Unclean
Unclean
The Hebrew word translated as "unclean" appears more than 200 times as either the adjective unclean[3] or as a verb[4] which is translated as unclean but also as forms of defile and pollute. As a noun[5] we see the term uncleanness which is also translated filthiness.
We are often told that the "Mosaic Law spoke of something as “unclean” if it was unfit to use in worship to God." To many something was “clean” or “unclean” as a "ceremonial designation governing the ritual of corporate worship". The scriptures are not about the rituals and ceremonies of the modern corporate churches or synagogues posing as if they are worship.
The term unclean as it is used in the biblical text is actually about what is morally ethical and not ethical, what is righteous and unrighteous.
There are certain animals that were considered unclean and therefore not to be used in sacrifices according to Leviticus 5:2 but this was for health reasons since those sacrifices were part of a welfare distribution social safety net based on charity rather than welfare systems of most city-states which were considered a snare and a trap.[6]
Twisting the good
This Hebrew word for unclean or defiled is commonly spelled TetMemAlef (טָמֵא) tame’:
- ט Tet Introversion - The Concealed power of good or paradoxically evil [to twist a snake... wheel To surround (gestation)] (Numeric value: 9)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
This twisting of what should be a good thing to what is evil will draw man or flows him away from the righteous relationship of God and man. In the process to "become unclean, become impure" mankind twists and defiles the part of himself that was made in the image of God. This process occurs in many ways and forms, including "by idolatry".[7]
The people may not see the truth of this twisting of Sound doctrine into false religion which creeps and slithers like the serpent in the garden into our minds and hearts tempting the people to call the wages of unrighteousness, righteousness. There are several Hebrew words for hide or keep secret.[8]
One of the words for to hide or to conceal is taman[9] which is spelled TetMemNun (טָמַן) does mean "to hide" and can be related to the idea of darkness. David talks about their tables which should have been for their welfare but became a share.[10] And then continues about their eyes being darkened which leads to fear and desolation.[11] Paul reminds us of the same darkness that comes to our eyes when we are forced to bow down our backs back into bondage.[12] He makes that same warning right after repeating David's warning about their table which is a snare.[13]
Shechem of consent
Shechem son of Hamor laid with Dinah the daughter of Leah but he wanted to marry her. Shechem wanted to find grace in the eyes of Jacob.[14] But Jacobs sons spoke deceitfully that they had to be circumcised which they agreed to do desiring to join with them as a people. But the sons used this to attack them and kill all the males of the their city.
Jacob told Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me to make me to stink" attack us and destroy us.[15] So what did he do to fix the situation?
Jacob was told to build an altar in Bethel and put away their strange gods that he discovered when he fled Esau.[16] And in order to "be clean" Jacob hid[9] them under[17] the oak[18] which [was] by Shechem[19].
Jacob told "unto his household, and to all that [were] with him to give up these "strange gods" and be a part of this new altar and they need to change their garments and be clean. This is not just about changing your outfit and washing but changing their way just as John the Baptist was changing the ways of the people who followed him. The altar he built would be like that of Abraham and Moses and for the same purposes.
Jacob had feared because they were "few in number" but now he was going to strengthen the social bonds of his people and those who would be with him like Abraham did before Sodom was invaded. He called the place‘El Beyth-’El (אֵל בֵּית־אֵל).
And the we see what Jacob was given was supposedly "hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem." That seems strange and does not sound like anything that Abraham, Moses, nor Christ would do. It seems counter intuitive and counter productive.
The same “oak” of Shechem seems to be testified against in the worship of strange gods which we may see in Joshua 24:26; cf. Joshua 24:2; Joshua 24:14; Joshua 24:23. If altars are a part of the social welfare of the people in the practice of Pure Religion then hoaw does burying the offering do any thing good?
Was Jacob burying this treasure of silver that had been taken from the people and hiding it under the ground or under an oak tree? And how did this stop people from destroying him?
