Counting

“sephar”
Q – What does it mean to count?

Q – Why do we have to count from Firstfruits to Shavuot?

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Lev 23:15 And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the
Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering:
seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the
seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to YHVH.

“Saphar” means: • SCORE WITH MARK • TO CELEBRATE

• SCRIBE • TO DECLARE
• TO INSCRIBE • TO TELL
• TO RECOUNT • TO COUNT
➢ Counting connects Shavuot with Passover, Unleavened Bread and
Firstfruits
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Another verse associated with the word “sephar” and the
meaning of “counting”

r p c Lev 25:8,10 And you shall count seven sabbaths

of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and
the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to
you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall cause the
trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of
the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you
shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all
your land. 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth
year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land
to all its inhabitants.
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1st used in Scripture:
Gen 15:15 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward
heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He
said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
➢ YHVH made a Promise to Abraham prior to making a Covenant with
him.
➢ The “Counting” preceded the Covenant YHVH made with Israel at
Shavuot – Counting relates to the Covenant and the Covenant
Promises.
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Scripture Context:
Gen 15:17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark,
that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that
passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day YHVH made a covenant
with Abram
➢ From Lev 23:15 - Counting connects Shavuot with
Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits
➢ YHVH cut the Covenant with Abraham after He made the
Covenant Promise to Abraham.
➢ The “Counting” preceded the Covenant YHVH made with
Israel at Shavuot – Counting relates to the Covenant and
the Covenant Promises.
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Verses associated with ‘Sephar” and each letter:

r p c r - “resh” – Head, Leader

p – “pey” – mouth, speak
c – “samekh” – support (faith),
wedding ring
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Leader Starting from LEFT to RIGHT

r p c r - “resh” – Head, Leader

LEFT - Physical – Leader like

Moses leading people out of
Egypt
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Leader Verses associated with the word “sephar” and the
meaning of r - “resh” – Head, Leader.
“Resh” – LEFT – Physical Leaders. “Sephar” associates with Leaders who convey a
message (tell)
Exo 18:8 And Moses told (sephar) his father-in-law
➢ Spiritual Leaders all that YHVH had done to Pharaoh and to the
teach on the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had
great deeds of come upon them on the way, and how YHVH had
YHVH delivered them.
➢ Spiritual Leaders Exo 24:3-4 So Moses came and told (sephar) the
teach people the people all the words of YHVH and all the judgments.
Words And all the people answered with one voice and said,
(Commands) of “All the words which YHVH has said we will do.” 4 And
YHVH. Moses wrote all the words of YHVH.
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Leader Verses associated with the word “sephar” and the
meaning of r - “resh” – Head, Leader.

➢ Spiritual Leaders Exo 10:1-2 Now YHVH said to Moses, “Go in to

teach their Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts
children and of his servants, that I may show these signs of Mine
their children’s before him, 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of
children about your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have
the great things done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among
YHVH has done. them, that you may know that I am the Lord.”
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MIDDLE letter “pey” p

r p c p – “pey” – mouth, speak

MIDDLE: Process - mouth of the
leader speaking (re-counting)
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To Tell, told: Verses associated with the word “sephar” and the
meaning of p - “mouth” – speak, tell.
“Pey” – MIDDLE – Mechanism behind “sephar” or “re-counting” or telling someone a
story or sharing information.
Gen 37:9 Then he dreamed still another dream and
told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed
another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and
the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
➢ Story of Joseph (Y’shua) revealed as the King and His Brothers (Believers –
starts - Princes) bowing down to Him.
➢ Prophetic revelation of Y’shua the Messiah as the King.
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To Tell, told: Verses associated with the word “sephar” and the
meaning of p - “mouth” – speak, tell.

Gen 40:8-9 And they said to him, “We each have had
a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” So Joseph
said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to Elohim?
Tell them to me, please.”
9 Then the chief butler told his dream

➢ Story of Joseph being the Interpreter of Dreams.

