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

May 13, 2021Uncategorizedanimals, arrogant, bid, cords, cruel, death, ecclesiastes, eternal fire, everyday life in bible times, Ezekiel, Fall, fish, harsh, Isaiah, jeremiah, last day, life, live, Luke, misfortune, path, Promised land, Psalm, ruin, snare, snares of death, trap, trapsabarkley8

Times of misfortune are also likened to the unexpected and inescapable nature of a trap: “Makeover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them” (Eccles 9:12). These harsh times could be the product of their own making, as in the case of the exile of God’s people from the Promised Land that entrapped them (Isa 42:22; Lam 4:20; Ezek 19:8).

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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (TRAP/SNARE PT 2 OF 3)

May 11, 2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, bible times, biblical authors, camouflaged, Deuteronomy, device, escape, everyday life in bible times, Exodus, false worship, greek, greek term, Hebrew, Joshua, Judges, liver, Lord, noose, pierces, Proverbs, snare, speech, trap, trap-laden, trapping, trapping mechanism, trapsabarkley8

All these trapping mechanisms are mentioned by the biblical authors in figures of speech. Because these devices are often referenced with the same Hebrew or Greek term, we look to the larger context, which may be helpful in determining exactly which type of trapping device is

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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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