Thank you Yehovah Elohim for Your Word, the Bible and for Yeshua the Messiah, the Living Word of Elohim! I would be lost hopelessly wandering in the bleak wilderness of life pursuing the wind and vanity without your word. Soli Deo gloria! — Natan
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Ps 119:105)
How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You! (Ps 119:9–11)
Your word is very pure; therefore Your servant loves it. (Ps 119:140)
I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure. (Ps 119:162)
Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. (Joh 17:17)
For the word of Elohim is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Heb 4:12)
All Scripture is given by inspiration of Elohim, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness… (2Tim 3:16)
Bibles from Natan’s old Bibles collection
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My oldest Bible: published in 1790. I found this Bible in a state of disrepair in stacks of thousands of books in the basement of a used bookstore in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2008.
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This is the second oldest Bible in my collection—published in 1875. I rescued this Bible from a trash heap.
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This huge 1882 family Bible was gifted to me several days ago by a client. It had been sitting in their garage for some 20 years. They knew I’d treasure it and they were right. I’ve always wanted a Bible like this.
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This 1882 Bible contains many wonderful pieces of artwork including this picture of the wilderness tabernacle.
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This Bible was published in Germany in 1900 and was brought to America in 1906 by my German emigre great-grand parents.
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This was my first Bible that my parents gave to me in about 1964 before I could even read. I would take it to church each Shabbat and pretend I was reading it when listening to the pastor preaching his sermons.
Some day, by YHVH’s grace, perhaps I’ll come across a Bible from the 1600s that I can add to my collection.
Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word. I have not departed from Your judgments, for You Yourself have taught me. How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. (Ps 119 :97–104)