Today is day 10 of 50 days to Shavu'ot Countdown!
The new moon was spotted over Israel the evening of 4/28! It is now the 2nd Biblical month.
I am stuck on the differences between the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint. Something that has been in the back of my head is Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (Dead Sea Scrolls & LXX reading):
“When the Most High (El Elyon) gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided mankind, He fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But YHWH’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted heritage.”
This raises compelling questions. Is El Elyon ("the Most High") distinct from YHWH in this passage? If El divided the nations among His sons, and YHWH received Israel, does that suggest that YHWH was originally understood as one of the divine sons—a national god assigned a specific people?
This idea echoes Psalm 82:1:
“God (Elohim) stands in the divine assembly; He judges among the gods.”
And in Psalm 82:6, God says:
“I said, you are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you.”
Could these “sons” include YHWH? Or is this simply divine council language later reinterpreted?
Over time, church tradition increasingly identifies YHWH as the Most High Himself, especially in later writings (e.g. Isaiah 45:5: “I am YHWH, and there is no other.”). But the older layers of Scripture may reflect a time when El was seen as the high god, and YHWH as His appointed representative or son.
Is this evidence of evolving monotheism in ancient Israel? Or are we misunderstanding poetic or legal language?
🔍 What do you think—was YHWH always understood to be the Most High, or did Israel’s theology grow over time?
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In Leviticus 13, "the disease appears to be deeper than the skin" is about actual skin diseases, but on another level, it is also about sin and circumcision of the heart. Does the sin go deep or is it only on the surface? Sin that leads to death must be dealt with. There are three states to consider:
1) A person who is openly sinful with an uncircumcised heart must be removed from fellowship.
2) A person who is visibly sinful, but is trying to do the right thing, is circumcised at heart, should be tolerated and discipled.
3) A person who is uncircumcised at heart, but is not visibly sinful, should be tolerated, but kept on a short leash.
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10th day of counting the omer. The Meaning of Numbers: The Number 10 ten is one of the perfect numbers, and signifies the perfection of Divine order.
WORD FOR TODAY “jew and gentile hear the law”: Jos 8:34 Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law. Jos 8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the strangers who were living among them.
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
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There is an almost cryptic connection between the description of Adams descendants in Genesis 4:20 — 22 and Jeremiah 1:5. In Genesis, the skills and talents of some are given. Adah, raised livestock, Jubal was the father of all who play the harp and flute and Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. Jeremiah 1:5 tells us ““Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” The connection is that all of our skills and talent we have are given to us by our Creator and it’s only cryptic until we realize how important that connection is.
"Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say?"
Lk 6
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