Lev 19:27 לא תקפו פאת ראשכם ולא תשחית את פאת זקנך
Revised word to word translation from Abary:
לא/not תקפו/overcome your ֵּפֵּאָה/extremity ראשכם/your heads ולא/and not תשחית/ruin את/alaph tau זקנך/your beard
In simple English:
'You shall not overcome the extremity of your heads and not ruin alaph tau your beard'
Our English translations:
Scriptures 1998 & TS2009
Lev 19:27 ‘Do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of your beard.
KJV
Lev 19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
The Abary word was changed by pen of the scribes from 'תקפו H8630 Taqaphu' to 'נקפו H5362 naqaphu'. 'נקפו/naqaphu H5362' means 'compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round'. You may check this in any Abary translation, even the paleo Hebrew says 'Taqaphu תקפו'
'Taqaph' H8630 means A primitive root; to overpower: - prevail (against.)
The Abary word 'זקנ' zaqan H2206 translated as beard is also the same word for elder H2204. The Ruach is hidden in the letter.
You shall not prevail the extremity of your chiefs (as rashakam also means chiefs) and not ruin alaph tau your elders/זקנך
The written Turah came with carnal observances in which were hidden the spiritual. Shaul the emissary said that the Turah is spiritual but we are fleshly,sold under sin.
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Torah is Spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
Hence, we must depend on Yahuah to reveal his instructions which have his intended meaning.
What has hair/beard have to do with elders?
Pro 20:29 The comeliness of young men is their strength, And the splendour of old men/zaqan H2205 is their grey hair.
'zaqan' indicates people who have attained a full age, being mature and full of wisdom. While the people with grey hair may seem to be wise, those who have a deep understanding of Yahuah's dabar are the actual wise ones/elders. The Psalmist says that he understands more than the species/kind of the aged/elders (zaqan)
Psa 119:100 I understand more than the man H4480/kind of aged/zaqan H2205, For I have observed Your orders.
While many still call for growing long beards and not trim the corners of their heads, they miss the intended meaning of the verse in a spiritual comparison which we will see deeply in this study.
Pro 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men/zaqan H2205, And the adornment of children is their fathers.
The children's children are the righteous children of Yahuah who walk in the way of the fathers who walked the path of truth and righteousness.
Zec 8:3 “Thus said יהוה, ‘I shall return to Tsiyon, and I shall dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim. And Yerushalayim shall be called: City of the Truth, and the Mountain of יהוה of hosts, the Set-apart Mountain.’
Zec 8:4 “Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘Again elders/zaqanyam and elder women/zaqanuth shall dwell in the streets of Yerushalayim, each one with his staff in his hand because of great age,
Speaking of the return from the Babylonian captivity Yahuah says that He would return to Tsiyon and dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim and again the elders of men and women shall dwell in the City of truth.
Joe 2:28 “And after this it shall be that I pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men/zaqan dream dreams, your young men see visions.
Joe 2:29 “And also on the male servants and on the female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days.
While the Ruach is poured out on all flesh and the sons, daughters will prophesy and young men see visions, the elders/zaqan will dream dreams. There are various examples in scriptures which shows us about the usage of 'dreamed dream' relating to the zaqan/rash (elders/chiefs). It wasn't necessary that the ones who saw dreams from Yahuah were Aluahym's elect. For example leaving Yahushap (Joseph) and Gideon the dreams seen by chief baker and chief cupbearer, dreams seen by Nebudchanezzar had spiritual significance relating to the people of Yahuah
Gen 37:9 And he dreamed/yachalum yet dream/chalam another and related it to his brothers, and said, “See, I have dreamed/chalamatay dream/chalum, and see, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
The sun, moon and eleven stars bowing down to Yahusaph (Joseph) was significant of the severe famine to come and Yahusaph being raised to power to save his brethren in this time of famine.
Jud 7:13 When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, Behold, I dreamed/chalmatay a dream/chalum; and, behold, a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midyan, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat.
The dream which the unknown person relating to his friend was a confirmation to Gideon that Yahuah had chosen him to be a deliverer of Yasharal, to deliver them from the hands of the Midianites. While the identity of the person who saw this dream from Yah is unknown, he definitely would have been one of the rash/chiefs or elders/zaqan of Yasharal.
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Gen 40:5 And they dreamed/chalmu a dream/chalum, both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream: the cupbearer and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were confined in prisonhouse.
The cupbearer and the baker were one of the chiefs/sar (rulers). Theirs and Pharaoh's dream was to make way for Yahusaph to be out of the prison to raise him to power in Pharaoh's court to save his brethren from the terrible to come on the whole earth, when no one could interpret the dream that Pharaoh dreamt. The raising of Yahusaph to power also held a spiritual significance of the suffering servant who was to come as Stone from the tribe of Yahusaph.
