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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HUNT/HUNTER)

September 13, 2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Ancient egyptians, arrows, Ashurbanipal, blood, bow, bow and arrows, Christ, civilization, David, definition of the day, Deuteronomy, driving, egyptians, Esau, Ezekiel, food, food sources, gazelle, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hunt, hunter, hunters, Isaiah, Ishmael, Israelite ancestors, jeremiah, Jesus Christ, Job, josephus, Judah, Kings of Israel, Leviticus, lion, magic, magical, Matthew, methods of hunting, Mosaic law, NASB, new testament, Nimrod, NIV, Old Testament, Pastorals, Phoenicians, Proverbs, REB, Saul, seminmadic stageabarkley8

To pursue game for food or pleasure. Hunting was an important supplementary food source, especially in the seminomadic stage of civilization. Genesis mentions several hunters by name, none of whom are Israelite ancestors (Nimrod, 10:9; Ishmael 21:20; Esau, 25:27), perhaps suggesting that hunting was more characteristic of Israel’s neighbors than of Israel. Hunting was, however, regulated by Mosaic law. The blood of captured game was to be poured out on the ground (Lev 17:13). Deuteronomy 14:3-5 outlines what game was permitted as ritually clean food.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (TRAP/SNARE PT 1 OF 3)

May 7, 2021Uncategorizedancient hunters, animals, animals foot, birds, branch, decoys, devices, everyday life in bible times, fleet-footed deer, fowler, funnel, games, hunters, Isaiah, jeremiah, net, pit trap, Psalm, sapling, snare, springy, trap, trapsabarkley8

Ancient hunters used four different trapping devices to catch game animals and birds: the pit trap, the snare, the entangling net, and the fowler’s net. In the case of the pit trap, the hunters dug a hole on a game trail that was big enough to hold the animals and deep enough to prevent its escape once it had fallen in. A net was stretched over the top of the pit and disguised so that it looked like solid ground. When an animal stepped on the net, the apparently solid ground collapsed, tripping the animal (Psa 35:7; Jer 18:22). The snare was also set along a game trail. It consisted of a cord with a loop on one end that could tighten around an animal’s foot. The

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