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Why is the tribe of Simeon missing from Deuteronomy 33:1-29?
When Moses is about to die he blesses all the tribes except the tribe of Simeon which is somehow left out
Deuteronomy 33:1-29 NASB
7 And this regarding Judah; so he said,
“May Reuben live and not die,
Nor his men be few.”
8 Of Levi he said,
12 Of…
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Is Leviticus 16:2 an explanation or instruction?
The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to
come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain
in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I
will appear in the cloud over the…
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Jesus is both the good shepherd and the gate - Is it the same parable or two different?
In John 10 Jesus use two images. First he is the gate for the sheep.
John 10:7-10 (NIV):
Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for
the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but
the sheep have…
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Was the discounting by the manager in Luke 16 a dishonest act?
The shrewd manager in Luke 16 discounted the debts in order to win favor with the debtors. What hermeneutic principle should be used to determine if this was an evil act, or just good business?
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Why is עֲרוּמִּ֔ים (Gen 2:25) translated "naked," and in the very next verse its singular form, עָר֔וּם (Gen 3:1), is translated "crafty/shrewd?"
I am curious as to why the Hebrew word for "crafty/shrewd," עָרוּם, used to characterize the serpent in the Garden in Genesis 3:1 is the same word in Genesis 2:25, describing Adam and Eve, yet translated as "naked." The plural form is used with Adam…
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Who were the Hellenistic and Hebraic Jews of Acts 6:1?
In Acts, it talks about a division in Judaism that I had not heard of before:
Acts 6:1 (NIV)
In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were…
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Was the power they received in Matthew 10 different from the one they received in Acts 2?
Christ gives power to the disciples to cast out demons and heal the sick which was prior to the giving of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 10:1 KJV
1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast…
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In 2 Samuel 23:20 who were the "Lion Men of Moab"?
I have stumbled upon a passage in Scriptures (KJV) that spoke about a couple of "lion men" of Moab or specifically, "Ariels" that were killed along with a lion in 2 Samuel 23:20:
[2Sa 23:20 KJV] 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a…
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Why so many differing Greek words rendered “one”?
Ephesians 4:4-6 (MLVBL)
There is one ἓν body and one ἓν Spirit, just-as you were also called in one μιᾷ hope of your calling; one εἷς Lord, one μία faith, one ἓν immersion, one εἷς God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us…
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Why did the apostles not adhere strictly to the instructions of the Lord concerning water baptism?
In Matt 28:19, Jesus commanded the apostles to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, but we see in Acts of the Apostles that they baptized in the name of Jesus only (Acts 2:38, 8:16, 19:5). Why did the apostles…
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Are there scriptural standards by which a hermeneutic method can be measured?
Jesus appears to be specifically criticizing the interpretive method used by the Sudducees, saying, they do not know the scriptures.
Mt 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing
the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For…
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How does this KJV phrase change the understanding of 1 Tim 6:5?
How does the understanding of 1 Tim 6:5 change with the phrase "from such withdraw thyself" which is found only in the KJV and NKJV?
1 Timothy 6:3-5 (NKJV)Emphasis added
3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even…
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The confusing order of Laban's tent raids in Genesis 31:33
In Genesis 31:33 we read of Laban's search of the tents of Jacob's party:
וַיָּבֹא לָבָן בְּאֹהֶל יַעֲקֹב וּבְאֹהֶל לֵאָה וּבְאֹהֶל שְׁתֵּי
הָאֲמָהֹת וְלֹא מָצָא וַיֵּצֵא מֵאֹהֶל לֵאָה וַיָּבֹא בְּאֹהֶל רָחֵל
If I was translating this verse I…
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Is the verb in Joshua 2:1 meant to indicate that the spies were clients of Rahab's harlotry?
Joshua 2:1 recounts the journey of the Israelite spies in Jericho:
וַיֵּ֨לְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָמָּה
And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there.…
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In Genesis 11:1, what is the difference in Hebrew between the word "language" and the word "speech"?
Genesis 11:1 (KJV):
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
The English translation seems to be redundant here, ie language and speech.
In doing some prelim research into the meanings of these words it was intriguing to me…
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