Exposition on the Tabernacle of Witness

Exodus 40:18. wayaqem Mosheh ‘eth-hamish’kan wayiten ‘eth-‘adanayu 
wayasem ‘eth-q’rashayu wayiten ‘eth-b’richayu wayaqem ‘eth-`amudayu. 

Ex 40:18 Mosheh erected the alaph tau tabernacle/mishkan H4908 and laid its alaph tau sockets/adanyu H134, 
and set up its alaph tau boards/qarash H7175, and inserted its alaph tau bars/baryach H1280 and erected its alaph tau pillars/amudyu H5982.

There is an alaph tau before each word above... The word adanyu is the same word Adonay on which the mishkanot/tabernacle stands... The adanyu are the sockets on which the mishkanot/tabernacle stands.... Physical pointing to the spiritual

Adon /Adonay means Master and Yahusha is the Master, the base of our belief The Adon

The word boards is the Abary word qarash

Qar means call and rash is the first head... The rash is calling

Exo 26:14  “And you shall make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the Tent, and a covering of fine leather above that.

 15  “And for the Dwelling Place you shall make the boards of acacia wood, standing up.

 16  “Ten cubits is the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board,

 17  two tenons/yad H3027 in each board for binding one to another. Do the same for all the boards of the Dwelling Place.

 18  “And you shall make the boards for the Dwelling Place, twenty boards for the south side,

 19  and make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons/yad.

 20  “And for the second side of the Dwelling Place, on the north side, twenty boards,

 21  and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under each of the boards.

 22  “And for the extreme parts of the Dwelling Place, westward, make six boards,

 23  and make two boards for the two back corners of the Dwelling Place.

 24  “And they are double beneath and similarly they are complete to the top, to the one ring. So it is for both of them, they are for the two corners.

 25  “And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets – two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.

 26  “And you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling Place,

The boards/qarash were made for supporting the tabernacle/mishkanot and the boards had a base which went into sockets/adanyu

See verse Exo 26: 17 two tenons/yad ...that is two hands would be in one board/qarash made of shittim /acaia wood. The word shatah /acaia or shittim....The two yad/hands in qarash/board made of shathah/whip ats/tree show the hands crucified on the stake.

'shathah' has the base word 'shath' which means scourge /whip. The tabernacle /mishkanot stands on the suffering of the Adon /Adanyu. The shittim/shathah ats/tree or wood stands spiritually for the stake /cross

Hence we see the qarash /board revealing the call of the resh to be partakers of his suffering... To look on him whom we have pierced

Exo 26: 18  “And you shall make the boards for the Dwelling Place/mishkan H4908, twenty boards for the south side,

 19  and make forty sockets/adan H134 of silver/kasap H3701 under the twenty boards, two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons/yad.

 20  “And for the second side of the Dwelling Place, on the north side, twenty boards,

 21  and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under each of the boards.

The boards/qarash for the tabernacle/mishkan were to be 20 for the south side. The number 2 speaks of witness x 10 where number 10 speaks of completeness. The number 40 speaks of affliction examples: Yasharal journey in wilderness for 40 years, Yahusha was led into the wilderness by the Ruach and fasted for 40 days and 40 nights after which he was hungry.
The 40 adan/adon where adan/adon speaks of the Masters affliction and the Abary word for silver is kasap H3701 which also means 'desire'

Kasap: H3701- silver & H3700- desire or long

The Masters affliction is to be desired as silver and these 40 sockets/adon (affliction of the Master) were to be under the 20 boards (2 x 10 - a complete witness), two sockets/adon ( witness of Adon) under each of the boards for its two tenons/yad (hands). The two tenons/yad (hands) under each of the board/qarash (call of the resh) hold the tabernacle up.

The same was to be replicated for the north side. It's interesting to see that the tribes of Yasharal stood as the southern and the northern tribes where the southern tribes were Yahudah, Banyamyan, Lewi and few people from the northern tribes which came over to the southern tribes in the days of Yeroboam the son of Nebat who caused Yasharal to sin with his golden calves which he placed in Dan and Bethel. The Northern tribes consisted of the 10 tribes which included Dan which later was dropped off because of their abominations which they did in causing their brethren to sin against Yahuah. I have covered this in detail in the study '12 or 13 tribes of Yasharal?' found here: 

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Exo 26: 22  “And for the extreme parts of the Dwelling Place, westward, make six boards,

 23  and make two boards for the two back corners of the Dwelling Place.

 24  “And they are double beneath and similarly they are complete to the top, to the one ring. So it is for both of them, they are for the two corners.

 25  “And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets – two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.

 26  “And you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling Place,

The east and the west show the Son of the Most High in his coming from the east to the west

Mat 24:27  “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be. 

Eze 43:4  And the esteem of יהוה came into the House by way of the gate facing east. 

Eze 43:5  And the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard. And see, the esteem of יהוה filled the House. 

The most set apart place stood at the westernmost end of the Tabernacle, being a perfect cube: 20 cubits by 20 cubits by 20 cubits.

2 Ch 3:8  And he made the House of the Most Set-apart. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with fine gold, six hundred talents.

Eze 44:1  And He brought me back to the outer gate of the set-apart place which faces east, and it was shut. 

