{"id":7696,"date":"2017-02-09T20:57:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=7696"},"modified":"2023-09-23T08:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:43:40","slug":"fear-deuteronomy-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=7696","title":{"rendered":"Fear – Deuteronomy, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m considering the third occurrence of yir\u02bc\u00e2h<\/em> (\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05da<\/a>) in the Bible, the word I\u2019d hoped would distinguish the fear of the Lord<\/em> from ordinary fear<\/em>: This very day<\/em>, ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/a><\/em> (\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/a>) said to Moses, I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you.\u00a0 They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach<\/em>.[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I want to consider it in context, not only for Moses and Israel but for us as well (Deuteronomy 2:16-19 NET).<\/p>\n

So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated<\/a> from the community, the Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> said to me, \u201cToday you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar. \u00a0But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites\u2019 land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot\u2019s descendants as their possession.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>I am not giving you any of the Ammonites\u2019 land as your possession<\/em>, ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em> said to Moses.\u00a0 As a lapsed atheist who has read Nietzsche<\/a> I assume that isn\u2019t true.\u00a0 What probably happened was that Israel attempted to take the Ammonites\u2019 land but failed.\u00a0 So leaders like Moses made up this conversation with God after the fact to keep the peoples\u2019 spirits (and taste for battle) up.\u00a0 The word for this assumption is unbelief<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If anyone wants to become my follower<\/em>, Jesus said, he must deny<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u1f71\u03c3\u03b8\u03c9, a form of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) himself<\/em>\u2026[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I tell you the truth<\/em>, Jesus said to Peter, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u1fc3, another form of \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9) me three times<\/em>.[3]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I do not know the man!<\/em>[4]<\/sup><\/a> Peter said.\u00a0 I do not know <\/em>the lapsed atheist who has read Nietzsche and assumes that the Bible is false.<\/p>\n

The first thing that happens is I hear ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h\u2019s <\/em>next statement differently than I might have heard it before: I have already given it to Lot\u2019s descendants as their possession<\/em>.\u00a0 It prompts a question.\u00a0 If ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>gave land to the Ammonites\u2019 and ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>is giving land to Israel, does ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>give land to all people?\u00a0 Frankly, I don\u2019t plan to pursue that question at the moment.\u00a0 My point is that even an imitation of faith as simple as denying my native unbelief changes my approach to Scripture.\u00a0 Moses continued with what seems at first like a nonessential aside[5]<\/sup><\/a> (Deuteronomy 2:20-23 NET):<\/p>\n

(That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. \u00a0The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. \u00a0They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. \u00a0But the Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place. \u00a0This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day. \u00a0As for the Avvites who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites who came from Crete destroyed them and settled down in their place.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This becomes a bit clearer if I skip ahead to another \u201cnonessential aside\u201d (Deuteronomy 3:11 NET):<\/p>\n

Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. \u00a0(It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron.\u00a0 Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites?\u00a0 It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All the people we saw there are of great stature<\/em>, those who spied out the promised land had said to discourage Israel. \u00a0We even saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them<\/em>.[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So the knowledge\u2014that ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>destroyed the Rephaites in advance, a people as tall as the Anakites, so the Ammonites (a people presumably more Israel\u2019s stature) could displace them\u2014was presented to encourage Israel and give them confidence in ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>.\u00a0 Here, I think, Moses may have spoken more than the Lord<\/em> (ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) had instructed him to do<\/em>,[7]<\/sup><\/a> but I can hear the man\u2019s heart for his people.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Moses would not be among them when they entered<\/a> the promised land.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites<\/em>, ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>had said to Moses and Aaron.[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The Hebrew word translated you did<\/em>\u2026trust me enough <\/em>was \u02bc\u00e2man<\/a><\/em>.[9]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Moses had already diagnosed Israel\u2019s problem: However, through all this you did not have confidence<\/em> (\u02bc\u00e2man<\/em>, \u05de\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05dd) in the Lord your God, the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. \u00a0He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go<\/em>.[10]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Moses didn\u2019t originate this diagnosis, he had heard it from ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>(Numbers 14:11 NET Table<\/a>):<\/p>\n

The Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> said to Moses, \u201cHow long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe (<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2man, \u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5)<\/em> in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this, ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>spoke in a way that was very near to Moses\u2019 own heart, for Moses himself had asked (Exodus 4:1-9 NET):<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if they do not believe (<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2man, \u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5)<\/em> me or pay attention to me, but say, \u2018The Lord has not appeared to you\u2019?\u201d \u00a0The Lord said to him, \u201cWhat is that in your hand?\u201d \u00a0He said, \u201cA staff.\u201d \u00a0The Lord said, \u201cThrow it to the ground.\u201d \u00a0So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses ran from it. \u00a0But the Lord said to Moses, \u201cPut out your hand and grab it by the tail\u201d \u2013 so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand \u2013 \u201cthat they may believe (<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2man, \u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5)<\/em> that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lord also said to him, \u201cPut your hand into your robe.\u201d \u00a0So he put his hand into his robe, and when he brought it out \u2013 there was his hand, leprous like snow! \u00a0He said, \u201cPut your hand back into your robe.\u201d \u00a0So he put his hand back into his robe, and when he brought it out from his robe \u2013 there it was, restored like the rest of his skin! \u00a0\u201cIf they do not believe (<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2man, \u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5)<\/em> you or pay attention to the former sign, then they may believe (<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2man, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5)<\/em> the latter sign. \u00a0And if they do not believe (<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2man, \u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5)<\/em> even these two signs or listen to you, then take some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. \u00a0The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aaron<\/em>[11]<\/sup><\/a> spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people, and the people believed<\/em> (\u02bc\u00e2man<\/em>, \u05d5\u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05df).\u00a0 When they heard that the Lord had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground<\/em>.[12]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Moses wrote about the impact crossing the Red Sea (Exodus 14<\/a>) had upon Israel: So the Lord saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea. \u00a0When Israel saw the great power that the Lord had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared<\/em> (y\u00e2r\u00ea\u02bc<\/a><\/em>, \u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5) the Lord, and they believed<\/em> (\u02bc\u00e2man<\/em>, \u05d5\u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5) in the Lord and in his servant Moses<\/em>.[13]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I have a hunch that combination of y\u00e2r\u00ea\u02bc <\/em>and \u02bc\u00e2man <\/em>may prove to be important.<\/p>\n

Finally, The Lord said to Moses, \u201cI am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe<\/em> (\u02bc\u00e2man<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5) in you.\u201d<\/em>[14]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0And so I think what I\u2019m seeing in these \u201cnonessential asides\u201d was Moses\u2019 attempt to return the favor, to transfer the faith in Moses ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>had given Israel back to ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>Himself.\u00a0 Moses couldn\u2019t do this with signs he was incapable of performing apart from ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h\u2019s <\/em>spirit.\u00a0 He did it with recent history and an artifact with which the people were already familiar.<\/p>\n

I, of course, am not familiar with giants, though I\u2019ve heard it\u2019s a bit intimidating to get on an elevator with a pro basketball team. The NET was unique<\/a> in translating \u02bdere\u015b<\/a><\/em> (repeated twice, \u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1) sarcophagus<\/em>.\u00a0 Their reason, offered in a footnote (19<\/a>), has nothing to do with Hebrew grammar or syntax but an article<\/a> from the Biblical Archaeology Society<\/a> (which is not available for free online).\u00a0 I\u2019ve included a few free articles from different perspectives, followed by a table of the translation of \u02bdere\u015b <\/em>in the NET at the end of this essay.<\/p>\n

Herodotus<\/a> recorded the following story of a smith who set out to dig a well: \u201cI came upon a coffin seven cubits long. \u00a0I had never believed that men were taller in the olden times than they are now, so I opened the coffin. \u00a0The body inside was of the same length: I measured it, and filled up the hole again.\u201d[15]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m not going to solve the issue of giants here.\u00a0 I do think it\u2019s important to keep an open mind on the subject.\u00a0 But what I will pursue a bit is The Book of King Og<\/a> recently partially published online.<\/p>\n

