Valley Princess

Bible

  • When You Set up Your Light, Follow His Instructions

    This portion covers some more instructions for the menorah, setting apart the Levites, for observing the Passover if you were unclean at the actual time of Passover, for how Israel followed the Shekinah through the wilderness, instructions for the silver… Continue reading

    When You Set up Your Light, Follow His Instructions

  • Restitution, Jealousy, Vows, and Blessing

    The next portion of Scripture in the reading schedule is Naso (Take), which was read this year on May 23. The Scripture is cited above for your convenience. I suggest you look at the Scripture first before reading my post,… Continue reading

    Restitution, Jealousy, Vows, and Blessing

  • I’ve Been Through the Desert with a Lion Who’s Named

    This portion is called B’midbar (In the Desert), and it was read this year on May 16. Don’t worry, I will catch up! This portion covers the first census of Israel, the substitution of the Levites on behalf of the… Continue reading

    I’ve Been Through the Desert with a Lion Who’s Named

  • Rest and Freedom by His Regulation: Shmita, Jubilee, Israel, and Human Value

    In this post, I will cover the Shmita and the significance of the latter blessing that will ultimately be found in Messiah, the Jubilee (or Yovel) and how that ties to both Messiah and the unfulfilled destiny of Israel, and… Continue reading

    Rest and Freedom by His Regulation: Shmita, Jubilee, Israel, and Human Value

  • How God Speaks Through His Appointed Times

    The Parsha reading that I will cover in this entry is Emor (Speak), which was read in synagogues on May 2 this year. From this portion, I will cover the standard of holiness for the priests, the standard of perfection… Continue reading

    How God Speaks Through His Appointed Times

  • Going down to the River

    Leviticus 12:1-13:59Haftarah: 2 Kings 4:42-5:19 Leviticus 14:1-15:33Haftarah: 2 Kings 7:3-20 This Torah portion, scheduled for April 18, 2026, covers the laws for cleanliness and purification for women who give birth, for lepers, for diseased objects and homes, and healthy and… Continue reading

    Going down to the River

  • Distinguish between the Clean and Unclean

    As I catch up on the Torah schedule, my post for today is about Shmini (Eighth), scheduled to be read April 11, 2026. This portion covers the first sacrifice Aaron and his sons make to the Lord after being consecrated,… Continue reading

    Distinguish between the Clean and Unclean

  • The Sin Offering and the Guilt Offering He Called for

    I think this will be my last post on the Torah portion reading Vayikra, cited above. I really want to address the Haftarah too and how that related to God’s eternal plan for Israel and the world through Messiah, but… Continue reading

    The Sin Offering and the Guilt Offering He Called for

  • The Peace Offering He Called for

    The Hebrew words translated as peace offering are zevah shelamim (“sacred gift of greeting”). What is the Hebrew greeting? Shalom. What does shalom mean? Peace. This peace is a wholeness of being in body, mind, spirit. The shelamim, translated as… Continue reading

    The Peace Offering He Called for

  • The Grain Offering He Called for

    Leviticus 2 covers the stipulations of the grain offering (minhah). Minhah basically means “tribute, gift,” harkening more to the offering’s function than its contents. Jesus, who was born in Bethlehem (meaning House of Bread), on the night He was betrayed… Continue reading

    The Grain Offering He Called for