{"id":2355,"date":"2013-06-27T00:33:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T00:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2018-09-22T14:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T14:15:14","slug":"tehillim-psalms-20-part-2-we-are-able-to-call-out-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-20-part-2-we-are-able-to-call-out-to-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 20, Part 2, We are able to call out to Him"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week\u2019s study is from <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 20:1-10,<\/span> the Psalm begins saying <\/span>\u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3<\/span> \u201cFor the director of music, A psalm of David.\u201d <\/span> David says <\/span>\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1:<\/span> 20:1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! (NASB)<\/span> Based on a previous Psalm, David states having an upright heart is the prerequisite for the Lord hearing our prayers. A later Psalm states <\/span>\u201cif I had not confessed the sin in my heart\u201d<\/span> or <\/span>\u201cIf I had regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>Tehillim \/Psalms 66:18<\/span>) David continues saying <\/span>\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7-\u05e2\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05bc\u05b8:<\/span> 20:2 May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion! (NASB)<\/span> The sanctuary is a safe place for meeting with the Lord, and it is from His holy mountain that he sends his help. David states that it is because of the sacrifices that the Lord remembers (<\/span>\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span>, <\/span>20:3 May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah.<\/span>) These Scriptures suggest a condition, that the offering be acceptable. What makes an offering unacceptable and \/or acceptable that results in his granting our hearts desire? <\/span>\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05db\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0:<\/span> 20:4 May He grant you your heart\u2019s desire And fulfill all your counsel! (NASB)<\/span> Because of the Lord\u2019s deliverance, he says <\/span>\u05d5 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e0\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/span> 20:5 We will sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. (NASB)<\/span> David says in Your Salvation (<\/span>\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8<\/span>), the Lord saves His anointed and answers from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand (<\/span>\u05d6 \u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05bb\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9:<\/span>). Who is God\u2019s anointed? David concludes saying <\/span> \u05d7 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc | \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e0\u05b7\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8: \u05d8 \u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e7\u05bc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d3: \u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd-\u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span> 20:7 Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God. 20:8 They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright. 20:9 Save, O Lord; May the King answer us in the day we call. (NASB)<\/span> Trusting in chariots and horses is trusting in man rather than in the Lord God Almighty, ultimately it is in His Salvation we are saved and for this we boast in His name. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Tehillim \/ Psalms 20<\/span><\/p>\n

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 20:1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! 20:2 May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion! 20:3 May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah. 20:4 May He grant you your heart\u2019s desire And fulfill all your counsel! 20:5 We will sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. 20:6 Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. 20:7 Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God. 20:8 They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright.<\/span> 20:9 Save, O Lord; May the King answer us in the day we call. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Toviyah \/ Psalms Chapter 20<\/span><\/p>\n

20:1 For praise; a psalm of David. 20:2 May the Lord receive your prayer in the day of trouble, may the name of the God of Jacob lift you up. 20:3 May he send your help from his sanctuary, and from Zion give you aid. 20:4 May he remember all your offerings, and may your whole-offerings drip with fat forever. 20:5 May he give you according to your desires, and may he fulfill all your counsel. 20:6 Your people will say, \u201cLet us give praise for your redemption, and in the name of our God we will be mustered; may the Lord fulfill all your requests.\u201d 20:7 Now I know that the Lord has redeemed his anointed; he has accepted his prayer from his holy dwelling in the heavens; in might is the redemption of his right hand. 20:8 Some by chariots, and some by horses, but we will swear by the name of the Lord our God. 20:9 They have stooped and fallen, but we have remained upright and become strong. 20:10 O Lord, redeem us, mighty king, accept our prayer in the day we call out. (EMC) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalmoi \/ Psalms 20<\/span><\/p>\n

