Daily Bible Portion (Tuesday)
Daily Bible Portion – 3 of 7
"THE NAMES"
(Weekly Reading>>>Exodus 1:1-6:1, Jeremiah 1:1-2:3, Hebrews 11:23-26)
The Basket - Exodus 2:1-10
Moses’ parents Amram and Jochebed were from the priestly tribe of Levi. Scripture reveals the principles for childbirth in Leviticus 12 that if the mother births a male child she is to be separated/nidah for her purification for forty days. If she delivers a female child she is to take eighty days or three months to complete the days of her purification.
Jochebed, seeing she had a male child, put her trust in Yahweh and hid him for three months out of the public’s eye, behaving as if she had birthed a female child. She believed Yahweh and trusted that her child would be protected from Pharaoh’s death sentence and live.
When Jochebed could hide him no longer she wove a basket to hold her baby Moses, using pitch inside and out to keep the little ark afloat. The Hebrew word for pitch is karph, the same Hebrew that translates as atonement, meaning covering, and specifically, a covering for sins. She placed the child in the ark and floated him on the water of the Nile River, but concealed him among the reeds.
The Hebrew male babies were to be thrown into the Nile to drown, but this child was placed on the waters of tribulation (suffering) to be led by the wind, representing the Spirit of Yahweh (Ecclesiastes 11:1). The waters that were a judgment of death to others brought this child deliverance from death. Jochebed knew Yahweh would not give her a son only for him to be taken from her. She also knew the Covenant given her people and the prophecy which said that they would be four hundred years in a country not their own, but in the fourth generation they shall return here [the Promised Land - Israel]. (Genesis 15:13-16). She discerned the time of exile in Egypt was soon coming to an end and put her faith in the faithfulness of Yahweh. Just as Noah trusted his family into the care of Yahweh by concealing them into an ark and allowing the Spirit of Yahweh to lead them upon the waters that delivered them from death, so too Jochebed placed Moses in an ark on the water and in doing so preserved the whole Nation of Israel. The Israelites were looking for a Savior. Moses became the forerunner of the Messiah. This ark preserved one who would redeem the twelve tribes of Israel, the one who would free them from the enslavement to Egypt (a world system). It represented the Messiah who would become the Redeemer of the whole world through His Atonement that covered our sins and also represent the picture of the Bride of Messiah being redeemed out of the Nations in the Messianic Age. (John 4:42; 1 John 4:14).
In the study Noah, the waters represent people groups in the nations to whom the waters did not provide deliverance and life but judgment and death. With Moses we see he was hidden in the ark that floated on the waters of tribulation/deliverance. In these two pictures Yahweh is showing us how to walk during the turbulent end times in the Messianic era. In order to stay safe, we need to be found walking in His Covenantal ways, and following His appointed times and seasons.
Moses Drawn Out
Shortly after Moses was placed in his little ark on the Nile River Pharaoh’s daughter came to the river’s edge to bathe. The eyes of her understanding opened as she noticed this unique basket. When she saw the circumcised babe, she realized that a Hebrew mother had the courage to defy Pharaoh, her father’s death decree, to uphold her Torah lifestyle/pattern (Exodus 2:5-6). This baby facing her would be the revealer of Yahweh’s Word (Torah) to His people Israel and was to become the prophet who would talk face to face with Yahweh and proclaim the coming Messiah (John 5:46-47).
Water (or mikvah) is also representative of a status change and the basket (ark) represents a Torah lifestyle. Just as the daughter of Pharaoh had the basket brought near to her, we too are to bring the Torah and its lifestyle closer to ourselves. When we look into Yahweh’s teaching and instruction the eyes of our understanding will also open. Looking into Torah enables us to see the Redeemer of Israel, the Messiah - Yeshua Ha Mashiach, and His Kingdom
Later, in Deuteronomy, Moses shared Yahweh’s words with the Children of Israel,
Miriam, who was watching her baby brother from the shore, approached Pharaoh’s daughter. This took great courage on Miriam’s behalf, as she was inferior in both age and status to the Egyptian princess. She suggested to Pharaoh’s daughter that a Hebrew wet nurse be brought and after receiving royal approval, ran for the baby’s mother Jochebed. Imagine Jochebed’s joy in being reunited with her child and seeing the faithfulness of Yahweh! Jochebed took Moses and nursed him until he was old enough to be weaned. During that time the child was taught Torah, Yahweh’s principles for life, the understanding of which would keep him throughout all the days of his life.
When their time together came to an end and the child was weaned, Jochebed gave him back to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. Only then was the child named Moses, meaning “one who is drawn out” (Exodus 2: 7-10). Pharaoh, the great persecutor of the Hebrew people, now had the one who would deliver the Israelites from his wrath living in his very own household.
