Passover:My Notes On A Teaching By Brittney Scott
Exodus 14
It is about a dividing line; a separation. The ones with blood on the doorpost are separated from those who don’t have blood on their doorpost; the obedient from the disobedient, the camp of the redeemed from the camp of the rebellious.
In the Hebrew language, not only does each letter have several meanings, but different parts of words (roots) also have meanings and combinations of them have meanings as well.
We are to keep Passover. The word "keep" is Strongs #2287. It means to hold a feast/festival/to go around a circle from the root of the word that means terror. Potential to dance in celebration or to reel in terror/fear. It is about our relationship with YHWH.
Egypt was unprepared and experienced terror. Ready or not He is coming. We can dance or fear.
The Hebrew word translated as "keep" is spelled the Hebrew letters: chet gimel gimel. Chet means a fence or wall that can keep you protected or kept out of/cut off. The root means to rise up. It will determine whether we are in or out. Associated with praises in the Tabernacle. If they will praise Him during Passover they will be protected; safe.
- The Passover is to be kept as an ordinance forever (meaning we should still be doing this).
- The festivals of YHWH are divine appointments.
- Passover kicks off the Festivals.
- They build on one another. If we miss one, it messes us up for the rest because they are a cycle.
- Each is a step taking us to a different level.
- They apply to our past present and future.
- They teach us about redemption.
- We can have the angel of death pass over us
- When we understand what it means to be redeemed, we get out of our slave mentality.
It is about a dividing line; a separation. The ones with blood on the doorpost are separated from those who don’t have blood on their doorpost; the obedient from the disobedient, the camp of the redeemed from the camp of the rebellious.
In the Hebrew language, not only does each letter have several meanings, but different parts of words (roots) also have meanings and combinations of them have meanings as well.
We are to keep Passover. The word "keep" is Strongs #2287. It means to hold a feast/festival/to go around a circle from the root of the word that means terror. Potential to dance in celebration or to reel in terror/fear. It is about our relationship with YHWH.
Egypt was unprepared and experienced terror. Ready or not He is coming. We can dance or fear.
The Hebrew word translated as "keep" is spelled the Hebrew letters: chet gimel gimel. Chet means a fence or wall that can keep you protected or kept out of/cut off. The root means to rise up. It will determine whether we are in or out. Associated with praises in the Tabernacle. If they will praise Him during Passover they will be protected; safe.
Passover is connected with a specific meal to be eaten in a specific
manner (Exodus 12:11) the meal is to be eaten in haste. Haste = Strongs #2649 means
hurridly trepidation, hurried flight. It is used in only 2 other places; Deut. 16:3 and Isaiah 52:12.
The root of haste = Strongs #2648. It means to hurry, to flee to hasten, to fear, to be terrified, to be alarmed. It can also mean to leap or to spring up or spring forth, a whirling about. There are two ways we can take this word. We can be trepidatious or fearful like the Egyptians, or leaping, dancing, springing forth knowing what is about to take place. Again it can be a separation. It is spelled: chet pey zayin vav noon. Chet pay root = pure clean, to shelter, to surround, protect.
The middle root: pay zayin = pure clean, refined, to jump, spring, to leap about, to flee as a gazelle.
The end root =zayin vav nun = to feed, but this word is only used to described how Israel rushed out to harlotry, and they were fed because of their harlotry.
The root of haste = Strongs #2648. It means to hurry, to flee to hasten, to fear, to be terrified, to be alarmed. It can also mean to leap or to spring up or spring forth, a whirling about. There are two ways we can take this word. We can be trepidatious or fearful like the Egyptians, or leaping, dancing, springing forth knowing what is about to take place. Again it can be a separation. It is spelled: chet pey zayin vav noon. Chet pay root = pure clean, to shelter, to surround, protect.
The middle root: pay zayin = pure clean, refined, to jump, spring, to leap about, to flee as a gazelle.
The end root =zayin vav nun = to feed, but this word is only used to described how Israel rushed out to harlotry, and they were fed because of their harlotry.
In English the haste reference means to eat the Passover in haste, but in the Hebrew it begins to take on a different connotation; to hurry and leap or spring forth to a place of covering and protection. It is in that place of protection that we are refined. In the past we rushed towards spiritual harlotry. He reminds us it is time to apply that same fervor to rush towards Him, to be refined and purified. If we rush towards it, we can dance in celebration. In the past, we rushed to harlotry, towards other gods and were fed upon that. It’s time to apply that same energy, that same zeal to rush towards Him, to be refined.
