The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 81 and 82

 

The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 81 and 82

 

    Hi, and thank you for joining me at 144Judah! We are now on "The Book of Yasher" (Jasher). This is an apocryphal text, meaning it was taken out of the bible. This book is included in some versions still today. One of the biggest reasons for doing this: it is referenced in three sections in the bible. Why would they take a book out that has been referenced? Well, we know that they did this also to Enoch, and Enoch is a very important book. I tend to find when "official" people don't include something, it means they don't want us to know what's what. And...me, being me, doesn't like that. So, pull up a chair, and put your thinking cap on. Better yet, put your feeling cap on, and let me know what you feel about this! Any questions? Email me at theawakeningtalk@gmail.com. 

  

81 THE YISRAELITES DEPART FROM EGYPT

The Departure of the Yisraelites from Egypt with Great Riches and Flocks and Herds. After the Egyptians bury their First-born, many of them go after the Yisraelites to induce them to return. But they refuse to return, and fight the Nobles of Egypt and drive them home. Pharaoh resolves with the Egyptians to pursue Yisrael and compel them to Return. The Children of Yisrael are divided--some wanting to go back. Mosheh prays for deliverance. YAHWEH tells him not to cry to him, but proceed. The waters of the Red Sea are Divided. The Yisraelites pass Through in Safety, but the Egyptians are utterly Destroyed. The Yisraelites proceed on their Journey, and are fed with Manna. The Children of Esau fight Yisrael, but the Latter Prevail.

1 And the children of Yisrael journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the little ones and their wives.

2 Also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks and herds, even much cattle.

3 And the sojourning of the children of Yisrael, who dwelt in the land of Egypt in hard labor, was two hundred and ten years.

4 And at the end of two hundred and ten years, YAHWEH brought forth the children of Yisrael from Egypt with a strong hand.

5 And the children of Yisrael traveled from Egypt and from Goshen and from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth on the fifteenth day of the first month.

6 And the Egyptians buried all their first born whom YAHWEH had smitten, and all the Egyptians buried their slain for three days.

7 And the children of Yisrael traveled from Succoth and encamped in Ethom, at the end of the wilderness.

8 And on the third day after the Egyptians had buried their first born, many men rose up from Egypt and went after Yisrael to make them return to Egypt, for they repented that they had sent the Yisraelites away from their servitude.

9 And one man said to his neighbor, Surely Mosheh and Aaron spoke to Pharaoh, saying, We will go a three days' journey in the wilderness and sacrifice to YAHWEH our Elohim.

10 Now therefore let us rise up early in the morning and cause them to return, and it shall be that if they return with us to Egypt to their masters, then shall we know that there is faith in them, but if they will not return, then will we fight with them, and make them come back with great power and a strong hand.

11 And all the nobles of Pharaoh rose up in the morning, and with them about seven hundred thousand men, and they went forth from Egypt on that day, and came to the place where the children of Yisrael were.

12 And all the Egyptians saw and behold Mosheh and Aaron and all the children of Yisrael were sitting before Pi-hahiroth, eating and drinking and celebrating the feast of YAHWEH.

13 And all the Egyptians said to the children of Yisrael, Surely you said, We will go a journey for three days in the wilderness and sacrifice to our YAHWEH and return.

14 Now therefore this day makes five days since you went, why do you not return to your masters?

15 And Mosheh and Aaron answered them, saying, Because YAHWEH our Elohim has testified in us, saying, You shall no more return to Egypt, but we will betake ourselves to a land flowing with milk and honey, as YAHWEH our Elohim had sworn to our ancestors to give to us.

16 And when the nobles of Egypt saw that the children of Yisrael did not hearken to them, to return to Egypt, they girded themselves to fight with Yisrael.

17 And YAHWEH strengthened the hearts of the children of Yisrael over the Egyptians, that they gave them a severe beating, and the battle was sore upon the Egyptians, and all the Egyptians fled from before the children of Yisrael, for many of them perished by the hand of Yisrael.

18 And the nobles of Pharaoh went to Egypt and told Pharaoh, saying, The children of Yisrael have fled, and will no more return to Egypt, and in this manner did Mosheh and Aaron speak to us.

19 And Pharaoh heard this thing, and his heart and the hearts of all his subjects were turned against Yisrael, and they repented that they had sent Yisrael; and all the Egyptians advised Pharaoh to pursue the children of Yisrael to make them come back to their burdens.

20 And they said each man to his brother, What is this which we have done, that we have sent Yisrael from our servitude?

21 And YAHWEH strengthened the hearts of all the Egyptians to pursue the Yisraelites, for YAHWEH desired to overthrow the Egyptians in the Red Sea. (This is a completely different take to me.)

22 And Pharaoh rose up and harnessed his chariot, and he ordered all the Egyptians to assemble, not one man was left excepting the little ones and the women.

23 And all the Egyptians went forth with Pharaoh to pursue the children of Yisrael, and the camp of Egypt was an exceedingly large and heavy camp, about ten hundred thousand men.

24 And the whole of this camp went and pursued the children of Yisrael to bring them back to Egypt, and they reached them encamping by the Red Sea.

25 And the children of Yisrael lifted up their eyes, and beheld all the Egyptians pursuing them, and the children of Yisrael were greatly terrified at them, and the children of Yisrael cried to YAHWEH.

26 And on account of the Egyptians, the children of Yisrael divided themselves into four divisions, and they were divided in their opinions, for they were afraid of the Egyptians, and Mosheh spoke to each of them.

27 The first division was of the children of Reuben, Simeon, and Issachar, and they resolved to cast themselves into the sea, for they were exceedingly afraid of the Egyptians. (This was not in the bible. This is super interesting to me.)

28 And Mosheh said to them, Fear not, stand still and see the yeshua of YAHWEH which He will effect this day for you. (Interesting wording... Yeshua means salvation.)