Gen 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my crimes this day.
Gen 41:10 “When Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,
Gen 41:11 each one of us dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
Gen 41:12 “And there was with us a Heḇrew youth, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we related to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
Gen 41:13 “And it came to be, as he interpreted for us, so it came to be. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
Gen 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Yosĕph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon. And he shaved and changed his garments, and came to Pharaoh.
Gen 41:15 Pharaoh said to Yoseph, I have dreamed/chalum a dream/chalamatay, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream to interpret it.
Dan 2:3 The king said to them, I dreamed/chalum a dream/chalmatay and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream.
Nebuchadnezzar's dream was relating to the people of Yahuah who were in captivity and was revealing through Daniel's interpretation of it when the kingdom would be restored to Yah's people forever.
Dan 2:36 “This is the dream, and its interpretation we declare before the sovereign.
Dan 2:37 “You, O sovereign, are a sovereign of sovereigns. For the Elah of the heavens has given you a reign, power, and strength, and preciousness,
Dan 2:38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
Dan 2:39 “And after you rises up another reign lower than yours, and another third reign of bronze that rules over all the earth.
Dan 2:40 “And the fourth reign is as strong as iron, because iron crushes and shatters all. So, like iron that breaks in pieces, it crushes and breaks all these.
Dan 2:41 “Yet, as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the reign is to be divided. But some of the strength of the iron is to be in it, because you saw the iron mixed with muddy clay.
Dan 2:42 “And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the reign is partly strong and partly brittle.
Dan 2:43 “And as you saw iron mixed with muddy clay, they are mixing themselves with the seed of men, but they are not clinging to each other, even as iron does not mix with clay.
Dan 2:44 “And in the days of these sovereigns the Elah of the heavens shall set up a reign which shall never be destroyed, nor the reign pass on to other people – it crushes and puts to an end all these reigns, and it shall stand forever.
Dan 2:45 “Because you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great Elah has made known to the sovereign what shall be after this. And the dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
These examples were sufficient for us to know and see that the dreaming dreams were to be in a continuity relating to the people of Yahuah and their captivity and deliverance from it. Yahual in chapter 2 speaking of the elders dreaming dreams to show this exactly...a continuity. Kepha in Acts 2 quoting Yahual's prophecy shows a fulfillment on the day of Shavuot when the Ruach was poured on the people of Yahuah. The other part of Yahual's prophecy of the sun turning into darkness and moon into blood before the great day of Yahuah was significant as the sun, moon and stars relate to Yasharal's darknening. As Kepha stood fleshly Yasharal was already in this darkening until a remnant from them who are dispersed to the ends of the earth come back to Yahuah as the lost sheep of the house of Yasharal.
Act 2:16 “But this is what was spoken by the prophet Yo’ĕl:
Act 2:17 ‘And it shall be in the last days, says Elohim, that I shall pour out of My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,
Act 2:18 and also on My male servants and on My female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.
Act 2:19 ‘And I shall show wonders in the heaven above and signs in the earth beneath: blood and fire and vapour of smoke.
Act 2:20 ‘The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and splendid day of יהוה.
Act 2:21 ‘And it shall be that everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be saved.
The elders/zaqan played a significant role in Turah in OT as well as in the Renewed covenant.
Exo 3:16 “Go, and you shall gather the elders/zaqan H2205 of Yisra’ĕl together, and say to them, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, of Yitsḥaq, and of Yaʽaqoḇ, appeared to me, saying, “I have indeed visited you and seen what is done to you in Mitsrayim;
Masha was sent to the elders of the house of Yasharal with a message of deliverance from captivity. The elders also were to be part of the message of deliverance in warning Pharaoh to let His people go
Exo 3:18 “And they shall listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders/zaqan H2205 of Yisra’ĕl, to the sovereign of Mitsrayim, and you shall say to him, ‘יהוה Elohim of the Heḇrews has met with us. And now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness to slaughter to יהוה our Elohim.’
Num 11:24 And Mosheh went out and spoke to the people the words of יהוה, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders/zaqan of the people and placed them around the Tent.
Num 11:25 And יהוה came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders. And it came to be, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, but did not continue.
Num 11:26 However, two men had remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldaḏ, and the name of the other Mĕyḏaḏ. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but did not go out to the Tent. And they prophesied in the camp.
Yahuah took of the Ruach from Masha and poured it on the 70 elders of Yasharal but they couldn't continue in prophesying, only two from them continued. A picture of not all chosen as elders are elders of the congregation of Yahuah.
Num 11:27 And a young man ran and informed Mosheh, and said, “Eldaḏ and Mĕyḏaḏ are prophesying in the camp.”
