The shapes of demons

by somebody 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  somebody

  Can any JW or XJW explain why the wbts's NWT Bible uses "goat-shaped demon" in certain scriptures where the word goat appears?

  2nd Chronicles 11:15....

  15 And he proceeded to put in office for himself priests for the high places and for the goat-shaped demons and for the calves that he had made.

  What? !!! No calf-shaped demons? !!!

  Lev. 17:7

  7 So they should no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat-shaped demons with which they are having immoral intercourse.

  Isaiah 13:21

  21 And there the haunters of waterless regions will certainly lie down, and their houses must be filled with eagle owls. And there the ostriches must reside, and goat-shaped demons themselves will go skipping about there.

  peace,
  somebody ......who wonders if demons also come penis-shaped. For that matter, if demons come in shapes...then they probably come in sizes too!
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  Nemesis

  Somebody:
  
  I don’t know why they have opted for that translation, I have just looked it up on Blue letter Bible ( http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/2Ch/2Ch011.html#top) and Strong’s, make of it what you will:

  08163 sa`iyr {saw-eer'} or sa`ir {saw-eer'}

  from 08175; TWOT - 2274c,2274e

  AV - kid 28, goat 24, devil 2, satyr 2, hairy 2, rough 1; 59

  adj
  1) hairy
  n m
  2) he-goat, buck
  2a) as sacrificial animal
  2b) satyr, may refer to a demon possessed goat like the swine of
  Gadara (Mt. 8:30-32)
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  SmokeEater

  Come'on.... We all know that Demons come in the shapes of Smurfs, Troll Dolls, Teletubbies, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Crystals, and Dream Catchers... Forget what the Bible says...
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  somebody

  Hi Nemesis,

  Thank you for the info and the link. It's kept me busy for a long time! I'll use it in the future too.

  SmokeEater,
  

  Come'on.... We all know that Demons come in the shapes of Smurfs, Troll Dolls, Teletubbies, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Crystals, and Dream Catchers...

  Lest we forget that demons come in the shape of anything at all bought at a yard sale too.

  peace,
  somebody