First, The Book of King Og<\/a> online is fiction<\/a>: \u201cI let them know that when King Og of Bashan is being quoted, that those are my words,\u201d Peter Demmon<\/a> wrote on his blog.\u00a0 Though I haven\u2019t found confirmation I assume Father Martin<\/a>, the Vatican translator of The Book of King Og, is also a literary creation<\/a> of Mr. Demmon\u2019s, a talented writer<\/a>.\u00a0 But I didn\u2019t know any of this when I stumbled across it.\u00a0 The introduction<\/a> read:<\/p>\n

THE BOOK OF KING OG is referenced by association throughout (relatively) recent history, perhaps most notably in the NEW HISTORY OF ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS<\/a> published in 1693. In this reference book, the BOOK OF KING OG is described as, \u201cForged by Jews and Hereticks both Fabulous and Erroneous.\u201d What I have come to conclude is that this has been a mistaken suppression of key Biblical knowledge by the Catholic Church.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With an introduction like that I read it as apocryphal\u2014looking for the reasons it wasn\u2019t included in the Bible\u2014rather than as Scripture\u2014looking for the reasons it was included in the Bible. \u00a0The most obvious reasons for rejecting its authenticity are the many twisted quotes from Scriptures that were written after King Og\u2019s death. \u00a0An example<\/a> from the prophecy of King Og follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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THE PROPHECY OF KING OG: BAAL OF THE EARTH<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Do not be afraid, for I am Baal of the earth.\u00a0 The first and the last. \u00a0\u00a0I am the living one. \u00a0I am alive forever and ever.<\/p>\n

2B:9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Do not be afraid! \u00a0I am the first and the last, and the one who lives!\u00a0 I was dead, but look, now I am alive \u2013 forever and ever\u2026<\/p>\n

Revelation 1:17b, 18a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

I, Baal of the earth know your works, your toils and your patient endurance with the abomination.\u00a0 I know that you cannot tolerate the circumcision. I know that you have tested the Rephaim that claim to be whole-membered and found some to be false.<\/p>\n

2B:10, 11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. \u00a0You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.<\/p>\n

Revelation 2:2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

It is to your credit that you hate Nimrod, who I also hate.<\/p>\n

2B:12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice \u2013 practices I also hate.<\/p>\n

Revelation 2:6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

I, Baal of the earth, know of your affliction and of the [Moonchild]. \u00a0I know that the slander of the circumcised is spoken against you.<\/p>\n

2B:13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). \u00a0I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.<\/p>\n

Revelation 2:9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Do not fear for the war that you are about to suffer. \u00a0Be faithful to Baal of the earth and abhor circumcision until your death and I will give you rewards.<\/p>\n

2B:14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer.\u00a0 The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.<\/p>\n

Revelation 2:10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Let he who has ears listen to what Baal of the earth has to say through his servant Og.<\/p>\n

2B:15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.<\/p>\n

Revelation 2:11a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

My conclusion that the writing of Revelation preceded the writing of The Book of Og took little more than a childlike faith that the resurrected Jesus didn\u2019t twist the prophecy of King Og of Bashan.\u00a0 Since I\u2019ve been looking at texts translated from Hebrew and Greek it also seemed that King Og\u2019s quotes had been lifted directly from contemporary English rather than translated from an ancient language.\u00a0 That prompted me to search out more about Peter Demmon and Father Martin.<\/p>\n

