Esther 7:7

The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.

From Background Notes [BN] for June 21st & 22nd written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Our photographic copies of the original Masora reveal other interesting "accents" to the biblical text, one of them in the book of Esther. In four different verses (1:20; 5:4; 5:13; 7:7) the scribes, when they copied the Hebrew Text, made certain letters larger than others.

These letters came in groups of four and spelled out the sacred Name YHWH. The emphasis on these letters was not arbitrary, since they fell at the beginning or the end of consecutive Hebrew words, spelling the sacred Name either backwards or forwards. This same coding method appears in Psalm 96:11.  [BN,4]

Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:

* Saturday 6:00pm
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