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This week\u2019s reading from sefer Devarim (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11<\/em><\/span>) Parashat Va\u2019etchanan, Moshe is recapitulating (summarizing and restating) the main points during Yisrael\u2019s journey from Mitzrayim to their present location (Beth Peor).\u00a0 Moshe requested to enter the Promised Land but God said to go to the top of Pisgah (a mountain summit in Moab) to see the land with his eyes only.\u00a0 These Scriptures again and again show us how God has defined who He is by what He has done for His people.\u00a0 Devarim 5:3<\/em><\/span> states that \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e4\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/em><\/span> meaning 5:3 \u2018The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, with all those of us alive here today. (NASB)<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Moshe goes on to say that \u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05df-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05b4\u05d5\u05d0<\/span><\/em>, the NASB translates as \u201cI stood between the Lord and between you at that time,\u201d<\/em> it is interesting that the phrase \u05d1\u05e2\u05ea \u05d4\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 is indicative of Moshe standing between the people \u201cin\/at his time,\u201d does this refer to the individual person by the use of the pronoun \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0?\u00a0 The Hebrew thesaurus shows us the synonyms for \u05d4\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 to include the word \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 (man).\u00a0 The text here shows us God\u2019s continued perfect and absolute promise of His covenant coupled with the messianic expectation of the Messiah Yeshua personified in Moshe Rabbenu. Read More here. <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n This week’s reading from sefer Devarim (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Parashat Va’etchanan, Moshe is recapitulating (summarizing and restating) the main points during Yisrael’s journey from Mitzrayim to their prese…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weekly-parashah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}