Bible Myth #4: Amen Means “True” or “So Be It”
This a myth because "Amen" is not a Hebrew word. Amen is an acrostic and is not from any Hebrew root word. The acrostic is: El Melekh Ne’eman, meaning, "God is a Faithful King." (excerpted from the One New Man Bible Companion)
Bible Myth 3: All of Judea was taken to Babylon
All the People of Judea were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in the Captivity is a common misunderstanding. Jeremiah 24:1. The LORD* showed me and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the Temple of the LORD*, after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried...
Bible Myth 2: Abstain From the Appearance of Evil
Abstain From the Appearance of Evil is a myth because that is not a translation of the Greek New Testament or of the Vulgate. Both of those texts agree with the following: 1 Thessalonians 5:19. You must habitually not ever quench the Spirit, 20. you must continually...
Weekly Torah Readings: Masei
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) Masei 33.1. These are the journeys of the children of Israel when they went out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their...
Bible Myth 1: Abraham was God’s “Friend”
Abraham in many Bibles is called a friend of God, but that is not anywhere in the Hebrew Scriptures. Isaiah 41:8. "But you, Israel, are My servant; Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, who loves Me." Even some dictionaries and lexicons say that the Hebrew...
Weekly Torah Readings: Korah
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) Korah The Rebellion 16.1. Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab and On, the son of Pelet, sons of Reuben, took courage, 2. and they rose up in...
Weekly Torah Readings: B’ha’alot’kha
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) B’ha’alot’kha 8.1. And the LORD* spoke to Moses, saying, 2. “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in front of the menorah.” 3. And Aaron did so. He, in front of...
Weekly Torah Readings: B’midbar
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) B’midbar Census 1.1. And the LORD* spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt saying,...
Weekly Torah Readings: B’har
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) B’har Seventh Year 25.1. And the LORD* spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai saying, 25:2. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, “When you come into the land which I give you, then the land will keep a...
Weekly Torah Readings: K’doshim
(from One New Man Bible translated by William Morford) K’doshim 19.1. And the LORD* spoke to Moses saying, 2. “Speak to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, “You will be holy! For I, the LORD* your God, AM holy. (1 Pe. 1:16) 3. You, every...