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NASB | Amos 4:4 ¶ "Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Amos 4:4 ¶ "Come to Bethel [where the golden calf is] and transgress; In Gilgal [where idols are worshiped] multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days! |
Bible Question:
The NIV renders this verse: "Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years." The English Standard Version renders this very same verse this way: "Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days;" If you notice the last sentence in each rendering, the NIV says "..three years" and the ESV "..three days".. Which is it? Three days or three years? |
Bible Answer: Dear brother. The Darby, NKJV, NASB, AMPLIFIED, ASV AND NLT say "three days" The RSV, YLT, KJV, NIV say "three years" Isn't it wonderful to have so many choices. We know at the time it was given to the people through Amos that it would be clearly understood by the people. As Sere???? has pointed out the Strongs #03117 transliterated "Yowm" is defined in #1 as day, time and year. As you are aware, in Deuteronmy 14:28 the Lord said "at the end of 3 years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe ..." This tithe was for those who where in need or had no way of making a living and for the sabbath rest on the 7th year. Lev. 25: 1-6 According to Jamison, Fausset,Brown commentary that he term "after three years"- after three years is literally "after three (years of) days" It would seem that these tithes of their increase where brought to the storehouse after each third year. With a sabbath after 2 groups of 3. I believe that it is three years which is in view here. I think that if we are referring to crops etc. that we would not have a tithe every 3 days since we would have to wait for the increase. What do you think? In Christ Robert |
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