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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Bible study time.
1) According to the gospels, how many wise men came to see the baby Jesus?
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
If you mean as an infant, none. Only local folk showed up.
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The answer I'm looking for is not what scholars might surmise, but what the Bible says. According to Matthew, wise men came from the East and brought presents. How many were there (wise men, not presents) according to the author of that book?
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
2) How many pairs of "clean" animals did Moses take aboard the ark?
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
None again. It was Noah, not Moses.
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Correct. One of the three questions has been answered.
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
3) What is the First Mitzvah [Commandment]? (I'm thinking here of textual order, not necessarily in order of importance.)
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I can just see Chuck Heston cowering in fear as the Voice of God came out of the Burning Bush; "I am the Lord, thy God. Thou shall have no other Gods before me!"
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If I had asked the question without using the word
Mitzvah, I'd be tempted to give this one to you, but no. That answer might suffice for the majority of Christians, but Jews have a different take on what constitutes a "commandment."
CLUE: According to Rabinnic Judaism, the Hebrew Bible (which is fairly identical with the protestant
Old Testament) contains 613 commandments, and "Thou shall have no other Gods before me!" is far from being the first.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
(Side note: Although never credited in the movie, it was the actual voice of God that was used...)
Stitchawl
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Now, I did not know that. It would have made a good trivia question in its own right. It would have stumped me!
