The Assembly. va-ya-qu-mu lip-nei mo-sheh va-a-na-sim mib-nei yis-ra-el kha-mi-shim u-ma-ta-tim n -si-ei e-dah q -ri-ei mo-ed an-shei shem

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1 The Assembly Numbers 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: ~yvmx larfy-ynbm ~yvnaw hvm ynpl wmqyw ~v-yvna d[wm yarq hd[ yayfn ~ytamw va-ya-qu-mu lip-nei mo-sheh va-a-na-sim mib-nei yis-ra-el kha-mi-shim u-ma-ta-tim n -si-ei e-dah q -ri-ei mo-ed an-shei shem wmqyw va-ya-qu-mu And they rose 6965 To arise from a seat, from a up bed, to stand. ynpl lip-nei before 6440 Face, properly, the part turned towards anyone. To turn oneself in any direction. hvm ~yvnaw ynbm larfy ~yvmx Root To turn, turn to, or towards, to behold, to turn the eyes to anything. mo-sheh Moses 4872 Moses va-a-na-sim with certain 376 A man, specially - opposed to woman, a male. mib-nei children of 1121 A son, sometimes used of children of both sexes, descendants. yis-ra-el Israel 3478 Israel kha-mi-shim fifty 2572 fifty ~ytamw u-ma-ta-tim yayfn n -si-ei THE TITLE OF THE LEADER OF A SYNAGOGUE and two hundred princes 3967 two hundred 5387 Lifted up, a prince, a general name used both of kings and of the leaders of particular tribes; used, for instance, of the captains of the tribes of Israel.

2 hd[ e-dah assembly 5712 An appointed meeting, an assembly, specially the congregation of the Israelites. A private domestic meeting, a family, and in a bad sense, a crowd (of wicked men) a swarm (of bees). Root To point out, to define, to appoint, especially a place. To appoint to time or place. e-dah is translated as syna-go-gain in the Septuagint: Wikipedia: Synagogues in the sense of purpose-built spaces for worship, or rooms originally constructed for some other purpose but reserved for formal, communal prayer, existed long before the destruction of Solomon's Temple. The earliest archaeological evidence for the existence of very early synagogues comes from Egypt, where stone synagogue dedication inscriptions dating from the third century BCE prove that synagogues existed by that date. The origin of the synagogue, in which the congregation gathered to worship and to receive the religious instruction connected therewith, is wrapped in obscurity. By the time it had become the central institution of Judaism, it was already regarded as of ancient origin, dating back to the time of Moses. Philo and Josephus wrote that the Synagogue was in place at the time of Moses The "house of the people, in Jer. 39:8 is interpreted, in a midrash cited by Rashi, as referring to the synagogue. The English text says, the houses of the people. But the Hebrew text says, the House of the people. The synagogue as a permanent institution [A FIXED BUILDING] originated probably in the period of the Babylonian captivity, when a place for common worship and instruction had become necessary. The Mishnah as well as Josephus and Philo tells us that there where Synagogues from the time of Mosheh. They would not have been Synagogues as we know them from the time of Babylon till now, but they where gathering places such as

3 those of the Rabi [Rabbis] and their talmudim [students] under trees, by the sea and in meadows. The Synagogue has always been the place where the Y hudim [Jews] met at appointed times to learn about the Torah, worship and pray, to educate their children, train their teachers, call public assemblies and decide legal matters. The original Synagogues where the gathering places of the elders at the gates of the cities. yarq q -ri-ei famous 7148 Called, chosen. Root #1 To cry out, to call, outcry, weeping; often used of the cry of beasts. It is used absolutely of any kind of cry, even when not articulated. To call upon, to call to anyone. d[wm When it refers to many, to call together, hence to convene a holy assembly, a feast. Those called to an assembly. To call, i.e., to invite anyone to a meal. To summon before a judge. To call anyone to an office, to choose mo-ed congregation 4150 A set time, of a point of time; specially, a festival day. Of space of time, as appointed, defined. An assembly, Num 16:2, called to the assembly; Gesenius and others argue that d[m (mo-ed) cannot be used to mean, a place in which an assembly is held. Tregelles added the following statement to his translation of Gesenius lexicon, The fatal objection to this theory [believing that mo-ed can be used of a place], is that high places could not be recognized of God, as His places of assembly. Lamentations 2:6 And He has violently taken away His tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: He has destroyed His places of the assembly: Yahveh has caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Tzion, and has despised in the indignation of His anger the king and the priest.

4 s/b He has destroyed the appointed times: Yahveh has caused the feasts and sabaths to be forgotten in Tzion. Psalm 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the Synagogues of God in the land. s/b they have burned up all the appointed times of God in the land. yvna an-shei men 582 A man. It is rarely used as a singular in sense. Of the whole human race. A multitude, the common people. Translation: ~v shem of renown 8034 Name, in anyone s name, i.e., authority. A celebrated name, fame, to make for oneself a mane, i.e., to acquire fame for oneself; also nobles and the children of nobles. And they rose up before the face of hvm (Mo-sheh), men of the children of larfy (Yis-ra-el), two hundred and fifty yayfn (N -si-ei) of the hd[ (E-dah) [Synagogue], called together of the assembly, men of noble birth. Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. mh. evgkatalei,pontej th.n evpisunagwgh.n eàutw/n( kaqw.j e;qoj tisi,n( avlla. parakalou/ntej( kai. tosou,tw ma/llon o[sw ble,pete evggi,zousan th.n h`me,ranå KJV Grk Text Grk# Heb# Meaning (Gesenius) Not mh. Not, no forsaking evgkatalei,pontej 5800 bz[n (na-a-zov) To loosen bands, and to let go a beast from its bonds. To leave a person, a place, to desert. To leave anyone any where. To commit to anyone, leave in his charge. Left, deserted, applied to houses, which being forsaken by their inhabitants now lie deserted, i.e., in ruins. To leave off, to cease from anything. the th.n the

5 KJV Grk Text Grk# Heb# Meaning (Gesenius) assembling evpisunagwgh sunagwgh.n 4864 epi = l[ (al) - foundation together Kittle: The sense of epi-suna-go-gein is harder to fix in Heb. 10:25: it is most natural to think of the congregation gathered for worship, then they go on to say the opposite. W. Manson, The Epistle to the Hebrews 1957, A group of Jewish Christians [Messianic Jews] derived from, or possibly still continuing to exist within, a Jewish Synagogue at Rome was under stress of one kind or another... giving up its... Matthew 12:9 And after He departed, He went to their [Suna-go-gein]: Luke 7:5 For he loves our nation [the Jews], and he has built us a [Suna-gogein]. Acts 13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the [Suna-go-gein] on the Sha-bat day [Saturday], and sat down. Acts 17:10 And the brothers [Jews] immediately sent away Sha-ul [Paul] and Silas by night unto Berea: who upon arrival, went to the [Suna-go-gein] of the Y -hu-dim [Jews]. Translation: Don t let go of the foundation of the Synagogue as is the custom of some... James 2:2 For if there come to your assembly [Synagogue] a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation [Synagogue] was broken up [let out], many of the Y -hu-dim [Jews] and religious proselytes [gentile converts to Judaism] followed Sha-ul [Paul] and bar-nab-ba [Barnabas]: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to (i)be To-rah observant(i) [continue in the grace of God].