If we refrain from it, if we drag our feet, if we really don’t want to do that, we really don’t want to be refined, if we don’t want to deal with some of the issues that are rising up, we are put in the category of the harlot; unpurified, unrefined. The idea of being put on the potter’s wheel is unattractive and the process undesirable. Trials and tribulations don’t feel good, but if we allow ourselves to be put in that position, we discover it’s not so bad; it’s something that helps us to grow.
Revelation By Numbers
Every single Hebrew letter has a corresponding numeric value. Different words with the same value have similar but slightly different meanings so we can learn more about connected words. When we look at the numeric value of the Hebrew word for "haste", it has a numerical value of 151. This is the same value as the Hebrew word mikveh which means a ritual bath (English equivalent of baptism). It would cleans you and renew you; a new creation. The Hebrew word mikveh comes from the root meaning “hope”, to look for something, to wait and expect. It carries the idea of expecting YHWH to act, and because of that you have hope.
The Hebrews in Egypt knew it was time for their redemption to take place, to come out of bondage, to be rescued. They know He sent Moses their deliverer. They know a mikveh is taking place; they are being redeemed and cleansed. They can wait out this night in hope. They expect YHWH to arrive on the scene.
They are to “eat” the Passover meal in haste. Let’s look at the Hebrew word for “eat”. If you are going to enter into a covenant with someone, there is a meal involved and it seals the covenant/contract, which is why every Shabbat, when we gather, we have an oneg (pot luck) meal. We are declaring we are in covenant with YHWH observing His Sabbath.
In Hebrew, the word for “eat” is Strongs #398. It means to eat, to devour or to burn up, to feed. It is used in a Hebrew idiom meaning to burn up space (literally to lay claim to space/to claim your territory). When we are eating the lamb during the Passover meal, we are figuratively eating the representation of Yeshua. We are laying claim to allowing Him in our space (in us). He has claim to this vessel. He is the one this covenant meal is about.
When they were slaves in Egypt, Pharaoh owned them. When they ate the lamb at the Passover meal, they were giving that ownership to YHWH. The Hebrew word for “eat” is spelled with a aleph which is a prefix meaning “I will”; a declaration by YHWH. The next letters are kaf, lamed. They form a word that means “all”, “everything”, the entire portion”. When they are eating the Passover meal YHWH is saying: "I will make you whole, complete, nothing lacking".
In Psalms 105:37 we are told when the Hebrews (actually mixed multitude) left Egypt, they didn’t leave feeble tired poor and broken down like they were as slaves, they left with riches and it says there was not one (remember we are talking about over a million people here) feeble person among them. They were whole, complete.
If you look at the word “feeble” it is the Hebrew word that means to stumble, to stagger, to todder. It also means stumbling in a moral sense; meaning to fall off the path or be seduced. Part of Passover is getting the leaven out. Leaven here represents sin. They removed the sin and put in the Lamb. When they let the Lamb come into the house (body) and He is the one laying claim to this vessel, now there is none feeble among them.
On the end of the word for "haste" is the root word spelled with the Hebrew letters: zayin vav nun. If you look at the numerical value of this word which again means to be fed but in the sense of one who is a harlot, it has a numerical value of 63. When we look at the value of the letters that come from the word "eat" in relation to the Passover, it has a value of 51.
If you take the difference between them, (63 minus 51) you get the value of 12. Twelve is the number that is associated with and represents YHWH’s power and authority. The number 12 is associated with completeness (lacking nothing). It also connects us to the 12th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet (alphabet), which is lamed. Lamed represents the shepherds staff, which means to lead, to guide, to direct. It is symbolic of authority, but it can also mean to poke, to prod, to incite you into moving.
Sometimes sheep have to be poked and prodded because they don’t want to do what the shepherd says, so we get the other end of the shepherd's staff that pokes and prods us to get back on the path. So when we look at the difference between these two words for “eat”, we get the difference between staying in harlotry and rebellion or one who would choose to eat the Passover and celebrate this divine appointment entering into this covenant. In other words, you can look at it like this: According to what deeper meaning of scripture and the Hebrew language, whatever we decide concerning celebrating Passover or a holiday that honors a pagan godess (easter) can determine who’s authority is ruling in our lives.
