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1151. Monthly Offerings
Numbers 28:11-25
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W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... 2:3, and Numbers 28 appropriately marks off the offerings to be made on that day. In addition to the regular daily offerings, two lambs are to be brought together with its drink offering and a grain offering. Thus the daily offerings are to be doubled on the Sabbath. 28:11–15 These verses specify the offerings to be made on the first of each month. The custom of observing the new moon was apparently widespread, and here the Priestly tradents incorporate the custom as part of the liturgical calendar. These ...
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W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... 2:3, and Numbers 28 appropriately marks off the offerings to be made on that day. In addition to the regular daily offerings, two lambs are to be brought together with its drink offering and a grain offering. Thus the daily offerings are to be doubled on the Sabbath. 28:11–15 These verses specify the offerings to be made on the first of each month. The custom of observing the new moon was apparently widespread, and here the Priestly tradents incorporate the custom as part of the liturgical calendar. These ...
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Mary J. Evans
... of the regular feasts or were a private arrangement, perhaps associated with a vow (cf. v. 21). 1:4–5 It would be possible to translate the Hb. as “one portion,” but the “only one portion” of some versions is misleading. The NIV’s double portion conveys the sense. The actual phrase is “portion of the face or nose” (Hb. ʾappāyim), perhaps originating from the custom of bowing down before those who deserved special respect (H. W. Hertzberg, I and II Samuel, [OTL; London: SCM, 1964], p. 24 ...
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Mary J. Evans
... follows this section and fails to explain Saul’s request that Jesse send David, who is with the sheep, which appears to indicate other prior knowledge. However, David, bringing appropriate gifts, joins Saul’s service as an armor-bearer, or squire, who doubled as a music therapist. There is no inkling of any tension between Saul and David, but rather emphasis on the fact that Saul liked David and was pleased with him. The music therapy was apparently, if only temporarily, successful. Additional Notes 16 ...
1155. David's Prayer
2 Samuel 7:18-29
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Mary J. Evans
... people, follows from the covenant between David and the people but involving God (5:3). In 2 Kgs. 11:17, where Joash was made king, the priest Jehoida instigates covenants between God and the king with his people and between the king and the people. Such a double covenant pattern may have been common. 7:18 David presumably entered into the tent where the ark was kept. His ambition may have been to build a beautiful building for the ark, but he knew that such a building was not essential for meeting with God ...
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... whom he received his traditions. It is a solemn attestation of the truth of the saying to follow, a rhetorical form that originated with Jesus. “Amen” was customarily used to conclude a statement or a prayer, but Jesus used it instead as an introduction. The doubled “amen” occurs only (and always) in the fourth Gospel, but appears to have the same meaning as the single “amen” of the Synoptics. On the Son of Man: In the Greek translation of Gen. 28:12, Jacob saw the angels going up and down “on ...
1157. Life Through the Son
John 5:16-30, John 5:1-15
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... ” may represent an effort (whether by the Gospel writer or a later copyist) to transcribe in Greek the corresponding Aramaic plural, “Bethesdatha.” Archaeology, as well as later testimony of geographers and pilgrims, confirms the notion that the pool was double. See J. Finegan, Archeology of the New Testament (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969), pp. 142–47; J. Wilkinson, Jerusalem as Jesus Knew It (London: Thames & Hudson, 1978), pp. 95–104. 5:3 At the end of this verse, a number ...
1158. Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
John 14:15-31, John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... You do trust in God, and you trust in me”); or one can be read as indicative and the other as imperative (i.e., “You do trust in God; therefore trust in me”). But consistency favors translating the two verbs in parallel fashion, and the double indicative would be trite and redundant at this point. The NIV rendering is therefore preferable; Jesus is not speaking of belief in God (or himself) in a generalized sense but in relation to a specific hope for the future: “Trust God and trust me; this is ...
1159. The Death of Jesus
John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27, John 19:38-42
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... , “he handed over the spirit,” it means “his spirit” (cf. the expression, “to lay down one’s life” [see note on 10:11], which places a similar emphasis on the deliberate and voluntary nature of Jesus’ death). 19:31 The day of Preparation. The word does double duty, because it was both the preparation of the Sabbath and the preparation of the Passover (see note on 19:14). The next day was to be a special Sabbath: lit., “for great was the day of that Sabbath.” The following day was both a ...