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"THE NAMES"
(Weekly Reading>>>Exodus 1:1-6:1, Jeremiah 1:1-2:3, Hebrews 11:23-26)
The Basket - Exodus 2:1-10
Moses’ parents Amram and Jochebed were from the priestly tribe of Levi. Scripture reveals the principles for childbirth in Leviticus 12 that if the mother births a male child she is to be separated/nidah for her purification for forty days. If she delivers a female child she is to take eighty days or three months to complete the days of her purification.
If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean. And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled. But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days (Leviticus 12:1-5).
Jochebed, seeing she had a male child, put her trust in Yahweh and hid him for three months out of the public’s eye, behaving as if she had birthed a female child. She believed Yahweh and trusted that her child would be protected from Pharaoh’s death sentence and live.
By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict (Hebrews 11:23).
When Jochebed could hide him no longer she wove a basket to hold her baby Moses, using pitch inside and out to keep the little ark afloat. The Hebrew word for pitch is karph, the same Hebrew that translates as atonement, meaning covering, and specifically, a covering for sins. She placed the child in the ark and floated him on the water of the Nile River, but concealed him among the reeds.
The Hebrew male babies were to be thrown into the Nile to drown, but this child was placed on the waters of tribulation (suffering) to be led by the wind, representing the Spirit of Yahweh (Ecclesiastes 11:1). The waters that were a judgment of death to others brought this child deliverance from death. Jochebed knew Yahweh would not give her a son only for him to be taken from her. She also knew the Covenant given her people and the prophecy which said that they would be four hundred years in a country not their own, but in the fourth generation they shall return here [the Promised Land - Israel]. (Genesis 15:13-16). She discerned the time of exile in Egypt was soon coming to an end and put her faith in the faithfulness of Yahweh. Just as Noah trusted his family into the care of Yahweh by concealing them into an ark and allowing the Spirit of Yahweh to lead them upon the waters that delivered them from death, so too Jochebed placed Moses in an ark on the water and in doing so preserved the whole Nation of Israel. The Israelites were looking for a Savior. Moses became the forerunner of the Messiah. This ark preserved one who would redeem the twelve tribes of Israel, the one who would free them from the enslavement to Egypt (a world system). It represented the Messiah who would become the Redeemer of the whole world through His Atonement that covered our sins and also represent the picture of the Bride of Messiah being redeemed out of the Nations in the Messianic Age. (John 4:42; 1 John 4:14).
In the study Noah, the waters represent people groups in the nations to whom the waters did not provide deliverance and life but judgment and death. With Moses we see he was hidden in the ark that floated on the waters of tribulation/deliverance. In these two pictures Yahweh is showing us how to walk during the turbulent end times in the Messianic era. In order to stay safe, we need to be found walking in His Covenantal ways, and following His appointed times and seasons.
Moses Drawn Out
Shortly after Moses was placed in his little ark on the Nile River Pharaoh’s daughter came to the river’s edge to bathe. The eyes of her understanding opened as she noticed this unique basket. When she saw the circumcised babe, she realized that a Hebrew mother had the courage to defy Pharaoh, her father’s death decree, to uphold her Torah lifestyle/pattern (Exodus 2:5-6). This baby facing her would be the revealer of Yahweh’s Word (Torah) to His people Israel and was to become the prophet who would talk face to face with Yahweh and proclaim the coming Messiah (John 5:46-47).
Water (or mikvah) is also representative of a status change and the basket (ark) represents a Torah lifestyle. Just as the daughter of Pharaoh had the basket brought near to her, we too are to bring the Torah and its lifestyle closer to ourselves. When we look into Yahweh’s teaching and instruction the eyes of our understanding will also open. Looking into Torah enables us to see the Redeemer of Israel, the Messiah - Yeshua Ha Mashiach, and His Kingdom
Romans 10:4 For Christ[Messiah] is the end["telos"-goal, purpose, result] of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth[obeys].
Later, in Deuteronomy, Moses shared Yahweh’s words with the Children of Israel,
I will raise up for them a prophet like you[Moses] from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name[authority], I myself will call him to account (Deuteronomy 18:18-19).
Yeshua said, "For if you believed[obeyed] Moses, you would believe[obey] Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe[obey] his writings, how will you believe[obey] My words?" (John 5:46-47).
Miriam, who was watching her baby brother from the shore, approached Pharaoh’s daughter. This took great courage on Miriam’s behalf, as she was inferior in both age and status to the Egyptian princess. She suggested to Pharaoh’s daughter that a Hebrew wet nurse be brought and after receiving royal approval, ran for the baby’s mother Jochebed. Imagine Jochebed’s joy in being reunited with her child and seeing the faithfulness of Yahweh! Jochebed took Moses and nursed him until he was old enough to be weaned. During that time the child was taught Torah, Yahweh’s principles for life, the understanding of which would keep him throughout all the days of his life.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6).
When their time together came to an end and the child was weaned, Jochebed gave him back to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. Only then was the child named Moses, meaning “one who is drawn out” (Exodus 2: 7-10). Pharaoh, the great persecutor of the Hebrew people, now had the one who would deliver the Israelites from his wrath living in his very own household.
continues tomorrow...