In addition to the instruction to eat the (Passover) lamb, we are also instructed to not eat the leaven. In the Hebrew there are two terms to describe leaven. The first one is Shar which is Strongs #7603 and it is translated as meaning leaven but comes from the root shr which means to remain, to be left over, to be left behind, to spare, a remainder or a remnant. Leaven represents sin. We will get rid of some of it, but there is always a remainder. There is always something we are not ready to part with. “I’ll get rid of these things, but let me keep this one. It just a little sin, it’s not as bad as that other stuff”, but how much leaven does it take to leaven the whole lump? How much sin does it take to make this vessel compromised and not have enough room for the lamb?
Shr is spelled shin aleph resh. This is similar to another word spelled shin ayan resh the ayin and aleph are both silent letters, so the word is spelled differently but sounds the same. Shin ayin resh can mean a gate or entrance. Remember the blood was placed on the doorpost or gate, entrance of the house.
In Hebrew, the word for “eat” is Strongs #398. It means to eat, to devour or to burn up, to feed. It is used in a Hebrew idiom meaning to burn up space (literally to lay claim to space/to claim your territory). When we are eating the lamb during the Passover meal, we are figuratively eating the representation of Yeshua. We are laying claim to allowing Him in our space (in us). He has claim to this vessel. He is the one this covenant meal is about.
When they were slaves in Egypt, Pharaoh owned them. When they ate the lamb at the Passover meal, they were giving that ownership to YHWH. The Hebrew word for “eat” is spelled with a aleph which is a prefix meaning “I will”; a declaration by YHWH. The next letters are kaf, lamed. They form a word that means “all”, “everything”, the entire portion”. When they are eating the Passover meal YHWH is saying: "I will make you whole, complete, nothing lacking".
In Psalms 105:37 we are told when the Hebrews (actually mixed multitude) left Egypt, they didn’t leave feeble tired poor and broken down like they were as slaves, they left with riches and it says there was not one (remember we are talking about over a million people here) feeble person among them. They were whole, complete.
If you look at the word “feeble” it is the Hebrew word that means to stumble, to stagger, to todder. It also means stumbling in a moral sense; meaning to fall off the path or be seduced. Part of Passover is getting the leaven out. Leaven here represents sin. They removed the sin and put in the Lamb. When they let the Lamb come into the house (body) and He is the one laying claim to this vessel, now there is none feeble among them.
On the end of the word for "haste" is the root word spelled with the Hebrew letters: zayin vav nun. If you look at the numerical value of this word which again means to be fed but in the sense of one who is a harlot, it has a numerical value of 63. When we look at the value of the letters that come from the word "eat" in relation to the Passover, it has a value of 51.
If you take the difference between them, (63 minus 51) you get the value of 12. Twelve is the number that is associated with and represents YHWH’s power and authority. The number 12 is associated with completeness (lacking nothing). It also connects us to the 12th letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet (alphabet), which is lamed. Lamed represents the shepherds staff, which means to lead, to guide, to direct. It is symbolic of authority, but it can also mean to poke, to prod, to incite you into moving.
Sometimes sheep have to be poked and prodded because they don’t want to do what the shepherd says, so we get the other end of the shepherd's staff that pokes and prods us to get back on the path. So when we look at the difference between these two words for “eat”, we get the difference between staying in harlotry and rebellion or one who would choose to eat the Passover and celebrate this divine appointment entering into this covenant. In other words, you can look at it like this: According to what deeper meaning of scripture and the Hebrew language, whatever we decide concerning celebrating Passover or a holiday that honors a pagan godess (easter) can determine who’s authority is ruling in our lives.
In addition to the instruction to eat the (Passover) lamb, we are also instructed to not eat the leaven. In the Hebrew there are two terms to describe leaven. The first one is Shar which is Strongs #7603 and it is translated as meaning leaven but comes from the root shr which means to remain, to be left over, to be left behind, to spare, a remainder or a remnant. Leaven represents sin. We will get rid of some of it, but there is always a remainder. There is always something we are not ready to part with. “I’ll get rid of these things, but let me keep this one. It just a little sin, it’s not as bad as that other stuff”, but how much leaven does it take to leaven the whole lump? How much sin does it take to make this vessel compromised and not have enough room for the lamb?
