(Re: What about *transgenderism?)
In reality, there is no such thing as transgenderism, just as there is no such thing as transracialism.
As an example, imagine that a white man walks into an all-black, inner-city neighborhood, and is surrounded by some black men.
"What are you doing here, cracker?"
"I'm not a cracker. I'm a proud black man."
"No, you aren't. Look at your face. You're a white man."
"My face doesn't matter. What matters is I identify as black. So I am black."
"No, you aren't. But you are crazy. Now get out of here and leave us alone. You're scaring the children with your crazy talk."
And the man could then be escorted out of the neighborhood and told never to return.
Now imagine a different example, where a man walks naked into a girls' locker room filled with girls. They all start screaming when they see him.
"Don't scream. I'm a girl too."
"No, you aren't! Look at your... your thing. You're a man!"
"My thing doesn't matter. What matters is I identify as a girl. So I am a girl."
"Help! Help! A crazy man is here!"
The girls' coach could then rush in.
"You need to get out of here."
"But I identify as a girl."
"Sorry, mate. God has identified you as a man. Also, the police are on their way."
The man could then be arrested and thrown into jail, or into an insane asylum.
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(Re: But what about the man's feelings that he is a girl?)
They are just a neurotic fantasy, just as it would be a neurotic fantasy for a white man to say that he is a black man. It is absurd on its face.
Also, transgenderism is a type of homosexuality: wanting to have sex with the same gender that you are, but pretending that you are of the opposite gender.
Because homosexuality is a sin (Romans 1:26-27), transgenderism is a sin.
Also, it is curious that homosexuals sometimes claim that what they do sexually is okay because it is genetic, while transgender people (who are also homosexual) claim that genetics is completely irrelevant, and even totally-counter, to their real identity.
So which is it?
Also, it is curious that "political correctness" loves to shame people for "cultural appropriation", such as for simply wearing a sombrero at a Halloween party, while "political correctness" allows complete "gender appropriation". That is, someone who is not a genetic Mexican cannot wear a sombrero even one time, but someone who is not a genetic woman can wear dresses every day for the rest of his life.
Why this contradiction?
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(Re: What about transgenderism and diversity?)
God loves diversity, which is proven by all of the different colors, heights, weights, and personalities of the people whom He has created. But diversity does not mean that a man is actually a woman just because he feels like one. He is still a man. But there can be diversity within maleness, ranging from the ultra-macho male to the ultra-effeminate male. The latter can still identify as male, for he can simply be one type of male within a diverse range. It is absurd for transgenderism to claim to be for "diversity" while it railroads people into sexual stereotypes.
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*Numbers 13:24 / *Num. 13:24 -
"Eshcol" (H0812) means "cluster" ('eshkowl: H0811), in this case of grapes (Numbers 13:23-24).
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*Numbers 14:34 / *Num. 14:34 -
The original Hebrew word (tenuw'ah: H8569) translated as "breach of promise" can mean "enmity".
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*Numbers 15:4 / *Num. 15:4 -
(Deal and Hin)
See Exodus 29:40 above.
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*Numbers 15:39 / *Num. 15:39 -
The original Hebrew word (tsiytsith: H6734) translated as "fringe" referred to a tassel.
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*Numbers 22:32b / *Num. 22:32b -
See 2 Peter 2:15 below.
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*Numbers 23:10 / *Num. 23:10 -
(Soul)
See Judges 16:30 below.
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*Numbers 23:19 / *Num. 23:19 -
(God is not a man)
This means that God is not a mortal, sinful man, as in one who lies. Numbers 23:19 is not contradicting that the man... (See John 1:1 below)
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(The *son of man)
In Numbers 23:19 the phrase "the son of man" is used generically to refer to men who are not God. It is used in the same generic way in, for example, Psalms 146:3, Isaiah 51:12, Ezekiel 2:1, and Daniel 8:17. But the phrase "the Son of man" is used specifically in Matthew 24:30, Daniel 7:13, Mark 14:61-62, and many other Bible verses to refer to the Messiah/the Christ, who is both a man and God at the same time (John 1:1,14, John 20:28, Luke 24:39). When Jesus refers to Himself as the Son of man (e.g. Matthew 16:13), that is His way of saying that He is the Messiah/the Christ (Matthew 16:16-17, Mark 14:61-62).
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*Numbers 26:59 / *Num. 26:59 -
Jochebed can be "the daughter of Levi" (Numbers 26:59) in the sense that she is descended from Levi, in the same way that Jesus Christ is called "the son of David" (Matthew 21:15-16) in the sense that He (insofar as His humanity is concerned) is descended from David (Romans 1:3).
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*Numbers 31:18 / *Num. 31:18 -
This does not say that the Israelite men could do whatever they wanted with the captive virgins. The Israelite men could have waited until the virgins grew up, and then married them (cf. Deuteronomy 21:11-14).
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*Deuteronomy 3:14 / *Deut. 3:14 -
"Bashan-havoth-jair" (H1316, H2334) means "Jair's towns (havoth) in Bashan".
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*Deuteronomy 3:18 / *Deut. 3:18 -
The original Hebrew words (ben: H1121; and chayil: H2428) translated as "meet for the war" can literally mean "sons of the army", that is, men capable of waging war.
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*Deuteronomy 4:2 / *Deut. 4:2 -
This was a warning against adding commandments to, or deleting them from, the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law, back when it was still in effect.
(See the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 4:11 / *Deut. 4:11 -
(Unto the midst of heaven)
This means the first heaven, the sky.
(See 2 Corinthians 12:2 below)
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*Deuteronomy 4:24 / *Deut. 4:24 -
(Re: Does consuming mean annihilating?)
No, for here the original Hebrew word ('akal: H0398) translated as "consuming" does not require completely consuming. For it is used to refer to some people being "devoured" by fire (Leviticus 10:2), and yet even their bodies remained in existence (Leviticus 10:5). They were not annihilated.