29 The second division was of the children of Zebulun, Benjamin and Naphtali, and they resolved to go back to Egypt with the Egyptians.

30 And Mosheh said to them, Fear not, for as you have seen the Egyptians this day, so shall you see them no more for ever.

31 The third division was of the children of Yahudah and Yoseph, and they resolved to go to meet the Egyptians to fight with them.

32 And Mosheh said to them, Stand in your places, for YAHWEH will fight for you, and you shall remain silent.

33 And the fourth division was of the children of Levi, Gad, and Asher, and they resolved to go into the midst of the Egyptians to confound them, and Mosheh said to them, Remain in your stations and fear not, only call unto YAHWEH that he may save you out of their hands.

34 After this Mosheh rose up from amidst the people, and he prayed to YAHWEH and said,

35 O YAHWEH the Elohim of the whole earth, save now your people whom you did bring forth from Egypt, and let not the Egyptians boast that power and might are theirs.

36 So YAHWEH said to Mosheh, Why did you cry unto me? speak to the children of Yisrael that they shall proceed, and do you stretch out your rod upon the sea and divide it, and the children of Yisrael shall pass through it.

37 And Mosheh did so, and he lifted up his rod upon the sea and divided it.

38 And the waters of the sea were divided into twelve parts (12 for the 12 Tribes... INTERESTING! I thought it was only one part...), and the children of Yisrael passed through on foot, with shoes, as a man would pass through a prepared road.

39 And YAHWEH manifested to the children of Yisrael his wonders in Egypt and in the sea by the hand of Mosheh and Aaron.

40 And when the children of Yisrael had entered the sea, the Egyptians came after them, and the waters of the sea resumed upon them, and they all sank in the water, and not one man was left excepting Pharaoh, who gave thanks to YAHWEH and believed in him, therefore YAHWEH did not cause him to perish at that time with the Egyptians. (I thought Pharoah died in the RED SEA...Now this is interesting. I am excited to read about him in Ninevah... I will keep that in the back of my mind.)

41 And YAHWEH ordered an heavenly messenger to take him from among the Egyptians, who cast him upon the land of Ninevah and he reigned over it for a long time.

42 And on that day YAHWEH saved Yisrael from the hand of Egypt, and all the children of Yisrael saw that the Egyptians had perished, and they beheld the great hand of YAHWEH, in what he had performed in Egypt and in the sea.

43 Then sang Mosheh and the children of Yisrael this song unto YAHWEH, on the day when YAHWEH caused the Egyptians to fall before them.

44 And all Yisrael sang in concert, saying, I will sing to YAHWEH for He is greatly exalted, the horse and his rider has he cast into the sea; behold it is written in the book of the law of YAHWEH.

45 After this the children of Yisrael proceeded on their journey, and encamped in Marah, and YAHWEH gave to the children of Yisrael statutes and judgments in that place in Marah, and YAHWEH commanded the children of Yisrael to walk in all his ways and to serve him.

46 And they journeyed from Marah and came to Elim, and in Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy date trees, and the children encamped there by the waters.

47 And they journeyed from Elim and came to the wilderness of Sin, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from Egypt.

48 At that time YAHWEH gave the manna to the children of Yisrael to eat, and YAHWEH caused food to rain from heaven for the children of Yisrael day by day.

49 And the children of Yisrael ate the manna for forty years, all the days that they were in the wilderness, until they came to the land of Canaan to possess it.

50 And they proceeded from the wilderness of Sin and encamped in Alush.

51 And they proceeded from Alush and encamped in Rephidim.

52 And when the children of Yisrael were in Rephidim, Amalek the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, the brother of Zepho, came to fight with Yisrael.

53 And he brought with him eight hundred and one thousand men, magicians and conjurers, and he prepared for battle with Yisrael in Rephidim.

54 And they carried on a great and severe battle against Yisrael, and YAHWEH delivered Amalek and his people into the hands of Mosheh and the children of Yisrael, and into the hand of Yahshua, the son of Nun, the Ephrathite, the servant of Mosheh.

55 And the children of Yisrael smote Amalek and his people at the edge of the sword, but the battle was very sore upon the children of Yisrael.

56 And YAHWEH said to Mosheh, Write this thing as a memorial for you in a book, and place it in the hand of Yahshua, the son of Nun, your servant, and you shalt command the children of Yisrael, saying, When you shalt come to the land of Canaan, you shalt utterly efface the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. (remove something from your memory)

57 And Mosheh did so, and he took the book and wrote upon it these words, saying,

58 Remember what Amalek has done to you in the road when you went forth from Egypt.

59 Who met you in the road and smote your rear, even those that were feeble behind you when you were faint and weary.

60 Therefore it shall be when YAHWEH your Elohim shall have given you rest from all thine enemies round about in the land which YAHWEH your Elohim gives you for an inheritance, to possess it, that you shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven, you shalt not forget it.

61 And the king who shall have pity on Amalek, or upon his memory or upon his seed, behold I will require it of him, and I will cut him off from among his people.

62 And Mosheh wrote all these things in a book, and he enjoined the children of Yisrael respecting all these matters.

82 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

The Ten Commandments are Given. While Mosheh is in the Mount, Aaron makes a Golden Calf, and Yisrael Worships it. Civil War. YAHWEH has a Sanctuary Built for His Worship in the Wilderness.

1 And the children of Yisrael proceeded from Rephidim and they encamped in the wilderness of Sinai, in the third month from their going forth from Egypt.

2 At that time came Reuel (Jethro) the Midianite, the father-in-law of Mosheh, with Zipporah his daughter and her two sons, for he had heard of the wonders of YAHWEH which he had done to Yisrael, that he had delivered them from the hand of Egypt.

3 And Reuel came to Mosheh to the wilderness where he was encamped, where was the mountain of YAHWEH.

4 And Mosheh went forth to meet his father-in-law with great honor, and all Yisrael was with him.

5 And Reuel and his children remained among the Yisraelites for many days, and Reuel knew YAHWEH from that day forward.

6 And in the third month from the children of Yisrael's departure from Egypt, on the sixth day thereof, YAHWEH gave to Yisrael the ten commandments on Mount Sinai.

