To know wisdom and instruction, to discern the sayings of understanding, Proverbs 1:2 NASB Instruction – Hebrew education? Well, let’s see. Rabbi Ishmael’s answer to the question of Ben Damah (Menachoth 99b): “May one such as I who have studied the whole of the Torah learn Greek wisdom?—He thereupon read to him the following verse, ‘This book…
Listen, my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Psalm 78:1 NASB Instruction – If you had to guess what Hebrew word is translated “instruction” you might be inclined to choose תּוֹרָה(tôrâ). Not knowledge, not understanding, but teaching. That’s correct. It’s tôrâ. But what you might not know is that…
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, Titus 2:11-12 NASB Instructing – Everything you need to know about life you learn in kindergarten. It seems that God thinks that’s true too. The verb used here is…
Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 1 Corinthians 10:11 NASB Our instruction – Paul is a curious teacher. He actually expects his students to learn from the stories of the Tanakh. In fact, he considers the…
Whosoever the man who fears the LORD, He will guide him in the way he should choose. Psalm 25:12 Robert Alter translation Guide – “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will…
Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the age have come. 1 Corinthians 10:11 NASB Our instruction – Paul is a curious teacher. He actually expects his students to learn from the stories of the Tanakh. In fact, he considers the…
And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for any one to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. 1 John…
But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to tell of My statutes and to take My covenant in your mouth? For you hate discipline, and you cast My words behind you.” Psalm 50:16-17 NASB Cast behind you – Who are the wicked? Who qualify as rasha? We can probably recount a number…
“Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, they are regarded as a strange thing.” Hosea 8:12 NASB Strange thing – Have you tried to explain your commitment to Torah to your friends and neighbors? Do they ask why you don’t eat shrimp, why you don’t go to church on Sunday and…
So one of the priests whom they had carried away into exile from Samaria came and lived at Bethel, and taught them how they should fear YHWH. 2 Kings 17:28 Taught – Lions were eating people. Not a very pleasant thought. But in Near Eastern thinking, this isn’t about lions. It’s about offense. The question…
