"And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up
to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:
for out of Zion shall go forth the law [TORAH], and the WORD
OF THE LORD from Jerusalem."
In this verse, we can see an example of Hebrew parallelism. "Out
of Zion shall go forth the Torah" is the same as "The Word of
the Lord from Jerusalem." Therefore, from this example, we can
see that the Torah and the Word of the L-rd are used synonymously
in the Bible.
Another example where we can see the word TORAH used interchangeably
with the WORD OF THE LORD is in Psalm 119. In Psalm (Tehillim)
119:97 it is written:
"O how love I thy law [Torah]! it is my meditation all the
day."
In Psalm (Tehillim) 119:105 it is written:
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
Once again, we can see from the example in Psalm (Tehillim) 119
that in one verse, David refers to the TORAH and in verses following
he refers to the WORD OF GOD. Therefore, in a strict interpretation
of the meaning of the word, TORAH, the Torah is the first five
books of the Bible. However, in a broad sense, everything in the
Bible from Genesis (Bereishit) to Revelation should be seen as
the G-d of Israel’s TORAH or instruction to His people.
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