Parashat Devarim / פרשת דברים
- Mon, 16 July 2018 = 4th of Av, 5778
- ד׳ בְּאָב תשע״ח
Deuteronomy 1:11-21 (11 p'sukim)
11 “‘May Adonai, God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times as many as you are, and may He bless you just as He has promised you! 12 How can I bear your load and burden and bickering by myself? 13 Choose for yourselves wise and discerning men, well known to your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
14 “You answered me and said: ‘The thing you have said to do is good.’ 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, men who were wise and well known, and appointed them as heads over you—leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officials for your tribes.
16 “I commanded your judges at that time saying: ‘Hear cases between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or the outsider with him. 17 You must not show partiality in judgment—you must hear the small and the great alike. Fear no man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me and I will hear it.’
18 “I commanded you at that time everything you should do.
19 “Then we journeyed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Adonai our God commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 I said to you: ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Adonai our God is giving to us. 21 See, Adonai your God has set the land before you—go up, take possession, as Adonai God of your fathers has promised you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.’
11 יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֽוֹתֵכֶ֗ם יֹסֵ֧ף עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם כָּכֶ֖ם אֶ֣לֶף פְּעָמִ֑ים וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶתְכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר לָכֶֽם׃
12 אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א לְבַדִּ֑י טָרְחֲכֶ֥ם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃
13 הָב֣וּ לָ֠כֶם אֲנָשִׁ֨ים חֲכָמִ֧ים וּנְבֹנִ֛ים וִידֻעִ֖ים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑ם וַאֲשִׂימֵ֖ם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם׃
14 וַֽתַּעֲנ֖וּ אֹתִ֑י וַתֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ טֽוֹב־הַדָּבָ֥ר אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
15 וָאֶקַּ֞ח אֶת־רָאשֵׁ֣י שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם אֲנָשִׁ֤ים חֲכָמִים֙ וִֽידֻעִ֔ים וָאֶתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛ם רָאשִׁ֖ים עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם שָׂרֵ֨י אֲלָפִ֜ים וְשָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֗וֹת וְשָׂרֵ֤י חֲמִשִּׁים֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י עֲשָׂרֹ֔ת וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶֽם׃
16 וָאֲצַוֶּה֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣פְטֵיכֶ֔ם בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹ֑ר שָׁמֹ֤עַ בֵּין־אֲחֵיכֶם֙ וּשְׁפַטְתֶּ֣ם צֶ֔דֶק בֵּֽין־אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵין־אָחִ֖יו וּבֵ֥ין גֵּרֽוֹ׃
17 לֹֽא־תַכִּ֨ירוּ פָנִ֜ים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט כַּקָּטֹ֤ן כַּגָּדֹל֙ תִּשְׁמָע֔וּן לֹ֤א תָג֙וּרוּ֙ מִפְּנֵי־אִ֔ישׁ כִּ֥י הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט לֵאלֹהִ֣ים ה֑וּא וְהַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִקְשֶׁ֣ה מִכֶּ֔ם תַּקְרִב֥וּן אֵלַ֖י וּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃
18 וָאֲצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֑וא אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֽׂוּן׃
19 וַנִּסַּ֣ע מֵחֹרֵ֗ב וַנֵּ֡לֶךְ אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַגָּדוֹל֩ וְהַנּוֹרָ֨א הַה֜וּא אֲשֶׁ֣ר רְאִיתֶ֗ם דֶּ֚רֶךְ הַ֣ר הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ אֹתָ֑נוּ וַנָּבֹ֕א עַ֖ד קָדֵ֥שׁ בַּרְנֵֽעַ׃
20 וָאֹמַ֖ר אֲלֵכֶ֑ם בָּאתֶם֙ עַד־הַ֣ר הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽנוּ׃
21 רְ֠אֵה נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ לְפָנֶ֖יךָ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ עֲלֵ֣ה רֵ֗שׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י אֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ לָ֔ךְ אַל־תִּירָ֖א וְאַל־תֵּחָֽת׃
Our Pesukim continue with a recounting of the last 40 years and Moshe summarizes the events that lead up to the rebellion in the midbar (wilderness) as a result of the 10 spies. In Pesuk 20 & 21 we see the encouraging words that Moshe spoke to the B'nei Yisrael. "Adonai has set the Land before you!"... "Go up and take possession of it!"...
These words should've been received with faith after all that these people had seen. The sad reality is that this event took place only 3 days journey from Mitzrayim (Egypt).
Yes, this is the sad truth. What originally was only a 3 day journey, God had set the table for His people simply go in and inherit the Promised Land - He promised to deliver the Land into their hands, they had nothing to fear or be worried about; and the last commend made in our pesukim for today was: "Do not be afraid or discouraged".
It could not have been more easy then this. Sadly though, what was originally meant to be only a 3 day journey, turned into a 40 year wandering, with a whole generation lost before they would be allowed to return back.
What does this say to us today? When God makes a promise, we must not forget it, nor that He is a keeper of His promises no matter how long they take to appear to us!
Shimon Kefa reminds us: "3 First of all, understand that in the last days, scoffers will come scoffing, following after their own desires 4 and saying, “Where is this promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers died, everything goes on just as it has from the beginning of creation.” 2 Peter 3:3-4
Our promises are coming, our promises spoken by the prophets and the shaliachim in both תַּנַ"ךְ Tanakh and in the
"8 But don’t forget this one thing, loved ones, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:8-9
The God of Israel is a promise-keeper - HE ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES. All we need to do is always remember that His promises in Messiah Yeshua are YES & Amen! (2 Corinthians 1:20)
As the ghost-writer of the book of Hebrews said:
These words should've been received with faith after all that these people had seen. The sad reality is that this event took place only 3 days journey from Mitzrayim (Egypt).
Yes, this is the sad truth. What originally was only a 3 day journey, God had set the table for His people simply go in and inherit the Promised Land - He promised to deliver the Land into their hands, they had nothing to fear or be worried about; and the last commend made in our pesukim for today was: "Do not be afraid or discouraged".
It could not have been more easy then this. Sadly though, what was originally meant to be only a 3 day journey, turned into a 40 year wandering, with a whole generation lost before they would be allowed to return back.
What does this say to us today? When God makes a promise, we must not forget it, nor that He is a keeper of His promises no matter how long they take to appear to us!
Shimon Kefa reminds us: "3 First of all, understand that in the last days, scoffers will come scoffing, following after their own desires 4 and saying, “Where is this promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers died, everything goes on just as it has from the beginning of creation.” 2 Peter 3:3-4
Our promises are coming, our promises spoken by the prophets and the shaliachim in both תַּנַ"ךְ Tanakh and in the
"8 But don’t forget this one thing, loved ones, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:8-9
The God of Israel is a promise-keeper - HE ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES. All we need to do is always remember that His promises in Messiah Yeshua are YES & Amen! (2 Corinthians 1:20)
As the ghost-writer of the book of Hebrews said:
- וְחֶפְצֵנוּ שֶׁכָּל־אֶחָד מִכֶּם יִשְׁקֹד לִהְיוֹת נָכוֹן לִבּוֹ בַּתִּקְוָה עַד־הַקֵּץ׃ שֶׁלּא תֵּעָצֵלוּ כִּי אִם־תֵּלְכוּ בְּעִקְּבוֹת יוֹרְשֵׁי הַהַבְטָחוֹת בֶּאֱמוּנָה וְאֹרֶךְ נָפֶשׁ׃
Hebrews 6:11 But we long for each of you to show the same eagerness for the certainty of hope to the very end— 12 so you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those inheriting the promises through trust and perseverance.
Let us inherit all our promises through this trust and perseverance.
Amen
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