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• Exegetical Running Commentary

• 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

• Even though I go verse by verse when doing the Parsha, it’s not the way it was done in ancient days.

• There was no chapter or verse then, there was no Canon then either

Leviticus 12

Slide 1

Leviticus 12• There was just the Torah

and the writings.• Psudopigraphal works

and the Apocrypha didn’t have those names, they were all together and called “The Writings”.

• But because we now have these chapters and verses, we’ll use it. Slide 2

Leviticus 12• So the L-RD spoke to

Moshe• The translation here says

capital “LORD” in the King James version and most others that means Yehova.

• That becomes important when we start to look at how to deal with the JW’s and the Mormons.

Slide 3

LORD

Leviticus 12• 2. Speak unto the children of

Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. (KJV)

• Infirmity isn’t the best word here, in Hebrew the word is “davah” דוה and it means to not feel well.

Slide 4

Leviticus 12• 1. A bodily weakness,

especially one brought on by old age.

• 2. Frailty; feebleness.• 3. A condition or disease

producing weakness.• 4. A failing or defect in a

person's character.

Slide 5

Leviticus 12• So after child birth a woman

was considered unclean but I also want to explain the word “unclean” here.

• When we use the word unclean in Hebrew it can mean a couple different things.

• In English it always has a negative context.

• Not so in Hebrew

Slide 6

Leviticus 12• Unclean can also mean “you

can’t touch this”.• we learned last week that

blood is holy.• In the case of a woman’s

menstrual flow and the blood after childbirth, we understand it as the life force and it belongs to G-d.

• So a woman who has just had her period or has just given birth

Slide 7

Leviticus 12• Is in a sense… holy. Not

unclean as in the sense that a pig is unclean. It’s different.

• I’ve heard so called Christian men actually use this passage as an attack on their wives to make them feel bad.

• In order to do that, you have to take the passage clear out of context. Slide 8

Leviticus 12• 3. And in the eighth day the

flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

• If you go to a Bris (circumcision) today you’ll find there’s a Rabbi (He’s called a Mohel/Moyal) who has some fairly extensive medical training and he performs the circumcision. Slide 9

Leviticus 12• New tool in development for a bris.

Leviticus 12• Many Messianics and

Orthodox teach that this is the way it’s always been

• In ancient days even past the first century there wasn’t a Mohel (Moyal). There was no such thing.

• In the First Century and prior there was simply an elder who had some experience at doing this and he’s the one who did the cutting.

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• 4And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

• Here again we have the translators theology getting in the way of what’s really being said.

Leviticus 12• Here’s what it actually is

saying… For 30 days she shall dwell, holy

(kodesh!!!) as she’s purified of the blood. Not eating sacrificial flesh. Nor go about the sanctuary till her ceremonial purification (tahorah).

• Match to…• 4And she shall then continue in

the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

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Leviticus 12• Now keep in mind what

we’ve just learned as we read on. Think Hebraic rather then Greek

• 5But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean (holy) two weeks, as in her separation (dwelling): and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying (ceremonial purification) threescore and six days. Slide 13

Leviticus 12• So there’s still a

question that arises here. Why does a mother have to wait longer if she has a daughter then if she has a son?

• Again it goes back to the Jewish understanding of the life force (G-d creating life)

Slide 14

Leviticus 12• If she has a daughter, that daughter

is a potential bearer of the life force (another life) so purification is extended as a respect to that fact.

• Ancient Judaism has a tremendous amount of respect for women and the birth process as the mother has come as close to the life/death nexus as anyone can! Because of this she and the newborn are in a temporarily separate place from the rest of the world and thus her separation.

Slide 15

Leviticus 12• 6And when the days of her

purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

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Why are you looking at us again???

Leviticus 12• This is why she couldn’t eat

anything sacrificial! Because she had to bring her own sacrifice after her ceremonial purification.

