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| Counting The Omer | סְפִירַת הָעֹמֶר |
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Counting the Omer — My 'Karaite' Understanding of
אָבִיב (Aviv) by Robert M. Pill Sunday, March 31 Through Sunday, May 19, 2024 |
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The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 In The Leningrad Codex |
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* I actually address this subject directly later on in this book with a chapter starting with that same statement
(including the asterisk). My intention is that, at that point in the book, I will have led up to it after giving
it a sufficient introduction!
Essentially, this book is a commentary on the man responsible for being THE ARCHITECT OF THE MAIN DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY, SAUL OF TARSUS, who is more commonly known as The Apostle Paul. On this website (The-Iconoclast.org), I present information under the title "Paul The False Apostle" which is found on the "Breaking Idos" tab (topmost item on that page). However, in this book, I address his antinomian theology in a more systematic way with corroborating references. Has it ever occurred to you that it might be important to verify supposed quotes in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) which make references to the Jewish Scriptures (what Christians call The Old Testament)? If you were to do so, would you be able to say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Christian Scriptures are absolutely flawless in their references to the Jewish Scriptures, that they are 100% reliable? In this book, the abject anti–Torah ethos of Saul of Tarsus (the Apostle Paul) and his antinomiam views are directly exposed! By examining his own writings as well as comparing his references to the Jewish Scriptures by actually looking at the Jewish Scriptures, Saul of Tarsus (Paul) is found not to be quite so genuine, authentic and reliable as you may have been led to believe! This is not an accident! He consistently misquoted, and took out-of-context, the writings of the Holy Prophets of Yehovah. By examining the true references which can easily be found in the Hebrew-Language based Jewish Scriptures sourced from the Leningrad Codex, "The Apostle Paul" displayed an extremely cavalier attitude in his penchant for misleading his own disciples while promoting himself! From his own writings and those of his biographer friend, Luke, Paul and Luke were consistent in their anti-Torah theology and obfuscation of the message found in the Jewish Scriptures! This book uncovers the great deception of The Self–Appointed–Apostle–Paul and even refers to it as part of the END–TIME–DECEPTION! I have also included commentaries about Jesus of Nazareth, and the resurrection, near the end of the book, as a way to express that Jesus CANNOT be a legitimate candidate to being the Jewish Messiah if he actually misquoted the Holy Prophets of יְהֹוָה [Yehovah]!. Moreover, I have a chapter called 'The Talmudic Deception.' It is a brief commentary on Talmudism, the Jewish religion whose doctrine revolves around the rabbinic, oral tradition. When Talmudists mention the 'Torah,' in a euphemistic way, they really mean 'The Oral Torah,' also known as 'The Oral Law' — which is actually their own oral tradition! When I speak about 'The Torah,' I mean the WRITTEN TORAH, also known as the five books of Moses! Have YOU been deceived by rabbinic subterfuge? Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9882917-0-1 Softcover ISBN: 979-8-9882917-1-8 eBook EPUB ISBN: 979-8-9882917-2-5 NOTE: Microsoft Word to EPUB conversion programs (that I have found) do not carry forth the original fonts but rather substitute a plain serif font for English and an italicized plain font for the Hebrew. That conversion also breaks pages up differently: 162 pages are in the printed version, while 303 in the eBook format EPUB, including cover). The content is preserved, but it is just not as had been written for print. As an FYI, I do not think it is aesthetically pleasing as the printed versions. Yet, for those who prefer a digitized format, if you can get past the aesthetics, again, the content is preserved. Available at over 39,000 Online stores, including Amazon, Barnes And Noble, Books A Million, and Walmart |
