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Judges 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans in the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the reformer ...
Patrick D. Miller in his commentary on Deuteronomy suggests that different views of the structure of the book will lead to different views on what it is about. [5] The structure is often described as a series of three speeches or sermons (chapters 1:1–4:43, 4:44–29:1, 29:2–30:20) followed by a number of short appendices [6] or some kind of epilogue (31:1–34:12), consist of commission ...
"rebuke/reproof" (in 1:13) recalling 'the job description of the overseer' (1:9), which Titus must do himself. [15] "Let no one despise you": is an indirect command in the third person to strengthen Titus, which is similar in form and content to 1 Timothy 4:12 for Timothy. [16] Philip Towner offers a paraphrase:
Biblical scriptures say that God states that the house, throne and kingdom of David and his offspring (called "the one who will build a house for my Name" in the verse) will last forever (2 Samuel 7:12–16; 2 Chronicles 13:5; Psalm 89:20–37). 1 Kings 9:4–7 as well as 1 Chronicles 28:5 and 2 Chronicle 7:17 state that Solomon's establishment ...
Acts 3 is the third chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke. [1]
This section recalls once again the victories in Transjordan (cf. Joshua 1:12-15; Numbers 21; Deuteronomy 2–3), especially mentioning that the herem ("ban" or holy war) was applied there first (Deuteronomy 2:34; 3:6). [11] The two defeated kings in Transjordan were Sihon of Heshbon and Og of Bashan.
Luke's text uses the Septuagint version, but the version Jesus read would have been written in Hebrew. [ 15 ] The people are amazed at his "gracious words" ( Greek : τοις λογοις της χαριτος , tois logois tēs charitos , verse 22), "the discourse of which verse 21 is a compendium", [ 18 ] but Jesus goes on to rebuke them ...
Different religious traditions categorize the seventeen verses of Exodus 20:1–17 [28] and their parallels in Deuteronomy 5:4–21 [29] into ten commandments in different ways as shown in the table. Some suggest that the number ten is a choice to aid memorization rather than a matter of theology.