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in ^ WMpM ^ tM A ^/^ Si ^ rfpL ^^ iYg , ^ bereaft they ^ infinir tiye * . Npw * ail that ^ MMM m ^ M ^ mMmtiS ^^ t ixnitd ' the same a * * $ * , ftp , / £$ & ^» tWWf # My * a # * W & thecommori v « rsii < % as the parjtidple active ^ tift eonithtfl dffaimismrt * fating , fee . The truth is , Mr . BellamyfaieW ^ lleiiou ^ h that OH iMm the infinitive mood , ahd , as a pfbofont , has brbu ^ it forth a host df exattfgles in the infinitive likewise , although , according ttf ttie idioni of our language , ' they are very properly translated in the authorized Bible as rarticiDles active they are very properly translated tn the authorized Bible as participles active
Whkt ^ appejare equally certain , is , that T . W ., when objecting . tt > Mr . Bellamy that C 3 Vt is in the infinitive mood , and not in the participle active , is himself Wholly ignorant of that peculiarity of Hebrew construction , according to which the infinitive is occasionally used to denote the time being , and which is then very suitably rendered into English by the participle active . As a proof of this I need only quote , in addition to the passages referred to by Mr ; Bellamy , Isa . xxii . 13 , -ita bm \ M DfTOI Ipl JHfl nnnty \ ibfo HJm tV nmOJI which is thus translated in the authorized version : "And
behold joy and gladness , slaying oxen , and killing sheep , eating flesh , and drinking wine , " In the first clause of the thirteenth verse , Mr . Bellamy defends his variations on the same grounds as before ; and as there appears no fair reason to question his right of following the received version whenever he thinks proper so to do , we are not , I presume , warranted in condemning the translation which he proposes , particularly as it must be allowed to yield good sense .
Thus muph might be said to shew that on the strength of verbal criticism and correct grammatical construction alone , Mr , Bellamy ' s new version is consonant with the original . A consideration , however , of the time and place when and where the event , as narrated by Mr . Bellamy , is stated by the sacred writer to have occurred , will throw no small light on the whole transaction . The Israelites under Joshua were engaged in warfare with the idolatrous kings of the Amorites , whom they sought to vanquish in Order to establish themselves in the land of Canaan . In the whole of the . district
where this contest took place , the inhabitants worshiped a 3 their primary idols the symbols of ( E ? ptp ) the sunlight and of ( ITV ) the rnoonlight in their temples , whipb , when dedicated to the former , were built on the tops of mountains or high places , but when dedicated to the latter , in valleys . It would also appear that Gibeon and Ajalon were noted places for the worship of these idols , the former of which lay eastward in the tribe of Benjamin , and the latter at a considerable distance directly to the west , on the extreme part of the land bounded by the Mediterranean sea . Now it was
at the time that the Amorites were completely overthrown , that , agreeably to the Hebrew text and to Mr . Bellamy ' s versicui , one of those occurrences took place which are frequently termed by some " strange coincidences , " whilst others designate them as " the special leadings of Providence , " but which ( however they may be called ) are neither more nor less than divine
miracles , inasmuch as they can in no wise Ite effected or controuled by human powers . In s ^ ort , the victory was decided in favour of thd Israelites , ana to the destruction 6 f the idolatry of the Amorites ^ precisely at the time of the full moon , when , in the words of the text ; the sun wa& setting on Gibeon and the moon rising over Ajalon . But it would be unpardonable here not to let Mr . © ellatfiy fepeak tor himself in his ccmcliidwig note on this subject : " One' thing is more rfhgu ^ tofy * \ fe , fw itl the order of Divine Frovidence respecting the idqlaters ojf jtjanaan . Wb 3 l £ fttefc lights
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On ^ Mr * Qellqmyh trmdatipn of . tjie Commani of Joshua . 575
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1827, page 575, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1799/page/23/
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