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== Appearances ==
== Appearances ==


[[Exodus 28]]:30  And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550>; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
== The meaning [[Urim and Thummim]] ==


[[Exodus 28]]:30  And thou shalt put <05414><Ref name="bind">{{05414}}</Ref> in the breastplate <02833><Ref name="haḥōšen">{{02833}}</Ref> of judgment <04941><Ref name="judgment">{{04941}}</Ref> the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550>; and they shall be upon Aaron’s <0175> heart <03820><Ref name="heart">{{03820}}</Ref>, when he goeth <0935> in before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and Aaron <0175> shall bear <05375><Ref name="bear">{{05375}}</Ref> the judgment <04941><Ref name="">{{}}</Ref> of the children <01121><Ref name="">{{}}</Ref> of Israel <03478> upon his heart <03820><Ref name="heart">{{03820}}</Ref> before <06440> the LORD <03068><Ref name="">{{}}</Ref> continually <08548>.<Ref name="">{{}}</Ref>
The first place we see the phrase [[Urim and Thummim]] is in Exodus:
: [[Exodus 28]]:30  And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment [[Urim and Thummim|the Urim and the Thummim]]; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.


The words say that the [[Urim and Thummim]] are to be ''put'' in the breastplate of ''judgment''".<Ref name="judgment">{{04941}}</Ref>


'''Westminster Leningrad Codex<Br>'''
וְנָתַתָּ֞ אֶל־חֹ֣שֶׁן הַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט אֶת־הָאוּרִים֙ וְאֶת־הַתֻּמִּ֔ים וְהָיוּ֙ עַל־לֵ֣ב אַהֲרֹ֔ן בְּבֹאֹ֖ו לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְנָשָׂ֣א אַ֠הֲרֹן אֶת־מִשְׁפַּ֨ט בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל עַל־לִבֹּ֛ו לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה תָּמִֽיד׃ ס


[[Exodus 28]]:28 And thou shalt put<07405><Ref name="put">{{07405}}</Ref> in the breastplate<Ref name="haḥōšen">{{02833}}</Ref> of judgment the Urim <0224><Ref name="Uwriym">{{0224}}</Ref> and the Thummim <08550>; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
: [[Exodus 28]]:30 And thou shalt put <05414><Ref name="bind">{{05414}}</Ref> in the breastplate <02833><Ref name="haḥōšen">{{02833}}</Ref> of judgment <04941><Ref name="judgment">{{04941}}</Ref> the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550>; and they shall be upon Aaron’s <0175> heart <03820><Ref name="heart">{{03820}}</Ref>, when he goeth <0935> in before <06440> the LORD <03068><Ref name="LORD">{{03068}}</Ref>: and Aaron <0175> shall bear <05375><Ref name="bear">{{05375}}</Ref> the judgment <04941><Ref name="judgment">{{04941}}</Ref> of the children <01121><Ref name="children">{{01121}}</Ref> of Israel <03478> upon his heart <03820><Ref name="heart">{{03820}}</Ref> before <06440> the LORD <03068><Ref name="LORD">{{03068}}</Ref> continually <08548>.<Ref name="continually ">{{08548}}</Ref>


Earlier in chapter 28 the
: Exodus 28:28  And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that [it] may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.


