john hall johnhallevergonet remember didnt say necessarily good source looked good site httpwwwreligioustoleranceorgchr_10c7htm memory said accurate competence defend said james taubers response indicates breadth knowledge cant match original message james tauber mailtojtauberjtaubercom sent sunday august 25 2002 951 johnhallevergonet forkspamassassintaintorg subject biblical digression sat 24 aug 2002 110700 0700 john hall said ran across site claimed explain original meaning ten commandments seems meanings evolved bit meanings evolved mean hebrew words changed meaning understanding hebrew words changed posit premosaic form laws evolved time pentateuch particular claim commandment stealing actually specifically man stealing selling free man slavery seems bogus quick check text indicates hebrew word question ganav elsewhere pentateuch eg gen 448 used mean steal silver gold amongst things july 1999 made following comment response similar claim real meaning one ten commandments translations since cause problems successive remove original language versions though issue im sure everyone familiar argument meaning commandment thou shalt murder rather kill nothing successive translations based knowledge meaning hebrew word ratsach modern translations ive seen translate murder elsewhere word used animal killing human something english speakers wouldnt use word murder httpwwwxentcomforkarchivejuly990163html james james tauber jtauberjtaubercom httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork sun 25 aug 2002 101746 0700 source biblical digression