Revelation 2:23 expresses a common idea found throughout the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition by describing a figure who searches the âkidneys and heart,â a phrase highlighting how the kidneys are a source of moral intuition and behavior. Psalm 16:7 speaks of kidneys that âinstruct,â and tractate Berakhot in the Babylonian Talmud describes the kidneys as giving both good and evil advice.
"... We obviously know that left (Latin sinister, sinistra) has a bad connotation in the Western tradition, although not ubiquitously. The kidneys appear in the above excursus as the informants of the heart. Another biblical source considers that the kidneys give only positive advices. We read [Psalm 16:7-9] ... Again, the kidneys and the heart are mentioned in close relationship. At night, explains Abraham ibn Ezra, the heart is free from any alien business, and the kidneys represent the forces of generation [Hebr. toladah] which are hidden as the kidneys are concealed. The kidneys are the concealed seat of thought and desire. The Lord âtries the reins and the heartâ. But He also infuses in the kidneys âLaw and wisdomâ, as stated in a Midrash trying to explain how our father Abraham had been granted knowledge of the Law ..."
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