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== Questions ==
 
== Questions ==
 
===Verse 5===
 
===Verse 5===
* ''Sanctified unto us for righteousness.''  [[Ps 106:31]] uses similar wording to apparently describe a very violent act of Phineas (cf. [[Num 25:6]]-8).  The near-sacrifice of Isaac is also a (nearly) violent episode.  Here, the keeping of the law of Moses is explicitly drawn into comparison with this near-violent act of violence.  Why?  Is this referring to the violent nature of animal sacrifice?  Something else?  (Notice the violent episode in [[1 Ne 4:13]], Nephi slaying Laban, also uses similar wording: "the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.")
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* ''Sanctified unto us for righteousness.'' Cf. [[Gen 15:6]]. [[Ps 106:31]] also uses similar wording to apparently describe a very violent act of Phineas (cf. [[Num 25:6]]-8).  The near-sacrifice of Isaac is also a (nearly) violent episode.  Here, the keeping of the law of Moses is explicitly drawn into comparison with this near-violent act of violence.  Why?  Is this referring to the violent nature of animal sacrifice?  Something else?  (Notice the violent episode in [[1 Ne 4:13]], Nephi slaying Laban, also uses similar wording: "the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.")
  
 
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Verse 5

  • Sanctified unto us for righteousness. Cf. Gen 15:6. Ps 106:31 also uses similar wording to apparently describe a very violent act of Phineas (cf. Num 25:6-8). The near-sacrifice of Isaac is also a (nearly) violent episode. Here, the keeping of the law of Moses is explicitly drawn into comparison with this near-violent act of violence. Why? Is this referring to the violent nature of animal sacrifice? Something else? (Notice the violent episode in 1 Ne 4:13, Nephi slaying Laban, also uses similar wording: "the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.")

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