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oristarA
 
Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 04:46 am
I read 15:1 as "fifteen one" or "chapter fifteenth first". Which one is right?

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"Every seventh year you shall grant a remission of debts," Deuteronomy 15:1 reads. "And this is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall remit the claim that is held against a neighbor, not exacting it of a neighbor who is a member of the community, because the Lord's remission has been proclaimed."
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Wilso
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 04:59 am
If you're referring to it as a biblical text, I'd read it as chapter 15, verse 1.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 05:09 am
Chapter fifteenth, verse first? Or Chapter fifteen, verse one?
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Wilso
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 05:09 am
The second one.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 05:10 am
Thanks Wilso! Very Happy
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Wilso
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 05:10 am
Might be a good question for a religious thread. I'm certainly no expert on anything biblical.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 05:14 am
Quote:
Chapter fifteen, verse one


Sounds right to me!
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oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 05:16 am
Phoenix, thanks for reconfirming.
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Monger
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 06:41 am
"Deuteronomy fifteen one" would also be a perfectly acceptable way to read it, as most people would assume you're referring to a chapter and verse.

oristarA wrote:
Chapter fifteenth, verse first? Or Chapter fifteen, verse one?

The 2nd one is correct, but note that the first one would also be OK if it was rewritten as "Fifteenth chapter, first verse."
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jan, 2004 10:27 am
Ordinal numbers (first, second...) are adjectives Oristar, that's why they preceed the described word.

e.g. first verse instead of verse first.
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