➢ Revealing the gift of Prophecy and interpretation of dreams –
function of the p
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Letter on the RIGHT (Goal) “samech” c

r p c c – “samech” – support, “wedding

ring” (Bride)

RIGHT: Spiritual – “Goal” - Faith that

leads to the “Bride” receiving a
wedding ring.
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Support (Faith), Verses associated with the word “sephar” and the
Wedding Ring: meaning of c - “samech” support – “amunah” Faith
and “wedding ring.”

Num 13:27 Then they told him, and said: “We went
to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk
and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 Nevertheless the
people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are
fortified and very large; moreover we saw the
descendants of Anak there.

➢ This passage reveals the end Goal, the Promised Land and the faith
needed to enter in, defeating the enemies.
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Support (Faith), Verses associated with the word “sephar” and the
Wedding Ring: meaning of c - “samech” support – “amunah” Faith
and “wedding ring.”

Gen 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all the things
that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into his
mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she
became his wife, and he loved her.

➢ Story of Servant r sent to get a Bride (Believers) for Isaac (Y’shua)

➢ Purpose of teaching the Word of YHVH p is to bring the Bride of Messiah to
meet Him.
➢ Prophetic revelation of Believers and followers of Messiah as the Bride wearing
His wedding ring c.
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To Count Verses associated with the word “sephar” and the
meaning “to count”
Count to a Festival – Shavuot & Jubilee
r p c
➢ Both Festivals are determined through “counting,”
connecting them to other Festivals.
➢ Preparing for these Feasts is associated with the
“preparation” of “counting” or the meanings of the
word “sephar.”
➢ IT’s ALL ABOUT PREPARATION.
➢ Shavuot is about the Covenant
➢ Jubilee is about being set free form bondage, loss
and past “sins.”
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1st used in Scripture:
Gen 15:5-6 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now
toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.”
And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6 And he believed
in YHVH, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

➢ Counting has to do with the Covenant Promise

made to Abraham – Counting “stars” - Star
“kokab” bkvk meaning Prince.

Stars = Princes or Leaders.

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Related Scripture:
Gen 22:16 By Myself I have sworn, says YHVH, because you have
done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your
descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the
seashore
➢ Counting has to do with the Covenant Promise
made to Abraham –
➢ Counting “sand” - Descendants will be like the
sand at the Sea. Sea represents the World and its
worldly system.
Sand = Nations coming into Covenant.
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➢ From Sand to Stars (princes), from Bondage to Freedom.

➢ From the Sea to the Boat to the Mountain.
➢ From human in fallen state to royalty (Princess – Sarah )
who is the Bride of Messiah.
➢ SARAH
Shin – Crown
s
r Resh – Head
h Hey - Torso
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➢ The process starts with the “Spiritual Leaders” r get

people (sand under the water of the sea) into the Boat
(salvation) through the Gospel Message and the Message
of the Covenant p.
➢ This release the nations from the bondage of the “Sea”
(death, chaos) to submit under the water from the
Mountain (“yarah” – root word for Torah).
➢ This elevates them to Princes (stars) and ultimately
become the Bride, receiving the “Ring of the Covenant” c
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Conclusion:
➢ Sephar is about counting, or the Process of moving from being “sand under the
sea” (dominion of death, chaos and confusion) with the help of Spiritual Leaders
(Princes/stars) r.
➢ This will let the “sand” move in under the authority of the “water of the Word” p
(yarah – PR of Torah), running from the Mountain and the Commandments of
YHVH. This will transform you to become the Bride of the King, wearing His
wedding ring c.
➢ Sephar is associated with the Feasts of YHVH, specifically the Feast of Shavuot
(receiving the Commandments of the Covenant made with Abraham) as well as the
Feast of Jubilee, representing the liberation form this fallen state, being restored
becoming the Bride of Messiah.
➢ Sephar is about re-counting of remembering these “prophetic stories” that started
with Joseph’s life, Abraham and Isaac, Israel leaving Egypt and the Bride of Isaac.