• The reason the mother brings a dove for her sin-offering is because in ancient Judaism the dove is a symbol of homesickness. “And as the dove returns to the nest, so all who are kept from the sanctuary return to the "nest.“”

Talmud

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Leviticus 12• 7Who shall offer it before the

LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

• Why does the woman need to be atoned for? What sin did she commit? Slide 18

SIN

Leviticus 12• The Talmud says that it was

customary for women who “were in the travails of childbirth” would say they would “never submit to their husbands again.”

• Although this was not a sin unto death, it still required a sin offering.

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Leviticus 13• 1And the LORD spake

unto Moses and Aaron, saying,

• Now the L-rd isn't speaking only to Moses but also to Aaron.

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Leviticus 12• 2When a man shall have in the

skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

• The uncleanness of lesions and their cleanness do not come about except by the pronouncement of a kohen. Slide 21

Leviticus 12• 3And the priest shall look on the

plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

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Leviticus 12• The plague of tzoraat

(lepersy) is treated as a fact of life, a disease that makes a person unclean, unfit to remain in the community.

• 4If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

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Leviticus 12• What they did was send the

person back to their house for 7 days and then reexamined them.

• 5. And on the seventh day, the kohen shall see him. And, behold! the lesion has remained the same in its appearance; the lesion has not spread on the skin. So the kohen shall quarantine him for seven days a second time.

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Leviticus 12• • The Cohen quarantines

him… a second time: But if it the lesion spread in the first week, he is definitely unclean. - [See Tohorote Nega’im 3:3]

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Leviticus 12• • 6And the priest shall

look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

Slide 25

Leviticus 12• The people didn’t seem to

hold any resentment with being sent out of the city if that was their lot.

• In 2 Kings, the Haftara reading to the Torah portion Metzora, we read the story of four lepers who saved the Israelite army.

• There is extensive writing in the Mishna concerning leprosy Slide 26

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• Now, no matter where you sit concerning covenantal laws or Noadic laws I think we can all agree that G-d only gives those who follow Him good things. So if He tells His Children of Israel to do something, it behoves everyone to listen.

• Eating kosher not only sets us apart, it is a healthy lifestyle.

• If we truly are the temple of the holy spirit, then health should be important to us

Leviticus 12• Let me show you a few

things that is very unhealthy about not eating Kosher.

• For years Jews have known how unhealthy pork is for the human body.

• Most Gentiles only know about trichinosis and they feel that if they cook the pork meat well enough they can avoid that terrible disease. Slide 28

Leviticus 12• But did you know it causes

many other health problems ? Like…

• inflammations of the appendix and gall bladder, biliary colics, acute intestinal catarrhal, gastroenteritis with typhoid and paratyphoid symptoms, as well as acute eczema, carbuncles, sudoriparous abscesses, and others.

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Leviticus 12• It also causes high stress

levels and emits toxins and poisons into the human body.

• Doctor Reckeweg, MD notes the following concerning those who eat pork…“The Islamic population does not consume pork and is healthy, working to a considerable age as porters for numerous expeditions. Slide 30

Leviticus 12• The races of the Western civilizations living on the other side of the

valley do not observe the Islamic rules of behavior and eating, and suffer from all of the common illnesses. In other words, the population which observes the Islamic laws is healthy, while those who follow the habits of western civilization manifest all the typical diseases which come with the consumption of pork”.

Slide 31

Leviticus 12• Scripture is clear on the point.

Deut. 14: "You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the coney. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a split hoof; they are unclean for you. The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses."

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• Pork eaters are also more susceptible to the bird flu! Pig health.com says, “Pigs are an important host in influenza ecology since they are susceptible to infection from both human and avian influenza (bird flu).” It must be understood that the lungs of a pig is very similar to that of a human. Pig lung is a main ingredient in sausage and it’s been found that people who eat sausage are more susceptible to influenza then those who don’t.