The website timetobelieve.com<\/a> posted a portion of The Book of King Og last year, realized \u201cit may indeed be a hoax\u201d and added the following disclaimer<\/a>: \u201cWe strongly suggest you study the actual biblical writings\u2026\u201d\u00a0 I agree wholeheartedly.\u00a0 Ultimately, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God<\/em>.[16]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>Still, Moses attempted to encourage Israel\u2019s faith recalling how ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h destroyed the Rephaites in advance<\/em> for the Ammonites and the Horites for the descendants of Esau<\/em>. \u00a0Perhaps he even appealed to Israel\u2019s vanity that Avvites who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza<\/em> were destroyed by Caphtorites[17]<\/sup><\/a> without any mention of ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I confess<\/a> that I\u2019ve needed to look outside<\/a> of the Bible to overcome my objections to the Bible at times, too. \u00a0I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves<\/em>,[18]<\/sup><\/a> Jesus told his disciples.\u00a0 I think we can heed this when studying outside of the Bible as well. \u00a0Too often we critique the Bible endlessly and then turn around and accept the oracular pronouncements of historians or scientists completely uncritically.<\/p>\n

An argument from \u201cThe Bed of Og<\/a>\u201d why the \u201ciron bed\u201d could not have been made of iron<\/em> (barzel<\/a><\/em>, \u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc) is a case in point: \u201cBecause of the very high melting point of iron, the casting of molten iron was impossible using the technology of the ancient world.\u201d\u00a0 This logic is fatally flawed and must be restated: Because of the very high melting point of iron, the casting of molten iron was impossible using<\/em> [any known] technology of the ancient world<\/em>.\u00a0 This gives one a much better grasp of the actual situation.\u00a0 It is tentative, provisional knowledge practically begging to be overturned by a future discovery.\u00a0 Stating it as positivist dogma doesn\u2019t alter that fact.\u00a0 It\u2019s a kind of faith\u2014faith that all that can be known about ancient technology is already known\u2014that runs counter to researchers\u2019 experience in any field.<\/p>\n

If one accepts the oracle that \u201cthe casting of molten iron was impossible using the technology of the ancient world\u201d then one must also consider that the comparison of Egypt to an iron-smelting furnace<\/a><\/em> was added much later than the time of Moses.\u00a0 At the same time it\u2019s important to remember that the word written in the Bible is barzel<\/em> not iron<\/em>.\u00a0 Whether what we know as iron <\/em>is a legitimate translation of barzel <\/em>may be arguable.\u00a0 (A table of the NET translations of barzel <\/em>to this point in Deuteronomy follows at the end of this essay.)\u00a0 I\u2019ll consider a recent example from an article in New Scientist<\/a> for comparison.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u201cLong-lost continent found submerged deep under Indian Ocean,\u201d the headline<\/a> reads.\u00a0 I might suppose that geologists in a submarine found a long lost continent, swam out in scuba gear and planted their flag.\u00a0 There are two actual discoveries listed in the article: 1) \u201csome parts of the Indian Ocean were found to have stronger gravitational fields than others\u201d and 2) \u201cAlthough Mauritius is only 8 million years old, some zircon crystals on the island\u2019s beaches are almost 2 billion years old…Ashwal and his team have found zircon crystals in Mauritius that are up to 3 billion years old.\u201d<\/p>\n

One way to view these discoveries is as evidence that contradicts current knowledge.\u00a0 Continental crust tends to be thicker and denser than oceanic crust, hence \u201cstronger gravitational fields.\u201d\u00a0 If radiometric dating is an accurate measure of time, then the discovery of 3 billion-year-old crystals on an 8 million-year-old island requires some explanation. \u00a0And the rest of the article is composed of stories to explain these discoveries in the light of current knowledge, created largely out of a faith in current knowledge.<\/p>\n

I suggested earlier my own practice\u2014denying myself\u2014when I have objections to the content of Scripture.\u00a0 But this self-denial is not faith <\/em>as Paul described it (perhaps it qualifies as my faith<\/a><\/em>).\u00a0 It is a stopgap that keeps me immersed in God\u2019s word (sometimes I go to bed with a headache), where I have an opportunity to hear, until the faith that is an aspect of the fruit of his Spirit fills me.\u00a0 And so often that faith comes when I\u2019m digging into the details (or sleeping off a headache from digging into the details).<\/p>\n

