Parasha Bechukotai – Year 2 – Dedication and Redemption.
Shabbat Shalom, Nazarene family.
This week we will study the parasha Bechukotai, portion of year 2, we will see about vows and offerings consecrated to Yahweh, explaining how they can be redeemed. Rules are established for valuing people, animals, houses, and land offered in the service of the Father. If someone wishes to get back what he consecrated, he must pay an additional value. It also mentions that land not redeemed before the jubilee will pass to the priesthood.
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 27:16
16 ‘If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
This week corresponds to the reading of the texts (in bold):
- Vayiqra (Leviticus) 26:3-46 / 27:1-21 / 27:22-34
- Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 16:1-13 / 16:14-17:13 / 17:14-27
- Luqa (Luke) 14:1-24 / 14:25-15:10 / 15:11-32
Summary of the weekly study, Year two:
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 27:1-21
These verses teach about the importance of vows and offerings consecrated to Elohim, and how they are to be fulfilled or redeemed. It lays out the specific rules for consecrating people, animals, houses, and land to the service of Yahweh, setting values for each category according to their age, gender, or type of property. If someone wishes to redeem what is consecrated, they must pay the value plus 20%. Consecrated lands are given special treatment, since if they are not redeemed before the year of jubilee, they become the property of the priesthood. This teaching shows us the commitment and seriousness of consecrating something to Yahweh.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 16:14-17:13
These verses teach us about the punishment and restoration of Israel. Yahweh promises that, despite the dispersion, He will bring back His people from all the lands where He has scattered them, surpassing even the deliverance from Egypt. However, he also warns that their sins and idolatry will be punished. In Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 17, the difference between trusting in man and trusting in Elohim is shown: those who trust in man will be cursed, while those who trust in Yahweh will be blessed. The passage concludes with a prayer for healing and salvation.
Luqa (Luke) 14:25-15:10
These verses teach us about the cost of following Yeshua and the joy for those who repent. Yeshua explains that to be His disciple, one must love Him more than one’s family and be willing to carry one’s own cross or crossbeam, which involves sacrifices and compromises. He uses examples to illustrate the need to count the cost before following him. In the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin, Yeshua highlights the value of a single sinner who repents, pointing to the great joy in heaven for every soul who returns to Yahweh Elohim.
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Enjoy this fun activity with the whole family. Inside you will find development questions for the three weekly sections (Torah, Haftarah and Brit Chadashah). While the older ones discuss the questions and their answers, the younger ones can color the picture related to the teaching, solve a maze, find the 7 differences and much more. We encourage you to do it week by week and instill in your children the habit of studying Yahweh’s word as a family.
We hope you and especially your sons and daughters enjoy this effort. For it is through the study of the Scriptures that we can come to understand the love and care that Yahweh has always had for us. And also to perceive that He has been taking care of even the smallest detail, so that we can take care and enjoy all that He gives us. That is why it is so important that our children learn and grow up knowing that they are loved by the Creator of all that exists.
Shalom
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