Snoopy Examines Exodus

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If the Israelites are drinking the water containing the dust of the Golden Calf, are they (ahem) consuming the body of their God???

The NET study notes suggest it might have been some sort of test. Would ground up gold be poisonous? :unsure:
 
I do not know how they would even grind up gold in the wilderness. It should not be poisonous if it was gold. That part of the story makes no sense. Maybe it is metaphor.
 
jimkenney12 said:
I do not know how they would even grind up gold in the wilderness. It should not be poisonous if it was gold. That part of the story makes no sense. Maybe it is metaphor.
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Correct, gold is non-toxic (I just looked this up). It is an inert metal and would pass through the body undigested.

Agree that this is an odd little story.

Was there something punitive in being forced to drink the water? It sounds unpleasant for some reason
 
paradox3 said:
Correct, gold is non-toxic (I just looked this up). It is an inert metal and would pass through the body undigested.

Agree that this is an odd little story.

Was there something punitive in being forced to drink the water? It sounds unpleasant for some reason
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I also looked it up, some cultures ( eg. east Indian) believe drinking gold water is like a purifier or antimicrobial and has health benefits. I don't think this is verified scientifically.
And then from some religious reasonings, they read into it that there are no benefits and no harm but also no benefits....whereas the water it is mixed with is lifesaving....grabbing at straws trying to create meaning? Maybe.
 
Exodus 32:25-35
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Bible Gateway passage: Exodus 32:25-35 - New English Translation

Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies. So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him, and he said to them, “This is...
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Moses sees that the people are running wild. He stands at the entrance of the camp and calls all those who are with God to come forward.

The Levites gather around him. Moses passes on God's instruction to take their swords and kill their brothers, friends and neighbors in the camp.

About 3000 people are killed. Moses tells the Levites they have been consecrated for the Lord. He says he will go up and seek atonement for their sin in creating a god of gold.

God indicates they will be punished and sends a plague on the people. The NET study notes suggest that judgement and punishment might be at a future date. And the plague possibly refers to the 3000 already killed by the sword.
 
Well it's a good story to establish the role of the Levites. Origin stories get so violent!

Previously we heard that Aaron's descendants would form the priestly class. They become the Kohanim.
 
Maybe when Jesus said he came not to bring peace but a sword? Or when he said his followers must hate their families?

I dunno. I don't really believe the OT foreshadows the NT. I do think, however, the OT might have influenced the writers of the NT.
 
paradox3 said:
Maybe when Jesus said he came not to bring peace but a sword? Or when he said his followers must hate their families?

I dunno. I don't really believe the OT foreshadows the NT. I do think, however, the OT might have influenced the writers of the NT.
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More than likely Jesus was influenced by books in the OT including Exodus, instead of the other way around, because he often quoted it, especially the commandments. IMO
 
Of the gospel writers, Matthew had the strongest view of Jesus as the new Moses. Or so I have discovered doing a little bit of searching.
 
paradox3 said:
Of the gospel writers, Matthew had the strongest view of Jesus as the new Moses. Or so I have discovered doing a little bit of searching.
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Then theres Paul, who takes up alot of the NT, and says Jesus is not the new Moses but the 2nd Adam.
 
paradox3 said:
Of the gospel writers, Matthew had the strongest view of Jesus as the new Moses. Or so I have discovered doing a little bit of searching.
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Indeed. Matthew is also the most Jewish-sounding of the Gospels to many people. Matthew has the sermon on the mount instead of Moses going up the mountain (actually most things of importance in Matthew involve a mountain--I remember a prof saying he was tempted to write a book about Matthew and mountains). Matthew's Gospel can be divided into 5 'books' like the Pentateuch. Matthew includes the Egypt piece of the story...
 
GordW said:
Indeed. Matthew is also the most Jewish-sounding of the Gospels to many people. Matthew has the sermon on the mount instead of Moses going up the mountain (actually most things of importance in Matthew involve a mountain--I remember a prof saying he was tempted to write a book about Matthew and mountains). Matthew's Gospel can be divided into 5 'books' like the Pentateuch. Matthew includes the Egypt piece of the story...
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Gord, was Mathew correct in saying he was the new Moses or Paul saying that Jesus was the new or second Adam? Or both.
It seems Jesus only mentions Adam once or twice referencing marriage.
 
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