'''Westminster Leningrad Codex<Br>'''
וְיִרְכְּס֣וּ אֶת־הַ֠חֹשֶׁן [מִטַּבְּעֹתֹו כ] (מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו ק) אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֤ת הָאֵפֹד֙ בִּפְתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת לִֽהְיֹ֖ות עַל־חֵ֣שֶׁב הָאֵפֹ֑וד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח הַחֹ֔שֶׁן מֵעַ֖ל הָאֵפֹֽוד
: [[Exodus 28]]:28  And they shall bind <07405><Ref name="put">{{07405}}</Ref><Ref name="miṭṭabbəōṯāw">{{02885}}</Ref> the breastplate <02833><Ref name="haḥōšen">{{02833}}</Ref> by the rings <[[02885]]>(מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו)<Ref name="miṭṭabbəōṯāw">{{02885}}</Ref> thereof unto the rings <02885> of the ephod <0646> with a lace <06616> of blue <08504>, that [it] may be above the curious girdle <02805> of the ephod <0646>, and that the breastplate <02833> be not loosed <02118> (8735) from the ephod <0646>.
The breastplate<Ref name="haḥōšen">{{02833}}</Ref> is not just ''put'' on but are to be ''bound''<Ref name="put">{{07405}}</Ref> by [מטבעתו] <Ref name="miṭṭabbəōṯōw"></Ref> rings.<Ref name="miṭṭabbəōṯāw">{{02885}}</Ref>
In the Hebrew we can see the letters
*  "[מִטַּבְּעֹתֹו  כ]  (מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו  ק)"<Br> which are interpreted as <Br>: "by means of rings" which is followed by the phrase "thereof unto the rings" in the King James but from the Hebrew letters (אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֤ת) which is literally interpreted as <Br>: ''"to rings" of the ephod''.
The normal word for rings is  tabbaath ((טַבַּעַת)TetBeitAyinTav‎)<Ref name="tabbaath">{{02885}}</Ref>.
There appears to be rings on the ephod and on the breastplate and they are tied together with a blue thread.
The '''ephod''' is said to have "the curious girdle<Ref name="chesheb">{{02805}}</Ref> of the ephod"<Ref name="ephod">{{0646}}</Ref>.<Ref>[[Exodus 28]]:8  And the curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen."</Ref>
Many commentaries say little or nothing about some of these complex almost mysterious verses but the '''Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible'''' states that "by the knots of blue lace below; which may denote the conjunction of the prophetic and priestly offices in Christ;"
What were the duties and responsibilities of those offices for those [[prophets]] and [[priests]].
So, what were the [[Urim and Thummim]] and the "curious girdle"<Ref name="chesheb">{{02805}}</Ref> and the "ephod"<Ref name="ephod">{{0646}}</Ref> Really all about.
What was [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], the [[prophets]], [[John the Baptist]], and [[Jesus]] the [[Christ]] and the [[early Church]] doing with their [[daily ministration]] and the practice of [[Pure Religion]]? 
How did [[early Christians]] provide their [[daily bread]] through [[Corban of Christ]] without the [[covetous practices]] and [[idolatry]]<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref> of the [[temples]] of [[Rome]]?
So, if [[Altars]] of [[clay and stone]] are actually systems of a national [[social safety net]] and the same is true of the altar of [[Jehovahnissi]], but the altars of the [[Turtledove]] goddess of [[Sumer]], as well as those of [[Cain]], [[Nimrod]], [[Pharaoh]], and [[Caesar]] as well as many systems modern systems of [[social welfare]].
These systems of [[legal charity]] are central to the conflict between the [[Corban]] of [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] and the [[Doctrines of Jesus]] Christ and the teachings of [[John the Baptists]]. It is the basis of the [[Christian conflict]] during times of [[persecution]]and the topic of many of the [[warnings]] from the apostles and a major theme of the Bible since, no one including the [[benefactors]] of governments should be engaged in [[covetous practices]] which is [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>
are systems that provide dainties on [[tables]] which are a [[snare]] then we may be uncovering [[Mystery Babylon]], to say nothing of the [[mysteries of the universe]], by [[repent|thinking a different way]] about the Biblical text.


וְיִרְכְּס֣וּ אֶת־הַ֠חֹשֶׁן [מִטַּבְּעֹתֹו כ] (מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו ק) אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֤ת הָאֵפֹד֙ בִּפְתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת לִֽהְיֹ֖ות עַל־חֵ֣שֶׁב הָאֵפֹ֑וד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח הַחֹ֔שֶׁן מֵעַ֖ל הָאֵפֹֽוד




