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NASB | Psalm 84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. |
Bible Question:
I want a fuller understanding of 2nd Chronicles 23:19. Not long ago in a church the Pastor said that the door keeper had to check to see if men were circumcised or not. He did not reference this scripture. He just said that was a responsibility if a doorkeeper. The scripture that he was using was where David said that "he'd rather be a doorkeeper" in Psalms. I'm not saying that the Pastor was wrong or right. However I don't agree that that was a task. What's you take. |
Bible Answer: The Psalm reads akin to "I have chosen to stand at the threshold of your house, rather than in the tents of the wicked." I see no correlation between this Psalm and the concept of checking men for circumcision. What is being described in 2 Chronicles 23:19 appears to be a dispensation of the offices and those who were assigned; record-keeping if you will. I am not saying that the teacher who taught you is incorrect, but I do not see anything that PLAINLY indicates inspection of the genitalia. In study, the word, here "gatekeeper," appears to be describing someone who "opens the gate." However, it is not unreasonable to believe that a doorkeeper stationed such that "no one should enter who was in any way unclean" was inspecting the male genitalia could not also be the case, particularly considering some of the conduct of the Jews later on. I just believe that a certain amount of inordinate extrapolation needs to take place for me to find this thing to be believable. I am not familiar with an appointed office of "doorkeeper" in the Pentateuch, but I may be wrong. Also, is there a Mosaic Law forbidding men from being "uncovered" in the tabernacle? If this is the case, it would definately preclude any genital inspection occurring in the house of the Lord, and thus debunk what was discussed by your teacher. Perhaps someone else can shed some light? |
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Travis Grim | ||
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Stultis the Fool |