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What does “they chose new gods” mean in the song of Deborah and Barak? (Judges 5:8)

Answered by . March 22, 2022 - 7:18 pm

This is the context from song of Deborah and Barak: 6 “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,     in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,     and travellers kept to the byways. 7 The villagers ceased in Israel;     they ceased to be until I arose;     I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel. 8 When new gods were […]

On what day did God make the angels?

Answered by . June 24, 2021 - 5:12 pm

The Bible does not tell us exactly, it only states that everything was made in six days: “For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” […]

What does “you are gods” mean in Psalm 82:6 and John 10:34?

Answered by . July 19, 2017 - 4:17 am

The first half of the question, namely what the word “gods” means in Psalm 82:6, is fairly straightforward: 82: 1 God has taken his place in the congregation;  in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. […]

Who is God speaking to in Genesis 1:26?

Answered by . August 8, 2009 - 5:45 pm 23

When God created human beings he said “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” (Genesis […]