Deuteronomy 7: Ci Tovo
Wandering Arami, Obligations, and Destiny.
Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
Ki Tavo
Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
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[Deuteronomy 26:1] AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN THOU ART COME IN UNTO THE LAND WHICH
THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE FOR AN INHERITANCE, AND POSSESSEST IT, AND DWELLEST
THEREIN;
God gave the Land of Canaan from the
Nile to the Euphrates to Israel. The Hebrews must take control of it and dwell
in it.
[Deuteronomy 26:2] THAT THOU SHALT TAKE OF THE FIRST OF ALL THE FRUIT OF THE
EARTH, WHICH THOU SHALT BRING OF THY LAND THAT THE LORD THYGOD GIVETH THEE, AND
SHALT PUT IT IN A BASKET, AND SHALT GO UNTO THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD THY GOD
SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME THERE.
One should give something of whatever
blessings received to the Almighty. If one gives tithes then the tithe should be
given straight away or at least set aside.
[Deuteronomy 26:3] AND THOU SHALT GO UNTO THE PRIEST THAT SHALL BE IN THOSE
DAYS, AND SAY UNTO HIM, I PROFESS THIS DAY UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, THAT I AM
COME UNTO THE COUNTRY WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO OUR FATHERS FOR TO GIVE US.
#THAT SHALL BE IN THOSE DAYS#: Whatever
you have is at least partly by your own merit. This includes your spiritual
leaders. The Sages emphasized that the Leader in each generation is to be given
the same respect as was due to a leader in a previous one even though on the
individual level there may be a great qualitative
difference
between them.
[Deuteronomy 26:4] AND THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE THE BASKET OUT OF THINE HAND, AND
SET IT DOWN BEFORE THE ALTAR OF THE LORD THY GOD.
[Deuteronomy 26:5] AND THOU SHALT SPEAK AND SAY BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD, A
SYRIAN READY TO PERISH [or "A Wandering Arami"] WAS MY FATHER, AND HE WENT DOWN
INTO EGYPT, AND SOJOURNED THERE WITH A FEW, AND BECAME THERE A NATION, GREAT,
MIGHTY, AND POPULOUS:
A SYRIAN READY TO PERISH: This
translation is based on later Commentary. The verse was probably earlier
understood as saying, #A wandering
Arami
[Syrian] was my forefather#.
READY TO PERISH. In Hebrew "Oeved"
which can mean "perishing" but it also connotes "wandering"
cf.
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, THAT THE GREAT TRUMPET SHALL BE BLOWN,
AND THEY SHALL COME WHICH WERE READY TO PERISH (Hebrew: ?Ovdim?
also translatable as they who were lost?) IN THE LAND OF ASSYRIA (i.e.
LTTs),
AND THE OUTCASTS (i.e. Jewish Captives) IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND SHALL WORSHIP
THE LORD IN THE HOLY MOUNT AT JERUSALEM [Isaiah 27:13].
WHICH WERE READY TO PERISH [Hebrew:
Ovdim
= were lost, or in the process of getting lost, or wandering] IN THE LAND OF
ASSYRIA [i.e. the LTTs],
AND THE OUTCASTS [i.e. the descendants of Captive Jews] IN THE LAND OF EGYPT.
Arami
meant Syrian. The Israelites and
Judaeans were also known as "Arami"
to foreigners. Aram
meant Syria but the term could also be used to encompass Israel.
Jewish mercenaries stationed in Egypt under the Persians, for instance, were
referred to as "Arami"
by the Persians.
We identify the Lost Ten Tribes with a portion of the Scythians who were also
known as Sacae.
Pliny, the Roman geographer, reported that the Scythian
Sacae
had originally been known as "Arami"
.
Pliny (77 CE) b: VI. XIX. states :
"Beyond [the
Syr
Darya,
which the Scythians call the
Silis] are some tribes of
Scythians. To these the Persians have given the general name of
Sacae,
from the tribe nearest to Persia, but old writers call them the
Aramii".
Here we have it. The Scythians or
Sacae
were originally known as Aramii.
This means they wewre
either Aramaeans
(from Syria) or Israelites!! Israelites could also be referred to as
Aramii.
From the Scythian Sacae
emerged the Anglo-Saxons and related peoples. It is interesting that the term
"Scot" is a form of "Scyth"
and the Scots interpreted their name to mean "Wanderer" which is also one of the
connotations of the word "Hebrew".
Amongst the Celts of Britain and Gaul
there was a god named Aram.
[Deuteronomy 26:6] AND THE EGYPTIANS EVIL ENTREATED US, AND AFFLICTED US, AND
LAID UPON US HARD BONDAGE:
The Egyptians oppressed the Israelites.
The Israelites should always remember this. This experience was a formative
factor in the national character.
[Deuteronomy 26:7] AND WHEN WE CRIED UNTO THE LORD GOD OF OUR FATHERS, THE LORD
HEARD OUR VOICE, AND LOOKED ON OUR AFFLICTION,AND OUR LABOUR, AND OUR
OPPRESSION:
We prayed and we were saved. If anybody
is in any trouble and he prays, God hears.
[Deuteronomy 26:8] AND THE LORD BROUGHT US FORTH OUT OF EGYPT WITH A MIGHTY
HAND, AND WITH AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM, AND WITH GREAT TERRIBLENESS, AND WITH SIGNS,
AND WITH WONDERS:
[Deuteronomy 26:9] AND HE HATH BROUGHT US INTO THIS PLACE, AND HATH GIVEN US
THIS LAND, EVEN A LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY.
[Deuteronomy 26:10] AND NOW, BEHOLD, I HAVE BROUGHT THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE
LAND, WHICH THOU, O LORD, HAST GIVEN ME. AND THOU SHALT SET IT BEFORE THE LORD
THY GOD, AND WORSHIP BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD:
[Deuteronomy 26:11] AND THOU SHALT REJOICE IN EVERY GOOD THING WHICH THE LORD
THY GOD HATH GIVEN UNTO THEE, AND UNTO THINE HOUSE, THOU, AND THE LEVITE, AND
THE STRANGER THAT IS AMONG YOU.
[Deuteronomy 26:12] WHEN THOU HAST MADE AN END OF TITHING ALL THE TITHES OF
THINE INCREASE THE THIRD YEAR, WHICH IS THE YEAR OF TITHING, AND HAST GIVEN IT
UNTO THE LEVITE, THE STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW, THAT THEY MAY EAT
WITHIN THY GATES, AND BE FILLED;
In The Hebrew Agricultural Year goes in
7 year cycles.
In Years One and Two and Four and Five the Tithe for the Levi is separated and
the Second Tithe.
The Second Tithe is to be eaten only in Jerusalem meaning that the whole family
would go up to Jerusalem three times a year and live there for at least a week
sustaining themselves from the Second Tithe. Alternately they would have one of
their member dwelling permanently in Jerusalem and living with his own family
off the Second Tithe from the rest of the family. This privileged individual
would be expected to occupy himself chiefly with Torah Learning.
In Years Three and Six the Tithe for the
Levi is separated (as in the other years) but instead of the Second Tithe
another Tithe called "Maaser
Ani"
(The Tithe for the Poor) is separated. This Tithe for the Poor would be given to
poor people as well as to Levites in addition to the First Tithe that the
Levites would already be receiving. It could happen that the First Tithe over a
period of years was not always quite sufficient for all the Levites who needed
it.