(Compare Mark 9:45 below)
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(Jealous)
This does not require that God must be motivated solely by jealousy or anger, and cannot also be motivated by hatred for people themselves, when He slays them (Hosea 9:15-16). Also, nothing in the Bible contradicts that God hates nonelect people themselves (Romans 9:11-13, Malachi 1:3).
(See the "Vessels of wrath" section of Romans 9:11 below)
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*Deuteronomy 4:34 / *Deut. 4:34 -
The original Hebrew word (maccah: H4531) translated as "temptations" referred to "trials" (cf. Job 9:23), in the sense of sufferings. In this case, Deuteronomy 4:34 referred to the sufferings which God brought on the Egyptians during the ten plagues of Exodus chapters 7 to 12 (e.g. Exodus 9:9), before He brought the Israelites out of Egypt.
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*Deuteronomy 5:2 / *Deut. 5:2 -
Horeb (H2722) refers to the mountain range in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula which includes Mount Sinai, upon which God had made the Mosaic Old Covenant with Israel (Leviticus 26:45-46, cf. Galatians 4:24-25).
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*Deuteronomy 5:3 / *Deut. 5:3 -
This distinguishes the original, Abrahamic covenant (Exodus 2:24) from the subsequent Mosaic covenant, as does Galatians 3 and Romans 4.
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*Deuteronomy 5:17 / *Deut. 5:17 -
(Re: *Capital punishment)
In Deuteronomy 5:17, "kill" meant murder (Matthew 19:18), not capital punishment (Deuteronomy 17:5-7, Romans 13:4).
In the Old Testament, when God commanded people to kill other people, that was not murder on His or their part, but capital punishment.
(See Genesis 6:17 above. But also see Romans 13:4 and Matthew 5:39 below)
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*Deuteronomy 6:8 / *Deut. 6:8 -
(Re: Revelation 13:16)
See Exodus 13:9 above.
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*Deuteronomy 6:13 / *Deut. 6:13 -
This referred to the fear which keeps people from misbehaving, so as to avoid punishment from God, whom they love (Deuteronomy 6:5).
(Compare 1 John 4:18 below)
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*Deuteronomy 7:5 / *Deut. 7:5 -
The original Hebrew word (asherah: H0842) translated as "groves" can refer to literal groves of trees (Deuteronomy 16:21) which were devoted to and contained a wooden statue or pillar representing the Phoenician goddess Asherah, also called Ashtoreth, or Astarte. The word can also sometimes refer to just the statue or pillar by itself (2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 23:6).
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*Deuteronomy 7:21 / *Deut. 7:21 -
God is a "terrible" God (Deuteronomy 7:21, Psalms 47:2, Psalms 68:35) in the sense that He can inspire terror in people (2 Corinthians 5:11). But everything that He does is perfectly just and right (Deuteronomy 32:4). So any terrible thing that He does to people (Psalms 66:3,5, Psalms 76:12, Psalms 145:6) is His righteous judgment and wrath against evil (Romans 2:5, Romans 9:22, Revelation 14:10-11).
But Christians are never to harm anyone, even in self-defense.
(See Matthew 5:39 below)
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*Deuteronomy 10:16 / *Deut. 10:16 -
See Deuteronomy 30:6 below.
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*Deuteronomy 10:17 / *Deut. 10:17 -
(Regardeth not persons)
See Acts 10:34 below.
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*Deuteronomy 11:1 / *Deut. 11:1 -
The original Hebrew word (mishmereth: H4931) translated as "charge" can mean "ordinance" (Leviticus 18:30).
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*Deuteronomy 11:18 / *Deut. 11:18 -
(Re: Revelation 13:16)
See Exodus 13:9 above.
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*Deuteronomy 11:30 / *Deut. 11:30 -
The original Hebrew word (arabah: H6160) translated as "champaign", like the English word, refers to a plain in the sense of a flat area of land. The Hebrew word can also refer to a desert (Isaiah 35:1,6b; Jeremiah 50:12c).
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*Deuteronomy 13:1-3 / *Deut. 13:1 -
See "Deuteronomy 13:1" under Revelation 13:13 below.
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*Deuteronomy 13:5 / *Deut. 13:5 -
Here the bondage was cruel slavery to the Egyptians (Exodus 1:11-14), as opposed to the different kind of bondage to the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Galatians 4:21 to 5:1). Similarly, Christians are delivered from bondage to sin (John 8:34-36, Romans 8:2-14, Romans 6:1-23, Galatians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 7:1), and have become the willing bondservants of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1, Romans 6:22, Revelation 1:1).
(Compare Colossians 4:1 below)
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*Deuteronomy 14 / *Deut. 14 -
(Re: Dietary laws)
See Leviticus 11(space) above.
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*Deuteronomy 14:5 / *Deut. 14:5 -
The original Hebrew word (diyshon: H1788) translated as "pygarg" could refer to an antelope.
The Hebrew word (zemer: H2169) translated as "chamois" could refer to a gazelle.
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*Deuteronomy 14:6 / *Deut. 14:6 -
The "cleft" means the split in the hoof. It had to be completely split in two.
The foot is connected symbolically with the spreading of the Gospel (Romans 10:15, Isaiah 52:7). And a key part of the Gospel is that a complete separation must be made between the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic Law and the New Covenant of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 10:9, Galatians chapters 3-5).
(See the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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(Cheweth the cud)
This is literally called "rumination", and is symbolic of mental rumination on God's Word (Psalms 119:148). It can take work to understand the Bible more and more completely (1 Timothy 5:17; 2 Timothy 2:15), just as it can take work to chew on food to where it can be more completely absorbed by the body.
(Compare Matthew 4:4 below)
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*Deuteronomy 15:6 / *Deut. 15:6 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
Deuteronomy 15:6 referred not to Jerusalem, but to the people of Israel, who reigned over "many" nations only around the time of King David (1 Chronicles 18:11).
