…Trayvon, George and the Ten Realities[1]…
Part Two
Exo 20:1
Then God said all these words:
Exo 20:2 א "I am Adonai your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery.
Exo 20:3 ב "You are to have no other gods before me.
Exo 20:4 You are not to make for yourselves a carved
image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth
beneath or in the water below the shoreline.
Exo 20:5 You are not to bow down to them or serve
them; for I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the
sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
Exo 20:6 but displaying grace to the thousandth
generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot.
Exo 20:7 ג "You are not to use lightly the name of Adonai
your God, because Adonai will not leave unpunished someone who uses his name
lightly.
Exo
20:8 ד "Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for
God.
Exo 20:9 You have six days to labor and do all your
work,
Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a Shabbat for Adonai
your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work — not you, your son or your
daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the
foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property.
Exo 20:11 For in six days, Adonai made heaven and
earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This
is why Adonai blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself. [2]
In Part One, we covered the first
four realities of the Ten D’varim. I
trust you, my readers, have had a chance to look through Part One; if not I
encourage you to do so now before we move on. Once again, we want to thank Jeff
A. Benner of the Ancient Hebrew Research Center and Dr. Frank Seekins of Living
Word Pictures for their inspiration in the writing of this epistle. Any
similarity to their work is unintentional, but sometimes unavoidable, and where
their work has inspired this author, I have noted it as such. What I do is so
small compared to what these men have done, and if my work at all contradicts
any of theirs, then the error is mine, not theirs.
Jeff Benner’s work
can be accessed at:
Dr. Seekins work can
be seen at:
If the study of the
Ancient Paleo-Hebraic language interests you, I encourage you to use visit
their sites.
We
won’t be going back over the points already laid out in Part One. What needs to
be said is the first four realities have to be accepted by us, and have to be
acted upon in our lives. Without them, we cannot begin to understand what will
be taking place when we examine the next reality…
…Reality
Number Five…
Exo 20:12 [The Hebrew
Letter”hey” ה ] "Honor your father
and mother, so that you may live long in the land which Adonai your God is
giving you.
The Hebrew letter
“hey” opens us up for the Fifth Reality.
The original pictograph was e, symbolizing
a man standing with his arms raised out. In later periods e would come to represent the “hey”, or
symbolize an open window. It can also
mean “breath” or “sigh” as if one has seen something spectacular. Either way
its meaning was clear: it meant “to behold” or “what is revealed”. “This letter is commonly used as a prefix to
words to mean “the” as in “ha’arets” meaning “the land”. The use of this prefix
is to reveal something of importance within the sentence.” [3]
Here in Exodus 20:12 we see
the first commandment given by Yahvey that carries with it a promise. This
verse carries such an important promise it is repeated throughout Scripture
many times:
“Lev 19:3 | ‘Every one of you shall reverence his
mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am the LORD your
God.
Mt 15:4 | “For
God said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR
MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.’
Mk 7:10 | “For Moses said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND
YOUR MOTHER’; and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO BE PUT TO
DEATH’;
Lk 18:20 | “You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT COMMIT
ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR
FATHER AND MOTHER.’ ”
Eph 6:2 | HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the
first commandment with a promise),
Lev
19:3; Dt 5:16, 33, 6:2, 11:8, 9, 27:16; Je 35:18, 19; Mt 15:4, 19:19; Mk 7:10, 10:19; Lk 18:20, Eph 6:2,3” [4]
Let’s recap briefly what we learned from Reality Number Three, “…You are not to use lightly the name of Adonai
your God…” :
“…When we take His name in vain, surely it only means
misusing it right? O no my brethren; it is the act of us treating
God’s name as if it carries no weight in this world. It is the act of us showing Him contempt, of
treating His Holy and Righteous Name as if it was a common thing. We Call Him
God, we call Him Lord, yet these are titles; we use the Name of His only
Begotten Son as a pejorative, we use it almost as a swear word, derogatory and
depreciative to the point of blasphemy.
To His title that designates Him as the Supreme Monarch of the Universe we tack on the “D”
word and string His name with many other invectives. We denigrate this Most High God in our words
and deeds – and wonder why only trouble comes our way…” [5]
Notice the highlighted portion. Using God’s name in vain is treating it
as it carries no weight. Let us examine
that weight now – it can be found in one word: כָּבֵד (kā·ḇēḏ): honor.