Num 11:28 And Yahushua son of Nun, Mosheh’s assistant from his youth, answered and said, “Mosheh my master, forbid them!”
Num 11:29 Then Mosheh said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Oh, that all the people of יהוה were prophets, that יהוה would put His Spirit upon them!”
Num 11:30 And Mosheh returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Yisra’ĕl.
When Yahushua asked Masha to ask them to stop prophesying, look at what Masha said, he said that he desired that all the people of Yahuah were prophets. These were the 7o elders who went with Masha, Aharon, Nadab and Abihu who saw the Aluahym of Yasharal and were not harmed
Exo 24:9 And Mosheh went up, also Aharon, Naḏaḇ, and Aḇihu, and seventy of the kind of/ man H4480 elders/zaqan H2205 of Yisra’ĕl,
Exo 24:10 and they saw the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, and under His feet like a paved work of sapphire stone, and like the heavens for brightness.
Exo 24:11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the chiefs of the children of Yisra’ĕl! And they saw Elohim, and they ate and drank.
In speaking of electing elders in the Renewed covenant assembly Shaul lays out instructions the qualification of an elder
Act 14:22 strengthening the beings of the taught ones, encouraging them to continue in the belief, and that through many pressures we have to enter the reign of Elohim.
Act 14:23 And having appointed elders/zaqan in every assembly, having prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Master in whom they had believed.
1Ti 3:1 Trustworthy is the word: If a man longs for the position of an overseer, he desires a good work.
1Ti 3:2 An overseer, then, should be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, sensible, orderly, kind to strangers, able to teach,
1Ti 3:3 not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, no lover of money,
1Ti 3:4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in subjection with all reverence,
1Ti 3:5 for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he look after the assembly of Elohim?
1Ti 3:6 Not a new convert, lest he become puffed up with pride and fall into the judgment of the devil.
1Ti 3:7 And he should even have a good witness from those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Modern Hebrew scriptures are corrupted as they use the word 'hagamun' which is a Greek word for 'overseer' which KJV translates as 'Bishop'. Aramaic Peshitta uses two words for 'Overseer/Elder' and they are 'Qashishe' and 'Saura'. The word 'Saura' is used for Mashiyach being the 'Overseer' of the flock which Abary should correctly translate it as 'paqad' H6485. The word for elder 'Qashishe' in Aramaic should be correctly translated as 'zaqan' in both places in Titus 1:5 & 7 whereas in verse 5 they use 'zaqan' correctly but in verse 7 they translated it as 'hagamun'
1Kepha 2:25 We who were wandering as sheep, and now have returned unto The Shepherd and The Saura {The Overseer...(should be 'Paqad' in Hebrew)} of our souls.
1Tim 3:1 Trustworthy is the saying: “That if a nash {a man} desires The Qashishutha {The Office of an Elder...shoud be translated as 'zaqan' in Abary and not 'hagamun' }, he desires good works.”
2 And yet, it is proper that he who is a Qashisha {an Elder..should be 'zaqan' in Abary}, should be found with no blemish in him, and be the husband of one wife, who is watchful of mind, and modest, and composed, and compassionate of strangers, and instructive,
Revised word to word translation from Abary:
לא/not תקפו/overcome your ֵּפֵּאָה/extremity ראשכם/your heads ולא/and not תשחית/ruin את/alaph tau זקנך/your beard
In simple English:
'You shall not overcome the extremity of your heads and not ruin alaph tau your beard'
Our English translations:
Scriptures 1998 & TS2009
Lev 19:27 ‘Do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of your beard.
KJV
Lev 19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
The Abary word was changed by pen of the scribes from 'תקפו H8630 Taqaphu' to 'נקפו H5362 naqaphu'. 'נקפו/naqaphu H5362' means 'compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round'. You may check this in any Abary translation, even the paleo Hebrew says 'Taqaphu תקפו'
'Taqaph' H8630 means A primitive root; to overpower: - prevail (against.)
The Abary word 'זקנ' zaqan H2206 translated as beard is also the same word for elder H2204. The Ruach is hidden in the letter.
You shall not prevail the extremity of your chiefs (as rashakam also means chiefs) and not ruin alaph tau your elders/זקנך
The written Turah came with carnal observances in which were hidden the spiritual. Shaul the emissary said that the Turah is spiritual but we are fleshly,sold under sin.
Rom 7:14 For we know that the Torah is Spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
Hence, we must depend on Yahuah to reveal his instructions which have his intended meaning.
What has hair/beard have to do with elders?
Pro 20:29 The comeliness of young men is their strength, And the splendour of old men/zaqan H2205 is their grey hair.
