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Psalm 99

1 The Lord reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim;⁠ the earth shakes. 2 The Lord is elevated in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is holy!⁠ 4 The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob. 5 Praise the Lord our God. Worship before his footstool.⁠ He is holy! 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him.⁠ They prayed to the Lord and he answered them.⁠ 7 He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them. 8 O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds. 9 Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy.

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Compare Psalms 99:6 and 3 Enoch 48A:7

Hebrew Bible · Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses

Summary

In Psalm 99, Moses and Samuel call on God and receive an answer. In 3 Enoch, Ishmael hears of their prayers, but God promises deliverance through his own merit rather than human effort.

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Psalms 99:6

Hebrew Bible

4 The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob. 5 Praise the Lord our God. Worship before his footstool. He is holy! 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them. 7 He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them. 8 O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

600–201 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Psalms

3 Enoch 48A:7

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses · Hebrew Book of Enoch

7 And not only that, but He joined fellowship with Moses in every place, as it is written (Ps. xcix. 6): "Moses and Aaron among His priests." And again it is written (Jer. xv. 1): "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me" (Is. lxiii. 5): "My own arm brought salvation to me". 8 Said the Holy One, blessed be He, in that hour: "How long shall I wait for the children of men to work salvation according to their righteousness for my arm? For my own sake and for the sake of my merit and righteousness will I deliver my arm and by it redeem my children from among the nations of the world. As it is written (Is. xlviii. 11): "For my own sake will I do it. For how should my name be profaned".

400–600 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in 3 Enoch

References

“... While the paralleling of Moses and Samuel as intercessors already appears in the biblical tradition (Ps 99:6; Jer 15:1; cf. 3 Enoch 48A:5-7), several further resemblances exist between Samuel and Moses as prophetic and priestly figures who also fulfilled a role of civic leadership. Both figures had the titles of “prophet” (Deut 34:10; 1 Sam 3:20) and “man of God” (Deut 33:1; 1 Sam 9:6). Dale Allison observes further similarities in the biblical narratives. ...”

Jeremy Corley, No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13, in Figures who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures that Shape Figures: Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III, ed. Géza G. Xeravits and Greg Schmidt Goering (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018), 46.

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Compare Psalms 99:6 and 3 Enoch 48A:7

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