Honor is seldom taught or understood in our
culture today. Ironically, it is the very solution to some of our greatest
hurts and needs. God has said that if children learn to give honor to
their parents, their life will be good (the same root word is used when God
created and said or saw it was "good"). In Hebrew this is a
powerful concept.
The root of this word as stated in the TWOT[6]
“…with its derivatives occurs 376 times in the Hebrew
Bible. It is especially prominent in Ps (sixty-four occurrences) and Isa
(sixty-three), as well as Ex (thirty-three), Ezk (twenty-five) and prov
(twenty-four). Of the total number of occurrences, 114 are verbal. The root is
a common Semitic one, occurring in all except Aramaic where yāqār seems to take its place. The basic
meaning is “to be heavy, weighty,” a meaning which is only rarely used
literally, the figurative (e.g. “heavy with sin”) being more common. From this
figurative usage it is an easy step to the concept of a “weighty” person in
society, someone who is honorable, impressive, worthy of respect…” [7]
The Hebrew word for honor " kā·ḇēḏ ", literally means heavy.
To the modern reader this might not make sense, until we realize that in the
ancient times, the Jews bought and sold by weight. Even their money, the
shekel, was based on weight. How does this apply to us today? We live in a world where relationships are
often based on feelings. When we say that we love someone, we are usually
talking about a feeling. But the Biblical concept of love is based on the
value of the object of our love. The feeling may follow the value but
honor is much more than a feeling.
Value changes your actions.
How does value change our actions? Great
value changes everything. This is a basic precept of God's Kingdom. The
Bible says in Matthew 13:44 - 46 that...
Matthew 13:44-46 (NASB95)
44 aThe kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man
found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and bsells
all that he has and buys that field.
Honor changes you.
Honor transforms lives and relationships, not to mention cultures and
communities. This concept of honor that can transform lives can be seen in the
word pictographs of the Ancient Hebrew.
In modern Hebrew honor is written as כָבֵד; in the Paleo-Hebrew it is written as: D B K (from right to left the kaf or kaph, beyt, dalet).
Each letter represents something:
·
The kaf (or kaph): The Ancient form of this letter is K the open palm of a
hand. The meanings of this letter are bend and curve from the shape of the palm
as well as to tame or subdue as one who has been bent to another's will. [9]
·
The beyt (or bet):
The pictograph b is chosen as it best represents the nomadic tents of the Hebrews… The meanings of this letter are house, tent, family
as well as in, with, inside or within as the family resides within the house or
tent.[10]
·
The
dalet: The basic meaning of the letter d is “door” but has several other meanings associated
with it. It can mean “a back and forth movement” as one goes back and forth
through the tent through the door. It can mean “dangle” as the tent door
dangled down from a roof pole of the tent. It can also mean weak or poor as one
who dangles the head down.[11]
What we see in the interpretation is this: the picture for
honor is:
K
the hand opens B
the inside D
door
The inside door is the door of our heart. Honor is concrete
and abstract at the same time. Concrete because of the actions we can perceive
and measure that show value is being attached to ourselves. Abstract because it
takes our mind and heart to process this worth that is being assigned. If you
have ever been treated with honor, then you have experienced the weight, the heaviness of that honor,
even if it but for a fleeting moment.
The Hebrew word picture for honor agrees with the Scriptures about the
impact this value brings to our life. When we are valued, we open our heart and
our soul.
How
could this have prevented the tragedy of Trayvon and George? Think about other
tragedies; Columbine, Sandy Hook, the Denver movie theater; what about other
countless acts of senseless rage, bullying, child abuse? Could the simple concept of honor have
changed all these horrible situations? What if we all held to the words of the
Israelite Shema, the declaration of dependence upon God:
Deut 6:4
5 “aYou shall love the Lord your God bwith all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 “aThese
words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your
sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house
and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
8 “aYou shall bind
them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as 1frontals 2on
your forehead.
9 “aYou shall
write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
10Then
it shall come about when the Lord
your God brings you into the land which He swore to
your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, agreat and splendid cities which you did not build,
11and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and ayou eat and are satisfied,
your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, agreat and splendid cities which you did not build,
11and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and ayou eat and are satisfied,
12 then watch yourself, that ayou
do not forget the Lord who brought
you from the land of Egypt,
out of the house of 1slavery.
out of the house of 1slavery.
13 “aYou shall 1fear
only the Lord your God; and
you shall 2worship Him and bswear by His name.