20:1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee. <\/span>20:<\/span>2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion. <\/span>20:<\/span>3 Remember all thy sacrifice, and enrich thy whole-burnt-offering. Pause. <\/span>20:<\/span>4 Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfill all thy desire. <\/span>20:<\/span>5 We will exult in thy salvation, and in the name of our God shall we be magnified: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. <\/span>20:<\/span>6 Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ: he shall hear him from his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is mighty. <\/span>20:<\/span>7 Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God. <\/span>20:<\/span>8 They are overthrown and fallen: but we are risen, and have been set upright. <\/span>20:<\/span>9 O Lord, save the king: and hear us in whatever day we call upon thee. (LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This week\u2019s study is from <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 20:1-10,<\/span> the Psalm begins saying <\/span>\u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3<\/span> \u201cFor the director of music, A psalm of David.\u201d <\/span> Many of the psalms, as we see here, have superscrip\u00adtions, providing a description of the contents, their author, and, it is generally assumed, in some cases, the melodies to which they were sung in the <\/span><\/a>Temple in Jerusalem. In the <\/span><\/a>modern translations of the Psalms, these superscriptions are excluded as verses. Most modern translations included them as superscriptions, however, some, such as the New English Bible translation omits the superscriptions altogether the reason of which is unknown and is an extremely odd procedure. Even if the superscriptions are later additions (glosses as scholars suggest), they became part of the book at a very early period, and one would have thought the aim of any translation should be to convey the book as it has been passed down through history. Many of the psalms are liturgical compositions, i.e. the Levites sang a psalm for each day of the week and on the shabbat and the <\/span><\/a>moedim, the psalm was accompanied with instru\u00admental music. Based upon the content of the Psalms and the superscriptions of other psalms, it can be said that 78 psalms were written by David and the other 73 of the 150 are by different authors. 72 Psalms are directly ascribed to David, where <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 2 and 95 <\/span>are specifically mentioned in the Apostolic Writings as being composed by David. Scholars have suggested that the first Psalm appears to be an introduction to the book as a whole, and <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalm 150<\/span> appears to be an epilogue. There is a concluding note at the end of <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 41, 72, 89, and 106<\/span>, which suggests that the book is in five separate sections where Ginsburg\u2019s Masoretic Text has <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms<\/span> divided into 5 books. In Midrash Tehillim, the rabbinic commentary from the period of the rabbis of the Mishnah and the Talmud, a rabbinic commentary on the Psalms, we learn that the rabbis believe David com\u00adposed his Psalms in five books, just as Moses wrote the five books of the Torah. It may be that the Psalms were composed and organized into 5 books to parallel the five books of the Torah. Very frequently in Midrash Tehillim, and in other Rabbinic literature, David is assumed to be the author of the entire book of the Psalms. In the <\/span>Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra 14<\/span>b, it is written on the authorship of the biblical books, it is said that David included in his book of the psalms some psalms that were written by others who preceded him. The superscription to <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalm 90<\/span>, for instance, is <\/span>\u201cA prayer of Moses, the man of God.\u201d<\/span> In fact, while seventy-eight of the psalms are attributed to David, this one is attributed to Moshe, and some to other authors. Some of the psalms are attributed to no par\u00adticular author and are known, in the tradition, as <\/span>\u201corphan psalms.\u201d<\/span> Neverthe\u00adless, <\/span><\/a>Jewish tradition holds that David is the author of the book of the psalms, although he is said to have included the works of others in his final compo\u00adsition. In <\/span>2 Samuel 23:1<\/span> David is described as <\/span>\u201cthe sweet psalmist in Israel\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05b0\u05d0\u05bb\u05dd \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d0\u05bb\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05bb\u05e7\u05b7\u05dd \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc:<\/span>, <\/span>23:1 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel.<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

