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Parsha 32: B’har (On Mount) בְּהַר
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינַי לֵאמֹֽר
Vay’daber ADONAI el-Moshe b’har Sinai leymor
“ADONAI spoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai; he said,..”
Parsha 33: B’chukkotai (In My Statutes) בְּחֻקֹּתַי
אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֹתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָֽם
Im-b’chukkotai teyleychu ve’et-mitsvotay tishmeru va’asitem otam
“If you live by my regulations, observe my mitzvot and obey them…”
Parsha in 60 Seconds Presents Behar
Parsha 32
Shalom and welcome to the Parsha in 60 seconds Today’s portion is from Leviticus 25:1–26:2 it is called Behar which means “on the mount” God gave the law of the Sabbatical year for the land in which every seventh year the people would not tend their fields but would eat anything that grew on its own. The sixth year crop was enough for three years. Every 50 years was the Jubilee year. When the horn blast all land holdings and debts were reset. If a person got bad land, their relative would bail them out. If you sold your home in a walled city, you have an entire year in which you could buy it back. After a year the sale was final. Country homes were subject to redemption and release through the jubilee. Levites were to reside permanently in the cities of the Levites. Their land could not be sold. Though owning slaves from other countries was allowed, indebted kinsman were to be treated as paid workers and not be charged interest for their debts. On Jubilee year they would be released. If indebted to a resident alien, a relative could bail them out or the debter could pay the pro rata or wait until jubilee. And that is Behar in 60 seconds.
A NOTE FROM MESSIANIC EDUCATION AUSTRALIA: The independent views expressed in this video are for open learning and discussion purposes only and are not to persuade or determine biblical doctrine.
Parsha in 60 Seconds Presents Bechukotai
Parsha 33
Shalom and welcome to the Parsha in 60 seconds Today’s portion is from Leviticus 26:3–27:34 it is called Bechukotai which means “by my decrees.” if the Israelites followed God’s laws, God would bless Israel with rains in their season, abundant harvests, peace, victory over enemies, fertility, and God’s presence. If they failed, God would wreak upon Israel misery, consumption, fever, stolen harvests, defeat by enemies, poor harvests, attacks of wild beasts, pestilence, famine, desolation, and timidity. Survivors would be exiled to the land of their enemies, where they would feel convicted, confess their sin, and atone. God would never forget the covenant. If anyone vowed to offer God the value of a human being, the following scale would apply: man from age 20 to 60, 50 shekels of silver woman 20 to 60, 30 shekels boy 5 to 20, 20 shekels girl 5 to 20, 10 shekels boy 1 month to 5 years, 5 shekels girl from 1 month to 5 years, 3 shekels man 60 or over, 15 shekels woman 60 or over, 10 shekels If vower was poor they would go to the priest to get a lower rate. Vowed animals were considered holy and nonexchangeable. Unclean animal vows were brought to the priest and 1/5 would be added to its cost. First born clean animals already belonged to God and could not be used, unclean firstborns were usable. Houses and land were also givable as a vow. Nothing that one had identified as condemned could be sold or redeemed, and no human being condemned could be ransomed, but he was to be put to death. tithes crops were to be God’s, Every tenth head of livestock was to be holy to God, and the owner was not to choose good or bad when counting off the tithe. And that is Bechukotai in 60 seconds.
A NOTE FROM MESSIANIC EDUCATION AUSTRALIA: The independent views expressed in this video are for open learning and discussion purposes only and are not to persuade or determine biblical doctrine.
