Tag: deuteronomy
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Did the Israelites go through Edom and Moab or around?
Judg 11 portrays the Israelites going around Edom and Moab: 17 Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let us pass, we pray, through your land’; but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Mo…
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Is the Trinity, or the “tripleness” of God the best explanation for the use of el, ĕlôha, and ĕlōhîm in Deuteronomy?
Various explanations are given for the overall composition of the first five books of the old Testament. For example, the Documentary Hypothesis states the five books are a compilation of four sources: Jahwist (J), Elohist (E), Deuteronomi…
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Did Moses fast for 81-days straight in Deuteronomy 9:9-18?
Did Moses fast (without food or water) for 81-days straight in Deuteronomy 9:9-18 | Or did Moses eat & drink in verses 12-17? If the descent from Mount Horeb, destruction of the Golden Calf, and ascension back up Mount Horeb took…
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In Deuteronomy 3:27 Why should Moses Moses look East and South?
In Deuteronomy 3:25 (ESV) Moses requests to see the promised land: Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon. In Deuteronomy 3:27 (ESV) God offers Moses what appears to be a con…