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.
89 YAHSHUA's SONGS OF PRAISE
Yahshua's Song of Praise. The Wars of Yisrael.
1 Then spoke Yahshua this song, on the day that YAHWEH had given the Amorites into the hand of Yahshua and the children of Yisrael, and he said in the sight of all Yisrael,
2 You have done mighty things, O YAHWEH, you have performed great deeds; who is like unto you? my lips shall sing to your name.
3 My goodness and my fortress, my high tower, I will sing a new song unto you, with thanksgiving will I sing to you, you are the strength of my yeshua. (Salvation)
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise you, the princes of the world shall sing to you, the children of Yisrael shall rejoice in your yeshua, they shall sing and praise your power.
5 To you, O YAHWEH, did we confide; we said you are our Elohim, for you are our shelter and strong tower against our enemies.
6 To you we cry and are not ashamed, in you we trust and we are delivered; when we cry unto you, you hear our voice, you deliver our souls from the sword, you show unto us your free unmerited love, you give unto us your yeshua, you rejoice our hearts with you strength.
7 You go forth for our yeshua, with thine arm do you redeem your people; you answer us from the heavens of your holiness, you save us from ten thousands of people.
8 The sun and moon stood still in heaven, and you stand in your wrath against our oppressors and command your judgments over them.
9 All the princes of the earth stood up, the kings of the nations had gathered themselves together, they were not moved at your presence, they desired your battles.
10 You did rise against them in thine anger, and bring down you wrath upon them; you destroy them in thine anger, and cut them off in thine heart.
11 Nations have been consumed with your fury, kingdoms have declined because of your wrath, you did wound kings in the day of thine anger.
12 You pour out your fury upon them, your wrathful anger took hold of them; you turn their iniquity upon them, and cut them off in their wickedness.
13 They spread a trap, they fall therein, in the net they hide, their foot is caught.
14 Your hand is ready for all thine enemies who say, Through their sword they possessed the land, through their arm they dwell in the city; you fill their faces with shame, you bring their horns down to the ground, you did terrify them in your wrath, and you destroy them in thine anger.
15 The earth tremble and shakes at the sound of your storm over them, you do not withhold their souls from death, and you bring down their lives to the grave.
16 You did pursue them in your storm, you did consume them in your whirlwind, you did turn their rain into hail, they fell in deep pits so that they could not rise.
17 Their carcasses are like rubbish cast out in the middle of the streets.
18 They are consumed and destroyed in thine anger, you did save your people with your might.
19 Therefore our hearts rejoice in you, our souls exalt in your yeshua.
20 Our tongues shall relate your might, we will sing and praise your wondrous works.
21 For you did save us from our enemies, you did deliver us from those who rose up against us, you did destroy them from before us and depress them beneath our feet.
22 Thus shall all thine enemies perish O YAHWEH, and the wicked shall be like chaff driven by the wind, and your beloved shall be like trees planted by the waters.
23 So Yahshua and all Yisrael with him returned to the camp in Gilgal, after having smitten all the kings, so that not a remnant was left of them.
24 And the five kings fled alone on foot from battle, and hid themselves in a cave, and Yahshua sought for them in the field of battle, and did not find them.
25 And it was afterward told to Yahshua, saying, The kings are found and behold they are hidden in a cave.
26 And Yahshua said, Appoint men to be at the mouth of the cave, to guard them, lest they take themselves away; and the children of Yisrael did so.
27 And Yahshua called to all Yisrael and said to the officers of battle, Place your feet upon the necks of these kings, and Yahshua said, So shall YAHWEH do to all your enemies.
28 And Yahshua commanded afterward that they should slay the kings and cast them into the cave, and to put great stones at the mouth of the cave.
29 And Yahshua went afterward with all the people that were with him on that day to Makkedah, and he smote it with the edge of the sword.
30 And he utterly destroyed the souls and all belonging to the city, and he did to the king and people thereof as he had done to Jericho.
31 And he passed from there to Libnah and he fought against it, and YAHWEH delivered it into his hand, and Yahshua smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls thereof, and he did to it and to the king thereof as he had done to Jericho.
32 And from there he passed on to Lachish to fight against it, and Horam king of Gaza went up to assist the men of Lachish, and Yahshua smote him and his people until there was none left to him.
33 And Yahshua took Lachish and all the people thereof, and he did to it as he had done to Libnah.
34 And Yahshua passed from there to Eglon, and he took that also, and he smote it and all the people thereof with the edge of the sword.
35 And from there he passed to Hebron and fought against it and took it and utterly destroyed it, and he returned from there with all Yisrael to Debir and fought against it and smote it with the edge of the sword.
36 And he destroyed every soul in it, he left none remaining, and he did to it and the king thereof as he had done to Jericho.
