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Following the wording of Daniel 9:27, this may have been the abomination of desolation of Jerusalem. sinful sacrifices (Isaiah 66:3) idolatry (Deuteronomy 29:17, Ezekiel 20:7,8, 1Kings 11:5–7, Jeremiah 13:27) witchcraft (2 Kings 23:24) The word sheqets is used with reference to: seafood that lacks fins and scales (Leviticus 11:10–12)
Toebah or to'eva (abominable or taboo) is the highest level or worst kind of abomination. [1] It includes the sins of idolatry, placing or worshiping false gods in the temple, eating unclean animals, magic, divination, perversion (incest, pederasty, homosexuality [3] and bestiality), [4] cheating, lying, killing the innocent, false witness, illegal offerings (imperfect animals, etc ...
Matthew 24:15–16 [35] follows Mark 13:14 closely: "So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains"; but unlike Mark, Matthew uses a neutral participle instead of a masculine one, and explicitly ...
The expression is referenced in the Jewish Bible, particularly in Genesis 4:10 [1] ("The Lord said to Cain [...] the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth"), Genesis 18:20–21, [2] Exodus 22:21–23, [3] and Deuteronomy 24:14–15. [4] [5] The sins are numbered as being either four or seven; they are listed as follows: [6]
And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. [11] "Mark" (Hebrew: תו): interpreted as a "sign of exemption from judgment" (also in Ezekiel 9:6). [12]
Even the Eighth Commandment is subordinate to the principle of loving one's neighbour. Great care should therefore be taken in speaking to–and about–others. Accordingly, Proverbs 6: 19 states that "a false witness who speaks lies" is an abomination to God. This is also true for "one who sows discord among brethren". [61]
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See Pirkei Avot 2:11, 3:10, 4:21 and the Vilna Gaon's commentary to Aggadot Berakhot 4b.) [12] Thomas Aquinas uses and defends Gregory's list in his Summa Theologica, although he calls them the "capital sins" because they are the head and form of all the other sins. [13]