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               The Word “Reins”


               1.  Notice, now,  what Psalm 139 tells us  in the  King  James Version.  Psalm
               139:13-17.


               COMMENT: Even without a detailed study of this passage, one can get a feel
               that a person’s genetic nature, and hence what he “is,” is determined before
               he is born. A word-study of some of the individual words in this passage will
               add to this conviction.

               2. Notice the word “REINS” in verse 13.


               COMMENT: The word “reins” as “kilyah” is translated 18 times out of 31 oc-
               currences  as  “kidneys”.  These  18  times  are  used  in  relationship  to  the  Old
               Covenant  sacrifices  and  are  about  consecrating  those  who  minister  to
               YEHOVAH God in the priest’s office  --  (Exodus 29:13ff). The selection of
               priests was race-tribe-specific, and the burning of the kidneys was performed
               after the girding of the priests with the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and
               the breastplate.


               3. What does Exodus 29:45-46 tell us?


               COMMENT:  This  whole  matter  concerns  only one  race  of  people,  namely
               “the  Children of  Israel”  and indicates the  principle  whereby  YEHOVAH God
               will dwell  amongst His people. Furthermore it gives the conviction that
               YEHOVAH is “their God,” that is, He is “The God of Israel.”

               4. What is the term “reins” sometimes paired with? Psalm 7:9.


               COMMENT: Thirteen times where the word is translated as “reins”, it is used
               in connection with the behavior we allow, that is they are usually given in con-
               junction with the “heart”:


               5. Notice, also, Psalm 16:6.

               COMMENT: The “reins” are what we are, and the “heart” is how we respond
               by our works. Vine’s Expository Dictionary gives “heart” as meaning, “Mans’
               entire mental and moral activity, both the rational and the  emotional  ele-
               ments.” Other dictionaries give such as, “Used figuratively of the seat of emo-
               tion and affection.”


               6. In the New Testament pages, there is only one translation as “reins,” and
               this again is joined with the word “hearts.” Revelation 2:23, KJV.





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