#1369: 1 Timothy 5 | Exodus 21-22:27 | Psalm 33

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Original airdate: Thursday, April 8, 2021

TODAY’S TRANSLATION: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: 1 Timothy 5

Verses: 22
Words: ~560

ORIGINAL TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Exodus 21-22:27

Verses: 63
Words: ~1603

WISDOM SEGMENT: Psalm 33

Verses: 22
Words: ~361

REFLECTION SEGMENT:

The Hebrew word for "slave" means "to work" or "to serve." But does it mean what we think of two or three thousand years later?

Sources consulted today:

David S. Dockery, ed., Holman Bible Handbook (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 1992), 741.

Douglas Mangum, ed., Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament, Lexham Context Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020), 1 Ti 4:1–5.

Dan Nässelqvist and Georgina Jardim, “Slavery,” ed. John D. Barry et al., The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016).

Muhammad A. Dandamayev, “Slavery: Ancient Near East,” ed. David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 59.


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