Category: OT
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Sons at the King’s table
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages…
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God is Salvation
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) In telling the story of Jesus’ birth, Matthew makes a big point of what his name should be. The angel tells Joseph to name…
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Head of all things
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. (Ephesians 1:22-23) Adam was created to be the head of all things. In Genesis 1, God gave Adam dominion over the sea, the…
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Root of bitterness
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled (Hebrews 12:15) In Deuteronomy 29, Moses warns the people of Israel, who are about to enter the promised land, not to turn away from God or…
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Not one stone
If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it, then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean. And he shall break down the…
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Besieged trees
In Deuteronomy 20, there is a somewhat odd prohibition against cutting down trees in time of war. When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, but you shall…
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Murderous slander
Deuteronomy 19 is structured to draw a heavy parallel between murder and false witness. But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies (11) If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing (16) and he flees into one…
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Psalm 5
Psalm 5 is laid out chiastically in a broad pattern and closer in. Broadly it can be broken up as: A. prayer to God B. evildoers will not stand C. the righteous fear God B’. evildoers are cast out A’. praise to God Even in a brief overview, the psalm shows that we can and…
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Heroes
From the introduction of Everett Fox’s translation of Genesis: A word should also be said here about hero traditions. In the great epics of the ancient world the hero often stands as a lonely figure. He must overcome obstacles, fight monsters, acquire helpers (whether women, “sidekicks,” or magic objects); and his triumph in the end…
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Leviticus 24 chiasm
Leviticus 24:13-23 forms a chiasm. I’ve modified this a little from the original posting. The “A”s didn’t quite line up as well as I would like. A. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head,…