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COINCIDENCES IN THE BIBLE AND IN BIBLICAL HEBREW
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            The “good” and “bad” combination appears in the Bible, in its various forms,
          thirty-two times. These are all enumerated below:


              Genesis 2:9, 17; 3:5, 22; 24:50; 31:24, 29
              Numbers 13:19
              Leviticus 27:10, 12, 14, 33
              Deuteronomy 1:39
              2 Samuel 13:22; 14:17; 19:36
              1 Kings 3:9
              Isaiah 5:20
              Jeremiah 42:6
              Amos 5:14, 15
              Micah 3:2

              Psalms 31:12; 34:15; 37:27; 52:5
              Proverbs 15:3; 31:12
              Job 30:26
              Lamentations 3:38
              Ecclesiastes 12:14
              2 Chronicles 18:17

            Close examination of the various usages of “good” and “bad” reveals surprising
          correspondence with modern-day usage of “good” and “bad,” in the sense pur-
          sued in quality engineering.
            To understand this correspondence, let us recall how monotheism relates to
          God. There are two logically unrelated references to God:

              •  Creator  of  heaven  and  earth—that  is,  the  Supreme  Divine  who  laid
                  down the laws of nature, the world’s design , the world’s specifications  .


              •  The source of human morality, who has definite requirements regarding
                  human moral conduct.

            Thus, monotheism perceives God’s requirements as embodied on two different
          planes:
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