14 “aYou shall not
follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,
15 for the Lord your God in the midst of you is a ajealous
God; otherwise the anger of the Lord
your God will be kindled against you, and He will 1wipe you off the face of the earth.
your God will be kindled against you, and He will 1wipe you off the face of the earth.
17 “aYou should
diligently keep the commandments of the Lord
your God, and His testimonies
and His statutes which He has commanded you.
and His statutes which He has commanded you.
18 “You shall do what is right
and good in the sight of the Lord,
that ait
may be well with you and
that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
19 by driving out all your
enemies from before you, as the Lord
has spoken.[12]
O if only we taught our children
diligently. To love God and to honor one another; we could have had the
Promised Land; instead we live in a land where everyone promises but never
intend to deliver. We wander like the Israelites in the wilderness; like the Israelites leaving Egypt, if we come
to believe, we are no longer slaves to sin. We have been freed; we can worship
God and build a new life. But, for many of us something is still missing in our
lives, families and marriages. It is as if we are following God through
the desert, seeing His presence, maybe even His miracles, but we never enter
the Promised Land.
But God has promised that those who learn to honor, will live long in
the land that He has given, "the Promised Land." Honor
has to be taught though; respect has to be earned by word, action and deeds.
How can a child learn honor if his parents have not chosen to honor one
another? The father for good or bad,
teaches every child how to value their mother. The mother for good or bad
teaches every child how to honor their father. Honor when learned at home will
cause the boy or girl to view people differently, but what happens to the
person never trained in honor?
If honor was not the foundation of the home he or she grew up in- if the
father and mother did not honor, but instead discounted the value of each other
and their children- then the result is a person who does not know the power or
reality of honor in life.
When we learn the first four realities, we learn the value of honor, of the
weight of the love for Yahvey Elohim, and His love of us. Honor opens the door
of our hearts to all relationships, family, friends, but especially toward the Father and Son. But if there is no honor
we will lose the very foundation of our lives.
Our Western culture lives in opposition to Yahvey’s ways, as it focuses
on the individual; the Kingdom of God instead is a kingdom of relationship and
value. The concept of the Fifth Mitzvot [Commandments] gives us the
understanding of value, of honor.
This concept of honoring fathers and mothers is a
Kingdom concept. Regardless of our situation, whether or not we come from a
good home or a broken home, if we can leave behind the wreckage and embrace the
Kingdom concept, the promise of the blessings of God begin here…
“…that you may
live long in the land…”
The how and why of learning honor is only found if we
embrace the first four realities. There is no other way. We can talk of duty
and honor, but it involves giving value and weight to what we see, to whom we
deal with, to one another. Can we honor our soldiers if we don’t value them?
Can we honor our nation if all we do is tear it down and try to radically
change it? Is marriage honorable when we take it out of its Biblical mandate
and just turn it into an institution that has lost all meaning? Can a family be
complete without mom and dad loving and hoding each other up in honor? Can the madness around us be stopped if we do
not honor? Only the embrace of the
ultimate reality, “I AM YAHVEY ELOHIM
YOUR GOD” can lead us into Realities Two, Three and Four; then we will know
what honor is and can move into number five.
IF… I know God as my Reality then I
will be able to move away from that which is false and unprofitable. If God is my reality then I will seek truth
and love justice, I will value His Name, I will attach worth and weight to
it. When I can value this Name above all
names, I can rest in His peace and be assured of comfort – things might not be
easy, but I can take comfort knowing that all things work together for good for
all who believe. Rest will bring me to
the place of honor and from here all things change.
I
understand life’s realities. Some of us have mothers and\or fathers that we
feel we just cannot honor. Maybe they have addictions; maybe they were or are
abusive. There are lots of situations that I cannot address, and maybe these
words seem hollow. Can you hold onto
God? Can you honor your spiritual Father
and Mother? In spite of your pain, can you value Him?
It is ever more the norm today for men and women to claim
that they are atheists, to decry religion, to mock and curse the very mention
of God or Yeshua, Jesus our Messiah. Richard Wurmbrand in his book “Tortured
for Christ” had this to say:
“…The cruelty of atheism is hard to believe. When a man has no faith in the reward of good
or the punishment of evil, there is no reason to be human. There is no restraint from the depths of evil
that is in man. The Communist torturers often said, “There is no God, no
hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish.” I heard one
torturer say, “ I thank God, in whom I don’t believe, that I have lived to this
hour when I can express all the evil in my heart.” He expressed it in
unbelievable brutality and torture inflicted on prisoners…” [13]
“…there is no reason to be human…” Chilling words. Put these
words into the context of today. Mass murder, school yard shootings, rape,
robbery, homelessness, drug addiction, alcoholism, the list is endless, all
because thereis no God, no moral absolutes, no restraint on the evil in a man’s
heart. No honor.
