Jude1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, And ran greedily after the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
Korah is portrayed as an example of one who came against Yahuah's order and a unique thing was done, the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up.
Nu 16:30 But Yahuah a new thing H1278 (barayah 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀𐤄) creates H1254 (bara 𐤁𐤓𐤀) , and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked Yahuah.
The words Bara and Barayah have a creative power in them as Bara is the same word used when Yahuah created all things.
Gen 1:1 IN the beginning Elohiym created H1254 (𐤁𐤓𐤀) את the heavens and את the earth.
The word barayah 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀𐤄 H1278 comes from the word baraya 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀 H1277 which means fatted or plump: - fat ([fleshed], -ter), fed, firm, plenteous, rank. The root word is bara 𐤁𐤓𐤀 H1254
The word barayah 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀𐤄 translated as 'a new thing' is feminine of a rank in 'fat fleshed'. The repetitive words Barayah Ya Bara show us a creation of a new rank of fatfleshed created. Before we understand what this means we must first understand who Korah is and what was the rebellion for?
The name Korah spelled as 'QORACH 𐤒𐤓𐤇 ' H7141 which comes from the word H7139 which means 'make oneself bald'
Why would his father name him Qorach which means make oneself bald? Is this name to be taken in a negative sense?
QORACH has the root words 'qar' which mean 'call' and 'rach' which means travel. The name had a mystery of a 'calling in the path' which he didn't realize and rebelled against the order of Yahuah to be destroyed and an example of the rank of fat fleshed kine swallowed up by the earth alive which is a picture of 'second death'
His name had a calling which he didn't realize but his sons realized and were incorporated into that calling of separation unto Yahuah.
Num 16:33 So they and all those with them went down alive into She’ol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
Num 26:10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Qoraḥ when that company died, when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men. And they became a sign,
Num 26:11 but the sons of Qoraḥ did not die.
Parents giving a name to their children is of great significance. His parents named him Korah which is to make oneself bald would have a prophetic influence in naming him. There are only 2 times a Yahudi would shave himself bald:
1. The first was when a person re-entered the community and its religious life after recovery from a skin disease, translated from the Hebrew as ‘leprosy’ (Lev 14:8)
2. The second time when a shaved head was permitted was to end a person’s time as a Nazarite who like Samson, was someone who has vowed to not cut their hair and abstain from all alcohol. Perhaps Korah was ending a Nazarene vow by attacking Moses. Korah could have been expecting to be consecrated as a priest as he was already a Levite and in a Nazarene vow.
The Nazarene vow:
Num 6:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 6:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ěl, and say to them, ‘When a man or woman does separate, by making a vow of a Nazirite, to be separate to יהוה,
Num 6:3 he separates himself from wine and strong drink – he drinks neither vinegar of wine nor vinegar of strong drink, neither does he drink any grape juice, nor eat grapes or raisins.
Num 6:4 All the days of his separation he does not eat whatever is made of the grapevine, from seed to skin.
Num 6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation a razor does not come upon his head. Until the days are completed for which he does separate himself to יהוה, he is set-apart. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
Num 6:6 All the days of his separation to יהוה he does not go near a dead body.
Num 6:7 He does not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to Elohim is on his head.
Num 6:8 All the days of his separation he is set-apart to יהוה. Num 6:9 And when anyone dies beside him in an instant, suddenly, and he has defiled the head of his separation, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing – on the seventh day he shaves it.
Num 6:10 And on the eighth day he brings two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Appointment,
Num 6:11 and the priest shall prepare one as a sin offering and the other as an ascending offering, and shall make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall set apart his head on that day,
The Nazirite vow had four requirements:
1. avoid alcohol and vinegar.
2. was to avoid all products of the vine.
3. was to not cut hair.
4. was to avoid dead bodies.
The prophet Shemuel was a descendant of Korah.
1Sa 1:11 And she made a vow and said, “O יהוה of hosts, if You would indeed look on the affliction of your female servant and remember me, and not forget your female servant, but shall give your female servant a male child, then I shall give him (Shemuel) to יהוה all the days of his life, and let no razor come upon his head.”
1Ch 6:33 And these are the ones who stood with their sons: Of the sons of the Qehathites were Hěman the singer, son of Yo’ěl, son of Shemu’ěl,
1Ch 6:34 son of Elqanah, son of Yeroḥam, son of Eli’ěl, son of Towaḥ,
1Ch 6:35 son of Tsuph, son of Elqanah, son of Maḥath, son of Amasai,
1Ch 6:36 son of Elqanah, son of Yo’ěl, son of Azaryah, son of Tsephanyah,
1Ch 6:37 son of Taḥath, son of Assir, son of Eḇyasaph, son of Qoraḥ,
1Ch 6:38 son of Yitshar, son of Qehath, son of Lěwi, son of Yisra’ěl.