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*Deuteronomy 15:11a / *Deut. 15:11a -
This is the same idea as John 12:8a.
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*Deuteronomy 16:4 / *Deut. 16:4 -
The original Hebrew word (gebuwl: H1366) translated as "coast" can mean "border" (Deuteronomy 12:20). That is, leaven (yeast) was not to be found within the borders, within the entire territory, of Israel, during the seven days of the feast of passover.
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*Deuteronomy 18:3 / *Deut. 18:3 -
The original Hebrew word (lechiy: H3895) translated as "cheeks" can mean just that (1 Kings 22:24), or it can mean "jawbones" (Judges 15:15-17).
The Hebrew word (qebah: H6896) translated as "maw", like the English word, means "stomach".
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*Deuteronomy 18:14 / *Deut. 18:14 -
(Observers of times)
See Leviticus 19:26 above.
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*Deuteronomy 18:15-19 / *Deut. 18:15 -
See Acts 3:22 below.
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*Deuteronomy 21:18-21 / *Deut. 21:18 -
(Re: Does being children of God mean once-saved-always-saved?)
No, see Galatians 4:6 below.
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*Deuteronomy 24:1 / *Deut. 24:1 -
The original Hebrew word (`ervah: H6172) translated as "uncleanness" literally means "nakedness", or "shame".
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*Deuteronomy 24:2 / *Deut. 24:2 -
(Re: Under Mark 10:11 below, you say that this is Old Covenant so it does not count, as if it is not God's Word)
Note that something can be God's Word even though its letter is no longer in effect for people (Hebrews 7:18-19, Ephesians 2:15, Colossians 2:14).
(See the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 25:4 / *Deut. 25:4 -
This is an example of how some of the Old Covenant Mosaic commandments were symbolic (1 Corinthians 9:9-11).
(See Leviticus 11(space) above)
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*Deuteronomy 25:17-19 / *Deut. 25:17 -
Breaking the principle of Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (cf. Exodus 17:14) was the downfall of Saul (1 Samuel 15:2-23).
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*Deuteronomy 26:19 / *Deut. 26:19 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
Deuteronomy 26:19, like Deuteronomy 28:1,10-13, referred not to Jerusalem, but to the people of Israel. And it can mean that they were "high" above all nations in God's eyes (Deuteronomy 32:10), not that they ever actually ruled over the kings of the earth (Revelation 17:18).
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*Deuteronomy 27:5 / *Deut. 27:5 -
See Exodus 20:25 above.
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*Deuteronomy 28:1,10-13 / *Deut. 28:1 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
See Deuteronomy 26:19 above.
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*Deuteronomy 28:15-68 / *Deut. 28:15 -
The curses here, as in Deuteronomy 29:25-28, Deuteronomy 31:16-29, and Leviticus 26:14-39 for breaking the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law were fulfilled by the time of the ancient destruction and Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 17:23) in 722 BC, as well as the subsequent destruction and Babylonian captivity of the southern kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 25:4-21) in 586 BC.
But Deuteronomy 30 foretold that the people of the southern kingdom of Judah would (in 538 BC) be brought back from their Babylonian captivity (Deuteronomy 30:3, Ezra 2:1) to the land (Deuteronomy 30:5) and to loving YHWH their God (Deuteronomy 30:6), while still under the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 30:2), with all of their heart, soul, and might, just as commanded under that law (Deuteronomy 6:5).
(But see the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 28:22 / *Deut. 28:22 -
(Blasting / H7711)
See 1 Kings 8:37 below.
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The original Hebrew word (yeraqown: H3420) translated as "mildew" can mean "paleness" (Jeremiah 30:6c), which with regard to plants could refer to their yellowing due to a lack of nutrients.
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*Deuteronomy 28:27 / *Deut. 28:27 -
The original Hebrew word (shechiyn: H7822) translated as "botch", like the English word, can mean a "boil" (Exodus 9:9) in the sense of an inflammatory sore on the skin.
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(Emerods / H6076)
See 1 Samuel 5:9 below.
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(Scab / H1618)
See paragraph 2 of Leviticus 22:22 above.
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The original Hebrew word (cherec: H2775) translated as the "itch" could refer to a skin disease. The English word can refer to a contagious disorder caused by mites infesting the skin.
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*Deuteronomy 29:28 / *Deut. 29:28 -
This can refer to the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel at the destruction of its capital city of Samaria in 722 BC (2 Kings 17:6).
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*Deuteronomy chapters 30-32 / *Deut. chs. 30-32 -
(Re: Full preterism?)
(Israel)
In Deuteronomy 30:4,12-13,19 and Deuteronomy 31:28, heaven and earth are the literal heaven and earth, which in those verses are expressly distinguished from Israel.
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(Law)
Deuteronomy chapters 30-32 do not say that their "heaven and earth" were the Old Covenant Mosaic law. Instead, Deuteronomy 30:11-13 even specifically distinguishes heaven and earth from the Old Covenant Mosaic law.
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*Deuteronomy 30:1-5 / *Deut. 30:1 -
This seems to have had a fulfillment as early as the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon's temple in 586 BC (2 Chronicles 36:17-19), and then the Babylonian captivity (2 Chronicles 36:20-21), and then the return of the Jews from that captivity (2 Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra) in 538 BC.
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*Deuteronomy 30:6 / *Deut. 30:6 -
This, like Deuteronomy 10:16 and Jeremiah 4:4, refers to spiritual circumcision during the (now past) time of the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 30:8,10-11, Deuteronomy 10:13, Jeremiah 6:19). There is spiritual circumcision also during the (now present) time of the New Covenant (Romans 2:29, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:11-13).
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*Deuteronomy 30:11-13 / *Deut. 30:11 -
This is about the Old Covenant Mosaic law, which is "this commandment which I command thee this day".
