[We are in the season of revisits and revisions. This was first posted May 21, 2012; we revised the original article in this repost. Question: Has the Creator-God given humanity knowledge about Himself or has He left humanity ignorant and guessing
- Who He is,
- what is He like,
- how He is to be called, i.e., by what title or name?
How does humanity distinguish Him from other gods competing with Him in the mind of god-seeking but ignorant humanity who then resorts to creating god in man’s image in humanity’s zealous search for God and true knowledge of Him? Where is one to go to get reliable answers?
The series IN HIS NAME was intended to address these questions and more, please check out:- IN HIS NAME: What’s in a name? – 1
- IN HIS NAME – Whose ‘Word’ is the Bible? – 2
- IN HIS NAME: YHWH True Name of our Creator – 4
- IN HIS NAME: The Revelation of The Name in Exodus – 6
- Revisited: IN HIS NAME, amen! -8
- The Names of God – a Jewish perspective
- The Names of God —- Perspective of a Noahide
- God Has Two Names?
- Revisited The Awesome Self-Description of God
In this particular post, we simply quote the words of the Revelator on Sinai, what He has spoken to the recipient(s) of His revelation. Here, we merely present scripture in 3 translations:
- AST-ArtScroll Tanach which uses “HaShem” (The Name)
- NASB-New American Standard Bible, like all Christian translations, uses “LORD”
- and our translation of choice, [EF] Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses which uses YHWH for LORD/HaSHEM which are circumlocutions for the Tetragrammaton Name.
Please note what a big difference it is to actually READ or HEAR or KNOW the NAME ‘YHWH’, instead of circumlocutions such as “HaShem” and “the LORD.” No one can substitute another name which could be done if the circumlocutions ‘the Name’ or ‘the LORD’ are used; you see, if the God that you worship has a name other then YHWH, you can indeed substitute your God’s name for ‘the Name’ and ‘the LORD’. Get the point? Which is why we insist in this website in declaring the Name YHWH to avoid confusion and for absolute clarity of WHO is the God we, Sinaites, worship!—-Admin1]
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Exodus 3:13-15
[AST] –13 Moses said to God , “Behold, when I come to the Children of Israel and say to them, “The God of your forefathers has sent to me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His Name? – what shall I say to them? 14 God answered Moses , “I Shall Be As I Shall Be.” And He said, “So shall you say to the Children of Israel, ‘I Shall Be has sent me to you.’” 15 God said further to Moses, “So shall you say to the Children of Israel, ‘HASHEM, the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has dispatched me to you. This is My Name forever, and this is My remembrance from generation to generation.’ [NASB] – 13 Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM “; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ “ 15 God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations. [EF] 13 Moshe said to God: Here, I will come to the Children of Israel and I will say to them: The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they will say to me: What is his name?—what shall I say to them?14 God said to Moshe: EHYEH ASHER EHYEH/I will be-there howsoever I will be-there. And he said: Thus shall you say to the Children of Israel: EHYEH/I –WILL-BE-THERE sends me to you.
15 And God said further to Moshe: Thus shall you say to the Children of Israel: YHWH, the God of your fathers, the God of Avraham, the God of Yitzhak, and the God of Yaakov, sends me to you.
Exodus 5:1-4 [AST] –Afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “So said HASHEM, the God of Israel, ‘Send out My people that they may celebrate for Me in the Wilderness.’” 2 Pharaoh replied, “Who is HASHEM that I should heed His voice to send out Israel? I do not know HASHEM, nor will I send out Israel!” 3 So they said, “The God of the Hebrews happened upon us. Let us now go for a three-day journey in the Wilderness and we shall bring offerings to HASHEM, our God, lest He strike us dead with the plague or the sword.” 4 The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you disturb the people from its work? Go to your burdens.” [NASB] – 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says theLORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in thewilderness.’ “ 2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.” 3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” 4 But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labors!” [EF] 1 Afterward Moshe and Aharon came and said to Pharaoh; Thus says YHWH, the God of Israel: Send free my people, that they may hold-a-festival to me in the wilderness!2 Pharaoh said: Who is YHWH, that I should hearken to his voice to send Israel free? I do not know YHWH, moreover, Israel I will not send free!
3. They said: The God of the Hebrews has met with us; pray let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, and let us slaughter (offerings) to YHWH our God, lest he confront us with the pestilence or the sword!
4 The king of Egypt said to them: For-what-reason, Moshe and Aharon, would you let the people loose from their tasks? Go back to your burdens!
Exodus 6:1-8
[AST] – 1 HASHEM said to Moses, “Now you will see what I shall do to Pharaoh, for through a strong hand will he send them out, and with a strong hand will he drive them from his land.”
2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am HASHEM.
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El Shaddai, but My Name HASHEM I did not make Myself known to them.
4 Moreover, I established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourning, in which they sojourned.
5 Moreover, I have heard the groan of the Children of Israel whom Egypt enslaves and I have remembered My covenant.
6 Therefore, say to the Children of Israel: ‘I am HASHEM, and I shall take you out from under the burdens of Egypt; I shall rescue you from their service; I shall redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7 I shall take you to Me for a people and I shall be a God to you; and you shall know that I am HASHEM your God, Who takes you out from under the burdens of Egypt.
8 I shall bring you to the land about which I raised My hand to give it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I shall give it to you as a heritage – I am HASHEM.’”
[NASB] – 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”
2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD;
3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
4 “I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land inwhich they sojourned.
5 “Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians areholding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
6 “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from underthe burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeemyou with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7 ‘Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 ‘I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I willgive it to you for a possession; I am the LORD.’ “
[EF] 1 YHWH said to Moshe: Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand he will send them free, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.
2 God spoke to Moshe, he said to him: I am YHWH
3 I was seen by Avraham, by Yitzhak, and by Yaakov as God Shaddai, but (by) my name YHWH I was not known to them.
4 I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, where they had sojourned.
5 And I have also heard the moaning of the Children of Israel, whom Egypt is holding-in-servitude, and I have called-to-mind my covenant.
6 Therefore, say to the Children of Israel: I am YHWH; I will bring you out from beneath the burdens of Egypt, I will rescue you from servitude to them, I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, with great (acts of) judgement;
7 I will take you for me as a people, and I will be for you as a God; and you shall know that I am YHWH your God, who brings you out from beneath the burden of Egypt.
8 I will bring you into the land (over) which I lifted my hand (in an oath) to give to Avraham, to Yitzhak, and to Yaakov. I will give it to you as a possession, I, YHWH.
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