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Deuteronomy 6:4
AMP
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one [the only God]!
AMPC
Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord].
BRG
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
CSB
“Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
DRA
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.
ERV
“Listen, people of Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is the only God.
EASY
Listen, Israelites! The Lord alone is our God. There is no other true God.
EHV
Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
ESV
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
ESVUK
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
AMP
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one [the only God]!
AMPC
Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord].
BRG
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
CSB
“Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
DRA
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.
ERV
“Listen, people of Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is the only God.
EASY
Listen, Israelites! The Lord alone is our God. There is no other true God.
EHV
Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is one!
ESV
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
ESVUK
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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Is that "one Lord" the LORD God or the Lord Jesus Christ? (Hint: both).
It would be remiss to insist that "one" can only mean that YHWH is only a single individual instead of a unity since scripture plainly references "one" as being a unity.
12 tribes = one nation
Many members = one body.
Husband & wife = one flesh.
etc.
It is easy to show that ancient Jews most certainly believed that YHWH was a unity for centuries.
Such evidence can be seen by Jewish scholars, such as Alan F. Segal and Benjamin D. Sommers, who both wrote books documented with substantial footnotes of the beliefs of ancient Jews.
Not only did ancient Jews believe YHWH was a unity, but they also fully recognized that it DID NOT violate monotheism at all.
And I will remind folks that neither of these men thought Jesus was the Messiah, so no one can accuse them of a 'Christian' spin on their research.
Two Powers In Heaven by Alan F. Segal
The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel by Benjamin D. Sommer
Both of these books are documented to the hilt with actual ancient Jewish writings and the scriptures that led them to this unequivocal belief.
This is an issue that must be studied as THEOLOGY, not MATHAMATICS.
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oatmeal
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oatmeal
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Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
tells us that God gave the promise of pneuma hagion to his son to give to us
oatmeal
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Yes, you have shown a list of one type of entity that is a subset of a different kind of entity.
Since we should look at scripture instead of other sources, may I suggest you reread the list of verses I provided to see that the Lord God is the only one.
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“Listen, people of Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is the only God.
oatmeal
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Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
makes it very clear that there are two lords, one is the Lord God and the other is the lord Jesus Christ who is the son of God.
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Eph 4:5 (KJV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Eph 4:6 (KJV) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Eph 4:6 (KJV) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
It shows that a unity (many membered: as hand, foot, eye, ear) can be referred to as a single ("one") body.
Multiple members functioning in unity for one purpose.
Which is why you shouldn't be so literally strict with the word "one" when it comes to theological issues or you end up with contradictory statements.
It is the same reason to not be so literally strict with other theological issues as well.
For instance, one can say that YHWH can be everywhere (as scripture proclaims) and yet can still say that YHWH can show up or leave places (as scripture proclaims).
They both make an important theological point, but if either is taken in a literally strict manner then you end up with contradictory statements.
I assure you that the 2 books I mentioned are packed with scriptures showing the theological implications that YHWH is a unity and that the ancients Jews believed it for centuries and did not consider it to be disloyal to monotheism.
Why would you think that modern day men would know more about what the scriptural language meant than the ancient men that lived in the time and culture it was written?