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:''Can two walk together, except they be agreed?<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Am 3:3–4.</ref>
:''Can two walk together, except they be agreed?<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Am 3:3–4.</ref>


But this must be compared to the underlying Greek which is clearly reflected more recent translations:
But this must be compared to the underlying Greek which is clearly reflected in more recent translations:


:''Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Am 3:3.</ref>
:''Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Am 3:3.</ref>
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Two persons never walk together without first having met one another. Of course, two people may well also “make an appointment” to traverse a long distance together on trails across the steppe or on lonely paths between settlements in the sparsely settled areas of cultivated land. The process designated by “to meet” (יעד nip˓al) means simply an encountering, a situation calling for a mutual greeting and an exchange of questions regarding origin and destination.  Apparently it is only this most self-evident truth for which Amos seeks assent: two separate people cannot journey together without first having met one another.<ref>Hans Walter Wolff, Joel and Amos: a Commentary on the Books of the Prophets Joel and Amos, ed. S. Dean McBride, Hermeneia—a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977), 184.</ref>
Two persons never walk together without first having met one another. Of course, two people may well also “make an appointment” to traverse a long distance together on trails across the steppe or on lonely paths between settlements in the sparsely settled areas of cultivated land. The process designated by “to meet” (יעד nip˓al) means simply an encountering, a situation calling for a mutual greeting and an exchange of questions regarding origin and destination.  Apparently it is only this most self-evident truth for which Amos seeks assent: two separate people cannot journey together without first having met one another.<ref>Hans Walter Wolff, Joel and Amos: a Commentary on the Books of the Prophets Joel and Amos, ed. S. Dean McBride, Hermeneia—a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977), 184.</ref>


'''It is clear that Amos 3:3 is not saying what William Branham taught that it said.'''
'''It is clear that Amos 3:3 is not saying what William Branham taught that it said.''' He misinterpreted the passage in an attempt to use it as a proof text.


=Quotes of William Branham=
=Quotes of William Branham=