'zaqan' indicates people who have attained a full age, being mature and full of wisdom. While the people with grey hair may seem to be wise, those who have a deep understanding of Yahuah's dabar are the actual wise ones/elders. The Psalmist says that he understands more than the species/kind of the aged/elders (zaqan)
Psa 119:100 I understand more than the man H4480/kind of aged/zaqan H2205, For I have observed Your orders.
While many still call for growing long beards and not trim the corners of their heads, they miss the intended meaning of the verse in a spiritual comparison which we will see deeply in this study.
Pro 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men/zaqan H2205, And the adornment of children is their fathers.
The children's children are the righteous children of Yahuah who walk in the way of the fathers who walked the path of truth and righteousness.
Zec 8:3 “Thus said יהוה, ‘I shall return to Tsiyon, and I shall dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim. And Yerushalayim shall be called: City of the Truth, and the Mountain of יהוה of hosts, the Set-apart Mountain.’
Zec 8:4 “Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘Again elders/zaqanyam and elder women/zaqanuth shall dwell in the streets of Yerushalayim, each one with his staff in his hand because of great age,
Speaking of the return from the Babylonian captivity Yahuah says that He would return to Tsiyon and dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim and again the elders of men and women shall dwell in the City of truth.
Joe 2:28 “And after this it shall be that I pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men/zaqan dream dreams, your young men see visions.
Joe 2:29 “And also on the male servants and on the female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days.
While the Ruach is poured out on all flesh and the sons, daughters will prophesy and young men see visions, the elders/zaqan will dream dreams. There are various examples in scriptures which shows us about the usage of 'dreamed dream' relating to the zaqan/rash (elders/chiefs). It wasn't necessary that the ones who saw dreams from Yahuah were Aluahym's elect. For example leaving Yahushap (Joseph) and Gideon the dreams seen by chief baker and chief cupbearer, dreams seen by Nebudchanezzar had spiritual significance relating to the people of Yahuah
Gen 37:9 And he dreamed/yachalum yet dream/chalam another and related it to his brothers, and said, “See, I have dreamed/chalamatay dream/chalum, and see, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
The sun, moon and eleven stars bowing down to Yahusaph (Joseph) was significant of the severe famine to come and Yahusaph being raised to power to save his brethren in this time of famine.
Jud 7:13 When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, Behold, I dreamed/chalmatay a dream/chalum; and, behold, a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midyan, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat.
The dream which the unknown person relating to his friend was a confirmation to Gideon that Yahuah had chosen him to be a deliverer of Yasharal, to deliver them from the hands of the Midianites. While the identity of the person who saw this dream from Yah is unknown, he definitely would have been one of the rash/chiefs or elders/zaqan of Yasharal.
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Gen 40:5 And they dreamed/chalmu a dream/chalum, both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream: the cupbearer and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were confined in prisonhouse.
The cupbearer and the baker were one of the chiefs/sar (rulers). Theirs and Pharaoh's dream was to make way for Yahusaph to be out of the prison to raise him to power in Pharaoh's court to save his brethren from the terrible to come on the whole earth, when no one could interpret the dream that Pharaoh dreamt. The raising of Yahusaph to power also held a spiritual significance of the suffering servant who was to come as Stone from the tribe of Yahusaph.
Gen 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my crimes this day.
Gen 41:10 “When Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,
Gen 41:11 each one of us dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
Gen 41:12 “And there was with us a Heḇrew youth, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we related to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
Gen 41:13 “And it came to be, as he interpreted for us, so it came to be. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
Gen 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Yosĕph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon. And he shaved and changed his garments, and came to Pharaoh.
Gen 41:15 Pharaoh said to Yoseph, I have dreamed/chalum a dream/chalamatay, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream to interpret it.
Dan 2:3 The king said to them, I dreamed/chalum a dream/chalmatay and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream.
Nebuchadnezzar's dream was relating to the people of Yahuah who were in captivity and was revealing through Daniel's interpretation of it when the kingdom would be restored to Yah's people forever.
Dan 2:36 “This is the dream, and its interpretation we declare before the sovereign.
Dan 2:37 “You, O sovereign, are a sovereign of sovereigns. For the Elah of the heavens has given you a reign, power, and strength, and preciousness,
Dan 2:38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
Dan 2:39 “And after you rises up another reign lower than yours, and another third reign of bronze that rules over all the earth.
Dan 2:40 “And the fourth reign is as strong as iron, because iron crushes and shatters all. So, like iron that breaks in pieces, it crushes and breaks all these.
Dan 2:41 “Yet, as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the reign is to be divided. But some of the strength of the iron is to be in it, because you saw the iron mixed with muddy clay.
Dan 2:42 “And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the reign is partly strong and partly brittle.
Dan 2:43 “And as you saw iron mixed with muddy clay, they are mixing themselves with the seed of men, but they are not clinging to each other, even as iron does not mix with clay.