The word for "oak" is ‘allah AlefLamedHey (אַלָּה)[18] and is said to be from אַיִל ‘ayil[20] which is translated Ram over 150 times but oak only once.
There are lots of different words spelled with the same AlefLamedHey (אַלָּה) which we see for an oak tree in Genesis 35 but mean something quite different. Just a few are:
- The Hebrew noun for both the small "g" god and capital "G" God which is spelled AlefLamedHey (אַלָּה)[21].
- The Hebrew verb meaning to swear[22] and the Hebrew noun oath[23] are also both spelled AlefLamedHey (אַלָּה).
The word Shechem[19] can be a place or a name but as a noun it can mean a shoulder or a back and the word portion and consent.[24] and as a verb to rise or start early.[25]
Since the word "under" which is TavChetTav (תַּחַת)[17] can actually mean "instead of" and the term translated "oak" can mean an "oath". Did these altars receive these contributions instead of the oath of consent common in the cities round about them?
The same word in the Hebrew language for city is first defined as "excitement, anguish (of terror)" and we can see in verse 5[26] as Jacob and his people journeyed they were a "terror" (חִתָּה)[27] "to the cities"[28]. We see the word "cities" in this original text appearing as heārîm (הֶֽעָרִים֙) and the word "terror" written as ḥittaṯ (חִתַּ֣ת).
If Jacob was setting up an altar system of social welfare according to the way of the faith of Abraham, the judgement of Moses and the Corban of Christ to take care of the daily ministration of the needy of society like widows and orphans who were cared for by the Pure Religion of the early Church and the church in the wilderness, then the cities "round about" would learn to respect and accept his position as a righteous leader of peace.
Hidden snares
The term appears in David's Psalms concerning hiding a snare and a net.[29]
The swearing of oaths, the covetous practices, and idolatry to eat the dainties served at the tables of Rulers who exercise authority bring men back into bondage and the way of Christ sets captive free.
Clean ethics
We see the term akathartos[30] in the Greek is also translated unclean or foul in the New Testament but akathartos is almost always inclusive of a meaning identifying what is moral and immoral in relation to behavior that is good and evil.
Ethics is about what is good and what is evil. The term ethics is often associated with what is called religious. Ethics is "moral principles that govern a person's behavior." While, religious is "relating to or believing in a religion."
The term religion is not found in the Old Testament and its appearance in the New Testament it is mostly negative. As a word its meaning has changed over time. But it is clear that to the early Christians' religion was about how you took care of the needy of society and to be pure Religion that had to be unspotted from the "world". The religion of the world was managed through their temples.
The early Church would not eat at the tables of those public temples, i.e. apply for their free bread, a.k.a. welfare benefits or dainties, because they were provided by men who exercised authority one over the other. Those systems of Social welfare were the covetous practices warned about by Peter and the idolatry condemned by Jesus[31] and Paul.[7] Since Moses and Jesus were not only in agreement the harmony of the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb are harmoniously in tune it should be painfully obvious that all systems of social welfare based on force and compelled offerings of the people by men who exercise authority one over the other,[1] return people to the bondage of Egypt, make men human resources defile mankind, degenerate the masses,[32] and therefore are unclean because they are unethical and immoral.[31]
To take away the choice of your neighbor takes away what God endowed him with.[33]
Food for thought
There were many things that were said to be unclean in the Bible and for more than one reason. There were some restrictions concerning what they could eat and some animals were called unclean. Some of these rules were for health reasons. There were areas where parasites were a terrible problem causing serious health risks. They could eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the coney.
In Leviticus 11:27, God forbids Moses and his followers to eat swine “because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud.” Archeologists have discovered that parasites were pandemic in the areas where swine roamed free but especially where they were herded. Just contacting their feces, touching them or the people who raised them could pass these parasites on to the Israelites. So, “Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.”
