[B-Greek] Thread closed: Rev 7:4
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Apr 3 10:35:40 EDT 2007
I asked that any further discussion in this thread be limited
to discussion of the Greek text of Rev 7:4. Since the admonition
has been ignored, the thread is now closed.
Carl W. Conrad, Co-Chair, B-Greek
On Tuesday, April 03, 2007, at 10:20AM, "Harold Holmyard" <hholmyard3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>Juan Stam wrote:
>> Does "Joseph" appear in lists of the tribes, along with Manassah? The list
>> in Rev 7 is certainly very irregular
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>HH: Joseph does not regularly do so, but it is possible:
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>Ezek. 48:32 ¶ ?On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be
>three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.
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>HH: You have to read the whole chapter to see this, but 12 tribal names are given at first, with Ephraim mentioned (the Levites are excluded). In Exek 48:32 the name 'Joseph" replaces that of "Ephraim" in the tribal listing.This happens earlier in the book of Ezekiel and so is not difficult for the reader to understand.
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>Yours,
>Harold Holmyard
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