world or Adonai’s people at large? o ______o ______o ______Just focus on one thing and talk to an accountability partner about it. Determine what you can DO over the next week (or more) in order to put what you’ve learned into practice. Make a commitment to someone else that you are going to seek to put some aspect of this week’s lesson into practice. ANSWER KEY Outlining the Torah Portion I. Numbers 11:1-9 – The People Complain Against Adonai II. Numbers 11:10-15 – Moses Complains Against Adonai III. Numbers 11:16-17 – A Promise to Anoint Leaders to Help Moses IV. Numbers 11:18-23 – A Promise to Send Food to Help the People V. Numbers 11:24-30 – Adonai Anoints the Leaders to Help Moses VI. Numbers 11:31-35 – Adonai Sends Food for the People

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Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 11 Torah Portion Discussion Answers 1. It hints that this portion of Scripture may have been written as a chiastic structure. A chiastic structure is a thematic way of writing a story. Whenever you see a story in the Bible being told chiastically, the story will have two halves. All the themes in the first half of the story will repeat in the second half of the story in reverse order. The middle section is called the central axis, which sometimes functions as the most important part of the passage. It’s like a divine highlighter saying, “This event/theme is very important.” Alternatively, the central axis may just function as the point of turning or reversal of the story. For example, there are many chiastic structures where the first half is all negative until you reach the central axis. From that point on the story becomes very positive. Please review this pattern in the example below and make sure you understand the pattern.

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2. In Numbers 11:1 Israel complained about not having enough food. Whereas, in Numbers 11:31-35 they had too much food! A) Numbers 11:1-9 – Israel Is Lacking Food They Crave A’) Numbers 11:31-35 – Israel Has Too Much of the Food They Crave 3. In Numbers 11:10-15 Moses complained that the people were too great of a burden. In Numbers 11:24-30 Adonai provided elders to ease Moses’ burden. A) Numbers 11:1-9 – Israel Is Lacking Food They Crave B) Numbers 11:10-15 – Moses Can’t Carry the Burden of People B’) Numbers 11:24-30 – Adonai Gives People (Elders) to Help Shoulder the Burden of Israel A’) Numbers 11:31-35 – Israel Has More Than Enough of the Food They Crave

4. In Numbers 11:11-17 Adonai promised to solve Moses’ desires by anointing leaders to help him, whereas in Numbers 11:18-23 Adonai promised to solve Israel’s problems by providing meat for them to eat.

A) Numbers 11:1-9 – Israel is Lacking Food They Crave

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 12 B) Numbers 11:10-15 – Moses Can’t Carry the Burden of People C) Numbers 11:16-17 – A Promise to Anoint Leaders to Help Moses C’) Numbers 11:18-23 – A Promise to Send Meat to Help Israel B’) Numbers 11:24-30 – Adonai Gives People (Elders) to Help Shoulder the Burden of Israel A’) Numbers 11:31-35 – Israel Has More Than Enough of the Food They Crave

Whenever you have an even number of elements on either side of the middle of a chiastic structure, the two inner elements together act as the central axis. 5. It is functioning as the point of turning/reversal of the story. Notice how everything was negative before we reached the dual central axis. Both Moses and Israel had problems. Then, after the central axis passages, everything turns and all needs are met. Congratulations! You have just deciphered a chiastic structure! 6. Joel 2:28 – “And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 30 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood and fire and pillars of smoke.” 7. Numbers 11:16-17 and 25-26 – So the LORD said to Moses: “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17 Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone . . . 25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. 26 But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp. 8. Answers: A. “And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.” – Here we see that the servant was expected to feed the people. So likewise, it was expected that Moses would provide food for Israel. Notice how Moses himself is in despair because he thinks (and so do the people) it’s his responsibility (Numbers 11:13 – Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’). B. But his servant said, “What? Shall I set this before one hundred men?” – Both Moses and Elisha’s servant express unbelief in the thought of providing food for a multitude of people. C. He said again, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the LORD: ‘They shall eat and have some left over.” – In both stories Adonai intervenes and promises food for the hungry. D. So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. – In both stories there is enough food for the people to eat and have leftovers. 9. Genesis 3:17-19 informs us that man will have to eat by the sweat of his brow as a direct result of the curse placed upon the ground. In other words, the curse will ensure that he has to toil for his food. 10. The significance is that Adonai supernaturally provided for them despite the curse upon the ground. In other words, He had the power to overcome the curse upon the ground for His chosen people and He did just that! Messiah in the Parsha Answers 1. Joseph also fed a multitude of people. He saved enough grain to feed Egypt and the rest of the then-known world! 2. Elisha also multiplied food to feed a large number of people. 3. Yes. There were multiple occasions where Yeshua would multiply food to feed multitudes of people.