1Sa 8:1 And it came to be, when Shemu’ěl was old, that he made his sons rulers over Yisra’ěl.
1Sa 8:2 And the name of his first-born was Yo’ěl, and the name of his second, Aḇiyah, rulers in Be’ěrsheḇa.
With this we understand that Qorah/Korah which means make one self bald was a prophetic name which shows he was expecting the priesthood 1. Because he was a Levite 2. Because he thought he could attain priesthood based on his further spirituality of keeping & fulfilling the Nazarene vow. He would have just ended it by making himself bald with the offerings associated with it when destruction struck him. This was prophetically hidden in his name. How else would we understand which is proved in his questioning the set apartness of Masha and Aaharon?
By his questioning the set-apartness of Masha and Aaharon he was put to test to offer the incense offering
Num 16:4 And when Mosheh heard, he fell on his face,
Num 16:5 and spoke to Qoraḥ and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning יהוה shall make known who is His and who is set-apart, and bring him near to Him. And let Him bring near to Him the one whom He chooses.
Num 16:6 “Do this: Take fire holders, Qoraḥ and all your company,
Num 16:7 and put fire in them and put incense in them before יהוה tomorrow. And it shall be that the one whom יהוה chooses is the set-apart one. Enough of you, sons of Lěwi!”
Num 16:8 And Mosheh said to Qoraḥ, “Hear now, you sons of Lěwi:
Num 16:9 “Is it little to you that the Elohim of Yisra’ěl has separated you from the congregation of Yisra’ěl, to bring you near to Himself, to perform the service of the Dwelling Place of יהוה, and to stand before the congregation to serve them,
Num 16:10 and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brothers, the sons of Lěwi, with you? Yet you seek the priesthood as well?
Num 16:11 “Therefore you and all your company are set against יהוה. And Aharon, what is he that you grumble against him?”
Num 16:12 And Mosheh sent to call Dathan and Aḇiram the sons of Eliyaḇ, but they said, “We are not coming up!
Num 16:13 “Is it little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you would also seize total rule over us?
Num 16:14 “Also, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you bore out the eyes of these men? We are not coming up!”
The emissary Shaul was in a Nazarene vow:
Act 21:21 “But they have been informed about you that you teach all the Yehuḏim who are among the nations to forsake Mosheh, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices.
Act 21:22 “What then is it? They shall certainly hear that you have come.
Act 21:23 “So do this, what we say to you: We have four men who have taken a vow.
Act 21:24 “Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.
When Shaul came to Yerushalayim, the brethren Yaaqob and the elders asked him to take the 4 men who were under a vow, to take them and be cleansed with them and that he pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. While it doesn't spell out what vow this was, the one who understands Torah clearly is able to understand this this vow was a periodic Nazarene vow which the 4 men had taken and the vow was completed. While it doesn't spell out either that Shaul was also in the Nazarene vow, why would he be purified along with the 4 men if he didn't?
This was the second time Shaul had taken the Nazarene vow and the first vow is mentioned in Acts 18:18
Act 18:18 And Sha’ul, having stayed several days more, having taken leave of the brothers, was sailing for Suria, and Priscilla and Aqulas were with him, having shaved his hair at Kenḥrea, for he had taken a vow.
Remember, Shaul shaved his hair at Kenhrea and not Yerushalayim because he was aware Yahuah was no longer in the temple. The second time he did it in the temple was to rule out a dispute which the Yahudim held that he (Shaul) was teaching against the Torah of Masha as many were offended because of him. We need to understand that the Yahudim who believed in Mashiyach, infact even the apostles were in a transition from the Torah of sin and death to the Torah of life in Mashiyach. It doesn't mean that we need to replicate and start keeping the Nazarene vow. The emissaries received a progressive revelation on the path they need to walk on and guide the assemblies to walk on. It wasn't an instant revelation of knowing the complete revelation and knowledge in one day.
For details you may read my note here:
https://dsouzashodan72.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-acts-of-apostles-book-of-transitions.html
Coming back to Korah. Korah name is prophetically of breaking a Nazarene vow because he thought being in the Nazarene vow he was set-part to Yahuah to do the priestly duty. If you notice he makes a pitch that all of Yasharal is set-apart to Yahuah, to make Masha and Aahron give him the priestly duty which was the exact reason for rebellion.
