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be one of the most frequently occurring words in our English Bibles today. Yet, without exception,
all of the most popular Bible versions have removed the memorial name of God from the Scriptures
and have replaced it with a titular substitute. In most cases, Yahweh has been replaced with “God,”
“Lord,” or “Lord God.” The words Lord and God are NOT names. They are nouns denoting one who
is a ruler, and a deity. They are like the word “father.” I am a father, and at times my children may
call me “father,” or “dad.” However, neither of these words are my name. They describe my position
in the family, but my name is Joseph.

The replacement of the name of Yahweh with a title began with the ancient Hebrews. The Jewish
people are renowned for adding to, and taking away from, the word of God. Christ chided them for
this 2,000 years ago.

Matthew 15:6
“Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.”

Mark 7:13
“Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And
many such things you do.”

The Jewish religious leaders devised what are known as “fence laws.” These were regulations that
they devised in order to insure that no man would accidentally transgress a commandment of
Yahweh. For example, in the Old Testament Yahweh commanded that a man could not be beaten
with more than forty stripes.

Deuteronomy 25:1-3
If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they
justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, then it shall be if the wicked man deserves to be
beaten, the judge shall then make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of
stripes according to his guilt. He may beat him forty times but no more, lest he beat him with many
more stripes than these, and your brother be degraded in your eyes.

To avoid accidentally transgressing the commandment of Yahweh, the Jewish religious leaders
established a law that said a man could only be beaten 39 times. This way they would not
accidentally violate Yahweh’s commandment by striking the man one time too many. We see that
this “fence law” was practiced in the day in which Paul lived.

II Corinthians 11:24
From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.

One of the more grievous fence laws that the Jews devised was a result of misinterpreting the third
of the ten commandments.

Exodus 20:7
“You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God (Elohim) in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him
guiltless who takes His name in vain.”