Dan 2:44 “And in the days of these sovereigns the Elah of the heavens shall set up a reign which shall never be destroyed, nor the reign pass on to other people – it crushes and puts to an end all these reigns, and it shall stand forever.
Dan 2:45 “Because you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great Elah has made known to the sovereign what shall be after this. And the dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
These examples were sufficient for us to know and see that the dreaming dreams were to be in a continuity relating to the people of Yahuah and their captivity and deliverance from it. Yahual in chapter 2 speaking of the elders dreaming dreams to show this exactly...a continuity. Kepha in Acts 2 quoting Yahual's prophecy shows a fulfillment on the day of Shavuot when the Ruach was poured on the people of Yahuah. The other part of Yahual's prophecy of the sun turning into darkness and moon into blood before the great day of Yahuah was significant as the sun, moon and stars relate to Yasharal's darknening. As Kepha stood fleshly Yasharal was already in this darkening until a remnant from them who are dispersed to the ends of the earth come back to Yahuah as the lost sheep of the house of Yasharal.
Act 2:16 “But this is what was spoken by the prophet Yo’ĕl:
Act 2:17 ‘And it shall be in the last days, says Elohim, that I shall pour out of My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,
Act 2:18 and also on My male servants and on My female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.
Act 2:19 ‘And I shall show wonders in the heaven above and signs in the earth beneath: blood and fire and vapour of smoke.
Act 2:20 ‘The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and splendid day of יהוה.
Act 2:21 ‘And it shall be that everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be saved.
The elders/zaqan played a significant role in Turah in OT as well as in the Renewed covenant.
Exo 3:16 “Go, and you shall gather the elders/zaqan H2205 of Yisra’ĕl together, and say to them, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, of Yitsḥaq, and of Yaʽaqoḇ, appeared to me, saying, “I have indeed visited you and seen what is done to you in Mitsrayim;
Masha was sent to the elders of the house of Yasharal with a message of deliverance from captivity. The elders also were to be part of the message of deliverance in warning Pharaoh to let His people go
Exo 3:18 “And they shall listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders/zaqan H2205 of Yisra’ĕl, to the sovereign of Mitsrayim, and you shall say to him, ‘יהוה Elohim of the Heḇrews has met with us. And now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness to slaughter to יהוה our Elohim.’
Num 11:24 And Mosheh went out and spoke to the people the words of יהוה, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders/zaqan of the people and placed them around the Tent.
Num 11:25 And יהוה came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders. And it came to be, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, but did not continue.
Num 11:26 However, two men had remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldaḏ, and the name of the other Mĕyḏaḏ. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but did not go out to the Tent. And they prophesied in the camp.
Yahuah took of the Ruach from Masha and poured it on the 70 elders of Yasharal but they couldn't continue in prophesying, only two from them continued. A picture of not all chosen as elders are elders of the congregation of Yahuah.
Num 11:27 And a young man ran and informed Mosheh, and said, “Eldaḏ and Mĕyḏaḏ are prophesying in the camp.”
Num 11:28 And Yahushua son of Nun, Mosheh’s assistant from his youth, answered and said, “Mosheh my master, forbid them!”
Num 11:29 Then Mosheh said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Oh, that all the people of יהוה were prophets, that יהוה would put His Spirit upon them!”
Num 11:30 And Mosheh returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Yisra’ĕl.
When Yahushua asked Masha to ask them to stop prophesying, look at what Masha said, he said that he desired that all the people of Yahuah were prophets. These were the 7o elders who went with Masha, Aharon, Nadab and Abihu who saw the Aluahym of Yasharal and were not harmed
Exo 24:9 And Mosheh went up, also Aharon, Naḏaḇ, and Aḇihu, and seventy of the kind of/ man H4480 elders/zaqan H2205 of Yisra’ĕl,
Exo 24:10 and they saw the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, and under His feet like a paved work of sapphire stone, and like the heavens for brightness.
Exo 24:11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the chiefs of the children of Yisra’ĕl! And they saw Elohim, and they ate and drank.
In speaking of electing elders in the Renewed covenant assembly Shaul lays out instructions the qualification of an elder
Act 14:22 strengthening the beings of the taught ones, encouraging them to continue in the belief, and that through many pressures we have to enter the reign of Elohim.
Act 14:23 And having appointed elders/zaqan in every assembly, having prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Master in whom they had believed.
1Ti 3:1 Trustworthy is the word: If a man longs for the position of an overseer, he desires a good work.
1Ti 3:2 An overseer, then, should be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, sensible, orderly, kind to strangers, able to teach,
1Ti 3:3 not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, no lover of money,
1Ti 3:4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in subjection with all reverence,
1Ti 3:5 for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he look after the assembly of Elohim?
