{"id":2456,"date":"2013-08-11T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2013-08-11T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T11:31:11","slug":"bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-ki-tetze-who-we-are-in-christ-as-gods-chosen-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-of-torah-truths-parashat-ki-tetze-who-we-are-in-christ-as-gods-chosen-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Ki Tetze, Who we are in Christ as God\u2019s chosen people!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In weeks reading, from Parashat Ki Tetze (<em>Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19<\/em>), Moshe lists 21 Mitzvot spanning a number of topics when the people enter into the Promised Land: (i) Laws relating to a prisoner of war (<em>21:10-15<\/em>), (ii) Inheritance to the first born (<em>21:15-17<\/em>), (iii) Rebellious children (<em>21:18-21<\/em>), (iv) Capital punishment by hanging on a tree (<em>21:22-23<\/em>), (v) Not damaging your neighbor\u2019s property (<em>22:1-4<\/em>), (vi) Prevent personal injury (safety\/common sense) (<em>22:8<\/em>), (vii) Planting seed (<em>22:9<\/em>), (viii) Don\u2019t work two different animals side by side (<em>22:10<\/em>), (ix) Wearing multi-threaded clothing (<em>22:11<\/em>), (x) Tzitzit (<em>12:12<\/em>), (xi) Divorce (<em>22:13-21, 24:1-4<\/em>), (xii) Adultery (<em>22:22<\/em>), (xiii) Fornication (<em>22:23-29<\/em>), (xiv) Incest (<em>22:30<\/em>), (xv) Damaged genitalia (<em>23:1-3<\/em>), (xvi) Finances (interest) (<em>23:19-20<\/em>), (xvii) Stealing from Adonai by neglecting a vow (<em>23:21-22<\/em>), (xviii) Stealing produce from your neighbor\u2019s field (<em>23:25-26<\/em>), (xix) Levirate marriage and prohibition on remarrying a divorced wife who had remarried (<em>24:4<\/em>), (xx) Punishment by flogging limited to 40 strokes (<em>25:2-3<\/em>), and (xxi) Correct and fair weights of measure for merchants (<em>25:14-16<\/em>).\u00a0 Throughout this week\u2019s Parashah, these mitzvot are written as prohibitions using the imperative conjugation, the most frequently used conjugation (4,288) found in the Tanakh.\u00a0 These prohibitions are written using the negative particles <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05dc\u05d0<\/span> and <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d0\u05dc<\/span> and the imperfect verb (<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4<\/span>).\u00a0 The word <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05dc\u05d0<\/span> expresses a permanent prohibition and <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d0\u05dc<\/span> expresses an immediate and specific prohibition.\u00a0 These prohibitions were necessary because the text says <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> to <em>\u201cnot bring sin on the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance\u201d<\/em> (<em>24:4<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>\u05db\u05ea\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 \/ The Holy Scriptures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05db\u05d2<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05db\u05d0\u00a0\u00a0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05db\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b8\u05d0-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc:\u00a0\u00a0 \u05e1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05db\u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05ea\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d3\u05b8\u05e8\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d7\u05b5\u05d8\u05b0\u05d0: \u05db\u05d2\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b6\u05d7\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d7\u05b5\u05d8\u05b0\u05d0:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 23:21-23<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>23:21 \u2018When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the Lord your God will surely require it of you.\u00a0 23:22 \u2018However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you.\u00a0 23:23 \u2018You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God, what you have promised. (NASB)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One particular mitzvah (command) that is of a particular interest to us this week.\u00a0 In <em>Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 23:21<\/em>, the Scriptures say <em>23:21 \u2018When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the Lord your God will surely require it of you. (NASB)<\/em>\u00a0 What does it mean when making a vow to not delay to make payment?\u00a0 This is related to a matter of integrity and our integrity is a matter of Torah.\u00a0 In this week\u2019s reading there is also a discussion regarding honest weights and measures, equity, vows and oaths.\u00a0 According to the Scriptures, integrity is a matter of internal and external consistency.\u00a0 Being deceitful (dishonest) is related to a person\u2019s words and on whether what they are saying is actually factual.\u00a0 In addition to this, one\u2019s actions are to agree with his or her confessions, this is what it means to live with integrity according to the standard laid out in the Torah.\u00a0 According to <em>Bamidbar \/ Numbers 30:2<\/em> the Scriptures say <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d2\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9-\u05d4\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05e2 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05bb\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b6\u05d0\u05b0\u05e1\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc \u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05e6\u05b5\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4:<\/span> <em>30:2 \u2018If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. (NASB)<\/em>\u00a0 Note how the command is written in a negative formulation <em>\u201che shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 This suggests that any utterance that goes forth from our lips is binding as if it were an oath.\u00a0 The idea is that we are to do what we say we will do.\u00a0 The commandment on keeping one\u2019s vow is related to our being honest and teaches us about the nature of our Father in heaven.\u00a0 Yeshua also taught that every word that we speak should be true.\u00a0 In <em>Matthew 5:33<\/em> Yeshua said <em>5:33 \u2018Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, \u2018You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.\u2019\u00a0 5:34 \u2018But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 5:35 or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.\u00a0 5:36 \u2018Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.\u00a0 5:37 \u2018But let your statement be, \u2018Yes, yes\u2019 or \u2018No, no\u2019; anything beyond these is of evil. (NASB)<\/em> In light of Yeshua\u2019s words, how significant is keeping a vow, a oath, or every utterance that comes from our mouth and being honest today before God and men?\u00a0 The Aramaic Targum (Onkelos) renders <em>Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 23:21<\/em> as the following:\u00a0 <em>23:21 When thou vowest a vow before the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to fulfil it; for the Lord thy God requiring will require it of thee, and it would become sin in thee. Yet if thou shouldst forbear to vow, it will not be sin in thee. (Onkelos)<\/em> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05db\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e7\u05b3\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b5\u05d4\u05bc \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0:<\/span> According to the Targum Onkelos, if one makes a vow before the Lord he is to keep that vow and if he does not, it is a sin.\u00a0 The word used to translate sin <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0<\/span> means \u201chidden or concealed\u201d in Hebrew, note how sin is hidden and concealed by the one who commits the sin.\u00a0 In addition to this, according to the <em>Late Jewish literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Samaritan Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, The Testament of Levi Fragments from Qumran Cave 4 &#8211; 4QTQah 1,2:6, and Qumran Cave 4 text Q534.2.16,<\/em> the word <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0<\/span> means \u201csin or guilt\u201d in agreement with the Hebrew text.\u00a0 If God commands us to be true to our every word, should we not be doing so?\u00a0 These Scriptures say that even words spoken casually we are accountable for before God.\u00a0 Today, a man may say words that are not true, but every word spoken by God is the truth.\u00a0 We also know that throughout history, God has kept his vows (<em>His promises<\/em>), he has been truthful and honest by what He expects of us, and He has given us the living Word, His Son Yeshua the Messiah, to save us from our sins.\u00a0 According to the Torah and Yeshua\u2019s words, this is the way we should be living.\u00a0 This week\u2019s reading is a sober reminder of who we are in Christ as God\u2019s chosen people!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BTT_Parashat-Ki-Tetze-2013.pdf\">BTT_Parashat Ki Tetze-2013<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In weeks reading, from Parashat Ki Tetze (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19), Moshe lists 21 Mitzvot spanning a number of topics when the people enter into the Promised Land: (i) Laws relating to a prisoner of war (21:10-15), (ii) Inheritance to the first born (21:15-17), (iii) Rebellious children (21:18-21), (iv) Capital punishment by hanging on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bits-of-torah-truth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}