Article May 24, 1941 Issue

Bible Notes

[The Biblical citations given in the Christian Science Quarterly are from the Authorized King James Version. The Bible Notes in this column can be used, if deemed necessary, to elucidate some of the words or passages contained in the Bible Lessons. The Notes in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon designated to be read in Christian Science churches on June 1, 1941.]

"As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people" (Ps. 125:2)—This is peculiarly vivid simile, for, situated as it is on the summit of a mountain range and with various rocky hills near by, Jerusalem is remarkably well protected by reason of its geographical position.

"Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name" (Deut. 6:13)—Here, as elsewhere in the Old Testament, when fear is mentioned in connection with God, the thought intended is clearly that of awe or reverence, rather than of fear in the sense of terror. Indeed, in the book of Deuteronomy the injunctions to fear God approach closely to the thought of loving Him. Compare Deuteronomy 10:12, where men are called upon to fear and love God at one and the same time.

"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire" (Deut. 18:10)—The practice referred to is mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament, and is often associated with the performance of certain pagan rites (cf. Lev. 18:21), but we do not have specific details with regard to it. Some authorities point out that in Deuteronomy 18:10 it is denounced as a form of superstition rather than as a type of idolatry.

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