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Leviticus 12• pork eaters will contract influenza first

and will suffer the most. • Pork consumption can also affect the

brain. A survey was done on those who have a high pork intake and those who had a low pork intake. They found that those with a low pork intake (those who didn’t eat much pork) had a higher I.Q.

• Another interesting fact has been found in test rats. Rats that were fed pork meat became cannibalistic. Slide 34

Lev.:11 47• Those who say that “The

Law is only for the Jews”, fine then, at least it will keep me alive. If you’re not really into living, then by all means, don’t keep kosher.

• G-d gave us The Law for a reason, because it is good for us. Sometimes physically, sometimes spiritually most times both.

Slide 35

Luke 7-9• Before we get to our next passage

in Luke I want to do a little background on Luke himself.

• Me and Rabbi Ken got to talk a little about this a few days ago but I want to expound a bit more on it for just a moment.

• It’s commonly thought that Luke was a Gentile. That’s what the Church Fathers taught going clear back to Tertullian.

• But let’s look and see if there’s actually any truth to this idea.

• Why is it even important? Slide 36

Luke 7-9• Everything in the Bible is

important, every jot and every yud. Luke is especially important because if you take a look at your bible you'll see the Brit Hadasha has more of Luke's writings then any other writer.

• I’m not saying he has more books, I’m saying he has more writings (volume).

Slide 37

Luke 7-9• That makes him an

important figure in New Testament theology. This in turn means that the

L-rd entrusted a Gentile with more pages of the New Testament then He did to any other writer. If that was true, then the Bible is a lie.

• Now that makes this issue very very important.

Slide 38

Luke 7-9• Why would Luke being a

Gentile make the Bible a lie? Because it says:

Rom 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

Rom 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. Slide 39

Luke 7-9• If we (Jews) were given the

Oracles then Luke was a not a Gentile.

• "Oh he was a converted Jew!" No he wasn't. He was born a Levite!

Slide 40

Luke 7-9• Luke gave extensive

details in describing the rotating selection of the Levitical priests for service according to their families.

• He further described the position of the priest before the altar of incense in Luke 1:8-20, where the angel appeared to Zacharias!

• Not only that he showed more intimate knowledge of the temple then any other Gospel writer.

Slide 41

Luke 7-9• If that’s not enough evidence

already…• You’ll find the book of Luke is

more directed towards the Tzeddukim (Sadducees) rather then the Perushim (Pharisees).

• the Levites were Sadducees and that’s what Luke was.

Slide 42

Luke 7-9• So why do soooo many people

think that Luke was a Gentile?• There must be a reason even

though there is absolutely NO proof that he was a Gentile.

• Why do people think this?• There are 3 main reasons!

Slide 43

Luke 7-91. It's been taught throughout

church history for so long and so consistently, that it is assumed without question that it must be true.

2. Because his writing in Greek is far superior then the Greek of the other Gospels. It's so beautiful they say, he must've been Greek.

3. Because he has written so much more then the other New Testament writers, he must be "their guy" (Gentile).

Slide 44

Luke 7-9• But here’s the problem with

these 3 reasons:1. Just because it's been taught

that way and no one has challenged it, doesn't make it true no mater how many commentators repeat it.

2. The New Testament wasn't written in Greek anyway so it was a Greek translator who had better Greek skills.

3. Pride is the reason that they think it was "their guy". Just like they like to think Paul is “their guy” theologically.

Slide 45

Luke 7-9• If someone wants to tell me

that Luke was a Gentile, they must assume the burden of proof because it should be assumed that he was a Jew in the first place.

Slide 46

Luke 7-9• Some Messianics use as a

proof that Luke was a Jew by pointing out that that "Miriam would not have been that friendly with a Gentile." But that doesn't hold up. If he was a convert in the first century a convert was considered as a Jew and it was forbidden for any other Jew to ever, ever remind him or anyone else that he was a convert. Slide 47

Luke 7-9• Now some point out where

Tertuliian mentions that Luke came from Antioch… “Ah ha! He was from a Gentile nation.” But that doesn’t prove anything at all. If Luke really did come from Antioch, as Tertullian mentions, Antioch had a large Jewish community Antioch is where many Messianic Jews fled after the stoning of Stephen.

