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NASB | Exodus 15:26 And He said, "If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 15:26 ¶ saying, "If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively obey] all His precepts and statutes, then I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you." |
Bible Question: In Christian circles I have heard the phrase "Jehovah Rophe - our Lord and our Healer". Where are verses in the Bible where the word "Rophe" is found? |
Bible Answer: Hi HHannaJr, I am a person who is interested in pronouns of Deity and the capitalization of such. I would agree with your capitalization of the Healer. A reference verse in my Study Bible sent me to Deuteronomy 32:39. I prefer the capitalization in the NKJ here, "Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any [other] who can deliver from My hand." Bracket word is mine. The context of the passage is that the nations around them were not people of the Lord. Verse 31, "Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this." The Lord says in verse 37, "Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?" God is our Rock and our Healer; and even our Ruler. I was led also to the only other reference to "healer" in my concordance, Isaiah 3:7. 6"When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying 'You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your charge,' 7On that day will he protest, saying, 'I will not be your healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You shall not appoint me ruler of the people.'" Compare Isaiah 3 with Luke 12:14. "But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbiter over you?'" The context there is that the Holy Spirit will guide us and "teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." Contrast that with Isaiah 3:8, "For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence." So I see an interesting contrast between Luke 12:14 and Isaiah 3:14; but which has little to do with your "Healer" question. I"ll try to find some other verses for you. All I want to point out is that Jesus is our Rock, our Ruler, our Judge, and our Healer. He is the Son of Man but also the Holy Spirit, God with us. Later, Ray |