Exo 27:20-21
And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. Exo 27:20
Light is Strong’s H3974, ma’owr, a concrete noun meaning, “luminary;” from Strong’s H215 אור owr, a primitive root meaning, “to be or become light.” The 3-letter root is aleph + vav + resh.
aleph א = the ox head, thus strength, power, leader
vav ו = the tent peg, thus add, secure, hook
resh ר = the head of man, thus head, first, top, beginning, man
The story: The cattle (aleph) secured (vav) by the man (resh), thus the cognate words are (cattle) pen; stall, as the place men secure their cattle; and also box, as a livestock stall was in a box shape. Boxes are used to organize and store things, so that there is order instead of chaos, and when God created light, He brought what was chaotic into order.
Lamp is Strong’s H5216, niyr, a concrete noun meaning, “lamp;” from Strong’s H5135, nuwr, a concrete noun meaning, “fire;” from an unused primitive root ניר niyr, meaning “to glisten; shine.” The 3-letter root is nun + yud + resh.
nun נ, ן = the seed, thus continue, heir, son
yud י = the closed hand, thus work, throw, worship
resh ר = the head of man, thus head, first, top, beginning, man
The story: The seed (nun) is sown into the worked (yud) or plowed ground, where it has its beginning (resh) of life.
From the Ancient Hebrew Lexicon:
Rains in the mountainous areas cause a flooding of the rivers. The rivers swell causing the water to flood the land next to the river. This is the only water that the land will see and is necessary for crop production. After the flood season, the land is plowed by the use of a plow attached to the yoke of the oxen. The surface of the soil is dry but, when the soil is turned up it glistens in the sun from the water remaining in the soil.
Yeshua teaches us that it is the Word which is the Seed sown into the plowed ground (Mar 4:1-25). He is the Living Word sown into the soil of our hearts, where we have our beginning of life in Him, and He is the light of the world!
Then Yeshua spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light (G5457, Septuagint equivalent of owr) of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” Joh 8:12
Your word is a lamp (niyr) to my feet, and a light (owr) to my path. Psa 119:105
Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
Break up your fallow ground (niyr),
For it is time to seek YHVH,
Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. Hos 10:12
Exo 28:1-43
And they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and finely woven linen, the work of the skillful workman. Exo 28:6
Ephod is Strong’s H646 אפד , a concrete noun meaning, “priest’s vestment;” of possible foreign derivation, without a primitive verbal root. According to Gesenius, the 3-letter root of the noun is aleph + pey + dalet.
aleph א = the ox head, thus strength, power, leader
pey פ, ף = the mouth, thus open, blow, scatter, edge
dalet ד = the door, thus enter, move, hang
The story: Powerful (aleph) redemption; i.e. an opened (pey) door (dalet). When one is redeemed from slavery, the door is opened so that he can leave. The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon adds, “to bring back to an original state.”
The ephod is a garment unique to the priesthood. It served as a background for the remembrance stones to be borne before YHVH, two on the shoulders and twelve on the breastpiece. But the story of the ephod is a puzzle: powerful redemption? How is a vestment linked to powerful redemption?
Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me. Isa 49:15-16
The remembrance stones were engraved with the names of the children of Israel. And in Yeshua we have been engraved upon the palms of His hands, where the scars of His crucifixion remain. Engraved, so as to be kept in remembrance, or not forgotten, before YHVH.
Scarlet is from a two-word phrase in Hebrew:
Strong’s H8144 שני shaniy, a concrete noun meaning, “stuff dyed scarlet;” of uncertain derivation. The 3-letter root of the noun is shin + nun + yud.
shin ש = two front teeth, thus sharp, press, eat, two, again
nun נ ן = the seed, thus continue, heir, son
yud י = the closed hand, thus work, throw, worship
The story: The female scarlet worm pressed her body down (shin) onto the ilex tree or leaves, affixing herself firmly. She then deposited her eggs (nun) beneath her body, which enclosed them (yud), protecting them until they hatched.
“When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. What a picture this gives of Christ, dying on the tree, shedding his precious blood that he might ‘bring many sons unto glory’ (Hbr 2:10)! He died for us, that we might live through him! Psa 22:6 describes such a worm and gives us this picture of Christ. (cf. Isa 1:18).”
– Henry Morris; Biblical Basis for Modern Science, Baker Book House, 1985, p. 73
Strong’s H8438, towla, a concrete noun meaning, “worm;” used often interchangeably to mean the female scarlet worm above. The blue, purple, and scarlet found throughout the instructions for the tabernacle, and the priestly garments, is a prophetic metaphor of the Messiah, His deity, and His action as the mediator between God and men. Blue represents God; red represents man (the Hebrew noun, adam, “man,” is from the primitive root adam, “to be red”). The purple is always between them. Blue and red combined create purple. Purple represents the Messiah, God and man together. And after all, that is the reason for the tabernacle, and the priesthood – that the separation between God and man is ended, and it is ended, in Him who is our Priest forever.
The scarlet dye was applied to white wool to make it scarlet … and the blood of Messiah is applied to us, to make we who are stained scarlet with sin, to be white as wool.
“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.” Isa 1:18
Exo 29:1-46
Then you shall kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and dash the blood against the altar round about. Exo 29:20
There is another instance in Scripture where the blood of the sacrifice flowed onto the right ear, right hand, and right foot – Yeshua when He was on the cross. His own blood from the crown of thorns flowed onto His right ear, and His own blood from the nails in His hands and feet flowed onto His right thumb and right big toe. His blood consecrated Him to serve as High Priest to YHVH forever.
Exo 30:1-10
The altar of incense represents our prayer ascending before the Father, tended morning and evening.
Who is he who condemns? It is Messiah who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Rom 8:34
Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. Heb 7:25
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