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 13 4. In all three stories Adonai’s servant was called upon to feed a multitude of people when, in the natural, there was not enough food available. Furthermore, the servants expressed unbelief. Lastly, Adonai multiplied food, fed the people and there was plenty left over! 5. All of these stories are prophesies of the work of Messiah Yeshua! The stories of Moses, Joseph and Elisha were written so that when Messiah Yeshua came, we would be able to thematically connect the stories about how He multiplied food and fed multitudes with their stories! These stories then are a sign intended to signal to us that Yeshua is the Messiah because He is fulfilling the messianic expectation of the one who would multiply food and feed the multitudes. 6. Numbers 11:29 – Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD’S people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!” Moses’ longing can be seen as a prophetic desire where his yearning for the Spirit to be poured out on Israel is actually to be seen as the heart of Adonai for His people. Here we see Yeshua’s promise come alongside Moses’ yearning to teach us that this was the will of Adonai from the beginning—that His Spirit would dwell within us! 7. Answers: A. Numbers 11:11-17 – So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers? 13 Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ 14 I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness!” 16 So the LORD said to Moses: “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17 Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. These versus are specifically thematically connected to our Torah portion. B. Acts 6:1a (Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying) – This is thematically connected to the Torah portion because of the large multitude of Israelites in the wilderness. C. Acts 6:1b (there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution) – Both stories involved people complaining to leadership. D. Acts 6:2b (“It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables.”) – Both passages involve complaints about food. E. Acts 6:3 (Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business) – In both passages men of good character were sought out. F. Acts 6:3 (Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business) – Both passages mention people being filled with the Spirit. G. Acts 6:3 (Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business) – Both passages mention the appointment of men to help ease burdens. H. As you can see, sometimes there are a number of connections just waiting to be discovered. 8. Numbers 11:29 – Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!” Both passages speak of the Spirit of Adonai being in His people. Numbers 11:17 – Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. In both passages, Adonai promises HELP to His servants – The seventy elders for Moses, the Holy Spirit for Yeshua’s disciples. 9. Zechariah 14:18 – If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 14 10. Answers: A. Seventy bulls were offered. B. It may imply that the seventy bulls offered during the Feast of Sukkot is connected to the nations of the world. In fact, this is exactly what Judaism teaches, that the offering of the seventy bulls during Sukkot is an offering for the nations! They saw these offerings as a means of prayer for the nations of the world. 11. If it’s true that Adonai set the boundaries of the peoples (nations) based on the number of the children of Israel, and, if we assume that “the number of the children of Israel” refers to the seventy souls that went down into Egypt, then it’s easy to see how the original number of nations number seventy in total! 12. Numbers 11:24-25 – So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle. 25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. There are two connections – A) the Spirit was poured out on people, and B) there was a supernatural manifestation of the Spirit, prophecy in one instance and speaking in tongues in the other. 13. We can easily see the connection between the “seventy” nations of Acts 2 and the seventy elders of Numbers 11. Furthermore, both passages mention the pouring out of the Spirit. Thus, Acts 2 confirms a connection between seventy and the nations of the world. 14. It was on a Shavuot that Adonai ostensibly spoke His word in seventy languages. Acts 2 is another celebration of Shavuot. At the first Shavuot of Exodus 20, the words of Adonai were poured forth. In the prophetic Shavuot of Acts 2, the Spirit of Adonai was poured forth. Jews from the seventy nations were present at the prophetic Shavuot of Acts 2 and literally heard the words of God spoken to them in their languages. Therefore, could it be that Adonai actually spoke the ten commandments in seventy languages in Exodus 20 just as He did in Acts 2? I’ll leave that for you to ponder. The main point I want you to consider is that we can see many things through making thematic connections that we would not be able to see apart from making the connections. This is how your Bible works! As an aside, although I do not necessarily believe every extra-Biblical doctrine taught by Judaism, I do see many instances where I can find thematic support for what they say! Hmm . . . Haftarah Connection Answers 1. Numbers 11:1—Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. 2. Numbers 11:1—Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. 3. Numbers 11:21-22—And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?” Both passages speak of a large amount of livestock. 4. Numbers 11:31—Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. Compare this verse to Exodus 10:13—So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them. 15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened . . . 5. Numbers 11:2—Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched. 6. Numbers 11:24—So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD (Moses was a prophet), and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle.

