Daily Bible Trivial facts

[phkrause]

No this is what it stands for. In some translations it will say interlude etc. well this is what the Selah stands for, its the pause between certain passage's dgrimm.

pk

[phkrause]

Here's a link to that dgrimm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selah

pk

[phkrause]

No problem dgrimm.

pk

[Gail]

An ephah is a dry measure of more than half a bushel- Ezekiel 45:10

[Gail]

Yeah, I thought I would help you out a bit. :)

[Gail]

Onycha is an expensive incense like musk that Moses used. Exodus 30:34

[Gail]

Goad or oxgoad: a wooden pole used to clean plows and prod animals. Judges 3:31

[Gail]

So we can add that to the list of usefulness- Philistine destructor tool!

[Gail]

Crisping pins were purses. Isaiah 3:22

[Gail]

Nitre is a baking soda-type stuff used to make soap. Proverbs 25:20

[phkrause]

That's interesting.

pk

[Gail]

Wasn't that also used to embalm mummies in Egypt?

[phkrause]

Gail this is what the SDABC has to say for Nitre: [Heb. nether; Akkadian nitiru, loan words from the Egyptian niry, which is the ancestor also of the English term "natron."] "Nitre" means saltpeter, or potassium or sodium nitrate. However, nether probably describes a mineral alkali known as natron, found in abundance in Egypt. It is composed largely of bicarbonate of soda and was used for washing (Jer 2:22; RSV, "lye"). The use of natron with vinegar is as inappropriate and wasteful as the singing of merry songs to one who has a heavy heart, for the chemical reaction between the 2 yields a salt that has the qualities of neither of the 2 original substances (Prov 25:20; the RSV following the LXX has the rendering "wound," assuming that netheq should be read instead of nether).

pk

[Gail]

Wikipedia says that it was used for cleaning, even as toothpaste and mouthwash.

Then it goes on to say this:

Quote:

The mineral was used in Egyptian mummification because it absorbs water and behaves as a drying agent. Moreover, when exposed to moisture the carbonate in natron increases pH, which creates a hostile environment for bacteria. In some cultures natron was thought to enhance spiritual safety for both the living and the dead. Natron was added to castor oil to make a smokeless fuel, which allowed Egyptian artisans to paint elaborate artworks inside ancient tombs without staining them with soot.

Interesting!

I can see why the Bible would call it wasteful to mix it with vinegar, although vinegar is also used for cleaning purposes. To mix the two would give you a big FIZZ!

[Gail]

A withe is a strong twig (a thong in the NIV). Judges 16:7-9

[Gail]

Shem, Noah's son, was the ancestor of the Jewish people. Genesis 11:10-26

[phkrause]

I think we can trace ourselves back to Adam. LOL

pk

[Gail]

That's besides the point. lol

[Gail]

And thank you for reading them!

[Gail]

It didn't rain in the Garden of Eden, or out of it for that matter. Water came up from the ground to make things grow- Genesis 2:5,6

[Gail]

That would be, for sure! Doesn't the Bible say though that it was a mist that came up that watered the earth?

[Gail]

Yes, it could be. It could have been those springs that provided the water that burst through the earth's crust to meet the rain from teh sky to form the great Flood.

[Gail]

Daniel and his friends ate nothing but vegetables and water for ten days. Daniel 1:12

[phkrause]

Imagine only 10 days. But I'm thinking that they already were on this diet from when they came. But from what I understand it took they about 3-4 months to walk from Judah to Babylon, and they probably were not fed very well on the way. So the King figured that on his food they would be revidalized. But Daniel and his buddies wouldn't go for that and ate good food and since they already were pretty fit they were able to look and perk up better than the others. So it does pay to eat your veges.

pk

[Gail]

Luckily they were from a higher class and were probably in better shape when they started, too. But this story was a good lesson in common sense nutrition.