Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Emor / Speak - this week’s Prophetic reading
Prophecy 13, 81, 99;
Leviticus 21:1-24:23;
Ezekiel 44:15-31;
Matthew 26:59-66;
Ezekiel 44:15-31
15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of My
sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near to
Me to minister to Me. And they shall stand before Me to bring near to Me the fat
and the blood, declares Adonai YAHUVEH.
16 They shall enter into My sanctuary, and they shall come near to My table, to
minister to Me. And they shall keep My charge.
17 And it shall be when they enter in the gates of the inner court, they shall
be clothed with linen garments. And wool shall not come upon them while they
minister in the gates of the inner court, and in the house. (Rev 19:8)
18 Turbans of bleached linen shall be on their heads, and linen undergarments
shall be on their loins. They shall not gird with sweat.
19 And when they go out into the outer court, to the outer court to the people,
they shall put off their garments by which they ministered and lay them in the
holy chambers. And they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctify
the people with their own garments.
20 And they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not send forth long
hair; trimming they shall trim their heads. (1Cor 11:14)
21 And every priest shall not drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
(Lev 10:9)
22 And they shall not take a widow or a divorcee, for wives for themselves, but
they shall only take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who
is the widow of a priest.
23 And they shall teach My people between the holy and the common, and between
the unclean and the clean, to make them known5.
24 And in a dispute, they shall stand to judge, they shall judge it by My
judgments. And they shall observe My Torah and My statutes in My appointed
feasts, and they shall sanctify My Sabbaths1.
25 And he shall not come to a dead man, to defile himself; but for father, or
for mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, for a brother, or for a sister who
has not had a husband, they may defile themselves. (Lev 21:1-3)
26 And after he is cleansed, they shall count seven days for him.
27 And in the day he goes into the sanctuary, to the inner court, to minister in
the sanctuary, he shall bring his sin offering, declares Adonai YAHUVEH.
28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance; and you
shall not give them possession in Israel; I am their possession.
29 They shall eat the food offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering.
And every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. (Num 18:9, 14)
30 And the first of all the first-fruits of all, and every one of the heave
offerings of all, of all your heave offerings, shall be for the priests. And you
shall give to the priest the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on
your house3. (Num 18:12-13)
31 The priests shall not eat of every corpse and torn thing, of birds, or of
beasts. (Lev 7:24)
Matthew 26:59-66
59 And the chief priests and the elders and the whole Sanhedrin looked for false
testimony against YAHUSHUA, so that they might put Him to death,
60 but did not find any, even though there were many false witnesses coming
forward, they did not find any. But at last, coming up two false witnesses
61 said, This One said, I am able to destroy the sanctuary of Elohim, and in
three days to rebuild it.
62 And standing up, the high priest said to Him, Do you answer nothing? What do
these witness against you?
63 But YAHUSHUA kept silent. And answering, the high priest said to Him, I put
You on oath by the living Elohim that You tell us if You are the Messiah, the
Son of Elohim.
64 YAHUSHUA said to him, You said it. I tell you more. From this time you shall
see the Son of Man sitting off the right hand of YAHWEH in power, and coming on
the clouds of the heaven. (Psa. 110:1; Dan. 7:13)
65 Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, He blasphemed! Why do we have
any more need of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard His blasphemy.
66 What does it seem to you? And answering, they said, He is deserving of death.