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So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of ...

There are two reasons, translations and texts, both of which have cropped up in the news of religion this year. The venerable King James Version (KJV) appeared without changes over centuries. Today, ...

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Their next section inventories the “dark side of the Bible,” detailing ... Central to the Old Testament is God’s revelation of a personal name to Moses from the burning bush—the name YHWH (Exod. 3:15) ...