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20(...continued)reflecting the pre-scientific world-view and beliefs of the first century? Do you believe the Baalsand Asherahs existed in reality–or only in people’s minds and rituals? While His Jewish counterpartsbelieved in demons, and thought they made people “unclean,” what did Jesus teach in Mark7:1-23 concerning what makes people “unclean”? Did Jesus not teach that the real source ofuncleanness and evil is the human heart and its thoughts? How do you explain all of this?Motyer comments that “Just as the garden was an unauthorized place for sacrificing, sobricks were an unauthorized material for an altar (Exodus 20:25 [altars not to be built out of‘chiseled stones’; does this include bricks?]; Deuteronomy 27:5-6 [‘complete stones to beused’]...”For the piel participle used here, ~yrIßJ.q;m., “burning sacrifices,” see the followingpassages, which demonstrate that this participle is only used of illegal, unauthorized sacrifices inthe Hebrew Bible:1 Kings 22:44, Jehoshaphat did what was right in YHWH’s eyes, but did not remove the highplaces, and the people continued tAm)B'B; ~yrIßJ.q;m.W* ~yxiîB.z:m., slaughtering andsacrificing on the high places; 2 Kings 12:4, verse 3 in English; same, but in the time ofJosiah; 2 Kings 14:4, same, but in the time of Amaziah; 2 Kings 15:4, same, but in thetime of Azariah; 2 Kings 15:35, same, but in the time of Jotham;2 Kings 18:4, here the report is given how Hezekiah finally got rid of the practice: rysiähe ŸaWhåtv,xoøN>h; vx;’n> •tT;kiw> hr"+vea]h'(-ta, tr:ßk'w> tboêCeM;h;-ta‘rB;viw> tAmªB'h;-ta,Alê ~yrIåJ.q;m. ‘laer"f.yI-ynE)b. ,WyÝh' ‘hM'“heh' ~ymiÛY"h;-d[; yKiä hv,ªmo hf'ä['-rv,a]`!T'(v.xun> Alß-ar"q.YIw:, He took away the high places, and he shattered the pillar; and hecut (down) the Asherah [a Phoenician Goddess, in the form of a pole or tree]; and he beatto pieces the bronze serpent which Moses made; because until these days, Israel’schildren were sacrificing to it; and he called it Nechushtan [meaning perhaps, “BronzeGod”].2 Kings 23:5, among other reforms, Josiah ykeäl.m;‘Wnt.n") rv,Ûa] ~yrIªm'K.h;-ta, tyBiäv.hi~yrIåJ.q;m.h;(-ta,w> ~ØIl'_v'Wry> yBeÞsim.W hd"êWhy> yrEå['B. ‘tAmB'B; rJeÛq;y>w: hd"êWhy>`~yIm'(V'h; ab'îc. lkoßl.W tAlêZ"M;l;w> ‘x:“rEY"l;w> vm,V,Ûl; l[;B;ªl;, He caused the idolprieststo cease, whom Judah’s kings appointed; and he sacrificed (we should read “theysacrificed” or “to sacrifice” instead of the Massoretic Text’s “he sacrificed”) on the highplaces in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s surroundings; and the ones sacrificing to the Baal,to the Sun, and to the Moon and to the Constellations, and to all the heaven’s Host.Isaiah 65:3, here, of an unauthorized type of sacrifice offered by the people of Judah;(continued...)32
2165:4 those who sit among the graves,22 23and they spend the night in the guarded places,20(...continued)Jeremiah 11:12, YHWH says that the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will cry out tothe Gods to Whom they are sacrificing, but those Gods will not help them when disastercomes;Jeremiah 44:15, 19, the women of Judah were sacrificing to other Gods, to the Queen of Heaven.21NIVSB comments that this was “Perhaps to consult the dead.” (P. 1111) We think this iscorrect. Slotki agrees, stating that this involved “forms of ancestor-worship and invocation of thespirits of the dead.” (P. 314)Compare:Isaiah 8:19, “And when / if they shall say to you people, seek / inquire to / by means of the pitsand familiar spirits [see footnote 27], the ones chirping and murmuring, should not a peopleseek / inquire to / by means of its God? Shall it seek the dead on behalf of the living?”Isaiah 57:9, included among the fertility religious practices which the Israelites were practicing(see verses 3-10) was that of lAa)v.-d[; yliyPiÞv.T;, you (feminine singular) caused todescend as far as sheol / the grave; meaning unclear);1 Samuel 28, the story of Saul and the Witch of Endor, in which Saul successfully communicateswith the dead spirit of Samuel through the witch’s magic.22The Greek translation interpolates the phrase diV evnu,pnia, “through dreams” at this pointin the text. We think that the sleeping in the guarded places was a matter of incubation (seekingto inculcate) Divine oracles.23The Greek translation has sphlai,oij, “in caves” for the Hebrew ~yrIßWcN>b;, “in the guard-ed places.” Watts translates by “and lodging between rocks.” (P. 339)Sitting among the graves, and spending the night in specially protected places is, we think,for the purpose of “incubation,” the calling up of spirits from the underworld, in order to communicatewith them, and receive revelation from them. Again, see footnote 28, for its description ofvarious elements in such a religious culture.TNISB comments that “Those who spend the night in secret places seek to induce theDeity to appear to them in a dream and grant them favors.” (P. 1046) This is a type of“necromancy,” communicating with the dead in order to predict the future.33
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Because I called, and there was no
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a voice from a temple;a voice of YH
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