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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (DEAD SEA)

August 20, 2021Uncategorized1, 10 miles wide, 10 to 15 feet deep, 1300 feet deep, 24 hours, 50 miles long, aridity, below sea level, bible definition, biblical, biblical definition, biblical writers, body of water, border, can't sink, Canaan, Christ, Dead Sea, Dead Sea Scrolls, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Eastern Sea, empty, english, evaporation, fifty miles long, fish, geographical, God, God the Father, God the Son, heat, high salt content, Inland lake, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jordan River, Jordan Valley, land, law of God, less salty pools, location, locations, marine life, Matthew, new testament, one thousand and three hundred feet deep, salt sea, salty pools, Sea of the Plain, shallow, six million tons of water, southeastern, ten miles wide, ten to fifteen feet deep, vegetation, water, writersabarkley8

Inland lake at the end of the Jordan Valley on the southeastern border of Canaan with no outlets for water it receives; known as Salt Sea, Sea of the Plain, and Eastern Sea. Its current English name was applied to it through writings after A.D. 100. It is about 50 miles long and 10 miles wide at its widest point. The surface of the sea is 1,292 feet below the level of the Mediterranean Sea. At its deepest point the lake is 1,300 feet deep. At its most shallow, it is only 10 to 15 feet deep.

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WHY WAS EZRA’S READING OF GOD’S LAW SO POWERFUL?

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The events that occurred at the Water Gate in Nehemiah’s time can be described as a spiritual revival. The people knew that God had made it possible for them to rebuild the city. Now they were ready to hear what else God would say to them. They listened intently. When Ezra opened the scroll of God’s law, they stood out of respect and anticipation over what they were about to hear.

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (PROSTITUTE P2)

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The formal mention of prostitutes in the Bible is often used to shape our impression of people with whom they were associated. Because the law of God was clear on this matter, the linking of a man with a prostitute, whether sexually or by birth, cast a dark cloud over his character. This included notables like Judah, Jephthah, and Samson (Gen 38:15; Judg 11:1; 16:1). When Joshua sent spies to Jericho, the population was so immoral that the one person of redeeming value found in the city was a prostitute (Josh 2:1). And the image of Ahab was clearly tarnished by the fact that his bloody chariot was washed out at the place where the prostitutes bathed (1 Kings 22:38). By contrast, Israel’s leaders who aggressively expelled shrine prostitutes

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