THE LANGUAGE OF EXILE PART 1

Genesis chapter 35













Today we are walking in: The Language Of Exile







Jos 22:24




And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying: In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying: What have ye to do with Yahuah Elohai of Yashar'el? Yahusha (Joshua) 22:24
















Today we look to the word- SPEAK- H559 'amar--to say, speak, utter, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend







The Torah testifies.......................................









Gen 18:27




And Avraham answered and said: Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto Adonai, which am but dust and ashes: Bere'shiyth (Genesis) 18:27




Gen 24:45




And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rivqah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray you. Bere'shiyth (Genesis) 24:45









Exo 4:14




And the anger of Yahuah was kindled against Mosheh, and he said, Is not Aharon the Leviyiy your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Shemoth (Exodus) 4:14











Exo 12:3




Speak ye unto all the assembly of Yashar'el, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: Shemoth (Exodus) 12:3




Lev 7:29




Speak unto the children of Yashar'el, saying: He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto Yahuah shall bring his oblation unto Yahuah of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. Vayiqra (Leviticus) 7:29









Lev 17:2




Speak unto El-Aharon, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Yashar'el, and say unto them; This is the thing which Yahuah has commanded, saying: Vayiqra (Leviticus) 17:2







Deu 27:14




And the Leviyiym shall speak and say unto all the men of Yashar'el with a loud voice, Devariym (Deuteronomy) 27:14












The prophets proclaim..................





2Sa 14:12




Then the woman said: Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my el-adoniy the king. And he said: Say on. Shemu'el Sheniy (2 Samuel) 14:12







Isa 30:10




Which say to the seers: See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 30:10







Jer 1:7




But Yahuah said unto me: Say not, I am a child, for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you, you shall speak. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 1:7







Jer 5:14




Wherefore thus says Yahuah Elohai Tseva'oth: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 5:14







Jer 18:11




Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Yahudah, and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, saying: Thus says Yahuah; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 18:11







Eze 3:10




Moreover he said unto me, son of A'dam, all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in your heart and hear with your ears. Yechezq'el (Ezekiel) 3:10





the writings bear witness.............



1Ki 12:7




And they spoke unto him, saying: If you will be a servant unto this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. Melekiym Ri'shon (1 Kings) 12:7







1Ki 22:14




And Miykayahu said, As Yahuah lives, what Yahuah says unto me, that will I speak. Melekiym Ri'shon (1 Kings) 22:14







2Ki 6:12




And one of his servants said, None, my adoniy, O king: but Eliysha, the prophet that is in Yashar'el, tells the king of Yashar'el the words that you speak in your bedchamber. Melekiym Sheniy (2 Kings) 6:12







Psa 45:1




My heart is indicting a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Tehilliym (Psalms) 45:1




Psa 94:4




How long shall they utter and speak hard things? And all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Tehilliym (Psalms) 94:4















The Language of Exile







When your Bible uses the term "House of Jacob," it is specifically speaking of both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms of Israel (also called the "House of Israel" and the "House of Judah" respectively) joined together as one.

Since the Bible clearly differentiates between these two kingdoms, it will be helpful to briefly explore their Biblical history from the Hebrew point of view.




"Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant were Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram."1 (Genesis 35:22-26)




The descendants of these twelve sons of Jacob (Israel) formed the Twelve Tribes of Israel. As sons of Jacob, each tribe originally walked in the Torah-Yah's Teaching and Instruction. The Twelve Tribes are often referred to as the House of Jacob because all the tribes originated from the patriarch, Jacob. More than forty years after the historic Exodus from the bondage of Egypt, the Twelve Tribes of Israel began to settle again in the Promised Land. Each tribe was given a portion of the Land on which to dwell-with the exception of the tribe of Levi. Yah had specifically instructed that the Levitical Priests were not to have an inheritance related to the physical Land of Israel (Numbers 18).




Throughout the Bible there is animosity between the Twelve Tribes. Just as Jacob's sons Judah and Joseph were rivals, the later tribes of Judah and Joseph (Ephraim) became rivals. Even under King David this animosity was evident after his son Absalom's revolt (2 Samuel 20:1).