David opens in his psalm saying, <\/span>\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1:<\/span> 20:1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! (NASB)<\/span> David uses the title <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/a>the God of Jacob\u201d<\/span> to describe the Lord God Almighty in Heaven. It is interesting that this title, <\/span>\u201cthe God of Jacob\u201d<\/span> is found at least fourteen times in the Tanach, and three times we find it written as <\/span>\u201cthe mighty God of Jacob.\u201d<\/span> The repetition of this title suggests a deep significance with regard to the name of the Lord God Almighty. Take for example, we do not read of the God of Moses, the God of Joshua, or the God of Solomon. Why then does God identify Himself with Jacob? What is there in the Lord\u2019s dealings with this man (Jacob) which suggest to us the importance of this title that David is using here in <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 20<\/span>? What is the significance of this expression which occurs and recurs through the Psalms? In the life and story of Jacob, the Lord God Almighty provides us with the illustration of His sovereign choice, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to be the fathers of the nation of Israel. In the birth of two sons, the God of Jacob chose one and passed by the other (i.e. Jacob and Esau). The interesting point is that the Lord chose Jacob even though he was the youngest, selfish, scheming, deceitful, treacherous, untruthful, and did not have a very loving character. From all appearances, Jacob did not appear to have qualities that would attract the love of God. Carefully studying the life of Jacob, we learn that the God of Jacob is a God of transforming power. Remember at the end of <\/span><\/a>Parashat Vayetze, Laban leaves and the angels of the Lord meet Jacob (see <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 32<\/span>). The Hebrew text states <\/span>\u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc-\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b2\u05db\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d2 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd-\u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd<\/span> 32:1 Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him. 32:2 Jacob said when he saw them, \u2018This is God\u2019s camp.\u2019 So he named that place Mahanaim (NASB)<\/span>. Rashi\u2019s commentary states<\/span> (\u05d1) \u05d5\u05d9\u05e4\u05d2\u05e2\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d5 \u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd. \u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d5, \u05dc\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5: (\u05d2) \u05de\u05d7\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd. \u05e9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05de\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05dc \u05e9\u05dc \u05d7\u05d5\u05e6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d3 \u05db\u05d0\u05df. \u05d5\u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05e9\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d5<\/span> saying these are the angels of the land and they are here to guide Jacob to the land of Canaan. The Hebrew text does not give us the reason for the meeting of the angels of God and nothing more is said to explain the encounter. There seems to be a parallel here with the opening verses from Parashat Vayera on God appearing to Abraham along with the angels of God. Here Jacob sees the angles of God (<\/span>\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b2\u05db\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>) and then during the night he wrestles with a man until daybreak (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b5\u05e7 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05e8<\/span>). While wrestling with this man, Jacob prevails and the text says that the man touched his hip and dislocated the socket (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e3-\u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05db\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05e7\u05b7\u05e2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e3-\u05d9\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9<\/span>). This is interesting since an ordinary man would not be able to touch Jacob\u2019s hip and dislocate the socket. In addition to this the man had the authority to rename Jacob to Israel (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b8\u05dc<\/span>) and the Scriptures say <\/span>\u201cbecause he had struggled with God and with men and prevailed.\u201d<\/span> The person Jacob wrestled with had the authority to change his name to Israel. After the man changes Jacob\u2019s name to Israel, Jacob requests that he know what his name is (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4-\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b8\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dd<\/span>) however, the man refuses. Immediately following these events, Jacob believes that he has seen God face to face (<\/span>\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05e6\u05b5\u05dc \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9<\/span>) and calls the place <\/span><\/a>Peniel (<\/span>\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc<\/span>) meaning <\/span>\u201cface of God.\u201d<\/span> He names the place Peniel because he saw God and lived. The <\/span><\/a>Septuagint (LXX), the <\/span><\/a>Targum Onkelos, and the <\/span><\/a>Targum Pseudo-Jonathan provide for us additional insight. The Septuagint (LXX) on <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:30-32, <\/span>the Hebrew name for Peniel (<\/span>\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc<\/span>) is substituted for the phrase \u201c<\/span>\u0395\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6\u201d meaning <\/span>\u201cAppearance of God.\u201d<\/span> The Targum Onkelos uses the Hebrew word Peniel (<\/span>\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc<\/span>) from the Masoretic text <\/span>\u05d5\u05bc\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8 \u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d9\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b7\u05ea \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9<\/span> The Targum Onkelos however adds an interesting perspective on the Hebrew text. The Masoretic text writes <\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05e6\u05b5\u05dc \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9<\/span> whereas the Targum Onkelos writes <\/span>\u05d5\u05bc\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8 \u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d9\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b7\u05ea \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9<\/span>. Notice how the Aramaic translation is written. Jacob explains his reason for calling the place Peniel (<\/span>\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc<\/span>) translated from the Aramaic to say <\/span>\u201cI have seen the Angel of Adonai.\u201d<\/span> The Aramaic translation substitutes <\/span>\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8 \u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b7\u05d9\u05d9<\/span> \u201cAngel of Adonai\u201d<\/span> for the Hebrew word <\/span>\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span> (Elohim, God) in the Masoretic text. The Aramaic translator inserts the term <\/span>\u201cangel\u201d<\/span> indicating to us that this man is a supernatural manifestation of God. Note also that the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan states <\/span>\u05d5\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1 \u05e9\u05de\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e8\u05ea\u05e8\u05d0 \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05dc \u05e7\u05d1\u05dc \u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05ea\u05d9\u05d6\u05d1\u05ea \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9<\/span> using the same substitution, writing <\/span>\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05d9<\/span> \u201cthe angel of Adonai\u201d<\/span> in the same way Targum Onkelos does substituting the Hebrew word <\/span>\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span> (Elohim, God). Note there are differences in the Aramaic language due to the differences in time frame in which the Torah was translated. This is simply related to Aramaic morphology where words vary in the number of morphemes (<\/span>the form, shape, structure of a word<\/span>) with time (<\/span>signs of the language changing with time<\/span>). According to the Aramaic targums, the one whom Jacob wrestled with was a celestial being (Angel); therefore the person who he wrestled with was more than just a man which is also indicated by the dislocation of his hip. The Hebrew text suggests that God manifest as a man to illustrate how Jacob wrestled with both <\/span>\u201cGod and man\u201d <\/span>and yet prevailed. It is also interesting to note that Rashi neglects to comment on these verses where Jacob names the place as a result of seeing God face to face and remaining alive. In the <\/span><\/a>Torah (<\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:30-32<\/span>) the person Jacob wrestles with is identified both as a <\/span>\u201cman\u201d<\/span> and as <\/span>\u201cGod\u201d <\/span>(Elohim, <\/span>\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>). This is very similar to <\/span><\/a>Parashat Vayera where God chooses to reveal Himself in human form to Abraham. Reading through <\/span><\/a>Parashat Vayishlach (<\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 35:9-15<\/span>) the sequence of events is quite interesting. There\u2019s something deeply symbolic in these passages. <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 35:9<\/span> begins by saying <\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1<\/span> God reveals\/shows Himself to Jacob like He did to Abraham in Parashat Vayera (compare <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 18:1<\/span>). In <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 32<\/span>, we read of Jacob\u2019s name change (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8-\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc<\/span>), the continuing promise of the blessing of Jacob\u2019s seed (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/span>) paralleling the blessing to Abraham and Isaac. In addition to this Jacob sets up another pillar in the place he meets God calling the place Bethel (<\/span>\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc<\/span>) because God had shown himself and spoken to him there like he did in <\/span><\/a>Parashat Vayetze. In each of the various places that Jacob traveled in Eretz Canaan where he encounters the Lord, he names these places to signify their importance and deep spiritual meaning. The changing of Jacob\u2019s name to Israel because of having wrestled with both <\/span>\u201cGod and man,\u201d<\/span> identifies for us that Jacob is taking a new direction in his life with God being center place. In Jewish life a person is called by his or her given name as the son or daughter of the parent. The name change of Jacob to Israel is very significant. God specifically chose the name Israel because he (Jacob) struggled with God and man. Jacob\u2019s name change signified a turning point in His life where the Hebrew text says <\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7-\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05e6\u05b9\u05dc\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05db\u05d5\u05b9<\/span> 32:31 Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh. (NASB)<\/span> Jacob\u2019s encounter with God causes him to walk differently. David\u2019s use of the phrase <\/span>\u201cthe God of Jacob\u201d <\/span>is illustrating how one needs to be living and walking a changed life. This is paralleled with the Lord who will answer in the time that we call out to Him. In Jacob\u2019s name God establishes him as the father of a nation and identifies the name of the children of Israel. The name reflects a change in God\u2019s perception of Jacob drawing a parallel with the change of a name on being reborn. Does our relationship with God and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit cause us to think, speak, and walk differently today? <\/span>Based on a previous Psalm, David states having an upright heart is the prerequisite for the Lord hearing our prayers. A later Psalm states <\/span>\u201cif I had not confessed the sin in my heart\u201d<\/span> or <\/span>\u201cIf I had regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>Tehillim \/Psalms 66:18<\/span>) Having an upright heart and not regarding iniquity in our hearts is related to the God of Jacob who is the one who is changing our lives by the power of the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son, Yeshua the Messiah and by the power of His Holy Spirit. When we seek the Lord in the way that He wants to be sought after, then He will answer us, and as David says, <\/span>\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1:<\/span> 20:1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! (NASB)<\/span> the Lord will indeed answer our cry for help!<\/span><\/p>\n