7 And all Yisrael heard all these commandments, and all Yisrael rejoiced exceedingly in YAHWEH on that day.

8 And the brilliancy of YAHWEH rested upon Mount Sinai, and he called to Mosheh, and Mosheh came in the midst of a cloud and ascended the mountain.

9 And Mosheh was upon the mount forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water, and YAHWEH instructed him in the statutes and judgments in order to teach the children of Yisrael.

10 And YAHWEH wrote the ten commandments which he had commanded the children of Yisrael upon two tablets of stone, which he gave to Mosheh to command the children of Yisrael.

11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights, when YAHWEH had finished speaking to Mosheh on Mount Sinai, then YAHWEH gave to Mosheh the tablets of stone, written with the finger of YAHWEH.

12 And when the children of Yisrael saw that Mosheh tarried to come down from the mount, they gathered round Aaron, and said, As for this man Mosheh we know not what has become of him.

13 Now therefore rise up, make unto us a god who shall go before us, so that you shalt not die.

14 And Aaron was greatly afraid of the people, and he ordered them to bring him gold and he made it into a molten calf for the people.

15 And YAHWEH said to Mosheh, before he had come down from the mount, Get you down, for your people whom you did bring forth from Egypt have corrupted themselves.

16 They have made to themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, now therefore leave me, that I may consume them from off the earth, for they are a stiffnecked people.

17 And Mosheh besought the countenance of YAHWEH, and he prayed to YAHWEH for the people on account of the calf which they had made, and he afterward descended from the mount and in his hands were the two tablets of stone, which YAHWEH had given him to command the Yisraelites.

18 And when Mosheh approached the camp and saw the calf which the people had made, the anger of Mosheh was kindled and he broke the tablets under the mount.

19 And Mosheh came to the camp and he took the calf and burned it with fire, and ground it till it became fine dust, and strewed it upon the water and gave it to the Yisraelites to drink.

20 And there died of the people by the swords of each other about three thousand men who had made the calf.

21 And on the morrow Mosheh said to the people, I will go up to YAHWEH, peradventure I may make atonement for your sins which you have sinned to YAHWEH.

22 And Mosheh again went up to YAHWEH, and he remained with YAHWEH forty days and forty nights.

23 And during the forty days did Mosheh entreat YAHWEH in behalf of the children of Yisrael, and YAHWEH hearkened to the prayer of Mosheh, and YAHWEH was entreated of him in behalf of Yisrael.

24 Then spake YAHWEH to Mosheh to hew two stone tablets and to bring them up to YAHWEH, who would write upon them the ten commandments.

25 Now Mosheh did so, and he came down and hewed the two tablets and went up to Mount Sinai to YAHWEH, and YAHWEH wrote the ten commandments upon the tablets.

26 And Mosheh remained yet with YAHWEH forty days and forty nights, and YAHWEH instructed him in statutes and judgments to impart to Yisrael.

27 And YAHWEH commanded him respecting the children of Yisrael that they should make a sanctuary for YAHWEH, that his name might rest therein, and YAHWEH showed him the likeness of the sanctuary and the likeness of all its vessels.

28 And at the end of the forty days, Mosheh came down from the mount and the two tablets were in his hand.

29 And Mosheh came to the children of Yisrael and spoke to them all the words of YAHWEH, and he taught them laws, statutes and judgments which YAHWEH had taught him.

30 And Mosheh told the children of Yisrael the word of YAHWEH, that a sanctuary should be made for him, to dwell among the children of Yisrael.

31 And the people rejoiced greatly at all the good which YAHWEH had spoken to them, through Mosheh, and they said, We will do all that YAHWEH has spoken to you.

32 And the people rose up like one man and they made generous offerings to the sanctuary of YAHWEH, and each man brought the offering of YAHWEH for the work of the sanctuary, and for all its service.

33 And all the children of Yisrael brought each man of all that was found in his possession for the work of the sanctuary of YAHWEH, gold, silver and brass, and every thing that was serviceable for the sanctuary.

34 And all the wise men who were practiced in work came and made the sanctuary of YAHWEH, according to all that YAHWEH had commanded, every man in the work in which he had been practiced; and all the wise men in heart made the sanctuary, and its furniture and all the vessels for the setapart service, as YAHWEH had commanded Mosheh.

35 And the work of the sanctuary of the tabernacle was completed at the end of five months, and the children of Yisrael did all that YAHWEH had commanded Mosheh.

36 And they brought the sanctuary and all its furniture to Mosheh; like unto the representation which YAHWEH had shown to Mosheh, so did the children of Yisrael.

37 And Mosheh saw the work, and behold they did it as YAHWEH had commanded him, so Mosheh blessed them. 

So, now we are getting into the Ark of the Covenant... What did you think of these chapters? Not much was different in this one. 

The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 79 and 80

 

The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 79 and 80

 

    Hi, and thank you for joining me at 144Judah! We are now on "The Book of Yasher" (Jasher). This is an apocryphal text, meaning it was taken out of the bible. This book is included in some versions still today. One of the biggest reasons for doing this: it is referenced in three sections in the bible. Why would they take a book out that has been referenced? Well, we know that they did this also to Enoch, and Enoch is a very important book. I tend to find when "official" people don't include something, it means they don't want us to know what's what. And...me, being me, doesn't like that. So, pull up a chair, and put your thinking cap on. Better yet, put your feeling cap on, and let me know what you feel about this! Any questions? Email me at theawakeningtalk@gmail.com. 

