Ezekiel 16:12, Earrings in your ears. Some woman in an effort to be scriptural in how they live and dress wonder if it is biblically permissible to wear earrings that required the ears to be pierced. Those in favor of … Continue reading
Genesis 35:4, Strange gods …earrings. Strange in Hebrew means “foreign or alien” gods or mighty ones.” Before going up to Bethel to worship Elohim, Jacob instructed the men to put away their idols and remove their earrings, which this passage … Continue reading
Genesis 35:4, Strange gods …earrings. Strange in Hebrew is “foreign/alien gods/mighty ones.” Before going up to Bethel to worship before Elohim, Jacob instructed the men to put away their idols and remove their earrings, which this passage links to idol … Continue reading
Exodus 30:13, Half a shekel. For an explanation, see notes at Numbers 31:50. Exodus 30:14, From twenty years old and above.This passage suggests that the Torah viewed the age of accountability to be 20 years old (see also Num 1:3, … Continue reading
Genesis 32 Genesis 32:10, I am not worthy/I have been diminished [Heb. kato-n’tey]. “In some Bible versions, in the word kato-n’tey ,the letter tet is written smaller or diminished to show the utter humility and sense of unworthiness Jacob felt … Continue reading
Numbers 31 Numbers 30:2, Vows. A vow (Heb. neder)is literally “a pledge to do something.” It places upon oneself or others or upon objects of one’s choice a status equivalent to that of a commandment of the Torah (The ArtScroll … Continue reading
The Bible is a book based on covenants, not theology. YHVH Elohim, the God of the Bible, relates to his creation including humans through covenantal and not theological relationships. In his sovereignty, he has chosen to bind himself to the … Continue reading