Eze 44:2  And יהוה said to me, “This gate is shut, it is not opened, and no one enters it, because יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl has entered by it, and it shall be shut

Yahusha's star was seen in the east

Mat 2:2  saying, “Where is He who has been born Sovereign of the Yehuḏim? For we saw His star in the East and have come to do reverence to Him.” 

So the glory of Yahuah came from the east to the west where the Most Set Apart place was and dwelt there behind the veil.

Exo 26: 25  “And they shall be eight/shamun H8083 boards/qarash H7175, and their sockets/adan H134 of silver/kasap H3701, sixteen sockets/adan H134 – two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.

The word for number eight in Abary  is shaman/shamun and also means ''oil''

The sockets of Silver show the Adon's/socket kasap/desire. In those eight boards which shows the ''anointed/shaman calling of the resh/qarash''  the sockets of silver total 16 show a double portion of the anointing oil in a witness of the Adon/sockets two under each board/qarash.

Exo 26:26  “And you shall make bars/bariyach H1280 of shittim/shathah H7848 wood/ats H6086, five for the boards on one side of the Dwelling Place,
Exo 26:27  and five bars for the boards on the other side of the Dwelling Place, and five bars for the boards of the side of the Dwelling Place, for the extreme parts westward, 

The bar/Son, barach/pierce in the word bariyach/bars of shathah/shat which means whip/scourge and the wood/ats show the Son was pierced and afflicted by being nailed to the tree/wood. The 5 x 3 = 15 shows the completeness of the wrath poured out during the Atonement and the rest following it. The number 15 shows the prevailing of the wrath and deliverance post it.

Gen 7:19  And the waters were exceedingly mighty on the earth, and all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered. 

Gen 7:20  The waters became mighty, fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 

During Noach flood the waters prevailed 15 cubits upward while Noach and his family were safe in the ark.

Yahuah added 15 years to Hezekiah's life when he reminded Aluahym of his right ruling and following his ways. These 15 years Yahuah would protect Hezekiah out of the hand of the Ashshur while he pours out his wrath against Ashshur.

Isa 38:5  “Go and say to Ḥizqiyahu, ‘Thus said יהוה, the Elohim of Dawiḏ your father, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. See, I am adding fifteen years to your days. 
Isa 38:6  “And out of the hand of the sovereign of Ashshur I shall deliver you and this city, and protect this city.” ’

The number 15 in the Bible pictures rest, which comes after deliverance, represented by fourteen. The 15th day of the first Hebrew month (Abib) is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a day of rest for the children of Yasharal. 

Lev 23:6  ‘And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Festival of Unleavened Bread to יהוה – seven days you eat unleavened bread.


The 15th day of the 7th Hebrew month begins the Feast of Tabernacles, also a day of rest.

 Alahym miraculously delivered Yasharal's firstborn from the death angel just as Passover began after sunset (Abib 14) and the children of Yasharal began to leave Egypt (Exodus 12:40 - 41) going into Abib 15 

Exo 12:40  And the sojourn of the children of Yisra’ĕl who lived in Mitsrayim was four hundred and thirty years. 

Exo 12:41  And it came to be at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that same day it came to be that all the divisions of יהוה went out from the land of Mitsrayim. 
Exo 12:42  It is a night to be observed unto יהוה for bringing them out of the land of Mitsrayim. This night is unto יהוה, to be observed by all the children of Yisra’ĕl throughout their generations. 

Deu 16:1  “Guard the month of Aḇiḇ, and perform the Passover to יהוה your Elohim, for in the month of Aḇiḇ יהוה your Elohim brought you out of Mitsrayim by night. 

This night is referred to as the 'night to be much observed'

The bars of shittim wood in Exo 26:26-27 five for the boards on one side and five on the other side and five for the extreme parts westward show the completeness of the Atonement post which the rest follows because the glory of Yahuah comes from the east into the west to dwell there.

Coming back to Exodus 40:18...

18  And Mosheh raised up the Dwelling Place and placed its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars/baryach,and raised up its columns,

The word barach /bariyach also means to pierce or flee

YashaYahu 27:1  In that day יהוה with His severe sword, great and strong, punishes Liwiathan the fleeing/bariyach serpent, Liwiathan that twisted serpent. And He shall kill the monster that is in the sea.

Lui /Levite than/hire or gift twisted bariyach /fleeing serpent is pierced to the ground by the stake/shatah Ats... The suffering of our Adon

Thus revealing the true priesthood which is like the amud/pillar

Rev 3:12  “He who overcomes, I shall make him a supporting post in the Dwelling Place of My Elohim, and he shall by no means go out. And I shall write on him the Name of My Elohim and the name of the city of My Elohim, the renewed Yerushalayim, which comes down out of the heaven from My Elohim, and My renewed Name.

The word columns is the Abary word amud which means pillar as Yahusha says he would make us who overcomes. The word bariyach has the bar/son rach /travel and rayach /aroma barach / flee and ruach/wind or spirit.

The ruach aroma from the Sons travel causes the serpent to flee i.e. The basarah of the Son

HalaluYah... Turah has minute details of the Son hidden in the outward form of letter

The matsah in the Matsuah

Exo 20:4  “You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth,

Exo 20:5  you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exo 20:6  but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My commands/ H4687 (matsuah)

Matsuah מִצְוָה

 Strong’s H4687 a command, whether human or divine (collectively the Law): - (which was) commanded (-ment), law, ordinance, precept

The Abary word for command is matsuah and is the same spelling for the word ‘matsah’ which means unleavened.

