{"id":452,"date":"2012-06-11T19:53:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=452"},"modified":"2025-08-24T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:28:23","slug":"who-am-i-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"Who am I? Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have made a reasonably strong case<\/a> that I should just shut up about the Bible.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not going to do that.\u00a0 Measurements made from or to relative coordinates aren\u2019t completely useless if one knows the position and velocity of those coordinates relative to one\u2019s own.\u00a0 So if I were to continue to pontificate without reference to my own position and velocity I would be guilty of the same kind of troublemaking<\/a> I accused us philosophical types of perpetrating.\u00a0 I\u2019ll try to be careful from here on, however, to point out where I\u2019m coming from and how that might impact the truth<\/em> that I have found in the Bible.<\/p>\n

<\/a>My journey back from atheism<\/a> as a philosophical and legalistic young man began for all practical purposes with a stoned insight: \u201cI always lie.\u201d\u00a0 I played with that statement in a hallucinogenic fog in my mind for a long time.\u00a0 If only that statement were true, I thought, the ancient religious concept of repentance might have some real, tangible validity.\u00a0 A narrow shaft of light began to pierce the darkness.\u00a0 If I, in fact, had always lied and then stated that fact honestly, confessed my sin, it would be the first truthful thing I had ever said and a doorway to a whole new way of life.\u00a0 But the darkness returned again, because there was no way I had lived consistently enough to have always lied.\u00a0 Surely sometime by sheer accident or mere coincidence I had told the truth.\u00a0 So in my case even my confession was a lie and just further proof of how hopeless my situation had become.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, man, gimme another hit o\u2019 that, will ya\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

Still that little crack in my armor, that almost insignificant stream of light, was apparently enough to do the trick.\u00a0 Atheism is hard work and you shouldn\u2019t try to do it stoned if you really intend to maintain your faith.\u00a0 Of course, as I hinted earlier, I cared less for my atheism than I did for the naive Christian faith which had preceded it.<\/p>\n

Eventually I want to get back to the expansion of context I started in Solomon\u2019s Wealth<\/em><\/a> and continued in A Monotonous Cycle<\/em><\/a>:\u00a0 \u201cSo Solomon, the third king of Israel, the richest and wisest king not only of Israel but of his generation, according to the Bible, became the fulfillment of God\u2019s unheeded warning to Israel about kings, this same Solomon who was named Jedidiah1<\/sup><\/a>\u2014loved by the Lord<\/em>\u2014by God himself.\u201d\u00a0 I mentioned then that Solomon being both the fulfillment of God\u2019s warning about kings and loved by the Lord was not unlike Solomon\u2019s wealth being both a fulfillment of a promise of God and Solomon\u2019s direct disobedience to God\u2019s requirements for the kings of Israel.\u00a0 But before I look into the circumstances when God named Solomon Jedidiah, I want to step back even farther to the first time God appeared to the Israelites in the Tabernacle in the wilderness.<\/p>\n

In Exodus 25-31<\/a> God gave Moses explicit instructions how to make the Tabernacle\u2014essentially a portable place of worship\u2014and all its furnishings.\u00a0 In Exodus 36-39<\/a> the Tabernacle and its furnishings were made according to the divine plan.\u00a0 Chapter 40<\/a> detailed how and when to set everything up.\u00a0 Leviticus 1-7<\/a> described the offerings and sacrifices to be carried out in association with the worship of Yahweh in the Tabernacle.\u00a0 Chapter 8<\/a> told of the ordination of the priests, Aaron and his sons, over a seven day period according to the plan specified by God.\u00a0 Chapter 9<\/a> explained how the newly ordained priests began to minister the offerings and sacrifices God required on the eighth day.<\/p>\n

The end result of all this step-by-step devotion to God\u2019s instructions was a worship service with a phenomenal payoff: \u2026the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.\u00a0 Then fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground<\/em>.2<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>In the midst of this excitement, Aaron\u2019s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.\u00a0 So fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them so that they died before the Lord<\/em>.3<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0There is no indication that Nadab or Abihu intended to offend God.\u00a0 On the contrary, it seems that their crime was nothing more and nothing less than exuberant religious innovation. \u00a0The penalty was immediate death.<\/p>\n