7405 [e] וְיִרְכְּס֣וּ
wə-yir-kə-sū And they shall bind Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf-3mp
853 [e] אֶת־
’eṯ- - DirObjM
2833 [e] הַ֠חֹשֶׁן
ha-ḥō-šen the breastplate Art | N-ms
[מטבעתו]
[miṭ-ṭab-bə-‘ō-ṯōw by Preposition-m :: Noun - feminine singular construct :: third person masculine singular Prep-m | N-fsc | 3ms
ḵ]
2885 [e] (מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו)
(miṭ-ṭab-bə-‘ō-ṯāw means of its rings Prep-m | N-fpc | 3ms
q)
413 [e] אֶל־
’el- to Prep
2885 [e] טַבְּעֹ֤ת
ṭab-bə-‘ōṯ the rings N-fpc
646 [e] הָאֵפֹד֙
hā-’ê-p̄ōḏ of the ephod Art | N-ms
6616 [e] בִּפְתִ֣יל
bip̄-ṯîl using a cord Prep-b | N-msc
8504 [e] תְּכֵ֔לֶת
tə-ḵê-leṯ, blue N-fs
1961 [e] לִֽהְי֖וֹת
lih-yō-wṯ so that it is Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf
5921 [e] עַל־
‘al- above Prep
2805 [e] חֵ֣שֶׁב
ḥê-šeḇ the intricately woven band N-msc
646 [e] הָאֵפ֑וֹד
hā-’ê-p̄ō-wḏ; of the ephod Art | N-ms
3808 [e] וְלֹֽא־
wə-lō- so that not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt
2118 [e] יִזַּ֣ח
yiz-zaḥ does come loose V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms
2833 [e] הַחֹ֔שֶׁן
ha-ḥō-šen, the breastplate Art | N-ms
5921 [e] מֵעַ֖ל
mê-‘al from Prep-m
646 [e] הָאֵפֽוֹד׃
hā-’ê-p̄ō-wḏ. the ephod Art | N-ms


Leviticus 8:8  And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550>.
== The Appearances of [[Urim and Thummim]] ==
 
: [[Exodus 28]]:30  And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment [[Urim and Thummim|the Urim and the Thummim]]; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
 
: [[Leviticus 8]]:8  And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550>.
 
: [[Deuteronomy 33]]:8  And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim <08550> and thy Urim <0224> [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;


Deuteronomy 33:8 And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim <08550> and thy Urim <0224> [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
: [[Ezra 2]]:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim <0224> and with Thummim <08550>.


Ezra 2:63  And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim <0224> and with Thummim <08550>.
: [[Nehemiah 7]]:65  And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim <0224> and Thummim <08550>.
Nehemiah 7:65  And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim <0224> and Thummim <08550>.

Revision as of 14:43, 25 August 2023

Urim and Thummim

Unmooring the altars, priests and the Levites from their purpose and function in a free society is first the product of vanity and coupled with the institution of legal charity will lead the masses to idolatry[1] and a departure from the social virtues which create the social bonds required for liberty under God. A nation of priests and kings is where the people are not slothful in their responsibility to give and forgive in the care of their neighbor through a social safety net of charity and the attention to the weightier matters.
 : As ministers of a nation who do not exercise authority one over the other may be considered naked. Therefore they may need the people to sew them "Breeches" and what are the cloths of service described in Exodus 28 and Exodus 29 based on the intent of Moses in the scriptures to set the captive free?

In the Hebrew Bible, the Urim (אוּרִים‎ "lights")[2] and the Thummim (תֻּמִּים‎ "perfections")[3] are said to be a part of the breastplates of the Highpriest and attached to the ephod which was said to be a type of apron worn by the Jewish high priest. They are also supposedly connected with divination by casting lots, yet many scholars suspect that the phrase refers to a set of two objects used by the high priest to answer a question or reveal the will of God. Joseph Smith claimed he translated the Book of Abraham from Egyptian Papyri which supposedly says the prophet Abraham used a Urim and Thummim given to him in the city Ur to receive revelations from God.

There may have been actual objects called the Urim and Thummim but the constant unmooring of meaning and placing that meaning into objects has been evidence of the spirit of idolatry that has been pervasive amongst the covetous who do not desire or are unable to see spiritual things. Without sacrifice which includes charity, forgiveness and humility there will be no light and much darkness of the mind and heart.

The Phylactery or Tefillin that is used still today The so-called phylacteries[4] or Tefillin[5] are seen in the Hebrew[6] and Greek[7] texts. They have become a box placed on the forehead with a leather thong that is wrapped around the arm down to the hand. It often contains a scripture written on something. It has become a part of the rituals and ceremonies that may distract from real meditation and prayer.

