Tag: Torah
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Absolute, but Flexible
Make two cherubim of gold—make them of hammered work—at the two ends of the cover. Exodus 25:18 (JPS) Make – There is no question in what is going on here. God has just instructed the fashioning of two cherubim, an entity found in heaven. The people are to make a graven/sculptured image of something in…
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Parshah (Weekly Torah Readings)
These are the weekly Torah portions along with the Haftarah and New Testament counterparts. The instruction and schedule of the Torah portions is believed to be given by Ezra the Scribe. To know which Torah portion is read this week, one must consult a Jewish calendar.
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Covenant or Law
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. Deuteronomy 31:26 (KJV) Book of the law – There’s considerable study in comparative analysis with the relationship of the Israelites to their…
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Torah, the Teachings of God
Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept His statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk. Amos 2:4 (JPS) Law – The law was not…
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Easier to Swallow
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Psalm 119:1 (KJV) Law – We know this word; it is Torah in Hebrew. But “law” is probably not the best translation. “Law” turns people away. Who needs the law of God when we have the grace of Jesus? All…
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Separation Destroys Us
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 1 Corinthians 14:21 (KJV) In the law it is written – I find it interesting that Paul, a man who had Torah…