Week #20: Tetzaveh - You Shall Command

Tetzaveh
Exodus 27:20 - 30:10
February 18th - 24th

Related Passages

Philippians 4:10-20
Hebrews 13:10-17

1 Samuel 15:2-34
Ezekiel 43:10-27

All of us fear judgment.  No one likes to go to traffic court for a violation.  Certainly we don't crave hearing our bosses' evaluation of our performance.  And when we ponder the fact that God looks down upon us and judges us, it is quite a scary thought.  Yet with deeper discernment, we will discover that God's judgment only comes out of love.  If you are walking (halachic) in His Love & Obedience, then Judgment is His Deliverance–Yeshua.  Judgment is Deliverance in Yeshua.


A Few Hebrew Definitions

(Are you learning any words?)

  • To be Filled, (Exodus 28:3) H4390 מלא Mala: to fill, be full, fullness, abundance.

  • Pure, H2134 זך zak: clean, pure, righteous, to be justified.

  • Oil, H8081 שמן shaman: oil, olive oil, fat, medicinal, anointing, of fruitful land, valleys

  • Beaten, H3795 כתית kathiyth: beaten out, pure, pounded fine, mortar, costly, of olive oil

  • Light (Exodus 27:20-21), H3974 מאור orah: where the root of menorah comes from. Leviticus 24:4. The Root word of Light is 'Or H215 אור to be or become light (day); to shine (of the sun); reflection; to become bright, or to become lighted up. It also means to give light, shine (of sun, moon, and stars), to illumine, light up, cause to shine, to kindle (candle, wood), to shine light upon his law. The word ‘Or’ is also the root word for Torah.

  • Burn (Exodus 27:20), H5927 עלה‛ alah: to go up, ascend, climb, (before God), to be exalted.

  • In the tabernacle, H168 אהל 'ôhel: a tent- covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent; “of the congregation” (Exodus 27:21) The tabernacle is the dwelling place of the Lord, and notice it’s of the congregation because it is symbolic of the people who sacrificed their offerings for it. See how often you can find this phrase as we continue in HIS Word. This phrase is used 127 times in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Samuel, Kings and Chronicles.

  • Congregation, used here is the same word used for the “Appointed times,” H4150 מועד Mo’ed: appointed place, appointed time, meeting, sacred season, set feast, rehearsals.

  • Statute, H2708 חקה chûqqâh: - BDB Definition - statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed. A statute forever unto their generations, (Exodus 27:21). Deuteronomy 29:15 “…but with him that standeth here with us this day before Yahweh our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day.Exodus 28:43; 29:9; 29:28; Leviticus 3:17; 16:34; 24:9; Numbers 18:23; 19:21; 1 Samuel 30:25

  • Generations, H1755 דור dor: period, generation, dwelling places, or all habitations. You are HIS habitation; you are His Dwelling place, for HIS ark and covenant. Wow!! We are his דור dor.

  • Incense, H7004 קטרת qeṭôreth: incense, sweet sacrifice, perfume (An awesome picture of an Elevation offering; Judges 13:1-21