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On a separate field, owned by Sanhedrin, for at least a year. That's the
law. Burying of an
executed criminal in a normal cemetery area would defile it and raise
objections of the other tomb owning families.


Best regards,

Vadim Cherny


> Dear All,
> These are very interesting but bewildering.
> What sense is it that a rich man would
> have the same sort of grave as a criminal?
> I thought criminals were buried away from
> everyone else.
> Liz Fried
> A2
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
> > Harold R. Holmyard III
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:01 PM
> > To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53: in his death?
> >
> > Dear Vadim,
> >
> > >Suppose you, indeed, translate with "prophetic perfect" and "intense
> > >plural," and replace "gave" with "made." You get:
> > >
> > >they would make in his death with the rich
> > >
> > >What does THAT suppose to mean?
> >
> > HH: Here is the New International Version:
> >
> > Is. 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with
> > the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor
> > was any deceit in his mouth.
> >
> > HH: Here is the Holman Christian Standard Bible:
> >
> > He had done no wrong, and he never deceived anyone. But he
> > was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man's grave.
> >
> > HH: Here is the New King james Version:
> >
> > And they made His grave with the wicked-- But with the rich
> > at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any
> > deceit in His mouth.
> >
> > HH: Here is the New Revised Standard Version:
> >
> > They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the
> > rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no
> > deceit in his mouth.
> >
> > HH: Here is the American Standard Version:
> >
> > His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a
> > rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor
> > was there any deceit in His mouth.
> >
> > HH: Here is the New Living Translation:
> >
> > He had done no wrong, and he never deceived anyone. But he
> > was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man's grave.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Harold Holmyard
> >
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