Ninth Stop 9 is the number that signifies confusion by diminishing from the Word of Y’hovah; 10-1=9. Nachshon’s name means ‘enchanter’ and is derived from the root nachash, to hiss, to whisper a magic spell. The fiery nachash was a source of evil in the Israelite camp in Numbers 21. Nachshon voted with the 10 tourists at Kadesh.
Tenth Stop Stop #10 was at Rephidim, where they had no water, but after they kvetched about it enough, Y’hovah had Moshe tap the Rock at Rephidim and had water gush out from it. In Matt.1, the corresponding ancestor is Salmon, whose name means ‘garment’ or investiture. This was NOT a fish swimming in the water from the Rock.
Tenth Stop Investiture is the act of conferring title or office on a person, clothing him with authority. When Moshe struck the Rock and the water gushed forth, Y’hovah clothed him with authority like never before.
Eleventh Stop Stop #11 is in the Wilderness of Sinai. This is where Israel received the 10 Commandments and the rest of the Covenant, sent elders into the very throneroom of Y’hovah, transgressed in the golden calf and built the Mishkan.
Eleventh Stop The ancestor of Yeshua that corresponds is Boaz, husband of Ruth and Tanakh’s best illustration of the kinsman redeemer - a fitting person to match to the giving of Torah, as he was a tzadik and lived it out in his own life.
Twelfth Stop Stop 12 is Kibrothhataavah, where Israel murmured about their need for flesh to eat. Kibrothhataavah means ‘graves of longing or lusting’. The patriarch that corresponds is Obed, which means serving.
Twelfth Stop The reason for the graves of lust is that the Israelites served themselves of the quail without pouring out the quail’s blood on the ground, offering it to Y’hovah first, or cooking it. I think they died with the raw sinews of quail stuck in their teeth and the blood dripping down their chins.
Thirteenth Stop Stop 13 was Chatzeroth, which means a fence or a yard. It was at Chatzeroth where Miriam and Aharon murmured against Moshe because of his Ethiopian wife, and Miriam was afflicted with tzaraath, which KJV translates as leprosy.
Thirteenth Stop She was cleansed of the tzaraath as soon as Moshe interceded for her, but she still had to stay without the camp until her mikvah on the 7th day after she was declared clean of the plague. Even the leadership had to abide by Torah. This had to be a new experience for them. Egyptian authorities, as American anymore, were above the law.
Thirteenth Stop Israel could not enter the land with an unclean leader, so the whole camp had to stay encamped at Chatzeroth for a week because of Miriam’s lashon hara. The corresponding ancestor is Yishai, whose name means to be or stand out. This particular stop would certainly ‘stand out’ in everyone’s mind.
Fourteenth Stop Stop #14 was Rithmah, which was named Kadesh Barnea in the narrative, and whence they sent the 12 spies into the land to scope it out. 10 of the spies decided to be tourists instead and brought back some impressive souvenirs, while 2 of the spies acquitted themselves as mighty men of valor.
Fourteenth Stop Rithmah means to yoke to a pole. I think they call this Rithmah here to intimate that they were here for a LO-O-ONG time. Because the spies turned Israel away from trusting Y’hovah, they were made to stay there, according to some rabbis for ½ of their remaining time in the Wilderness – 19+ years.
Fourteenth Stop The ancestor corresponding to Rithmah is David, the King. He most definitely was the one king who yoked the 2 houses of Israel together. In this way, he was a wonderful type of Moshiach ben David. Also, the gematria of David’s name = 14 (daleth + vav + daleth = yud daleth). This was the zenith of Israel’s righteousness as a nation. Stop 28 will match Israel’s nadir of national righteousness.
Fifteenth Stop Stop #15 was Rimmon Paretz. The name means “pomegranate breach”, and it only appears in this chapter, so nothing of any importance occurred here. But the name of Yeshua’s ancestor that corresponds to the 15th wilderness ‘station’ is Shlomo, who began the rift between the 2 houses of Ya’acov in 2 ways;
Fifteenth Stop 1) he breached Torah by multiplying pagan wives and worshipping their elohim, not to mention multiplying horses and chariots, and 2) by treating the men of the northern 10 tribes differently (1Ki.12) than he treated those of the southern tribes of Yehudah and BenYamin.
Fifteenth Stop - And Yerovoam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehovoam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. (1Ki.12.3b-4)
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