37 And Yahshua smote all the kings of the Amorites from Kadesh-barnea to Azah, and he took their country at once, for YAHWEH had fought for Yisrael.
38 And Yahshua with all Yisrael came to the camp to Gilgal.
39 When at that time Jabin king of Chazor heard all that Yahshua had done to the kings of the Amorites, Jabin sent to Jobat king of Midian, and to Laban king of Shimron, to Jephal king of Achshaph, and to all the kings of the Amorites, saying,
40 Come quickly to us and help us, that we may smite the children of Yisrael, before they come upon us and do unto us as they have done to the other kings of the Amorites.
41 And all these kings hearkened to the words of Jabin, king of Chazor, and they went forth with all their camps, seventeen kings, and their people were as numerous as the sand on the sea shore, together with horses and chariots innumerable, and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, and they were met together to fight against Yisrael.
42 And YAHWEH said to Yahshua, Fear them not, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver them up all slain before you, you shalt hough their horses and burn their chariots with fire.
43 And Yahshua with all the men of war came suddenly upon them and smote them, and they fell into their hands, for YAHWEH had delivered them into the hands of the children of Yisrael.
44 So the children of Yisrael pursued all these kings with their camps, and smote them until there was none left of them, and Yahshua did to them as YAHWEH had spoken to him.
45 And Yahshua returned at that time to Chazor and smote it with the sword and destroyed every soul in it and burned it with fire, and from Chazor, Yahshua passed to Shimron and smote it and utterly destroyed it.
46 From there he passed to Achshaph and he did to it as he had done to Shimron.
47 From there he passed to Adulam and he smote all the people in it, and he did to Adulam as he had done to Achshaph and to Shimron.
48 And he passed from them to all the cities of the kings which he had smitten, and he smote all the people that were left of them and he utterly destroyed them.
49 Only their booty and cattle the Yisraelites took to themselves as a prey, but every human being they smote, they suffered not a soul to live.
50 As YAHWEH had commanded Mosheh so did Yahshua and all Yisrael, they failed not in anything.
51 So Yahshua and all the children of Yisrael smote the whole land of Canaan as YAHWEH had commanded them, and smote all their kings, being thirty and one kings, and the children of Yisrael took their whole country.
52 Besides the kingdoms of Sihon and Og which are on the other side Jordan, of which Mosheh had smitten many cities, and Mosheh gave them to the Reubenites and the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
53 And Yahshua smote all the kings that were on this side Jordan to the west, and gave them for an inheritance to the nine tribes and to the half tribe of Yisrael.
54 For five years did Yahshua carry on the war with these kings, and he gave their cities to the Yisraelites, and the land became tranquil from battle throughout the cities of the Amorites and the Canaanites.
90 LAND DIVIDED & REST
The Edomites are Smitten by Chittim. The Land is Divided, and the people have Rest. Yahshua being Advanced in Years Exhorts the people to Observe all the Laws of Mosheh, and then Dies.
1 At that time in the fifth year after the children of Yisrael had passed over Jordan, after the children of Yisrael had rested from their war with the Canaanites, at that time great and severe battles arose between Edom and the children of Chittim, and the children of Chittim fought against Edom.
2 And Abianus king of Chittim went forth in that year, that is in the thirty-first year of his reign, and a great force with him of the mighty men of the children of Chittim, and he went to Seir to fight against the children of Esau.
3 And Hadad the king of Edom heard of his report, and he went forth to meet him with a heavy people and strong force, and engaged in battle with him in the field of Edom.
4 And the hand of Chittim prevailed over the children of Esau, and the children of Chittim slew of the children of Esau, two and twenty thousand men, and all the children of Esau fled from before them.
5 And the children of Chittim pursued them and they reached Hadad king of Edom, who was running before them and they caught him alive, and brought him to Abianus king of Chittim.
6 And Abianus ordered him to be slain, and Hadad king of Edom died in the forty-eighth year of his reign.
7 And the children of Chittim continued their pursuit of Edom, and they smote them with a great slaughter and Edom became subject to the children of Chittim.
8 And the children of Chittim ruled over Edom, and Edom became under the hand of the children of Chittim and became one kingdom from that day.
9 And from that time they could no more lift up their heads, and their kingdom became one with the children of Chittim.
10 And Abianus placed officers in Edom and all the children of Edom became subject and tributary to Abianus, and Abianus turned back to his own land, Chittim.
11 And when he returned he renewed his government and built for himself a spacious and fortified palace for a royal residence, and reigned securely over the children of Chittim and over Edom.
12 In those days, after the children of Yisrael had driven away all the Canaanites and the Amorites, Yahshua was old and advanced in years.