Apart from giving the Tithe for the Poor
the males (at least) of the family would still be required to go up to Jerusalem
three times a year. In Jerusalem they would eat any of the Second Tithe that was
left over from previous years (grain last a long time) as well as ordinary
produce.
The seventh Year (Shemittah)
is the Sabbatical Year in which no agricultural work goes on, the only
agricultural produce available (apart from that stored up from previous years)
is that which grows of itself. No private property rights over the agricultural
produce that does grow of itself is practiced.
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[Deuteronomy 26:13] THEN THOU SHALT SAY BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD, I HAVE BROUGHT
AWAY THE HALLOWED THINGS OUT OF MINE HOUSE, AND ALSO HAVE GIVEN THEM UNTO THE
LEVITE, AND UNTO THE STRANGER, TO THE FATHERLESS, AND TO THE WIDOW, ACCORDING TO
ALL THY COMMANDMENTS WHICH THOU HAST COMMANDED ME: I HAVE NOT TRANSGRESSED THY
COMMANDMENTS, NEITHER HAVE I FORGOTTEN THEM.
This was said in the Third Year. In the
Third Year the house and storehouses are checked to see that no produce that has
not been tithed remains.
[Deuteronomy 26:14] I HAVE NOT EATEN THEREOF IN MY MOURNING, NEITHER HAVE I
TAKEN AWAY OUGHT THEREOF FOR ANY UNCLEAN USE, NOR GIVE NOUGHT THEREOF FOR THE
DEAD: BUT I HAVE HEARKENED TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD MY GOD, AND HAVE DONE
ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THOU HAST COMMANDED ME.
One was commanded to mourn for a full
day when a close relative or spouse had passed away. The Sages extended the
mourning period to seven days.
It was forbidden to eat of the Second Tithe during the first Day of Mourning
and/or if one was ritually unclean having touched a dead animal or corpse or had
a defiling emission.
[Deuteronomy 26:15] LOOK DOWN FROM THY HOLY HABITATION, FROM HEAVEN, AND BLESS
THY PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND THE LAND WHICH THOU HAST GIVEN US, AS THOU SWAREST UNTO
OUR FATHERS, A LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY.
God is in heaven and sees us all. The
People of Israel are the People of God. We do, or should do, the will of the
Almighty and then we ask God to remember us.
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[Deuteronomy 26:16] THIS DAY THE LORD THY GOD HATH COMMANDED THEE TO DO THESE
STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS: THOU SHALT THEREFORE KEEPAND DO THEM WITH ALL THINE
HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL.
The Lost Ten Tribes at present are not
commanded in the Jewish Sense at present to Keep all the Law. In the future this
will change. Those of them who voluntarily convert to Judaism should do it with
a full heart and willingness to keep all the commandments, to worship God with
all one's heart and soul. This may not always be easy. Everyone has weak points.
We do what we can and should do it as well as we can.
[Deuteronomy 26:17] THOU HAST AVOUCHED THE LORD THIS DAY TO BE THY GOD, AND TO
WALK IN HIS WAYS, AND TO KEEP HIS STATUTES, AND HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND HIS
JUDGMENTS, AND TO HEARKEN UNTO HIS VOICE:
##WALK IN HIS WAYS##. The Sages based on
this phrase said that one is commanded to imitate the Almighty. As HE is
merciful so should you be merciful, as HE is good to others, so should you be,
etc.
[Deuteronomy 26:18] AND THE LORD HATH AVOUCHED THEE THIS DAY TO BE HIS PECULIAR
PEOPLE, AS HE HATH PROMISED THEE, AND THAT THOU SHOULDEST KEEP ALL HIS
COMMANDMENTS;
The Israelites are a chosen people.
Being a chosen people ULTIMATELY means keeping the commandments.
[Deuteronomy 26:19] AND TO MAKE THEE HIGH ABOVE ALL NATIONS WHICH HE HATH MADE,
IN PRAISE, AND IN NAME, AND IN HONOUR; AND THAT THOU MAYEST BE AN HOLY PEOPLE
UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, AS HE HATH SPOKEN.
Israelites are the Chosen People. They
are special. They are different and this difference should be reflected in a
higher Cod of Behavior.
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[Deuteronomy 27:1] AND MOSES WITH THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL COMMANDED THE PEOPLE,
SAYING, KEEP ALL THE COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY.
[Deuteronomy 27:2] AND IT SHALL BE ON THE DAY WHEN YE SHALL PASS OVER JORDAN
UNTO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, THAT THOU SHALT SET THEE UP
GREAT STONES, AND PLAISTER THEM WITH PLAISTER:
[Deuteronomy 27:3] AND THOU SHALT WRITE UPON THEM ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW,
WHEN THOU ART PASSED OVER, THAT THOU MAYEST GO IN UNTO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD
THY GOD GIVETH THEE, A LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY; AS THE LORD GOD
OF THY FATHERS HATH PROMISED THEE.
[Deuteronomy 27:4] THEREFORE IT SHALL BE WHEN YE BE GONE OVER JORDAN, THAT YE
SHALL SET UP THESE STONES, WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY, IN MOUNT EBAL, AND THOU
SHALT PLAISTER THEM WITH PLAISTER.
[Deuteronomy 27:5] AND THERE SHALT THOU BUILD AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, AN
ALTAR OF STONES: THOU SHALT NOT LIFT UP ANY IRON TOOL UPON THEM.
[Deuteronomy 27:6] THOU SHALT BUILD THE ALTAR OF THE LORD THY GOD OF WHOLE
STONES: AND THOU SHALT OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS THEREON UNTO THE LORD THY GOD:
This was carried out in the time of
Joshua who succeeded Moses as the leader of Israel (Joshua 8;30-35).
This altar may have been found in
Schechem
(Nablus)
in the territory of Samaria.
There has been found the remains of a very large edifice consisting of a
framework of unhewn
blocks filled with ashes of clean animals and earth. The dimensions are the same
as that of the altar that was in the Temple at Jerusalem. Around the altar were
found traces of the plaster upon which the Torah had been written by Joshua. The
altar was excavated by the Israel archaeologist Adam
Zertal.
Adam Zertal
has written a book (in Hebrew) describing his excavations and findings and
discussing the Biblical history of ancient Israel from an archaeological point
of view.
Adam
Zertal
believes that he has found the altar and edifice erected by Joshua. There are
however certain problems with the location of his finding.
Zertal
dismisses the difficulties but others disagree. At all events he has found
something of religious significance from the ancient Israelite Period. The
discussion as to what exactly
Zertal has found is in itself of
importance.
The altar was situated in the territory of Manasseh.
Zertal
considers Manasseh to have been the most important tribe in many ways in ancient
Israel.
Ancient residential structures in the area are similar to those found in the
British Isles and the West where they are often associated with Megalithic
Monuments.
These according to the Prophet Jeremiah trace a Pathway of Migration linking the
Land of Israel to western regions.
