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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: loavesnfish Ordered by Verse |
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21 | Shame on Ham? | Lev 20:11 | loavesnfish | 232265 | ||
Genesis 9:20-27 Is Ham guilty of dishonoring his father? Is that why Noah shames him by making Canaan a servant to Ham's brothers? | ||||||
22 | Seething a kid in its mother's milk? | Deut 14:21 | loavesnfish | 232377 | ||
"Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk," is a command which appears three times: Exodus 23:19 and 34:26 after a discussion of firstfruits; and Deuteronomy 14:21 after an instruction on not eating what dies on its own. The first two instances seem to be tied to offering firstfruits and the third to personal holiness. Would you explain why this was a forbidden practice? When I first read these verses, it seemed to me to be a matter of violating God's lovingkindness. Then I heard from someone else that the nations around them used to have a fertility rite involving this practice and G-d did not want His people to follow it because of His desire for their separation to Him. Are either of these ideas on the right track, or is it something else? | ||||||
23 | Was Samuel a priest?or just a prophet? | 1 Samuel | loavesnfish | 232348 | ||
I Samuel 2:18 says Samuel "was ministering before the LORD, as a boy wearing a linen ephod." What does this mean? What was he actually doing? I Samuel 3:1 says, "the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli." Was he doing the same as in I Samuel 2:18? If not, what was he doing? Since his father was from Ephraim, didn't that prevent him from being a priest? Or was he a special case due to Hannah's vow? |
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24 | Guilty by association? | 1 Sam 28:8 | loavesnfish | 232365 | ||
In 1 Samuel 28 Saul, king of Israel, visits the medium at Endor who had escaped his previous order to destroy all the mediums. Leviticus 20:6,27 and Deuteronomy 18:10-12 dictated that mediums and those who used them should be put to death. 1 Sam. 28:8 mentions the two men who went with Saul. Were they also guilty for going along? Should they have refused to obey? Or should they have reported Saul and stoned him? How could they have obeyed God in this situation? | ||||||
25 | Numbers in the genealogy? | 1 Sam 28:8 | loavesnfish | 232366 | ||
in Matthew 1:17, he mentions three fourteens (sum of 42). What is significant about these numbers biblically speaking (i.e. without gematria)? | ||||||
26 | Why does she feed Saul? | 1 Sam 28:21 | loavesnfish | 232364 | ||
In 1 Samuel 28:21-25 the medium insists on feeding Saul and Saul's servants agree with her. Why does she do this? Does the Bible ever tell what happened to her? | ||||||
27 | One became ten? | 1 Kin 7:49 | loavesnfish | 232363 | ||
Exodus 25:23-40 and Exodus 37:10-24 1 Kings 7:49 and 2 Chronicles 4:7-8 Why did one lampstand and one table in the wilderness tabernacle become ten lampstands and ten tables in Solomon's Temple? |
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28 | In Psalm 68:13 what is "sheepfolds" ? | Ps 68:13 | loavesnfish | 231992 | ||
In Psalm 68:13 the word translated "sheepfolds" could also mean the "hooks" in the Temple which held the carcasses of the sacrificial animals for flaying (as in Ezekiel 40:43). Then the meaning of the verse might be that the lives lost on the battlefield were lain down sacrificially like the lives of the sacrificial animals. Also, it could apply as a messianic prophecy of Jesus. I don't understand the thinking behind "sheepfolds" or why there is so much confusion about this word among commentators and translations. Is it going too far to interpret this as "hooks" here? What am I missing? I really want to understand this verse and I would sincerely appreciate your help. This is my own question and not any kind of assignment, etc. Thanks! | ||||||
29 | Offerings of Proverbs 7 adulteress? | Proverbs | loavesnfish | 232149 | ||
