I hope your study likes "being sat on" by the CO , some don't like it that way so much.
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CO will sit in on my "study" this week: any suggestions?
by InterestedOne inin my "study" with jw's, we're in ch 7 of the "bible teach" book.
we did pars 17-20 last week.
this week, the co is in town, and my conductor is having him sit in.
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die----Where Does That Come From?
by cameo-d inisn't that wt's calling card?
isn't that how it all started?
where does this phrase "millions now living will never die" come from?
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itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat
You are correct, and very few know the history. This is what I had on it. It is cross referenced in Proclaimers Book so not completely obscured...
A public talk titled "The World Has Ended; Millions Now Living May Never Die" was first delivered on February 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, California. Just five weeks later, on March 31, 1918 the title was changed to indicate absolute certainty and the word "May" was substituted by the word "Will". So the new title became "The World Has Ended; Millions Now Living Will Never Die." The public talk continued to be delivered under that same title until 1925. The material in that talk was published in 1920. For decades Jehovah's Witnesses believed that they would never die in this system and that they would simply pass on into a righteous new earth. Now, of course, that belief has been dropped and it is considered "old light."
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Some observations from the KM Elder School I wanted to share with you.
by miseryloveselders inmy school was a couple weeks back, and it was interesting to a degree.
to be honest with you, it reminded me of a police crime scene investigation with yellow tape.
what i mean is, in one respect it was business as usual.
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are a few humble men.... retarded this morning
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Some observations from the KM Elder School I wanted to share with you.
by miseryloveselders inmy school was a couple weeks back, and it was interesting to a degree.
to be honest with you, it reminded me of a police crime scene investigation with yellow tape.
what i mean is, in one respect it was business as usual.
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AWHhhh crap. This changes everything....huh where am I?? As I said in another posting... There is A few humble men left as elders but in reality with much to be humble about.....
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Somebody bite on the **Daniel 5:25 NWT-Cross Reference Why Half Shekel? Not half mene?**
by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat ini wanna talk about this more....please.
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itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat
Leolaia you have a pm
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Somebody bite on the **Daniel 5:25 NWT-Cross Reference Why Half Shekel? Not half mene?**
by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat ini wanna talk about this more....please.
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itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat
Who is Otto Eisenfelt? No search brings up his name?? Where is your reference for the society using him as the source for half shekel rendering?
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Somebody bite on the **Daniel 5:25 NWT-Cross Reference Why Half Shekel? Not half mene?**
by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat ini wanna talk about this more....please.
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itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat
"But Ezekiel 45:12 shows that Jews in the Babylonian captivity recognized that the mina equalled 60 shekels or 1200 gerahs."
At a later time
p. 197 BABYLONIAN TALMUD (Sancino)
Should one who sells at cost be called a merchant? Therefore said R. Hisda: Samuel
took as a basis for his decision the following verse [Ezek. xlv. 12]: "And the shekel shall be
twenty gerahs: (in pieces of) twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be
your maneh." Was, then, a maneh sixty shekels, which makes two hundred and forty zuz?
Therefore from this verse may be inferred three things: (a) That the maneh of the sanctuary was
in value twice as much as the common shekel; (b) that it is allowed to increase a sixth, but not
more; and (c) that the sixth may be added even from outside (e.g., to add ten to fifty, so that the
sixth may be reckoned after being added, as the maneh of Ezekiel is sixty shekels, while a
maneh in general contains twenty-five shekels). Note value altered in Ezekiels time to up the 50 shekels to 60 shekels.
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Somebody bite on the **Daniel 5:25 NWT-Cross Reference Why Half Shekel? Not half mene?**
by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat ini wanna talk about this more....please.
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itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat
My terminology was off by saying babylonian money, more like (Aramaic/Hebrew) but what about the rest of the items? Although known in babylonian circles or terminology at the time.
the early reference was
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Curious Confused - Another One for you
by truthlover inthe new numbers for the annointed are out -- 11,202 - up again this year - is there any buzz as to why this is happening?.
with all the old guard gb gone now with bro barr's death - we should never be at this point in time -- does this concern you?.
tl.
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itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat
curiousconfused you have a pm
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Somebody bite on the **Daniel 5:25 NWT-Cross Reference Why Half Shekel? Not half mene?**
by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat ini wanna talk about this more....please.
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itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat
Hebrew Weights. Common Babylonian verbage at the time of Daniel? You tell me?
Archaeological evidence suggests that a shekel weighed approximately 11.4 g (0.403 oz avdp; 0.367 oz t).
Using this as a basis, the chart that follows sets forth the relationship of the Hebrew weights and their approximate modern equivalent.
Weights
Modern Equivalent
1 gerah = 1⁄20 shekel 0.57 g (0.01835 oz t)
1 bekah
(half shekel) = 10 gerahs 5.7 g (0.1835 oz t)
1 shekel = 2 bekahs 11.4 g (0.367 oz t)
1 mina
(maneh) = 50 shekels 570 g (18.35 oz t)
1 talent = 60 minas 34.2 kg (75.5 lb avdp;
91.75 lb t; 1101 oz t)