[Jeremiah 31:21] SET THEE UP
WAYMARKS,
MAKE THEE HIGH HEAPS: SET THINE
HEART TOWARD THE HIGHWAY, EVEN THE WAY WHICH THOU
WENTEST:
TURN AGAIN, O VIRGIN OF ISRAEL, TURN AGAIN TO THESE THY CITIES.
http://www.britam.org/Jeremiah29to32.html
This verse in the original
Hebrew (as we explain in the above URL) may be understood according to the
Radak,
Abarbanel,
other commentators, and a literal interpretation of the Hebrew as saying:
Abarbanel:
#The prophet therefore spoke concerning the Kingdom of Israel [of the Ten
Tribes] SET THEE UP WAYMARKS
saying that when you go into Exile make signs by the routes and
waymarks
like piles of rocks [i.e. cairns] or stone monuments [Hebrew:
Matzavah,
i.e. dolmens] so that you may set your heart to the route and remember in order
that you may return in the way you went in, return to your city#
This means thatn
through archaeological evidence and related studies we may prove who the Lost
Ten Tribes are today! The Prophet Jeremiah urges us to do so!
Zertal
in effect believes in the historical accuracy of the Bible and says that
archaeology proves it. His book concentrates on
Menasseh.
Aspects of these findings throw light on certain Biblical passages. They also
reveal something of the tribal character of
Menasseh.
Brit-Am believes that the Tribe of
Menasseh
is the Israelite Tribe that has had the most influence on the USA and determined
much of the American character.
An account of describing Zertal's
views and findings appears
in our book
"Joseph - The Israelite Destiny of America"
http://britam.org/bkjoseph.html
[Deuteronomy 27:7] AND THOU SHALT OFFER PEACE OFFERINGS, AND SHALT EAT THERE,
AND REJOICE BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD.
[Deuteronomy 27:8] AND THOU SHALT WRITE UPON THE STONES ALL THE WORDS OF THIS
LAW VERY PLAINLY.
[Deuteronomy 27:9] AND MOSES AND THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES SPAKE UNTO ALL ISRAEL,
SAYING, TAKE HEED, AND HEARKEN, O ISRAEL; THIS DAYTH OU ART BECOME THE PEOPLE
OF THE LORD THY GOD.
[Deuteronomy 27:10] THOU SHALT THEREFORE OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, AND
DO HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS STATUTES, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY.
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[Deuteronomy 27:11] AND MOSES CHARGED THE PEOPLE THE SAME DAY, SAYING,
[Deuteronomy 27:12] THESE SHALL STAND UPON MOUNT GERIZIM TO BLESS THE PEOPLE,
WHEN YE ARE COME OVER JORDAN; SIMEON, AND LEVI, AND JUDAH, AND ISSACHAR, AND
JOSEPH, AND BENJAMIN:
Half the tribes stood on the side of one
mountain and half of the tribes stood on the side of another mountain facing the
others.
The ark of the Covenant with the priests and some of the Levites stood in a
valley between them.
[Deuteronomy 27:13] AND THESE SHALL STAND UPON MOUNT EBAL TO CURSE; REUBEN, GAD,
AND ASHER, AND ZEBULUN, DAN, AND NAPHTALI.
All those who stood on Mount
Ebal
(of the curse) were thoroughly lost when the northern ten tribes were exiled.
Of those who stood on Mount
Gerizim (of the blessing) Simeon,
Levi, Judah, and Benjamin belonged to the kingdom of Judah. In addition a not
insignificant minority of refugees from Joseph and
Issachar
had also been assimilated amongst Judah:
Concerning
Asa
the king of Judah it says that many from the north came to him for religious
reasons: Ephram
and Menasseh
(i.e. Joseph), as well as Judah, Benjamin, and Simeon are mentioned.
2CHR 15:8] AND WHEN ASA
HEARD THESE WORDS, AND THE PROPHECY OF
ODED
THE PROPHET, HE TOOK COURAGE, AND PUT AWAY THE ABOMINABLE IDOLS OUT OF ALL THE
LAND OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, AND OUT OF THE CITIES WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM MOUNT
EPHRAIM, AND RENEWED THE ALTAR OF THE LORD, THAT WAS BEFORE THE PORCH OF THE
LORD.
2CHR 15:9] AND HE GATHERED ALL JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, AND THE STRANGERS WITH THEM
OUT OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH, AND OUT OF SIMEON: FOR THEY FELL TO HIM OUT OF
ISRAEL IN ABUNDANCE, WHEN THEY SAW THAT THE LORD HIS GOD WAS WITH
HIM.
This brings us to the question of
refugees from the northern tribes who remained with Judah (=the Jews):
Later it says that in the time of Hezekiah people from Ephraim,
Menasseh,
Issachar,
and Zebulon came up to Jerusalem to sacrifice.
[2CHR 30:18] FOR A MULTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE, EVEN MANY OF EPHRAIM, AND
MANASSEH, ISSACHAR,
AND ZEBULUN,
HAD NOT CLEANSED THEMSELVES, YET DID THEY EAT THE PASSOVER OTHERWISE THAN IT
WAS WRITTEN. BUT HEZEKIAH PRAYED FOR THEM, SAYING, THE GOOD LORD PARDON EVERY
ONE
[2CHR 30:19] THAT PREPARETH
HIS HEART TO SEEK GOD, THE LORD GOD OF HIS FATHERS, THOUGH HE BE NOT CLEANSED
ACCORDING TO THE PURIFICATION OF THE SANCTUARY.
[2CHR 30:20] AND THE LORD HEARKENED TO HEZEKIAH, AND HEALED THE PEOPLE.
Previous to this Hezekiah had sent posts
throughoutn
the land asking remnants of the Northern Tribes to come up to Jerusalem:
[2CHR 30:10] SO THE POSTS PASSED FROM
CITY TO CITY THROUGH THE COUNTRY OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH EVEN UNTO
ZEBULUN:
BUT THEY LAUGHED THEM TO SCORN, AND MOCKED THEM.
[2CHR 30:11] NEVERTHELESS DIVERS OF ASHER AND MANASSEH AND OF
ZEBULUN
HUMBLED THEMSELVES, AND CAME TO JERUSALEM.
This happened at the beginning of the
reign of Hezekiah. At this point most of the northern tribes had already been
exiled by the Assyrians. A remnant remained. Most of this remnant was also
destined to soon be taken into exile but we know from archaeology that some
escaped to Jerusalem. It may be that many out of the few that escaped belonged
to those who feared God.
In conclusion:
Those who remained in Judah were from the Tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi,
along with representative minorities from the other other tribes the majority of
whom however went into Assyrian Exile. The other Ten Tribes were destined to
achieve
their Tribal Self-realization in Exile as part of the Lost Ten Tribes as
explained by Nachmanides.
http://www.britam.org/Nachmanides.html
Out of the small
minoirity
proportion of the Ten Tribes who stayed with Judah is would appear that there
were more from the Tribes of Benjamin, Simeon,
Issachar,
and Joseph.
The present-day Jews DO INCLUDE descendants of all the Tribes BUT the Ten Tribes
are only a minority and subservient from the Tribal point of view to Judah.
[Deuteronomy 27:14] AND THE LEVITES SHALL SPEAK, AND SAY UNTO ALL THE MEN OF
ISRAEL WITH A LOUD VOICE,
[Deuteronomy 27:15] CURSED BE THE MAN THAT MAKETH ANY GRAVEN OR MOLTEN IMAGE, AN
ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF THE CRAFTSMAN, AND PUTTETH
IT IN A SECRET PLACE. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL ANSWER AND SAY, AMEN.
