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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBILE TIMES (ORPHAN “FATHERLESS” PT2)

August 11, 2021Uncategorized3rd year, authors, Christ, Deuteronomy, disadvantaged, Disciples, everyday life in bible times, fair, Father, fatherless, gathering, gift, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Isaiah, Israelites, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, Lamentations, less-privileged, Matthew, merisms, new testament, Old Testament, orphan, orphans, rhetorically, royals, ruin, specturm, third year, treatmentabarkley8

Given that reality, the LORD addressed the plight of orphans in the laws given to the Israelites. God’s people were to set aside a tent of their field produce and animals born in their herds as a gift given at the sanctuary. Every third year, however, this tithe was to remain in storage at the local level so the disadvantaged of society, including orphans, would have access to it (Deut 14:22-29; 26:12-13). In addition, Israelites were to refrain from gathering a portion of their grain, olive, and grape harvest so that orphans and other disadvantaged people could gather food from land they did not own (Deut 24:19-21).

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIME (ORPHAN PT1)

August 9, 2021Uncategorized2 Kings, ambiguous, boy, child, children, Christ, Deuteronomy, difficult life, emotional, emotional trauma, everyday life in bible times, family, girl, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, ideal family, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, limbo, Matthew, mother, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, orphan, property, right, security, trauma, widowabarkley8

In the Bible an orphan was a boy or girl, Israelite or non-Israelite, who was unmarried and had lost one or both parents. The circumstances of such children are best understood when compared to the perceived ideal family living situation in Israel. The ideal was a father, mother, and their sons and daughters who owned farmland inherited from the father’s family. The land allowed them to grow their food and graze their animals with the support of and under the protection of the extended family.

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