Torah
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Torah the books
Torah as the name of the old Testament book is (in Judaism) the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch). In the Hebrew we see תּוֹרָה TavVavReishHey we read as Torah[1] which can include the connection of faith and authority or power which gives us "Instruction", "Teaching" and "Law" through the Holy Spirit.
Torah was a scroll containing these five books.
| Torah | ||
| Genesis | origin "In [the] beginning" | בְּרֵאשִׁית, Bərēšīṯ, |
| Exodus | “departure.” | שְׁמוֹת, Shəmōṯ, "Names" |
| Leviticus | "pertaining to Levites" | וַיִּקְרָא Vayikra/Wayyiqrā |
| Numbers | "In the desert [of]" | בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmiḏbar, |
| Deuteronomy | "[spoken] words" | דְּבָרִים, Devārīm, |
We see the word for Torah for the first time in Genesis 26:5 "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments[2], my statutes[3], and my laws.[4]"
Torah the word
The word "Torah"[1] in Hebrew is derived from the root Yarah, ירה,[5] which in the hif'il conjugation means "to guide/teach". Christians refer to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible as the "Pentateuch", "five scrolls".
The Torah has been translated by religious scholars into most of the major European languages, including English, German, Russian, French, Spanish and others. But for a true understanding the unique nature of the Hebrew language offers some aid to its understanding which requires humility and the Holy Spirit.
- "The Torah, held to be the most ancient of histories, exists today in three separate versions: the Hebrew, considered authentic by the Jews and the Protestant clergy; the Greek Septuagint, which was used as authoritative in the Greek and other eastern churches; and the Samaritan Torah, the standard authority for that people. These three versions differ greatly, one from another, even with regard to the lifetimes of the most celebrated figures. In the Hebrew Torah, it is recorded that from Noah's flood until the birth of Abraham there was an interval of two hundred and ninety-two years. In the Greek, that time span is given as one thousand and seventy-two years, while the Samaritan, the recorded span is nine hundred and forty-two years. Refer to the commentary by Henry Westcott for tables are supplied therein which show the discrepancies among the three Torahs as to the birth dates of a number of the descendants of Shem, and thou wilt see how greatly the versions differ from one another. Moreover, according to the text of the Hebrew Torah, from the creation of Adam until Noah's flood the elapsed time is recorded as one thousand six hundred and fifty-six years, while in the Greek Torah the interval is given as two thousand two hundred and sixty-two years, and in the Samaritan text, the same period is said to have lasted one thousand three hundred and seven years. Reflect now over the discrepancies among these three Torahs. The case is indeed surprising. The Jews and Protestants belittle the Greek Torah, while to the Greeks the Hebrew version is spurious, and the Samaritans deny both the Hebrew and the Greek versions." Sir ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’ Abbas K.B.E. 1906
Torah keepers
Torah keepers seek to obey God by doing what they think is keeping the Torah. Of course, no one can keep the Torah by his or her own personal will and knowledge of it.
When Paul talks about the law being done away, he is speaking of the law as interpreted by the Pharisees and the hand written ordinances of men like Herod and the obligations imposed by their civil system, Corban.
Paul did not mean the principles and precepts of God expressed in the text were done away.
The Torah must be written in you by God and His Holy Spirit. The Bible and especially the Hebrew language is full of Allegories and metaphors and without the Holy Spirit we may unmoor the actual spiritual instructions from the physical symbols. The symbols and ritual do not justify anyone before God.
To think so in anyway would be a form of idolatry.
No one should imagine that by wearing fringes or sowing Breeches or keeping the Sabbath on a special calculated day or even having Feasts we can be justified. If we're clinging to the outward form in any way, we will drift away from the message and its purpose and fail to bloom in the light of the Holy Spirit.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 08451 ^הרות^ towrah TavReishVavHey \@to-raw’\@ or ^הרת^ torah \@to-raw’\@ from 03384; n f; AV-law 219; 219
- 1) law, direction, instruction
- 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine)
- 1a1) body of prophetic teaching
- 1a2) instruction in Messianic age
- 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction
- 1a4) body of legal directives
- 1b) law
- 1b1) law of the burnt offering
- 1b2) of special law, codes of law
- 1c) custom, manner
- 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law
- 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- 1) law, direction, instruction
- ↑ מִצְוֺתַ֖י miṣ-wō-ṯay MemAynVavTavYod 04687 ^מִצְוָה^ mitsvah MemTzadikVavHey \@mits-vaw’\@ with the Hebrew letters MemTzadikVavHey from 06680; n f; AV-commandments 173, precept 4, commanded 2, law 1, ordinances 1; 181
- 1) commandment
- 1a) commandment (of man)
- 1b) the commandment (of God)
- 1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- 1) commandment
- ↑ 02708 ^הקח^ chuqqah ChetKufHey \@khook-kaw’\@. Same as 02707 חָקָה to cut, carve or portray; from 02706ChetKuf (חֹק) choq; n f; AV-statute 77, ordinance 22, custom 2, appointed 1, manners 1, rites 1; 104
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- See 02710 חָקַק chaqaq Chet + double Kuf to cut out, decree, inscribe, translated lawgiver.
- ↑ Torah וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃ wə-ṯō-w-rō-ṯāy. VavTavReishVavTavYod which we also see in Exodus 16:28
08451 ^הרות^ towrah TavReishVavHey \@to-raw’\@ or ^הרת^ torah \@to-raw’\@ from 03384; n f; AV-law 219; 219- 1) law, direction, instruction
- 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine)
- 1a1) body of prophetic teaching
- 1a2) instruction in Messianic age
- 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction
- 1a4) body of legal directives
- 1b) law
- 1b1) law of the burnt offering
- 1b2) of special law, codes of law
- 1c) custom, manner
- 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law
- 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- 1) law, direction, instruction
- ↑ 03384 ^הרי^ yarah \@yaw-raw’\@ or (#2Ch 26:15) ^ארי^ yara’ \@yaw-raw’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-teach 42, shoot 18, archers 5, cast 5, teacher 4, rain 2, laid 1, direct 1, inform 1, instructed 1, shewed 1, shooters 1, through 1, watered 1; 84
- 1) to throw, shoot, cast, pour
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to throw, cast
- 1a2) to cast, lay, set
- 1a3) to shoot arrows
- 1a4) to throw water, rain
- 1b) (Niphal) to be shot
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to throw, cast
- 1c2) to shoot
- 1c3) to point out, show
- 1c4) to direct, teach, instruct
- 1c5) to throw water, rain
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to throw, shoot, cast, pour