Mōsh•ëhꞋ perceived é‑‑ä continuing,
Par•ōhꞋ (c BCE1504-1483, about the time of the Yᵊtzi•âhꞋ when Mōsh•ëhꞋ etched the Two Lūkh•ōtꞋ of A•sërꞋët ha-Dᵊvâr•imꞋ) Khat-shepset obelisk at Karnak (Luxor), Egypt “Watchguard yourself concerning what I’m commanding you today! Here I am, chasing-out from before you the Ë•mor•iꞋ who have migrated from Syria, the Kᵊna•an•imꞋ of the Levant, the Khit•imꞋ who have invaded from W. Turkey, the Pᵊriz•imꞋ Bedouin nomads, the Khiv•imꞋ who have infiltrated from Southern Lebanon and the Yᵊvus•imꞋ who inhabit the Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim area. Watchguard yourself lest you carve-out a bᵊrit with the settlers of hâ-ârꞋëtz toward which you’re coming; lest they become a snare in your midst.
“Instead, in hâ-ârꞋëtz, you must pull-down their mi•zᵊbakh•ōtꞋ, break each of their obelisks and cut-down its a•shᵊr•âhꞋ. (For you shall not prostrate yourself to a different eil because “Zealous” is ha-Sheim of é‑‑ä; He is ‘Zealous Eil ’.) Lest you carve-out a bᵊrit with the settlers in hâ-ârꞋëtz and they slut after their ël•ōh•imꞋ and sacrifice to their ël•ōh•imꞋ—then they call you and you eat of their sacrifice, and your sons intermarry with their daughters. Then when their daughters slut after their ël•ōh•imꞋ they cause your sons to slut after their ël•ōh•imꞋ.
“Don’t make for yourself any ël•ōh•imꞋ-mask.
The Three Annual Khaj•imꞋ
Khag 1. ha-Matz•otꞋ
ËrꞋëv Day 1: PësꞋakh & The SeiꞋdër
Soft îÇöÌÈä “You must watchguard Khag ha-Matz•otꞋ: Seven days you shall eat matz•ōtꞋ — as I commanded you: at the Mō•eidꞋ in the month beginning spring; because it was in the month beginning spring that you made Yᵊtzi•âhꞋ out of Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim.
“Every male that breaks-open the womb is Mine. You shall remember this for all of your livestock, whether the womb-breaker is an ox or a sëh. If the womb-breaker is a donkey then ti•phᵊdëhꞋ it with a sëh. If you don’t ti•phᵊdëhꞋ it with a sëh then break its neck!
PësꞋakh SeiꞋdër Table, Tei•mân•iꞋ Style “You must also ti•phᵊdëhꞋ every bᵊkhōrꞋ of your bân•imꞋ. No one devoid of pidᵊyōnꞋ may appear to My Face.
“You shall work six days! But on the seventh day, ti•ShᵊbōtꞋ. Whether it’s plowing time or harvest time — ti•ShᵊbōtꞋ!
2. Khag ha-Shâvū•ōtꞋ & 3. Khag hâ-•siphꞋ
“You must do your Khag ha-Shâvū•ōtꞋ (the first-crop of the wheat harvest) as well as Khag hâ-•siphꞋ season, annually.
“Three times per year shall each of your males appear to the Face of hâ-•dōnꞋ é‑‑ä, ël•ōh•eiꞋ Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ. For I will enlarge your borders by stifling-out the goy•imꞋ from before you, so that no ish shall desire your ërꞋëtz during your a•liy•âhꞋ to appear to the Face of é‑‑ä your ël•ōh•imꞋ three times per year.
“Don’t ti•shᵊkhatꞋ the dâm of My zëvꞋakh Khag ha-PësꞋakh over khâ•meitzꞋ; neither may any of My zëvꞋakh Khag ha-PësꞋakh be left-over the next morning.
“The choicest first-crops of your a•dâm•âhꞋ shall you bring to Beit é‑‑ä your ël•ōh•imꞋ.
“The Khaj•imꞋ are the times when throngs of Diaspora khajniks visit Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim — You shall not boil the kid in the çÂìÅá of its mother! ”
“Write down for yourself these speakings because I have carved-out a bᵊrit with you, and with Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ, in accordance with these speakings.”
