Daily Archives: February 2, 2021

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (THE NUMBER SEVEN)

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The Jewish people thought of seven as a sacred number. It is used often in the Bible to show fullness, completion, and perfection (Gen 2:2-3; Dan 9:25).

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (MATTHEW 23:1-11 “A WARNING AGAINST HYPOCRISY”)

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1.Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

²Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

³All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

⁴For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (PLUNDER)

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From an early age we are taught to respect the belongings of others even if our size and strength make it possible to take them by force. In order to understand the actions of the people of the ancient Near East, we need to make a major adjustment in this thinking. Within the cultural construct of this world, the expectation was that those who were victorious in battle had the right to seize the personal property of those defeated and even enslave the owners of that property. This practice of plundering is mentioned repeatedly in the literature of the ancient world peatedly in the literature of the ancient world and illustrated in the art of the empires that rose to power during the Old Testament era.

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