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MEN OF THE BIBLE (LEVI: FROM VIOLENCE TO PRIESTHOOD)

02/22/2019UncategorizedChrist, devil, dinah, evil, female, Genesis, Genesis 49:5, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, hamor, hivite, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, kill, killing, levi, male, Men of the Bible, new testament, Numbers, Numbers 1:50, Old Testament, priest, priesthood, priests, raped, shechem, shechemites, sister, violenceabarkley8

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When Jacob’s sons learn that their sister, Dinah, had been raped by Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, and that Hamor had approached their father to ask for Dinah’s hand in marriage for the offender, they stepped in and gave Shechem a condition-every male must be circumcised so the Shechemites would be like them. Continue reading MEN OF THE BIBLE (LEVI: FROM VIOLENCE TO PRIESTHOOD) →

SEPARATION OF PERSIAN WOMEN

02/15/2019UncategorizedAchaemenian, Ahasuerus, Artaxerxes, bible customs and curiosities, darius, drinking-cup, druken, drunk, drunken men, Esther, esther 1:8, King, king ahasuerus, kings of kings, lords of lords, male, male guest, Persian, Persian king, persian women, respect, royal, separation, trophy wife, Vashti, woman, women, Xerxesabarkley8

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While Ahasuerus was entertaining his royal officials (see notes on Esther 1:8), his queen, Vashti, was serving as hostess at a feast for the wives of these men, Separation of men and women at such royal events must have been the normal practice in the Persian court. Continue reading SEPARATION OF PERSIAN WOMEN →

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