1Ti 3:6 Not a new convert, lest he become puffed up with pride and fall into the judgment of the devil.
1Ti 3:7 And he should even have a good witness from those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Modern Hebrew scriptures are corrupted as they use the word 'hagamun' which is a Greek word for 'overseer' which KJV translates as 'Bishop'. Aramaic Peshitta uses two words for 'Overseer/Elder' and they are 'Qashishe' and 'Saura'. The word 'Saura' is used for Mashiyach being the 'Overseer' of the flock which Abary should correctly translate it as 'paqad' H6485. The word for elder 'Qashishe' in Aramaic should be correctly translated as 'zaqan' in both places in Titus 1:5 & 7 whereas in verse 5 they use 'zaqan' correctly but in verse 7 they translated it as 'hagamun'
1Kepha 2:25 We who were wandering as sheep, and now have returned unto The Shepherd and The Saura {The Overseer...(should be 'Paqad' in Hebrew)} of our souls.
1Tim 3:1 Trustworthy is the saying: “That if a nash {a man} desires The Qashishutha {The Office of an Elder...shoud be translated as 'zaqan' in Abary and not 'hagamun' }, he desires good works.”
2 And yet, it is proper that he who is a Qashisha {an Elder..should be 'zaqan' in Abary}, should be found with no blemish in him, and be the husband of one wife, who is watchful of mind, and modest, and composed, and compassionate of strangers, and instructive,
3 and not transgressing concerning wine, and not of a swift hand to strike, but, should be gentle, and not contentious, and not a lover of money,
4 and leading his house {i.e. family} well, and holding his sons in obedience, in all purity.
5 For, if he doesn't know how to lead the house of his own soul well, how is he able to lead The Edtheh d'Alaha {The Assembly of Aluahym}?
6 And he should not be a young Talmiyda {Disciple}; not exalting him, lest he fall in that judgment of satana {the adversary}
7 Yet, it is proper for him that there is also a good testimony from the outsiders, of not falling in disgrace and in the snare of satana {the adversary}.
Titus 1:5 On account of this, I have left you in Crete, so those things which are lacking might be put in order, and that you might establish Qashishe {Elders..should be 'zaqan' in Abary} in each city, in such a way that I had instructed:
6 who have no blame, and he who is the husband of one wife, and are unto him trustworthy sons, who are not insulting, and they are not without discipline with regard to greediness.
Shaul lays down the requisites for those desiring the office of the 'zaqan' in serving the assembly.What is important to see is that Shaul says in 1Tim 5:17 that the elders who rule well be counted of double respect, especially those who labour in the word and teaching. Mashiyach sits in the seat of the 'zaqan' and this we can see in the picture of the 24 elders with a representation of the 12 patriarchs of the 12 tribes and the 12 emissaries of the Lamb bowing and throwing down their crowns before Yahusha who is seated on the throne.
Rev 4:1 After this I looked and saw a door having been opened in the heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here and I shall show you what has to take place after this.”
Rev 4:2 And immediately I came to be in the Spirit and saw a throne set in the heaven, and One sat on the throne.
Rev 4:3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a ruby stone in appearance. And there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
Rev 4:4 And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white robes. And they had crowns of gold on their heads.
Rev 4:9 And when the living creatures give esteem and respect and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
Rev 4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and bow before Him who lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Rev 4:11 “You are worthy, O יהוה, to receive esteem and respect and power, for You have created all, and because of Your desire they are, and were created.”
He is the Shepherd and the Overseer (paqad) of our souls (1Kepha 2:25). The double respect to the elder/zaqan which Shaul calls for is for the seat of Mashiyach who is our Yahuah.
Psa 110:1 יהוה said to my Master (Adon=Yahuah), “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
The elder/zaqan in the assembly is at the feet of the true 'Zaqan' who is seated on the throne, he bows and throws his crown before Him. But it can't be denied that 'You shall not muzzle the ox that treads the grain' ...the assembly needs to take care of the elders serving them as a fellow ploughman in the work of Mashiyach. While Yasharal lies in dispersion to the ends of the earth, they may or not assemble as being in isolation with no elect around them, they still would be subject to the seat of the 'zaqan' who is Mashiyach who delivers his message through his servants.
Rev 5:8 And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the set-apart ones.
Yahuchanan saw the hair of Yahusha to be white as wool, as snow
Rev 1:13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Aḏam, dressed in a robe down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
Rev 1:14 And His head and hair were white as white wool, as snow, and His eyes as a flame of fire,
This perfectly relates in an imagery to Pro 20:29 The comeliness of young men is their strength, And the splendour of old men/zaqan H2205 is their grey hair.