This Tefillin was said to be a meditation tool to aid in relationships... according to Rabbi Goldie Milgram.

The pharisees were the ones who "say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan" and Jesus called them vipers and hypocrites. The Pharisees unmoored the meaning of the metaphors of scripture into madness. Jesus warned us about their leaven.[8] He was very critical of them, their view of religion, their Corban, their covetous practices, their hypocrisy because they praised God with their lips but did not do what He said.
Some say they are Christians today but are they too workers of iniquity?
God hates the deeds of the Nicolaitan which is also the error of Balaam.

The Urim[2] and Thummim may be [3] first appear in Exodus 28:30, where they are named for inclusion on the breastplate to be worn by Aaron in the holy place. Other books, especially 1 Samuel, describe their uses.

Name and meaning Urim (אוּרִים‎) traditionally has been taken to derive from a root meaning lights. The Urim and Thummim has traditionally been translated as "lights and perfections". If we take the phrase allegorically, as meaning "revelation and truth", or "doctrine and truth".

William Muss-Arnolt, an Assyriologist, who taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, wrote his Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language. He connected the singular forms of ur and tumm with the Babylonian terms ūrtu and tamītu, meaning "oracle" and "command". According to his theory the Hebrew words use a pluralis intensivus to enhance their apparent majesty, not to indicate the presence of more than one.

Marduk is Sumerian for "solar calf" and was the Chief God of Babylon. His temple was a ziggurat described by Herodotus, and has been considered the model for the biblical Tower of Babel. Marduk has been pictured wearing a similar vest on his breast according to Babylonian religion. Yahweh is the only and supreme god of Israelites, and Marduk was the GOD of GODs of Babylon. While the practice of rituals and ceremonies may over lap the means and manner of their governments were different.


Appearances

The meaning Urim and Thummim

The first place we see the phrase Urim and Thummim is in Exodus:

Exodus 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

The words say that the Urim and Thummim are to be put in the breastplate of judgment".[9]

Westminster Leningrad Codex
 וְנָתַתָּ֞ אֶל־חֹ֣שֶׁן הַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט אֶת־הָאוּרִים֙ וְאֶת־הַתֻּמִּ֔ים וְהָיוּ֙ עַל־לֵ֣ב אַהֲרֹ֔ן בְּבֹאֹ֖ו לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְנָשָׂ֣א אַ֠הֲרֹן אֶת־מִשְׁפַּ֨ט בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל עַל־לִבֹּ֛ו לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה תָּמִֽיד׃ ס

Exodus 28:30 And thou shalt put <05414>[10] in the breastplate <02833>[11] of judgment <04941>[9] the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550>; and they shall be upon Aaron’s <0175> heart <03820>[12], when he goeth <0935> in before <06440> the LORD <03068>[13]: and Aaron <0175> shall bear <05375>[14] the judgment <04941>[9] of the children <01121>[15] of Israel <03478> upon his heart <03820>[12] before <06440> the LORD <03068>[13] continually <08548>.[16]

Earlier in chapter 28 the

Exodus 28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that [it] may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

Westminster Leningrad Codex
 וְיִרְכְּס֣וּ אֶת־הַ֠חֹשֶׁן [מִטַּבְּעֹתֹו כ] (מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו ק) אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֤ת הָאֵפֹד֙ בִּפְתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת לִֽהְיֹ֖ות עַל־חֵ֣שֶׁב הָאֵפֹ֑וד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח הַחֹ֔שֶׁן מֵעַ֖ל הָאֵפֹֽוד

Exodus 28:28 And they shall bind <07405>[17][18] the breastplate <02833>[11] by the rings <02885>(מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו)[18] thereof unto the rings <02885> of the ephod <0646> with a lace <06616> of blue <08504>, that [it] may be above the curious girdle <02805> of the ephod <0646>, and that the breastplate <02833> be not loosed <02118> (8735) from the ephod <0646>.

The breastplate[11] is not just put on but are to be bound[17] by [מטבעתו] [19] rings.[18]

In the Hebrew we can see the letters

  • "[מִטַּבְּעֹתֹו כ] (מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו ק)"
    which are interpreted as
    : "by means of rings" which is followed by the phrase "thereof unto the rings" in the King James but from the Hebrew letters (אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֤ת) which is literally interpreted as
    : "to rings" of the ephod.

