Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, Psalm 51:4a NASB You only – David correctly understands that his sin breaks the foremost relationship of the king, that is, his alignment with God. That doesn’t mean others aren’t injured. They are. Bathsheba experiences humiliation. Uriah is murdered. The people…
Are You not from time everlasting, Lord, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Habakkuk 1:12a NASB We – What is a tiqun sofrim? As you might guess, it is a written restoration, a place where a scribe corrected the text because of the theological implication. In this case, the Masoretic text reads “we,”…
Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt?” Exodus 14:11 NASB To die in the wilderness – I wish I’d never started. It was so…
However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die. 2 Samuel 12:14 NASB Die – Tell me how this can be fair? David deliberately sins with Bathsheba. In fact, King David commits several crimes worthy of…
“but the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” Genesis 3:3 NASB Die – We need to ask some questions. They’re not easy questions to ask – and they are even harder to answer. …
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 Surely Die – Hebrew handles emphasis by manipulating the structure of the language. Without punctuation, words are arranged in ways that draw attention to particular…
