Not Exactly

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”  Exodus 24:7  ESV Be Obedient – The translation “be obedient” makes sense.  It’s pretty much repeated in the other English translations.  But it…

Nailed Together

And showing mercy to thousands of those who love me, and keep my commandments. Exodus 20:6 Jewish World translation Love Me, and keep – Back to the pictographs. Here is the phrase “of those who love Me” in pictographic Hebrew.   Once again the word begins with the preposition le signifying “control” or “authority.” It…

Backwards Obedience

Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”  Exodus 24:7  NASB Will be obedient – What is the relationship between hearing and obeying?  What steps do you take in…