The normal word for rings is tabbaath ((טַבַּעַת)TetBeitAyinTav‎)[20].

There appears to be rings on the ephod and on the breastplate and they are tied together with a blue thread.

The ephod is said to have "the curious girdle[21] of the ephod"[22].[23]

Many commentaries say little or nothing about some of these complex almost mysterious verses but the Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible' states that "by the knots of blue lace below; which may denote the conjunction of the prophetic and priestly offices in Christ;"

What were the duties and responsibilities of those offices for those prophets and priests.

So, what were the Urim and Thummim and the "curious girdle"[21] and the "ephod"[22] Really all about.


What was Abraham, Moses, the prophets, John the Baptist, and Jesus the Christ and the early Church doing with their daily ministration and the practice of Pure Religion?

How did early Christians provide their daily bread through Corban of Christ without the covetous practices and idolatry[1] of the temples of Rome?

So, if Altars of clay and stone are actually systems of a national social safety net and the same is true of the altar of Jehovahnissi, but the altars of the Turtledove goddess of Sumer, as well as those of Cain, Nimrod, Pharaoh, and Caesar as well as many systems modern systems of social welfare.

These systems of legal charity are central to the conflict between the Corban of Herod and the Pharisees and the Doctrines of Jesus Christ and the teachings of John the Baptists. It is the basis of the Christian conflict during times of persecutionand the topic of many of the warnings from the apostles and a major theme of the Bible since, no one including the benefactors of governments should be engaged in covetous practices which is idolatry.[1]

are systems that provide dainties on tables which are a snare then we may be uncovering Mystery Babylon, to say nothing of the mysteries of the universe, by thinking a different way about the Biblical text.



