A.--(Reads).--"Thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow."

B.--If I were to attempt to prove to you that "lend" and "borrow" were exactly the same,

what would you think of me?

A.--I should think that you were well on the way of financial failure.

B.--It would be interesting to know what the Hebrew word for "lend" is.

A.--(Turning to concordance).--The Hebrew word is abat.

B.--I wonder what the Hebrew word for "borrow" is.

A.--(Again turning to concordance).--It is abat, as well!

B.--What! The same word for both "lend" and "borrow"? You have not hesitated to

call the offering of Christ the "sin of sins" upon the evidence of the concordance, yet you

refuse to consider that if I borrow $1 of you it is exactly the same as if I lent you $1

A.--But this is farcical!

B.--I know it is, but can I not persuade you if I very solemnly remark that "in the

inspired language of Scripture there is no other term, and that this is not accidental, but

points the path of truth?"

A.--I am afraid you could not.

B.--Let us have another example. Gen. 1: 1 reads: "In the beginning God created the

heaven and the earth." Will you tell me what the Hebrew word for "create" may be?

A.--It is bara.

B.--Is there any other Hebrew word translated "create"?

A.--No, every occurrence of the word "create" in the O.T. is a translation of this one

word.

B.--Will you now read Josh. 17: 18"

A.--(Reads).--"It is a wood and thou shalt cut it down."

B.--What is the Hebrew word for "cut it down".