EXODUS 13:17-15:18
MATTHEW 21:23-46
PSALM 26:1-12
PROVERBS 6:16-19
Question of the day: Why in Proverbs 6:16 does the it say that there are six things that the Lord hates, but seven that the Lord detests?
Verse 16 uses a literary technique known as “numerical laddering” in which the number of items in a list is mentioned and then the list of items is expanded to that number plus one:
16 There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
This is the author’s way of saying that this list isn’t exhaustive. There aren’t only six things that
the Lord hates; there are seven things. If there are seven things the Lord hates, there are
probably many more things that He hates.
What are your questions?
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