[Deuteronomy 27:16] CURSED BE HE THAT SETTETH LIGHT BY HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
Our fathers and mothers are the reason
for our being. We are commanded to honor and fear (respect) them. Even so we
all have complexes that we blame our parents for. Sometimes this blame may be
justified but usually it is exaggerated. These unnecessary and superfluous
complexes of ours are often factors that psychologically cripple us. By not
despising our parents we do not demean ourselves in our own subconscious. This
can help us go forward and succeed. The psychological importance of the
commandments alone very often justifies them.
[Deuteronomy 27:17] CURSED BE HE THAT REMOVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR'S LANDMARK. AND ALL
THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
What someone else has merited we should
not encroach upon.
[Deuteronomy 27:18] CURSED BE HE THAT MAKETH THE BLIND TO WANDER OUT OF THE WAY.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
This injunction applies to anyone who is
"blind" or unaware of something. We are forbidden to exploit the ignorance of
others.
[Deuteronomy 27:19] CURSED BE HE THAT PERVERTETH THE JUDGMENT OF THE STRANGER,
FATHERLESS, AND WIDOW. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
#THE STRANGER, FATHERLESS, AND WIDOW#
are all vulnerable. The justice of this injunction is obvious and one's first
reaction is to say,
"Of course, that's
obvious!"
In practice however
when under pressure, and pain, and in positions of authority when by sacrificing
the weak we can relieve the pressure, - we may be tempted to do so.
[Deuteronomy 27:20] CURSED BE HE THAT LIETH WITH HIS FATHER'S WIFE; BECAUSE HE
UNCOVERETH HIS FATHER'S SKIRT. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
[Deuteronomy 27:21] CURSED BE HE THAT LIETH WITH ANY MANNER OF BEAST. AND ALL
THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
Many homosexuals today have also had
experiences with "beasts." In Norway and Denmark it is legal.
[Deuteronomy 27:22] CURSED BE HE THAT LIETH WITH HIS SISTER, THE DAUGHTER OF HIS
FATHER, OR THE DAUGHTER OF HIS MOTHER. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
Most prostitutes in western societies
were the victims of child abuse, usually incest.
When you do something that is wrong it usually does end "there" but carries on
and has an echoing effect of great proportions.
So too, when someone does a good deed it is amplified and often has other good
effects elsewhere.
[Deuteronomy 27:23] CURSED BE HE THAT LIETH WITH HIS MOTHER IN LAW. AND ALL THE
PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
[Deuteronomy 27:24] CURSED BE HE THAT SMITETH HIS NEIGHBOUR SECRETLY. AND ALL
THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
In a literal sense it is forbidden to
use physical violence against others when it is unnecessary and one is forbidden
from harming others gratuitously.
[Deuteronomy 27:25] CURSED BE HE THAT TAKETH REWARD TO SLAY AN INNOCENT PERSON.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
Doctors and nurses who perform abortions
and other people whose activities harm the public
wealm
are offenders.
[Deuteronomy 27:26] CURSED BE HE THAT CONFIRMETH NOT ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW
TO DO THEM. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
All of the Law must be kept by those who
are obliged. Those who are not so obliged should also respect the Law. The Lost
Ten Tribes do not have to keep the Law at this stage. In the past they did have
to keep the Law and in the future they will return and do so.
The Lost Ten Tribes has a responsibility not to cause Judah to depart from the
Law. Do not missionize
or tempt Jews away from the Torah.
[Deuteronomy 28:1] AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN DILIGENTLY
UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO OBSERVE AND TO DO ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS
WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, THAT THE LORD THY GOD WILL SET THEE ON HIGH ABOVE
ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH:
You will be elevated.
The Book of Deuteronomy is one of the most powerful of all Biblical books.
[Deuteronomy 28:2] AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS SHALL COME ON THEE, AND OVERTAKE
THEE, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD.
[Deuteronomy 28:3] BLESSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE CITY, AND BLESSED SHALT THOU BE
IN THE FIELD.
[Deuteronomy 28:4] BLESSED SHALL BE THE FRUIT OF THY BODY, AND THE FRUIT OF THY
GROUND, AND THE FRUIT OF THY CATTLE, THE INCREASE OF THY KINE,AND THE FLOCKS OF
THY SHEEP.
[Deuteronomy 28:5] BLESSED SHALL BE THY BASKET AND THY STORE.
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[Deuteronomy 28:6] BLESSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU COMEST IN, AND BLESSED SHALT
THOU BE WHEN THOU GOEST OUT.
You and your children will be blessed at
the beginning of your lives and at their end. You will begin a day with the
blessing of the Almighty and end it with even greater blessing. This happens. We
know it does. We also know that it can also happen to us but in many cases will
not do so probably because we have not kept to the straight and narrow.
[Deuteronomy 28:7] THE LORD SHALL CAUSE THINE ENEMIES THAT RISE UP AGAINST THEE
TO BE SMITTEN BEFORE THY FACE: THEY SHALL COME OUT AGAINST THEE ONE WAY, AND
FLEE BEFORE THEE SEVEN WAYS.
Your enemies will all run away from you
even though they may be many more than you and have weapons and means that you
lack. They will still flee.
[Deuteronomy 28:8] THE LORD SHALL COMMAND THE BLESSING UPON THEE IN THY
STOREHOUSES, AND IN ALL THAT THOU SETTEST THINE HAND UNTO;AND HE SHALL BLESS
THEE IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:9] THE LORD SHALL ESTABLISH THEE AN HOLY PEOPLE UNTO HIMSELF, AS
HE HATH SWORN UNTO THEE, IF THOU SHALT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD THY
GOD, AND WALK IN HIS WAYS.
[Deuteronomy 28:10] AND ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH SHALL SEE THAT THOU ART CALLED
BY THE NAME OF THE LORD; AND THEY SHALL BE AFRAID OF THEE.
All the nations of the world will fear
you! The Bible says so.
[Deuteronomy 28:11] AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE PLENTEOUS IN GOODS, IN THE
FRUIT OF THY BODY, AND IN THE FRUIT OF THY CATTLE, AND INTHE FRUIT OF THY
GROUND, IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO THY FATHERS TO GIVE THEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:12] THE LORD SHALL OPEN UNTO THEE HIS GOOD TREASURE, THE HEAVEN
TO GIVE THE RAIN UNTO THY LAND IN HIS SEASON, AND TOBLESS ALL THE WORK OF THINE
HAND: AND THOU SHALT LEND UNTO MANY NATIONS, AND THOU SHALT NOT BORROW.
The USA has lent money to every nation
on earth.
Britain in the past also lent money to other nations and invested in them. The
UK still benefits from returns on these investments. That is one of the reasons
why the UK continues to appear relatively powerful and prosperous even though
according to statistics it should have dwindled much more than it it has.
[Deuteronomy 28:13] AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL; AND
THOU SHALT BE ABOVE ONLY, AND THOU SHALT NOT BE BENEATH; IF THAT THOU HEARKEN
UNTO THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO
OBSERVE AND TO DO THEM:
The Lost Ten Tribes in their
places of exile had their membership in the Religious Covenant of Israel
suspended. From the point of view of religious obligation they were no longer
considered "Jewish" even though in the future they will be. During the
intermediate period we are still in the Lost Ten tribes became "Gentiles" as far
as their obligations were concerned. They were no longer obliged to keep the
commandments though they are destined to do so as they were at the beginning.
