Many people have heard the story of the Good Samaritan. From the story, we can tell that there is a significance to the fact that it was the Samaritan, not the priest or the Levite who stopped to help the wounded man. Knowing a little bit about who the Samaritans
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Orientals are careful to wash their hands before a meal, but they would think that the Occidental way of washing in the water already made dirty by the hands, to be very untidy and disgraceful. The servant or whoever takes his place, pours water on the hands to be washed
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In Old Testament times almost all clothing was made from sheep’s wool. In New Zealand now, nearly all our 40 million sheep (only 4 million people!) are bred to be white. But in biblical times, most sheep were either brown, or black and white.
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Goat clippings, then and now, are gathered throughout the year and woven into strips by the women. The most worn section of the tent is ripped out and the new strips sewn in. the old piece is not wasted, but used as a side curtain. The ‘house of hair’ is
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As nomads in Bible times were constantly on the move, their furnishings consisted of bare necessities only. Rugs covered the ground while bedding was only brought out at night. The people lay on mats or carpets and kept themselves warm with a covering of the outer garments worn during the
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The longest word in the Bible is “Mahershalalhashbaz” (18 letters) which is found in Isaiah 8:1.
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The 17 prophetic books take up about one fourth of the whole Bible. They are divided into 2 parts. The first 5 are ‘Major Prophets’ and the last 12 are the ‘Minor Prophets’, but only because they are shorter.
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The authors of the Bible were from various walks of life, including; some prophets, some fishermen, a tax collector, a herdsman, a philosopher, a doctor, a king, a statesman, and a rabbi.
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After the Bible, the most translated book in the world is Cervantes, ‘Don Quixote.’ Don Quixote, published in 1605, was once the world’s most widely-read novel, yet the so-called English translation of 1612 is a much richer version. This leaves open many questions as to the real author and his
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Tents are one of the earliest forms of family shelter the Bible mentions. First found in Genesis 4:20, Jabel is described as ‘the father of such that dwell in tents.’ Following the flood, Japeth was said to have lived in the tents of Shem (Genesis 9:27). The patriarchs lived most
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