This week we explore Tetzaveh [Exodus 27:20-30:10, Haftarah: Ezekiel 43:10-27, Gospel: Mark 4:35-5:43]. Translated from Exodus 27:20, “You shall command”. According to The Midrash, Moshe’s (Moses’s) name is not mentioned even once in this entire portion. This was the fulfillment of the curse which Moshe brought upon himself. After the sin of the Golden Calf, he told HaShem, “If You do not forgive their sin, I beg You, blot me out from Your Book which you have written!” So it was, HaShem erased Moshe’s name from Tetzaveh.
Let’s find Messiah Yeshua in Tetzaveh! The title is composed of four Hebrew letters, תצוה (You shall command) in the Hebrew, each letter has meanings, pictograms, and number values. Here is the breakdown of this week’s title, Tetzaveh :
Tav (ת) tree of life, cross, mark, sign. The tav has a number value of 400 which is the number for testing.
John 19 speaks of Yeshua’s crucifixion on the tree …these things were done so the scriptures could be fulfilled!
John 19 is fulfillment of.. psalm 22: Yet You brought me out of the womb, made me secure at my mother’s breasts. From the womb I was cast on You— from my mother’s womb You have been my God. Be not far from me! For trouble is near— there is no one to help. Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan encircled me. They open wide their mouths against me, like a tearing, roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards. My strength is dried up like a clay pot, my tongue clings to my jaws. You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded me. A band of evildoers has closed in on me. They pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones. They stare, they gape at me. They divide my clothes among them, and cast lots for my garment. But You, Adonai , be not far off! O my strength! Come quickly to my aid! Deliver my soul from the sword— my only one from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion’s mouth. From the horns of the wild oxen rescue me. Psalms 22:10-22
Also , Isaiah 53 ‘Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed? For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, nor beauty that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our pains. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities. The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. We all like sheep have gone astray. Each of us turned to his own way. So Adonai has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted yet He did not open His mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter, like a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. Because of oppression and judgment He was taken away. As for His generation, who considered? For He was cut off from the land of the living, for the transgression of my people— the stroke was theirs His grave was given with the wicked, and by a rich man in His death, though He had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in His mouth. Yet it pleased Adonai to bruise Him. He caused Him to suffer. If He makes His soul a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the will of Adonai will succeed by His hand. As a result of the anguish of His soul He will see it and be satisfied by His knowledge. The Righteous One, My Servant will make many righteous and He will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoil with the mighty— because He poured out His soul to death, and was counted with transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors. Isaiah 53:1-12
Tsade (צ) man on side, chase, snare, hunt. The Tsade has a number value of 90 (judgement).
He enters into shalom. They rest on their beds, each who walked in his integrity. Isaiah 57:2
Of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of them who do wrong. Psalms 37:1
A psalm of David. Adonai , oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to my help. Draw out also a spear and battle-axe. Stop those who pursue me. Say to my soul: “I am your salvation.” May those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced. May they be turned back and humiliated —those who plot evil against me. May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai driving them off. May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Adonai pursuing them. For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul. Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall. Then my soul will rejoice in Adonai and delight in His salvation. All my bones will say: “ Adonai , who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor and needy from one who robs him?” Violent witnesses rise up. They question me about things I know nothing about. They repay me evil for good— my soul is forlorn. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, my prayer kept returning to my heart. I went about mourning as though for my own friend or brother. I bowed down dressed in black as though for my own mother. But at my stumbling they gathered in glee. Wretches gathered against me whom I did not know, tearing at me without ceasing. They mocked profanely, as if at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth. My Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages— my solitary existence from the lions. I praise You in the great assembly, acclaiming You among a throng of people. Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me without cause, nor let those who hate me for nothing wink an eye. For they never speak shalom , but devise deceitful words against the quiet ones in the land. Yes, they open their mouth wide against me, saying: “Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it!” You have seen it, Adonai —be not silent! Adonai , be not far from me. Arise, awaken to my defense, to my cause—my God and my Lord! Vindicate me, Adonai my God, according to Your justice, and do not let them gloat over me. Don’t let them say in their heart: “Aha! Just what we wanted!” Don’t let them say: “We swallowed him up!” May they be ashamed and humiliated, those who rejoice over my misery. May they who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace. May they shout for joy and be glad, those who delight in my righteous cause. May they always say: “Exalted be Adonai , who delights in His servant’s shalom .” Then my tongue will declare aloud Your justice and Your praises all day. Psalms 35:1-28
A Tzaddik refers to a righteous man, As it is written, “There is no one righteous—no, not one. Romans 3:10
My children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Intercessor with the Father—the righteous Messiah Yeshua . 1 John 2:1
Vav (ו) add, peg nail. The number value is 6 (man)
The other disciples were saying to him, “We’ve seen the Lord!” But he replied to them, “Unless I see the nail prints in His hands, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand in His side, I will never believe!”
John 20:25
Heh(ה) Behold, to show, reveal. The number value is 5.
Behold My servant, whom I uphold. My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I have put My Ruach on Him, He will bring justice to the nations. Isaiah 42:1
After six days, Yeshua takes with Him Peter and Jacob and John his brother, and brings them up a high mountain by themselves. Now He was transfigured before them; His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Yeshua . Peter responded to Yeshua , “Master, it’s good for us to be here! If You wish, I will make three sukkot here—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While He was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice from out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased. Listen to Him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell face down, terrified. But Yeshua came and touched them. “Get up,” He said. “Stop being afraid.” And lifting their eyes, they saw no one except Yeshua alone.
Matthew 17:1-8
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you, a righteous one bringing salvation. He is lowly, riding on a donkey— on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9
“Fear not, Daughter of Zion! Look! Your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt.” John 12:15
Adding the value of the numbers together total 501 (Hashem’s eternal grace)
0- eternity, 1- HASHEM, 5- grace
5+0+1=6 (The number for man)
A psalm of David. Adonai declares to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” Adonai will extend your mighty rod from Zion: “Rule in the midst of your enemies.” Your people will be a freewill offering in a day of your power. In holy splendors, from dawn’s womb, yours is the dew of your youth. Adonai has sworn, and will not change His mind: “You are a Kohen forever according to the order of Melechizedek .” My Lord is at your right hand. He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge among the nations, heaping up corpses. He will crush heads over the entire land. He will drink from a stream along the way —so His head will be exalted. Psalms 110:1-7
For every kohen gadol taken from among men is appointed to act on behalf of people in matters relating to God, so that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to empathize with the ignorant and deluded, since he himself also is subject to weakness. For this reason he has to make offerings for sins—just as for the people, so also for himself. And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when he is called by God, as Aaron was. So also Messiah did not glorify Himself to be made Kohen Gadol; rather, it was God who said to Him, “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.” And He says in a different passage, “You are a kohen forever, according to the order of Melechizedek .” In the days of His life on earth, Yeshua offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death; and He was heard because of His reverence. Though He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. And once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him— called by God Kohen Gadol “according to the order of Melechizedek .” About this subject there is much for us to say, and it is hard to explain since you have become sluggish in hearing. For although you ought to be teachers by this time, again you need someone to teach you the basics of God’s sayings. You have come to need milk, not solid food. For anyone living on milk is inexperienced with the teaching about righteousness—he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who through practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil. Hebrews 5:1-14
Behold, Messiah Yeshua!
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