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*Deuteronomy 30:19 / *Deut. 30:19 -
Here, heaven and earth are the literal heaven and earth of Deuteronomy 30:12-13, just as in Deuteronomy 31:28, heaven and earth are the literal heaven and earth of Deuteronomy 32:1, which are expressly distinguished there from the words of the song of Moses, which is not the book of the law, but just one part of it.
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*Deuteronomy 30:20 / *Deut. 30:20 -
(Re: Old Covenant obedience and life)
See Ezekiel 18:23 below.
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*Deuteronomy 31:10-11 / *Deut. 31:10 -
This refers only to the reading of the Old Covenant Mosaic law as it was given in the entire book of Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 31:12b, Deuteronomy 28:58, Deuteronomy 27:26, Nehemiah 8), and only "at the end" of seven years, meaning at the end of every seven years, and only while the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law was still in effect (it was forever abolished on the Cross: Ephesians 2:15-16).
Note that this has nothing to do with Daniel 9:27a, which includes reference to one particular, future, man-made peace treaty/covenant (Daniel 9:26a, Daniel 11:22-23a) being confirmed at the start of one particular, future, seven-year period.
(See Daniel 9:26 below, and the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 31:22 / *Deut. 31:22 -
(Re: This is the only song of Moses that I could find)
The song of Moses itself comes after that, in Deuteronomy 32:1-43, which verses are bracketed by being called "all the words of this song" (Deuteronomy 31:30, Deuteronomy 32:44).
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*Deuteronomy 31:28 / *Deut. 31:28 -
(Heaven and earth)
See Deuteronomy 30:19 above.
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*Deuteronomy 32:4 / *Deut. 32:4 -
(Re: Means that God must love everyone?)
No, see 1 John 1:5 below.
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*Deuteronomy 32:5 / *Deut. 32:5 -
The original Hebrew word (muwm: H3971) translated as "spot" means "blemish" (Deuteronomy 17:1), in this case a moral one.
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*Deuteronomy 32:14 / *Deut. 32:14 -
The original Hebrew word (cheleb: H2459) translated as "the fat of" can mean the "best" part of something (Numbers 18:32). And the Hebrew word (kilyah: H3629) translated as "kidneys" can mean the innermost part of something (Jeremiah 20:12). And the Hebrew word (chittah: H2406) translated as "wheat" can mean just that. So "the fat of kidneys of wheat" can mean only the best, inner part of wheat kernels, without any bran or chaff (Amos 8:6b).
Also, the pronunciation of the Hebrew words translated as "the fat of kidneys of wheat" has a wonderful alliteration and rhyme:
Fat = 'khay-leb
Kidneys = kil-yaw'
Wheat = khit-taw'
So much of the poetry of God's Word is lost in translation.
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*Deuteronomy 32:15 / *Deut. 32:15 -
"Jeshurun" (H3484) means "upright".
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*Deuteronomy 32:22 / *Deut. 32:22 -
This could refer to the same event as 2 Peter 3:10 and Revelation 20:11b, which will occur at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11), and which will be followed by the creation of a New Heaven and New Earth (2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1), as in a new atmosphere (first heaven) and surface for the earth.
(See 2 Peter 3:10 and 2 Corinthians 12:2 below)
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*Deuteronomy 32:34-36 / *Deut. 32:34 -
This could include reference to right before Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming (Zechariah 14:2-4).
Also, the basic principles of Deuteronomy 32:35a and Deuteronomy 32:36 apply to the New Covenant Church (Romans 12:19, Hebrews 10:30, Psalms 50:4-5 & Mark 13:27, and Daniel 12:7 & Revelation 13:5-10).
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*Deuteronomy 32:43 / *Deut. 32:43 -
This can refer to Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming. For compare Deuteronomy 32:41-42 with Revelation 19:15,21. And compare Deuteronomy 32:43 with Zechariah 14:2-21.
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*Deuteronomy 32:44 / *Deut. 32:44 -
Hoshea (H1954), or Oshea (Numbers 13:8), was the original name of the man whom Moses renamed Joshua (H3091) (Numbers 13:16b). Hoshea/Oshea means "Savior", while "Joshua", like its Greek form "Jesus", means "YHWH is our savior" (cf. Matthew 1:21).
Remember this when the future Antichrist and his fellow Gnostic Luciferians (also called Satanists) will deceive the world into following a "Jesus" who is actually opposed to YHWH.
(See Revelation 13:4 and John 1:1 below)
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*Deuteronomy 32:46-47 / *Deut. 32:46 -
(Land)
Deuteronomy 32:46-47 refers to the keeping of the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law, and to the land covenant which preceded the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Genesis 15:18, Genesis 26:4, Exodus 32:13), and which was not ended along with the letter of that law, but became part of the New Covenant of faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:8-29, Romans 4:13-25).
(See the "land" section of Romans 11:17 below. Also, see the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Joshua 7:26 / *Josh. 7:26 -
"Achor" (H5911) means "trouble". It is derived from the word (akar: H5916) in the previous verse (Joshua 7:25) which is translated as "trouble". Also, in the verse before that (Joshua 7:24), "Achan" (H5912) likewise means "trouble". Compare also a variant spelling (Akar: H5917) of Achan's name in 1 Chronicles 2:7, which spelling matches H5916 above.
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*Joshua 13:3 / *Josh. 13:3 -
Eshkalonites (H0832) were Ashkelonites, inhabitants of the Philistine city of Ashkelon/Askelon (Judges 14:19 to 15:3; 1 Samuel 6:17).
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*Joshua 14:7 / *Josh. 14:7 -
"Kadesh-barnea" (H6947) means "sanctuary" (kadesh) of the "desert-fugitive" or "desert-wanderer" (bar-nea).
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*Joshua 14:15 / *Josh. 14:15 -
"Hebron" (H2275), pronounced kheb-rone', means "association" or "alliance".
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"Kirjath-arba" (H7153) means "city of Arba".
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Anakims (H6062) were descendants of a man named Anak who were giants (nephilim) (Numbers 13:33).
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Nov 14, 2018
In reality, there is no such thing as transgenderism, just as there is no such thing as transracialism.