This may be entirely personal, but I\u2019ll share it anyway: I find that when I\u2019m relying on my faith I react to objections angrily<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0defensively<\/a>.\u00a0 When I\u2019m relying on the faith that is an aspect of the fruit of the Spirit I react to objections with a smile or a chuckle.\u00a0 I\u2019ll \u00a0continue with the context of this third occurrence of\u00a0yir\u02bc\u00e2h <\/em>in another essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Free Online Articles About Og\u2019s Iron Bed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The Bed of Og<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/jbqnew.jewishbible.org\/assets\/Uploads\/401\/jbq_401_og.pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Og\u2019s Bed<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/www.esra-magazine.com\/blog\/post\/ogs-bed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colavito, Hanks, and Giants: Some Interaction by Heiser<\/td>\nhttp:\/\/drmsh.com\/colavito-hanks-and-giants-some-interaction-by-heiser\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giants in the Old Testament<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/answersingenesis.org\/bible-characters\/giants-in-the-old-testament\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Reference<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Form of \u02bdere\u015b<\/em><\/td>\n\n

Translation in NET<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Deuteronomy 3:11<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d5\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1<\/td>\nIt is noteworthy that his sarcophagus<\/strong> was made of iron.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job 7:13<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d9<\/td>\nIf I say, \u201cMy bed<\/strong> will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint\u201d\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 6:6<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d9<\/td>\n\u2026my tears saturate the cushion<\/strong> beneath me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 41:3<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1<\/td>\nThe Lord supports him on his sickbed<\/strong>\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm132:3<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05e2\u05d9<\/a><\/td>\nHe said, \u201cI will not enter my own home, or get into my bed<\/strong>.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proverbs 7:16<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d9<\/td>\nI have spread my bed<\/strong> with elegant coverings\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song of Songs 1:16<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1\u05e0\u05d5<\/td>\nThe lush foliage is our canopied bed<\/strong>\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos 3:12<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1<\/td>\nThey will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos 6:4<\/a><\/td>\n\u05e2\u05e8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05ea\u05dd<\/td>\n\u2026lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Reference<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Form of barzel<\/em><\/td>\n\n

Translation in NET<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Genesis 4:22<\/a><\/td>\n\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc<\/td>\n\u2026heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 26:19<\/a><\/td>\n\u05db\u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc<\/td>\nI will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron<\/strong>\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 31:22<\/a><\/td>\n\u05d4\u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc<\/td>\nOnly the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron<\/strong>, the tin, and the lead\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 35:16<\/a><\/td>\n\u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc<\/td>\nBut if he hits someone with an iron<\/strong> tool so that he dies\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 3:11<\/a><\/td>\n\u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc<\/td>\nIt is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy 4:20<\/a><\/td>\n\u05d4\u05d1\u05e8\u05d6\u05dc<\/td>\n\u2026Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting <\/strong>furnace\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Fear – Deuteronomy, Part 5<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to David’s Forgiveness, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Fear – Deuteronomy, Part 7<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Fear – Deuteronomy, Part 11<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to The Day of the Lord, Part 6<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/a>[1]<\/sup> Deuteronomy 2:25 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> Mark 8:34 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> Matthew 26:34 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> Matthew 26:72 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]<\/sup> I had intended to skip this but was overruled.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Numbers 13:32b, 33 (NET) Table1<\/a> Table2<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> Deuteronomy 1:3b (NET)\u00a0 See: Deuteronomy, Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> Numbers 20:12a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> It was translated \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5 (a form of \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) in Greek in the Septuagint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> Deuteronomy 1:32, 33 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> For an explanation why Aaron spoke and performed the signs rather than Moses see Exodus 4:10-17 (NET)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> Exodus 4:30, 31 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[13]<\/sup> Exodus 14:30, 31 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[14]<\/sup> Exodus 19:9 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[15]<\/sup> Herodotus\/history.1.i.html<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[16]<\/sup> Romans 10:17 (NKJV) I\u2019ve written about my understanding of this in Romans, Part 39<\/a> and Romans, Part 13<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[17]<\/sup> Stephen Caesar wrote an article<\/a> in Jewish Bible Quarterly<\/a> linking Caphtorites with Philistines, some of whom were rather large as well.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[18]<\/sup> Matthew 10:16 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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