Leviticus 23’s twelve verses about the Feast of Tabernacles divide into two sections by an inclusio “These are the feasts of YHWH which you shall proclaim as holy convocations” (vv. 2, 37). Six verses 33-38 mention “offering” seven times in which are eight occurrences of YHWH. “Seven” appears three times. In the last six verses, “seven” is…

The Hebrew for the Feast of Tabernacles is Sukkot, but it is also called “the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end” twice. In each occurrence, the Feast of Ingathering is prefaced in association with the Feast of Weeks, “the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field,” so that the entire year’s harvest of crops was attributed to YHWH’s faithfulness to…

A day after the Passover betrothal of Israel to YHWH (See Blog 30), Israel left Egypt by night with a high hand. Their flight out of Egypt to YHWH’s holy mountain from Etham took seven Sabbaths of Israel following YHWH’s cloud and pillar of fire. At Mount Sinai, YHWH and Israel consummated their marriage vows. Before leaving…

When the earth was unlivable and without inhabitants, YHWH divided and set boundaries: light from darkness, waters above from waters below, and seas from dry land, jutting up to the heavens. He then filled the livable spaces with life, each according to their niche. After forming the human from the dust of the ground, YHWH made a…

After Israel’s first generation, who had experienced YHWH deliverance out of Egypt, refused to enter the Land and died from YHWH’s fiery judgment in the wilderness (Num. 20-21), and after YHWH’s burning wrath purged the second generation in the Baal Peor incident (Num. 25), no deaths occurred in Numbers 26-36. Having been miraculously delivered from…

Revealing the primary themes for the Feast of Sukkot, the Book of Numbers prepares followers of Yeshua for eternity. YHWH arranged Israel’s Camp to reflect His celestial holy city. Through the sojourn to the Land, YHWH’s covenant was not thwarted by human nature’s rebellions. As the old generation died, giving rise to the new spiritual generation, the Creator King…

The Tabernacle system was YHWH dwelling in the midst of Israel so that His life-giving relationship with them became the heartbeat of the Camp. The axis mundi of the Camp of Israel involved shedding the skin of decay through access to the Fountain of Life, thereby donning new garments of righteousness that their names be written in…

YHWH had arranged the Camp of Israel specifically patterned after His heavenly abode so Israel could dwell safely with Him ruling from His sanctuary throne in their midst. YHWH’s intense holiness was frightening and dangerous to exiled humans contaminated with death. The work of atonements managed Israel’s impurities, and yet…

Thus far, we have established that the Book of Numbers reflects Sukkot and that YHWH designed Israel’s community mirroring His heavenly hosts surrounding His enthronement upon the cherubim. YHWH’s cherubim throne sat upon the covenant tablets inside the Ark, and by it, YHWH led Israel through the wilderness. The whole movement to…