Genesis 38:8 This verse describes “the law of the levirate” (from the Latin, levir, meaning “brother-in-law), which was decreed in Deuteronomy (25:5-6) and constituted a legal obligation in Israel (see Mt 22:24). Genesis 38:9 The law of the levirate required that in marrying ...
In the Septuagint the problem is removed by changing the beginning of this verse to read “Judah did not dispossess….” 1:21 According to Jos 18:16, Jerusalem was assigned to the tribe of Benjamin. According to the notice in 1:8 above, the city was burned by the Judahites, but ...
A new contact in the community, Judith, receives aid from MCBC which includes a Tagalog tract and church brochure. We also gave a love gift to Janeth, a former member of MCBC and who is a frontliner at a Paranaque Hospital. She has been staying in the hospital since lockdown. These ...
12 There was a young Hebrew there with us, a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them, giving each of us an explanation for his dream. 13 Just what he predicted came true: I was restored to my office, and the other man was impaled.” 14...
Leviticus 25:40 This verse represents progress as compared with the Code of the Covenant (Ex 21:2). Leviticus 25:55 Servants: rather than a demeaning title, servant reflected the covenantal relationship established between Israel’s God and his people. Leviticus...
Daniel 7:13The Aramaic phrasebar enashmeanshuman being. The phraseson of manis retained here because of its use in the New Testament as a title of Jesus, probably based largely on this verse. Daniel 7:25Orfor a year, two years and half a year ...
Genesis 38:8 This verse describes “the law of the levirate” (from the Latin, levir, meaning “brother-in-law), which was decreed in Deuteronomy (25:5-6) and constituted a legal obligation in Israel (see Mt 22:24). Genesis 38:9 The law of the levirate required that in marrying ...