Tsaba is a root word whose basic meaning is "to mass," as an army or servants, for the purpose of fighting a war. A scriptural example of this appears in Numbers 1:3.

Numbers 1:1-4   says, "And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation ...in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, take ye the sum [census] of all the congregation of the children of Israel... all that are able [Tsaba] to go forth to war in Israel...

In the above English translation, the Jewish scribes translated the word Tsaba as to go forth to war. However, a further explanation in their commentary was to go forth to service as military men. So, the census was for the purpose of organizing Israel as a disciplined nation, as an army, as servants, for their march on Caanan to possess the promised land.

This scripture was chosen because this book of Numbers tells of Israel's history, their law, and their wanderings after their exodus from Egypt. But also, during this time the Lord was teaching them how faithful he was during trials and tribulations and that nothing was too hard or impossible for him.

However, he was also teaching them that He would not accept APOSTASY and REBELLION for they would bring a harsh divine judgement upon them. This they had to know for it was about time for them to not only gather as a people, but as an army, to possess the land that the Lord had given to them.

Today, the Lord is speaking the same things to His people for our enemy has taken over our cities, our lands, our nation and it's government.