David continues saying <\/span>\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7-\u05e2\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05bc\u05b8:<\/span> 20:2 May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion! (NASB)<\/span> The sanctuary is a safe place for meeting with the Lord, and it is from His holy mountain that he sends his help. David states that it is because of the sacrifices the Lord remembers (<\/span>\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span>, <\/span>20:3 May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah.<\/span>) These Scriptures suggests there is a condition for making the offering be acceptable before God. What makes an offering unacceptable and \/or acceptable that results in his granting our hearts desire? <\/span>\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05db\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0:<\/span> 20:4 May He grant you your heart\u2019s desire And fulfill all your counsel! (NASB)<\/span> This is a very important factor even today. The source of this question, and most likely what David was thinking when he wrote this Psalm is from the <\/span><\/a>Torah, from Parashat Emor (<\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 21:1-24:23<\/span>) specifically from <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:29-33<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:29-32<\/span><\/p>\n

22 29 \u201cWhen you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. 22:30 It must be eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am the Lord. 22:31 \u201cKeep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord. 22:32 Do not profane my holy name, for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the Lord, who made you holy 22:33 and who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.\u201d (NIV)<\/span><\/p>\n

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As can be seen from the Torah, when a person brings a thank offering to the Lord, we read that it is to be sacrificed in such a way so as to be acceptable. The Torah does not list the details on how to perform the sacrifice so that it is acceptable. But the follow up verse is that it must be eaten the same day and none left over till morning. It was important to eat all of the sacrifice the same day of the sacrifice. Throughout the Scriptures, God has shown His approval with those who follow His will and His displeasure and wrath with those who refuse to worship Him the way He has directed. One example of acceptable and unacceptable worship in the Tanach is that of <\/span><\/a>Cain and <\/span><\/a>Abel. Cain and Abel both worshiped the Lord. Abel did as God directed and offered a burnt offering before the Lord; on the other hand, Cain tried to worship God with the produce from the land (fruits and vegetables) and this was unacceptable. We read in <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 4:3-5<\/span>, <\/span>\u201cAnd in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering.\u201d <\/span> Why did the Lord have respect for Abel\u2019s offering and why did He reject Cain\u2019s offering? <\/span>Hebrews 11:4<\/span> tells us, <\/span>\u201cBy faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.\u201d<\/span> Notice how Abel offered his sacrifice <\/span>\u201cby faith\u201d<\/span> and the Scriptures say Cain did not. <\/span>Romans 10:17<\/span> says, <\/span>\u201cSo then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.\u201d<\/span> Therefore, faith comes by the word of God; Abel offered his sacrifice by faith or according to the Word of God that was passed down from his father and mother (Adam and Chavah). If we worship God by faith, we are to worship as the word of God directs us. Is this what David meant when he said <\/span>\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span>, <\/span>20:3 May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah. (NASB)<\/span> and <\/span>\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05db\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0:<\/span> 20:4 May He grant you your heart\u2019s desire And fulfill all your counsel! (NASB)?<\/span> Abel offered the firstborn of his flock <\/span>\u201cby faith\u201d <\/span>and it was accepted because his worship was according to the instructions of the Lord God Almighty. The Lord gave instruction to Adam and Chavah (Eve) following their sin and the Lord providing cloths to cover their bodies. Cain chose to ignore God\u2019s instructions and sacrificed an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord, the fruit from the ground that was cursed because of sin. Cain did not offer his sacrifice according to God\u2019s instructions, so God rejected his sacrifice and worship, since it was not done <\/span>\u201cby faith.\u201d <\/span> The Apostle Paul also wrote in <\/span>Romans 14:23, \u201cFor whatever is not from faith is sin.\u201d<\/span> Therefore, if our worship is not <\/span>\u201cby faith,\u201d<\/span> that is it is not <\/span>\u201cby the word of God,\u201d <\/span>then it <\/span>\u201cis sin\u201d<\/span> because it is being done in an improper way. The biblical account describes Abel as offering the first of his flock and the fat. Fat is described in the bible as being the choicest part of the animal to be offered upon the altar for the <\/span><\/a>Asham (guilt) offering before the lord, according to the verses found in <\/span>Shemot \/ Exodus chapters 23 and 29, Vayikra \/ Leviticus chapters 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, and 17, Bamidbar \/ Numbers chapter 18, Devarim \/ Deuteronomy chapter 32. <\/span>These verses point out specifically that the fat is the portion of the animal sacrifices that are essential and are to be burned upon the altar before God. There are also verses from the <\/span><\/a>Neviim (Prophets) that attest to the fat of the sacrifices, see <\/span>Judges 3:22, 1 Samuel 2:15-16, and 15:22, 1 Kings 8:64, Isaiah 1:11, 34:6, 43:24, and 34:6, and Ezekiel 34:3, 44:7, and 44:15, 1 Chronicles 7:7, 29:35, and 35:14.<\/span> According to the scriptures, whether literally or figuratively, khelev (<\/span>\u05d7\u05dc\u05d1<\/span>, fat) is a reference to the richest or choice part of the animal. In the Story of Cain and Abel, Abel brought the best of his flock and of their <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/a>fat\u201d<\/span> portions and it was pleasing to the Lord and the scriptures say that God <\/span>\u201chad regard\u201d<\/span> for Abel using the imperfect third person masculine singular form of <\/span>\u201cyasa\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e2<\/span>) meaning deliverance. The imperfect form expresses an ongoing action. So because of Abel\u2019s actions bringing the first of his flock and offering the <\/span>\u201cfat portions\u201d <\/span>the choicest parts, God saved him.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bereshit \/ Genesis 4:4 <\/span><\/p>\n

