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45. One Hebrew Word that Means Work, Serve, AND Worship: Explanation and Implications

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The Hebrew Root of Vod, Is Not Just Work and Worship, but Serve?

The root of Vod can mean work and worship, the other one is serve. The problem in the beginning of Exodus is that the Hebrew people are having to do really harsh Avoda, really harsh service for King Pharaoh. That's the clear problem. And then when God sends Moses, and here's what we miss when you read English translations almost always because they don't transit the same way. He has Moses say these famous words to Pharaoh, let my people go.

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