  

79 YAHWEH APPEARS TO MOSHEH

YAHWEH appears to Mosheh and commands him to go down to Egypt to Deliver Yisrael. Aaron meets him. Yisrael on hearing of his Mission greatly rejoices. Mosheh and Aaron go to Pharaoh, who calls all the Magicians to meet Mosheh. They Perform Miracles as well as Mosheh, and thus Deceive the King. Pharaoh, not finding the Name of YAHWEH on any of the Books of Records, says he does not know who He is, and will not let his People go. Mosheh and Aaron teach Pharaoh, but he will not hearken, but causes the labor of the Children of Yisrael to be increased. Mosheh being discouraged is told by YAHWEH that with an outstretched hand and heavy Plagues, Yisrael shall be Delivered.

1 And in those days Mosheh was feeding the flock of Reuel the Midianite his father-in-law, beyond the wilderness of Sin (Wilderness of Sin - Wikipedia), and the stick which he took from his father-in-law was in his hand.

2 And it came to pass one day that a kid of goats strayed from the flock, and Mosheh pursued it and it came to the mountain of YAHWEH to Horeb.

3 And when he came to Horeb, YAHWEH appeared there unto him in the bush, and he found the bush burning with fire, but the fire had no power over the bush to consume it.

4 And Mosheh was greatly astonished at this sight, wherefore the bush was not consumed, and he approached to see this mighty thing, and YAHWEH called unto Mosheh out of the fire and commanded him to go down to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to send the children of Yisrael from his service.

5 And YAHWEH said unto Mosheh, Go, return to Egypt, for all those men who sought your life are dead, and you shalt speak unto Pharaoh to send forth the children of Yisrael from his land.

6 And YAHWEH showed him to do signs and wonders in Egypt before the eyes of Pharaoh and the eyes of his subjects, in order that they might believe that YAHWEH had sent him.

7 And Mosheh hearkened to all that YAHWEH had commanded him, and he returned to his father-in-law and told him the thing, and Reuel said to him, Go in peace.

8 And Mosheh rose up to go to Egypt, and he took his wife and sons with him, and he was at an inn in the road, and an heavenly messenger of YAHWEH came down, and sought an occasion against him. (To find fault or error against)

9 And he wished to kill him on account of his first born son, because he had not circumcised him, and had transgressed the covenant which YAHWEH had made with Abraham.

10 For Mosheh had hearkened to the words of his father-in-law which he had spoken to him, not to circumcise his first born son, therefore he circumcised him not.

11 And Zipporah saw the heavenly messenger of YAHWEH seeking an occasion against Mosheh, and she knew that this thing was owing to his not having circumcised her son Gershom.

12 And Zipporah hastened and took of the sharp rock stones that were there, and she circumcised her son, and delivered her husband and her son from the hand of the heavenly messenger of YAHWEH. (Yikes...)

13 And Aaron the son of Amram, the brother of Mosheh, was in Egypt walking at the river side on that day.

14 And YAHWEH appeared to him in that place, and he said to him, Go now toward Mosheh in the wilderness, and he went and met him in the mountain of YAHWEH, and he kissed him.

15 And Aaron lifted up his eyes, and saw Zipporah the wife of Mosheh and her children, and he said unto Mosheh, Who are these unto you?

16 And Mosheh said unto him, They are my wife and sons, which YAHWEH gave to me in Midian; and the thing grieved Aaron on account of the woman and her children.

17 And Aaron said to Mosheh, Send away the woman and her children that they may go to her father's house, and Mosheh hearkened to the words of Aaron, and did so.

18 And Zipporah returned with her children, and they went to the house of Reuel, and remained there until the time arrived when YAHWEH had visited his people, and brought them forth from Egypt from the hand at Pharaoh.

19 And Mosheh and Aaron came to Egypt to the community of the children of Yisrael, and they spoke to them all the words of YAHWEH, and the people rejoiced an exceeding great rejoicing.

20 And Mosheh and Aaron rose up early on the next day, and they went to the house of Pharaoh, and they took in their hands the stick of YAHWEH.

21 And when they came to the king's gate, two young lions were confined there with iron instruments, and no person went out or came in from before them, unless those whom the king ordered to come, when the conjurors came and withdrew the lions by their incantations, and this brought them to the king.

22 And Mosheh hastened and lifted up the stick upon the lions, and he loosed them, and Mosheh and Aaron came into the king's house.

23 The lions also came with them in joy, and they followed them and rejoiced as a dog rejoices over his master when he comes from the field.

24 And when Pharaoh saw this thing he was astonished at it, and he was greatly terrified at the report, for their appearance was like the appearance of the children of Elohim. (The term \"Elohim\" means supreme one or mighty one. It is not only used of the one true God but is also used on occasion to refer to human rulers, judges, and even angels. If you saw one who exhibiting supreme rule and expressed mighty power the word you would use would be Elohim. )

25 And Pharaoh said to Mosheh, What do you require? and they answered him, saying, YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews has sent us to you, to say, Send forth my people that they may serve me.

26 And when Pharaoh heard their words he was greatly terrified before them, and he said to them, Go today and come back to me tomorrow, and they did according to the word of the king.

27 And when they had gone Pharaoh sent for Balaam the magician and to Jannes and Jambres his sons, and to all the magicians and conjurors and counsellors which belonged to the king, and they all came and sat before the king.

28 And the king told them all the words which Mosheh and his brother Aaron had spoken to him, and the magicians said to the king, But how came the men to you, on account of the lions which were confined at the gate?

29 And the king said, Because they lifted up their rod against the lions and loosed them, and came to me, and the lions also rejoiced at them as a dog rejoices to meet his master.

30 And Balaam the son of Beor the magician answered the king, saying, These are none else than magicians like ourselves.

31 Now therefore send for them, and let them come and we will try them, and the king did so.

32 And in the morning Pharaoh sent for Mosheh and Aaron to come before the king, and they took the rod of YAHWEH, and came to the king and spoke to him, saying,

33 Thus said YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews, Send my people that they may serve me.

34 And the king said to them, But who will believe you that you are the messengers of YAHWEH and that you come to me by his order?

