{"id":9356,"date":"2018-02-14T21:17:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=9356"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T21:02:11","slug":"forgiven-or-passed-over-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=9356","title":{"rendered":"Forgiven or Passed Over? Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord <\/em>(\u02bc\u0103d\u00f4n\u00e2y<\/em>, \u05d0\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9<\/a>), Moses said, let my Lord <\/em>(\u02bc\u0103d\u00f4n\u00e2y<\/em>, \u05d0\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9) go among us, for we are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance<\/em>.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Before I continue to study n\u00e2\u015b\u00e2\u02bc<\/a><\/em>[2]<\/sup><\/a> and \u02bd\u00e2bar<\/a> <\/em>in Exodus 20:7 \u2013 Deuteronomy 4:26, I must add another word to the mix.\u00a0 The Hebrew word s\u00e2lach <\/em>(\u05d5\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7\u05ea<\/a>), translated pardon<\/em>, was unprecedented.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t occur in Genesis or anywhere else in Exodus.\u00a0 That the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/a>) called to Moses and spoke to him from the Meeting Tent<\/em>[3]<\/sup><\/a> is fairly explicit in the opening verse of Leviticus.\u00a0 But I still speculate that at least some of the subject matter recorded there was broached on the mountain before ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>and Moses were so rudely interrupted by Israel\u2019s worship of a golden calf.<\/p>\n

The idea that Moses coined a word and then discovered a universe to revolve around it seems to work out all right in particle physics<\/a>, but it makes me uncomfortable in Bible study.\u00a0 If ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>had already begun to reveal the elaborate, sometimes tedious, detail of atonement (k\u00e2phar<\/em>, \u05db\u05e4\u05e8<\/a>) and forgiveness (s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05e1\u05dc\u05d7) it would help to account for Moses\u2019 brass: He called ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h\u2019s <\/em>intention to destroy Israel in accordance<\/a> with the forty day covenant evil <\/em>(Exodus 32:9-14<\/a>) because he was taken by surprise at the abrupt change<\/a> in ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h\u2019s <\/em>tone and the content of his words.<\/p>\n

Be that as it may, scribing k\u00e2phar <\/em>and s\u00e2lach<\/em> convinced me that I have mischaracterized Leviticus, and that I was wrong<\/a> when I wrote that a primary verb to forgive<\/em> was absent from \u201choly Hebrew.\u201d\u00a0 A table showing the translations of s\u00e2lach <\/em>in the KJV, NET and Septuagint follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Form of s\u00e2lach<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Reference<\/td>\nKJV<\/td>\nNET<\/td>\n\n