The exact reason for rebellion:
Num 7:6 So Mosheh took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Lewiim.
Num 7:7 Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,
Num 7:8 and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aharon the priest.
Num 7:9 But he did not give any to the sons of Qehath because the service of the holy objects belonged to them, which they carried on the shoulder.
The three sons of Levi were Gershon, Merari, and Kohath. The Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, and the ropes—and everything related to their use. The Merarites were appointed to take care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use, as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes. The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary. They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use. They were under the direct supervision of Eleazar, son of Aaron.
Unlike the Gershonites and the Merarites, who were allowed to transport the items under their care on carts, the Kohathites had to carry their items, the holy things of the tabernacle, on their shoulders. They had the arduous burden of transporting these items from place to place as the camp moved, but they were not allowed to actually touch the items or they would die. The priests had to wrap the sacred objects in special coverings before they were transported (Numbers 4:15) Many of the Kohathites began to disdain this task and to covet the role of the priests.
Unlike the Gershonites and the Merarites, who were allowed to transport the items under their care on carts, the Kohathites had to carry their items, the holy things of the tabernacle, on their shoulders. They had the arduous burden of transporting these items from place to place as the camp moved, but they were not allowed to actually touch the items or they would die. The priests had to wrap the sacred objects in special coverings before they were transported (Numbers 4:15) Many of the Kohathites began to disdain this task and to covet the role of the priests.
Num 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Korah the cousin of Moshe and Aaharon with the eldest sons of the tribes were not happy with their allotment in service of the mishkan and came against Moshe and Aaharon with whom they were jealous of because Yahuah chose these men Moshe and Aaharon to deliver his people Yasharal and Aaharon and his sons to stand ministering as priests. Thus they came against the priesthood appointed by Aluahym. The eldest sons claiming their rights.
Num 3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Num 3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
Uzziel was younger brother to Yitzhar the father of Korah and yet his son was given the rulership of chief of the father of the families of the KOHATHITES.
Num 3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Korah’s argument would have been ‘’My father was one of four brothers… Amram was the firstborn. Of his sons, Aaron was awarded the priesthood and Moshe was given the Leadership. Who is worthy of receiving the next honor if not the second [brother, Yitzhar]? I, Yitzhar's son should have been made prince of the clan, but instead Moshe appointed Elizaphan, son of Uziel [the fourth and youngest brother; see Bamidbar (Numbers) 3:30]. Should the youngest of father's brothers be greater than I?
Korach was the grandson of Kohath, and he began to run with another group of Reubenite namely, Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth.
Exo 6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Yitzhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
Exo 6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
Exo 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
Exo 6:21 And the sons of Yitzhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
Num 26:5 Re’uḇěn, first-born of Yisra’ěl, sons of Re’uḇěn: of Ḥanoḵ, the clan of the Ḥanoḵites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;
Num 26:6 of Ḥetsron, the clan of the Ḥetsronites; of Karmi, the clan of the Karmites.
Num 26:7 These are the clans of the Re’uḇěnites, and their registered ones were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Num 26:8 And the son of Pallu: Eliyaḇ.
Num 26:9 And the sons of Eliyaḇ: Nemu’ěl, and Dathan, and Aḇiram. This Dathan and Aḇiram, were the called ones of the congregation, who contended against Mosheh and against Aharon in the company of Qoraḥ, when they contended against יהוה,
Dathan: Dath 𐤃𐤕 H1881 means commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
Tan 𐤕𐤍 in Hebrew is a large sea monster
Abiram: ABIY means 'father of' and ram means 'exalted/height'. Put together 'father of height'
Their names reveal that they wanted an expanse for their fathers name in a decree & height.
Korach in pictographs reveal the rebellion against the head:
Korach: Kuph Resh Chet
Kuph is the Palm rising, Resh is the head, Het is the fence which means to cut off.
Put together Korach is ‘To rise up above the head and be cut off’
While Korach rebelled against Yahuah’s anointed and was swallowed up by the earth, Yahuah showed mercy to his sons in saving them.
Num 26:11 but the sons of Korach did not die.
Yahuah placed these sons of Korach in the tabernacle of David.
Ex 6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir 𐤀𐤎𐤉𐤓, and Elkanah 𐤀𐤋𐤒𐤍𐤄, and Abiasaph 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤐: these are the families of the Korhites.
Assir means ‘prisoner’
Shaul (Paul) uses the same word ‘Assir 𐤀𐤎𐤉𐤓’ when he says he is a prisoner of Yahusha ha Mashiyach.