Shr is spelled shin aleph resh. This is similar to another word spelled shin ayan resh the ayin and aleph are both silent letters, so the word is spelled differently but sounds the same. Shin ayin resh can mean a gate or entrance. Remember the blood was placed on the doorpost or gate, entrance of the house.
The other word for leaven is chmtz. It is Strongs #2557 and comes from the root meaning “to be leavened” or it can also mean “to be red” or “blood-stained”. What is happening here when they remove the leaven? They are applying the blood to the doorpost/gate/entrance. If we refuse to remove all the leaven and we are not willing to deal with these issues, is it an indicator that Pharaoh still has a covering over us? The word “shar” has a numeric value of 501. The is the same value as the Hebrew word “etnan” which is Strongs #868. It is translated as meaning “hire of a prostitute”. If we are not getting the leaven out, we are aligning ourselves with a prostitute. If we are willing to deal with these areas left untouched, willing to circumcise/remove them, we find the authority begins to change and we can be redeemed.
Etnan is spelled aleph, tav, nun, nun. Aleph tav means “the beginning and the end”, because “aleph” is the first letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet (alphabet) and “tav” is the last. When Yeshua said: “I am the alpha and the omega, he probably wasn’t speaking Greek, He most likely said in Hebrew: “I am the aleph and the tav”. After the aleph and tav the Hebrew letters that spell the rest of the word “etnan” are nun, nun, which represents life. So when we see this word “etnan” connected with leaven and it has to be removed, we are being reminded the life of the et, the aleph-tav, the Messiah paid the price of that harlot. He paid the price so the she (we) could be made whole. When we don’t want to deal with getting the leaven out because it is painful and we don’t want to do it, we are being reminded of the price that was paid by our Savior to set us free. We are reminded if we are willing to deal with the leaven, we can be made whole. We can be redeemed.
Now we see why it is so important to understand and observe the Feast of Passover. To understand these covenant principles we are being taught, because this is our right. We can be whole and function in this capacity, but if we don’t understand the covenant, if we don’t understand these rights and how to apply them, we will stay in bondage because we don’t know anything else. We don’t know how to walk as a redeemed people, to be free, to be whole. That’s why it is so important that every year when we have this rehearsal. Every year we have this time when we can remember and understand what it means to be redeemed and each year we walk a little bit straighter. Each year, we don’t stumble as much as we did before because we are going through the process of redemption.
During Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we are to eat masa which is Strongs #4680 and means “to drain out”, “to squeeze out”, “to be wrung out”. To squeeze or wring something out, usually takes pressure. It is connected to the word “massa” which is Strongs #4683 and it means “pride”, “contention”, “strife”.
Can you see what the Passover is all about? A transformation that is taking place. A change. You being made a new creation. The leaven things that make us haughty and prideful are removed and He is inspecting who is the master in our hearts.
When we begin to eat the masa, this unleavened bread, what is taking place in the spiritual is that all that pride, strife and contention that may have gained access through our gate in past years (when we celebrated things like easter) are now drained out of us as we are being wrung out. It is the purging process, the process of being refined. Now you can understand why it is called “the bread of affliction”. It doesn’t feel good to have these things purged from us; these things we don’t want to deal with.
When we are eating the masa we are reminded this vessel is ready and now He can begin to produce His fruit within us; His seed, His word can grow. Now all of the sudden we can begin to have different fruit in our lives because there is something else that has been planted in our vessel. So instead of bondage to things before, now we can experience freedom, safety and peace. We are being reminded that at the end of this week, we go into the counting of the ohmer and we are preparing for our betrothal. We are preparing for Pentecost and an intimate encounter with Him.
Back to Passover
Looking at the word “Passover” it is Strongs #6453 which in Hebrew is “pesah” and it comes from the root Strongs #6452 pasah which means “to pass over”, “to spring over”, but it can also mean “to limp” or “be lame”. This word is used in 1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. Remember how at the beginning of this teaching Passover is described like a dividing line?
Two camps will emerge; one that will worship YHWH as elohim (God) and the other in the camp of rebellion.
From that verse, let’s look at the word “opinion”. “How long will you halt (pesah) between two opinions?”. The word for “opinions” is “sippim” and it is Strongs #5587. “Sippim” means “division”, “a divided opinion” “extension of hobbling on crutches”, but comes from the root meaning “to cut off” or specifically “to cut off branches”.