Slide 48

Luke 7-9• Some have said that Luke

being a physician is proof that he was a Gentile.

• C'mon, do you really think that?

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Luke 7-9• This is a list of just some famous Jewish American Physicians.

• * Richard Axel, olfactory system, Nobel Prize (2004)• * Julius Axelrod, neurotransmitters, Nobel Prize (1970)• * David Baltimore, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)• * Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel Prize (1980)• * M. A. Benjaminson, microbiologist and biotechnologist, in vitro meat pioneer• * Paul Berg, recombinant DNA, Nobel Prize (1980)• * Konrad Bloch, cholesterol, Nobel Prize (1959)• * Baruch Blumberg, hepatitis B vaccine, Nobel Prize (1976)• * Michael S. Brown, molecular geneticist, Nobel Prize (1985)• * Stanley Cohen, neurologist, Nobel Prize (1986)• * Stanley N. Cohen, genetic engineering• * Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1947)• * Jared Diamond, evolutionary biologist & biogeographer• * Carl Djerassi, contraceptive pill• * Gerald Edelman, biologist, Nobel Prize (1972)• * Gertrude Elion, drug development, Nobel Prize (1988)• * Joseph Erlanger, physiologist, Nobel Prize (1945)• * Edmond H. Fischer, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1992) (Jewish father)• * Judah Folkman, cancer angiogenesis• * Casimir Funk, vitamins• * Robert F. Furchgott, pharmacologist, Nobel Prize (1998)• * Herbert Gasser

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Luke 7-9• , physiologist, Nobel Prize (1945) (Jewish father)• * Alfred G. Gilman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994)• * Joseph L. Goldstein, molecular geneticist, Nobel Prize (1985)• * Paul Greengard, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize (1990)• * Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist & writer• * Michael Heidelberger, immunochemist• * H. Robert Horvitz, biologist, Nobel Prize (2002)• * Jerome Horowitz, AZT• * Eric R. Kandel, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize (2000)• * Charles Kelman, cataract surgery• * Albert Kligman, dermatologist• * Arthur Kornberg, DNA replication, Nobel Prize (1959)• * Roger Kornberg, RNA transcription, Nobel Prize (2006) (son of Arthur Kornberg)• * Eric Lander, Human Genome Project• * Esther Lederberg, geneticist [1]• * Joshua Lederberg, molecular biologist, Nobel Prize (1958)• * Richard Lerner, therapeutic antibodies• * Rita Levi-Montalcini, neurologist, Nobel Prize (1986)• * Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist• * Fritz Lipmann, coenzyme A, Nobel Prize (1953)• * Otto Loewi, acetylcholine, Nobel Prize (1936)• * Abraham Low, neuropsychiatrist, Recovery International founder• * Salvador Luria, bacterial evolution, Nobel Prize (1969)• * Lynn Margulis, Gaia theory• * Matthew Meselson, DNA replication• *