As an example, imagine that a white man walks into an all-black, inner-city neighborhood, and is surrounded by some black men.
"What are you doing here, cracker?"
"I'm not a cracker. I'm a proud black man."
"No, you aren't. Look at your face. You're a white man."
"My face doesn't matter. What matters is I identify as black. So I am black."
"No, you aren't. But you are crazy. Now get out of here and leave us alone. You're scaring the children with your crazy talk."
And the man could then be escorted out of the neighborhood and told never to return.
Now imagine a different example, where a man walks naked into a girls' locker room filled with girls. They all start screaming when they see him.
"Don't scream. I'm a girl too."
"No, you aren't! Look at your... your thing. You're a man!"
"My thing doesn't matter. What matters is I identify as a girl. So I am a girl."
"Help! Help! A crazy man is here!"
The girls' coach could then rush in.
"You need to get out of here."
"But I identify as a girl."
"Sorry, mate. God has identified you as a man. Also, the police are on their way."
The man could then be arrested and thrown into jail, or into an insane asylum.
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(Re: But what about the man's feelings that he is a girl?)
They are just a neurotic fantasy, just as it would be a neurotic fantasy for a white man to say that he is a black man. It is absurd on its face.
Also, transgenderism is a type of homosexuality: wanting to have sex with the same gender that you are, but pretending that you are of the opposite gender.
Because homosexuality is a sin (Romans 1:26-27), transgenderism is a sin.
Also, it is curious that homosexuals sometimes claim that what they do sexually is okay because it is genetic, while transgender people (who are also homosexual) claim that genetics is completely irrelevant, and even totally-counter, to their real identity.
So which is it?
Also, it is curious that "political correctness" loves to shame people for "cultural appropriation", such as for simply wearing a sombrero at a Halloween party, while "political correctness" allows complete "gender appropriation". That is, someone who is not a genetic Mexican cannot wear a sombrero even one time, but someone who is not a genetic woman can wear dresses every day for the rest of his life.
Why this contradiction?
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(Re: What about transgenderism and diversity?)
God loves diversity, which is proven by all of the different colors, heights, weights, and personalities of the people whom He has created. But diversity does not mean that a man is actually a woman just because he feels like one. He is still a man. But there can be diversity within maleness, ranging from the ultra-macho male to the ultra-effeminate male. The latter can still identify as male, for he can simply be one type of male within a diverse range. It is absurd for transgenderism to claim to be for "diversity" while it railroads people into sexual stereotypes.
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*Numbers 13:24 / *Num. 13:24 -
"Eshcol" (H0812) means "cluster" ('eshkowl: H0811), in this case of grapes (Numbers 13:23-24).
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*Numbers 14:34 / *Num. 14:34 -
The original Hebrew word (tenuw'ah: H8569) translated as "breach of promise" can mean "enmity".
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*Numbers 15:4 / *Num. 15:4 -
(Deal and Hin)
See Exodus 29:40 above.
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*Numbers 15:39 / *Num. 15:39 -
The original Hebrew word (tsiytsith: H6734) translated as "fringe" referred to a tassel.
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*Numbers 22:32b / *Num. 22:32b -
See 2 Peter 2:15 below.
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*Numbers 23:10 / *Num. 23:10 -
(Soul)
See Judges 16:30 below.
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*Numbers 23:19 / *Num. 23:19 -
(God is not a man)
This means that God is not a mortal, sinful man, as in one who lies. Numbers 23:19 is not contradicting that the man... (See John 1:1 below)
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(The *son of man)
In Numbers 23:19 the phrase "the son of man" is used generically to refer to men who are not God. It is used in the same generic way in, for example, Psalms 146:3, Isaiah 51:12, Ezekiel 2:1, and Daniel 8:17. But the phrase "the Son of man" is used specifically in Matthew 24:30, Daniel 7:13, Mark 14:61-62, and many other Bible verses to refer to the Messiah/the Christ, who is both a man and God at the same time (John 1:1,14, John 20:28, Luke 24:39). When Jesus refers to Himself as the Son of man (e.g. Matthew 16:13), that is His way of saying that He is the Messiah/the Christ (Matthew 16:16-17, Mark 14:61-62).
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*Numbers 26:59 / *Num. 26:59 -
Jochebed can be "the daughter of Levi" (Numbers 26:59) in the sense that she is descended from Levi, in the same way that Jesus Christ is called "the son of David" (Matthew 21:15-16) in the sense that He (insofar as His humanity is concerned) is descended from David (Romans 1:3).
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*Numbers 31:18 / *Num. 31:18 -
This does not say that the Israelite men could do whatever they wanted with the captive virgins. The Israelite men could have waited until the virgins grew up, and then married them (cf. Deuteronomy 21:11-14).
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*Deuteronomy 3:14 / *Deut. 3:14 -
"Bashan-havoth-jair" (H1316, H2334) means "Jair's towns (havoth) in Bashan".
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*Deuteronomy 3:18 / *Deut. 3:18 -
The original Hebrew words (ben: H1121; and chayil: H2428) translated as "meet for the war" can literally mean "sons of the army", that is, men capable of waging war.
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*Deuteronomy 4:2 / *Deut. 4:2 -
This was a warning against adding commandments to, or deleting them from, the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law, back when it was still in effect.
(See the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 4:11 / *Deut. 4:11 -
(Unto the midst of heaven)
This means the first heaven, the sky.
(See 2 Corinthians 12:2 below)
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*Deuteronomy 4:24 / *Deut. 4:24 -
(Re: Does consuming mean annihilating?)
No, for here the original Hebrew word ('akal: H0398) translated as "consuming" does not require completely consuming. For it is used to refer to some people being "devoured" by fire (Leviticus 10:2), and yet even their bodies remained in existence (Leviticus 10:5). They were not annihilated.
