The Burning Bush

Rachel Adelman has an interesting take here on the site of the burning bush (Exod 3).

The Tenth Commandment

I have been teaching through the Decalogue at my church. As many are aware there are two "versions" in the Bible, one in Exodus and the other in Deuteronomy. I use a software analogy and call them version 1.0 and version 2.0. While there are mostly similar, they are not identical. One difference can be seen in the final (in the order that I am following) commandment. Here Exodus uses the word "covet" twice and Deuteronomy uses "covet" and a related word, "desire." Also  "neighbor's house" is listed first in Exodus but "neighbor's house is listed second, after "neighbor's wife" in Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy has a reference to a neighbor's "field" but this is not found in Exodus. Even with these differences, there is little, if any, real difference between the two commands. Here is a simple table that I created (the English translation is the ESV).

Exodus 20:17	Deuteronomy 5:21
“Covet” (ḥmd) 2x	“Covet” (ḥmd) and “desire” (ʾwh)
neighbor’s house	neighbor’s wife
neighbor’s wife	neighbor’s house
	his field
his male servant	his male servant
his female servant	his female servant
his ox	his ox
his donkey	his donkey
anything that is your neighbor’s	anything that is your neighbor’s

Weights and Measures in Ancient Israel

Claude Mariottini provides a link for his article on weights and measures in ancient Israel here.

Acts and the Eyewitnesses

Steve Walton's article, "Acts and the Eyewitnesses" in the Tyndale Bulletin is available here.