Hot answers tagged israel
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I see two possibilities:
The text doesn't actually tell us how the Israelites saw it; it just says it was water, regardless of appearance. So there may not be any contradiction. Granted, they drank that water and the text doesn't comment on this, but the Israelites knew the water was of divine origin because Elisha told them so. (And there are lots of ...
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It may likely grow into the Sinapis Nigra (Black Mustard). It can grow to eight feet tall, so it could actually be literally used by small birds to nest on its branches. However parables are not to be taken so literally and the image may be a slight exaggeration as part in parcel with the point of the passage.
In the OT mustard is not mentioned. Yet ...
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Here is the list of 12 tribes of Israel from Genesis, Numbers and Revelation:
Genesis 29-30 Numbers 1 Revelation 7
Reuben Reuben Reuben
Simeon Simeon Simeon
Levi Levi
Judah Judah Judah
Dan Dan
Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali
Gad Gad ...
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Shlomo ("Solomon"), the son of David, continued to go whoring after gods other than YHVH (1 Kings 11:1-10). This was exacerbated by his numerous foreign wives of whom God warned Shlomo that they would cause him to go astray and commit idolatry.
Consequently, YHVH told Shlomo that he would rend the kingdom from him, except that He would leave one tribe (the ...
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Meaning of κόκκῳ σινάπεως
This is more or less just some additional information, Mike's answer is good. According to the IVP NT Commentary series:
Scholars still dispute what plant is meant by the “mustard seed.”
Nevertheless, by no conjecture is it the smallest of all seeds that
Jesus’ listeners could have known (the orchid seed is smaller); the
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The phenomenon described in II Kings 3:20-23 is well known in the area. Rain can fall in the higher areas such as Edom (now Jordan) or in the Judean hills while down in the Jordan valley on either side of the river, the sky is clear and sunny. When this happens, the wadis (gulleys) that drain the uplands erupt suddenly in flash floods that endanger ...
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The Hebrew word ישׂראל iysra’el; comes from two root words. The first is שׂרה sara,'to prevail' or have dominion. The second is אל ’el usually translated as God.
The idea is that the name reflects the wrestling that Jacob had with God. The only question before us is the 'prevailing' and 'wrestling unto prevail' God's over Jacob or Jacob's over God? ...
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Verse 10 starts a paragraph in the Hebrew, and the following verse (v. 11) mentions "Jacob" in parallel... That is, Israel = Jacob, which is a masculine name. So the context of verses 10-11 refers to the faithful remnant of Israelites in both the northern and southern kingdoms (="Jacob"), who will be reestablished through the New Covenant (Jer 31:31).
In ...
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There are many ways to determine the quantity of occurrences of a particular phrase in the Bible. The way I often do it is:
Go to www.blueletterbible.org.
You will see a box under "Bible Dictionary/ Search."
Within quotes, type in the word or phrase you would like to search for. For example: "God of Israel." This will yield results for that exact phrase.
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