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  • From: Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] verse numbering in Exodus 12
  • Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:02:08 -0800 (PST)

--- Gary Hedrick <garyh AT cjfm.org> wrote:

> Joel, don't you mean Ex. 20? Perhaps the
> difference in verse
> numbering is related to the fact that the rabbis
> consider the introduction
> ("I am the LORD your God," v. 2) to be the first
> commandment, even though
> the verse itself lacks an imperative verb and cannot
> therefore be a command
> per se.

You mean ten "words".

Tory Thorpe






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