1160. The Burial of Jesus
John 19:38-42, John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... , “he handed over the spirit,” it means “his spirit” (cf. the expression, “to lay down one’s life” [see note on 10:11], which places a similar emphasis on the deliberate and voluntary nature of Jesus’ death). 19:31 The day of Preparation. The word does double duty, because it was both the preparation of the Sabbath and the preparation of the Passover (see note on 19:14). The next day was to be a special Sabbath: lit., “for great was the day of that Sabbath.” The following day was both a ...
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James M. Scott
... part of the congregation, as in 1:14 (see further on 2:6). The malefactor’s insult may also have included one or more of the accusations that Paul handles in the present section (1:12–2:4). For example, the accusation of untrustworthiness and double-mindedness leveled against Paul for his change of travel plans (1:15–2:4) could have been the cause of his grief. The malefactor may also have accused Paul of either unholiness (v. 12), insincerity (v. 12), or deception (v. 13). Perhaps the collection that ...
1162. Accusations
2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6
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James M. Scott
... that, while waiting to hear of the Corinthians’ response to his letter, he himself was overwhelmed with concern over the situation, and that he actually changed his travel plans because of that concern. Hence Paul is able to show that, far from being double-minded, his single-mindedness toward the Corinthians resulted in the change of plans that brought him to Macedonia. The apologetic tone of verses 12–13 is palpable once it is seen in the context of the foregoing section on accusations against Paul. 2 ...
1163. The Glory of the New Covenant
2 Corinthians 3:7-17; 4:1-6
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James M. Scott
... to glory” (which the NIV translates as with ever-increasing glory). What has already partially begun by the life-giving Spirit will be consummated through the Spirit at the Parousia (cf. Rom. 8:29–30). Hence, 2 Corinthians 3 describes the double process of transformation by means of the Spirit: a moral/ethical transformation in the heart (vv. 3ff.), which contrasts with Israel’s hardened heart “to this day” (v. 14), and a physical transformation in the body (v. 18). Interestingly enough, merkabah ...
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Norman Hillyer
... . Aquila (Acts 18:2) came from Pontus. Three of the areas (Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia) are Roman provinces. The other two names Peter mentions form a single province, Bithynia-Pontus, set up by the Romans in 64 B.C. The reason for the separation of the double name in Peter’s list, with Pontus first and Bithynia last, suggests that the order of the five districts indicates the route taken by Peter’s messenger. The messenger may well have landed at Amisus, modern Samsun, the only port in Pontus which also ...
1165. Idolatry Forbidden
Deuteronomy 4:15-31
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Christopher J. H. Wright
... verse 19 is “not to express either tolerance or ridicule of the nations and their practices, but rather to prepare the way for the contrasting picture of Israel’s favored status in the next verse” (Deuteronomy, p. 154). Verse 20 gives the double reason for the prohibition on Israel bowing down to any created thing: their experience of redemption out of Egypt, and the exclusive covenant relationship to Yahweh as the people of his inheritance. This last phrase, less common than the frequent designation ...
1166. The Ten Commandments
Deuteronomy 5:1-33
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Christopher J. H. Wright
... Law, p. 117). Even non-adulterous sexual assault, though it did not carry a death-penalty, required a guilt-offering to atone for the sin, as well as compensation (Lev. 19:20–22). And Hosea very emphatically exposes and condemns the “double-standard morality” of Israelite males in Hos. 4:14. See further, McKeating, “Sanctions,” and Phillips, “Adultery.” 5:19 The theory (which goes back to rabbinic interpreters but was revived by Alt) that the original form of the eighth commandment was a ...
1167. Witnesses
Deuteronomy 19:15-21
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Christopher J. H. Wright
... not to imagine ourselves superior to the much caricatured OT legal system. On the contrary, we may find ourselves deserving of the prophetic scorn of Hosea (6:8–9), who, with heavy sarcasm for the violence of Israel’s society and the double failures of its judicial guardians, portrayed one city of refuge ([Ramoth] Gilead) as full of deliberate murderers who should not have been allowed sanetuary there, and another (Shechem) as the hiding place of priests who murdered those who were genuinely fleeing for ...
