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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