Matsah: H4682 מַצָּה

an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used): - unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.

Exo 12:8  ‘And they shall eat the flesh on that night, roasted in fire – with unleavened bread/matsah H4682 and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Both the words ‘matsuah’ which means command and ‘matsah’ which means unleavened come from the root word ‘mats’ which means ‘to squeeze’

Mats:

What is the picture that we see here?

When the ‘matsuah/command’ is squeezed we find the ‘matsah/unleavened bread’ who is Mashiyach. An evidence that Mashiyach Yahusha is hidden in the commandments.

John14:15 “If you love Me/ Yahusha, you shall keep My commandments’/ matsuatay.”

The ruach is in the letter and hence the letter which contains the chamats when squeezed we get the unleavened bread.

Chamats: Leavened

If we drop the first letter ‘’chat’’ which is a pictograph of a fence we get ‘mats’ which means squeeze. The same word H2541 chamuts means ‘’Oppressed’’

Chamuts: חָמוֹץ

‘’Oppressed’’

Hidden in this word is the suffering of our Savior Yahusha ha Mashiyach because he was oppressed and squeezed for our leaven/sin was laid on him and he is the Unleavened bread and we become Unleavened in him as we are identified with his sufferings and are part of the ones being squeezed to remove the leaven from us.

1Cor 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven/saar leavens/chamats the whole lump?

There was a man in the Corinthian assembly who slept with his father’s wife

1Cor 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as does not exist even among the Gentiles/Guym, that someone has his father’s wife.

1Cor 5:2 You have become arrogant and have not rather mourned, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst

Paul/Shaul was reminding the assembly that they need to remove the little leaven that leavens the whole assembly 

Saur: Yeast

We get our English word ‘sour’ from ‘saur’ which means yeast/leaven in Abary.

John19:28 After this, Yahusha, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, “I am thirsty.”

John 19:29 A jar full of vinegar/chamats was set there; so they filled a sponge with the vinegar/chamats, and put it upon hyssop and brought it up to His/Yahusha’s mouth.

John19:30 Therefore when Yahusha had received the vinegar/chamats, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

Yahusha to fulfill the scripture said ‘’I am thirsty’’….his thirst was to make us unleavened in himself by squeezing out the ‘chat’ from the ‘mats’ to make us ‘matsah/unleavened’ in himself.

The root words in ‘Saur’ are ‘Sar’ which means ‘ruler’ and ‘ar/aur’ which means ‘light’. The yeast tends to rule the dough making it puffed up and has an influence to stick to every molecule of the dough to make it ‘sour or leavened’ and Shatan’s basarah is like this because it has a false ‘ar/aur- light’

The man who took his father’s wife is a spiritual picture of fornication with ‘’Mystery Babal’’ which is earthly Yerushalam with her children who fornicate with her by eating things offered to idols i.e. a false basarah.

Luke 13:20 And again He said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of the Elohim?”

Luke 13:21 “It is like leaven/saur, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened/chamats.”

The word ‘saur’ has the ‘samek which is a pictograph of a thorn and means ‘support/guide’ . The samek here guides the ‘aur’ i.e. light to another direction.

2Cor 11:13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves as apostles of the Mashiyach.

2Cor 11:14 No marvel, for even hasatan transformed himself into an angel of light

The chat in the chamats is a fence which divides from the outside from the inside…the inside are the ones who are ‘matsah/ Unleavened’ whereas the outside as the ones who are ‘chamats/Leavened’. And those outside are occupied in the letter and cannot see the ruach in the letter whereas those Unleavened will ‘mats the matsuah/ squeeze the command’ to see the ruach in it.

12 or 13 tribes of Yasharal?

When reading Ezekiel chapter 48 we see Yahuah recording 13 tribes of Yasharal and being in their midst as Yahuah Shammah which means Yahuah is there.

Eze 48:35  “All around: eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city from that day is: יהוה is there1!” In Heḇrew: יהוה Shammah!

Let me list out the tribes mentioned here in Ezekiel 48 to whom were allotted the land:

1) Dan

Eze 48:1  “And these are the names of the tribes: From the north end along the way to Ḥethlon at the entrance of Ḥamath, to Ḥatsar Ěnan, the border of Damascus northward by the side of Ḥamath, from its east to its west side, Dan: one.

2) Asher

Eze 48:2  “And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Ashĕr: one.

3) Naphtali

Eze 48:3  “And by the border of Ashĕr, from the east side to the west, Naphtali: one.

4) Menashsheh

Eze 48:4  “And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Menashsheh: one.

5) Ephrayim

Eze 48:5  “And by the border of Menashsheh, from the east side to the west, Ephrayim: one.

6) Re’uḇĕn

Eze 48:6  “And by the border of Ephrayim, from the east side to the west, Re’uḇĕn: one.

7) Yahuḏah

Eze 48:7  “And by the border of Re’uḇĕn, from the east side to the west, Yehuḏah: one.

8) Lewites

Eze 48:11  for the priests of the sons of Tsaḏoq, who are set-apart, who did guard My Charge, who did not go astray when the children of Yisra’ĕl went astray, as the Lĕwites went astray.
Eze 48:12  “So this contribution shall be to them, from the contribution of the land, a most set-apart place by the border of the Lĕwites.