If we have one foot in each camp, keeping the leaven (our sin), staying under the covering of Pharaoh, remaining in our bondage while claiming to follow YHWH, at Passover we are in danger of being “cut off”.
The two letter root of the word for opinions is spelled samach pey which spells the word sap and is Strongs #5592; it means “a spreading out”, “a basin”, “a goblet or bowl” but it can also mean “a threshold”, “a seal”. It is talking about the doorway. In Exodus chapter 12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason (sap); and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
Concerning Passover, if we are halting between these two opinions, two masters, two authorities, it affects the threshold, your doorway. Instead of being passed over, instead of the blood being applied, we are in danger of being cut off.
Etnan is spelled aleph, tav, nun, nun. Aleph tav means “the beginning and the end”, because “aleph” is the first letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet (alphabet) and “tav” is the last. When Yeshua said: “I am the alpha and the omega, he probably wasn’t speaking Greek, He most likely said in Hebrew: “I am the aleph and the tav”. After the aleph and tav the Hebrew letters that spell the rest of the word “etnan” are nun, nun, which represents life. So when we see this word “etnan” connected with leaven and it has to be removed, we are being reminded the life of the et, the aleph-tav, the Messiah paid the price of that harlot. He paid the price so the she (we) could be made whole. When we don’t want to deal with getting the leaven out because it is painful and we don’t want to do it, we are being reminded of the price that was paid by our Savior to set us free. We are reminded if we are willing to deal with the leaven, we can be made whole. We can be redeemed.
Now we see why it is so important to understand and observe the Feast of Passover. To understand these covenant principles we are being taught, because this is our right. We can be whole and function in this capacity, but if we don’t understand the covenant, if we don’t understand these rights and how to apply them, we will stay in bondage because we don’t know anything else. We don’t know how to walk as a redeemed people, to be free, to be whole. That’s why it is so important that every year when we have this rehearsal. Every year we have this time when we can remember and understand what it means to be redeemed and each year we walk a little bit straighter. Each year, we don’t stumble as much as we did before because we are going through the process of redemption.
During Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we are to eat masa which is Strongs #4680 and means “to drain out”, “to squeeze out”, “to be wrung out”. To squeeze or wring something out, usually takes pressure. It is connected to the word “massa” which is Strongs #4683 and it means “pride”, “contention”, “strife”.
Can you see what the Passover is all about? A transformation that is taking place. A change. You being made a new creation. The leaven things that make us haughty and prideful are removed and He is inspecting who is the master in our hearts.
When we begin to eat the masa, this unleavened bread, what is taking place in the spiritual is that all that pride, strife and contention that may have gained access through our gate in past years (when we celebrated things like easter) are now drained out of us as we are being wrung out. It is the purging process, the process of being refined. Now you can understand why it is called “the bread of affliction”. It doesn’t feel good to have these things purged from us; these things we don’t want to deal with.
When we are eating the masa we are reminded this vessel is ready and now He can begin to produce His fruit within us; His seed, His word can grow. Now all of the sudden we can begin to have different fruit in our lives because there is something else that has been planted in our vessel. So instead of bondage to things before, now we can experience freedom, safety and peace. We are being reminded that at the end of this week, we go into the counting of the ohmer and we are preparing for our betrothal. We are preparing for Pentecost and an intimate encounter with Him.
Back to Passover
Looking at the word “Passover” it is Strongs #6453 which in Hebrew is “pesah” and it comes from the root Strongs #6452 pasah which means “to pass over”, “to spring over”, but it can also mean “to limp” or “be lame”. This word is used in 1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. Remember how at the beginning of this teaching Passover is described like a dividing line?
Two camps will emerge; one that will worship YHWH as elohim (God) and the other in the camp of rebellion.
From that verse, let’s look at the word “opinion”. “How long will you halt (pesah) between two opinions?”. The word for “opinions” is “sippim” and it is Strongs #5587. “Sippim” means “division”, “a divided opinion” “extension of hobbling on crutches”, but comes from the root meaning “to cut off” or specifically “to cut off branches”.
If we have one foot in each camp, keeping the leaven (our sin), staying under the covering of Pharaoh, remaining in our bondage while claiming to follow YHWH, at Passover we are in danger of being “cut off”.
