Here “garment” is a metaphor for appearance and “violence” a metonymy of effect for cause. God views di- vorce as an act of violence against the victim. 12 tn ...

12 tn Heb “said to him.” 13 tn Heb “an owner of hair.” This idiomatic expression in- dicates that Elijah was very hairy. For other examples where the idiom ...

12 sn This chapter is the account of how Moses struck the rock in disobedience to the LORD, and thereby was prohibited from entering the land. For ...

those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families. 1:3 Solomon and.

The ark of the covenant of the. Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jor- dan ahead of you. 3:1 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes ...

“book” (NRSV, NIV) or “treatise” (KJV). A formal, systematic treatment of a subject is implied, but the word “book” may be too specific and slightly ...

a reference to Jesus' own resurrection, although some take it to refer to the general resurrection at the end of the age, of which Jesus' resurrection is the ...

It is one of five OT books that were at one time regarded as antilegomena (i.e., books “spoken against”). The problem with Esther was the absence of any direct ...

... book: Gen 2:4 provides the title or summary of what follows, 2:5-6 use disjunctive. 1: Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the ...

kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers. 4 tn Heb “to explain to ...