by admin | Jul 2, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, Moses said to Israel, to reveal to you the message of the Lord (yehôvâh, יהוה), because you were afraid (yârêʼ, יראתם) of the fire and would not go up the mountain.[1] Then he recounted the ten commandments. ...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Why then were you not afraid (yârêʼ)[1] to speak against my servant Moses?[2] Jehovah asked Miriam and Aaron. The rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose ἐφοβήθητε[3] here. Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married (for he...