4:4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering; (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

Fat is also used in the Hebrew Bible as an illustration of the finest, richest, and choicest part found in the use of the word <\/span>\u201ckhelev\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05d7\u05dc\u05d1<\/span>) to refer to the choicest land of Egypt, in <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 45:18<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bereshit \/ Genesis 45:18 <\/span><\/p>\n

45:18 and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat of the land.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

The verse states <\/span>\u201cand you will eat the fat of the land\u201d <\/span>(<\/span>\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/span>) so the use of word <\/span>\u201cfat\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d1<\/span>) here indicates that God will provide the choices part of Egypt for the children of Israel when they are in Egypt. In <\/span>Tehilim \/ Psalms 141:2 that 141:2<\/span>, David wrote <\/span>\u201cmay my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.\u201d (NASB) <\/span>Here the psalmist is saying may his prayer be counted as a sweet fragrance before God and the lifting of the hands as in the Evening <\/span>\u201cMincha.\u201d<\/span> The <\/span><\/a>Mincha is known as the afternoon prayer service in Judaism. Searching the Torah, the word spelled as <\/span>\u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05d4<\/span> occurs 23 times. Looking at the very first occurrence of the word Mincha in the Scriptures, we find that it is written with regard to Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam and Chavah (Eve). <\/span>Sefer Bereshit \/ Genesis 4:3<\/span> says <\/span>\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b5\u05e5 \u05d9\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b5\u05d0 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05de\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> the son of Adam and Chavah brought a Mincha to the Lord. Cain was bringing a offering from the fruit of the land as a thank offering to the Lord and this was not acceptable, he needed to bring a offering in blood to make atonement. In other places in the Torah, in <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus, <\/span>the Mincha is known as the <\/span>\u201cKorban Mincha\u201d<\/span> as the grain offering. Based on the first use of the word Mincha in <\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 4:3<\/span>, Cain brought from the fruit of the land as a Mincha offering. The Mincha means <\/span>\u201cpresent, gift, or offering\u201d<\/span> according to the standard Hebrew Lexicons. David said his prayer is intended to be pleasant and sweet fragrance. The lifting of the hands is a form of praise and worship to the Lord. Based on these scriptures, David is saying, prayer was not intended to manipulate God into giving us our own way, but a way to draw near to the Lord and to be pleasing as an evening sacrifice. We seek the Lord God in faith, and look to live out our faith in the things that we do. <\/span><\/p>\n

