Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Jože Krašovec on Psalm 106:31 and Phinehas

  

Psalm 106:31 makes a similar statement [similar to Abraham in Gen 15:6] about Phinehas in connection with the punishment of apostates: “And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness” [וַתֵּחָ֣שֶׁב ל֭וֹ לִצְדָקָ֑ה לְדֹ֥ר וָ֜דֹ֗ר עַד־עוֹלָֽם] from generation to generation forever.” Moshe Weinfeld comments on the meaning of righteousness in Deut 6:25; “The root [צדק] has a number of meanings in biblical Hebrew. It refers both to moral righteousness and legal innocence, with the extending meaning of acquittal, judicial, privilege or rather credit or merit.” (Weinfeld, Deuteronomy 1-11, 349).

 

Source: Jože Krašovec, God’s Righteousness and Justice in the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2022), 158


Further Reading:


John Murray on Genesis 15:6 and Psalm 106:31


Response to a Recent Attempt to Defend Imputed Righteousness