…If I honor…
…Reality
Number Six…
Exo 20:13[the Hebrew Letter Vaw ו
]"Do not murder.”
The original pictograph used in the Early Semitic
script is a , a picture of a
tent peg. The
meaning of this letter is to add or secure.[14] If there is honor, then a person feels
secure, connected. Would a fight have broken out, and a life been lost that
night if both young men had had honor?
If you know God, it is harder to hate, harder to stereotype, harder to
not be human. How can you attack someone if you have honor? How could you put
yourself in a situation where deadly force might have to be used if you have
honor? How can someone murder another if you honor people and life, if life is
sacred?
It is easier
and easier nowadays to kill another, when we won’t even prevent the slaughter
of the unborn. Where is the honor in that?
Think about it. In the Hebraic mindset Reality Six is connected to the
first…
“I am the Lord your God”
…Reality
Number Seven…
The ancient pictograph for this letter is z; it is thought
to represent a farming tool, but it also has the meaning of “cut” or “weapon” . Whie a weapon can be used to protect, it can
also destroy. Yeshua said in Matthew 5:27-28:
28 but I say to you that
everyone who looks at a woman awith lust for her has already
committed adultery with her in his heart. [17]
Can it not be said
that the destruction of the family is in large part due to the lust in a man’s
heart? Dads abandoning their children, mothers having children with different
fathers; the break-up of the home is prevalent across all colors, across all
ethnic backgrounds and economic status. The church suffers from a high divorce
rate, with scandal after scandal occurring in the pulpits. The enemy of our
soul is using this weapon to undermine our society, with the full blessings of
the courts and heads of government. Without honor, there is no home. When a man
puts another before his spouse, he has brought a weapon to bear. There is no
difference here than in the Second reality; we break covenant with our loved
ones, we have broken covenant with God.
What a difference honor makes in the home.
…Reality
Number Eight…
The ancient pictograph h is a picture of a tent wall.[19] It also symbolizes a fence or “to protect”. Walls are built all the time, as are fences.
We build fences to keep things out, we build then to keep things in. Fences and
walls tend to separate us, to isolate us from one another. That’s why people
live in gated communities; that is why the tragedy of Trayvon and George
occurred; people living behind walls and fences with no real security, just the
illusion of such. The Bible views a
fence as protection; the Hebrew word picture for a brother says he is “a strong
fence”. If a man has honor, if he has learned it at home, in the value he
places on God and family, will he not look upon other men as brothers? Truly, do we not need that now more than
ever? We divide ourselves up into
groups, into colors, into ethnicities, and there is no sense of protection,
only walls and fences. We see a young
man and call him “punk”; we see another and call him “cracker”. Without God it
is easy to see how easy it is not to be human.
This commandment is about more than just stealing another’s property –
it is about not stealing each man and woman’s humanity. If we are just busy building walls and making
laws to keep each other out, all we are left with is broken dreams, broken
hearts and an isolated society that is living behind the rubble of false
protection. If I am not my brother’s keeper – his guard, his protector, then
quite possibly the only thing I am is his destroyer. Am I willing to be a protector, or do other
need protection from me? Honor says I won’t steal your humanity, I’ll guard it
instead.
…Reality
Number Nine…
Exo 20:16 (20:13)[The
Hebrew letter “Thet or tet” ט
] "Do not give false evidence against your
neighbor.”[20]
The
original pictograph for this letter is u, a container made of wicker or clay.[21]
It can mean to surround or in later use, it meant snake. Since we have two very opposite meanings, it
is up to us to choose to use it wisely. If we have honor, we will see the truth
in this commandment, and seek to “surround” those around us, not with malice or
evil intent, but with meaning, purpose and protection. Honor allows us to apply
value to them, to make them weigh something in our life. We must always remember that hate directed is
hate directed at ourselves. Surround yourself with the heart of the snake, with
lies and deceptions, with accusations and malevolence – there will be
destruction. This reality breaks the one
it is contained in more than the one it is aimed at. A person can survive
slander; it is the slanderer that heaps the coals of fire upon themselves.
