Spring, 1947 The Dead Sea Scrolls, the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century are found in a cave, near Qumran, by a Bedouin shepherd boy.

2. Genesis 12:1-3
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your
country and your kindred and your father's
house to the land that I will show you. And
I will make of you a great nation, and I will
bless you and make your name great, so
that you will be a blessing. I will bless those
who bless you, and him who dishonors you
I will curse, and in you all the families of the
earth shall be blessed.”
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3. Genesis 12:4-5a
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him,
and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-
five years old when he departed from
Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and
Lot his brother's son, & all their possessions
that they had gathered, and the people
that they had acquired in Haran, and they
set out to go to the land of Canaan.
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4. Genesis 12:5b-7
When they came to the land of Canaan,
Abram passed through the land to the
place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At
that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said,
“To your offspring I will give this land.” So
he built there an altar to the Lord, who had
appeared to him.
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5. Genesis 12:8-9
From there he moved to the hill country on
the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with
Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And
there he built an altar to the Lord and
called upon the name of the Lord. And
Abram journeyed on, still going toward the
Negeb.
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7. Most scholars believe the entire
New Testament was written less
than 40 to about 60 years of the
RESURRECTION.

8. So what advantage does the
Jew have?…Considerable in
every way. First, they were
entrusted with the spoken
words of God.
Romans 3:1-2 [HCSB]

9. Most scholars believe the entire
New Testament was written less
than 40 to about 60 years of the
RESURRECTION.
If the descendants of Abraham did
anything right, it was CAPTURING and
SECURING the WORDS of YHWH.

10. Most scholars believe the entire
New Testament was written less
than 40 to about 60 years of the
RESURRECTION.
If the descendants of Abraham did
anything right, it was CAPTURING and
SECURING the WORDS of YHWH.
The Old Testament was compiled over
a period of 1,000 to 1,200 years.

11. When Abram heard that his kinsman
had been taken captive, he led forth
his trained men, born in his house,
318 of them, and went in pursuit as
far as Dan.
Genesis 14:14 [ESV]

12. When Abram heard that his kinsman
had been taken captive, he led forth
his trained men, born in his house,
318 of them, and went in pursuit as
far as Dan.
Genesis 14:14 [ESV]
And they {the people of Dan} named
the city Dan, after the name of Dan
their ancestor, who was born to
Israel; but the name of the city was
Laish at the first.
Judges 18:29 [ESV]

13. When Abram heard that his kinsman
had been taken captive, he led forth
his trained men, born in his house,
318 of them, and went in pursuit as
far as Laish.
Genesis 14:14 [ESV]

14. The Lord said to Abram:
Go out from your land,
your relatives,
And your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.

15. “The Bible did not fall out of
the sky, bound in leather,
written in ye auld English.
The Bible is divinely given
and humanly composed.”
Mike Bird

17. Canonical Books of the OT would
be revealed by FAITH & TIME while
DIRECTED by the Spirit of YHWH.

18. Canonical Books of the OT would
be revealed by FAITH & TIME while
DIRECTED by the Spirit of YHWH.
The Hebrew OT’s canon was likely
set by the THIRD CENTURY BC.
(300BC to 150BC)

19. Canonical Books of the OT would
be revealed by FAITH & TIME while
DIRECTED by the Spirit of YHWH.
The Hebrew OT’s canon was likely
set by the THIRD CENTURY BC.
(300BC to 150BC)
The Septuagint is the
GREEK translation of the OT
created by JEWS for JEWS.

20. Canonical Books of the OT would
be revealed by FAITH & TIME while
DIRECTED by the Spirit of YHWH.
The Hebrew OT’s canon was likely
set by the THIRD CENTURY BC.
(300BC to 150BC)
The Septuagint is the
GREEK translation of the OT
created by JEWS for JEWS.
The Septuagint was the OLD TESTAMENT
to the WRITERS of the NEW TESTAMENT.

21. The Samaritan Pentateuch
contains only the Books of
MOSES which were ALTERED
to fit with their practices.

22. The Samaritan Pentateuch
contains only the Books of
MOSES which were ALTERED
to fit with their practices.
The MASORETIC TEXT was set
by Jewish leaders as the true
HEBREW OT around 100 AD.

23. The Samaritan Pentateuch
contains only the Books of
MOSES which were ALTERED
to fit with their practices.
The MASORETIC TEXT was set
by Jewish leaders as the true
HEBREW OT around 100 AD.
January 1947: The Leningradensis
is the OLDEST COMPLETE Hebrew
OT dating from 1008 AD.

24. Where are the scrolls? #1: EXILIC
DESTRUCTION of both Northern &
Southern Kingdoms who also lost
scrolls (cf King Josiah of Judah).

25. A Torah scroll that became worn out
is interred and buried next to a
Torah scholar...
Meillah 26b of the William Davidson Talmud

26. A Torah scroll that became worn out
is interred and buried next to a
Torah scholar...
Meillah 26b of the William Davidson Talmud
With regard to wrapping cloths of
Torah scrolls that have become worn
out, they may be made into shrouds
for a corpse with no one to bury it,
and this is their most appropriate
manner for being interred.
Meillah 26b of the William Davidson Talmud

27. ‫שטיסל‬
SHTI

28. Where are the scrolls? #1: EXILIC
DESTRUCTION of both Northern &
Southern Kingdoms who also lost
scrolls (cf King Josiah of Judah).
Where are the scrolls? #2: A scroll COPY EQUALS
an original & they BURY what cannot be made
KOSHER.

29. Where are the scrolls? #1: EXILIC
DESTRUCTION of both Northern &
Southern Kingdoms who also lost
scrolls (cf King Josiah of Judah).
Where are the scrolls? #2: A scroll COPY EQUALS
an original & they BURY what cannot be made
KOSHER.
SPRING, 1947: The Dead Sea Scrolls, the
greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th
CENTURY are found in a cave, near Qumran,
by a Bedouin shepherd boy.

30. Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations
their inheritance, when He divided mankind,
He fixed the borders of the peoples

31. Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations
their inheritance, when He divided mankind,
He fixed the borders of the peoples
NASB: According to the number of the sons of Israel.
HCSB: according to the number of the people of Israel.
NKJV: According to the number of the children of Israel.

32. Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations
their inheritance, when He divided mankind,
He fixed the borders of the peoples
NASB: According to the number of the sons of Israel.
HCSB: according to the number of the people of Israel.
NKJV: According to the number of the children of Israel.
ESV: according to the number of the sons of God*.
*Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel
BSB: according to the number of the sons of God*.
*DSS; LXX according to the number of the angels of God;
*MT according to the number of the sons of Israel

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