Comments on: The Breastplate of Righteousness http://mvtclass.com/2009/05/26/righteousness/ Mary Virginia Thomas Sunday School Class Blog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:50:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: karendaniels http://mvtclass.com/2009/05/26/righteousness/comment-page-1/#comment-127 karendaniels Wed, 27 May 2009 09:38:16 +0000 http://mvtclass.com/?p=201#comment-127 I find it interesting that the Hebrew translation of Deut. 16:20 reads...<em>tsedeq, tsedeq</em>...which not only refers to justice, but "honesty"...when inserted into the passage - "Honesty, honesty you shall pursue... In Amos 5:24 the Hebrew translation of justice uses the word <em>mishpat</em>, which also translates into "judgment"; and righteousness (<em>tsedaqah</em>) is defined as "charity and benevolence". Makes for some very intersting reading! - Karen I find it interesting that the Hebrew translation of Deut. 16:20 reads…tsedeq, tsedeq…which not only refers to justice, but “honesty”…when inserted into the passage – “Honesty, honesty you shall pursue…

In Amos 5:24 the Hebrew translation of justice uses the word mishpat, which also translates into “judgment”; and righteousness (tsedaqah) is defined as “charity and benevolence”.

Makes for some very intersting reading! – Karen

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