(Compare Mark 9:45 below)
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(Jealous)
This does not require that God must be motivated solely by jealousy or anger, and cannot also be motivated by hatred for people themselves, when He slays them (Hosea 9:15-16). Also, nothing in the Bible contradicts that God hates nonelect people themselves (Romans 9:11-13, Malachi 1:3).
(See the "Vessels of wrath" section of Romans 9:11 below)
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*Deuteronomy 4:34 / *Deut. 4:34 -
The original Hebrew word (maccah: H4531) translated as "temptations" referred to "trials" (cf. Job 9:23), in the sense of sufferings. In this case, Deuteronomy 4:34 referred to the sufferings which God brought on the Egyptians during the ten plagues of Exodus chapters 7 to 12 (e.g. Exodus 9:9), before He brought the Israelites out of Egypt.
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*Deuteronomy 5:2 / *Deut. 5:2 -
Horeb (H2722) refers to the mountain range in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula which includes Mount Sinai, upon which God had made the Mosaic Old Covenant with Israel (Leviticus 26:45-46, cf. Galatians 4:24-25).
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*Deuteronomy 5:3 / *Deut. 5:3 -
This distinguishes the original, Abrahamic covenant (Exodus 2:24) from the subsequent Mosaic covenant, as does Galatians 3 and Romans 4.
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*Deuteronomy 5:17 / *Deut. 5:17 -
(Re: *Capital punishment)
In Deuteronomy 5:17, "kill" meant murder (Matthew 19:18), not capital punishment (Deuteronomy 17:5-7, Romans 13:4).
In the Old Testament, when God commanded people to kill other people, that was not murder on His or their part, but capital punishment.
(See Genesis 6:17 above. But also see Romans 13:4 and Matthew 5:39 below)
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*Deuteronomy 6:8 / *Deut. 6:8 -
(Re: Revelation 13:16)
See Exodus 13:9 above.
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*Deuteronomy 6:13 / *Deut. 6:13 -
This referred to the fear which keeps people from misbehaving, so as to avoid punishment from God, whom they love (Deuteronomy 6:5).
(Compare 1 John 4:18 below)
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*Deuteronomy 7:5 / *Deut. 7:5 -
The original Hebrew word (asherah: H0842) translated as "groves" can refer to literal groves of trees (Deuteronomy 16:21) which were devoted to and contained a wooden statue or pillar representing the Phoenician goddess Asherah, also called Ashtoreth, or Astarte. The word can also sometimes refer to just the statue or pillar by itself (2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 23:6).
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*Deuteronomy 7:21 / *Deut. 7:21 -
God is a "terrible" God (Deuteronomy 7:21, Psalms 47:2, Psalms 68:35) in the sense that He can inspire terror in people (2 Corinthians 5:11). But everything that He does is perfectly just and right (Deuteronomy 32:4). So any terrible thing that He does to people (Psalms 66:3,5, Psalms 76:12, Psalms 145:6) is His righteous judgment and wrath against evil (Romans 2:5, Romans 9:22, Revelation 14:10-11).
But Christians are never to harm anyone, even in self-defense.
(See Matthew 5:39 below)
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*Deuteronomy 10:16 / *Deut. 10:16 -
See Deuteronomy 30:6 below.
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*Deuteronomy 10:17 / *Deut. 10:17 -
(Regardeth not persons)
See Acts 10:34 below.
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*Deuteronomy 11:1 / *Deut. 11:1 -
The original Hebrew word (mishmereth: H4931) translated as "charge" can mean "ordinance" (Leviticus 18:30).
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*Deuteronomy 11:18 / *Deut. 11:18 -
(Re: Revelation 13:16)
See Exodus 13:9 above.
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*Deuteronomy 11:30 / *Deut. 11:30 -
The original Hebrew word (arabah: H6160) translated as "champaign", like the English word, refers to a plain in the sense of a flat area of land. The Hebrew word can also refer to a desert (Isaiah 35:1,6b; Jeremiah 50:12c).
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*Deuteronomy 13:1-3 / *Deut. 13:1 -
See "Deuteronomy 13:1" under Revelation 13:13 below.
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*Deuteronomy 13:5 / *Deut. 13:5 -
Here the bondage was cruel slavery to the Egyptians (Exodus 1:11-14), as opposed to the different kind of bondage to the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Galatians 4:21 to 5:1). Similarly, Christians are delivered from bondage to sin (John 8:34-36, Romans 8:2-14, Romans 6:1-23, Galatians 5:16; 2 Corinthians 7:1), and have become the willing bondservants of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1, Romans 6:22, Revelation 1:1).
(Compare Colossians 4:1 below)
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*Deuteronomy 14 / *Deut. 14 -
(Re: Dietary laws)
See Leviticus 11(space) above.
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*Deuteronomy 14:5 / *Deut. 14:5 -
The original Hebrew word (diyshon: H1788) translated as "pygarg" could refer to an antelope.
The Hebrew word (zemer: H2169) translated as "chamois" could refer to a gazelle.
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*Deuteronomy 14:6 / *Deut. 14:6 -
The "cleft" means the split in the hoof. It had to be completely split in two.
The foot is connected symbolically with the spreading of the Gospel (Romans 10:15, Isaiah 52:7). And a key part of the Gospel is that a complete separation must be made between the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic Law and the New Covenant of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 10:9, Galatians chapters 3-5).
(See the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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(Cheweth the cud)
This is literally called "rumination", and is symbolic of mental rumination on God's Word (Psalms 119:148). It can take work to understand the Bible more and more completely (1 Timothy 5:17; 2 Timothy 2:15), just as it can take work to chew on food to where it can be more completely absorbed by the body.
(Compare Matthew 4:4 below)
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*Deuteronomy 15:6 / *Deut. 15:6 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
Deuteronomy 15:6 referred not to Jerusalem, but to the people of Israel, who reigned over "many" nations only around the time of King David (1 Chronicles 18:11).
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*Deuteronomy 15:11a / *Deut. 15:11a -
This is the same idea as John 12:8a.