1168. Curses from Mount Ebal
Deuteronomy 27:9-26
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Christopher J. H. Wright
... : Again, the NIV has turned a Hb. singular into the plural. The Hb. phrase “this whole commandment” emphasizes the unity and completeness of the law considered as a whole. Occurring here after all the detail of the intervening legislative chapters (12–26), it echoes its double use in 11:8 and 22 (cf. 6:1, 25). 27:2 When you have crossed . . . : The Hb. here is lit. “On the day you cross . . . ” Taken literally, this suggests that it was intended that inscribed stones be set up close to the river ...
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Iain W. Provan
... Elijah’s Moses (cf. 2 Kgs. 2:1–18). Like Elijah, he brought life in the midst of death (1 Kgs. 17:17–24; 2 Kgs. 4). Like him, he mediated salvation even to foreigners (1 Kgs. 17:17–24; 2 Kgs. 5). Having asked of Elijah a double portion of his spirit, he went on to perform many more miracles than his predecessor. As a true prophet of God, however, he brought with him not only blessing but also curse, not only salvation but also judgment (cf. the significance of his name, Elisha [“God saves”] son ...
1170. David's Prayer
1 Chronicles 17:16-27
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Louis C. Jonker
... “a house”) for himself with the assistance of “Hiram king of Tyre.” First Chronicles 17:1 also connects with the last verse of the previous chapter, where it was indicated that “David returned home to bless his family” (literally “his house”). The double reference to “house” in the previous chapters forms the background to 17:1, where, in David’s direct speech to Nathan, a contrast is made between David’s house and the “tent” in which the ark had to reside at that stage. This ...
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Leslie C. Allen
... Ezra, Nehemiah, pp. 43–45, 47. It is more likely that “Zerubbabel’s activity is stretched out over the whole length of the first period” (Japhet, “Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel,” p. 94). Their brothers posits a parallel and contrast with v. 2. The doubled Heb. ’ahehem, lit. “his brothers” (fellow priests, associates), is here resumed by the single “their brothers,” with the sense of “fellow-Israelites” (REB). The lower limit of twenty years of age, also set in 1 Chr. 23:24, 27; 2 Chr ...
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Leslie C. Allen
... the Torah. Now he had the opportunity to minister to the community of faith in the homeland. There could be no better qualifications for such a task than Ezra’s. 7:11–20 The editor used the announcement of Artaxerxes’ letter to reemphasize Ezra’s double role as priest and “scribe” (NRSV), explaining the latter in terms of an understanding of the Torah as the revelation of the divine will for the life of Israel. The reader can sense by now the editor’s spiritual devotion to the Torah, as ardent ...
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Leslie C. Allen
... authorities in Jerusalem. This first assignment is accomplished here. Apart from the conclusion in verses 35–36, this section comes from the Ezra memoirs and falls into three parts: 7:28b–8:20; 21–30; and 31–34. Each part has a double theme. The first part lists the members of the party that accompanied Ezra and tells of the search for a missing element. The second part details preparations for the people’s journey and for transporting the temple contributions. The third describes their safe ...
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Timothy S. Laniak
... , “during the wine course,” the king renews and intensifies his congenial interrogation of Esther: “Now what is your petition? . . . what is your request?” (v. 6). Her answer (like his question) is more involved, repeating her original request with a double statement of formal deference: “If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, . . .” Although the narrator points out that Esther actively gains favor from those around her, she ...
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John Goldingay
... Judah’s lack of knowledge (5:13) and its misdirected fear (7:4; 8:12–13; 10:24). All these attributes have been referred to as belonging to God and/or as mis-claimed by human beings. Now they become real in a human figure. The doubling of the reference to the fear of (reverence or awe before) Yahweh corresponds to that extra stress earlier on misdirected fear (8:12–15). It also emphasizes that this is the feature that explicitly distinguishes true wisdom from wisdom that leaves God out of account (see ...
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