Talk:Ex 3:11-15

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Related to the comment that the Jews didn't say YHWH because they were wary of taking the Lord's name in vain I would be interested in understanding what that really means. Is the idea that this was a response to the command not to take the name of the Lord in vain in the 10 commandments? I would like to understand better what the commandment meant to the Jews. Does anyone have any info on this? Was this command related to obscenities as it is today? (Was using the name of the Lord as an obscenity also a practice the Jews had that they needed to guard against?) Was the command related to saying the name without real-intent (i.e. as we might end a prayer saying "in the name of Jesus Christ Amen" without giving any thought to Jesus Christ)? Was this command related to taking the name of the Lord in an oath without understanding the significance of that oath or without fulfilling it? Was it related to taking the name of the Lord on them (as we do today take the name of the Lord on us in baptism and in the sacrament) without fulfilling the obligations of that? (clearly these options aren't mutually exclusive.) --Matthew Faulconer 07:18, 30 Mar 2006 (UTC)