The two letter root of the word for opinions is spelled samach pey which spells the word sap and is Strongs #5592; it means “a spreading out”, “a basin”, “a goblet or bowl” but it can also mean “a threshold”, “a seal”. It is talking about the doorway. In Exodus chapter 12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason (sap); and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
Concerning Passover, if we are halting between these two opinions, two masters, two authorities, it affects the threshold, your doorway. Instead of being passed over, instead of the blood being applied, we are in danger of being cut off.
Passover is reminding us we can’t have it both ways, we will serve one or the other. Whose shepherd staff are we going to follow? Who is going to control this vessel?
While they were in Egypt, their opinion about who was going to be their authority, who was going to be their head, was expressed by the application of the blood on their doorpost or the absence of it. If they applied the blood, it showed they were going to follow YHWH and He would be their authority, their head.
The absence of the blood gave the declaration that Pharaoh was still in charge. It gave the declaration of rebellion against YHWH.
It did not matter if you were Israelite or Egyptian, all that mattered is what YHWH saw on the doorpost. In Exodus 12:23 we are told YHWH will pass through to smite the Egyptians and when He sees the blood on the doorpost, YHWH will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in to your house to smite you.
And you shall observe Passover as an ordinance forever.
Looking at the word “blood” and knowing it is a foreshadow of the blood of Yeshua being shed for us on the doorpost of our hearts. This is how we are redeemed.
The word “blood” in Hebrew is “dam” and it is Strongs #1818. It means “blood” but it has a numerical value of 44. There is a phrase in Hebrew with the same numeric value. It is “El echad” and it means “one God”. When they applied the blood, it declared there is one God, one head, one authority. Another word with the numeric value of 44 is a word that means “He redeems”.
When they applied the blood to the doorpost, it declared that is who is in charge of this house. YHWH is the head, the authority here. It declared to YHWH and everyone else around, this house didn’t waver between two opinions. This house didn’t have one foot in bondage and the other trying to be redeemed.
When they applied the blood to the doorpost, we are told they were to apply it to the lintel and the two side posts. The Hebrew word for lintel is “masqop” and it is Strongs #4947. It means lintel of the door, but it has an interesting root that helps us to understand what is happening when they put the blood on this doorpost. The root is spelled mem, shin, qof, vav, pey. The mem, shin, qof forms Strongs #4943 which means possession and it is used to describe someone who has the legal and family qualifications to inherit the inheritance. What is rightfully their’s.
What was taking place with the blood on the doorpost was showing the rightful heirs to the promise.
While they were in Egypt, their opinion about who was going to be their authority, who was going to be their head, was expressed by the application of the blood on their doorpost or the absence of it. If they applied the blood, it showed they were going to follow YHWH and He would be their authority, their head.
The absence of the blood gave the declaration that Pharaoh was still in charge. It gave the declaration of rebellion against YHWH.
It did not matter if you were Israelite or Egyptian, all that mattered is what YHWH saw on the doorpost. In Exodus 12:23 we are told YHWH will pass through to smite the Egyptians and when He sees the blood on the doorpost, YHWH will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in to your house to smite you.
And you shall observe Passover as an ordinance forever.
Looking at the word “blood” and knowing it is a foreshadow of the blood of Yeshua being shed for us on the doorpost of our hearts. This is how we are redeemed.
The word “blood” in Hebrew is “dam” and it is Strongs #1818. It means “blood” but it has a numerical value of 44. There is a phrase in Hebrew with the same numeric value. It is “El echad” and it means “one God”. When they applied the blood, it declared there is one God, one head, one authority. Another word with the numeric value of 44 is a word that means “He redeems”.
When they applied the blood to the doorpost, it declared that is who is in charge of this house. YHWH is the head, the authority here. It declared to YHWH and everyone else around, this house didn’t waver between two opinions. This house didn’t have one foot in bondage and the other trying to be redeemed.
When they applied the blood to the doorpost, we are told they were to apply it to the lintel and the two side posts. The Hebrew word for lintel is “masqop” and it is Strongs #4947. It means lintel of the door, but it has an interesting root that helps us to understand what is happening when they put the blood on this doorpost. The root is spelled mem, shin, qof, vav, pey. The mem, shin, qof forms Strongs #4943 which means possession and it is used to describe someone who has the legal and family qualifications to inherit the inheritance. What is rightfully their’s.
What was taking place with the blood on the doorpost was showing the rightful heirs to the promise.
To be continued...