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Luke 7-9• A. L. Mestel, pediatric surgeon, separation of conjoined twins (1968)• * Otto Meyerhof, glycolysis, Nobel Prize (1922)• * Stanley Miller, Miller-Urey experiment• * Hermann Muller, geneticist, Nobel Prize (1946) (Jewish mother)• * Daniel Nathans, microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1978)• * Marshall Nirenberg, genetic code, Nobel Prize (1968)• * Gregory Pincus, contraceptive pill• * Karl Pribram, neurologist• * Stanley Prusiner, neurologist, Nobel Prize (1997)• * Martin Rodbell, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994)• * Albert Sabin, oral polio vaccine• * Jonas Salk, polio vaccine• * Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist, Nobel Prize (1977)• * Albert Schatz, streptomycin• * Béla Schick, diphtheria test• * Rudolf Schoenheimer, radioactive tracers• * Alexander Shulgin, pharmacologist, populariser of ecstasy• * Leo Sternbach, valium• * Howard Temin, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)• * Max Tishler, synthetic vitamins• * Harold Varmus, virologist, Nobel Prize (1989)• * George Wald, retina pigmentation, Nobel Prize (1967)• * Selman Waksman, streptomycin, Nobel Prize (1952)• * Charles Weissmann, interferon cloning• * Alexander S. Wiener hematologist and co-discoverer of the Rh factor• * Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist, Nobel Prize (1977)• * Charles Yanofsky, geneticist

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Luke 7-9• So the evidence points towards Luke being a Jew, not a Gentile.• Now on to the Passage:• Luke 7• 1When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.• Kfar Nachum (the village of Nahum in Hebrew) is on the south-west side of the Galil. It’s where Peter lived and if you go there today, you’ll see his house there still standing. Slide 53

Luke 7-9• 2There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. • This Centurian was a “G-d Fearer”. • The “G-d Fearers” were those gentiles who believed in YHVH but weren’t ready to take on the entire Torah such as circumcision.• We see them mentioned many times in Luke’s account• Acts 10:1-2; 10:22; 13:16; 13:26; 13:43; 13:50; 16:14; 17:17; 18:6-7.

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Luke 7-9• They’re not only written about in the Brit Hadasha but also other Jewish writings such as Josephus.• “But no one need wonder that there was so much wealth in our temple, for all the Jews throughout the habitable world, and G-d Fearers, even those from Asia and Europe, had been contributing to it for a very long time."

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Luke 7-9• This is what Cornelius was in Acts 10, he was a G-d Fearer, a righteous Gentile. The Jews of the second temple period were very welcoming to proselytes and believed that there were righteous gentiles in the world. • We see this reflected in the Talmud in tractate Sanhedrin…• “Righteous people of all nations have a share in the world to come" (Sanhedrin 105a). Slide 56

Luke 7-9• So Yeshua reaching out to a “G-d Fearer” is not unusual. It follows the teachings of where Yeshua attended Academy, the House (school) of Hillel.• 3The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. • So the Centurion sends for the Zakenim (Elders) of Capernaum to go and ask Yeshua for a healing miracle.

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Luke 7-9• These are the Jewish elders of a town of about 1500 people. Not real real big but it was a very busy town. Located on the highway from the Mediterranean coast to Damascus so it was an important town. So obviously the people of Capernaum believed in His power including the elders.

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Luke 7-9• You’ll see as I teach that I point out where and how many Jews believed in Yeshua all throughout the New Testament and pretty soon you’ll understand how I know that 50% of Israel was Born Again

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Luke 7-9• Many Gentiles were Born Again as well. A Centurion was head of no less then 100 men. Cornelius was in charge of many more then that. So imagine that for a bit. Your commander, who you go into battle with, who you trust your life with all of a sudden believes in a Jewish Messiah. Slide 60

Luke 7-9• The Romans didn’t care much for the Jews as it was. They thought they were backwards and primitive. •The Romans were superior in many ways to the Jews for example in weaponry, military tactics and architecture. So you can be sure they looked into this very intently. Slide 61

Luke 7-9• And I can promise you that anyone who looked into Yeshua intently had a good chance of becoming one of His followers as well.• 4And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: • So these elders had faith in Yeshua and they go on to tell Him..

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Luke 7-9• 5For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. • This is pretty amazing that a Roman stationed there comes to love the country and even pays out in order to build the Jews a New Synagogue (you saw the synagogue already…) not a cheap endeavor. •But he did it and now the elders wanted to help him now in his time of need.

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•6Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: • 7Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. • 8For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. • 9When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. • 10And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

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