Eze 48:14  “And they do not sell any of it, nor exchange it, nor transfer this best part of the land, for it is set-apart to יהוה.

The Lewites were not allowed to sell their inheritance as it belonged to the prince

Eze 48:22  “So the possession of the Lĕwites and the possession of the city are in the midst of what belongs to the prince – between the border of Yehuḏah and the border of Binyamin, it belongs to the prince.

9) Binyamin

Eze 48:23  “As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Binyamin: one

10) Shimon

Eze 48:24  “And by the border of Binyamin, from the east side to the west side, Shimʽon:

11) Yissakar

Eze 48:25  “And by the border of Shimʽon, from the east side to the west side, Yissasḵar: one.

12) Zebulun

Eze 48:26  “And by the border of Yissasḵar, from the east side to the west side, Zeḇulun:

13) Gad

Eze 48:27  “And by the border of Zeḇulun, from the east side to the west side, Gaḏ: one.

These are the lands and portions to be divided among the tribes...I listed all the 13 tribes mentioned in this chapter.

Eze 48:29  “This is the land which you divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, and these are their portions,” declares the Master יהוה.

13 tribes?

We see in Ezekiel Yoseph's both sons Ephraym and Menashsheh are listed as he was promised a portion more than his brothers. In Rev 7 which we will see a little later his name Yoseph and Menashsheh is listed which is one and the same as Yahuah maintains his promise of lot of a double portion.

Gen 48:5  “And now, your two sons, Ephrayim and Menashsheh, who were born to you in the land of Mitsrayim before I came to you in Mitsrayim, are mine – as Re’uḇĕn and Shimʽon, they are mine.

Jos 14:4  For the children of Yosĕph had become two tribes: Menashsheh and Ephrayim. And they gave no part to the Lĕwites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their open land for their livestock and their possessions.

Gen 48:22  “And I, I have given to you (Yoseph) one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Hence we see both Ephrayim and Menashsheh were included as tribes just as Reuben and Shimon were making the count to 13. But we know that 12 is a spiritual number denoting Yahuah's people and Yahuah maintains his lot as 12 in showing that he had to break a branch which we will see as a spiritual picture even in the Renewed Testament a little later.

Who was the tribe who was broken off as a branch?

Gen 49:16  “Dan rules his people as one of the tribes of Yisra’ĕl.
 17  “Dan is a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.

1Ki 12:26  And Yaroḇʽam said in his heart, “Now the reign shall return to the house of Dawiḏ.
1Ki 12:27  “If these people go up to do slaughterings in the House of יהוה at Yerushalayim, then the heart of this people shall turn back to their master, Reḥaḇʽam sovereign of Yehuḏah, and they shall slay me and go back to Reḥaḇʽam sovereign of Yehuḏah.”
1Ki 12:28  So the sovereign took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim. See, your mighty ones, O Yisra’ĕl, which brought you up from the land of Mitsrayim!”
1Ki 12:29  And he set up one in Bĕyth Ěl, and the other he put in Dan.
1Ki 12:30  And this matter became a sin, for the people went before the one as far as Dan

The name Dan H1835 comes from the word Dun/Dayan H1777 means ruler/judge

Gen 49:16 Dan shall judge/dayan his people, as one of the tribes of Yisra’El.

verse 17 says Dan is like a serpent by the way, an adder by the path that bites the horses heels so that its rider falls backward.

I am seeing twelve and thirteen tribes both as being correct....because OT included Dan with his other 11 brothers and in Rev 7 Dan is excluded because this branch was broken off

OT numbering of 12 tribes:

Gen 49:1  And Yaʽaqoḇ called his sons and said, “Gather together, so that I declare to you what is to befall you in the last days:
Gen 49:2  “Gather together and hear, you sons of Yaʽaqoḇ, and listen to Yisra’ĕl your father

1) Reuben

Gen 49:3  “Re’uḇĕn, you are my first-born, my power and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of exaltation and the excellency of power.
Gen 49:4  “Boiling like water, you do not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then you defiled it – he went up to my couch.

2) Shimon & 3) Lewi

Gen 49:5  “Shimʽon and Lĕwi are brothers, their weapons are implements of violence.
Gen 49:6  “Let my being not enter their council, let my esteem not be united to their assembly; because they slew a man in their displeasure, and they lamed an ox in pleasure.
Gen 49:7  “Cursed be their displeasure for it is fierce, and their wrath for it is cruel! I divide them in Yaʽaqoḇ and scatter them in Yisra’ĕl.

4) Yahudah

Gen 49:8  “You, Yehuḏah, your brothers praise you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down before you.
Gen 49:9  “Yehuḏah is a lion’s cub; from the prey you have gone up, my son! He bowed down, he crouched like a lion. And like a lion, who does rouse him?
Gen 49:10  “The sceptre shall not turn aside from Yehuḏah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of peoples.
Gen 49:11  “Binding his donkey to the vine, and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he washed his garments in wine, and his robes in the blood of grapes.
Gen 49:12  “His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

5) Zebulun

Gen 49:13  “Zeḇulun dwells at the seashore, he is for a haven for ships, and his border is unto Tsiḏon.

