They name the same God, but they are different words. “God” is a title, in Hebrew Elohim. “Lord” in ordinary type is another title, Adonai, “my Lord.” When an English Bible prints LORD in capital letters, it stands for God’s own name, the four Hebrew letters YHWH, which Jewish readers do not say aloud. Both words meet in the sentence Israel was told to talk of “when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way” (Deuteronomy…

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