Jeremiah 13:22-23 (NASB95)
22 “If
you asay
in your heart, ‘bWhy
have these things happened to me?’ Because
of the cmagnitude
of your iniquity dYour
skirts have been removed And your heels have 1been exposed.
23 “aCan the
Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can bdo good Who
are accustomed to doing evil. [22]
Those that do evil,
will not change; only God can change a lawless heart. Lawless men will continue
to do lawless things, and I do not mean the breaking of the law of man. If you
are lawless in the things of God, you are lawless indeed. We need to choose to surround ourselves with
love, mercy, truth and joy; then we will be a protector, and will have honor.
…Reality
Number Ten…
Exo 20:17 (20:14)[
The Hebrew letter “ Yad or Yood” י ]"Do not covet your neighbor's house; do not covet your neighbor's
wife, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to
your neighbor." [23]
The Early Semitic pictograph of this letter is i, an arm
and hand. The meaning of this letter is work, make and throw, the functions of
the hand. The Modern Hebrew name “yud” is a derivative of the two letter word
“yad” meaning "hand", the original name for the letter.[24]
Proverbs 30:7-9
7 Two things have I required of thee; denyc
me them not before I die: 8 Remove far from me vanity and
lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and denye thee, and
say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of
my God in vain. [25]
1 Chronicles 4:9-10
9 And Jabezc
was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez,
saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez called on the
God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my
coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me
from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
[26]
The last commandment brings us back to the first. The point
is that if we know God, if we are worshipping Him, trusting him, what need we
of our neighbors goods? I will honor what is my neighbor’s, as I honor what is
mine as a gift to me from God. We work
with our own hands, we do as the writer of Proverbs and Jabez we trust God for
the increase in our lives, not on what we can acquire ourselves. It is a shame to us as a nation that we have
allowed our fellow citizens to become so dependent on a government handout that
they shame God and break his laws by
coveting what is not theirs. A Jewish
proverb speaks that a father who doesn’t teach his son a skill trains him to be
a thief. We have allowed our brothers
and sisters to become thieves, we have not honored them by helping them learn a
skill in which they can provide for themselves and their children.
Where is the honor in a handout, and not a hand up?
Brethren, we have lost honor. We
have forgotten the face of our God and brought ourselves to shame. Our lack of understanding these Ten Realities
is destroying our nation and disrupting lives everywhere. Join me and let us make God’s way honorable
again by bowing our heads and humbling ourselves before Him ask His
forgiveness. We need to t’shuvah, we
need to return before another Trayvon and George takes place.
Ponder on these things if you will… The path has been laid
out before you; all I can do is point it out. You have to be the one to restore
honor in your heart first, and then your home. One home at a time, we can take
back the night, and walk in the light of day, but we have to start now.
I pray this has been a help, and may God have mercy on us
all…
Honor Him; our President said to honor Trayvon; it is too
late for that. By the omission of God in his life and in George’s, he lost his
chance. May we, in our efforts, learn
how to honor the only One worthy enough to be honored, THEN we can diligently teach
our children and have honor be restored once again. As it was said of Jabez “he
was more honorable than his brethren” – may it be said of us….
Amein
[1]
The name of this epistle is inspired by an original concept taught by Dr. Frank
Seekins, website: www.livingwordpictures.com.
Any differences in the teachings are the result of the careful study of the
author, with respect to Dr. Seekins’ work. Any similarities are coincidental
and unintended.
[2]
Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, copyright 1998
by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. www.messianicjewish.net/jntp.
Distributed by Messianic Jewish Resources Int'l. www.messianicjewish.net. All rights
reserved. Used by permission. Testament Publications, Inc. www.messianicjewish.net/jntp.
Distributed by Messianic Jewish Resources Int'l. www.messianicjewish.net. All rights
reserved. Used by permission. Electronic edition, e-Sword 10.1.0, copyright
©200-2012 Rick Meyers; all rights reserved worldwide.
[3] Jeff A Benner, Ancient
Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible, Hebrew Letters, Words and Roots Defined Within
Their Ancient Cultural Context, ©2005 Jeff A. Benner, electronic edition,
theWord, © 2003-2012 - Costas Stergiou Version 4.0.0.1342
[4]
From Passage Guide, Ex 20:12, Logos Bible Software 5.1 SR-1 (51.0.0950)
Copyright ©2000-2012 Logos Bible Software
[5] From the epistle “…Trayvon, George and the Ten Realities… Part One…” by
David Robinson. See at : http://davidseedofabraham.blogspot.com/2013/07/trayvon-george-and-ten-realities-part.html
[6] Theological
Wordbook of the Old Testament
[7] Theological Wordbook
of the Old Testament R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer,
Jr., Bruce K. Waltke; MOODY
PUBLISHERS CHICAGO © 1980 by The Moody Bible Institute of
Chicago.