13 And YAHWEH said to Yahshua, You are old, advanced in life, and a great part of the land remains to be possessed.
14 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and to the half tribe of Manasseh, and Yahshua rose up and did as YAHWEH had spoken to him.
15 And he divided the whole land to the tribes of Yisrael as an inheritance according to their divisions.
16 But to the tribe at Levi he gave no inheritance, the offerings of YAHWEH are their inheritance as YAHWEH had spoken of them by the hand of Mosheh.
17 And Yahshua gave Mount Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephuneh, one portion above his brethren, as YAHWEH had spoken through Mosheh. (Tribe of Judah)
18 Therefore Hebron became an inheritance to Caleb and his children unto this day.
19 And Yahshua divided the whole land by lots to all Yisrael for an inheritance, as YAHWEH had commanded him.
20 And the children of Yisrael gave cities to the Levites from their own inheritance, and suburbs for their cattle, and property, as YAHWEH had commanded Mosheh so did the children of Yisrael, and they divided the land by lot whether great or small.
21 And they went to inherit the land according to their boundaries, and the children of Yisrael gave to Yahshua the son of Nun an inheritance among them.
22 By the word of YAHWEH did they give to him the city which he required, Timnath-serach in Mount Ephraim, and he built the city and dwelt therein.
23 These are the inheritances which Elazer the priest and Yahshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes portioned out to the children of Yisrael by lot in Shiloh, before YAHWEH, at the door of the tabernacle, and they left off dividing the land.
24 And YAHWEH gave the land to the Yisraelites, and they possessed it as YAHWEH had spoken to them, and as YAHWEH had sworn to their ancestors.
25 And YAHWEH gave to the Yisraelites rest from all their enemies around them, and no man stood up against them, and YAHWEH delivered all their enemies into their hands, and not one thing failed of all the good which YAHWEH had spoken to the children of Yisrael, yea YAHWEH performed every thing.
26 And Yahshua called to all the children of Yisrael and he blessed them, and commanded them to serve YAHWEH, and he afterward sent them away, and they went each man to his city, and each man to his inheritance.
27 And the children of Yisrael served YAHWEH all the days of Yahshua, and YAHWEH gave them rest from all around them, and they dwelt securely in their cities.
28 And it came to pass in those days, that Abianus king of Chittim died, in the thirty-eighth year of his reign, that is the seventh year of his reign over Edom, and they buried him in his place which he had built for himself, and Latinus reigned in his stead fifty years.
29 And during his reign he brought forth an army, and he went and fought against the inhabitants of Britannia and Kernania, the children of Elisha son of Javan, and he prevailed over them and made them tributary.
30 He then heard that Edom had revolted from under the hand of Chittim, and Latinus went to them and smote them and subdued them, and placed them under the hand of the children of Chittim, and Edom became one kingdom with the children of Chittim all the days.
31 And for many years there was no king in Edom, and their government was with the children of Chittim and their king.
32 And it was in the twenty-sixth year after the children of Yisrael had passed the Jordan, that is the sixty-sixth year after the children of Yisrael had departed from Egypt, that Yahshua was old, advanced in years, being one hundred and eight years old in those days.
33 And Yahshua called to all Yisrael, to their elders, their judges and officers, after YAHWEH had given to all the Yisraelites rest from all their enemies round about, and Yahshua said to the elders of Yisrael, and to their judges, Behold I am old, advanced in years, and you have seen what YAHWEH has done to all the nations whom he has driven away from before you, for it is YAHWEH who has fought for you.
34 Now therefore strengthen yourselves to keep and to do all the words of the law of Mosheh, not to deviate from it to the right or to the left, and not to come among those nations who are left in the land; neither shall you make mention of the name of their gods, but you shall cleave to YAHWEH your Elohim, as you have done to this day.
35 And Yahshua greatly exhorted the children of Yisrael to serve YAHWEH all their days.
36 And all the Yisraelites said, We will serve YAHWEH our Elohim all our days, we and our children, and our children's children, and our seed for ever.
37 And Yahshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and he sent away the children of Yisrael, and they went each man to his inheritance and to his city.
38 And it was in those days, when the children of Yisrael were dwelling securely in their cities, that they buried the coffins of the tribes of their ancestors, which they had brought up from Egypt, each man in the inheritance of his children, the twelve sons of Yacob did the children of Yisrael bury, each man in the possession of his children.
39 And these are the names of the cities wherein they buried the twelve sons of Yacob, whom the children of Yisrael had brought up from Egypt.
40 And they buried Reuben and Gad on this side Jordan, in Romia, which Mosheh had given to their children.
41 And Simeon and Levi they buried in the city Mauda, which he had given to the children of Simeon, and the suburb of the city was for the children of Levi.