The Appearances of Urim and Thummim

Exodus 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Leviticus 8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550>.
Deuteronomy 33:8 And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim <08550> and thy Urim <0224> [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Ezra 2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim <0224> and with Thummim <08550>.
Nehemiah 7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim <0224> and Thummim <08550>.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 0224 אוּרִים‎ ‘Uwriym [oo-reem’] plural of 0217 אוּר‎ ‘uwr flame, light of fire, from 0215 אוֹר‎ ‘owr to be or become light; n m; [BDB-22a] [{See TWOT on 158 @@ "158b" } AV-Urim 7; 7
    Urim= "lights"
    1) stones kept in a pouch on the high-priest’s breastplate, used in determining God’s decision in certain questions and issues
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 08550 תֻּמִים‎ Tummiym [toom-meem’] pl. of 08537 תֹּם‎ tom integrity, completeness from 08552 תָּמַם‎ tamam to be complete, be finished; n pr m; [BDB-1070b] [{See TWOT on 2522 @@ "2522d" }] AV-Thummim 5; 5
    Thummim= "perfection"
    1) stones provided for the means of achieving a sacred lot
    1a) used with the Urim, the will of God was revealed
  4. ↑ 5440 φυλακτήριον phulakterion [foo-lak-tay’-ree-on] neuter of a derivative of 5442; n n; AV-phylactery 1; 1
    1) a fortified place provided with a garrison, a station for a guard or garrison
    2) a preservative or safeguard, an amulet. The Jews used this word to describe small strips of parchment on which were written the following passages of the law of Moses, #Ex 13:1-10, 11-16; #De 6:4-9, 11:13-21, and which, enclosed in small cases, they were accustomed when engaged in prayer to wear fastened by a leather strap to the forehead and to the left arm over against the heart, in order that they might thus be solemnly reminded of the duty of keeping the commands of God in the head and in the heart, according to the directions given in #Ex 13:16, De 6:8, 11:18. These scrolls were thought to have the power, like amulets, to avert various evils and to drive away demons. The Pharisees were accustomed to widen, make broad, their phylacteries, that they might render them more conspicuous and show themselves to be more eager than the majority to be reminded of the law of God.
  5. ↑ 08605 תְּפִלָּה‎ tëphillah [tef-il-law’] from 06419; n f; [BDB-813b] [{See TWOT on 1776 @@ "1776a" }] AV-prayer 77; 77
    1) prayer
    1a) prayer
    1b) pray a prayer
    1c) house of prayer
    1d) hear prayer
    1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer)
  6. ↑ Deuteronomy 6:8(4-9), Deuteronomy 11:18(13-21) and Exodus 13:9(1-10), Exodus 11, Exodus 16.
  7. ↑ Matthew 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries <5440>, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
  8. ↑ Bread of oppression
    Matthew 16:6 "Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees... 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning daily bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
    Mark 8:15 "And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of Herod."
    Matthew 16:11 "How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?"
    Mark 8:15 "And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod."
    Luke 12:1 "In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
    Jesus and John the Baptist opposed the leaven of Herod, the Pharisees and of the Sadducees because they misinterpreted the way of Moses and the LORD. They collected the resources for their tables of welfare, their social safety net of free bread and care for the needy of society through forced offerings. Peter, Paul, David, and the prophets have been warned us that such covetous practices were setting a snare and a trap. Herod and the Pharisees had set up a system of legal charity rather than fervent charity which always makes the word of God to none effect so that Christ would say the kingdom of God shall be taken from them and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits. We should know that their system "degenerates" the "masses" until they become "perfect savages". Legal charity and its benefits and dainties provided through men who exercise authority are the wages of unrighteousness and the covetous practices that makes men merchandise and will curse children.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 04941 ^טפשׁמ^ MemShinPeiTet mishpat \@mish-pawt’\@ מִשְׁפָּט has 50 different variations and appears some 420 times and is from the three letter Hebrew word 08199 טפשׁ; n m; {See TWOT on 2443 @@ "2443c"} AV-judgment 296, manner 38, right 18, cause 12, ordinance 11, lawful 7, order 5, worthy 3, fashion 3, custom 2, discretion 2, law 2, measure 2, sentence 2, misc 18; 421
    1) judgment, justice, ordinance
    1a) judgment
    1a1) act of deciding a case
    1a2) place, court, seat of judgment
    1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
    1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)
    1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)
    1a6) execution (of judgment)
    1a7) time (of judgment)
    1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
    1c) ordinance
    1d) decision (in law)
    1e) right, privilege, due (legal)
    1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan
    See Deuteronomy 25
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
    • ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
    • פ ף Pei Communication: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
    • ט Tet Introversion - The Concealed power of good or paradoxically evil [to twist a snake... wheel To surround (gestation)] (Numeric value: 9)
  10. ↑ 05414 נָתַן‎ nathan [naw-than’] a primitive root NunTavNun; v; [BDB-678a] [{See TWOT on 1443 }] AV-give 1078, put 191, deliver 174, made 107, set 99, up 26, lay 22, grant 21, suffer 18, yield 15, bring 15, cause 13, utter 12, laid 11, send 11, recompense 11, appoint 10, shew 7, misc 167; 2008
    1) to give, put, set
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
    1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
    1a3) to make, constitute
    1b) (Niphal)
    1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
