Charlton Heston, who played Moses in the 1956 movie “Ten Commandments” by Cecil B. DeMille, died April 5th, 2008. See the LA Times articleкомпютри on Charlton Heston for more information. Charlton Heston also became president of the NRA in 1998.
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The New English Translation of the Septuagint is now available. The NETS is based on the NRSV translation of the Masoretic Text. Basically, the translators did not want to spend the extra time necessary to make a completely new translation and also wanted to make it easier to compare the NRSV to the NETS.
Kevin P. Edgecomb gives a favorable review of the NETS. Iyov gives an interesting perspective on the Septuagint. Peter A. Papoutsis, who is also making his own English translation of the Septuagint, gave the NETS a very favorable review on Amazon.com.
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Read the Ten Commandments as found in Exodus 20 from this very interesting translation of the Septuagint(Old Covenant) and the New Covenant from the 2001 Translation – An American English Bible.
Exodus 20:
1 Then Jehovah said all of this:
2 ‘I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of slavery. 3 So, you must have no gods other than Me.
4 ‘You must not make images for yourselves of anything in the skies above, on the earth below, or things that live in the water under the earth. 5 You must not bow before them or serve them, for I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, and I bring the sins of the ancestors upon the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of those who hate Me. 6 But I
am merciful to the thousands who love Me and keep My Commandments.
7 ‘You must not misuse the Name of Jehovah your God, for Jehovah your God will not forgive those who misuse His Name.
8 ‘Keep the Sabbath day and make it holy. 9 You may work and get everything done in six days, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God, and you must do no work… not you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, your ox, your burro, any of your cattle, or any strangers that are visiting among you. 11 Because, Jehovah made the sky, the ground, the sea, and everything in them, then He rested on the seventh day. So, Jehovah blessed the seventh day and made it sacred.
12 ‘Honor your father and mother, as Jehovah your God commanded you, so that things may go well for you and that you may live a long time in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
13 ‘You must not commit adultery.
14 ‘You must not steal.
15 ‘You must not commit murder.
16 ‘You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
17 ‘You must not desire your neighbor’s wife, his house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his burro, any other animal, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.’
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The King James Version reads thusly in: Exodus 13:16 “And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.” The Masoretic Hebrew word translated “frontlets” is Strong’s #H2903, transliterated “towphaphah.” The definition given reads: “from an unusued root meaning to go around or bind; a fillet for the forehead:–frontlet.” It is translated consistently in Deuteronomy 6:8, and 11:18.
Deuteronomy 6:8 “And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.”
Deuteronomy 11:18 “Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.”
However, turning to a superior version of the Old Covenant scriptures, the Septuagint(LXX), gives us much more information on the word. In the Septuagint, Exodus 13:16(LXX) reads: “And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and unshaken before your eyes. For by a fortified hand the Lord led you out of Egypt.”
The word translated “unshaken” corresponds to “frontlets,” in the Masoretic. It is Strong’s #761, transliterated asaleutos. The Lexical definition in the Apostolic Bible Polyglot reads: “Unshaken, unagitated.” The other two occurrences of asaleutos in the Old Covenant read:
Deuteronmy 6:8(LXX) “And you shall affix them for a sign upon your hand, and it shall be unshaken before your eyes.”
Deuteronomy 11:18(LXX) “And you shall put these words into your heart, and into your soul, and you shall affix them for a sign upon your hand, and it shall be unshaken before your eyes.”
Asaleutos is also found twice in the New Covenant Scriptures, in Acts 27:41, and Hebrews 12:28. The King James translates asaleutos as “unmoveable,” and “cannot be moved.”
Acts 27:41 “And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.”
Hebrews 12:27-29 “And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”
Understanding the true meaning of frontlets, as unshaken, or umoveable, dispels the Jewish fables we are warned about. It is not a box to put the law into and tie to your forehead.
Titus 1:14 “Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”
Clearly our minds are to be fixed on the law and the covenants, Just as David expressed countless times in the Psalms.
Psalm 119:97-98(LXX) “How I loved your law, O lord; it is my meditation the entire day. Above my enemies you made me wiser by your commandment; for into the age it is to me.”
