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How has the population grown from only two people?

Answered by . February 15, 2010 - 8:59 pm

In 2009, the US Census Bureau estimated that the world’s population was growing at the rate of 1.10% per year. At that rate, it would double every 63.3 years and the population would take only 2007 years to grow from 2 people to the current 6.8 billion. Obviously human beings have been around for a lot […]

What were the urim and thummim?

Answered by . February 15, 2010 - 6:51 pm

The urim and thummim were used to determine God’s guidance on specific questions. For example, Saul used the urim and thummim to determine who was guilty when he thought someone had sinned. Therefore Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why  have you not answered your servant this day? If this guilt is in me […]

What Bible passage is the song “Today is the day” about?

Answered by . February 15, 2010 - 3:06 pm

The lyrics of the Lincoln Brewster song “Today is the day” are available here. This is primarily based on Psalm 118:24: ​​​​​​​​This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. The song also includes the words “I won’t worry about tomorrow\\ I’m trusting in what you say” […]

What is the significance of Exodus 29:20?

Answered by . February 14, 2010 - 7:05 pm

… and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw […]

Why is the tribe of Dan missing in Revelation 7?

Answered by . February 14, 2010 - 6:39 pm 2

Revelation 7 lists twelve tribes from each of which came 12,000 people. However, they are not identical to the usual twelve tribes (the sons of Jacob) listed in the Old Testament. In the Revelation list, the tribe of Dan is omitted, and to make up the numbers, Manasseh is included along with Joseph. This has […]

Does a proper noun get translated or transliterated when translating from one language to another language?

Answered by . February 14, 2010 - 5:48 pm

Most proper nouns will be transliterated (i.e., the word is expressed in the characters of the target language). For example, the names of cities: Jerusalem = יְרוּשָׁלַיִם‎ and Corinth = Κόρινθος. Often the transliteration is not exact. Here, the Greek word for Corinth is Korinthos and the Hebrew word for Jerusalem is Yerushalayim. These differences […]

What made Aaron’s rod bud?

Answered by . February 13, 2010 - 7:04 pm

God made Aaron’s rod bud — it was a miracle. In Numbers 17:5 God says: …the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you. After the rebellion in Numbers 16 (see especially Num. 16:3), […]

Is wearing gold forbidden in the Bible?

Answered by . February 13, 2010 - 6:31 pm

No. But the Bible does warn us not to rely on outward decoration as the source of beauty. For example Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with […]

What plant species are mentioned in the Bible?

Answered by . February 13, 2010 - 6:08 pm

It is impossible to make a definitive list of plants in the Bible because the names used are not all easily identified with particular species. There have been many attempts to create a full list of Bible plants. Some of them are listed below. A thorough review of scriptural plants is given by Włodarczyk (2007) […]