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What happens when a feast day of the Jews falls on the weekly Sabbath?
On the contrary, there are many who believe that most feast days always fall on sabbaths. This is the lunar-sabbath approach. In this approach, each new moon resets the weekly cycle. So all holidays ...
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What happens when a feast day of the Jews falls on the weekly Sabbath?
As far as I have learned, an annual feast day can fall on a Sabbath (the seventh day of the week). However, in the year Jesus was crucified that didn’t happen. That is, the annual feast day and the ...
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In [Judith 10-15], How can God be pleased to allow Judith to speak lies in order to maintain Exodus 20:5, if Proverbs 12:22 is true?
Judith may be a historical fiction, since it takes place in a fairy tale world where Nebuchadnezzer rules from Ninveh (not Babylon) and yet the Temple has already been restored (which takes place ...
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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23
The law requires:
Exodus 20:2-3 KJV
2 I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 6:...
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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23
The Lord came not to abolish Law but to fulfill it (Matthew 5:17), which means to drive it to the perfection, Himself featuring as the Perfecter of the Law. But the same perfecting in Pauline language ...
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Do the ten commandments cascade from the greatest to the least in Exodus 20:1-17?
No.
The existence of different content and orderings of the commandments by different versions of the Old Testament precludes any notion of any prscribed ordering by rank. In particular, the Masoretic ...
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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23
The 'weightier matters' to which Jesus refers are 1. law 2. mercy 3. judgment and 4. faith. You are presuming that 'law' is a heading under which 2 to 4 reside. I believe that you are incorrect to do ...
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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23
Regarding the Greek for 'faith' used in Matthew 23:23, I noted this comment in the Study Bible below, which puts the matter in a different light.
"faith, or, faithfulness, as in Rom. 3.3" ...
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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23
"Law" as used in the NT is often (not always) is an abbreviation for "Law and prophets" meaning what we now call the OT. Such is definitely the case in Matt 23:23. For other ...
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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23
Although the Greek text says "law" the Hebrew word that Jesus would have used here no doubt was Torah, which covers both law and teaching. To quote the Jewish Encyclopedia article:
The ...
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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23
Jesus was referring to Mic. 6:8.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (KJV)
At Matt....
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In Leviticus 7:21 does "abominable" mean that pigs and rats are "disgusting and repulsive" or in some sense "spiritually horrible"?
Leviticus 7 does not discuss pigs or rats. These animals, like many others, are forbidden to eat because kosher meat must come from animals that have split hooves AND chew their cuds. Rats are ...
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Is it a written law or an oral law that Peter says is violated when a Jew associates with a non-Jew?
It is likely that it was an oral law. Consider the following:
Exodus 22:21, 23:9, Leviticus 19:34, 24:22, Numbers 15:15, Deuteronomy 24:17, 27:19, Leviticus 19:34
The Law forbids Israelites from ...
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Structure of Solomon's temple: religious laws for buildings?
This is less complicated than it appears and quite prosaic.
The outside dimensions of the temple were the same for every floor; however, the inside dimensions increased with increasing height for a ...
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What is the correct interpretation of Exodus 22:3
I'll divide my answer into two parts:
What does Moses say?
What does Moses mean?
As I begin, here are some corrections: "ל֑וֹ"is not used as a negative. Jouon Muraoka lists these as ...
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What is the correct interpretation of Exodus 22:3
If you kill him in the day time, blood must be shed for him. You would have to pay with your life. To avoid this, apprehend the thief and make him pay full restitution or be sold for his theft if he ...
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