In <\/span>Revelation chapter 8,<\/span> we read <\/span>1<\/span>\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u1f24\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u1fd6\u03b4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f11\u03b2\u03b4\u1f79\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd, \u1f10\u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03b9\u03b3\u1f74 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u1ff7 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f21\u03bc\u03b9\u1f7d\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd. 2<\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b3\u1f73\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f33 \u1f10\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c0\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f11\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b4\u1f79\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f11\u03c0\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c3\u1f71\u03bb\u03c0\u03b9\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03c2. 3<\/span>\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f04\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f26\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u1f71\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f14\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03bb\u03b9\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03c9\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b4\u1f79\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9\u1f71\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b4\u1f7d\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03c5\u03c7\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f01\u03b3\u1f77\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f10\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c0\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5. 4<\/span>\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bd\u1f73\u03b2\u03b7 \u1f41 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c0\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03bc\u1f71\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03c5\u03c7\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f01\u03b3\u1f77\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b3\u1f73\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c0\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6. 8:1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 8:2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 8:3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel\u2019s hand. (NASB)<\/span> As the seventh seal was broken, there was silence in heaven for half an hour. According to the prophets it is written <\/span>\u201cThe Lord is in His holy temple; let the earth be silent before him.\u201d<\/span> (see <\/span>Habakkuk 2:20, Zephaniah 1:7, and Zechariah 2:13<\/span>) The silence is most likely that of everyone remaining still before the holy judge of the universe. What follows, an angel stood at the altar with incense and mixes the incense with the prayers of the Saints to be made as an offering before God upon the altar. This alludes to the <\/span>\u05de\u05d6\u05d1\u05d7<\/span> (Altar) of the Lord in the Tabernacle, see <\/span>Shemot \/ Exodus 37:25 and Vayikra \/ Leviticus 16:18<\/span>. The priest is commanded to offer incense upon the altar both at morning and at night (<\/span>Shemot \/ Exodus 30:7<\/span>). Note that other offerings were also designated for the altar (see <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 2<\/span>) and all of these are provided as a sweet fragrance unto the Lord. In the book of Revelation, the incense is mixed or mingled with our prayers, essentially, when God\u2019s people pray, they do so in worship as a form of an offering before the Lord. According to David prayer is pleasing and delights the Lord as a sweet aroma of incense. In addition to these things, in the Apostolic Writings, in <\/span>Jude 1:10-11<\/span>, Jude speaks of false teachers. Jude says that false teachers follow <\/span>\u201cin the way of Cain\u201d<\/span> whereby Cain was the earliest example of a man who willfully chose to follow an evil path in his own efforts unlike his brother <\/span><\/a>Abel who believed God and brought the blood atonement for his sins. <\/span><\/a>Cain denied the need for blood atonement in the offering of the Mincha from the fruit of the land. Jude goes on to say that <\/span><\/a>false teachers follow the <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/a>error of Bilam,\u201d<\/span> the corrupt prophet who desired to curse Israel. The Apostle Peter also mentioned <\/span>\u201cthe way of Bilam, the son of Beor who loved gain from wrong doing\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>2 Peter 2:15<\/span>). According to Peter, Bilam\u2019s repeated attempt to seek a favorable answer from God three times is understood to have been <\/span>\u201cthe love of gain in wrong doing.\u201d<\/span> The book of <\/span>Revelation 2:14 <\/span>states that<\/span> \u201cthe teaching of Bilam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel\u201d <\/span>indicates the true nature of Bilam who used his talents solely for the purpose of obtaining money, fame, and respect. <\/span><\/a>Bilam sold his services without regard for the truth (<\/span>Bamidbar \/ Numbers 22:7 and Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 23:4-5<\/span>). Also note that the name Bilam (<\/span>\u05d1\u05dc\u05e2\u05dd<\/span>) is the combination of two Hebrew words <\/span>\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9<\/span> meaning <\/span>\u201cwithout or not of\u201d<\/span> and <\/span>\u05e2\u05dd<\/span> meaning<\/span> \u201cpeople.\u201d<\/span> The very name <\/span>\u201cBilam\u201d<\/span> (\u201c<\/span>without a people\u201d<\/span>) illustrates the fact that this man sought to curse the children of Israel and bring them under the judgment of God. Bilam continued to plot against Israel and succeeded by using the women of Moab to seduce the men of the camp at <\/span><\/a>Baal Peor in <\/span>Bamidbar \/ Numbers 31:16<\/span>. Bilam realized that the way to get Israel was to do so by causing the people to sin. However, Bilam did not realize that the Lord was not only judge but also Israel\u2019s Savior. Bilam failed to recognize the purpose of prayer and the mercy of God. When David states, <\/span>\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1:<\/span> 20:1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! (NASB)<\/span> he is speaking of prayer unto the Lord in Heaven. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the books of the prophets in the Hebrew Bible, such as Isaiah and Jeremiah, speak out against those Israelites who brought forth sacrifices but did not act in accord with the precepts of the Torah. The Prophets stated that sacrifices being offered were of little worth without a truly repentant heart, a determination to turn from sin and return to God by striving after righteousness. (<\/span>see Hosea 14:1-2, Joel 2:13, Micah 6:6-8<\/span>). Is this the way in which God will answer and grant our hearts desire? To repent and strive for righteousness, to live righteously changing our lifestyle and try to modify our way of thinking so that we think in a righteous manner? (<\/span>\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05db\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0:<\/span> 20:4 May He grant you your heart\u2019s desire And fulfill all your counsel! NASB)<\/span> If our outward lives and our inward thoughts are righteous, our heart will not have desires rooted in sin and God will indeed grant our request as David is describing in <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 20:4<\/span>. Think about Cain and Abel, following Cain being rejected by God because of his sacrifice of fruit, his heart was filled with sin and he murdered his brother. The prophets also stressed the importance of offerings combined with justice and good even as they taught that offerings were unacceptable unless combined with true repentance and good deeds. Malachi, the last prophet in the Neviim section of the Hebrew Bible, emphasized that the goal of repentance is not to end sacrifices, but to make the offerings fit for acceptance once again (<\/span>Malachi 3:3-4<\/span>). Similarly, in Isaiah, the prophet described the <\/span><\/a>worthlessness of sacrifices without justice, and he portrays sacrifice as having a role complementary with prayer (<\/span>Isaiah 56:1; 6-7<\/span>), this is exactly what we read David saying <\/span>\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3: \u05d1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd | \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1: \u05d2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7-\u05e2\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05bc\u05b8: \u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05db\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0:<\/span> For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 20:1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! 20:2 May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion! 20:3 May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah. 20:4 May He grant you your heart\u2019s desire And fulfill all your counsel! (NASB)<\/span> David is drawing together the necessity of prayer and sacrifice, justice, righteousness, and faith. It is in this way that the <\/span><\/a>korban has both a physical and spiritual meaning. In keeping with the root of the word korban (<\/span>\u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05df<\/span>), meaning to draw close, and to the common usage as the sacrifice of an animal, so too can the worshiper sacrifice something of this world in order to become closer to God. Yeshua rebuked some of the Pharisees for their inappropriate position on Korban according to Mark Chapter 7, a parallel to Matthew Chapter 15. In these passages, Yeshua condemned the Pharisees for <\/span>\u201c\u2026making void the word of God by your tradition\u2026\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>Mark 7:9<\/span>) by violating the 5<\/span>th<\/span> Commandment to honor your father and mother, when following their <\/span>\u201ctraditions.\u201d<\/span> In the Gospel narrative, the Pharisees were keeping people obligated to their vow once something was set aside as a Korban (Sacrifice), prohibiting them to use it even in order to attend to the needs of their parents. Many modern translations render <\/span>Matthew 15:6<\/span> as if putting aside as a Korban exempts people from their son\/daughter duty to their parents. Thus, the tradition taught that it relieves people of any further responsibility to support their parents, since their gift was turned over to the Temple treasury. David\u2019s comments on prayer, sacrifice, and receiving the our heart\u2019s desire are very tightly coupled with living righteously and having the correct heart before the Lord. <\/span><\/p>\n

