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Why should an altar be made with uncut stone?
According to Clarke's commentary:
"...2. of unhewn stone, that no images of animals or of the celestial bodies might be sculptured on them, as was the case among the idolaters, and especially ...
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Do eternal ordinances such as the festival of unleavened bread pose a biblical contradiction?
As others have mentioned, the operative word in the Exodus passage is עוֹלָם ('olam). This word is used in several contexts, one of which is G-d's eternality.
Psalm 90:2:
"Before the mountains ...
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Do eternal ordinances such as the festival of unleavened bread pose a biblical contradiction?
If Jesus was the fulfillment of the passover and did away with the sacrificial system and festivals, … ?
This is a somewhat loaded question; it assumes that Jesus did away with God's festivals.
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Do eternal ordinances such as the festival of unleavened bread pose a biblical contradiction?
No. The better translation of Ex. 12:14 is from Young's.
`And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; -- a statute age-during; ye keep it a ...
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Do eternal ordinances such as the festival of unleavened bread pose a biblical contradiction?
Let's start with the Hebrew. The term “eternal” (Hebrew: עוֹלָם, olam) can mean “lasting for an age” or “perpetual” in certain contexts. The Strong's defines it as:
Definition: long duration, ...
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Do eternal ordinances such as the festival of unleavened bread pose a biblical contradiction?
Here, I will assume that the OP is alluding to one or more of the following texts:
Rom 10:4 - Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Matt 5:...
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What made Moses strike the rock in Numbers 20?
It was his momentary unbelief expressed in his impatient anger not trusting that God would ever lead his people into the land of promise.
It is generally thought that the sin of Moses, in which Aaron ...
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What exactly did Moses do wrong at Meribah?
Moses was a great man and prophet of God, but he had a couple things working against him. First, he couldn't speak well, so God gave him Aaron as a mouthpiece in the carrying out of His will. Second,...
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Are there any links between Moses killing the Egyptian and striking the rock?
I can't speak of the author's intent, but both cases represent a providential opportunity gone wrong, in which Moses and the Israelites together might have established a foundation of faith to enter ...
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What made Moses strike the rock in Numbers 20?
Given that in Numbers 12:3 Moses is stated to be "very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth" (K.J.V.), and in verses 7 & 8 God rebuked those who criticised him, ...
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How many posts did the courtyard of the Holy Tabernacle have?
We can only be as specific about this as Exodus, and they didn't include a diagram.
It's usually said 60 not 56, because it's assumed the corners aren't counted twice due to the tendency for inclusive ...
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Are there any links between Moses killing the Egyptian and striking the rock?
Link of Events?Several events in Moses's life may be considered "linked" because they all relate to the character of Moses. While all people have a fallen nature, that predicament of ...
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What made Moses strike the rock in Numbers 20?
Was he agitated at Israel's mistrust in his leadership and lost his temper for a moment?
This seems to be the most likely explanation. The text states that Moses was supposed to "have ...
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Why are the Israelites told to stay home until morning if they were meant to leave Egypt at midnight?
They were not meant to leave Egypt at midnight. We know this to be true because they were told not to leave until morning. They did not disobey what Moses had commanded them to do.
Exodus 12:22 And ...
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What made Moses strike the rock in Numbers 20?
Anger and frustration:
Numbers 20:10 - And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly
together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you
rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?”
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Could Matthew 7:24-26 have been alluding to a shared historic cultural experience of "aggregates-based construction work" in Egypt?
Contextual interpretation:
To me, the idea that Jesus' listeners, many of whom would have been Jewish, might have understood this reference and connected it with their ancestral experience in Egypt is ...
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Who gave God the name 'Jealous' as referred to in Exodus 34:14?
It is very rare that anyone but YHWH/Jehovah/God gives Him a name other than Himself - almost all the names and titles of God in the OT were announced by God Himself. Here is a sample:
El Shaddai
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Who gave God the name 'Jealous' as referred to in Exodus 34:14?
Moses.
Or allegedly-Moses, or Pseudomoses. Because I don't believe genetic analysis of authorship is ever productive. The work comes to us as a whole - and here it's describing God calling himself ...
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Who gave God the name 'Jealous' as referred to in Exodus 34:14?
Exodus 34:14:
כִּי לֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לְאֵל אַחֵר כִּי יְהֹוָה קַנָּא שְׁמוֹ אֵל קַנָּא הוּא
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Is it something God gave to himself
Scholars like Richard Elliott Friedman identify ...
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