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WHO’S WHO AND WHERE’S WHERE IN THE BIBLE (RUTH)

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King Daivd’s great-grandmother got her husband by sneaking into his bed with him after he fell asleep.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (LUKE 12:22-34 “TECHING ABOUT MONEY AND POSSESSIONS”)

April 19, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, preach, preaching, study, sunday, the church, theology, UncategorizedAfraid, bigger thing, clothing, concern, Disciples, Father, flock, food, give, glory, happiness, harvest, harvesting, King, kingdom, little faith, money, moth, possession, primary, safe, scared, Scripture, scripture of the day, scriptures, teach, teaching, thoughts, tomorrow, treasure, worriesabarkley8

²²And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

²³The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

²⁴Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (CARING FOR A VINEYARD)

May 6, 2019Uncategorizedagricultural, animals, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bird, birds, Christ, commodities, devil, digged, evil, fenced, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grapes, grapevine, harvesting, hedge, Isaiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, juice, Lamentations, Matthew, new testament, NIV, Old Tesatment, product, Proverbs, ripe, ripening, rows, stakes, thieves, thornbush, tower, vineyardabarkley8

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Wine was one of the most valuable agricultural commodities in Bible times. People grew grapes to make their own wine, and many farmers produced wine for sale as a commercial product. This verse, from Jesus’ parable of the vineyard owner, gives insight into how grapes were grown and made into wine.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (AGRICULTURE) “PART 2 OF 2”

September 23, 2015Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 12 tribes of Judah, agriculture, Bible, Daniel, Deuteronomy, expensive, Genesis, harvesting, Job, manners and customs, ploughing, ploughs, Psalm, reaping, Ruth, sowing, threshingabarkley8

PLOUGHING

Ploughing and sowing were often one operation. The grain was scattered from an open basket and replenished from a sack tied on the back of a donkey. It took about thirty pounds of seed to the half acre, although the Babylonians had invented a primitive seed drill that was in use in some places and was more economical with the seed. The seed was then ploughed in so that it would not be taken by the birds (Matthew 13:4). This method of

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