After the death of King Solomon, this rivalry, combined with a foolish decision by Solomon's son, Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:16), sparked civil war. The result was a divided kingdom and the Twelve Tribes of Israel became two distinct groups. For two hundred years, until the fall of the Northern Kingdom in 722 B.C.E., there were two kingdoms of Israel dwelling side by side: a larger one in the north and the east, called Israel (the "Ten Tribes" of 1 Kings 11:35), and a smaller one in the south called Judah. These two groups are often referred to as the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom.




The Southern Kingdom consisted of three tribes: Benjamin, Judah, and half of the tribe of Levi. Of these three, Judah was the most numer-ous; therefore, this group is commonly called the House of Judah. The Northern Kingdom consisted of the other ten tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph (also known as Ephraim and Manasseh), and the other half of the tribe of Levi. These ten tribes are often referred to as the "Lost Ten Tribes" of Israel. The largest and most dominant of these tribes was Ephraim; therefore, they are also called the House of Ephraim or the House of Israel.




• The House of Judah = the Southern Kingdom (the Hebrew people)




• The House of Israel = the Northern Kingdom (the "Lost Ten Tribes"-also called the House of Ephraim)




• The Whole House of Jacob = the House of Judah and the House of Israel




Jerusalem remained the capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, while the Northern Kingdom of Israel established three capitals of its own: Shechem, Tirzah, and Samaria. As prophesied in Scripture, due to their disobedience and disregard of the Torah, both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms were eventually conquered and exiled to foreign lands.




"Behold, the eyes of the Most High Yah are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says the Most High." For surely I will command, and will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground." (Amos 9:8-9)




The Southern Tribes of Judah were exiled to Babylon for a period of 70 years, after which, many of the House of Judah returned to Israel with Nehemiah to reclaim their Land and their ways (Nehemiah 1). Despite repeated hostilities and occupations, Judah still remained as a district (Judea) in New Testament times (Luke 3:1).

Because they returned quickly to the Land and maintained their relationship to the Torah and their traditions, the House of Judah can still be clearly recognized as the Hebrew people today.




The Northern Tribes of Israel were conquered by the Assyrians and sent into exile, eventually being dispersed to Europe, Africa, Asia, and America-the ends of the earth. In exile, the tribes would ultimately forget even their own history and heritage, losing the connection with the Torah and their Hebrew iden-tity. Biblically significant, this phrase "the ends of the earth" is consistently used in reference to the House of Israel being sown or scattered into the nations. The Bible also frequently uses the term "afar" in reference to this same concept:




"Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west. "I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth"3 (Isaiah 43:5-6, emphasis added)




The Northern Tribes-the Lost Ten Tribes— have yet to fully return to the Land of Israel or the Torah. When we refer to the House of Judah (the Southern Kingdom), we can readily recognize the Hebrew people because they have maintained their identity, traditions, and heri-tage. But we have no similar way of identifying these Lost Ten Tribes-the House of Israel still scattered throughout the Nations.




How many reading this teaching have European, Asian, or Russian background? How many of you have ancestors who fled the pogroms of Russia, or the political/economic oppression of Europe and Asia, traveled through Ellis Island, and are today further scattered across America?




During the Spanish Inquisition—a holocaust in its own right-Jews were horribly persecuted and eventually forced by edict out of Spain. Historians believe that Hamachiachopher Columbus may very well have been Hebrew, fleeing the persecu-tion. Regardless of whether Columbus was a Jew himself, he was partially financed by the Hebrew people seeking refuge from the Inquisition.




The connection between Africa and Israel is well documented, even within the pages of the Bible. Many African Jews were dispersed to North, Central, and South America through the Slave Trade from 1502-1860. Again, they were scattered to the "ends of the earth" —in this case, America. The movement of slaves flourished along the established trade routes in the Atlantic Triangle: Europe to Africa, Africa to North and South America, and back to Europe. Trading terminology used within the Triangle, such as manufacturing and merchandise, were in reality, shiploads of slaves being traded on the world market.




As a result of exile and the continuing and widespread dispersion of Israel, the Hebrew people were compelled to translate the Torah from Hebrew into the foreign languages of their host countries, including Greek, and ultimately English. Several problems arose in this process of translation because the Hebrew language cannot be transmitted accurately across linguistic lines. You have to more than double the amount of words utilized when translating from Hebrew to Greek, and almost triple the amount of words translating from Greek to English. The result is that the original language and meaning become diluted. At times, we have difficulty hearing the original message of our Bible because we are reading from a obscured translation, rather than from the original.