Electronic Module by Costas Stergiou (root@theword.gr)
for the Word Software. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except
in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
[9] Jeff A Benner, Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible, Hebrew Letters, Words and
Roots Defined Within Their Ancient Cultural Context, ©2005 Jeff A. Benner,
electronic edition, theWord, © 2003-2012 - Costas Stergiou Version 4.0.0.1342
[10]
Ibid…
[11]
Ibid…
a Matt 22:37; Mark 12:29, 30; Luke 10:27
b Deut 4:35, 39; John 10:30; 1 Cor 8:4; Eph 4:6
a Matt 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27
b Deut 4:29; 10:12
a Deut 11:18
a Deut 4:9; 11:19; Eph 6:4
a Ex 12:14; 13:9, 16; Deut 11:18; Prov 3:3; 6:21; 7:3
1 Or frontlet bands
2 Lit between your eyes
a Deut 11:20
a Deut 9:1; 19:1; Josh 24:13; Ps 105:44
a Deut 8:10; 11:15; 14:29
a Deut 4:9
1 Lit slaves
a Deut 13:4; Matt 4:10; Luke 4:8
1 Or reverence
2 Or serve
b Deut 5:11; 10:20; Ps 63:11; Matt 5:33
a Jer 25:6
a Deut 4:24; 5:9
1 Lit destroy
a Matt 4:7; Luke 4:12
b Ex 17:7
a Deut 11:22; Ps 119:4
a Deut 4:40
[12]New American Standard Bible : 1995 Update, Dt 6:4-19 (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation,
1995).
[13] Tortured
for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand, Living Sacrifice Book Company
©1967,1998 by the Voice of the Martyrs, Inc. All rights reserved. Kindle®
edition, location 637 of 2827.
[14]
Jeff A Benner, Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of
the Bible, Hebrew Letters, Words and Roots Defined Within Their Ancient
Cultural Context, ©2005 Jeff A. Benner, electronic edition, theWord, © 2003-2012 -
Costas Stergiou
Version 4.0.0.1342
[15]
Verses 14, 15 and 16 are included in verse 13 in the Hebrew Scriptures.
[16] Scripture
quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, copyright 1998 by David H.
Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc Electronic edition,
e-Sword 10.1.0, copyright ©200-2012 Rick Meyers; all rights reserved worldwide.
a Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43
b Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18
a 2 Sam 11:2–5; Job 31:1; Matt 15:19; James 1:14, 15
[17] New American
Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Mt 5:27–28). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman
Foundation.
[18] Scripture
quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, copyright 1998 by David H.
Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc Electronic edition,
e-Sword 10.1.0, copyright ©200-2012 Rick Meyers; all rights reserved worldwide.
[19] Jeff
A Benner, Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the
Bible, Hebrew Letters, Words and Roots Defined Within Their Ancient Cultural
Context, ©2005 Jeff A. Benner, electronic edition, theWord, © 2003-2012 - Costas
Stergiou Version
4.0.0.1342
[20] Scripture
quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, copyright 1998 by David H.
Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc Electronic edition,
e-Sword 10.1.0, copyright ©200-2012 Rick Meyers; all rights reserved worldwide.
[22] New
American Standard Bible : 1995 Update. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation,
1995.
[23] Scripture
quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, copyright 1998 by David H.
Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc Electronic edition,
e-Sword 10.1.0, copyright ©200-2012 Rick Meyers; all rights reserved worldwide.
[24] Jeff
A Benner, Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the
Bible, Hebrew Letters, Words and Roots Defined Within Their Ancient Cultural
Context, ©2005 Jeff A. Benner, electronic edition, theWord, © 2003-2012 - Costas
Stergiou Version
4.0.0.1342
c deny...: Heb. withhold not from me
e deny...: Heb. belie thee
[25]The Holy Bible : King
James Version., electronic ed. of the
1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version., Pr 30:7-9 (Bellingham WA: Logos
Research Systems, Inc., 1995).
c Jabez: that is, Sorrowful
[26]The Holy Bible : King James Version., electronic
ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version., 1 Ch 4:9-10
(Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995).
