Post by Kenneth Ross on Aug 23, 2014 11:23:21 GMT -5
The 10th Letter in Hebrew is the Letter Yod/Yud, meaning “A HAND”, “TO WORK” and “DEED”!
[Yud] "You shall not covet your neighbor's bayit/house;
you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
his male eved/servant, his female- eved/servant,
his ox, his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's."
Shemoth/Exodus 20:17 “You do not covet your neighbour’s house, you do not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbour.”
10th Commandment
Debarim (Deut) 5:21 You do not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor do you desire your neighbour’s house, his field, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbour.’
Tehillim (Psa) 23:1 Yahuwah is my shepherd; I do not lack.
The word “covet” comes from the Hebrew root word . . .
H2530 חמד châmad khaw-mad'
A primitive root; to delight in: - beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ( X great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
We are clearly NOT to lust after or desire anything of our neighbor (including anything else we see in the world)!
If we are IN COVENANT with Ab (Father) Yahuwah, He (through Messiah Yahushua) is our PERFECT SHEPHERD, and we will NOT LACK anything we need (not what we desire) – Read Debarim Debarim (Deut)28:1-14!
1 “And it shall be, if you diligently obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard to do all His commands which I command you today, that יהוה your Elohim shall set you high above all nations of the earth.
2 “And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim:
3 “Blessed are you in the city, and blessed are you in the field.
4 “Blessed is the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock – the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 “Blessed is your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 “Blessed are you when you come in, and blessed are you when you go out.
7 “יהוה causes your enemies who rise against you to be smitten before your face – they come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8 “יהוה commands the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and shall bless you in the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you.
9 “יהוה does establish you as a set-apart people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim and walk in His ways.
Deu 28:10 “And all peoples of the earth shall see that the Name of יהוה is called upon you, and they shall be afraid of you.
Deu 28:11 “And יהוה shall make you to have plenty of what is good, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land of which יהוה swore to your fathers to give you.
12 “יהוה opens to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. And you shall lend to many nations, but you do not borrow.
Deu 28:13 “And יהוה shall make you the head and not the tail. And you shall be only on top, and not be beneath, if you obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim, which I command you today, to guard and do.
Deu 28:14 “And do not turn aside from any of the Words which I am commanding you today, right or left, to go after other mighty ones to serve them.
If Ab Yahuwah is our FIRST LOVE, PASSION and DESIRE, we will be FULFILLED in every area of our lives and we will NOT DESIRE anything else!
This letter describes what is UPRIGHT (RIGHTEOUS), establishing your work, sowing seeds of righteousness, bearing fruit
or DESPAIRED, destroying your work, sowing seeds of UNrighteousness, bearing no fruit!
The letter “YUD” is the FIRST letter of Ab יהוה's Name.
When He created the heavens and earth, He ESTABLISHED His good “work” (creation).
In contrast, the enemy (satan) seeks to DESTROY the “work” of Ab יהוה in everything He created, including us!
Yohanan (Joh) 10:10 “The thief (satan or anyone that takes on his character) does not come except to steal, and to slaughter, and to destroy. I ( Yahushua) have come that they might possess life, and that they might possess it beyond measure.
Whose character and example will we choose to follow?
The LAST Commandment brings us back to the FIRST! The first Commandment commands us to NOT have any other “gods”!
How can anyone who has experienced the fulfillment of knowing Ab יהוה and His reign (kingdom) covet or desire anything less (whatever we covet, we lust after and will serve or yield to)!
Eph’siyim (Eph) 4:28 Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, so that he has somewhat to share with those in need.
The number 10 (Letter Yod) also symbolizes DIVINE ORDER (יהוה’s Instructions and Commands, -- His Torah)
Shemoth (Ex) 20:1-17