6) Yissakar

Gen 49:14  “Yissasḵar is a strong donkey lying down between two burdens,
Gen 49:15  and he saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, and he inclined his shoulder to bear a burden, and became a subject to slave labour.

7) Dan

Gen 49:16  “Dan judges/dayan his people as one of the tribes of Yisra’ĕl.
Gen 49:17  “Dan is a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.
Gen 49:18  “I have waited for your deliverance, O יהוה!

8) Gad

Gen 49:19  “Gaḏ, a raiding band raids him, but he raids its heel.

9) Asher

Gen 49:20  “Bread from Ashĕr is rich, and he gives delicacies of a sovereign.

10) Naphtali

Gen 49:21  “Naphtali is a deer let loose, he gives words of elegance.

11) Yoseph

Gen 49:22  “Yosĕph is an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree, an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree by a fountain, his branches run over a wall.
Gen 49:23  “And the archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him.
Gen 49:24  “But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Yaʽaqoḇ – from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Yisra’ĕl –
Gen 49:25  from the Ěl of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Gen 49:26  “The blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, up to the limit of the everlasting hills. They are on the head of Yosĕph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.

12) Binyamin

Gen 49:27  “Binyamin is a wolf that tears, in the morning he eats prey, and at night he divides the spoil.”

Gen 49:28  All these are the twelve tribes of Yisra’ĕl, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them, he blessed each one according to his own blessing.

The following should be seen and not missed :

1) That Yaaqob called his 12 sons and told them what would befall them in the last days and blessed them

2) Yaaqob didn't include Ephrayim or Menashsheh in the counting as Yahuah promised him a portion more than his brothers (Gen 48:5,22), if he mentioned Yoseph he should either have mentioned Yoseph and Menashsheh as Revelation 7 mentions

3) Dan's blessing was not a blessing actually but a prophecy of him being cut off because he would cause the fall of many in Yasharal

Gen 49:16  “Dan judges/dayan his people as one of the tribes of Yisra’ĕl.
Gen 49:17  “Dan is a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.
Gen 49:18  “I have waited for your deliverance, O יהוה! 

If Menashsheh is included then the count becomes 13,

1.Reuben,
2.Simeon,
3.Judah,
4.Issachar
5.Zebulun
6.Dan
7.Naphtali
8.Gad
9.Asher
10.Benjamin
11.Yoseph
12.Manasseh (son of Yoseph)
13. Levi


 We won't include Ephraiym as Yoseph is mentioned in Gen 49...and we have to maintain Gen 48:22...“And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers.... and that's exactly what Ezekiel does in Chapter 48 but instead of Yoseph he mentions Ephrayim taking the count of 13 but Rev 7 is a spiritual numbering of the 12 tribes as 12 x 12 x 1000 =144000 and maintains the 12 tribes as per Yahuah's counting by cutting off the branch/tribe Dan as prophesied in Gen 49:18 I have waited for your deliverance, O Yahuah.

Rev 7:4  And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of all the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl:
Rev 7:5  of the tribe of Yehuḏah twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Re’uḇĕn twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Gaḏ twelve thousand were sealed,
Rev 7:6  of the tribe of Ashĕr twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Menashsheh twelve thousand were sealed,
Rev 7:7  of the tribe of Shimʽon twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Lĕwi twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Yissasḵar twelve thousand were sealed,
Rev 7:8  of the tribe of Zeḇulun twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Yosĕph twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Binyamin twelve thousand were sealed.

Yahuchanan maintains Yoseph's lot of one portion above his brethren by including Menashsheh and Yoseph's name, he also excludes Dan to keep the count to 12 tribes.

Ten northern tribes and 2 southern tribes:

The other problem we face is when Yahuah stripped Rehaboam the son of Shelemoh/Solomon of the tribes of Yasharal, he told Yeroboam that he would give him 10 tribes and he would preserve 1 tribe for the sake of his servant Daud which would make the count to 11. Here are the scriptures...

1Kings 11:31  and said to Yaroḇʽam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus said יהוה, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘See, I am tearing the reign out of the hand of Shelomoh and shall give ten tribes to you,
 32  but he shall have ONE tribe for the sake of My servant Dawiḏ, and for the sake of Yerushalayim, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl.

Is this a problem in the counting? To understand this we must see and understand that Yasharal was now split into two houses with 10 tribes forming the northern tribes and 2 tribes becoming One tribe as the southern tribes

Benjamin and Yahudah is called as one tribe by Yahuah himself

1 Kings 12:21  And Reḥaḇoam came to Yerushalayim, and he assembled all the house of Yehuḏah with the tribe of Binyamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen brave men, to fight against the house of Yisra’ĕl, to bring back the reign to Reḥaḇʽam son of Shelomoh.

