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Soldarnal
Soldarnal
12:50 AM
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Q: Is the Lord permissively or actively causing evil in Amos 3:6?

caseyr547I am looking at Amos 3:6 and I expected a permissive rather than causative verb but I found a perfect qal. Does this qal actually mean cause here? Amo 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

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Since everyone seems to think this question is only about grammar, should it be retitled?
Perhaps something like "Does the qal in Amos 3:6 automatically imply causation?"
 
 
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Dan O'Day
Dan O'Day
2:35 AM
@Caleb good point
 
 
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Jack Douglas
Jack Douglas
9:32 AM
 
Caleb
Caleb
10:31 AM
@JackDouglas Spiffy.
 
 
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Jack Douglas
Jack Douglas
6:23 PM
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A: How can the sacrifice of one animal atone for many?

KazarkThe question is a good one, but some of the underlying suppositions need to be challenged in order to answer it. The Sacrifice of an Animal Cannot Atone For One Man In Leviticus 6, the animal's life is not enough to atone for the man's life. In some of the in-between verses which the question d...

this is a good example of showing your work? ^^^^^^
 

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