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Just one important example of why there is need for a new Hebrew–English Jewish Scriptures: I changed all '1,110 rabbinic Qere/Ketiv instances' to make what the Masoretic Scribes wrote to be the preferred rendering, relegating 'rabbinic Qere additions' to unobtrusive, small footnotes notations! The Pill Tanakh preserves the Hebrew text just as the Masoretic Scribes intended in the first place! You may wonder why I place such importance of minimizing the "rabbinic additions," which are found written in the margin on a line in the Masoretic Text. You may ask, "just what am I talking about?" You may also express, "I've never heard of the Qere/Ketiv, so, what's the BIG DEAL?" The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Language Based Jewish Scriptures. Most people know of it as The Masoretic Text! Modern Bibles claim that their source for the Jewish Scriptures is the Masoretic Text (again, which is actually The Leningrad Codex). The Leningrad Codex was completed around the year 1009 of the Common Era. It is hand–written on parchment and each sheet typically has three columns (with certain exceptions; for example, Psalms has two columns primarily). On the actual parchment of the Leningrad Codex, on the margin of a line is a word written in consonants only. It is an unvowelled, unaccented "addition" (actually written at a much later time than the original!). This Qere is a word in which rabbis claim was intended to replace the vowelled and accented word in the midst of that same line, typically having the same consonantal base. The word in the margin is known as Qere, meaning, "What is read." – it is what rabbis insist MUST ALWAYS BE READ!. The word intended to be replaced is within the same original Hand–Written, Masoretic line and is known as Ketiv, meaning, "What is written" — and which the rabbis command MUST NEVER BE UTTERED. The Qere additions are written on the parchment itself! I refer to them as "rabbinic additions" because I believe they were added at a much later time than the original text was written — and, not written by the Masoretic scribes, themselves, but more likely by Talumudic rabbis; otherwise, why do the rabbis insist that these "additions" MUST ALWAYS BE READ, but that which was originally written by the Masoretic scribes, the Ketiv, NEVER? An example can be found by seeing how prominent Jewish Bibles FORCE a reading of the "rabbinic Qere additions." The Stone Edition Tanach places the Qere ("what is read") additions in the place of the Hebrew text where the original Ketiv (what the Masoretes originally wrote), which are placed within brackets following the Qere additions in the same line of the text. In The Koren Tanakh, on the line that the Qere replaces the original Ketiv, the fully voweled and accented Ketiv is placed in the outside margin and the unvowelled, unaccented Qere is placed naturally in what was previously the position of the Ketiv. In both cases, the original writing of the Masoretes is obfuscated and relegated to an unnatural rendering and the rabbinic Qere additions are within the natural flow of the Hebrew text, forcing the reader to disregard the original Ketiv, and honor the later rabbinic Qere additions instead! Unfortunately, this forced obfuscation of the written text may have influenced CHRISTIAN BIBLES as well!
"In a number of the texts containing K
לא and Q
לוֹ (Ex 21:8; 1 Sam 2:3; 2 Kings 8:10; Is 63:9; Ps 100:3), the Ketiv is as acceptable as is the Qere,
yet nearly all of the English Bibles surveyed opt for the Qere. This might indicate that the translators are
predisposed to give priority to the Qere unless some other factor makes it clearly unusable."
(Tim Hegg, "To Read or Not to Read?: Translating the Qere/Kativ," TorahResource Institute, accessed 25 May 2022, https://tr-pdf.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/articles/to-read-or-not-to-read-qere-ketiv.pdf; Note that in the above quote, Hegg has the Hebrew for the Ketiv and the Qere reversed. I have not corrected it herein, but as in Exodus 21, it is quite clear that the Ketiv is accented and vowelled. Moreover, it should be known that the Ketiv (what is written) is always from the original, hand–written, vowelled and accented Hebrew of the Masoretic Text; while the Qere (what is read) is always unvowelled and unaccented, containing consonants only! — Robert Pill). Thus, in The Pill Tanakh, the rendering of what the Masoretes originally wrote is preserved! The unnatural rabbinic additions (Qere) are minimized, placed within a small footnote notation! Again, you may find it of interest that the rabbis demand that their Qere additions are always read, but they insist that the Masoretic original, Ketiv, should NEVER BE UTTERED! "The rabbis" have intentionally obfuscated the original Hebrew Text in Jewish Bibles! First published in September, 2022, The Pill Tanakh, Hebrew-English Jewish Scriptures (in three volumes): Volume 1 - The Torah (520 pages, soft-cover retail $28.99; hard-cover $36.00 [a double Chai!]), Volume 2 - The Prophets (970 pages, soft-cover retail $41.99, hard-cover $49.00) and Volume 3 - The Writings (688 pages, soft-cover retail $32.99, hard-cover $40.00). (Be aware that some stores may not honor pricing models, including Walmart!). Available at over 39,000 Online stores, including Amazon, Barnes And Noble, Books A Million, and Walmart |
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The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the
Hebrew Language Based Jewish Scriptures.
It was written in Cairo, Egypt on parchment and completed around the year 1009 C.E. The actual
manuscript is currently located in the great library in Leningrad, Russia, now known as St. Petersburg Imperial Library.
The Leningrad Codex manuscript is otherwise better–known as The Masoretic Text!