35 Now therefore give a wonder or sign in this matter, and then the words which you speak will be believed.

36 And Aaron hastened and threw the rod out of his hand before Pharaoh and before his servants, and the rod turned into a serpent.

37 And the sorcerers saw this and they cast each man his rod upon the ground and they became serpents.

38 And the serpent of Aaron's rod lifted up its head and opened its mouth to swallow the rods of the magicians.

39 And Balaam the magician answered and said, This thing has been from the days of old, that a serpent should swallow its fellow, and that living things devour each other.

40 Now therefore restore it to a rod as it was at first, and we will also restore our rods as they were at first, and if your rod shall swallow our rods, then shall we know that the spirit of YAHWEH is in you, and if not, you are only an artificer like unto ourselves.

41 And Aaron hastened and stretched forth his hand and caught hold of the serpent's tail and it became a rod in his hand, and the sorcerers did the like with their rods, and they got hold, each man of the tail of his serpent, and they became rods as at first.

42 And when they were restored to rods, the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.

43 And when the king saw this thing, he ordered the book of records that related to the kings of Egypt, to be brought, and they brought the book of records, the chronicles of the kings of Egypt, in which all the idols of Egypt were inscribed, for they thought of finding therein the name of YAHWEH, but they found it not.

44 And Pharaoh said to Mosheh and Aaron, Behold I have not found the name of YAHWEH your Elohim written in this book, and his name I know not.

45 And the counsellors and wise men answered the king, We have heard that YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews is a son of the wise, the son of ancient kings.

46 And Pharaoh turned to Mosheh and Aaron and said to them, I know not YAHWEH whom you have declared, neither will I send his people.

47 And they answered and said to the king, YAHWEH the Elohim of gods is his name, and he proclaimed his name over us from the days of our ancestors, and sent us, saying, Go to Pharaoh and say unto him, Send my people that they may serve me.

48 Now therefore send us, that we may take a journey for three days in the wilderness, and there may sacrifice to him, for from the days of our going down to Egypt, he has not taken from our hands either burnt offering, oblation or sacrifice, and if you wilt not send us, his anger will be kindled against you, and he will smite Egypt either with the plague or with the sword.

49 And Pharaoh said to them, Tell me now his power and his might; and they said to him, He created the heaven and the earth, the seas and all their fishes, he formed the light, created the darkness, caused rain upon the earth and watered it, and made the herbage and grass to sprout, he created man and beast and the animals of the forest, the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and by his mouth they live and die.

50 Surely he created you in your mother's womb, and put into you the breath of life, and reared you and placed you upon the royal throne of Egypt, and he will take your breath and soul from you, and return you to the ground whence you were taken.

51 And the anger of the king was kindled at their words, and he said to them, But who among all the gods of nations can do this? my river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

52 And he drove them from him, and he ordered the labor upon Yisrael to be more severe than it was yesterday and before.

53 And Mosheh and Aaron went out from the king's presence, and they saw the children of Yisrael in an evil condition for the task-masters had made their labor exceedingly heavy.

54 And Mosheh returned to YAHWEH and said, Why have you ill treated your people? for since I came to speak to Pharaoh what you did send me for, he has exceedingly ill used the children of Yisrael.

55 And YAHWEH said to Mosheh, Behold you wilt see that with an outstretched hand and heavy plagues, Pharaoh will send the children of Yisrael from his land.

56 And Mosheh and Aaron dwelt among their brethren the children of Yisrael in Egypt.

57 And as for the children of Yisrael the Egyptians embittered their lives, with the heavy work which they imposed upon them.

80 MOSHEH AND AARON GO TO PHARAOH

After Two Years, Mosheh and Aaron again go to Pharaoh, but Pharaoh will not Hearken. YAHWEH afflicts Egypt with all manner of Plagues and Afflictions. The First-born of all the Egyptians is Slain. Pharaoh sends the Children of Yisrael away, and all the Egyptians rise up to urge their Departure, but they will not go in the Night.

1 And at the end of two years, YAHWEH again sent Mosheh to Pharaoh to bring forth the children of Yisrael, and to send them out of the land of Egypt. (Holy cow...two years!)

2 And Mosheh went and came to the house of Pharaoh, and he spoke to him the words of YAHWEH who had sent him, but Pharaoh would not hearken to the voice of YAHWEH, and YAHWEH roused his might in Egypt upon Pharaoh and his subjects, and YAHWEH smote Pharaoh and his people with very great and sore plagues.

3 And YAHWEH sent by the hand of Aaron and turned all the waters of Egypt into blood, with all their streams and rivers.

4 And when an Egyptian came to drink and draw water, he looked into his pitcher, and behold all the water was turned into blood; and when he came to drink from his cup the water in the cup became blood.

5 And when a woman kneaded her dough and cooked her victuals, their appearance was turned to that of blood.

6 And YAHWEH sent again and caused all their waters to bring forth frogs, and all the frogs came into the houses of the Egyptians.

7 And when the Egyptians drank, their bellies were filled with frogs and they danced in their bellies as they dance when in the river.

8 And all their drinking water and cooking water turned to frogs, also when they lay in their beds their perspiration bred frogs.

9 Notwithstanding all this the anger of YAHWEH did not turn from them, and his hand was stretched out against all the Egyptians to smite them with every heavy plague.

10 And he sent and smote their dust to lice, and the lice became in Egypt to the height of two cubits upon the earth.

11 The lice were also very numerous, in the flesh of man and beast, in all the inhabitants of Egypt, also upon the king and queen YAHWEH sent the lice, and it grieved Egypt exceedingly on account of the lice.

12 Notwithstanding this, the anger of YAHWEH did not turn away, and his hand was still stretched out over Egypt.

13 And YAHWEH sent all kinds of beasts of the field into Egypt, and they came and destroyed all Egypt, man and beast, and trees, and all things that were in Egypt.