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The popular King James Version, a translation of the inferior Masoretic text, translates Exodus 20:11(MT):
“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:”
The Apostolic Bible Polyglot, a complete interlinear of the Old and New Covenant scriptures(the Septuagint, and the Majority text), renders Exodus 20:8:-11(LXX):
“Remember the day of the Sabbaths to sanctify it! Six days you shall work, and shall do all your works; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the lord your God. You shall not do on it any work – you, and your son, and your daughter, your servant, and your maidservant, your ox, and your beast of burden, and all your cattle, and the convert – the one sojourning among you. For in six days the lord made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them. And he rested on the seventh day. Because of this the lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.”
Note that it says for even the “convert – the one sojourning among you.” The Greek word translated convert is proselutos, Strong’s #4339, and The Apostlic Bible Polyglot lists the lexical definitions: “A newcomer, stranger, a foreigner; a proselyte, convert.” It is used consistently throughout the Old Covenant scriptures to mean a convert, or a proselyte. Proselyte being of course a transliteration. Websters 1828 Dictionary gives as a definition of proselyte:
PROS’ELYTE, n. [Gr. to come.] A new convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system or party. Thus a Gentile converted to Judaism is a proselyte; a pagan converted to christianity is a proselyte; and we speak familiarly of proselytes to the theories of Brown, of Black, or of Lavoisier. The word primarily refers to converts to some religious creed.
Also throughout the Old Covenant laws were given stating that the same law should apply to the proselutos as to the native born.
The Apostle’s Bible translates Leviticus 18:26(LXX) thusly: “And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger(4339, proselutos) that joins himself with you:”
Leviticus 19:33-34(LXX) “And if there should come to you a stranger(4339, proselutos) in your land, you shall not afflict him. The stranger(4339, proselutos) that comes to you shall be among you as the native, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers(4339, proselutos) in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
Clearly the proselyte was to receive equal treatment under the law, and to follow the law. However, there are other degrees of strangers in the Bible. Consider Exodus 12:43(LXX):
“And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover. Every foreigner(241, allogenes) shall not eat of it. And every domestic servant,”
In this verse, the Greek word underlying foreigner, is Strong’s #241, allogenes. Liddell Scott Jones gives as the definition of allogenes, “of another race.” In the New Covenant scriptures, in the only occurrence of allogenes, is in Luke 17:18, in reference to a Samaritan.
Luke 17:16-18(KJV) “And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, ‘Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.’”
There were other restrictions placed on allogenes. Consider Leviticus 22:10, and 12.
Leviticus 22:10-12(LXX) “And no stranger(241, allogenes) shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling, shall not eat the holy things. But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread. And if the daughter of a priest should marry a stranger(241, allogenes), she shall not eat of the offerings of the sanctuary.”
While there are no negative references for a proselyte, their are restrictions for allogenes, with only a few positive references (c.f. Genesis 17:27, Isaiah 56:3, 6). More study is required to determine the differences among the various degrees of strangers in the Bible. The Apostolic Bible Polyglot, is a good tool to start with. It is recently published, and available for only $47.95.
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The Septuagint is the oldest copy of the Old Covenant(or Testament) available today. It predates the Masoretic Hebrew by over 1000 years. Complete manuscripts of the Septuagint still exist from the 4th center A.D., as well as fragments from 1st and 2nd century B.C. In addition to being older than the Masoretic Hebrew text, Jesus and the Apostles quoted exclusively from the Septuagint, verifying it for our use today.
You can conveniently print a copy of the Ten Commandments from Charles Lancelot Brenton’s translation of the Ten Commandments.
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Ferrar Fenton completed his translation of the Bible in 1908. It gained some popularity for a while, and is still in use and in print. You can now read his translation of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 online. When Ferrar Fenton set out to make his translation his goal was to be fluent in koine Greek and Masoretic Hebrew as if it was his native language. He then rendered his translation in modern English. The result was a unique translation that sheds an interesting light on many passages of scripture. The Ferrar Fenton translation and his numerous footnores are well worth consulting in serious Bible study.
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The Ten Commandments were given to us by Moses
Deuteronomy 5:29
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Will the Commandments apply for ever, or Old Testament time only
Psalm 111
7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
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Law of Moses, The Covenant
1 Chronicles 16
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; p> 17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
The Commandments Covenant
Exodus 34:28
28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
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