Are you aware that most modern Bibles, whether Christian or Jewish, claim to base their Jewish Scriptures (what Christians call the 'Old Testament') on the ancient Leningrad Codex, also known as The Masoretic Text (circa ~1008-1009 C.E.)? However, not one of them exactly adheres to the actual rendering as found in Exodus 20:1-12 of the Leningrad Codex! They typically break up the larger verse for the Sabbath into several verses and combine the three small verses, "Thou Shalt Not Murder," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shalt Not Steal" into one single verse! I believe that to be significantly important! In what I consider to be a "sublime rendering," The Leningrad Codex uses just 12 Hebrew verses for The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20! You May Ask, "Why Do I Think The Ten Commandments Are So Important?" Yehovah wrote on both sides of the two tablets of stone with His own "FINGER!" And, then He commanded Moses to place those tablets into the Ark Of The Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony! The Ark of the Covenant was where Yehovah chose to appear before the children of Israel in the Mishkan (Tabernacle In The Wilderness) and in Solomon's Temple. I believe this is important enough for us to also hold the Ten Commandments in High Esteem and to consider just what the ancient text actually says. Moreover, I find it of significant importance that both Jewish and Christian Bibles CLAIM to source their Jewish Scriptures in the Leningrad Codex, but absolutely none follows it in its verse separations! They all break their versions up differently than the SOURCE TEXT! Shall We Ask, WHY? This Book Gives The Definition Of Each Hebrew Word In Exodus 20:1-12! YOU CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EACH HEBREW WORD IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS MEANS (and, in its natural context)! If you are interested in knowing the truth and the sublime rendering of Exodus 20 in the Leningrad Codex for the Ten Commandments, which is what Yehovah wrote on the two tablets of stone and commanded Moses to place into the Ark of the Covenant, then check out this book, The Real God Code: The Ten Commandments In The Leningrad Codex, by Robert M. Pill! Available at over 39,000 Online stores, including Amazon, Barnes And Noble, Books A Million, and Walmart |
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ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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The 10 Commandments
(Exodus 20 And Deuteronomy 5) As Rendered In The Leningrad Codex (circa 1009) !!! |
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Verse Count Differences With JPS 1917, KJV, NIV, CJB
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Should this matter?
Joshua 1:8
Psalms 1:1-2
Hebrew scholars regard The Leningrad Codex as the definitive Ancient Hebrew source for the Hebrew Scriptures. Yet, regarding the verse ordering of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 where the 10 Commandments are given, it can readily be shown that the actual Leningrad Codex has NOT been directly adhered to by modern translations as well as their related Hebrew texts (including the Westminster Leningrad Codex – the digitized version of the actual facsimile Leningrad Codex)! Thus, not just verse counts, but also the structured order of how those verses have been individually separated by the Masoretes (the group known to have written the Leningrad and Aleppo Codices) should be considered to have been done deliberately, with thoughtful purpose, especially considering that those (Karaite) Masoretes, no doubt, judiciously consulted available ancient Hebrew texts! Moreover, if regular MEDITATION ON THE TORAH is deemed important, sincere and thoughtful consideration should be given to meditating on the most iconic portion: 
– The Ten Commandments –
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י אֶת־שְׁנֵי֙ לוּחֹ֣ת הָֽאֲבָנִ֔ים כְּתֻבִ֖ים בְּאֶצְבַּ֣ע אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַעֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כְּֽכָל־הַדְּבָרִ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּר֩ יְהוָ֨ה עִמָּכֶ֥ם בָּהָ֛ר מִתּ֥וֹךְ הָאֵ֖שׁ בְּי֥וֹם הַקָּהָֽל׃
"And Yehovah delivered unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written
according to all the words, which Yehovah spoke with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day
of the assembly."
[Deutaronomy 9:10 The Pill Tanakh] Note that יְהֹוָה [Yehovah] considered HIS TEN COMMANDMENTS important enough that HE WROTE THEM BY "The Finger Of Elohim On Two Tablets Of Stone", which were placed in the Ark Of Acacia Wood / The Ark Of The Covenant / The Ark Of The Testimony / also known as The Ark Of Elohim and The Ark Of Yehovah (as they are called in 1 & 2 Chronicles!) If interested, see Deuteronomy 10:4–5 and "The Finger of Elohim" Scriptural references as found in the passages in Exodus 31:18 or Deuteronomy 9:10.