So going by this count we would get:

Northern tribes as:

1.Reuben,
2.Simeon,
3.Issachar
4.Zebulun
5.Dan
6.Naphtali
7.Gad
8.Asher
9.Yoseph
10.Manasseh (son of Yoseph)
11. Levi

Eleven, so wouldn't this be a problem? Because we read Yahuah told Yeroboam ...1Kings 11:31  and said to Yaroḇʽam, “Take for yourself ten pieces,

There is no contradiction in Yahuah's dabar, men create the confusion. This is what happened...Even the Lewites took their stand with Rehaboam as Yeroboam and his sons rejected them as priests serving Yahuah so they crossed over to Rehaboam into the southern tribes

2Ch 11:13  And from all their borders the priests and the Lĕwites who were in all Yisra’ĕl took their stand with him/Rehaboam.
2Ch 11:14  For the Lĕwites left their open lands and their possessions and came to Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, for Yaroḇʽam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests unto יהוה,
2Ch 11:15  as he appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for goats, and the calf idols which he had made.
2Ch 11:16  And after the Lĕwites left, those from all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, such as set their heart to seek יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, came to Yerushalayim to offer to יהוה Elohim of their fathers.

So now we would have a perfect count:

Northern tribes as ten pieces:

1.Reuben,
2.Simeon,
3.Issachar
4.Zebulun
5.Dan
6.Naphtali
7.Gad
8.Asher
9.Yoseph
10.Manasseh (son of Yoseph)

Southern tribes as ONE house:

1) Yahudah
2) Benyamin
3) Lewites

There was still time for Dan to be cut off as a tribe so Yahuah allowed the count to remain as 13 but in his wisdom kept the count as 11 as seen when the houses were divided and 12 when Dan was cut off and the houses made one. This same pattern is seen in the Renewed Testament.

12 or 13 apostles of the Lamb?

Yahudah/Judas Iscariot who betrayed died leaving the count to 11, lots were cast and MattitYahu was chosen to be the twevelth.

Acts 1:26 And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to MattithYahu; and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Was Shaul/Paul the actual 12th apostle not by man?

Gal 1:1  Sha’ul, an emissary – not from men, nor by a man, but by יהושע Messiah and Elohim the Father who raised Him from the dead

Eph 1:1  Sha’ul, an emissary of יהושע Messiah by the desire of Elohim, to the set-apart ones who are in Ephesos, and true to Messiah יהושע:

Shaul emissary/apostle not by men or man but by Yahusha Messiah and by the desire of Alahym.

Wasn't Paul indicating what was concealed in the 11/12/13 tribes comparing to Yahuah's choosing of the apostles?

Rev 21:14  And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve emissaries of the Lamb.

We see the same picture among the apostles as with the tribes...Yahudah Iscariot died leaving the count to 11, the apostles cast lots and chose MattitYahu to bring the count to 12 but Shaul was the apostle/emissary chosen by the desire of Alahym and not by men/man as we see in his opening greeting to the assemblies in Galatia and Ephesus. This would bring the count to 13 in the eyes of the people but Yahuah separated him as the apostle to the guym/lost sheep of the house of Yasharal and by his calling received the right hand of the fellowship along with Barnabah.

Gal 2:7  But on the contrary, when they saw that the Good News to the uncircumcised had been entrusted to me, even as Kĕpha to the circumcised –
Gal 2:8  for He who worked in Kĕpha to make him an emissary to the circumcised also worked in me for the guym/lost sheep of the house of Yasharal.
Gal 2:9  So when Yaʽaqoḇ, Kĕpha, and Yoḥanan, who seemed to be supports, came to know the favour that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnaḇah the right hand of fellowship, in order that we go to the guym and they to the circumcised, 

The guym that Shaul/Paul was chosen as an apostle/emissary were not the heathen guym as Christianity believes but the lost ten tribes of Yasharal who were now termed as guym/nations. For details on who the guym are you may visit my study ' The trampling of the outer court' in the link below:

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Rev 21:14 lists 12 apostles (not by name though) but who do you think was the 12th?  MattitYahu who was chosen by human lots or Shaul who was not by man but by Yahusha himself?

Speaking of the tribes Revelation 7 lists 144000 which is 12 x 12 x 1000 and Dan/judge is excluded .Also Yahudah, Benjamin & Lewi are listed separate as in Renewed covenant he/Yahusha broke the middle wall of partition and made Yahudi and Yunani/Guym (ten tribes) one.

The lost 10 tribes:

The ten lost tribes were the ten of the twelve tribes of ancient Yasharal that were said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Yasharal after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empirecirca 722 BCE. These are the tribes, Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Yissakar, Zebulun, Menashsheh and Ephrayim. Claims of descent from the "lost" tribes have been proposed in relation with a Messianic view that the tribes will return as the lost sheep of the house of Yasharal known as guym.

In 732 BCE, the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III sacked Damascus and Yasharal, annexing Aramea and territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh in Gilead including the desert outposts of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. People from these tribes, including the Reubenite leader, were taken captive and resettled in the region of the Khabur River system in Assyria/Mesopotamia. Tiglath-Pilesar also captured the territory of Naphtali and the city of Janoah in Ephraim, and an Assyrian governor was placed over the region of Naphtali. According to 2 Kings 16:9 and 15:29, the population of Aram and the annexed part of Yasharal was deported to Assyria.

Yasharal continued to exist within the reduced territory as an independent kingdom subject to Assyria until around 725-720 BCE, when it was again invaded by Assyria and the rest of the population deported. Scriptures relate that the population of Yasharal was exiled, leaving only the Tribe of Yahudah, the Tribe of Binyamin, and the people of the Tribe of Lewi who lived among them of the original Yasharal tribes in the southern Kingdom of Yahudah.