Septuagint<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7<\/td>\nNumbers 14:19<\/td>\nPardon<\/strong>, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people…<\/td>\nPlease forgive <\/strong>the iniquity of this people…<\/td>\n\u1f04\u03c6\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u05d9\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7<\/td>\nNumbers 30:5<\/td>\n…and the LORD shall forgive <\/strong>her, because her father…<\/td>\nAnd the Lord will release<\/strong> her from it, because her father overruled…<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 30:8<\/td>\n…and the LORD shall forgive<\/strong> her.<\/td>\nAnd the Lord will release<\/strong> her from it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 30:12<\/td>\n…and the LORD shall forgive<\/strong> her.<\/td>\n…and the Lord will release<\/strong> her from them.<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9, another form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7\u05ea\u05d9<\/td>\nNumbers 14:20<\/td>\nI have pardoned <\/strong>according to thy word:<\/td>\nI have forgiven<\/strong> them as you asked.<\/td>\n\u1f35\u03bb\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u05d5\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7\u05ea<\/td>\nExodus 34:9<\/td>\n…and pardon<\/strong> our iniquity and our sin…<\/td>\n…pardon <\/strong>our iniquity and our sin…<\/td>\n\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7<\/td>\nLeviticus 4:20<\/td>\n…make an atonement for them, and it<\/strong> shall be forgiven<\/strong> them.<\/td>\n…make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, another form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 4:26<\/td>\n…make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven <\/strong>him.<\/td>\n…make atonement on his behalf for his sin and he will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 4:31<\/td>\n…make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven<\/strong> him.<\/td>\n…make atonement on his behalf and he will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 4:35<\/td>\n…his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven <\/strong>him.<\/td>\n…his sin which he has committed and he will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 5:10<\/td>\n…his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven<\/strong> him.<\/td>\n…his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 5:13<\/td>\n…in one of these, and it shall be forgiven <\/strong>him:<\/td>\n…by doing one of these things, and he will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 5:16<\/td>\n…with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven<\/strong> him.<\/td>\n…with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 5:18<\/td>\n…and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven <\/strong>him.<\/td>\n…(although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 6:7<\/td>\n…for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven <\/strong>him…<\/td>\n…on his behalf before the Lord and he will be forgiven<\/strong>…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leviticus 19:22<\/td>\n…and <\/strong>the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven<\/strong> him.<\/td>\n…his sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven<\/strong>…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 15:25<\/td>\n…the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven <\/strong>them…<\/td>\n…for the whole community of the Israelites, and they will be forgiven<\/strong>…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 15:26<\/td>\nAnd it shall be forgiven<\/strong> all the congregation of the children of Israel…<\/td>\n…and <\/strong>the resident foreigner who lives among them will be forgiven<\/strong>…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Numbers 15:28<\/td>\n…to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven<\/strong> him.<\/td>\n…to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.<\/strong><\/td>\nNot Translated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>I thought Leviticus was law: crime, especially capital crime, and punishment.\u00a0 But Leviticus has much to say about atonement and forgiveness.\u00a0 It is the good news (\u03b5\u1f50\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>) of the five books of Moses:<\/p>\n

If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the Lord\u2019s <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty, the assembly must present a young bull for a sin offering when the sin they have committed becomes known<\/em>.[5]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Some priestcraft was spelled out (Leviticus 4:14b-20a<\/a>) with the result that the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven<\/em> (s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 For this reason<\/a> I tell you<\/em>, Jesus said, people will be forgiven<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9) for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven<\/a><\/em> (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) his God <\/em>(\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<\/em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5<\/a>) which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty, or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering<\/em>.[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Again, after some priestcraft (Leviticus 4:24-26a<\/a>) the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin and he will be forgiven <\/em>(s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[9]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man<\/em>, Jesus continued, will be forgiven<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9). \u00a0But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven <\/em>(\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9), either in this age or in the age to come<\/em>.[10]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the Lord\u2019s <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless female goat as his offering for the sin that he committed<\/em>.[11]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 There was some priestcraft (Leviticus 4:29-31a<\/a>) and the priest will make atonement on his behalf and he will be forgiven<\/em> (s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[12]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I tell you the truth<\/em>, Jesus said, people will be forgiven<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9) for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. \u00a0But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven<\/em> (\u1f04\u03c6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, a form of \u1f04\u03c6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>), but is guilty of an eternal sin\u201d (because they said, \u201cHe has an unclean spirit\u201d)<\/em>.[13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

This same ordinary individual<\/em> may bring a sheep instead: But if he brings a sheep as his offering, for a sin offering, he must bring a flawless female<\/em>.[14]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 After the priestcraft (Leviticus 4:33-35a<\/a>) the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed and he will be forgiven<\/em> (s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[15]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man<\/em>, Jesus said, will be forgiven<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9), but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven<\/em> (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>If a person fails to testify and he is a witness<\/em>,[17]<\/sup><\/a> touches anything ceremonially unclean<\/em>,[18]<\/sup><\/a> touches human uncleanness<\/em>,[19]<\/sup><\/a> or swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips<\/em>,[20]<\/sup><\/a> when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things he must confess how he has sinned <\/em>[Table]<\/a>, and he must bring his penalty for guilt to the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) for his sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, whether a female sheep or a female goat, for a sin offering <\/em>[Table]<\/a>.[21]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4), one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering<\/em>.[22]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 After the priestcraft (Leviticus 5:8-10a<\/a>) the priest will make atonement on behalf of this person for his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven<\/em> (s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[23]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