It was prophesied that the northern Tribes would forget for a long
period the formal Law and be effectually "divorced" (Jeremiah 3;8). In a
religious sense for a time they would no longer be considered the people of God
(Hosea 2;4). In the future the Lost Ten Tribes will return. At present their
legal-religious status is that of non-Israelites (Yebamot
17). These legally "non-Jewish" descendants of Israel were to fulfill a
predestined role of their own. The Separation of the Israelite Tribes had a
Divine Purpose, "This thing is from me" (1-Kings 12;24). In so far as the
overall Divine Will was abided by so too is that aspect of the "Law" fulfilled.
The Lost Ten Tribes will have to return
and accept anew the Law of Moses and Israel. This is also mentioned in the
Jerusalem Talmud (sanhedrin,
10) and in the Zohar
(Genesis 48;8, VaYechi,
88m).
REMEMBER YE THE LAW OF MOSES MY SERVANT, WHICH I COMMANDED UNTO HIM IN
HOREB
FOR ALL ISRAEL, WITH THE STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS [Malachi 4:4].
HE WILL TURN AGAIN, HE WILL HAVE COMPASSION UPON US; HE WILL SUBDUE OUR
INIQUITIES; AND THOU WILT CAST ALL THEIR SINS INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE
SEA.
THOU WILT PERFORM THE TRUTH TO JACOB, AND THE MERCY TO ABRAHAM, WHICH THOU HAST
SWORN UNTO OUR FATHERS FROM THE DAYS OF OLD [Micah 7:19-20].
The Jews of Judah on the other hand did remain obligated by the law. When the
Jews failed to keep the law as they should have they were punished. Many of the
following verses were fulfilled in the Jewish historical experience. A brief
summary of some aspects of the History of Judah and the Jews helps to understand
the present passage.
[Deuteronomy 28:14] AND THOU SHALT NOT GO ASIDE FROM ANY OF THE WORDS WHICH I
COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO THE RIGHT HAND, OR TO THELEFT, TO GO AFTER OTHER GODS
TO SERVE THEM.
[Deuteronomy 28:15] BUT IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF THOU WILT NOT HEARKEN UNTO THE
VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO OBSERVE TO DO ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS
STATUTES WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY; THAT ALL THESE CURSES SHALL COME UPON
THEE, AND OVERTAKE THEE:
[Deuteronomy 28:16] CURSED SHALT THOU BE IN THE CITY, AND CURSED SHALT THOU BE
IN THE FIELD.
[Deuteronomy 28:17] CURSED SHALL BE THY BASKET AND THY STORE.DEUT 28:17] CURSED
SHALL BE THY BASKET AND THY STORE.
[Deuteronomy 28:18] CURSED SHALL BE THE FRUIT OF THY BODY, AND THE FRUIT OF THY
LAND, THE INCREASE OF THY KINE, AND THE FLOCKS OF THYSHEEP.
[Deuteronomy 28:19] CURSED SHALT THOU BE WHEN THOU COMEST IN, AND CURSED SHALT
THOU BE WHEN THOU GOEST OUT.
[Deuteronomy 28:20] THE LORD SHALL SEND UPON THEE CURSING, VEXATION, AND REBUKE,
IN ALL THAT THOU SETTEST THINE HAND UNTO FOR TO DO,UNTIL THOU BE DESTROYED, AND
UNTIL THOU PERISH QUICKLY; BECAUSE OF THE WICKEDNESS OF THY DOINGS, WHEREBY THOU
HAST FORSAKEN ME.
[Deuteronomy 28:21] THE LORD SHALL MAKE THE PESTILENCE CLEAVE UNTO THEE, UNTIL
HE HAVE CONSUMED THEE FROM OFF THE LAND, WHITHERTHOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT.
[Deuteronomy 28:22] THE LORD SHALL SMITE THEE WITH A CONSUMPTION, AND WITH A
FEVER, AND WITH AN INFLAMMATION, AND WITH AN EXTREMEBURNING, AND WITH THE SWORD,
AND WITH BLASTING, AND WITH MILDEW; AND THEY SHALL PURSUE THEE UNTIL THOU
PERISH.
[Deuteronomy 28:23] AND THY HEAVEN THAT IS OVER THY HEAD SHALL BE BRASS, AND THE
EARTH THAT IS UNDER THEE SHALL BE IRON.
[Deuteronomy 28:24] THE LORD SHALL MAKE THE RAIN OF THY LAND POWDER AND DUST:
FROM HEAVEN SHALL IT COME DOWN UPON THEE, UNTILTHOU BE DESTROYED.
[Deuteronomy 28:25] THE LORD SHALL CAUSE THEE TO BE SMITTEN BEFORE THINE
ENEMIES: THOU SHALT GO OUT ONE WAY AGAINST THEM, AND FLEESEVEN WAYS BEFORE THEM:
AND SHALT BE REMOVED INTO ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH.
[Deuteronomy 28:26] AND THY CARCASE SHALL BE MEAT UNTO ALL FOWLS OF THE AIR, AND
UNTO THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH, AND NO MAN SHALL FRAYTHEM AWAY.
[Deuteronomy 28:27] THE LORD WILL SMITE THEE WITH THE BOTCH OF EGYPT, AND WITH
THE EMERODS, AND WITH THE SCAB, AND WITH THE ITCH,WHEREOF THOU CANST NOT BE
HEALED.
[Deuteronomy 28:28] THE LORD SHALL SMITE THEE WITH MADNESS, AND BLINDNESS, AND
ASTONISHMENT OF HEART:
[Deuteronomy 28:29] AND THOU SHALT GROPE AT NOONDAY, AS THE BLIND GROPETH IN
DARKNESS, AND THOU SHALT NOT PROSPER IN THY WAYS: ANDTHOU SHALT BE ONLY
OPPRESSED AND SPOILED EVERMORE, AND NO MAN SHALL SAVE THEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:30] THOU SHALT BETROTH A WIFE, AND ANOTHER MAN SHALL LIE WITH
HER: THOU SHALT BUILD AN HOUSE, AND THOU SHALT NOT DWELLTHEREIN: THOU SHALT
PLANT A VINEYARD, AND SHALT NOT GATHER THE GRAPES THEREOF.
[Deuteronomy 28:31] THINE OX SHALL BE SLAIN BEFORE THINE EYES, AND THOU SHALT
NOT EAT THEREOF: THINE ASS SHALL BE VIOLENTLY TAKEN AWAYFROM BEFORE THY FACE,
AND SHALL NOT BE RESTORED TO THEE: THY SHEEP SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO THINE ENEMIES,
AND THOU SHALT HAVE NONE TORESCUE THEM.
[Deuteronomy 28:32] THY SONS AND THY DAUGHTERS SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO ANOTHER
PEOPLE, AND THINE EYES SHALL LOOK, AND FAIL WITH LONGING FORTHEM ALL THE DAY
LONG; AND THERE SHALL BE NO MIGHT IN THINE HAND.