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 15 25Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. 7. Numbers 11:20—but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?” ’ ” 8. Numbers 11:25—Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. 9. Numbers 11:21—And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ Just as Gideon was discouraged and doubted Adonai’s power, so too, did Moses doubt Adonai’s ability to provide for Israel’s needs. 10. Numbers 11:9—And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. Numbers 11:31— Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. This Torah portion describes some of the miracles Adonai did for Israel when He brought Israel out of Egypt. 11. Numbers 11:4—Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat?” Just as Gideon complained that Adonai had forsaken His people, so too, the Israelites complained that they had no one to provide for them. Had Israel forgotten the daily manna? Could they possibly doubt the power of Adonai’s presence in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night?

Hebrews 3 answers this question for us: 7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, 8Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness. 9Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works forty years. 10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’ 11So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ” 12Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” 16For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. 12. Numbers 11:11, 13-14—So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me? 13Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ 14I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. Just as Gideon complained that he was unable to deliver Israel because he was inadequate, so too, did Moses complain about being inadequate for the task of providing for Israel’s needs. 13. Numbers 11:24—So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle. 25Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. Just as Adonai equipped Gideon to do the task of delivering Israel, so too, did Adonai give the Holy Spirit to the seventy elders so they would be equipped to help Moses lead the Israelites. Apostolic Reading Answers 1. Numbers 11:4—Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat? 5We remember the fish which

Copyright © 2020 Restoration of Torah Ministries. 16 we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic”. Also, Numbers 11:21-22—And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them.” 2. Deuteronomy 8:3—So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. 3. Numbers 11:7-9—Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. 8The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil. 9And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. Also, Numbers 11:31—Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. Yeshua spoke of Adonai providing for the birds. The birds don’t have to do any work for their food; they have only to eat what Adonai provides. So too, in the wilderness, the children of Israel only had to gather what Adonai provided for them daily. They didn’t have to prepare fields, sow seeds, weed their crops, water them, and harvest them!! And with the quail, all they had to do was walk outside their tent and grab the birds, because the ground was so deep with quail! It was a hunter’s paradise!! 4. Numbers 11:13—Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ Also, Numbers 11:21-22—And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?” Unfortunately, Moses, the great man of faith, was beginning to doubt Adonai as well. It sounds like he was fretting! 5. Numbers 11:13—Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ Also, Numbers 11:21-22—And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?” Here is Adonai’s response to Moses’ lack of faith: Numbers 11:23—And the LORD said to Moses, “Has the LORD’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not.” Has the LORD’s arm been shortened, meaning, “Have I lost my strength? Am I too weak to provide meat for this great camp?” 6. Numbers 11:1—Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. John the Baptizer spoke of this type of punishment in Matthew 3:12—His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Also, Yeshua speaks of the impending judgment of the wicked in Matthew 25:41-46—“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ 44“Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”