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To: kosta50
Whoa!!! wait a minute. Verse 18 links "the way of a man with a maid" with the other three things before it that it says are "too wonderful for me": the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid."

Verse 20 "such is the way of an adulterous woman" is certainly not something the writer would consider to be "too wonderful" for him. Verses 19 and 20 are parenthetical verses while verse 20 goes back to verse 17 ---

11,239 posted on 03/05/2007 12:17:40 PM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip

I still don't see how 20 relates to 17. But, be it as it may, "the way a man with a maid /almah/" hardly suggests virginity or chastity for that word. It also does nothing to explain Barnes' false claim.


11,240 posted on 03/05/2007 2:18:56 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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