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*Deuteronomy 16:4 / *Deut. 16:4 -
The original Hebrew word (gebuwl: H1366) translated as "coast" can mean "border" (Deuteronomy 12:20). That is, leaven (yeast) was not to be found within the borders, within the entire territory, of Israel, during the seven days of the feast of passover.
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*Deuteronomy 18:3 / *Deut. 18:3 -
The original Hebrew word (lechiy: H3895) translated as "cheeks" can mean just that (1 Kings 22:24), or it can mean "jawbones" (Judges 15:15-17).
The Hebrew word (qebah: H6896) translated as "maw", like the English word, means "stomach".
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*Deuteronomy 18:14 / *Deut. 18:14 -
(Observers of times)
See Leviticus 19:26 above.
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*Deuteronomy 18:15-19 / *Deut. 18:15 -
See Acts 3:22 below.
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*Deuteronomy 21:18-21 / *Deut. 21:18 -
(Re: Does being children of God mean once-saved-always-saved?)
No, see Galatians 4:6 below.
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*Deuteronomy 24:1 / *Deut. 24:1 -
The original Hebrew word (`ervah: H6172) translated as "uncleanness" literally means "nakedness", or "shame".
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*Deuteronomy 24:2 / *Deut. 24:2 -
(Re: Under Mark 10:11 below, you say that this is Old Covenant so it does not count, as if it is not God's Word)
Note that something can be God's Word even though its letter is no longer in effect for people (Hebrews 7:18-19, Ephesians 2:15, Colossians 2:14).
(See the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 25:4 / *Deut. 25:4 -
This is an example of how some of the Old Covenant Mosaic commandments were symbolic (1 Corinthians 9:9-11).
(See Leviticus 11(space) above)
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*Deuteronomy 25:17-19 / *Deut. 25:17 -
Breaking the principle of Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (cf. Exodus 17:14) was the downfall of Saul (1 Samuel 15:2-23).
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*Deuteronomy 26:19 / *Deut. 26:19 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
Deuteronomy 26:19, like Deuteronomy 28:1,10-13, referred not to Jerusalem, but to the people of Israel. And it can mean that they were "high" above all nations in God's eyes (Deuteronomy 32:10), not that they ever actually ruled over the kings of the earth (Revelation 17:18).
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*Deuteronomy 27:5 / *Deut. 27:5 -
See Exodus 20:25 above.
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*Deuteronomy 28:1,10-13 / *Deut. 28:1 -
(Re: Revelation 17:18)
See Deuteronomy 26:19 above.
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*Deuteronomy 28:15-68 / *Deut. 28:15 -
The curses here, as in Deuteronomy 29:25-28, Deuteronomy 31:16-29, and Leviticus 26:14-39 for breaking the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law were fulfilled by the time of the ancient destruction and Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 17:23) in 722 BC, as well as the subsequent destruction and Babylonian captivity of the southern kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 25:4-21) in 586 BC.
But Deuteronomy 30 foretold that the people of the southern kingdom of Judah would (in 538 BC) be brought back from their Babylonian captivity (Deuteronomy 30:3, Ezra 2:1) to the land (Deuteronomy 30:5) and to loving YHWH their God (Deuteronomy 30:6), while still under the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 30:2), with all of their heart, soul, and might, just as commanded under that law (Deuteronomy 6:5).
(But see the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 28:22 / *Deut. 28:22 -
(Blasting / H7711)
See 1 Kings 8:37 below.
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The original Hebrew word (yeraqown: H3420) translated as "mildew" can mean "paleness" (Jeremiah 30:6c), which with regard to plants could refer to their yellowing due to a lack of nutrients.
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*Deuteronomy 28:27 / *Deut. 28:27 -
The original Hebrew word (shechiyn: H7822) translated as "botch", like the English word, can mean a "boil" (Exodus 9:9) in the sense of an inflammatory sore on the skin.
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(Emerods / H6076)
See 1 Samuel 5:9 below.
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(Scab / H1618)
See paragraph 2 of Leviticus 22:22 above.
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The original Hebrew word (cherec: H2775) translated as the "itch" could refer to a skin disease. The English word can refer to a contagious disorder caused by mites infesting the skin.
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*Deuteronomy 29:28 / *Deut. 29:28 -
This can refer to the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel at the destruction of its capital city of Samaria in 722 BC (2 Kings 17:6).
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*Deuteronomy chapters 30-32 / *Deut. chs. 30-32 -
(Re: Full preterism?)
(Israel)
In Deuteronomy 30:4,12-13,19 and Deuteronomy 31:28, heaven and earth are the literal heaven and earth, which in those verses are expressly distinguished from Israel.
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(Law)
Deuteronomy chapters 30-32 do not say that their "heaven and earth" were the Old Covenant Mosaic law. Instead, Deuteronomy 30:11-13 even specifically distinguishes heaven and earth from the Old Covenant Mosaic law.
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*Deuteronomy 30:1-5 / *Deut. 30:1 -
This seems to have had a fulfillment as early as the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon's temple in 586 BC (2 Chronicles 36:17-19), and then the Babylonian captivity (2 Chronicles 36:20-21), and then the return of the Jews from that captivity (2 Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra) in 538 BC.
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*Deuteronomy 30:6 / *Deut. 30:6 -
This, like Deuteronomy 10:16 and Jeremiah 4:4, refers to spiritual circumcision during the (now past) time of the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 30:8,10-11, Deuteronomy 10:13, Jeremiah 6:19). There is spiritual circumcision also during the (now present) time of the New Covenant (Romans 2:29, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:11-13).
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*Deuteronomy 30:11-13 / *Deut. 30:11 -
This is about the Old Covenant Mosaic law, which is "this commandment which I command thee this day".
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*Deuteronomy 30:19 / *Deut. 30:19 -
Here, heaven and earth are the literal heaven and earth of Deuteronomy 30:12-13, just as in Deuteronomy 31:28, heaven and earth are the literal heaven and earth of Deuteronomy 32:1, which are expressly distinguished there from the words of the song of Moses, which is not the book of the law, but just one part of it.