Moses saw the correlation between the pork eating Canaanites and the health problems suffered within their community. But with Moses there is always room for a deeper meaning and understanding for the benefit of the people within the scope of his statutes, traditions, and judgements.
What does it mean for "a soul [to] touch any unclean[3] thing[34], whether it be a carcase (בְנִבְלַ֨ת bəniḇlaṯ)[35] of an unclean beast[36]" which we see in Leviticus 5?
Leviticus 5: "'Or if a soul touch any unclean[3] thing[34], whether it be a carcase (בְנִבְלַ֨ת)[35] of an unclean beast[36], or a carcase of unclean cattle[37] , or the carcase of unclean creeping things[38], and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty."[39]
Things that are unclean are the things not according to the way of righteousness which seeks to give life more abundant and most of that has to do with that which is unethical and immoral[31] and will degenerate the people if left unchecked by the people.
What about the unclean spirit
Anyone who promotes the idea or ideology that what is clearly unethical and immoral[31] is acceptable as good, ethical or moral would be compatible with or could be identified as an unclean spirit.
Unclean quotes
Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
John 14:17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:16 ¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians 6:1 ¶ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For every man shall bear his own burden. 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Ephesians 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 51 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 3 ¶ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Akathartos
- Mark 1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean <169>[30] spirit <4151>; and he cried out,
- Mark 1:26 And when the unclean <169> spirit <4151> had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
- Mark 1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean <169> spirits <4151>, and they do obey him.
- Mark 3:11 And unclean <169> spirits <4151>, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
- Mark 3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean <169> spirit <4151>.
- Mark 5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean <169> spirit <4151>,
- Mark 5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean <169> spirit <4151>.
- Mark 5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean <169> spirits <4151> went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
- Mark 6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean <169> spirits <4151>;
- Mark 7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean <169> spirit <4151>, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
- Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul <169> spirit <4151>, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit <4151>, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
- Luke 4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit <4151> of an unclean <169> devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
- Luke 4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean <169> spirits <4151>, and they come out.
- Luke 6:18 And they that were vexed with unclean <169>[30] spirits <4151>: and they were healed.
- Luke 8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean <169> spirit <4151> to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
- Luke 9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean <169> spirit <4151>, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
- Luke 11:24 When the unclean <169> spirit <4151> is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
- Luke 13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up [herself].
- Acts 5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean <169> spirits <4151>: and they were healed every one.
- Acts 8:7 For unclean <169> spirits <4151>, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
- Revelation 16:13 And I saw three unclean <169> spirits <4151> like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
- Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul <169> spirit <4151>, and a cage of every unclean <169> and hateful bird.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Not exercise authority
- Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
- Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
- Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
- ↑ Heirs of service
- The hierarchy of the kingdom of God does not go up by steps nor exercise authority one over the other but come as he that serves:
- Matthew 20:27 "And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."
- Matthew 23:9 "And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."
- Luke 22:26 "But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For whether [is] greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth."
- Mark 9:35 "And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last of all, and servant of all."
- Galatians 5:13 "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 02931 טָמֵא tame’ [taw-may’] from 02930 v. to be impure, Greek 5090 Τιμαιος and 924 βαρτιμαιος; adj; [BDB-379b] [{See TWOT on 809 @@ "809a" }] AV-unclean 79, defiled 5, infamous 1, polluted 1, pollution 1; 87
- 1) unclean, impure
- 1a) ethically and religiously
- 1b) ritually
- 1c) of places
- 1) unclean, impure
- ↑ 02930 טָמֵא tame’ [taw-may’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-379a, BDB-380a] [{See TWOT on 809 }] AV-unclean 74, defile 71, pollute 14, uncleanness 1, utterly 1; 161
- 1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
- 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean
- 1a1) sexually
- 1a2) religiously
- 1a3) ceremonially
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to defile oneself, be defiled
- 1b1a) sexually
- 1b1b) by idolatry
- 1b1c) ceremonially
- 1b2) to be regarded as unclean
- 1c) (Piel)
- 1c1) to defile
- 1c1a) sexually
- 1c1b) religiously
- 1c1c) ceremonially
- 1c2) to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
- 1c3) to profane (God’s name)
- 1d) (Pual) to be defiled
- 1e) (Hithpael) to be unclean
- 1f) (Hothpael) to be defiled
- 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean
- 1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
- ↑ 02932 טֻמְאָה tum’ah [toom-aw’] from 02930; n f; [BDB-380a] [{See TWOT on 809 @@ "809b" }] AV-uncleanness 26, filthiness 7, unclean 4; 37
- 1) uncleanness
- 1a) sexual
- 1b) of filthy mass
- 1c) ethical and religious
- 1d) ritual
- 1e) local (of nations)
- 1) uncleanness
- ↑ Table as a snare
- Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”
- Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
- Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."
- Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."
- Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"
- Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
- Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
- Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
- Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not
- Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
- 1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
- "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Covetousness is idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- For it is written that the tables of dainties provided by rulers of the world are a snare because they cause the masses to bite one another through government systems of legal charity which are covetous practices which are a form of fornication or adultery where the people are devoured as merchandise, curse children and are "entangled again in the yoke of bondage" with the aid of the false religion of the whore who rides the beast.
- ↑ 02244 חָבָא chaba’ to withdraw or hide; 02934 טָמַן taman to hide, conceal, bury; 03582 כָּחַד kachad to hide or cut off; 05641 סָתַר cathar to hide, conceal; 05956 עָלַם ‘alam to conceal; 06004 עָמַם ‘amam to dim, darken;06845 צָפַן tsaphan to hide, treasure
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 02934 טָמַן taman [taw-man’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-380a] [{See TWOT on 811 }] AV-hide 26, laid 2, lay privily 2, secret 1; 31
- 1) to hide, conceal, bury
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to hide
- 1a2) hiding, concealing, secretly laying (participle)
- 1a3) darkness (participle)
- 1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself
- 1c) (Hiphil) to hide
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to hide, conceal, bury
- ↑ Psalms 69:22 ¶ Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.
- ↑ Psalms 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. 27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
- ↑ Romans 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
- ↑ Romans 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
- ↑ Genesis 34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
- ↑ Genesis 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- ↑ Genesis 35:1 ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother(Genesis 28:13). 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange<05236> gods <0430> that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid<02934> them under the oak<0424> which [was] by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 08478 תַּחַת tachath [takh’-ath] from the same as 08430 depress; n m/adv-acc/prep/conj; [BDB-1065a] [{See TWOT on 2504 }] AV-instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place; 24
- 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas
- 1a) n m
- 1a1) the under part
- 1b) adv accus
- 1b1) beneath
- 1c) prep
- 1c1) under, beneath
- 1c1a) at the foot of (idiom)
- 1c1b) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
- 1c1c) of subjection or conquest
- 1c2) what is under one, the place in which one stands
- 1c2a) in one’s place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
- 1c2b) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
- 1c2c) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
- 1c1) under, beneath
- 1d) conj
- 1d1) instead of, instead of that
- 1d2) in return for that, because that
- 1e) in compounds
- 1e1) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
- 1e2) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath
- 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 0424 אִלָה ‘elah [ay-law’] from 0352 Ram; n f; [BDB-18b] [{See TWOT on 45 @@ "45h" }] AV-oak 11, elm 1, teil tree 1; 13
