Brother, happy Sabbath, starting this Friday, November 17, 2023 at 9:38 AM EST!
Shabbat Shalom commencing at midday for the weekly Shabbat.
The creation story teaches us what a day of the week is. God established the days of the week from morning to morning, in the special case of the first day, from first light to light again in the morning and the days following from morning to morning. The first day ends on a morning that also begins the next day, making God's rest on the seventh day from morning to morning. There are two verifications of this understanding, following the passage below.
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and MORNING came, marking the first day. (Genesis 1:3-5 NLT)
We do not read the opening text in the same manner.
Yhoshua expounds one of the more critical meanings of bara' in the following passage:
Joshua 17:15-18 KJV
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and
cut down [H1254 bara'] for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt
cut it down:
[H1254 bara'] and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Thus you have the opinions of your translators and I have the scripture with the words of Yhoshua ben Nun.
Genesis 1:1-2
[01] In the beginning
[chief-head] Elohim
cuts down [H1254 bara'] the shamayim and the eretz, [02] and the eretz becomes wasted, and empty, and darkness upon the face of the abyss, and Ruaḥ Elohim broods over the countenance of the waters:
There is first a
cutting down, (H1254 bara'), and this is in the sense of cutting down trees to
build-make-create a house, as it is expounded in the Yhoshua passage quoted above, and the eretz becomes wasted and empty and darkness upon the face of the abyss, (or the deep).
The week days being from morning to morning is verified in the following passage where the previous night is the day before and the next night to come is part of the current day.
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” (Genesis 19:34 NIV)
I do not see that passage teaching what you say it teaches.
The week days being from morning to morning is verified in the desert for 40 years near Jerusalem, where the people disobeyed firstly not gathering Manna in the morning. They did not disobey over gathering quail in the evening because the morning of the seventh day took place before the evening of the seventh day. Quail in the evening for a whole month was not mentioned as disobeyed on the seventh day, when there was no food on the ground for the first time that seventh day.
That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew. When the dew evaporated, a flaky substance as fine as frost blanketed the ground... On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual—four quarts for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation. He told them, “This is what the LORD commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the LORD. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.” So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. And in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor. Moses said, “Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the LORD. There will be no food on the ground today. (Exodus 16:13-14, 22-25 NLT)
No mention was made of the quail that they later ate that evening because the first thing that would not be found the next day would be the Manna, because the seventh day began in the morning. The quail in the evening was not used to mark the next day, but Manna in the morning was used to mark the next day, which therefore started in the morning and not in the evening.
That is insightful but again it confirms what I have said. The quail came in the evening, the manna in the morning, and when the sun waxed hot the manna melted. Why does the passage begin with explaining the quail and not mention the quail at the end thereof? The day begins with the quail, evening first, just as it is taught the opening creation account, first an evening, then a morning. When we look at the close of the episode we see no mention of the quail because the day ends with the disappearance of the manna at midday, (when the sun waxes hot).
Notice what comes first: it is the quail, and they come at evening.
Exodus 16:1-7 KJV
1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel,
At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
7
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8 And Moses said, This shall be, when
the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat,
and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
Even the statement "and in the morning
bread to the full" implies that the morning fills up the remainder of the day. Then the quail come at evening, and again, it is evening before morning in the text.
Exodus 16:9-12 KJV
9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying,
At even ye shall eat flesh,
and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
13
And it came to pass,
that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp:
and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another,
It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them,
This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Then the focus changes slightly and Mosheh commands them not to lay up the manna until the next morning. The evening portion of the day is already established in the text, and it comes first, and the quail come first, then comes the morning which is the second portion of the day. We are not going to read about the quail again in this passage because it has already been expounded: so Mosheh commands them concerning the second portion of the day, the morning, which pertains to the manna.
Exodus 16:16-19 KJV
16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
Whatsoever is not of faith is of sin, and some did not believe, and therefore they sinned in this commandment not to lay up the manna until the next morning which is the next day.
Exodus 16:20-21 KJV
20
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses;
but some of them left of it until the morning,
and it bred worms,
and stank:
and Moses was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating:
and when the sun waxed hot,
it melted.
And when the sun waxed hot the manna melted: this is midday, when the sun is directly overhead.
Why therefore no more mention of the quail if your view is correct?
Exodus 16:22-26 KJV
22
And it came to pass,
that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 And he said unto them,
This is that which the LORD hath said,
To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake
to day, and seethe that ye will seethe;
and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24
And they laid it up till the morning,
as Moses bade:
and it did not stink,
neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said,
Eat that to day;
for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD:
to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26
Six days ye shall gather it;
but on the seventh day,
which is the sabbath,
in it there shall be none.
It is critically important to hear and understand what the text both says, and what it does not say: for the day is being expounded herein, and there is no mention of the evening portion of the day or the quail because both have already been addressed previously above in the passage. The day is therefore from the end of the morning of the sixth day, which is midday, just as has been shown previously, for the morning portion of the day is six hours: and from the end of the morning of the sixth day they are to lay up the second portion of the manna until the next morning and eat that in the second portion of the Shabbat, the morning portion, which is the six hours from sunrise to midday. Thus we have the day reckoned herein as from midday of the sixth day until midday of the next day, and that is the Shabbat.
However, again, some did not believe, and whatever is not of faith is of sin:
Exodus 16:27-31 KJV
27
And it came to pass,
that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather,
and they found none.
28
And the LORD said unto Moses,
How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath,
therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Thus the passage begins with the explanation of the evening portion of the day and the quail: then it follows through and concludes with the explanation of the morning portion of the day and the manna. The morning portion of the day is the conclusion of the day, and again, the morning portion of the day is six hours from sunrise unto midday.
Moreover, there are several places herein where the KJV is misleading, and one of them you and I have already discussed, which is the phrase "between the evenings" and its relevance to the makeup of a day and its importance to the timing of the daily evening oblation. This phrase is mentioned in the following statement which the KJV renders incorrectly in the quote above herein.
Exodus 16:12 YLT (Young's Literal Translation)
12 'I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak unto them, saying,
Between the evenings ye eat flesh, and in the morning ye are satisfied with bread, and ye have known that I am Jehovah your God.'
This is the same time as the evening oblation which is in no way whatsoever the same as sundown.
“And say to the people, ‘Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were whining, and the LORD heard you when you cried, “Oh, for some meat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will have to eat it. And it won’t be for just a day or two, or for five or ten or even twenty. You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’” (Numbers 11:18-20 NLT)
United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge
The portion you have highlighted in red says
a hodesh yamim and is teaching something quite different from what you appear to believe it says. Perhaps you should have believed it when it was shown to you from the scripture that
yom and
yamim may also be
hours.
I think God puts information in our hearts and minds.