If he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons<\/em>, ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>continued, he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering<\/em>.[24]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things<\/em>, and he will be forgiven <\/em>(s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[25]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours<\/em>, Peter said to a believing magician who had attempted to buy the Holy Spirit, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive <\/em>(\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9) you for the intent of your heart<\/em>.[26]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The Lord\u2019s holy things<\/em> (Leviticus 5:14-16 NET):<\/p>\n

Then the Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> spoke to Moses: \u201cWhen a person commits a trespass and sins by straying unintentionally from the regulations about the Lord\u2019s (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> holy things (<\/em>q\u00f4desh, \u05de\u05e7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d9<\/a>; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f01\u03b3\u03af\u03c9\u03bd, a form of \u1f05\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>, then he must bring his penalty for guilt to the Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em>, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, for a guilt offering. \u00a0And whatever holy thing he violated he must restore and must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. \u00a0So the priest will make atonement on his behalf with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven (<\/em>s\u00e2lach, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9)<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If a person sins and violates any of the Lord\u2019s <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) commandments which must not be violated (although he did not know it at the time, but later realizes he is guilty), then he will bear his punishment for iniquity and must bring a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, for a guilt offering to the priest. \u00a0So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his error which he committed (although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven<\/em> (s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9).[27]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Then the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) spoke to Moses<\/em> (Leviticus 6:1-7 NET):<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d1\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen, or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin \u2013 when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found, or anything about which he swears falsely. \u00a0He must restore it in full and add one fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty. \u00a0Then he must bring his guilt offering to the Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em>, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, for a guilt offering to the priest. \u00a0So the priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> and he will be forgiven (<\/em>s\u00e2lach, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9)<\/em> for whatever he has done to become guilty.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. \u00a0They must not be put to death, because she was not free. \u00a0He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, a guilt offering ram, and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) for his sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven<\/em> (s\u00e2lach<\/em>, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d7; Septuagint<\/a>: \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9) of his sin that he has committed<\/em>.[28]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

James wrote (James 5:14-16a NET):<\/p>\n

Is anyone among you ill?\u00a0 He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. \u00a0And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up \u2013 and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven (\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9)<\/em>. \u00a0So confess (\u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5, a form of \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I saved this quotation[29]<\/sup><\/a> for last to highlight that all of this priestly machinery of atonement and forgiveness ground to a halt if sinners didn\u2019t acknowledge and confess their sin, whether directly or by bringing the appropriate offering.\u00a0 This is extremely difficult for the religious mind to do, those who are\u00a0trying to be declared righteous by the law<\/em>[30]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0or attempting to\u00a0have\u00a0<\/em>[their]\u00a0own righteousness derived from the law<\/em>.[31]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 <\/a>As I began these studies I wrote<\/a> that \u201cthe\u00a0religious mind<\/em>\u00a0may be nothing more than a subspecies of the\u00a0carnal mind<\/em>\u00a0(KJV<\/a>) or the\u00a0outlook of the flesh <\/em>(NET<\/a>).\u201d\u00a0 Now I would simply say that what I call the religious mind<\/em> is the carnal mind or the outlook of the flesh: because the<\/em> religious mind is hostile to God, for it does not submit <\/em>(\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03c3\u03c9<\/a>) to the law of God, nor is it able <\/em>(\u03b4\u03cd\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03b4\u03cd\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) to do so<\/em>.[32]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Jephthah sacrificed[33]<\/sup><\/a> his daughter to make his own word true<\/a> rather than confess his reckless oath to keep<\/a> ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h\u2019s <\/em>commandments<\/a>.\u00a0 But first submission to the law of God is never a pretty sight.\u00a0 Paul left a vivid description from his own experience of what it is like to die to the law<\/a>, to have a new self, a new I<\/em>, a place from which to gain one\u2019s first glimpse of the old self, the carnal mind, the outlook of the flesh or as I have been calling it\u2014the religious mind<\/em> (Romans 7:15-24 NET):<\/p>\n

