Re: The sacred name (was: ach y fi etc)
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 4, 2004, 9:34 |
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At 07:20 4.3.2004, Ray Brown wrote:
>My understanding is that even the High Priest could not pronounce the holy
>name except only to God Himself on that one day, the most sacred of year,
>in the Holy of Holies. He had to communicate the correct pronunciation to
>his successor by code or some such.
Surely those standing on the other side of the Curtain
could hear him on that one day?
/BP 8^)
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