Lin

“The Judges were all sent to deliver Israel from their enemies.  This means that it was impossible for Deborah to be a judgment against Israel when she was sent to deliver Israel.”

Cheryl, this is so clear in scripture and any attempt to paint Deborah as a judgement upon Israel is adding to the Word.

I also agree with you about Barak. He was not being weak. He was recognizing God’s provision.

The Isaiah 3 passage and the Psalms 68:11 passage were  huge indicators to me that translations have been tampered with by male translators with an agenda. It is criminal.

I would like to study more on how the LXX was used in the NT. I found some sites that give all the passages from the LXX quoted in the NT. I have not had time to go through and see which ones are quoted by Jesus …yet.

But, it is obvious that many in the early church would have understood Gen 3 from the LXX translation which is much different than what we read in our translations. It is a very interesting topic that I would love to delve into deeper.