WasThe Temple Merely An Empty Shell
— Without The Ark Within Its Midst? — Moreover, it is noteworthy that "The Ark of the Covenant" was only in the Mishkan (Tabernacle in the Wilderness) and in Solomon's Temple. It was not found in the Temple described by Ezekiel (chapters 40–48); neither was if found in the Second Temple built after Judah returned from Babylon and rebuilt Jerusalem. It was in "The Ark of the Covenant" / "The Ark of the Testimony" / "The Ark of Elohim" / "The Ark of Yehovah" ( אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָֽה [2 Chronicles 8:11]) where the presence of the Almighty God, Yehovah, dwelt among the children of Israel! It should be noted, however, that Ezekiel's description of the presence of Yehovah, found in Ezekiel 43:4-11, does show that Yehovah would dwell in the Temple, although the description of the Temple does not include the Ark of the Covenant. Nonetheless, Ezekiel's vision absolutely demands that the presence of Yehovah is contingent upon the people keeping the commandments and being undefiled. When will the people of Israel, who were chosen by Him specifically, be able to say that they are undefiled and that they willingly keep His commandments, statutes and ordinances? We must consider to question regarding the Temple, as described by Ezekiel, when he was in Babylon with the northern ten tribes known as Israel. Was it a description of the future Temple to be built by Ezra and Nehemiah upon returning from Babylon which did not have the Ark of the Covenant in its midst? Or, was it a description of a much later, future Messianic Temple, as presumed in Christian eschatology and through its many "prophets?" Is it possible that Ezekiel's Temple may have had no prophetic intent whatsoever, and that anyone promoting that idea could possibly be considered to be a candidate as a false prophet? Without the Ark of the Covenant and its constant reminder of The Ten Commandments, should the second Temple be considered merely to have been an empty shell? Should we consider that the presence of Yehovah is contingent upon His people honoring Him and keeping His Commandments? Do you, dear reader, honour Yehovah and keep His Commandments? Do you love HIM with all of your heart? Can you honestly claim that you are undefiled? Do you even know what the Ten Commandents demand of you? Further, you may discover that the Masoretes knew EXACTLY what they were doing when they ordered the verses as they did for the 10 Commandments (click either of the following lines to open the respective pages): The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 Downloadable PDF File – Exodus20v1-12InLeningradCodex_Printable.pdf – (Right Click To Download–Or Just Click!)
The Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy 5
Downloadable PDF File –
5Deuteronomy6-19InLeningradCodex_Printable.pdf
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Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5
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| Why Might You Want To Compare Companion Verses? |
| We, at The-Iconoclast, consider that the Ten Commandments given to Moshe (Moses) directly from the hand of יְהֹוָה [Yehovah] to be The Crown of the Torah! |
| To introduce this discussion, we compare the companion verses of Exodus 20:5 and Deuteronomy 5:11. If you follow the link provided (click on the Leningrad Codex images above), you will see that we go into greater detail for this introductory discussion, followed by the actual side–by–side comparison passages that make up The Ten Commandments. |
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By visually comparing the companion verses of the Hebrew texts of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, we believe that one can readily determine the essence of meanings rarely captured correctly, if ever, in English translations (this is particularly evident, to us, for the third commandment). Are we saying that, of these original Hebrew passages, some of the English translations (interpretations) are incorrect in addition to NOT conforming to the Masoretic verse ordering? YES, ABSOLUTELY!
For instance, the same Hebrew word
לַשָּֽׁוְא
It should prove of interest to learn that the word used in Exodus 20:11
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שָֽׁקֶר
The Hebrew word
שָֽׁקֶר
Thus, it should reasonably be understood that the passages interpreted/translated "Thou shalt not take the name of Yehovah thy God in vain..." are not correct! Perhaps a closer interpretation is "Thou shalt not take the name of Yehovah thy God as nothing, for Yehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name falsely." It is quite unfortunate that so many people who believe they have a grasp on the meaning of the Ten Commandments, and particularly on how they rely upon the misinterpreted translations for the third commandment, since it is often defined, in reality, to say "Do not take the Name of God as a swear word". Obviously, it is a very different thing to consider, rather, that the third commandment would say anything like "Do not take the Name of the Lord thy God with such contempt as to treat Him so lightly, as if he doesn't exist, as if His Name symbolizes worthlessness"! How Could You Otherwise Come To Understand This? Actually, we don't think that it is likely that you would! That is one of the reasons we have put the comparison page together, so that all of us can better understand the meaning of The Ten Commandments as found in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5! Then, "click" the following link: Comparing The Companion Passages of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 In the Leningrad Codex. |
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