{"id":7514,"date":"2015-11-21T09:19:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=7514"},"modified":"2015-11-21T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T17:19:29","slug":"an-earey-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/21\/an-earey-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"An &#8220;Earie&#8221; Lesson from the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The more I study the Bible, the more I see how every little detain in it is important. Nothing is contained there in, no matter the smallest detail, without a reason \u2014 without a lesson to be taught and learned. What follows is another example of this. Not\u00a0only that, we shall see that an understanding of the Torah helps us to understand what is going on here. \u2014Natan<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/21\/an-earey-lesson\/21413842-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7516\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/21413842-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"21413842\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew 26:51, <i>The servant of the high priest\u2026cut off his ear. <\/i><\/b>Was it Peter\u2019s (John 18:10) intention to cut of the servant\u2019s ear or head? Some theologians suggest that Peter was going for the head, but missed and got the ear (actually it was the earlobe; see TDNT 5:543) instead. Likely, Peter\u2019s intended target was indeed the ear, for the servant, who was a priest himself, would have been disqualified by the Torah from serving in the temple if he had any physical defect or blemish such as a missing ear (Lev 21:18\u201321).<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but Peter went for the right earlobe (Luke 22:50; John 18:10), which according to the Torah (Exod 29:20) had to be anointed with blood as part of the consecration process of a priest. An improperly consecrated priest was disqualified from service in the temple as well. 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