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How many people were involved in the Exodus?

How many people were involved in the Exodus?

According to Numbers 1:20-46 (NJPS):

They totaled as follows:
The descendants of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, head by head, all males aged twenty years and ov…

Were Shem, Ham and Japheth Triplets?

Were Shem, Ham and Japheth Triplets?

Genesis 5:32

“Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

When considering the Genealogies of Genesis 5, it becomes evident that the standard form of recording the offspring of each firstbo…

“By Your Pharmakeia Were All the Nations Misled”

“By Your Pharmakeia Were All the Nations Misled”

[See Part II] In Scripture, as in all literature, a word takes on meaning only in its specific context. But sometimes the immediate context (sentence, paragraph) does not shed enough light to provide precise meaning. In such instances, broadening the s…