2 Kings 15:29  In the days of Peqaḥ sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, Tiḡlath-Pileser sovereign of Ashshur came and took Iyon, and Aḇĕl Bĕyth Maʽaḵah, and Yanowaḥ, and Qeḏesh, and Ḥatsor, and Gilʽaḏ, and Galil, all the land of Naphtali, and took them into exile to Ashshur.

According to 2 Chronicles 15:9, some members of the tribes of Ephrayim, Menashsheh, and Shimon "fled" to Yahudah during the reign of Asa of Yahudah (c. 911 - 870 BCE). Whether these groups were absorbed into the population or remained distinct groups, or returned to their tribal lands is not indicated.

2 Chr 15:8  And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oḏĕḏ the prophet, he strengthened himself, and removed the abominations from all the land of Yehuḏah and Binyamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephrayim, and restored the slaughter-place of יהוה that was before the porch of יהוה,

 9  and gathered all Yehuḏah and Binyamin, and those who sojourned with them from Ephrayim, and Menashsheh, and Shimʽon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Yisra’ĕl when they saw that יהוה his Elohim was with him.

 10  And they gathered together at Yerushalayim in the third new moon, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

The Lewites has already crossed over to Yahudah in the days of Yeroboam as we read earlier

2Ch 11:13  And from all their borders the priests and the Lĕwites who were in all Yisra’ĕl took their stand with him.
2Ch 11:14  For the Lĕwites left their open lands and their possessions and came to Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, for Yaroḇʽam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests unto יהוה,
2Ch 11:15  as he appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for goats, and the calf idols which he had made.
2Ch 11:16  And after the Lĕwites left, those from all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, such as set their heart to seek יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, came to Yerushalayim to offer to יהוה Elohim of their fathers.

The Babylonian captivity:

The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Yahudi history during which a number of people from the ancient kingdom of Yahudah were captives in Babylonia. After the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, besieged Yerushalam, resulting in tribute being paid by King Yehoiakim. Yehoiakim refused to pay tribute in Nebuchadnezzar's fourth year, which led to another siege in Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year, culminating with the death of Yehoiakim and the exile of king Yeconiah, his court and many others; Yeconiah's successor Zedekiah and others were exiled in Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year; a later deportation occurred in Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year. The dates, numbers of deportations, and numbers of deportees given in the biblical accounts vary.[2] These deportations are dated to 597 BCE for the first, with others dated at 587/586 BCE, and 582/581 BCE respectively.

After the fall of Babylon to the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE, exiled Yahudites (southern tribes) were permitted to return to Yahudah. According to the scroll of Ezra, construction of the second temple in Yerushalam began around 537 BCE. All these events are considered significant in Yahudite history and culture.

The scriptural basis for the idea of "10 Lost Tribes" is 2 Kings 17:6

2Ki 17:6  In the ninth year of Hoshĕa, the sovereign of Ashshur captured Shomeron and exiled Yisra’ĕl to Ashshur, and settled them in Ḥalaḥ and Ḥaḇor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 
2Ki 17:7  Now this came to be because the children of Yisra’ĕl had sinned against יהוה their Elohim – who had brought them up out of the land of Mitsrayim, from under the hand of Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim – and feared other mighty ones,
2Ki 17:8  and walked in the laws of the heathens whom יהוה had dispossessed from before the children of Yisra’ĕl, and of the sovereigns of Yisra’ĕl that they had made.
2Ki 17:9  And the children of Yisra’ĕl secretly did against יהוה their Elohim matters that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower unto the walled city,

Yasharal 10 tribes remain scattered till date. When Cyrus commanded the return of exile few from Yasharal came to strengthen their brothers hands. The Yahudite historian Josephus (37–100 CE) wrote that "the ten tribes are beyond the Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude and not to be estimated in numbers.

Many on facebook are claiming their descent to these 10 tribes by boasting and identifying their lineage, the so called Yahudi's who returned to form the nation of Yasharal in 1948 are khazar's and not true Yahudi's. Its impossible to identify a tribe or lineage to a tribe because all the twelve tribes were dispersed into all the countries of the world.

Kepha writes his letter to the chosen, strangers of the dispersion in Pontos, Galatia, Kappadokia, Asia and Bithunia

1Pe 1:1  Kĕpha, an emissary of יהושע Messiah, to the chosen, strangers of the dispersion in Pontos, Galatia, Kappadokia, Asia, and Bithunia,

James/Yaaqob writes his letter to the twelve tribes in dispersion

Jas 1:1 Yaʽaqoḇ, a servant of Elohim and of the Master יהושע Messiah, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Greetings.

Paul understood the dispersion perfectly and that's why he said not to pay attention to fables and endless genealogies.

1Tim 1:4 nor to pay attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than an administration of Elohim which is in belief.

Apart from Yahudah and Benjamin and Lewi who went into Babylonian captivity and came back to the land no other tribe from the northern tribes had a genealogy to boast of because they were scattered in dispersion of Assyrian empire.

Yahuah promised David that from his lineage Mashiyach would proceed so Yahuah made only his genealogy obvious and all those clinging to the house of Daud until Mashiyach.

Example: Paul says he is from the tribe Benjamin and that's because Benjamin clung to house of Daud.