42 And Yahudah they buried in the city of Benjamin opposite Bethlehem.
43 And the bones of Issachar and Zebulun they buried in Zidon, in the portion which fell to their children.
44 And Dan was buried in the city of his children in Eshtael, and Naphtali and Asher they buried in Kadesh-naphtali, each man in his place which he had given to his children.
45 And the bones of Yoseph they buried in Shechem, in the part of the field which Yacob had purchased from Hamor, and which became to Yoseph for an inheritance.
46 And they buried Benjamin in Yerusalem opposite the Jebusite, which was given to the children of Benjamin; the children of Yisrael buried their fathers each man in the city of his children.
47 And at the end of two years, Yahshua the son of Nun died, one hundred and ten years old, and the time which Yahshua judged Yisrael was twenty-eight years, and Yisrael served YAHWEH all the days of his life.
48 And the other affairs of Yahshua and his battles and his reproofs with which he reproved Yisrael, and all which he had commanded them, and the names of the cities which the children of Yisrael possessed in his days, behold they are written in the book of the words of Yahshua to the children of Yisrael, and in the book of the wars of YAHWEH, which Mosheh and Yahshua and the children of Yisrael had written. (This was also found in the caves... Also notice they weren't in the bible as well)
49 And the children of Yisrael buried Yahshua in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-serach, which was given to him in Mount Ephraim.
50 And Elazer the son of Aaron died in those days, and they buried him in a hill belonging to Phineas his son, which was given him in Mount Ephraim.
91 ELDERS JUDGE YISRAEL
The Elders Judge Yisrael. They drive out all the Canaanites and Inherit the Promised Land.
1 At that time, after the death of Yahshua, the children of the Canaanites were still in the land, and the Yisraelites resolved to drive them out.
2 And the children of Yisrael asked of YAHWEH, saying, Who shall first go up for us to the Canaanites to fight against them? and YAHWEH said, Yahudah shall go up.
3 And the children of Yahudah said to Simeon, Go up with us into our lot, and we will fight against the Canaanites and we likewise will go up with you, in your lot, so the children of Simeon went with the children of Yahudah.
4 And the children of Yahudah went up and fought against the Canaanites, so YAHWEH delivered the Canaanites into the hands of the children of Yahudah, and they smote them in Bezek, ten thousand men.
5 And they fought with Adonibezek in Bezek, and he fled from before them, and they pursued him and caught him, and they took hold of him and cut off his thumbs and great toes. (great toes?) --> In the Bible, the big toe symbolizes stability, foundation, and consecration. It represents crucial themes such as faith, humility, and spiritual growth.
6 And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings having their thumbs and great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table, as I have done, so YAHWEH has requited me, and they brought him to Yerusalem and he died there.
7 And the children of Simeon went with the children of Yahudah, and they smote the Canaanites with the edge of the sword.
8 And YAHWEH was with the children of Yahudah, and they possessed the mountain, and the children of Yoseph went up to Bethel, the same is Luz, and YAHWEH was with them.
9 And the children of Yoseph spied out Bethel, and the watchmen saw a man going forth from the city, and they caught him and said unto him, Show us now the entrance of the city and we will show kindness to you.
10 And that man showed them the entrance of the city, and the children of Yoseph came and smote the City with the edge of the sword.
11 And the man with his family they sent away, and he went to the Hittites and he built a city, and he called the name thereof Luz, so all the Yisraelites dwelt in their cities, and the children at Yisrael dwelt in their cities, and the children of Yisrael served YAHWEH all the days of Yahshua, and all the days of the elders, who had lengthened their days after Yahshua, and saw the great work of YAHWEH, which he had performed for Yisrael.
12 And the elders judged Yisrael after the death of Yahshua for seventeen years.
13 And all the elders also fought the battles of Yisrael against the Canaanites and YAHWEH drove the Canaanites from before the children of Yisrael, in order to place the Yisraelites in their land.
14 And he accomplished all the words which he had spoken to Abraham, Isaac, and Yacob, and the oath which he had sworn, to give to them and to their children, the land of the Canaanites.
15 And YAHWEH gave to the children of Yisrael the whole land of Canaan, as he had sworn to their ancestors, and YAHWEH gave them rest from those around them, and the children of Yisrael dwelt securely in their cities.
16 Blessed be YAHWEH for ever, HalleluYah, and HalleluYah.
17 Strengthen yourselves, and let the hearts of all you that trust in YAHWEH be of good courage.
THE END
WOW! So, that is the end of the Book of Yasher! That took quite a long while, and I am so glad that I read it. I hope you got something out of it. The parts that I loved about this book were mostly in the beginning that really filled in the Genesis story. I look forward to my next blog which I will be starting this weekend!
I wonder where we will go next?
I'll see you Friday!
Danielle
