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Exodus 34:
Who gave God the name 'Jealous'?
God did. God labeled himself with one of his attributes.
The Hebrew word for "jealous", H7067, appears 6 times in the Bible. Every time, it is connected to God. The LORD was jealous like a husband over his wife.
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges:
Brown-Driver-Briggs:
Deut 4:
Jealousy was seen as a positive attribute, reflecting God's deep love and commitment. It underscored the exclusive nature of Israel's relationship with God in the covenant.
God commanded Moses to make new tablets.1a The Lord said to Moses
Moses quoted God's word.10 And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. ... 14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."
Who gave God the name 'Jealous'?
God did. God labeled himself with one of his attributes.
The Hebrew word for "jealous", H7067, appears 6 times in the Bible. Every time, it is connected to God. The LORD was jealous like a husband over his wife.
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges:
It was a Hebrew idiomatic way to refer to the LORD's character; it was not his proper name.whose name is Jealous] on ‘name’ (= ‘character’),
Strong's Hebrew: 2181. זָנָה (zanah) — 93 Occurrences15 “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them,
Brown-Driver-Briggs:
- be or act as a harlot
- figurative of improper intercourse with foreign nations (religious reference sometimes involved
- of intercourse with other deities, considered as harlotry, sometimes involving actual prostitution
Then, you will share their prostitution.they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.
Your sons will prostitute themselves to their gods, committing adultery against the LORD.16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
Deut 4:
like a jealous husband.24 The LORD your God is a devouring fire; he is a jealous God
Jealousy was seen as a positive attribute, reflecting God's deep love and commitment. It underscored the exclusive nature of Israel's relationship with God in the covenant.
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