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PARASHAH 35

Naso | What Yeshua Actually Taught About Adultery, and Misunderstood Mercy

Duration: 30:40

Overview

Naso (נָשֹׂא) in Hebrew which means “Take (a Census)” or “Lift Up (The Heads)”

Numbers 5 reveals the sotah (סוטה) ritual — the bitter water ordeal for a wife suspected of adultery when there were no witnesses. When the Pharisees dragged the woman before Yeshua in John 8, He wasn’t setting the Law aside — He was applying this exact Torah procedure, writing in the dust just as the priest does. The story most churches preach as “grace replaced the law” actually proves Yeshua handled adultery the Torah way — and turned the accusation back on the accusers.

Scripture references
• Numbers 4 : 21 – 7 : 89
• John 8 : 1-11
• Exodus 20 : 13

Key Biblical Points:
• Two Different Adultery Laws
• The Sotah Ritual
• What Yeshua Wrote in the Dust
• But Where Were the Witnesses?
• The Living Water, the Priest, the holy dust

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