Mōsh•ëhꞋ remained there with é‑‑ä for 40 days and 40 nights, during which he neither ate lëkhꞋëm nor drank maꞋyim, and he etched into the stone lūkh•ōtꞋ the speakings of the bᵊrit: A•sërꞋët ha-Dᵊvâr•imꞋ.
Keraunographic rays, or beams (arborescent erythema)—radiating from a lightning strike — often temporary (lasting a few days), fern-leaf feathering tree following epidermal blood vessels. (photo NBC) |
So it was, in Mōsh•ëhꞋ’s descending from Har Sin•aiꞋ, with the two stone lūkh•ōtꞋ of hâ-Eid•ūtꞋ, as he was descending from ha- har Mōsh•ëhꞋ didn’t realize that the skin of his face displayed radiating-rays as he was speaking with Him.
Now, when A•ha•rōnꞋ and all of Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ saw Mōsh•ëhꞋ, Look! The skin of his face displayed radiating-rays! And they were too awe-stricken to approach him.
So Mōsh•ëhꞋ called them, and A•ha•rōnꞋ and all of the nᵊsiy•imꞋ in the Eid•âhꞋ returned to him. Then Mōsh•ëhꞋ spoke to them. Afterward, all of Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ also approached him and he commanded them everything that é‑‑ä had spoken to him on Har Sin•aiꞋ.
The whole time that Mōsh•ëhꞋ was speaking with them he provided a mask over his face, but when Mōsh•ëhꞋ came before é‑‑ä to speak with Him, he removed the veil until he exited.
When he exited, he spoke to Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ as he was commanded. And Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ saw Mōsh•ëhꞋ’s face, that the skin of his face displayed radiating-rays. So Mōsh•ëhꞋ returned the veil on his face until he came to speak with é‑‑ä.
Optional parental preparation:
Where (on a globe) is Syria? The Levant? Turkey? Lebanon? Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim?
Who are the Bedouin?
34.12, Prohibition against making a bᵊrit with geir•imꞋ (resident aliens) — First, it’s essential to point out that any individual (but not a group) geir(•âhꞋ) is encouraged to embrace the Ta•na"khꞋ bᵊrit with é‑‑ä; after which (s)he is a Yi•sᵊr•â•eil•i(t)Ꞌ, no longer a geir(•âhꞋ). What is prohibited here is the government of Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ making any agreement, alliance or pact with any internal or domestic group who aren’t Ta•na"khꞋ-centric to be citizens of Israel. Thus, while Ta•na"khꞋ permits foreigners of religions other than Judaism to visit Israel on limited temporary business trips or vacation tours, any agreement for Christians, Muslims or other religious groups to live within Israel as citizens is prohibited and invalid.
34.15 This prohibition extends to prohibit eating any food for which a blessing or prayer has been recited to any ël•ōh•imꞋ beside é‑‑ä. To be clear, food over which a blessing or prayer has been recited “in the name of Jesus ” (“the Son”, et al.) is prohibited as tâ•reiphꞋ.
34.17 This not only prohibits wearing a godmask (making yourself [to be] a godmask, the prohibition includes making a godmask to sell (sometimes argued by Jewish profiteers to be excluded from the prohibition), since it is possessed by the maker until it is sold (ergo, for yourself) and, even if the materials were provided and owned by another, it would be “yours” (in your custody) until finished and handed over.
34.28 — This account has long been treated as a fairytale because, anthropomorphic supernaturalism aside, no man can survive on a desert mountaintop without water for 40 days.
In Biblical times, numbers were used with a double meaning, often more about cryptic meaning than counting. Find the solution, however, under the heading “40” in my Biblical Numerology, Decoding Biblical Meanings in Numbers & Ancient Mathematics as an unspecified “long time”, and where see as well, its components “04” (as points of the compass and dimensions describing the universe) and “10” (as the tetraktys circumscribing Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ. Together, this use of the number “40” describes 10 mi•tzᵊwōtꞋ for Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ over the numerologically-appropriate 4 days and nights.
34.29 ÷ÈøÇï
Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:
What does “devoid” mean?