[Deuteronomy 28:33] THE FRUIT OF THY LAND, AND ALL THY LABOURS, SHALL A NATION
WHICH THOU KNOWEST NOT EAT UP; AND THOU SHALT BE ONLYOPPRESSED AND CRUSHED ALWAY:
[Deuteronomy 28:34] SO THAT THOU SHALT BE MAD FOR THE SIGHT OF THINE EYES WHICH
THOU SHALT SEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:35] THE LORD SHALL SMITE THEE IN THE KNEES, AND IN THE LEGS,
WITH A SORE BOTCH THAT CANNOT BE HEALED, FROM THE SOLEOF THY FOOT UNTO THE TOP
OF THY HEAD.
[Deuteronomy 28:36] THE LORD SHALL BRING THEE, AND THY KING WHICH THOU SHALT SET
OVER THEE, UNTO A NATION WHICH NEITHER THOU NOR THY FATHERS HAVE KNOWN; AND
THERE SHALT THOU SERVE OTHER GODS, WOOD AND STONE.
These verses were fulfilled mainly by
Judah at the time of their exile by the Babylonians and later by the Romans and
their subsequent persecution by the Gentile nations.
#THY KING WHICH THOU SHALT
SET OVER THEE##: The commentators point out that it says ?the king that YOU
shall set over you? and not the monarch that God had appointed. This was
fulfilled in Judah. The Hasmonean
Kings were Priests (Cohens)
of the Tribe of Levi. Their dynasty had been founded by Judah the
Maccabee.
They were a heroic family who saved Judah from the oppression of the Greek
Seleucids. They then made themselves hereditary monarchs over Judah. They were
criticized
for this since Judah had received a tradition that only someone from the House
of David could be rightfully king over them.
Nachmanides
says:
#THE LORD SHALL BRING THEE,
AND THY KING WHICH THOU SHALT
SET OVER THEE, UNTO A NATION WHICH NEITHER THOU NOR
THYFATHERS
HAVE KNOWN? was referring to to
Agripus [i.e. Herod Agrippa I was
King off and on from 37 to 41CE and through 44 CE. He was the father of Herod
Agrippas
II] who was taken to Rome. It is also possible that the verse is referring to a
previous monarch to Agrippus,
namely Aristobulos
who was siezed
by the Roman Commander and taken to Rome in chains and there he was AN
ASTONISHMENT, A PROVERB, AND A BYWORD, AMONG ALL NATIONS [28:37] who had been
astounded at the heroic might [of this dynasty in the past] and had now fallen
down. After that Agrippus
[i.e. Herod Agrippas
II, 48-100 CE ] came once more into the Land with the emissary of the Roman
Caesar and in the Land of Judah conquered many great cities, and thus was
fulfilled the verse, #THEREFORE
SHALT THOU SERVE
THINE
ENEMIES WHICH THE LORD SHALL SEND AGAINST THEE, IN HUNGER, AND IN THIRST#
[28:48], and it says #THE LORD SHALL BRING A NATION AGAINST THEE FROM FAR#
[28:49]: For Vespasian
and his son Titus came into the Land with a great number of Roman soldiers and
they captured all the fortified cities of Judah and oppressed them very much, as
recorded in the Literature. They captured the walls of Jerusalem. There was
nothing left except the Holy Temple and the Wall of the Courtyard. They were
eating the flesh of their sons and daughters [28:53]. Then was fulfilled in
them, #YE SHALL BE PLUCKED FROM OFF THE LAND# [28:63]. They were then taken
into captivity by the Romans who took them back to Rome and by numerous other
peoples who were with them [who had come with the Romans] from Greece, Egypt,
Aram
(Syria), and numerous others. Thus was fulfilled, #AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER
THEE AMONG ALL PEOPLE [S] [28:64]. And also, #AND THY LIFE SHALL HANG IN DOUBT
BEFORE THEE# [28:66]: This was fulfilled due to our fear in exile of the
Gentiles with their constant decrees against us. It is also a hint at those
previous generations at the time when the Second Temple was destroyed when they
were attempting to destroy them [the Jews] altogether . This is why it says
straight afterwards, #AND THE LORD SHALL BRING THEE INTO EGYPT AGAIN WITH
SHIPS# [28:68].
Nachmanides
goes on to explain how other verses concerning the Jews in exile were also
fulfilled, such as:
# AND YET FOR ALL THAT, WHEN THEY BE IN THE LAND OF THEIR ENEMIES, I WILL NOT
CAST THEM AWAY, NEITHER WILL I ABHOR THEM, TO DESTROY THEM UTTERLY, AND TO BREAK
MY COVENANT WITH THEM: FOR I AM THE LORD THEIR GOD.
#BUT I WILL FOR THEIR SAKES REMEMBER THE COVENANT OF THEIR ANCESTORS, WHOM
IBROUGHT
FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT IN THE SIGHT OF THE HEATHEN, THAT I MIGHT BE
THEIR GOD: I AM THE LORD# [Leviticus 26:44-45] .
70 A.D. Destruction of Jerusalem
1,100,000 Jews were killed and 97,000 taken into slavery and captivity. 115
Rebellion of the Jews in
Mesopotania, Egypt,
Cyrene
and Cyprus. Jews and Romans inflicted many barbaric atrocities on each other,
causing the death of several hundreds of thousands of Romans and Jews. 132-35
The Bar Kochba
rebellion (Bar Kochba
was a false Messiah). Caused the death of 500,000 Jews; thousands were sold into
slavery or taken into captivity.
[Deuteronomy 28:37] AND THOU SHALT BECOME AN ASTONISHMENT, A PROVERB, AND A
BYWORD, AMONG ALL NATIONS WHITHER THE LORD SHALLLEAD THEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:38] THOU SHALT CARRY MUCH SEED OUT INTO THE FIELD, AND SHALT
GATHER BUT LITTLE IN; FOR THE LOCUST SHALL CONSUME IT.
[Deuteronomy 28:39] THOU SHALT PLANT VINEYARDS, AND DRESS THEM, BUT SHALT
NEITHER DRINK OF THE WINE, NOR GATHER THE GRAPES; FOR THEWORMS SHALL EAT THEM.
[Deuteronomy 28:40] THOU SHALT HAVE OLIVE TREES THROUGHOUT ALL THY COASTS, BUT
THOU SHALT NOT ANOINT THYSELF WITH THE OIL; FOR THINE OLIVESHALL CAST HIS FRUIT.
[Deuteronomy 28:41] THOU SHALT BEGET SONS AND DAUGHTERS, BUT THOU SHALT NOT
ENJOY THEM; FOR THEY SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY.
[Deuteronomy 28:42] ALL THY TREES AND FRUIT OF THY LAND SHALL THE LOCUST
CONSUME.
[Deuteronomy 28:43] THE STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THEE SHALL GET UP ABOVE THEE
VERY HIGH; AND THOU SHALT COME DOWN VERY LOW.
[Deuteronomy 28:44] HE SHALL LEND TO THEE, AND THOU SHALT NOT LEND TO HIM: HE
SHALL BE THE HEAD, AND THOU SHALT BE THE TAIL.
