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Welcome to Beshalach / When He Let Go - this week’s Prophetic reading

Judges 4:4-5:31;

4 And Deborah the wife of Lapidoth, a woman prophetess, was judging Israel at that time.
5 And she lived under the palm tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, in the hills of Ephraim. And the sons of Israel went up to her for judgment.
6 And she sent and called for Barak, the son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh in Naphtali, and said to him, Has not YAHUVEH the Elohim of Israel commanded? Go and draw toward Mount Tabor, and take ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun with you.
7 And I will draw to you at the Kishon River, Sisera, the army commander of Jabin, and his chariots, and his multitude, and shall give him into your hands.
8 And Barak said to her, If you go with me, then I will go. And if you will not go with me, I will not go.
9 And she said, I will certainly go with you; but, surely you shall not get the glory because of the way which you are going, for YAHUVEH shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah rose up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. And he went up with ten thousand men at his feet. And Deborah went up with him.
11 And Heber the Kenite had broken away from the Kenites, he being of the children of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses. And he pitched his tent by the oak in Zaanaim, near Kedesh.
12 And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
13 And Sisera mustered all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people with him, from Harosheth of the nations, to the Kishon River.
14 And Deborah said to Barak, Rise up, for this is the day in which YAHUVEH has given Sisera into your hand. Has not YAHUVEH gone out before you? And Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 And YAHUVEH routed Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the army, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak. And Sisera came down from the chariot and fled on his feet.
16 And Barak pursued the chariots and went after the army, to Harosheth of the nations. And all the army of Sisera fell by the mouth of the sword; there was not even one left.
17 And Sisera fled on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. For there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn aside, my master; turn aside to me; do not fear. And he turned in to her into the tent; and she covered him with a rug.
19 And he said to her, Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. And she opened a skin of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 And he said to her, Stand at the door of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes in and asks you, and says, Is there a man here? Then you shall say, There is not.
21 And Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went to him secretly. And she drove the peg into his temple, and she beat it into the ground. And he had been fast asleep, and faint; and he died.
22 And, behold, as Barak followed Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking. And he came in to her, and, behold! Sisera had fallen dead with the peg in his temple.
23 And on that day Elohim humbled Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.
24 And the hand of the sons of Israel went on, going on and pressing hard on Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had cut off Jabin the king of Canaan.

Chapter 5

1 And Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, sang on that day, saying:
2 For the absolving of the leadership of Israel; for the volunteering of the people, bless YAHUVEH!
3 Listen, O kings; give ear, O princes. I, even I, will sing to YAHUVEH; I will sing praise to YAHUVEH the Elohim of Israel.
4 O YAHUVEH, when You went forth out of Seir, when You marched out of the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped. Yea, the clouds dropped water.
5 The mountains quaked before the face of YAHUVEH, this Sinai quaked from before YAHUVEH the Elohim of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and those going in the paths traveled in byways.
7 The leaders ceased in Israel; they ceased until I, Deborah, arose; I arose as a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then war was at the gates! Neither a shield nor a spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart was toward the lawgivers of Israel, who volunteered among the people; bless YAHUVEH!
10 You that ride on white donkeys, you that sit on rich carpets, and you going on the way, sing out!
11 Louder than the voice of the dividers between the watering places there, they shall tell of the righteous acts of YAHUVEH, the righteous acts of His leaders in Israel. Then the people of YAHUVEH went down to the gates.
12 Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Rise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, son of Abinoam.
13 Then He caused me to tread on the remnant of the noble ones of the people; YAHUVEH trod for me among the warriors.
14 Out of Ephraim they came, those whose root was against Amalek. After you, Benjamin, among your peoples; and out of Machir came down commanders; and out of Zebulun the ones that hold the staff of the scribe.
15 And my commanders in Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak. They were sent into the valley at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben resolves of heart were great!
16 Why did you sit between the sheepfolds to hear the bleating of flocks? At the divisions of Reuben searchings of heart were great!
17 Gilead remained beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan stay in ships? Asher sat at the shore by the water, and remained by his havens.
18 Zebulun, a people who despised his life, even to death; also Naphtali on the high places of the field.
19 Kings came; they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of silver.
20 The stars fought from the heavens; from their courses they fought with Sisera.
21 The Kishon torrent swept them away, the ancient river, the Kishon torrent. You trod, my soul, in strength.
22 Then did the hooves of horses beat from the galloping, galloping of his mighty stallions.
23 Curse Meroz, said the Messenger of YAHUVEH; curse the ones living in it bitterly, because they did not come to the help of YAHUVEH, to the help of YAHUVEH against the warriors.
24 Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. She is blessed among women in the tent.
25 He asked for water; she gave him milk; in a noble bowl she brought curd.
26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and she hammered Sisera; she smashed his head; she struck through and pierced his temple.
27 Between her feet he bowed; he fell; he lay down. Between her feet he bowed; he fell! Where he bowed, there he fell down ruined.
28 Through the window she looked out; yea, she cried out, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice; Why does his chariot delay to come? Why have the steps of his chariot tarried?
29 The wise ones of her princesses answered her; yea, she returned her words to herself:
30 Do they not find and divide the plunder? A womb, two wombs to each man’s head; a plunder of dyed garments to Sisera, a plunder of embroidered dyed garments, two embroidered dyed garments for the necks of the plunderers?
31 So all Your enemies shall perish, O YAHUVEH, and those who love Him shall be as the sun when it goes forth in its might. And the land had rest forty years.

Matthew 14:22-33;

22 And immediately YAHUSHUA made His disciples get into a boat and to go before Him to the other side until He should dismiss the crowds.
23 And having dismissed the crowds, He went up into the mountain alone to pray. And evening coming on, He was there alone.
24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was against it.
25 But in the fourth watch of the night, YAHUSHUA went out to them, walking on the sea.
26 And seeing Him walking on the sea, the disciples were troubled, saying, It is a false vision! And they cried out from the fear.
27 But immediately YAHUSHUA spoke to them, saying, Be comforted! I AM! Do not fear.
28 And answering Him, Peter said, Master, if it is You, command me to come to You on the waters.
29 And He said, Come! And going down from the boat, Peter walked on the waters to go to YAHUSHUA.
30 But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Master, save me!
31 And immediately stretching out the hand, YAHUSHUA took hold of him, and said to him, Oh you of little-faith, why did you doubt me?
32 And coming into the boat, the wind quieted down.
33 And those in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, Truly, You are the Son of ELOHIM.