Job 33:14 For Ěl does speak once and/uau ba/in twofold/shanayam– though one does not notice it –
Peshitta translation (1Kepha 5:4 so that when The Rab Ra'autha {The Master/Chief of The Shepherds} is revealed, you will receive from Him The Kliyla d'Shubkha {The Crown of Glory} which doesn't fade.)
5 And you youths; be subservient unto Qashishaykun {your Elders...zaqan in Abary}, and wrap yourselves firmly with humility of mind towards each other, because of Alaha {Aluahym}, who is contrary unto those who are exalted; and unto the humble He gives Taybutha {Favour}.7 Yet, it is proper for him that there is also a good testimony from the outsiders, of not falling in disgrace and in the snare of satana {the adversary}.
Titus 1:5 On account of this, I have left you in Crete, so those things which are lacking might be put in order, and that you might establish Qashishe {Elders..should be 'zaqan' in Abary} in each city, in such a way that I had instructed:
6 who have no blame, and he who is the husband of one wife, and are unto him trustworthy sons, who are not insulting, and they are not without discipline with regard to greediness.
7 For, those who are Qashishe {Elders..should be 'zaqan' in Abary and not 'hagamun'}, are obligated
to have no fault, as stewards of Alaha {Aluahym}, and not be guided by the mind of his soul, and not be wrathful, and not be transgressing concerning wine, and not be quick to strike with his hand, and not be loving of impure profit
to have no fault, as stewards of Alaha {Aluahym}, and not be guided by the mind of his soul, and not be wrathful, and not be transgressing concerning wine, and not be quick to strike with his hand, and not be loving of impure profit
8 But, he should be loving unto strangers, and be loving of the good, and be modest, and be reproving, and be pure; who restrains his soul from lusts,
9 and is careful concerning The Teaching of The Miltha d'Haymanutha {The Word of Belief}, and is able also to encourage Sound Doctrine; rebuking contentions.
1Ti 5:17 Let the elders/zaqan who rule well be counted worthy of double respect, especially those who labour in the word and teaching.
1Ti 5:18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, “The labourer is worthy of his wages.”
1Tim 5:19 Do not receive a witness against an elder/זקנ, but before two or three witnesses.
Shaul lays down the requisites for those desiring the office of the 'zaqan' in serving the assembly.What is important to see is that Shaul says in 1Tim 5:17 that the elders who rule well be counted of double respect, especially those who labour in the word and teaching. Mashiyach sits in the seat of the 'zaqan' and this we can see in the picture of the 24 elders with a representation of the 12 patriarchs of the 12 tribes and the 12 emissaries of the Lamb bowing and throwing down their crowns before Yahusha who is seated on the throne.
Rev 4:1 After this I looked and saw a door having been opened in the heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here and I shall show you what has to take place after this.”
Rev 4:2 And immediately I came to be in the Spirit and saw a throne set in the heaven, and One sat on the throne.
Rev 4:3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a ruby stone in appearance. And there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
Rev 4:4 And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white robes. And they had crowns of gold on their heads.
Rev 4:9 And when the living creatures give esteem and respect and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
Rev 4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and bow before Him who lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Rev 4:11 “You are worthy, O יהוה, to receive esteem and respect and power, for You have created all, and because of Your desire they are, and were created.”
He is the Shepherd and the Overseer (paqad) of our souls (1Kepha 2:25). The double respect to the elder/zaqan which Shaul calls for is for the seat of Mashiyach who is our Yahuah.
Psa 110:1 יהוה said to my Master (Adon=Yahuah), “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
The elder/zaqan in the assembly is at the feet of the true 'Zaqan' who is seated on the throne, he bows and throws his crown before Him. But it can't be denied that 'You shall not muzzle the ox that treads the grain' ...the assembly needs to take care of the elders serving them as a fellow ploughman in the work of Mashiyach. While Yasharal lies in dispersion to the ends of the earth, they may or not assemble as being in isolation with no elect around them, they still would be subject to the seat of the 'zaqan' who is Mashiyach who delivers his message through his servants.
Rev 5:8 And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the set-apart ones.
Yahuchanan saw the hair of Yahusha to be white as wool, as snow
Rev 1:13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Aḏam, dressed in a robe down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
Rev 1:14 And His head and hair were white as white wool, as snow, and His eyes as a flame of fire,
This perfectly relates in an imagery to Pro 20:29 The comeliness of young men is their strength, And the splendour of old men/zaqan H2205 is their grey hair.
Job 33:14 For Ěl does speak once and/uau ba/in twofold/shanayam– though one does not notice it –
Job 33:15 in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on a bed,
Job 33:16 then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
Job 33:16 then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
Psa 62:11 Elohim has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That strength belongs to Elohim.
