Friday, October 29, 2004

Odd Scripture Choice

Virginia is run amok with personalized license plates - from the 100s of design choices to the personal verbage. So the one that made me scratch my head this morning was of the Fight Terrorism design and the personal sentiment was the following:

EX205

Now, my first thought was that it’s Exodus 20:5. Cool, one of the 10 Commandments. But I couldn’t think which one it was since the Commandments don’t start with the first verse of chapter 20. When I got to a stop light, I pulled out the Bible that I carry in my tote bag and looked it up:

Exodus 20
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

Yikes!

I can’t but wonder if what they really wanted to convey was verse 3 but that someone else already has it on their tags.

3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

Then again, maybe it’s not supposed to be Exodus 20:5 at all, but rather it has some deeper personal meaning to the owner. Who knows? Posted by at 12:28 PM
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