14 And YAHWEH sent fiery serpents, scorpions, mice, weasels, toads, together with others creeping in dust.

15 Flies, hornets, fleas, bugs and gnats, each swarm according to its kind.

16 And all reptiles and winged animals according to their kind came to Egypt and grieved the Egyptians exceedingly.

17 And the fleas and flies came into the eyes and ears of the Egyptians.

18 And the hornet came upon them and drove them away, and they removed from it into their inner rooms, and it pursued them.

19 And when the Egyptians hid themselves on account of the swarm of animals, they locked their doors after them, and YAHWEH ordered the Sulanuth which was in the sea, to come up and go into Egypt.

20 And she had long arms, ten cubits in length of the cubit of a man.

21 And she went upon the roofs and uncovered the raftering and flooring and cut them, and stretched forth her arm into the house and removed the lock and the bolt, and opened the houses of Egypt. (Yikes... sounds like a giant squid or something.)

22 Afterward came the swarm of animals into the houses of Egypt, and the swarm of animals destroyed the Egyptians, and it grieved them exceedingly.

23 Notwithstanding this the anger of YAHWEH did not turn away from the Egyptians, and his hand was yet stretched forth against them.

24 And YAHWEH sent the pestilence, and the pestilence pervaded Egypt, in the horses and asses, and in the camels, in herds of oxen and sheep and in man.

25 And when the Egyptians rose up early in the morning to take their cattle to pasture they found all their cattle dead.

26 And there remained of the cattle of the Egyptians only one in ten, and of the cattle belonging to Yisrael in Goshen not one died.

27 And YAHWEH sent a burning inflammation in the flesh of the Egyptians, which burst their skins, and it became a severe itch in all the Egyptians from the soles of their feet to the crowns of their heads.

28 And many boils were in their flesh, that their flesh wasted away until they became rotten and putrid.

29 Notwithstanding this the anger of YAHWEH did not turn away, and his hand was still stretched out over all Egypt.

30 And YAHWEH sent a very heavy hail, which smote their vines and broke their fruit trees and dried them up that they fell upon them.

31 Also every green herb became dry and perished, for a mingling fire descended amidst the hail, therefore the hail and the fire consumed all things.

32 Also men and beasts that were found abroad perished of the flames of fire and of the hail, and all the young lions were exhausted.

33 And YAHWEH sent and brought numerous locusts into Egypt, the Chasel, Salom, Chargol, and Chagole, locusts each of its kind, which devoured all that the hail had left remaining.

34 Then the Egyptians rejoiced at the locusts, although they consumed the produce of the field, and they caught them in abundance and salted them for food.

35 And YAHWEH turned a mighty wind of the sea which took away all the locusts, even those that were salted, and thrust them into the Red Sea; not one locust remained within the boundaries of Egypt.

36 And YAHWEH sent darkness upon Egypt, that the whole land of Egypt and Pathros became dark for three days, so that a man could not see his hand when he lifted it to his mouth.

37 At that time died many of the people of Yisrael who had rebelled against YAHWEH and who would not hearken to Mosheh and Aaron, and believed not in them that YAHWEH had sent them.

38 And who had said, We will not go forth from Egypt lest we perish with hunger in a desolate wilderness, and who would not hearken to the voice of Mosheh.

39 And YAHWEH plagued them in the three days of darkness, and the Yisraelites buried them in those days, without the Egyptians knowing of them or rejoicing over them.

40 And the darkness was very great in Egypt for three days, and any person who was standing when the darkness came, remained standing in his place, and he that was sitting remained sitting, and he that was lying continued lying in the same state, and he that was walking remained sitting upon the ground in the same spot; and this thing happened to all the Egyptians, until the darkness had passed away.

41 And the days of darkness passed away, and YAHWEH sent Mosheh and Aaron to the children of Yisrael, saying, Celebrate your feast and make your Passover, for behold I come in the midst of the night among all the Egyptians, and I will smite all their first born, from the first born of a man to the first born of a beast, and when I see your Passover, I will pass over you.

42 And the children of Yisrael did according to all that YAHWEH had commanded Mosheh and Aaron, thus did they in that night.

43 And it came to pass in the middle of the night, that YAHWEH went forth in the midst of Egypt, and smote all the first born of the Egyptians, from the first born of man to the first born of beast.

44 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry throughout Egypt in that night, for there was not a house in which there was not a corpse.

45 Also the likenesses of the first born of Egypt, which were carved in the walls at their houses, were destroyed and fell to the ground.

46 Even the bones of their first born who had died before this and whom they had buried in their houses, were raked up by the dogs of Egypt on that night and dragged before the Egyptians and cast before them.

47 And all the Egyptians saw this evil which had suddenly come upon them, and all the Egyptians cried out with a loud voice.

48 And all the families of Egypt wept upon that night, each man for his son and each man for his daughter, (never mentioned daughters...interesting) being the first born, and the tumult of Egypt was heard at a distance on that night.

49 And Bathia the daughter of Pharaoh went forth with the king on that night to seek Mosheh and Aaron in their houses, and they found them in their houses, eating and drinking and rejoicing with all Yisrael.

50 And Bathia said to Mosheh, Is this the reward for the good which I have done to you, who have reared you and stretched you out, and you have brought this evil upon me and my father's house?

51 And Mosheh said to her, Surely ten plagues did YAHWEH bring upon Egypt; did any evil accrue to you from any of them? did one of them affect you? and she said, No.

52 And Mosheh said to her, Although you are the first born to your mother, you shalt not die, and no evil shall reach you in the midst of Egypt.

53 And she said, What advantage is it to me, when I see the king, my brother, and all his household and subjects in this evil, whose first born perish with all the first born of Egypt?

54 And Mosheh said to her, Surely your brother and his household, and subjects, the families of Egypt, would not hearken to the words of YAHWEH, therefore did this evil come upon them.

