25 – Parashat Tzav (צַ֤ו) — “Command” – September 14th thru September 20th

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 6:8 – 8:36

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 6:8-30

8. And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying,
9. Command את Aharon and his sons, saying, This is the Torah of the ascending smoke offering: It is the ascending smoke offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
10. And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the ascending smoke offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
11. And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
12. And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the ascending smoke offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
13. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
14. And this is the Torah of the oblation: the sons of Aharon shall offer it before Yahuah, before the altar.
15. And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the oblation, and of the oil thereof, and את all the frankincense which is upon the oblation, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto Yahuah.
16. And the remainder thereof shall Aharon and his sons eat: with matstsah shall it be eaten in the set-apart place; in the court of the tabernacle of the assembly they shall eat it.
17. It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most set-apart, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
18. All the males among the children of Aharon shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of Yahuah made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be set-apart.
19. And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying,
20. This is the offering of Aharon and of his sons, which they shall offer unto Yahuah in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a perpetual oblation, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
21. In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the oblation shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto Yahuah.
22. And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto Yahuah; it shall be wholly burnt.
23. For every oblation for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
24. And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying,
25. Speak unto El-Aharon and to his sons, saying, This is the Torah of the sin offering: In the place where the ascending smoke offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before Yahuah: it is most set-apart.
26. The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the set-apart place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the assembly.
27. Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be set-apart: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the set-apart place.
28. But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
29. All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most set-apart.
30. And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the assembly to reconcile withal in the set-apart place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 7

Likewise this is the Torah of the trespass offering: it is most set-apart.
In the place where they kill the ascending smoke offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the את rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto Yahuah: it is a trespass offering.
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the set-apart place: it is most set-apart.
As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one Torah for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
And the priest that offereth any man’s ascending smoke offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the ascending smoke offering which he hath offered.
And all the oblation that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.
And every oblation, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aharon have, one as much as another.
And this is the Torah of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto Yahuah.
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving matstsah cakes mingled with oil, and matstsah wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering chamets with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto Yahuah, and it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto Yahuah, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto Yahuah, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying,
Speak unto the children of Yashar’el, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying,
Speak unto the children of Yashar’el, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto Yahuah shall bring his oblation unto Yahuah of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
His own hands shall bring את the offerings of Yahuah made by fire, את the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, את that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahuah.
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aharon’s and his sons’.
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
He among the sons of Aharon, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Yashar’el from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aharon the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Yashar’el.
This is the portion of the anointing of Aharon, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of Yahuah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Yahuah in the priest’s office;
Which Yahuah commanded to be given them of the children of Yashar’el, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
This is the Torah of the ascending smoke offering, of the oblation, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
Which Yahuah commanded Mosheh in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Yashar’el to offer their oblations unto Yahuah, in the wilderness of Sinai.

Vayiqra (Leviticus) 8

And Yahuah spake unto El-Mosheh, saying,
Take את Aharon and את his sons with him, and את the garments, and את the anointing oil, and את a bullock for the sin offering, and את two rams, and את a basket of matstsah;
And gather thou all the assembly together unto the door of the tabernacle of the assembly.
And Mosheh did as Yahuah commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the assembly.
And Mosheh said unto the assembly, This is the thing which Yahuah commanded to be done.
And Mosheh brought Aharon and his sons, and washed them with water.
And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the belt, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious belt of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the set-apart crown; as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.
And Mosheh took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aharon’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
And Mosheh brought Aharon’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with belts, and put bonnets upon them; as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
And he slew it; and Mosheh took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Mosheh burned it upon the altar.
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.
And he brought the את ram for the ascending smoke offering: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
And he killed it; and Mosheh sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Mosheh burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Mosheh burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto Yahuah; as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.
And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
And he slew it; and Mosheh took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aharon’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
And he brought Aharon’s sons, and Mosheh put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Mosheh sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and את the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and את the right shoulder:
And out of the basket of matstsah, that was before Yahuah, he took one matstsah cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
And he put all upon Aharon’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahuah.
And Mosheh took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the ascending smoke offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto Yahuah.
And Mosheh took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahuah: for of the ram of consecration it was Mosheh’ part; as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.
And Mosheh took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aharon, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aharon, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
And Mosheh said unto Aharon and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the assembly: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aharon and his sons shall eat it.
And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the assembly in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
As he hath done this day, so Yahuah hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the assembly day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yahuah, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
So Aharon and his sons did את all things which Yahuah commanded by the hand of Mosheh.

Haftarah Tzav (צַ֤ו) — “Command” – September 14th thru September 20th

Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 7:21 – 8:3 ; 9:22-24

Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 7:21-34

21. Thus saith Yahuah Tseva’oth, the Elohai of Yashar’el; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
22. For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
23. But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your Elohiym, and ye shall be My people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
24. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
25. Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Mitsrayim unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
26. Yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
27. Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
28. But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of Yahuah Elohaykem nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
29. Cut off thine hair, O Yerushalayim, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for Yahuah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.
30. For the children of Yahudah have done evil in My sight, saith Yahuah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it.
31. And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into My heart.
32. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Yahuah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place.
33. And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
34. Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Yahudah, and from the streets of Yerushalayim, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 8:1-3

At that time, saith Yahuah, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Yahudah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, out of their graves:
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Yahuah Tseva’oth.

Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 9:22-24

22. Speak, Thus saith Yahuah, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
23. Thus saith Yahuah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
24. But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am Yahuah which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Yahuah.

Brit Ha’Dasha Tzav (צַ֤ו) — “Command” – September 14th thru September 20th

Ivriym (Hebrews) 7:23 — 8:3

Ivriym (Hebrews) 7:23-28

23. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
24. But this Man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25. Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto Elohiym by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
26. For such an High Priest became us, who is set-apart, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27. Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people’s: for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
28. For the Law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the Torah, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Ivriym (Hebrews) 8:1-3

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Yahuah pitched, and not man.
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.