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What does chamushim ("fifties") mean in Exodus 13:18?
It is easy to imagine that this word would suggest "by fifties" or, more generally, in large groups, or even "in an regimented way like an army," but on what grounds do so many English versions turn this into "equipped for battle,"armed," and "ready…
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Translation of Romans 7:5 sinful passions aroused by the law
Many translations of Romans 7:5 have a phrase like "the sinful passions which were aroused by the law".
This seems puzzling to me because it doesn't make sense that the law would "arouse" sin or "sinful passions". So I have wondered:
Are there are…
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What exactly does it mean for a soul to be destroyed in gehenna? Matthew 10:28
Matthew 10:28
`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna. (YLT)
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill…
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Based on Genesis 4:26, upon whom did Adam call?
According to Genesis 4:26,
26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.
The seeming sensus plenoir would thus be that until the time of Seth's grandchildren (235 years…
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How can we reconcile God's not tempting anyone (James 1:13) with God's sending evil spirits to torment and deceive people?
God tempts no one:
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
[James 1:13 ESV]
Yet God has sent evil spirits to torment and deceive (and thereby tempt?) people…
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Why was Adam created alone?
When God created the living creatures and animals it seems they were created in pairs for multiplication purposes
KJV Genesis 1:21-22
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,…
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What is the meaning of Luke 3:8?
In Luke 3:8, we can read:
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to
yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out
of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. (NIV)
I was reading, but…
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How to explain the differences in Matthew 19:16-17 translations?
There appear two very (frustratingly) different versions of Matthew 19:17 in english translations:
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. -…
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What does it mean to cast a shoe?
What is the cultural context of casting a shoe?
Psalm 60:8: Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”
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Are the 6th and 7th seals, and the trumpet and bowl judgements in Revelation different events or do they describe the same event from multiple angles?
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Seals 1 - 5 are fairly self-explanatory and seem to echo the words of Jesus, e.g.:
Matthew 24:6-8 (Seals 1 - 4)
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the…
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In Genesis 1:4 what does it mean when God "separated" light from darkness?
Genesis 1:4 NIV
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
God separated the light from the darkness.
I don't get this part.
Does it mean that light and darkness were one?
I know that there was darkness…
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Is Jesus called YHWH in Joel 2:32/Romans 10:13?
In Romans 10, Paul is discussing the Lord Jesus, and in verse 13, he writes (NKJV, emphasis mine):
For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
The reason "LORD" is capitalized by the New King James Version here is that in Joel…
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What is the logic in 1 Cor 2:15 when Paul says "the spiritual person...is himself to be judged by no one"
14The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by…
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Did Paul treat God and Jesus as one person in Titus 2:13?
New King James Version Titus 2 text:
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
13 looking…
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Is the church at the time of the book of James meeting in synagogues?
In James 2:2 (YTL)
for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,
or in ASV
For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing,…
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