The day of Atonment: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work

 Leviticus 15,16

When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleannes.

When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean. On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.

When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.

When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

Then Aaron is to go into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is to leave them there. He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area and put on his regular garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people, to make atonement for himself and for the people. He shall also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work.

“This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.”

Why?

It is important to all Israelites and to all Christians. Remember, we were atoned through the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross.

How?

Remember we were sinners and saved by the Lord, keep the love and faith and hope in my life.

Regulations About Defiling Molds

 Leviticus 13

Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases: The priest is to examine that person, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.

Regulations About Defiling Molds:

“But if, when the priest examines it, the mold has not spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather article, he shall order that the spoiled article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days.

These are the regulations concerning defiling molds in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.

Why?

These regulations are used to prevent the molds from spreading and affecting more people get disease. And keep the other people's health.

How?

Even now, we are still fighting many diseases. For our health and joyful living.

Sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering

  Leviticus 8-9

The Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams and the basket containing bread made without yeast, and gather the entire assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting.” Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them. He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.

He then presented the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar.

He then presented the ram for the burnt offering.

On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the Lord. 

He slaughtered the ox and the ram as the fellowship offering for the people.

Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, he stepped down.

Why?

Here, the blood of bull calf and rams for sin offering, and ox and ram for fellowship offering.

How?

Jesus came to shed his blood for us, so we can erase our sins before the Lord.

Sins unintentionally: the sin they committed becomes known

 Leviticus 4-5

If the anointed priest sins: The Sin Offering: bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. 4 He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord.

If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally:  the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting. The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord.

When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect. 

If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they must realize their guilt. They must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect. They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.

‘Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for their sin—one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

The Lord said to Moses: “When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally regarding any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.[d] It is a guilt offering.

Why?

The Lord let sinners offer an affordable offering to erase their sins, which they had sinned unintentionally, and they had to confess their sins. If they did not confess their sins, it is meaningless to offer a sacrifice or ask for the erasing of their sins.

Here, the sins need to be erased by blood, so Jesus Chris shed the blood on the cross to erase our sins.

How?

Thank Jesus Christ shed for us, and through the trust and faith in Jesus Christ, we can be a family member of the Lord.

burnt offering, grain offering , fellowship offering

 Leviticus 1-3

If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the Lord.

You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you. You are to slaughter the young bull before the Lord, and then Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 

‘When anyone brings a grain offering to the Lord, their offering is to be of the finest flour. They are to pour olive oil on it, put incense on it and take it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the incense, and burn this as a memorial[a] portion on the altar, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the Lord. Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.

If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the Lord an animal without defect. You are to lay your hand on the head of your offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash the blood against the sides of the altar.

Why?

Described the regulation of Burnt offeringm gran offering and fellowship offerings.

To serve to the Lord need to careful obey the regulation and honor the Lord. Because the Lord is Holy.

How?

May my life and my mind be pleasing to the Lord.

He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments

 Exodus 34-35

The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”

Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 

Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.

Do not make any idols.  “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments.

Why?

The Lord face to face talk to Moses about thecovenant- the Ten Commandments. This is let Israelite remember they belong to the Lord and they were chosen by the Lord, so they can not have any treaty or marriage with foreign people.

Even the Lord mentioned these Ten Commandments, but finally Israelite could not obey these commandments after a few years.

How?

All of us are weak and do not have enough faith to obey the word of the Lord, so we need to pray, let the Lord give me the strength, faith, and love to obey God's commandments.

I am pleased with you and I know you by name

 Exodus 31-33

Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand— and also the woven garments, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests, and the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them just as I commanded you.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.”

But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.

The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

 And the Lord struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”

Why?

Moses was among the Lord and the Israelites, so he asked the Lord to let him see the glory of the Lord, but no one can see the Lord and live, so the Lord let Moses see the back of the Lord, and Moses face could not see the Lord. The Lord showed himself to Moses and let Moses see the real glory of God.

Because the Lord was pleased with Moses, and the Lord knew Moses by name.

How?

The Lord knows me by my name, either, no matter what I was, what I is and what I will be>

The tabernacle, and courtyard and priest clothes and the clear oil of pressed lives for the light

 Exodus 27-28

“Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network.

Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide. Curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases,

“For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer—with four posts and four bases. All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases.  The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.

Have Aaron your brother, brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor. Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest. These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests. Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

Why?
Every article that serves for the Lord must be clean and holy, and keep the place and utensils holy for the Lord.

Even the spaces around the Tabernacle are defined by the Lord.

How?

When we serve the Lord, even the services on Sunday morning in the Church, we should keep ourselves holy, and our clothing, our heart, and mind be Holy to serve the Lord.

You must give me the firstborn of your sons

 Exodus 21-22

If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.

“But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

The laws about Personal Injuries :

The laws about the Protection of Property:

The laws about Social Responsibility:

“You must give me the firstborn of your sons. Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

Why?

All of these laws honor the Holy Name of the Lord, and the animal or man for the firstborn belongs to the Lord.

The Laws keep the fair, love, and righteousness among people in society in Israel, the nation of the Lord.

How?

So we should keep our life with faith in the Lord, hope in the Lord, and love among people, and honor the Holy name of the Lord.

We are the sons of the Lord, so we should keep our treasured possession in our daily life

 Exodus 19-20

‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.” So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.

After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”

Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

The Ten Commandments:

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.

Why?

The Lord said the Ten Commandments for Israelite is God's treasured possession, they will be the kingdom of priests and a holy nation for the Lord.

How?

Be aware we, Christians, are the sons of the Lord keep our treasure possession in our daily life.

During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested

Exodus 12-13

The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.

On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”

The Lord said to Moses, “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord. Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”

Why?

Finally, Israelite end their journey in Egypt, and the Lord performed great things that let them know the Lord is greater than their gods.

For the Lord killed the firstborn in Egypt, so the Lord asked Israelite know that the firstborn of every womb among the Israelites belonged to the Lord.

How?

The Lord let the Israelites get out of Egypt through Moses. So, we need to walk in the way the Lord leads us.

Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you

 Exodus 9-11

The Plague on Livestock, The Plague of Boils, The Plague of Hail, The Plague of Locusts, The Plague of Darkness, The Plague on the Firstborn.

The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.

Ten plagues happened in the whole land of Egypt, except the area of Israelites lived.

Why?

When the Lord hardens people's hearts, they suffer the disasters, and their hearts are refue the Lord.

This is the way show the great power over Egypt.

People always use their own ideas to explain the work of the Lord and compromised all unusual events.

How?

May my heart and my mind keep obeying the way of the Lord, and I know my Lord has the best way for me.

The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt

 Exodus 7-8

 You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood. The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. 

The Plague of Flies.

The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.

Why?

The Lord gave Egypt nine nature disasters, but they were still harden their heart, until the tenth diaster happened.

How?

The word of the Lord are always come around us, do I sense it and make my soul awake to listen the word of the Lord?

Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?

 Exodus 4-6

Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”

“This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.

Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”

Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.

But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

Why?

Yes, we are speaking with faltering lips. Why would others listen to us? Because the Mighty God can make it. It is not we who preach the Gospel, but it is the Lord who changes the minds of human beings.

How?

Do my job and preach the Gospel to others, the Lord can change the heart of others.

Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.

 Genesis 49-50

Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him, taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim[mourning of the Egyptians].

Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Why?

This is the assurance of Joseph's trust in the Lord, and he gave the order or command that they carry his bones up from this place to the promised land.

Because Joseph had these words, there is a chapter Out of Egypt in the Bible.

How?

What can we see? What is our vision in our lives? Can I see where is the way to me and to my family and to me from the Lord?

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

 Genesis 49-50

Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

Reuben, you are my firstborn, Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, nto my couch and defiled it.

Simeon and Levi are brothers—  their swords are weapons of violence.

“Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you. You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son.

“Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.

Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down among the sheep pens. he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.

Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.

Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.

Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall. because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb. Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

Why?

Only Joseph remembered that living in Egypt is temporary stay, their promised land from the Lord is in Canaan.

How?

Do not forget I belong to the Lord, and what I am struggling with now, all the efforts I am doing is for temporary living. My hometown,  my promised land, is in heaven.