Josh 11:20:
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KJV |
1867
Inspired Version (RLDS) |
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For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should
come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that
they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord
commanded Moses. |
For it was of the Lord to destroy them utterly, because
they hardened their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle;
that they might have no favor, that they might destroy them in battle, as the
Lord commanded Moses. |
Old Testament Manuscript 2, page 73:
Verse
20th For it was of the Lord to distroy them utterly, because they heardened
there hearts, that they should come against Israel, in battle; that they
might [ha]<ha>ve no faver, that they might destroy them <in>
battle, as the lord commanded Moses,
While the JST does, as it is wont to do, made changes to KJV
passages that speak of God hardening hearts, it is not substituting a more “sugary”
view of God: here, God wills to “destroy them utterly.” Hardly a rejection of
the reality of God’s wrath against sin and sinners.
Judg 2:18:
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KJV |
1867
Inspired Version (RLDS) |
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And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with
the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days
of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason
of them that oppressed them and vexed them. |
And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with
the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days
of the judge; for the Lord hearkened because of their groanings by
reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. |
Old Testament Manuscript 2, page 73:
18 Verse The Lord hearkened
Again, as with Josh 11:20, while Joseph Smith removed the
reference to God “repenting,” he added further force to the efficacy of
intercession: here, God hearkens to the people due to their intercessions (“groanings”),
showing that the belief that God exists in an eternal now and other aspects of “Classical
Theism” (some of which many LDS naively accept) makes nonsense of any sound
exegesis of the text.