In David\u2019s words, he is writing about receiving his heart\u2019s desire and to make full his counsel meaning to fulfill it (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0<\/span>). Whose counsel is David referring to? The counsel of King David reminds us of one of the most tragic stories in the Scriptures concerning the revolt of King David\u2019s third son, Absalom. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur (<\/span>2 Samuel 3:3<\/span>). He was tall, handsome and had a large head of hair (<\/span>2 Samuel 14:25-26<\/span>). The scriptures record how Absalom stirred up rebellion against his father King David, by promising to do justice for everyone who came to him, stealing the hearts of the men of Israel (<\/span>2 Samuel 15:1-6<\/span>). Absalom sent for Ahithophel, David\u2019s counselor from his city. The conspiracy was strong, for the people increased their support continually with Absalom according to <\/span>2 Samuel 15:12.<\/span> Ahithophel also became one of the people who conspired against David (<\/span>2 Samuel 15:31<\/span>). Ahithophel had been King David\u2019s faithful counselor for many years, giving David the benefit of his counsel. Scripture says in <\/span>2 Samuel 16:23 The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom. (NASB)<\/span> The advise of Ahithophel was so good that it was as if a man had inquired of the Word of God. When David learned his trusted friend had betrayed him, he was so afraid, he prayed, <\/span>\u201cO Lord I pray You, turn <\/span><\/a>Ahithophel\u2019s counsel into foolishness\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>2 Samuel 15:31<\/span>). That is exactly what the Lord did to Ahithophel\u2019s advise. The question through arises, why did Ahithophel, one of King David\u2019s most trusted advisors, betray him after so many years of faithful service, and why would he ask Absalom to allow him to personally lead the army of rebels to attack and kill King David before the king could escape? (see <\/span>2 Samuel 17:1-2<\/span>). In addition to this, why would Ahithophel advise Absalom to have sexual relations with his father\u2019s concubines on the roof of the palace, for all to see? \u2018Absalom said to Ahithophel, <\/span>\u201cGive your counsel. What shall we do?\u201d <\/span>The Scriptures say in <\/span>2 Samuel 16:20-22, 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, \u201cGive your advice. What shall we do?\u201d 16:21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, \u201cGo in to your father\u2019s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.\u201d 16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and <\/span><\/a>Absalom went in to his father\u2019s concubines in the sight of all Israel. (NASB) <\/span> The Scriptures do not openly record the motivation for this incredible betrayal of King David, however, the answer to this question is found in several scriptures scattered through the Tanach. The reason for the betrayal during Absalom\u2019s rebellion, may be found in David\u2019s adultery with Bathsheba. Most people believe the adultery was simply a moment of weakness when David happened to observe Bathsheba bathing. The whole story however was actually somewhat different. David was supposed to be at war but he stayed in Jerusalem instead (<\/span>2 Samuel 11:1<\/span>). David\u2019s first mistake, he was not where God had called him to be; at war leading his nation against their enemies as their king. Studying 2 Samuel, we can see evidence that <\/span><\/a>Bathsheba was no stranger to the king. Bathsheba\u2019s father Eliam (<\/span>2 Samuel 11:3<\/span>), was the son of Ahithophel (<\/span>2 Samuel 23:34<\/span>); therefore Ahithophel was Bathsheba\u2019s grandfather. In addition to this, Bathsheba\u2019s husband Uriah and her father Eliam were part of an elite force of 37 men (<\/span>2 Samuel 23:13, 34-39<\/span>) who fought for the king and therefore were not strangers to David. The scriptures tell us Bathsheba was the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah, and she was very lovely to behold (<\/span>2 Samuel 11:2-3<\/span>). Bathsheba also knew she could become pregnant during that exact time when she bathed naked in front of the king, because it is written in <\/span>2 Samuel 11:4<\/span> (<\/span>\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05db\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b6\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05d8\u05bc\u05bb\u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc:<\/span>); <\/span>\u201cand she was purified from her uncleanness\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea \u05de\u05b4\u05d8\u05bc\u05bb\u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc<\/span>). This means she had just finished a menstrual period, and waiting 7 days performed a mikvah; women even in those of days, knew the most fertile time to become pregnant is soon after the menstrual period had ended. Studying the whole narrative from the beginning (<\/span>2 Samuel 11:1-17<\/span>), David desperately tried to cover up his sin with Bathsheba by encouraging Uriah to go to his wife, but Uriah refused. Examining the whole story, David\u2019s sin with Bathsheba is very complex. When David took Bathsheba, he took the wife of Uriah, the daughter of Eliam and granddaughter of Ahithophel, all loyal servants. Then when Bathsheba became pregnant David tried to get Uriah to visit his wife to cover his sin. When Uriah refused to visit his wife, David conspired to have him murdered. Another shocking thing about this story, is the very faithful and loyal Uriah took a letter from David to Joab and in that letter was Uriah\u2019s own death sentence (<\/span>2 Samuel 11:14-15<\/span>). David\u2019s sin upon sin caused <\/span>\u201cthe enemies of the Lord to blaspheme\u201d<\/span> thus bringing God\u2019s wrath (<\/span>2 Samuel 12:14<\/span>). The people in the palace would have known that Bathsheba\u2019s child was David\u2019s because of the way he behaved during the child\u2019s sickness and death and then marrying her (<\/span>2 Samuel 12:16<\/span>). Eliam and Ahithophel would have seen the defilement, the public humiliation and the sorrow of bereavement of their daughter and granddaughter Bathsheba, all caused by King David. Ahithophel and Eliam must have burned with anger but there was nothing they could do about it because David was king. If they had risen up in anger, David would have had them killed, so they waited secretly until an opportunity arose for revenge and to destroy David. Decades later, perhaps as long as forty years later, Absalom rebelled against his father and Ahithophel saw his chance and advised Absalom to have sex with all of David\u2019s concubines in sight of all Israel, just as David had done with Bathsheba to Uriah her husband. The Lord said to David, <\/span>\u201cThus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>2 Samuel 12:11-12<\/span>). This prophecy was fulfilled when Absalom went in to his father\u2019s harem in the sight of all Israel (<\/span>2 Samuel 16:20-22<\/span>). The sin of David and Bathsheba caused David\u2019s wives and concubines to have to endure public dishonor and humiliation. The scriptures do not tell us what became of Eliam but sadly it didn\u2019t end well for Ahithophel. According to the Scriptures, <\/span>2 Samuel 17:23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father. (NASB)<\/span> When David said in <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 20:4<\/span> \u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05df-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05db\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0:<\/span> 20:4 May He grant you your heart\u2019s desire And fulfill all your counsel! (NASB)<\/span> receiving his heart\u2019s desire and to make full his counsel (<\/span>\u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0<\/span>) the fulfilling of the hearts desire was not according to sin in his heart but to live in righteousness and holiness according to the Torah indicated by the previous reference to the meal offerings (<\/span>\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span>, <\/span>20:3 May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah.<\/span>). Receiving counsel from godly men, living righteously before God, seeking the Lord in the way He wants us to (meal offerings), the resulting deliverance that comes is credited to the Lord God Almighty. <\/span><\/p>\n

