*Romans 3:4 - Paul Wrote zaka (ܙܟܐ) for zakah (זָכָה) - Greek Had To Flatten It To nikao (νικάω)* Greek says Paul quoted LXX. He didn't. LXX quoted Hebrew, then Paul quoted Hebrew, then Greeks had to flatten Paul to make Greeks understand. *1. Paul Wrote In Aramaic To Jewish Messianic Leaders In Rome* Romans is not a Gentile letter. Romans is to Jewish assembly in Rome - *Rom 1:7 - le-kulhon dabe-Roma (ܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܕܒܪܘܡܐ)* - to all who are in Roma. Claudius expelled Jews - Acts 18:2 - Aquila and Priscilla. They return. Assembly split Jew/Gentile. Paul writes to leaders to settle it - *Rom 3:1-2 "What advantage hath the Jew? Much - to them were committed oracles of God"*. He writes *zaka (ܙܟܐ)* - not Greek. *Peshitta Rom 3:4:* > *d'tehwe kayen be-melayk wa-tezkhe kad daynin lakh (ܕܬܗܘܐ ܟܐܝܢ ܒܡܠܝܟ ܘܬܙܟܐ ܟܕ ܕܝܢܝܢ ܠܟ)* > "that You may be just in Your words, and be *zaka (ܙܟܐ)* when they judge You" Same root as Hebrew. *Ps 51:6 MT - Ps 51:4 Eng:* > *...
Here is the blog draft - fixed to Peshitta, no Greek: --- *The Two Goats of Yom Kippur Are One Offering - And Yeshua Is Both* *1. Are the goats required to be pure?* Yes. *Leviticus 22:19-22* - every offering must be *תמים - tamim*, without blemish. - *Passover - Ex 12:5:* *שֶׂה תָמִים - seh tamim* - a pure seh, and seh can be from sheep OR goats - *מִן־הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן־הָעִזִּים* - *Yom Kippur - Lev 16:5:* *שְׁנֵי־שְׂעִירֵי עִזִּים - two se'irei izzim* - shaggy he-goats. Must be identical per Yoma 6:1 - same color, size, value, bought together. Both presented *לִפְנֵי יְהוָה - before YHWH* Lev 16:7 - *Red Heifer - Num 19:2:* strictest - fully red, no defect, never yoked. Same purity principle, different fences. *2. Is one of those goat words used for demons?* Yes. *שָׂעִיר - sa'ir* = hairy one. *Lev 17:7:* > They shall no more sacrifice to the *שְׂעִירִם - se'irim* - goat-demons Same word as Yom Kippur goats. Isaiah 13:21, 34:14 - *sa'ir* dwelling in ru...