    1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
    1c) (Hophal)
    1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
    1c2) to be put upon
    Over hundred variations of this root word.
    • נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
    • ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
    • נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 02833 חשֶׁן‎ choshen [kho’-shen] from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle; n m; [BDB-365b] [{See TWOT on 772 @@ "772a" }] AV-breastplate 25; 25
    1) breastplate, breastpiece
    1a) sacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 03820 לֵב‎ leb [labe] a form of 03824; n m; [BDB-524a, BDB-525b] [{See TWOT on 1071 @@ "1071a" }] AV-heart 508, mind 12, midst 11, understanding 10, hearted 7, wisdom 6, comfortably 4, well 4, considered 2, friendly 2, kindly 2, stouthearted + 047 2, care + 07760 2, misc 21; 593
    1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
    1a) inner part, midst
    1a1) midst (of things)
    1a2) heart (of man)
    1a3) soul, heart (of man)
    1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
    1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
    1a6) conscience
    1a7) heart (of moral character)
    1a8) as seat of appetites
    1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage
    • ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
    • ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 03068 יְהוָֹה‎ YodHeyVavHey Yëhovah [yeh-ho-vaw’] from 01961; n pr dei; [BDB-217b] [{See TWOT on 484 @@ "484a" }] AV-LORD 6510, GOD 4, JEHOVAH 4, variant 1; 6519
    • Jehovah= "the existing One"
    1) the proper name of the one true God
    1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136
    • י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)
    • ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
  14. ↑ 05375 ^אשׂנ^ nasa’ NunShinAlef \@naw-saw’\@ or ^הסנ^ nacah (#Ps 4:6) \@naw-saw’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1421} AV-(bare, lift, etc … ) up 219, bear 115, take 58, bare 34, carry 30, (take, carry)  … away 22, borne 22, armourbearer 18, forgive 16, accept 12, exalt 8, regard 5, obtained 4, respect 3, misc 74; 654
    1) to lift, bear up, carry, take
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to lift, lift up
    1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure
    1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive
    1b) (Niphal)
    1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted
    1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up
    1b3) to be borne, be carried
    1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away
    1c) (Piel)
    1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist
    1c2) to desire, long (fig.)
    1c3) to carry, bear continuously
    1c4) to take, take away
    1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself
    1e) (Hiphil)
    1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity)
    1e2) to cause to bring, have brought
    • נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
    • ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
    • א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
    See study of wrath
  15. ↑ 01121 בֵּן‎ ben [bane] from 01129 build; n m; [BDB-119b, BDB-122a] [{See TWOT on 254 }] AV-son 2978, children 1568, old 135, first 51, man 20, young 18, young + 01241 17, child 10, stranger 10, people 5, misc 92; 4906
    1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
    1a) son, male child
    1b) grandson
    1c) children (pl. — male and female)
    1d) youth, young men (pl.)
    1e) young (of animals)
    1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for unrighteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
    1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
    1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
    1i) a member of a guild, order, class
  16. ↑ 08548 תָּמִיד‎ tamiyd [taw-meed’] from an unused root meaning to stretch; n m/subst-m/adv; [BDB-556a] [{See TWOT on 1157 @@ "1157a" }] AV-continually 53, continual 26, daily 7, always 6, alway 4, ever 3, perpetual 2, continual employment 1, evermore 1, never 1; 104
    1) continuity, perpetuity, to stretch
    1a) daily [{#Da 12:11 }] (as noun)
    1a) continually, continuously (as adv)
    1b) continuity (as subst)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 07405 רָכַס‎ rakac [raw-kas’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-940b] [{See TWOT on 2166 }] AV-bind 2; 2
    1) (Qal) to bind
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 02885 טַבַּעַת‎ tabba‘ath [tab-bah’-ath] from 02883 טָבַע‎ taba‘ a verb meaning to sink ... be planted; n f; [BDB-371b] [{See TWOT on 789 @@ "789a" }] AV-ring 49; 49
    1) ring, signet, signet ring
    1a) signet ring (as symbol of authority)
    1b) ring (as ornament)
  19. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named miṭṭabbəōṯōw
  20. ↑ 02885 טַבַּעַת‎ tabba‘ath [tab-bah’-ath] from 02883 טָבַע‎ taba‘ a verb meaning to sink ... be planted; n f; [BDB-371b] [{See TWOT on 789 @@ "789a" }] AV-ring 49; 49
    1) ring, signet, signet ring
    1a) signet ring (as symbol of authority)
    1b) ring (as ornament)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 02805 חֵשֶׁב‎ chesheb [khay’-sheb] ChetShinBeit from 02803 חָשַׁב‎ chashab to think, ... make a judgment ; n m; [BDB-363b] [{See TWOT on 767 @@ "767a" }] AV-curious girdle 8; 8
    1) sash, band, ingenious work
    1a) ingenious work-the name of the girdle or band of the ephod
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 0646 אֵפוֹד‎ ‘ephowd [ay-fode’] rarely אפד‎ ‘ephod [ay-fode’] probably of foreign derivation; n m; [BDB-65a] [{See TWOT on 142 @@ "142.1a" }] AV-ephod 49; 49
    1) ephod
    1a) priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment
    1a1) worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff
    1a2) worn by the high priest-more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen threads provided with shoulder-pieces and a breast piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold
  23. ↑ Exodus 28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen."
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