Today’s Word
Experience Matters
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the lord your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12 ESV Experience Matters by Michael Moen My son, Michael, wrote this on his birthday nine years ago. I think it’s time to read it again. Honor – The word kābēd…
Head of Household
He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. 1 Timothy 3:4 NIV Family – The NIV translates the word oíkou as “family.” The NASB uses “household.” The Greek term is quite flexible, stretching from “family” to “house”…
Unraveling the Confusion
God is the Master of war, God is His name. Exodus 15:3 Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan (The Living Torah) God – Kaplan’s translation retains the Jewish practice of not speaking the letters Yod Hey Vav Hey as God’s personal name. But English translations fare no better, simply substituting “the LORD” for the Hebrew יְהוָה, out of respect…
Qere Ketiv
And it came about, as soon as Moses approached the camp, that he saw the calf and the people dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. Exodus 32:19 NASB Hands – Exodus 32:15, a few verses earlier, reads, “Then Moses turned and…
A Useful Fiction
The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd. Ecclesiastes 12:11 NIV One shepherd – This phrase, “given by one shepherd,” is almost the same no matter what English translation you choose. It is also the typical treatment in Jewish context. On this basis, rabbinic tradition…
Neighbor or Stranger
And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan. Joshua 3:17 NASB Nation – Gringo. WASP. Chink. Gook. Cracker. Dego. There’s a long list of racial slurs…
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