Establish Your [m]word to Your servant as that which produces reverence for You. Psalm 119:38 NASB [m]word – Notice the footnote attached to this translation. That note is to tell you that the usual Hebrew isn’t what we have in this verse. Instead of dābār we find ʾimrâ, both translated “word” in English so you wouldn’t…
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8 NASB The sound – You’ll remember Avivah Kushner’s brilliant exegesis of this unusual verse (CLICK HERE). She points out that…
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, Genesis 3:8 NASB Walking – Walking presupposes feet. That assumption changes the picture of this verse. We imagine that God, in some physical form, is doing what we do when we walk, that is, moving on feet….
When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder. Exodus 19:19 NASB Thunder – At least the translators were kind enough to add a footnote explaining that the word for “thunder” is really the word for “voice.” The KJV and NIV get it right, but the…
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country,” Genesis 12:1 Said – Are you like Abram? Think about the circumstances that surround Abram’s understanding of God. Abram doesn’t have the written Word. There were no Scriptures in Abram’s time. Abram lives in a land of pagan worship and practices. Abram has no…