Phm 1:1 Shaul, a prisoner (assir) of the Mashiyach Yahushua, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow worker,
Elkanah means ‘EL has obtained’
Gen 14:19 He blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of El Elyon, Possessor H7069 (qanah 𐤒𐤍𐤄) of heaven and earth
Abi asaph means ‘my father has gathered’
After studying the scriptures, David brings the Ark to Yerushalayim, this time being careful to have Levites descended from Kohath transport it as earlier he had transported it on a cart and because the oxen stumbled Uzzah who put out his hand had died. Then David told the Levites to appoint singers and musicians from their relatives to lead praise at the Tabernacle.
Heman (descended from Levi’s son Kohath, a Son of Korah) and Asaph (descended from Levi’s son Gershom) and Ethan/ Yeduthun (descended from Levi’s son Merari) were chosen to sing and sound cymbals. Others were to sing and play harps, lyres, cymbals, and trumpets.
1Ch 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Yoel;
and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
Father of prophet Samuel:
1Sa 1:1 ¶ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Yeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
Compare with 1 Chro 6:33-35
The tender mercies of Yahuah that he rose up the children of the one who rebelled against his anointed to be singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. Even the prophet Shemuel/Samuel was a descendant of Korah.
Ac 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
The spiritual significance of ‘The rebellion of Korah’ can be seen in Mystery Babylon that those who were in opposition to the anointed one i.e. Yahusha the Son of the Most High were offered his salvation.
Ps68:18 You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, among the rebellious also, that Yah Elohim may dwell there.
Ps68:19 Blessed be our Master, who daily bears burdens for us, the El who is our salvation. Selah
The tabernacle of David which was fallen down into ruins was lifted up again by Yahuah when he in his mercy saved those in rebellion against his anointed one.
Aluahym used the sons of Korah through David (a type of the Messiah) to write his Pslams, in singing joyful songs to Yahuah. Thus the prophecy of the fallen tabernacle of David being raised by Yahusha was fulfilled at Pentecost when those in rebellion against Yahusha and were witnesses of his impaling and consented to it were cut to the heart and were saved.
Lastly Numbers 16:30 uses the repetitive words Barayah Ya Bara . The word barayah 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀𐤄 translated as 'a new thing' is feminine of a rank in 'fat fleshed'. The repetitive words 'ya bara barayah' show us a creation of a new rank of fatfleshed to show that He would make a public spectacle of those coming against his order of laws. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them.
We have one more place which shows this through an imagery. The river that the dragon spewed out of his mouth stands figuratively for the false prophets and their false basarah's but the earth helped by opening its mouth and swallowing up the river.
Rev 12:15 And out of his mouth the dragon spewed water like a river after the woman, to cause her to be swept away by the river.
Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
The word for 'rebellion' is 'meriy' 𐤌𐤓𐤉 which means bitterness, that is, (figuratively) rebellion; concretely bitter, or rebellious: - bitter, (most) rebel (-ion, -lious).
The bitter waters won't affect the New Yerushalyim order, the earth (carnal) will swallow it up. The Levitical priesthood would transition to the Malchitsedek priesthood of Yahusha the Nazerene who would spring forth from the tribe Yahudah, the tribe Masha never mentioned about priesthood. While the carnal commandment follower would stand with a Nazarene vow (saying he belongs to Yahusha the Nazarene) but is actually fallen away to the carnal commandment, its like putting Yahusha to death without realizing his vow is broken and he needs to shave his head/make oneself bald ...in the line of Korah.
Heb 6:6 and fall away, to renew them again to repentance – having impaled for themselves the Son of Elohim again, and put Him to open shame.
Remember, the book of Hebrews was written to show the Yahudites that the physical transitions to the spiritual.
Num 6:8 All the days of his separation he is set-apart to יהוה.
Num 6:9 And when anyone dies beside him in an instant, suddenly, and he has defiled the head of his separation, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing – on the seventh day he shaves it.
Num 6:10 And on the eighth day he brings two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Appointment,
Num 6:11 and the priest shall prepare one as a sin offering and the other as an ascending offering, and shall make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall set apart his head on that day,
Num 6:12 and shall separate to יהוה the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old, as a guilt offering. But the former days are not counted, because his separation was defiled.
The Torah clearly stated that one with a Nazarene vow who came in contact with a dead body needs to be cleansed and shave his hair and start all over again post his cleansing (please read verse 12 above), to complete his Nazarene vow.