55 And Pharaoh king of Egypt approached Mosheh and Aaron, and some of the children of Yisrael who were with them in that place, and he prayed to them, saying,

56 Rise up and take your brethren, all the children of Yisrael who are in the land, with their sheep and oxen, and all belonging to them, they shall leave nothing remaining, only pray for me to YAHWEH your Elohim.

57 And Mosheh said to Pharaoh, Behold though you are your mother's first born, yet fear not, for you wilt not die, for YAHWEH has commanded that you shalt live, in order to show you his great might and strong stretched out arm.

58 And Pharaoh ordered the children of Yisrael to be sent away, and all the Egyptians strengthened themselves to send them, for they said, We are all perishing.

59 And all the Egyptians sent the Yisraelites forth, with great riches, sheep and oxen and precious things, according to the oath of YAHWEH between him and our Father Abraham.

60 And the children of Yisrael delayed going forth at night, and when the Egyptians came to them to bring them out, they said to them, Are we thieves, that we should go forth at night?

61 And the children of Yisrael asked of the Egyptians, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and the children of Yisrael stripped the Egyptians.

62 And Mosheh hastened and rose up and went to the river of Egypt, and brought up from thence the coffin of Yoseph and took it with him. (Super important here!)

63 The children of Yisrael also brought up, each man his father's coffin with him, and each man the coffins of his tribe. (Awesome!  I'm glad this came up here. This was all foretold when Joseph stated that his bones shall leave when his people go to the promise land. What do you think? Interesting, huh?)

The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 77 and 78

The Book of Yasher (Jasher) Parts 77 and 78

 

    Hi, and thank you for joining me at 144Judah! We are now on "The Book of Yasher" (Jasher). This is an apocryphal text, meaning it was taken out of the bible. This book is included in some versions still today. One of the biggest reasons for doing this: it is referenced in three sections in the bible. Why would they take a book out that has been referenced? Well, we know that they did this also to Enoch, and Enoch is a very important book. I tend to find when "official" people don't include something, it means they don't want us to know what's what. And...me, being me, doesn't like that. So, pull up a chair, and put your thinking cap on. Better yet, put your feeling cap on, and let me know what you feel about this! Any questions? Email me at theawakeningtalk@gmail.com. 

  

77 YISRAEL AFFLICTED MORE

Adikam Pharaoh Afflicts Yisrael more than ever. Mosheh is Released by Reuel, and Marries his Daughter Zipporah. Mosheh obtains possession of YAHWEH's Stick.

1 Adikam was twenty years old when he reigned over Egypt, he reigned four years.

2 In the two hundred and sixth year of Yisrael's going down to Egypt did Adikam reign over Egypt, but he continued not so long in his reign over Egypt as his fathers had continued their reigns.

3 For Melol his father reigned ninety-four years in Egypt, but he was ten years sick and died, for he had been wicked before YAHWEH.

4 And all the Egyptians called the name of Adikam Pharaoh like the name of his fathers, as was their custom to do in Egypt.

5 And all the wise men of Pharaoh called the name of Adikam Ahuz, for short is called Ahuz in the Egyptian language.

6 And Adikam was exceedingly ugly, and he was a cubit and a span and he had a great beard which reached to the soles of his feet.

7 And Pharaoh sat upon his father's throne to reign over Egypt, and he conducted the government of Egypt in his wisdom.

8 And while he reigned he exceeded his father and all the preceding kings in wickedness, and he increased his yoke over the children of Yisrael.

9 And he went with his servants to Goshen to the children of Yisrael, and he strengthened the labor over them and he said unto them, Complete your work, each day's task, and let not your hands slacken from our work from this day forward as you did in the days of my father.

10 And he placed officers over them from among the children of Yisrael, and over these officers he placed taskmasters from among his servants.

11 And he placed over them a measure of bricks for them to do according to that number, day by day, and he turned back and went to Egypt.

12 At that time the task-masters of Pharaoh ordered the officers of the children of Yisrael according to the command of Pharaoh, saying,

13 Thus says Pharaoh, Do your work each day, and finish your task, and observe the daily measure of bricks; diminish not anything.

14 And it shall come to pass that if you are deficient in your daily bricks, I will put your young children in their stead.

15 And the task-masters of Egypt did so in those days as Pharaoh had ordered them.

16 And whenever any deficiency was found in the children of Yisrael's measure of their daily bricks, the task-masters of Pharaoh would go to the wives of the children of Yisrael and take infants of the children of Yisrael to the number of bricks deficient, they would take them by force from their mother's laps, and put them in the building instead of the bricks;

17 While their fathers and mothers were crying over them and weeping when they heard the weeping voices of their infants in the wall of the building.

18 And the task-masters prevailed over Yisrael, that the Yisraelites should place their children in the building, so that a man placed his son in the wall and put mortar over him, while his eyes wept over him, and his tears ran down upon his child.

19 And the task-masters of Egypt did so to the babes of Yisrael for many days, and no one pitied or had compassion over the babes of the children of Yisrael.

20 And the number of all the children killed in the building was two hundred and seventy, some whom they had built upon instead of the bricks which had been left deficient by their fathers, and some whom they had drawn out dead from the building.

21 And the labor imposed upon the children of Yisrael in the days of Adikam exceeded in hardship that which they performed in the days of his father.

22 And the children of Yisrael sighed every day on account of their heavy work, for they had said to themselves, Behold when Pharaoh shall die, his son will rise up and lighten our work!

23 But they increased the latter work more than the former, and the children of Yisrael sighed at this and their cry ascended to YAHWEH on account of their labor.

24 And YAHWEH heard the voice of the children of Yisrael and their cry, in those days, and YAHWEH remembered to them his covenant which he had made with Abraham, Isaac and Yacob.

25 And YAHWEH saw the burden of the children of Yisrael, and their heavy work in those days, and he determined to deliver them.

