Shalom Rico,
This week’s Torah Parashash has blessed my heart greatly. A whole lesson on the kingdom of priests” could be done using Ex 16 and the correspnding scripture to verse 5 which I propse is a bad translation that puts the focus on tasks rather than on the heart which led to the oral laws(yokes) put on the people regarding Sabbath.
Exo 16:5 והיהH1961 And it shall come to pass, ביוםH3117 day השׁשׁיH8345 that on the sixth ( והכינו H3559 they shall “prepare” ) אתH853 אשׁרH834 which יביאוH935 they bring in; והיהH1961 and it shall be משׁנהH4932 twice עלH5921 as much as אשׁרH834 as much as ילקטוH3950 they gather יוםH3117 daily. יום׃H3117 daily.
H3559
כּוּן
kûn
koon
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous): – certain (-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
HOTC
Exo_16:5, Amo_4:12, Jos_1:11, 1Sa_7:3, 1Sa_23:22, 2Ch_20:33, 2Ch_35:4, 2Ch_35:6, 2Ch_35:14-15 (3), Psa_57:7, Isa_14:21, Jer_51:12
and this is only a fraction of the study of Exodus 16:5, the kigdom of priests and the 2nd passover. People dwell on daily chores which I will propose are really blessings(baking & cooking), but that is not the teaching or commandment here. I also propose there is no new commandment as Sabbath had existed Since Gen 2:3, just because they forgot it, doesn’t make it new. Ex 16 is all about the heart. About Faith & Trust. The actuall commandment for Exodus 16 came in Exodus 12 as they are both about Sabbath and begin with Passover. Even the Mishnah, Chumash & Onkelos agree that Ex 12:15 is the authoritative Scripture for Sabbath regulations.
Linda