In Proverbs 7:14-15 the adulteress (of verse 5) mentions having offered peace offerings to fulfill her vows. Is this her way of offering her victim a "steak" dinner (lamb shank or some meat) so he will come home with her? My understanding is that when peace offerings were offered, the people who offered ate the meat at the temple. Or was that only the priestly families? Also in verses 19-20 she says that her husband is on a business trip and won't be back for a long time. How was she able to make an offering without his help? Were women able to make offerings on their own without a male relative? | ||||||
30 | How does it make them ashamed? | Ezek 43:10 | loavesnfish | 232289 | ||
In Ezekiel 43:10-11 the vision of this temple is meant to make the house of Israel ashamed of their iniquities and willing to obey God in the future. How does measuring its pattern do that? I am confused. | ||||||
31 | Zech.14:16-17 key to Ezekiel 40:41, 43? | Zech 14:16 | loavesnfish | 233343 | ||
Ezekiel 40:41,43 shows animal sacrifices on the tables in what many have called the temple of the messianic kingdom. Those who consider this the millennial temple agree that Hebrews 10 makes it clear that Jesus was the last sacrifce needed. These are explained as memorials. In Zechariah 14:16-17 there are mandatory sacrifices made yearly at Tabernacles as a sign of submission to God. Could these be the offerings pictured in Ezekiel 40:41,43? | ||||||
32 | Why did Matthew leave out names? | Matt 1:7 | loavesnfish | 232357 | ||
In Chronicles 3:10-16 there are some kings listed who are left out in Matthew 1:7-11. Did Matthew leave them out because they were unrepentant? | ||||||
33 | Jezebel's relatives? | Matt 1:7 | loavesnfish | 232362 | ||
In 1 Chronicles 3:10-16 there are some kings mentioned who are not listed in Matthew 1:7-11. Did Matthew leave them out because they were related to Ahab of Israel and Jezebel? | ||||||
34 | Twelve years of Luke 8:40-56? | Luke | loavesnfish | 231918 | ||
In Luke 8:40-56, why is the age of the little girl and the number of years the woman suffered the same? Does Luke have a reason for saying this or is it just a coincidence? | ||||||
35 | Did it start as a legal brief? | Luke | loavesnfish | 232399 | ||
Both Luke's gospel and Acts begin with him addressing a "most excellent Theophilus." Did Luke's writing begin as some sort of legal brief or presentation of a defense for a judge? | ||||||
36 | Why did she feed Saul? | John 6:48 | loavesnfish | 233336 | ||
In 1 Samuel 28:21-25 the medium insists on feeding Saul and Saul's servants agree with her. Why does she do this? Does the Bible ever tell what happened to her? | ||||||
37 | Why 153 fish in John 21:11? Why not 154 | John 21:11 | loavesnfish | 231910 | ||
Please explain why there were 153 fish in the net in John 21:11. Why weren't there 154? | ||||||
38 | 1 Timothy 2:8-11 for disruptors? | 1 Tim 2:8 | loavesnfish | 232263 | ||
1 Timothy 2:8-11 says that men should pray in a certain way and LIKEWISE women should adorn themselves in a certain way. Both of these sound like ways to control disruptive behaviors and institute a more Jewish style of worship for gentiles who didn't know how to pray or learn in the Jewish way as Timothy and Paul did. Is it correct to say that men were disputing instead of praying and women were busybodies instead of minding their own business? |
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39 | God's plan of protection? | 1 Tim 2:13 | loavesnfish | 232264 | ||
1 Timothy 2:13-15 seems to be emphasizing doing things according to God's plan for protecting people from Satanic attack, so how did it get to be a male-female thing? Isn't the context one of quelling disruptions by reforming behavior? | ||||||
40 | What are the books of Revelation 20:12? | Rev 20:12 | loavesnfish | 232156 | ||
In Revelation 20:12 It says "the books were opened" and "the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books." Usually, I have heard the books interpreted as records of the deeds of the dead. Where did this interpretation come from? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that these are the books of the Law which are publicly read to confront people with their sins as Ezra did in Nehemiah 8:1-9 and 9:3? Or as in modern courts where the laws are "on the books" and infractions of them are publicly judged? | ||||||
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