Php 3:4  though I too might have trust in the flesh. If anyone else thinks to trust in the flesh, I more –
Php 3:5  circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Yisra’ĕl, of the tribe of Binyamin, a Heḇrew of Heḇrews, according to Torah a Pharisee,

Yoseph we already saw his descent was from Heli and Yaaqob and both were from descent of Daud For details you may refer to my study 'Understanding the genealogy of Matthew and Luke' in the link mentioned below:

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Miriam and Elizabeth from house of Lewi coz house of Lewi dwelt in Yerushalam close to house of Daud

Luk 1:5  There was in the days of Herodes, the sovereign of Yehuḏah, a certain priest named Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheḇa.

Miriam/Mary and Elisheba were sisters and daughters of Aharon...of the Lewitical descent.

Gen 49:10 “The sceptre shall not turn aside from Yehuḏah, nor an Inscriber from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of peoples.

Luk 2:36 And there was Ḥannah, a prophetess, a daughter of Penu’ĕl, of the tribe of Ashĕr. She was advanced in years, and had lived with a husband seven years from her maidenhood,

Hannah from tribe of Asher who fasted day and night and waited for Mashiyach......showed few from her tribe clung to house of Daud. Because of the promise of Mashiyach Yahuah kept Daud's lineage obvious and also all clinging to his house but with the persecution that arose and Yerushalam eventually destroyed in AD 70 even the southern tribes were dispersed which is why Kepha and Yaaqob are mentioning in their letters ...to the strangers in dispersion/to the twelve tribes scattered.

Dan being listed in Ezekiel 48 and excluded from Rev 7 is like Judas/Yahudah Iscariot  who by transgression fell to keep the 12 intact replacing him with Shaul/Paul from tribe of Benjamin as one chosen by Mashiyach himself. Binyamin was Yoseph's younger brother and he gave him five changes of clothing more than his brothers. A spiritual indication that he would cling to house of Yahudah from where Mashiyach would come forth from. And Yoseph was promised from him is the stone of Yasharal which was fulfilled when Boaz from Yahudah gave seed to the dead Ephrathite husband of Ruth and they are included in the lineage in Matthew as well as Luke and were great grandparents of king Daud.

Calling of Yahuah is irrevocable:

Act 13:21  “But then they asked for a sovereign, and Elohim gave them Sha’ul the son of Qish, a man of the tribe of Binyamin, for forty years. 

Act 13:22  “And having removed him, He raised up for them Dawiḏ as sovereign, to whom also He gave witness and said, ‘I have found Dawiḏ the son of Yishai, a man after My own heart, who shall do all My desires.’

Yahuah removed Shaul from tribe of Binyamin to make way to Daud from Yahudah.......in New Testament he removed Yahudah (Judas name in Hebrew) to replace with Shaul from Binyamin as the 12th apostle....Paul said he is an apostle/emissary not by man but by Mashiyach....

Gal 1:1 Sha’ul, an emissary – not from men, nor by a man, but by יהושע Messiah and Elohim the Father who raised Him from the dead 

Rom 11:1  I say then, has Elohim rejected His people? Let it not be! For I also am a Yisra’ĕlite, of the seed of Aḇraham, of the tribe of Binyamin

Speaking of the Olive tree representing Yasharal Shaul says Yahuah has not rejected his people or forgotten them. He broke off a few branches to make way for the lost sheep of the house of Yasharal from the 10 lost tribes to be grafted in known as the guym (not the pagan guym) for the renewed covenant is with the houses of Yasharal and Yahudah.

Heb 8:8  For finding fault with them, He says, “See, the days are coming,” says יהוה, “when I shall conclude with the house of Yisra’ĕl and with the house of Yehuḏah a renewed covenant, 

Heb 8:9  not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Mitsrayim, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them,” says יהוה. 

Heb 8:10  “Because this is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕl after those days, says יהוה, giving My laws in their mind, and I shall write them on their hearts, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people. 

Heb 8:11  “And they shall by no means teach each one his neighbour, and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know יהוה,’ because they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 

Heb 8:12  “Because I shall forgive their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall no longer remember

I have shared this before on Yahudah Iscariot. His name is the same name ''Yahudah'' 

Yahu dalet/doorway ah (hey)...Yahudah

Yahudah Iscariot burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. ...it's a picture of the doorway fallen....and if we remove dalet from Yahudah we get Yahuah

Act 1:16  “Men and brothers, this Scripture had to be filled which the Set-apart Spirit spoke before by the mouth of Dawiḏ concerning Yehuḏah, who became a guide to those who seized יהושע, 

Act 1:17  because he was numbered with us and did receive his share in this service.” 

Act 1:18  (This one, therefore, purchased a field with the wages of unrighteousness, and falling forward, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

HalaluYah Yahuah by your deep wisdom you have concealed these things in your dabar and have revealed these things to babes. Worthy are you to receive all glory and honor for your calling and election is irrevocable, you remove and plant and plant and remove to show your grace and your calling is irrevocable

Rom 11:29  For the gifts and the calling of Elohim are not to be repented of

We stand planted as you made way for us by breaking off few other branches, how wonderful are your works Oh Yahuah, how excellent is your name in all the earth. Your gentleness has made me great! HalaluYah Yahuah, Tudah for loving me and making my calling and election sure in you. Oh taste and see that Yahuah is tub for his mercy endures forever!

So is it 12 or 13? Both are correct until we see the sickle cut off one as Yahuah's elect are portrayed as the 12 tribes x 12 apostles x 1000