Category: Tanakh
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Written on the Heart
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:33 (KJV) Write it in their hearts…
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Language Influences Your Thought
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:9 (KJV) Language – According to Lera Boroditsky, a cognitive scientist, she states there are over 7,000 languages…
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Two Omers are Better than One
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God […] Deuteronomy 16:10 (KJV) Weeks – This holy day that recently passed is called the Feast of Weeks. It’s not called Spirit Day even though Christians recognize it as the day the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles and believers. It’s not…
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Existence Without Purpose Does Not Exist
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis 1:5 (KJV) Light/Day – God called the light (‘or) Day (yom). How does this work exactly? Let’s look at the semantics of what’s going on here. God called the “light,” which is…
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The 8th Commandment
Thou shalt not steal. Exodus 20:15 (KJV) Don’t steal – That’s pretty straight forward right? Just don’t steal. Unfortunately there’s a number of other factors involved with this commandment; socioeconomic status, peer influence, self-perception, psychology, etc. Just take a look at this video from Dan Ariely.
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The Jealous God
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Exodus 34:14 (KJV) Jealous – Isn’t this an odd character trait of YHVH? Jealousy is such a negative attribute isn’t it? The word qanna which means “jealous” is only used 5 times in the Old Testament and…
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Tasting the Truth
[A Psalm] of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. Psalm 34:1 (JPS) Demeanour – Do you ever stop to read the introduction to any of the Psalms? This introduction is particularly interesting. It’s referring to a time before David was king. It’s the story from 1…
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Law of the Broken Neck Donkey
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. Exodus 13:13 (KJV) Redeem – Did you know that a donkey is the only unclean animal that is…
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Goats and Coats
31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. Genesis 37:31-32 (KJV) Goats and…
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Slavery Prophecy Fulfilled, Twice
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great…