On the other hand, it is true that Moses took an old and familiar name and deepened and enriched its meaning from his own experience with God at the burning bush, at the Red Sea, and on Mt. Sinai—and in doing so he became the founder of Heb. religion. Because “Yahweh” was a ...
the branch of theology that specializes in interpretation, or exegesis, of Biblical literature. Historically, exegetes have recognized four levels of meaning in the Bible: the historical or literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the anagogical or mystical, putting emphasis on the necessity of ...
The Advice of Jethro - Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel,
(2) A descendant of Judah and father of Jethro and other sons (1 Chronicles 4:17). (3) The distinguished priest who is the hero of the Book of Ezra and co-worker with Nehemiah. 1. Family: The genealogy of Ezra is given in Ezra 7:1-6, where it appears that he was the son...
5. Of Noah 6. Of Abraham 7. Of Job 8. Of Isaac 9. Of Jacob 10. Of Israel in Egypt 11. Of Jethro 12. Summary and Conclusions V. THE MOSAIC SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM 1. The Covenant Sacrifice 2. The Common Altars 3. The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons ...
(Numbers 23:1, etc.). Probably we may take the narrative of Jethro's sacrifice as a fair example of the occasions on which such altars were used, for it cannot be supposed that Aaron and all the elders of Israel were openly committing an unlawful act when they ate bread with Moses' ...
Life is not designed to be a “quick sprint.” It is a marathon. If we are to endure to the end (just as Jethro advised Moses), we must not overwork ourselves. “Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
We find this word embedded in the beautiful Hebrew boy’s name:reu-El – רְעוּאֵל,meaningfriend of God, which even non-Jewish families name their sons. It is also one of the names of Moses’ father-in-law who we know as Jethro, or Yitro in Hebrew. ...
Yesterday I received a DM that read: “Evil, kapo, judenrat, self hating Jew.” (If you don’t know the meaning of some of those words, let’s just say that two of them are historical terms for Jews who collaborated with the Nazis during WW II.) As this kind of thing isn’t an...
What is the meaning of right and why right hand not the left hand? They wandered through desert and have short supply of water and food. God gave them water and foodmanna. I think Manna might be a sort of plant or seed or fungi that can gather in the dawn. I imagine it as a foo...