- 1) terebinth, terebinth tree
- 2) valley where David killed Goliath
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 07927 שְׁכֶם Shëkem [shek-em’] the same as 07926, Greek 4966 συχεμ; n pr m/n pr loc; [BDB-1014a] [{See TWOT on 2386 @@ "2386b" }] AV-Shechem 61, Sichem 1, Strong’s synonym for consent 1; 63 Shechem= "back" or "shoulder"
- n pr m
- 1) son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival
- n pr loc
- 2) a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria
- ↑ 0352 אַיִל ‘ayil [ah’-yil] from the same as 0193 אוּל ‘uwl mighty; n m; [BDB-17b, BDB-18a] [{See TWOT on 45 @@ "45d" }] [{See TWOT on 45 @@ "45e" }] [{See TWOT on 45 @@ "45f" }] [{See TWOT on 45 @@ "45g" }] AV-ram(s) 156, post(s) 21, mighty (men) 4, trees 2, lintel 1, oaks 1; 185
- 1) ram
- 1a) ram (as food)
- 1b) ram (as sacrifice)
- 1c) ram (skin dyed red, for tabernacle)
- 2) pillar, door post, jambs, pilaster
- 3) strong man, leader, chief
- 4) mighty tree, terebinth
- 1) ram
- ↑ 0426 אַלָהּ ‘elahh (Aramaic) [el-aw’] corresponding to 0433, Greek 1682 ελωι; n pr m dei/n m; [BDB-1080b] [{See TWOT on 2576 }] AV-God 79, god 16; 95
- 1) god, God
- 1a) god, heathen deity
- 1b) God (of Israel)
- 1) god, God
- ↑ 0422 אָלָה ‘alah [aw-law’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-46b] [{See TWOT on 94 }] AV-swear 4, curse 1, adjure 1; 6
- 1) to swear, curse
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to swear, take an oath (before God)
- 1a2) to curse
- 1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to put under oath, adjure
- 1b2) to put under a curse
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to swear, curse
- ↑ 0423 אָלָה ‘alah [aw-law’] from 0422; n f; [BDB-46b] [{See TWOT on 91 @@ "91a" }] AV-curse 18, oath 14, execration 2, swearing 2; 36
- 1) oath
- 2) oath of covenant
- 3) curse
- 3a) from God
- 3b) from men
- 4) execration
- ↑ 07926 שְׁכֶם shëkem [shek-em’] from 07925; n m; [BDB-1014a] [{See TWOT on 2386 @@ "2386a" }] AV-shoulder 17, back 2, consent 2, portion 1; 22
- 1) shoulder, back
- 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade
- 1b) back (in general)
- 1) shoulder, back
- ↑ 07925 שָׁכַם shakam [shaw-kam’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-1014b] [{See TWOT on 2386 }] AV-(rise up, get you, … ) early 61, betimes 2, misc 2; 65
- 1) to rise or start early
- 1a) (Hiphil)
- 1a1) to rise early, make an early start
- 1a2) early (as adverb)
- 1a) (Hiphil)
- 1) to rise or start early
- ↑ Genesis 35:5 "And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
- ↑ 02847 חִתָּה chittah [khit-taw’] from 02865 to be dismayed; n f; [BDB-369b] [{See TWOT on 784 @@ "784d" }] AV-terror 1; 1
- 1) terror, fear
- ↑ 05892 ^ריע^ ‘iyr \@eer\@ AyinYodReish or (in the plural) ^רע^ ‘ar \@awr\@ or ^ריע^ ‘ayar (#Jud 10:4) \@aw-yar’\@ a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); from 05782 spelled AyinVavReish עוּר ‘uwr [oor] a primitive root; n m; {See TWOT on 1587 @@ "1587a"} {See TWOT on 1615} AV-city 1074, town 7, every one 2, variant 6; 1089
- 1) excitement, anguish
- 1a) of terror
- 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded)
- 2a) city, town
- 1) excitement, anguish
- ↑ Psalms 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid <02934> is their own foot taken.
- Psalms 31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily <02934> for me: for thou [art] my strength.
- Psalms 35:7 For without cause have they hid <02934> for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Psalms 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid <02934> catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
- Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying <02934> snares privily <02934>; they say, Who shall see them?