These are the words of Elihu, son of BarakAL the Buzite of the clan of Ram and he was a righteous man and his righteousness is seen in him rebuking Ayob's three friends for misrepresenting Aluahym and also Ayob for declaring himself right rather than Aluahym and his words confirm to what the Psalmist says in 62:11. The second witness is seen in the office of Mediatorship of Mashiyach which is the same voice of Aluahym which comes to the 'elder/zaqan' who labours in word and doctrine. The scroll which the Lamb takes from the one seated on the throne is an imagery of Yahuah now as Yahusha the Lamb who mediates for his people in opening up the seals from Turah in revealing the mystery. Just as Eldaḏ and Mĕyḏaḏ of the seventy elders/zaqan continued in prophesying as the truthful witness, the two fold truthful witness is seen in the scarlet thread of redemption throughout scriptures. The 24 elders/zaqan (12 x 2) bringing forth the truthful witness of Mashiyach by guarding his seat as an Elder.
1Pe 5:1 Therefore, as a fellow elder/zaqan and a witness of the sufferings of Messiah, and also a sharer of the esteem that is to be revealed, I appeal to the elders/zaqan among you:
1Pe 5:2 feed the flock of the Elohim which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint,
but willingly, according to the will of the Elohim; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
1Pe 5:3 neither as being masters over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
1Pe 5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive the never-fading crown of esteem.
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under The Mighty Hand of Alaha {Aluahym}, so that He might exalt you in The Time of Righteousness.
The younger are asking to be subject to the elders/zakan being humble because Aluahym will exalt the humble. The seat of the ELDER which is guarded, one must come before Him humbly seeking Him in learning from the dabar.
Jam 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders/zaqanyam of the assembly
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Master (Adon);
Jam 5:15 and the prayer of belief shall save the sick,
and the Master shall raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
The elders played a key role in guarding the seat of Mashiyach and this can be seen in praying for the sick and anointing him with oil in the name of the Master and the prayer of belief would save the sick and the Master would raise him up and his sins would be forgiven. This is a confirmation of the Master himself being in that seat of an Elder whose elected ones serving the assembly were bowing to and casting their crowns before him. While the dreaming dreams stood in spiritual significance of having a foresight of what would befall the people of Yahuah, the true elders could be discerned having this foresight while others are just claiming to be an elder but do not have that foresight from his dabar.
Lev 19:27 'You shall not overcome the extremity or end of your heads and not ruin alaph tau your beard'
Lev 19:27 holds the spiritual command of not coming against (תקפו also means against) the extremity of their heads, the word extremity (פֵּאָה 'paah' also means end') shows while being in the dispersion, not to come against the seat of the 'Zaqan' and not ruin your beard (zaqan: elder)
Isa 50:5 The Master יהוה has opened My hearing/azan, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away.
Isa 50:6 I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked I did not hide My face from humiliation and spitting.
While there is no word 'zaqan' in YashaYahu 50:6, speaking of the ha Mashiyach's hearing being opened from Turah to YashaYahu the Ruach prophetically spoke of the suffering Mashiyach who would be struck for our iniquities and whose beard they would pluck from his cheeks. What else is plucked from the cheek if not the beard. Remember, the word for 'beard' is 'zaqan'...they would come against the seat of the 'Zaqan' and we see the chief priests, scribes and the elders came against him in rebellion not having the foresight from the scriptures.
Matt 27:12 And while the Rabay Kahne {the Priest’s Chiefs} and the Qashishe {the Elders...Abary 'zaqan'} were accusing Him, He didn’t return any statement.
Lev 19:27 'You shall not overcome the extremity or end of your heads and not ruin alaph tau your beard'
Lev 19:27 holds the spiritual command of not coming against (תקפו also means against) the extremity of their heads, the word extremity (פֵּאָה 'paah' also means end') shows while being in the dispersion, not to come against the seat of the 'Zaqan' and not ruin your beard (zaqan: elder)
Isa 50:5 The Master יהוה has opened My hearing/azan, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away.
Isa 50:6 I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked I did not hide My face from humiliation and spitting.
While there is no word 'zaqan' in YashaYahu 50:6, speaking of the ha Mashiyach's hearing being opened from Turah to YashaYahu the Ruach prophetically spoke of the suffering Mashiyach who would be struck for our iniquities and whose beard they would pluck from his cheeks. What else is plucked from the cheek if not the beard. Remember, the word for 'beard' is 'zaqan'...they would come against the seat of the 'Zaqan' and we see the chief priests, scribes and the elders came against him in rebellion not having the foresight from the scriptures.
Matt 27:12 And while the Rabay Kahne {the Priest’s Chiefs} and the Qashishe {the Elders...Abary 'zaqan'} were accusing Him, He didn’t return any statement.
The true elders who had the foresight transitioned into the renewed covenant, having believed in Mashiyach.