[Deuteronomy 28:45] MOREOVER ALL THESE CURSES SHALL COME UPON THEE, AND SHALL
PURSUE THEE, AND OVERTAKE THEE, TILL THOU BE DESTROYED;BECAUSE THOU HEARKENEDST
NOT UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS
STATUTES WHICH HECOMMANDED THEE:
[Deuteronomy 28:46] AND THEY SHALL BE UPON THEE FOR A SIGN AND FOR A WONDER, AND
UPON THY SEED FOR EVER.
[Deuteronomy 28:47] BECAUSE THOU SERVEDST NOT THE LORD THY GOD WITH JOYFULNESS,
AND WITH GLADNESS OF HEART, FOR THE ABUNDANCE OFALL THINGS;
[Deuteronomy 28:48] THEREFORE SHALT THOU SERVE THINE ENEMIES WHICH THE LORD
SHALL SEND AGAINST THEE, IN HUNGER, AND IN THIRST, AND INNAKEDNESS, AND IN WANT
OF ALL THINGS: AND HE SHALL PUT A YOKE OF IRON UPON THY NECK, UNTIL HE HAVE
DESTROYED THEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:49] THE LORD SHALL BRING A NATION AGAINST THEE FROM FAR, FROM
THE END OF THE EARTH, AS SWIFT AS THE EAGLE FLIETH; A NATION WHOSE TONGUE THOU
SHALT NOT UNDERSTAND;
##FROM FAR, FROM THE END OF THE EARTH##:
The Romans came from Italy bringing with them German and other mercenaries. This
was considered in those days as coming from a great distance.
##AS SWIFT AS THE EAGLE FLIETH##:
The symbol of the Roman legions was an eagle.
[Deuteronomy 28:50] A NATION OF FIERCE COUNTENANCE, WHICH SHALL NOT REGARD THE
PERSON OF THE OLD, NOR SHEW FAVOUR TO THE YOUNG:
[Deuteronomy 28:51] AND HE SHALL EAT THE FRUIT OF THY CATTLE, AND THE FRUIT OF
THY LAND, UNTIL THOU BE DESTROYED: WHICH ALSO SHALL NOT LEAVETHEE EITHER CORN,
WINE, OR OIL, OR THE INCREASE OF THY KINE, OR FLOCKS OF THY SHEEP, UNTIL HE HAVE
DESTROYED THEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:52] AND HE SHALL BESIEGE THEE IN ALL THY GATES, UNTIL THY HIGH
AND FENCED WALLS COME DOWN, WHEREIN THOU TRUSTEDST,THROUGHOUT ALL THY LAND: AND
HE SHALL BESIEGE THEE IN ALL THY GATES THROUGHOUT ALL THY LAND, WHICH THE LORD
THY GOD HATH GIVENTHEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:53] AND THOU SHALT EAT THE FRUIT OF THINE OWN BODY, THE FLESH OF
THY SONS AND OF THY DAUGHTERS, WHICH THE LORD THYGOD HATH GIVEN THEE, IN THE
SIEGE, AND IN THE STRAITNESS, WHEREWITH THINE ENEMIES SHALL DISTRESS THEE:
[Deuteronomy 28:54] SO THAT THE MAN THAT IS TENDER AMONG YOU, AND VERY DELICATE,
HIS EYE SHALL BE EVIL TOWARD HIS BROTHER, AND TOWARDTHE WIFE OF HIS BOSOM, AND
TOWARD THE REMNANT OF HIS CHILDREN WHICH HE SHALL LEAVE:
[Deuteronomy 28:55] SO THAT HE WILL NOT GIVE TO ANY OF THEM OF THE FLESH OF HIS
CHILDREN WHOM HE SHALL EAT: BECAUSE HE HATH NOTHING LEFTHIM IN THE SIEGE, AND IN
THE STRAITNESS, WHEREWITH THINE ENEMIES SHALL DISTRESS THEE IN ALL THY GATES.
[Deuteronomy 28:56] THE TENDER AND DELICATE WOMAN AMONG YOU, WHICH WOULD NOT
ADVENTURE TO SET THE SOLE OF HER FOOT UPON THEGROUND FOR DELICATENESS AND
TENDERNESS, HER EYE SHALL BE EVIL TOWARD THE HUSBAND OF HER BOSOM, AND TOWARD
HER SON, ANDTOWARD HER DAUGHTER,
[Deuteronomy 28:57] AND TOWARD HER YOUNG ONE THAT COMETH OUT FROM BETWEEN HER
FEET, AND TOWARD HER CHILDREN WHICH SHE SHALL BEAR:FOR SHE SHALL EAT THEM FOR
WANT OF ALL THINGS SECRETLY IN THE SIEGE AND STRAITNESS, WHEREWITH THINE ENEMY
SHALL DISTRESS THEE IN THYGATES.
[Deuteronomy 28:58] IF THOU WILT NOT OBSERVE TO DO ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW
THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, THAT THOU MAYEST FEAR THISGLORIOUS AND FEARFUL
NAME, THE LORD THY GOD;
[Deuteronomy 28:59] THEN THE LORD WILL MAKE THY PLAGUES WONDERFUL, AND THE
PLAGUES OF THY SEED, EVEN GREAT PLAGUES, AND OF LONGCONTINUANCE, AND SORE
SICKNESSES, AND OF LONG CONTINUANCE.
[Deuteronomy 28:60] MOREOVER HE WILL BRING UPON THEE ALL THE DISEASES OF EGYPT,
WHICH THOU WAST AFRAID OF; AND THEY SHALL CLEAVE UNTOTHEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:61] ALSO EVERY SICKNESS, AND EVERY PLAGUE, WHICH IS NOT WRITTEN
IN THE BOOK OF THIS LAW, THEM WILL THE LORD BRINGUPON THEE, UNTIL THOU BE
DESTROYED.
[Deuteronomy 28:62] AND YE SHALL BE LEFT FEW IN NUMBER, WHEREAS YE WERE AS THE
STARS OF HEAVEN FOR MULTITUDE; BECAUSE THOU WOULDESTNOT OBEY THE VOICE OF THE
LORD THY GOD.
[Deuteronomy 28:63] AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT AS THE LORD REJOICED OVER
YOU TO DO YOU GOOD, AND TO MULTIPLY YOU; SO THELORD WILL REJOICE OVER YOU TO
DESTROY YOU, AND TO BRING YOU TO NOUGHT; AND YE SHALL BE PLUCKED FROM OFF THE
LAND WHITHER THOUGOEST TO POSSESS IT.
[Deuteronomy 28:64] AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER THEE AMONG ALL PEOPLE, FROM THE
ONE END OF THE EARTH EVEN UNTO THE OTHER; AND THERETHOU SHALT SERVE OTHER GODS,
WHICH NEITHER THOU NOR THY FATHERS HAVE KNOWN, EVEN WOOD AND STONE.
[Deuteronomy 28:65] AND AMONG THESE NATIONS SHALT THOU FIND NO EASE, NEITHER
SHALL THE SOLE OF THY FOOT HAVE REST: BUT THE LORD SHALLGIVE THEE THERE A
TREMBLING HEART, AND FAILING OF EYES, AND SORROW OF MIND:
[Deuteronomy 28:66] AND THY LIFE SHALL HANG IN DOUBT BEFORE THEE; AND THOU SHALT
FEAR DAY AND NIGHT, AND SHALT HAVE NONE ASSURANCE OFTHY LIFE:DEUT
[Deuteronomy 28:67] IN THE MORNING THOU SHALT SAY, WOULD GOD IT WERE EVEN! AND
AT EVEN THOU SHALT SAY, WOULD GOD IT WERE MORNING! FOR THE FEAR OF THINE HEART
WHEREWITH THOU SHALT FEAR, AND FOR THE SIGHT OF THINE EYES WHICH THOU SHALT SEE.
