Saturday, August 08, 2009

Old Testment Disciple's Prayer

Tomorrow in church we will be studying the Lord's Prayer (really the disciples) from Matthew 6:5-15. So I began to wonder if the Old Testament had any similar prayers and as always Google did not fail to bring back some relevant finds on the first page.

The first Lord's Prayer can be found in the Pentateuch. Lancelot Andrews (1555-1626), an Anglican writer, paraphrased the Lord's Prayer from Old Testament passages:
Let thy name be called upon of us. (Genesis 4:26). Be thou our shield and our exceeding great reward (Genesis 15:1). What word so ever proceedeth from thee, Let it not be in us to speak aught against it, whether good or bad, (Numbers 24:13). Give us bread to eat and raiment to put on. (Genesis 2:8-20). And now pardon the iniquity and the unrighteousness of thy servants. (Numbers 14:19). And, O Lord, let us not think anxiously in our hearts all the day long. (Deuteronomy 28:32). And let no evils take hold of us, (Deuteronomy 31:17)
The second is a passage from Numbers 6:24-26. While not a complete duplicate it was close.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

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