Set in Stone

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I shall delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.  Psalm 119:16  NASB Statutes – The vocabulary of God’s torah wouldn’t be complete without one other word, ḥōq.   Why?  Because this word represents the ancient practice of permanence.  It is the word that means to engrave something on stone.  If you want to be sure…

Inscribed

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;”   Isaiah 49:16 Inscribed –  It was common practice in ancient cultures to engrave laws and decrees on tablets of stone or metal.  In this way, the permanence of the law was insured.  This word (haqaq) means to carve or engrave or portray.  It is…