Because of the Lord\u2019s deliverance, David says <\/span>\u05d5 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e0\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/span> 20:5 We will sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. (NASB)<\/span> David says in Your Salvation (<\/span>\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8<\/span>), the Lord saves His anointed and answers from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand (<\/span>\u05d6 \u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05bb\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9:<\/span>). Who is God\u2019s anointed? There are many verses throughout the Scriptures that speak of the anointed, <\/span>1 Chronicles 16:22<\/span> and <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 105:15<\/span> provide two examples of the anointed ones of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 16:11-23<\/span><\/p>\n

16:11 Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually. 16:12 Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done, His marvels and the judgments from His mouth, 16:13 O seed of Israel His servant, Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! 16:14 He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. 16:15 Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, 16:16 The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. 16:17 He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, 16:18 Saying, \u2018To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance.\u2019 16:19 When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it, 16:20 And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people, 16:21 He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes, saying, 16:22 \u2018Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.\u2019 16:23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalms 105:12-15<\/span><\/p>\n

105:12 When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it. 105:13 And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. 105:14 He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes: 105:15 \u2018Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Webster\u2019s Dictionary, to anoint means to <\/span>\u201crub oil or ointment upon,\u201d or \u201cto put oil on in a ceremony of consecration.\u201d<\/span> In <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 20:5<\/span>, the person David is speaking of is one who is the anointed of God. <\/span><\/p>\n

Summary – Usage of the word <\/span>\u05de\u05e9\u05d7<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Prophets were anointed:<\/span>\n