Dr. Bernard, one of this Pentecostals frequently cite Deuteronomy 6-4.

I know you've probably cited that more times than you can count because we believe in one God,

and we use that scripture as evidence that there's one God.

I recently came across a very popular Christian

apologetics website, though, that offered this interpretation of Deuteronomy 6-4. According to this

website, it argued that the Hebrew word translated one in Deuteronomy 6-4 is a cod. I hope I'm

pronouncing that correctly. And according to this website,

that word means unity, not singularity. And it argues that that word is also used in Genesis

224 when referring to a husband and wife being one flesh. And of course, a husband and wife

are not one singular unit. They're in unity with one another.

This website also argues that there's a Hebrew word that means absolute singularity, but it's

never used in the Hebrew scriptures in reference to God. So I want to ask you today, is there any

validity to this interpretation of Deuteronomy 6-4? How should

oneness Pentecostals respond to this argument? Because this is an argument that sometimes comes up.

Yes, and it's not a very good argument. It's discussed in my book, The Oneness of God. But let me

give you a brief outline. But before answering this directly, let me address the

broader issue of interpretation. Don't be intimidated when people cite the Hebrew and Greek.

First of all, most of them, in this case, Hebrew, most of the, I doubt if the person that wrote

this is a native Hebrew speaker or a qualified Hebrew scholar. So they really don't know what they're

talking about. I'm sure you're right on both counts. So that's the first thing. Don't be intimidated.

Second, translate the argument back into English and see if you can answer it. So the word one in

English, can it mean absolute numerical oneness? Yes, we count one, two,

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