For I don\u2019t understand what I am doing. \u00a0For I do not do what I want \u2013 instead, I do what I hate. \u00a0But if I do what I don\u2019t want, I agree (\u03c3\u03cd\u03bc\u03c6\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9<\/a>)<\/em> that the law is good. \u00a0But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me. \u00a0For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. \u00a0For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it (NET note 24<\/a>: Grk \u201cFor to wish [want] is present in\/with me, but not to do it.\u201d)<\/em>. \u00a0For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want! \u00a0Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me. \u00a0So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. \u00a0For I delight in the law of God in my inner being. \u00a0But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. \u00a0Wretched man that I am! \u00a0Who will rescue me from this body of death?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n
Forgiven or Passed Over? Part 6<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Forgiven or Passed Over? Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to My Deeds, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Fear – Deuteronomy, Part 12<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/a>[1]<\/sup> Exodus 34:9 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> I used the second spelling (n\u00e2s\u00e2h<\/em>) offered in Strong\u2019s Concordance in the tables and a previous essay<\/a>, which confused me when I linked to the Hebrew dictionary.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> Leviticus 1:1 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> \u201cI am merciful to them according to your word\u201d (Numbers 14:20b NETS<\/a>).<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:13, 14a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:20b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> Matthew 12:31 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:22, 23 (NET) Table1<\/a> Table2<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:26b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> Matthew 12:32 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:27, 28 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:31b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[13]<\/sup> Mark 3:28-30 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[14]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:32 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[15]<\/sup> Leviticus 4:35b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[16]<\/sup> Luke 12:10 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[17]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:1 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[18]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:2 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[19]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:3 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[20]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:4 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[21]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:5, 6a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[22]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:7 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[23]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:10b (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[24]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:11 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[25]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:13a (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[26]<\/sup> Acts 8:22 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[27]<\/sup> Leviticus 5:17, 18 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[28]<\/sup> Leviticus 19:20-22 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[29]<\/sup> There are three more occurrences of \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 in Luke 17:34-36 (KJV) translated left<\/em>, contrasted to \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03bc\u03c6\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 (a form of \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>) translated taken<\/em>.\u00a0 Verse 36 was not in the Textus Receptus of 1550<\/a> or the Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> I consult most often.\u00a0 It was however in the Textus Receptus of 1598<\/a> and thereafter and also in the Essex Gospels<\/a> of 1175.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[30]<\/sup> Galatians 5:4 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[31]<\/sup> Philippians 3:9 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[32]<\/sup> Romans 8:7 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[33]<\/sup> In an article titled, \u201cDid Jephthah Actually Kill his Daughter?<\/a>,\u201d on thetorah.com<\/a>\u00a0 Professor Jonathan Magonet<\/a> argued: \u201cThe flexibility of the vav <\/em>conjunctive linking the two statements would allow it to be read here as \u2018and\u2019, so that \u2018belonging to the Lord\u2019 meant the burnt offering mentioned immediately after.\u00a0 But the \u2018vav<\/em>\u2019 could also be read as \u2018or\u2019, so that whatever or whoever came out would be dedicated to God, and, only should it prove appropriate, would be sacrificed.\u201d\u00a0 Whether Jephthah \u201csacrificed\u201d his daughter as a burnt offering or as a lifelong virgin matters very little to my argument here.\u00a0 It would have mattered a great deal to the hold Jephthah’s \u201csacrifice\u201d had on my attention, how often I returned to consider this story.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to say if that alone would have left my religious mind<\/em> skulking in the shadows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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