[Deuteronomy 28:68] AND THE LORD SHALL BRING THEE INTO EGYPT AGAIN WITH SHIPS,
BY THE WAY WHEREOF I SPAKE UNTO THEE, THOU SHALTSEE IT NO MORE AGAIN: AND THERE
YE SHALL BE SOLD UNTO YOUR ENEMIES FOR BONDMEN AND BONDWOMEN, AND NO MAN SHALL
BUY YOU.
This happened to the Jews of
Judah after the fall of Jerusalem in the time of the Romans. Slaves were
brought to Gaza, taken in ships to Egypt and there sold at give-away prices.
Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE and most of the
poulation
ensalved
and exiled. There was another revolt in 115 led by Bar
Cochba
and still another in 130 CE,
Munter,
pp..85 f,113:
##Then [after the fall of Beitar]
everything came under the yoke of Rome. Innumerable captives were sold into
slavery, each slave was sold for the price of a horse. Those who were not sold
on the spot were brought down to Gaza. And those who there too were not sold
were placed in boats and taken to Egypt.##
##The number of those sold into slavery
was beyond count. At the annual fair in Hebron so many were offered for sale
that the value of a Jewish slave was
lessthan
that of a horse. The remainder who were not sold were brought to Gaza and sold
there or sent to Egypt in slavery and in passage [many] died of hunger or boat-wrekage
at sea.##
E. Schwerer,
"A History of the Jewish People", Edinburgh, 1980.
##He chose the tallest and handsomest
amongst them for his triumphal parade. Of the rest all who were over 17 years
old he sent as slaves to Egypt##
Josephus, Wars, 6.9.
Quoted in:
Yoseph
Gabai,
"Mesillot
el Ha-Emunah",
Jerusalem, 5758
s.7
[Deuteronomy 29:1] THESE ARE THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT, WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED
MOSES TO MAKE WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL INTHE LAND OF MOAB, BESIDE THE
COVENANT WHICH HE MADE WITH THEM IN HOREB.
[Deuteronomy 29:2] AND MOSES CALLED UNTO ALL ISRAEL, AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE HAVE
SEEN ALL THAT THE LORD DID BEFORE YOUR EYES IN THE LAND OF EGYPT UNTO PHARAOH,
AND UNTO ALL HIS SERVANTS, AND UNTO ALL HIS LAND;
[Deuteronomy 29:3] THE GREAT TEMPTATIONS WHICH THINE EYES HAVE SEEN, THE SIGNS,
AND THOSE GREAT MIRACLES:
[Deuteronomy 29:4] YET THE LORD HATH NOT GIVEN YOU AN HEART TO PERCEIVE, AND
EYES TO SEE, AND EARS TO HEAR, UNTO THIS DAY.
[Deuteronomy 29:5] AND I HAVE LED YOU FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS: YOUR
CLOTHES ARE NOT WAXEN OLD UPON YOU, AND THY SHOE IS NOTWAXEN OLD UPON THY FOOT.
[Deuteronomy 29:6] YE HAVE NOT EATEN BREAD, NEITHER HAVE YE DRUNK WINE OR STRONG
DRINK: THAT YE MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORDYOUR GOD.
[Deuteronomy 29:7] AND WHEN YE CAME UNTO THIS PLACE, SIHON THE KING OF HESHBON,
AND OG THE KING OF BASHAN, CAME OUT AGAINST USUNTO BATTLE, AND WE SMOTE THEM:
[Deuteronomy 29:8] AND WE TOOK THEIR LAND, AND GAVE IT FOR AN INHERITANCE UNTO
THE REUBENITES, AND TO THE GADITES, AND TO THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH.
We should remember:
The Promised Land of Canaan that was pledged to Israel includes NOT ONLY the
present State of Israel BUT ALSO other areas, such as Jordan, parts of Saudi
Arabia, the Gulf States, Lebanon, part of Egypt, the Sinai, Syria, parts of
Turkey, and part of Iraq, and the Island of Cyprus.
All these areas together comprise the Promised Land.
http://www.britam.org/Questions/QuesLand.html
[Deuteronomy 29:9] KEEP THEREFORE THE WORDS OF THIS COVENANT, AND
DO THEM, THAT YE MAY PROSPER IN ALL THAT YE DO.
The
Haftorah
ch.60:1-22
http://www.britam.org/isaiah/Isaiah56to60.html
http://www.britam.org/ProphSumContents.html
The light of God will shine upon Judah and all those associated with her (60:1).
Gentile leaders will come to Judah for instruction and enlightenment (60:3).
"Captive" (Assimilated) Jews and Lost Israelites will return (60:4).
The Lost Ten Tribes who were exiled to the Isles of the Sea (and other places)
will return (60:5). The riches of the world will be brought unto you (60:5-7).
The Exiles of Judah and of the Lost Ten Tribes will return by air travel (60:8).
They will come back from the Islands and the Atlantic Ocean area (60:9). Other
peoples will serve you willingly (60:10-11). Nations that will not serve you
will be destroyed (60:12).
The persecutors of the Jews shall repent. Their descendants shall request
forgiveness and acknowledge the basic relative innocence and righteousness of
the Jewish people (60:14-16). Great prosperity will prevail (60:17). Human
nature will change. There will be no more violence (60:18). Through being
righteous Israel shall merit to be blessed (60:21). If you are meritorious the
Messianic Age will come sooner but if not there is a time-limit after which the
End Times will come at all events (60:22).
The verse (Isaiah 60:8) we are dealing
with said:
[Isaiah 60:8] WHO ARE THESE THAT FLY AS A CLOUD, AND AS THE DOVES TO THEIR
WINDOWS"
They fly on the clouds in
Airplanes. When was it possible
for this prophecy to have been literally fulfilled before our times?
The Talmud (Baba Batra
75;b) says:
##When Israel sins somewhat, they are brought down like a fowl [flying away], as
it says, "AS FOR EPHRAIM, THEIR GLORY SHALL FLY AWAY LIKE A BIRD" [Hosea 9:11].
When they gain merit, they are elevated like a cloud, as it says, "WHO ARE
THESE THAT FLY AS A CLOUD" [Isaiah 60:8].##
So we see that in at least one place the Talmud speaks of the above verse in
Isaiah (60:8) in connection to Ephraim meaning to the Lost Ten
Tribes.
[Isaiah 60:9] SURELY THE ISLES SHALL
WAIT FOR ME, AND THE SHIPS OF
TARSHISH FIRST, TO BRING THY SONS
FROM FAR, THEIR SILVER AND THEIR GOLD WITH THEM, UNTO THE NAME OF THE LORD THY
GOD, AND TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, BECAUSE HE HATH GLORIFIED THEE.
"SURELY THE ISLES SHALL WAIT FOR ME"
Iben
Ezra Commentary: "For I will give them a good reward."
"THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH
FIRST": Ships that plough the Atlantic Ocean bringing people back from America,
Britain, and Western Europe.
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