- Psalms 140:5 The proud have hid <02934> a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Psalms 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid <02934> a snare for me.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 169 ἀκάθαρτος akathartos [ak-ath’-ar-tos] from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 2508 katharos pure or ethical (meaning cleansed); adj; TDNT-3:427,381; [{See TDNT 342 }] AV-unclean 28, foul 2; 30
- 1) not cleansed, unclean
- 1a) in a ceremonial sense: that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law
- 1b) in a moral sense: unclean in thought and life
- 1) not cleansed, unclean
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 Jesus against covetousness
- Mark 7:9 "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." See Corban.
- Mark 7:20 "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
- Luke 12:15 "And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
- Luke 16:14 "And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
- Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
- Matthew 19:17 "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
- John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
- John 14:21 "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."
- John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love." Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "The masses continue with an appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force and violence. The people, having grown accustomed to feed at the expense of others and to depend for their livelihood on the property of others... institute the rule of violence; and now uniting their forces massacre, banish, and plunder, until they degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch." Polybius 150 years before Christ.
- ↑ "Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.” Archibald MacLeish
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 01697 ^רבד^ DaletBeitReish dabar \@daw-baw’\@ DaletBeitReish from 01696 meaning speak as in declare a pattern; The same letters may represent a pasture (01699) n m; AV-word 807, thing 231, matter 63, acts 51, chronicles 38, saying 25, commandment 20, misc 204; 1439
- 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
- 1a) speech
- 1b) saying, utterance
- 1c) word, words
- 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 05038 נְבֵלָה nëbelah [neb-ay-law’] from 05034 נָבֵל nabel to be senseless, be foolish; n f; [BDB-615b] [{See TWOT on 1286 @@ "1286a" }] AV-carcase 36, dead body 5, dieth of itself 4, dead of itself 1, died 1, body 1; 48
- 1) carcass, corpse
- 1a) of humans, idols, animals
- 1) carcass, corpse
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 02416 ^יח^ ChetYod chay \@khah’- ee\@ from 02421; AV-live 197, life 144, beast 76, alive 31, creature 15, running 7, living thing 6, raw 6, misc 19; 501 adj
- 1) living, alive
- 1a) green (of vegetation)
- 1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
- 1c) lively, active (of man)
- 1d) reviving (of the springtime)
- n m
- 2) relatives
- 3) life (abstract emphatic)
- 3a) life
- 3b) sustenance, maintenance
- n f
- 4) living thing, animal
- 4a) animal
- 4b) life
- 4c) appetite
- 4d) revival, renewal
- 5) community
- 1) living, alive
- ↑ 0929 בְּהֵמָה bëhemah [be-hay-maw’] BeitHeyMemHey from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); n f; [BDB-96b] [{See TWOT on 208 @@ "208a" }] AV-beast 136, cattle 53; 189
- 1) beast, cattle, animal
- 1a) beasts (coll of all animals)
- 1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)
- 1c) wild beasts
- 1) beast, cattle, animal
- ↑ 08318 שֶׁרֶץ sherets [sheh’-rets] from 08317 שֶׁרֶץ ; n m; [BDB-1056b] [{See TWOT on 2467 @@ "2467a" }] AV-creeping thing 11, creep 2, creature 1, move 1; 15
- 1) teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers
- 1a) of insects, animals, small reptiles, quadrupeds
- 1) teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers
- ↑ 0816 אָשַׁם ‘asham [aw-sham’] or אשׁם ‘ashem [aw-shame’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-79b] [{See TWOT on 180 }] AV-guilty 14, desolate 6, offend 6, trespass 4, certainly 1, destroy 1, faulty 1, greatly 1, offence 1; 35
- 1) to offend, be guilty, trespass
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to do wrong, offend, trespass, commit an offense, do injury
- 1a2) to be or become guilty
- 1a3) to be held guilty
- 1a4) to be incriminated
- 1b) (Niphal) to suffer punishment
- 1c) (Hiphil) to declare guilty
- 1a) (Qal)
- 2) (TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense
- 1) to offend, be guilty, trespass
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