26 And Mosheh the son of Amram was still confined in the dungeon in those days, in the house of Reuel the Midianite, and Zipporah the daughter of Reuel did support him with food secretly day by day.

27 And Mosheh was confined in the dungeon in the house of Reuel for ten years.

28 And at the end of ten years which was the first year of the reign of Pharaoh over Egypt, in the place of his father,

29 Zipporah said to her father Reuel, No person inquires or seeks after the Hebrew man, whom you did bind in prison now ten years.

30 Now therefore, if it seem good in your sight, let us send and see whether he is living or dead, but her father knew not that she had supported him.

31 And Reuel her father answered and said to her, Has ever such a thing happened that a man should be shut up in a prison without food for ten years, and that he should live?

32 And Zipporah answered her father, saying, Surely you have heard that YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews is great and awful, and does wonders for them at all times.

33 He it was who delivered Abraham from Ur of the Chaldeans, and Isaac from the sword of his father, and Yacob from the heavenly messenger of YAHWEH who wrestled with him at the ford of Jabbuk.

34 Also with this man has he done many things, he delivered him from the river in Egypt and from the sword of Pharaoh, and from the children of Cush, so also can he deliver him from famine and make him live.

35 And the thing seemed good in the sight of Reuel, and he did according to the word of his daughter, and sent to the dungeon to ascertain what became of Mosheh.

36 And he saw, and behold the man Mosheh was living in the dungeon, standing upon his feet, praising and praying to YAHWEH the Elohim of his ancestors.

37 And Reuel commanded Mosheh to be brought out of the dungeon, so they shaved him and he changed his prison garments and ate bread.

38 And afterward Mosheh went into the garden of Reuel which was behind the house, and he there prayed to YAHWEH his Elohim, who had done mighty wonders for him.

39 And it was that while he prayed he looked opposite to him, and behold a sapphire stick was placed in the ground, which was planted in the midst of the garden.

40 And he approached the stick and he looked, and behold the name of YAHWEH the Elohim of hosts was engraved thereon, written and developed upon the stick.

41 And he read it and stretched forth his hand and he plucked it like a forest tree from the thicket, and the stick was in his hand.

42 And this is the stick with which all the works of our YAHWEH were performed, after he had created heaven and earth, and all the host of them, seas, rivers and all their fishes.

43 And when YAHWEH had driven Adam from the garden of Eden, he took the stick in his hand and went and tilled the ground from which he was taken.

44 And the stick came down to Noah and was given to Shem and his descendants, until it came into the hand of Abraham the Hebrew.

45 And when Abraham had given all he had to his son Isaac, he also gave to him this stick.

46 And when Yacob had fled to Padan-aram, he took it into his hand, and when he returned to his father he had not left it behind him.

47 Also when he went down to Egypt he took it into his hand and gave it to Yoseph, one portion above his brethren, for Yacob had taken it by force from his brother Esau.

48 And after the death of Yoseph, the nobles of Egypt came into the house of Yoseph, and the stick came into the hand of Reuel the Midianite, and when he went out of Egypt, he took it in his hand and planted it in his garden.

49 And all the mighty men of the Kinites tried to pluck it when they endeavored to get Zipporah his daughter, but they were unsuccessful.

50 So that stick remained planted in the garden of Reuel, until he came who had a right to it and took it.

51 And when Reuel saw the stick in the hand of Mosheh, he wondered at it, and he gave him his daughter Zipporah for a wife. (CHILLS EVERYWHERE! This is all in the lost scriptures. This brings to mind all of the good stuff!)

78 MOSHEH TWO SONS

Mosheh has Two Sons. Pharaoh withholds Straw from the Yisraelites.

1 At that time died Baal Channan son of Achbor, king of Edom, and was buried in his house in the land of Edom.

2 And after his death the children of Esau sent to the land of Edom, and took from there a man who was in Edom, whose name was Hadad, and they made him king over them in the place of Baal Channan, their king.

3 And Hadad reigned over the children of Edom forty-eight years.

4 And when he reigned he resolved to fight against the children of Moab, to bring them under the power of the children of Esau as they were before, but he was not able, because the children of Moab heard this thing, and they rose up and hastened to elect a king over them from among their brethren.

5 And they afterward gathered together a great people, and sent to the children of Ammon their brethren for help to fight against Hadad king of Edom.

6 And Hadad heard the thing which the children of Moab had done, and was greatly afraid of them, and refrained from fighting against them.

7 In those days Mosheh, the son of Amram, in Midian, took Zipporah, the daughter of Reuel the Midianite, for a wife.

8 And Zipporah walked in the ways of the daughters of Yacob, she was nothing short of the righteousness of Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah.

9 And Zipporah conceived and bare a son and he called his name Gershom, for he said, I was a stranger in a foreign land; but he circumcised not his foreskin, at the command of Reuel his father-in-law.

10 And she conceived again and bare a son, but circumcised his foreskin, and called his name Eliezer, for Mosheh said, Because YAHWEH the Elohim of my fathers was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

11 And Pharaoh king of Egypt greatly increased the labor of the children of Yisrael in those days, and continued to make his yoke heavier upon the children of Yisrael.

12 And he ordered a proclamation to be made in Egypt, saying, Give no more straw to the people to make bricks with, let them go and gather themselves straw as they can find it.

13 Also the tale of bricks which they shall make let them give each day, and diminish nothing from them, for they are idle in their work.

14 And the children of Yisrael heard this, and they mourned and sighed, and they cried unto YAHWEH on account of the bitterness of their souls.

15 And YAHWEH heard the cries of the children of Yisrael, and saw the oppression with which the Egyptians oppressed them.

16 And YAHWEH was jealous of his people and his inheritance, and heard their voice, and he resolved to take them out of the affliction of Egypt, to give them the land of Canaan for a possession.

Wow!  This is awesome. I am really looking forward to reading tomorrow's excerpt! What did you think of the sapphire stick? Did you remember it from the Genesis blogs? How cool is that?