Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you;” Genesis 12:1 NASB Go – Unfortunately, English translations of this crucial command obscure the depth of God’s request. In Hebrew, the verb is not “Go.” It is lĕk-lekā’ (lekh lekha), literally,…
But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the LORD {was} upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city. Genesis 19:16 NASB He hesitated – “The Torah does not have a word…
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; cleanse me, and I will be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7 NASB Hyssop – Why does David choose this plant, a bitter aromatic member of the mint family? The answer is in Exodus and Numbers. Hyssop has a history. The importance of hyssop stems from the Exodus. God…
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in secret You will make wisdom known to me. Psalm 51:6 NASB Truth – What is “truth”? Aren’t you inclined to say something like “correspondence to the facts,” “certainty,” or “what is acknowledged as reality”? That’s typical of the Western world. We think of “true” as something that…
Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB In guilt/ in sin – We’ve looked at this crucial verse several times. If you’re interested in how it was mis-used to justify a doctrine of original sin and sinful nature, then you may want to review the previous…
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – Jonathan Sacks offers some insight into the Hebraic understanding of freedom; insight that we must embrace if we’re going to avoid reading the words of Yeshua as if they belonged in the Greco-Roman culture of the West. Sacks writes:…
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Matthew 16:18 NASB Peter/ rock – Only in Greek. That’s right, the pun that’s involved here occurs only in Greek, not English (or almost any other translation). It’s…
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Now the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also…
Now the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also…
