Num 16:39 - So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,. Ex 39:3 - They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen-the work of a skilled craftsman.This verb occurs 11 times in the OT as follows: The verb in Isa 42:5 translated "spread forth" is רָקַע whose meanings are given in the appendix below. If any of you could explain how this conclusion has been reached, why, and what is the actual meaning of this verse, I would be very appreciative. No further explanation is given as to how the words don't necessitate a flat earth theory. The main idea in the passage is not to teach the form in which the earth is made, but to show that it has been made by God."īut, I do not see how this conclusion has been reached. The words, however, which are used here are not inconsistent with the idea that the earth is a sphere, since it may still be represented as stretched out, or expanded to a vast extent. "that spread forth the earth - He stretched it out as a plain - retaining the idea which was so common among the ancients that the earth was a vast plain, reaching from one end of the heavens to the other. However, Barnes' Notes on the Bible states: On a basic reading of this passage, it seems to promote a theory that the earth is flat due to it being "spread forth". Isaiah 42:5 - "Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein"
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