Even after everything I\u2019ve\u00a0written I\u2019m tempted to get in line behind Friedrich Nietzsche and say, \u201cGod had nothing to do with this.\u00a0 From Moses on down this is nothing but a bunch of ignorant Israelites who couldn\u2019t tell the difference between the presence of the Lord and a lightning storm!\u201d\u00a0 And I\u2019m tempted to say this, not because I want to be an atheist, but because I\u2019ve seen the look in my children\u2019s eyes when they asked me, \u201cWhy!?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Addendum:<\/strong> January 27, 2021
\nTables comparing Leviticus 9:23<\/a>; 9:24<\/a>; 10:1<\/a> and 10:2<\/a> in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and the tables comparing Leviticus 9:23<\/a>; 9:24<\/a>; 10:1<\/a> and 10:2<\/a> in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor) follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 9:23 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Leviticus 9:23 (KJV)<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Leviticus 9:23 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and the glory of HaShem appeared unto all the people.<\/td>\nAnd Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.<\/td>\nMoses and Aaron then entered into the Meeting Tent. \u00a0When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 9:23 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 9:23 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u0391\u03b1\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u03ba\u03b7\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u1f79\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u1f79\u03b3\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u1f79\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f64\u03c6\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f21 \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b1 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bb\u03b1\u1ff7<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5<\/a> <\/strong>\u039c\u03c9\u03c5\u03c3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1fbf\u0391\u03b1\u03c1\u1f7c\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u03ba\u03b7\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u1f79\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u1f79\u03b3\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u1f79\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f64\u03c6\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f21 \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b1 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03bb\u03b1\u1ff7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Leviticus 9:23 (NETS)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 9:23 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Moyses and Aaron entered the tent of witness, and when they came out, they blessed all the people, and the glory of the Lord became visible to all the people.<\/td>\nAnd Moses and Aaron entered into the tabernacle of witness. \u00a0And they came out and blessed all the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 9:24 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Leviticus 9:24 (KJV)<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Leviticus 9:24 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And there came forth fire from before HaShem, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.<\/td>\nAnd there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.<\/td>\nThen fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 9:24 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 9:24 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f71 \u03c4\u03b5 \u1f41\u03bb\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c3\u03c4\u1f73\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c0\u1fb6\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03bb\u03b1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u1f73\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f79\u03c3\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5, \u03c4\u1f71 \u03c4\u03b5 \u1f41\u03bb\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c3\u03c4\u1f73\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b5\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c0\u1fb6\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03bb\u03b1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u1f73\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f79\u03c3\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Leviticus 9:24 (NETS)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 9:24 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And fire came out from the Lord and consumed what was on the altar, both the whole burnt offerings and the fat pieces, and all the people saw it and were amazed and fell face down.<\/td>\nAnd fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured the offerings on the altar, both the whole-burnt-offerings and the fat; and all the people saw, and were amazed, and fell upon their faces.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 10:1 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Leviticus 10:1 (KJV)<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Leviticus 10:1 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before HaShem, which He had not commanded them.<\/td>\nAnd Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.<\/td>\nThen Aaron\u2019s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 10:1 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 10:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f79\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bf \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1f76 \u0391\u03b1\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u039d\u03b1\u03b4\u03b1\u03b2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u0391\u03b2\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4 \u1f15\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd7\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f73\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f73\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78 \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u1f75\u03bd\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u1f14\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f79\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f43 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u1f73\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd7\u03c2<\/td>\n\u039a\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f79\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bf \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1f76 \u1fbf\u0391\u03b1\u03c1\u1f7c\u03bd \u039d\u03b1\u03b4\u1f70\u03b2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1fbf\u0391\u03b2\u03b9\u03bf\u1f7a\u03b4 \u1f15\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f73\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbf \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78 \u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f73\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbf \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78 \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u1f75\u03bd\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u1f14\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f79\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd, \u1f43 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u1f73\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b5<\/a> <\/strong>\u039a\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Leviticus 10:1 (NETS)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 10:1 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And when the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abioud, each took his fire-pan, they placed fire on it and threw incense on it and offered before the Lord strange fire such as the Lord had not ordered them.<\/td>\nAnd the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abiud, took each his censer, and put fire therein, and threw incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 10:2 (Tanakh)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Leviticus 10:2 (KJV)<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Leviticus 10:2 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And there came forth fire from before HaShem, and devoured them, and they died before HaShem.<\/td>\nAnd there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.<\/td>\nSo fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them so that they died before the Lord.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Leviticus 10:2 (Septuagint BLB)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 10:2 (Septuagint Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f73\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u1fc6\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03c6\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f73\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9 \u039a\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Leviticus 10:2 (NETS)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Leviticus 10:2 (English Elpenor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And fire came out from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.<\/td>\nand fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> 2 Samuel 12:24, 25<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> Leviticus 9:23b, 24 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> Leviticus 10:1, 2 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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