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*Deuteronomy 30:20 / *Deut. 30:20 -
(Re: Old Covenant obedience and life)
See Ezekiel 18:23 below.
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*Deuteronomy 31:10-11 / *Deut. 31:10 -
This refers only to the reading of the Old Covenant Mosaic law as it was given in the entire book of Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 31:12b, Deuteronomy 28:58, Deuteronomy 27:26, Nehemiah 8), and only "at the end" of seven years, meaning at the end of every seven years, and only while the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law was still in effect (it was forever abolished on the Cross: Ephesians 2:15-16).
Note that this has nothing to do with Daniel 9:27a, which includes reference to one particular, future, man-made peace treaty/covenant (Daniel 9:26a, Daniel 11:22-23a) being confirmed at the start of one particular, future, seven-year period.
(See Daniel 9:26 below, and the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Deuteronomy 31:22 / *Deut. 31:22 -
(Re: This is the only song of Moses that I could find)
The song of Moses itself comes after that, in Deuteronomy 32:1-43, which verses are bracketed by being called "all the words of this song" (Deuteronomy 31:30, Deuteronomy 32:44).
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*Deuteronomy 31:28 / *Deut. 31:28 -
(Heaven and earth)
See Deuteronomy 30:19 above.
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*Deuteronomy 32:4 / *Deut. 32:4 -
(Re: Means that God must love everyone?)
No, see 1 John 1:5 below.
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*Deuteronomy 32:5 / *Deut. 32:5 -
The original Hebrew word (muwm: H3971) translated as "spot" means "blemish" (Deuteronomy 17:1), in this case a moral one.
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*Deuteronomy 32:14 / *Deut. 32:14 -
The original Hebrew word (cheleb: H2459) translated as "the fat of" can mean the "best" part of something (Numbers 18:32). And the Hebrew word (kilyah: H3629) translated as "kidneys" can mean the innermost part of something (Jeremiah 20:12). And the Hebrew word (chittah: H2406) translated as "wheat" can mean just that. So "the fat of kidneys of wheat" can mean only the best, inner part of wheat kernels, without any bran or chaff (Amos 8:6b).
Also, the pronunciation of the Hebrew words translated as "the fat of kidneys of wheat" has a wonderful alliteration and rhyme:
Fat = 'khay-leb
Kidneys = kil-yaw'
Wheat = khit-taw'
So much of the poetry of God's Word is lost in translation.
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*Deuteronomy 32:15 / *Deut. 32:15 -
"Jeshurun" (H3484) means "upright".
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*Deuteronomy 32:22 / *Deut. 32:22 -
This could refer to the same event as 2 Peter 3:10 and Revelation 20:11b, which will occur at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11), and which will be followed by the creation of a New Heaven and New Earth (2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1), as in a new atmosphere (first heaven) and surface for the earth.
(See 2 Peter 3:10 and 2 Corinthians 12:2 below)
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*Deuteronomy 32:34-36 / *Deut. 32:34 -
This could include reference to right before Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming (Zechariah 14:2-4).
Also, the basic principles of Deuteronomy 32:35a and Deuteronomy 32:36 apply to the New Covenant Church (Romans 12:19, Hebrews 10:30, Psalms 50:4-5 & Mark 13:27, and Daniel 12:7 & Revelation 13:5-10).
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*Deuteronomy 32:43 / *Deut. 32:43 -
This can refer to Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming. For compare Deuteronomy 32:41-42 with Revelation 19:15,21. And compare Deuteronomy 32:43 with Zechariah 14:2-21.
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*Deuteronomy 32:44 / *Deut. 32:44 -
Hoshea (H1954), or Oshea (Numbers 13:8), was the original name of the man whom Moses renamed Joshua (H3091) (Numbers 13:16b). Hoshea/Oshea means "Savior", while "Joshua", like its Greek form "Jesus", means "YHWH is our savior" (cf. Matthew 1:21).
Remember this when the future Antichrist and his fellow Gnostic Luciferians (also called Satanists) will deceive the world into following a "Jesus" who is actually opposed to YHWH.
(See Revelation 13:4 and John 1:1 below)
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*Deuteronomy 32:46-47 / *Deut. 32:46 -
(Land)
Deuteronomy 32:46-47 refers to the keeping of the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law, and to the land covenant which preceded the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Genesis 15:18, Genesis 26:4, Exodus 32:13), and which was not ended along with the letter of that law, but became part of the New Covenant of faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:8-29, Romans 4:13-25).
(See the "land" section of Romans 11:17 below. Also, see the "Law" section of Ephesians 2:15 below)
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*Joshua 7:26 / *Josh. 7:26 -
"Achor" (H5911) means "trouble". It is derived from the word (akar: H5916) in the previous verse (Joshua 7:25) which is translated as "trouble". Also, in the verse before that (Joshua 7:24), "Achan" (H5912) likewise means "trouble". Compare also a variant spelling (Akar: H5917) of Achan's name in 1 Chronicles 2:7, which spelling matches H5916 above.
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*Joshua 13:3 / *Josh. 13:3 -
Eshkalonites (H0832) were Ashkelonites, inhabitants of the Philistine city of Ashkelon/Askelon (Judges 14:19 to 15:3; 1 Samuel 6:17).
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*Joshua 14:7 / *Josh. 14:7 -
"Kadesh-barnea" (H6947) means "sanctuary" (kadesh) of the "desert-fugitive" or "desert-wanderer" (bar-nea).
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*Joshua 14:15 / *Josh. 14:15 -
"Hebron" (H2275), pronounced kheb-rone', means "association" or "alliance".
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"Kirjath-arba" (H7153) means "city of Arba".
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Anakims (H6062) were descendants of a man named Anak who were giants (nephilim) (Numbers 13:33).
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