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Originally Posted by rdp
Contrare' Monfrare.... Deut. 7:25 calls wearing of Gold & Silver an abomination to the Lord. If an abomination to the Lord isn't "sin," then pls. provide what is:__________?
Regarding the above translation, all you've done is appealled to a "Dynamic Equivalent" that takes its liberties w/ the Word. Why don't you interact w/ the "Formal/Literal Correspondance" translations such as the NKJV, NASB, etc.?
Hmmmm, I smell bias in the house! |
Are we not being honest with your proof-text in Deut here???? I mean, it's glaring! The subject is idolatry (the abomination), the issue is graven images.
Finally, in the context of the chapter, God is promising to take care of them, they won't win this battle on their own, he will bring it. Similar to the battles of Joshua, he's basically giving them strict orders about the spoils of this war.
The abomination was idolatry. Connected to that abomination were idols. In the OT they didn't even eat food that they even thought might be offered to idols (we see this in early 1st Century Judaism as well). The idols corrupted a good thing. Same was true for the gold and silver.
Nice try though.
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