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1 | Reason 4 "6" Cities of Refuge? | Num 35:6 | Pattycake | 213943 | ||
You have confirmed what I thought was the truth about the cities, but sometimes in scripture numbers have a meaning or significance. For example 7 signifies perfection or completion. Were there 2 tribes assigned to each city? Or did that even apply during the "Judges" period? You are always a great help especailly in Jewish tradition. Are you aware of a book or books that is a good reference for manners and customs of the Bible? I usually work with children, but I have a group of ladies with whom I am teaching English through the Book of Mark. I want them to put themselves into the wives' positions as the disciples were called out by Jesus, and asked to leave all behind including there "jobs". What did the typical wife do in those family and how would she have responded? Be blessed by our Father and Shalom my friend, Angela |
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2 | Reason 4 "6" Cities of Refuge? | Num 35:6 | MJH | 213949 | ||
Angela, I used to be a children's pastor and I loved Ms. Pattycake. I met her at a conference once and got to know the person behind the character some. Anyway.... A good book would be "Life in Biblical Israel" by Philip King and Lawrence Stager. It's a bit more like a text book, but great to reference. Beyond that, you can search books with similar titles or get a Bible Encyclopedia. As far as the wives are concerned. The only known disciple to be married was Peter who was the only one to be over the age of 20 at Jesus' death (most likely). It would have been common for men in their teen years to become a disciple. In would be rather improbable for them to have been married with children already. It simply was not the custom to become a traveling disciple of a Rabbi that late in life. Peter's wife most likely stayed with his family. A wife typically lived within the household of her husband. They would have added on to the husband's father's house and shared a courtyard and chores as an extended family. This was more often true in the north in Galilee where Peter was from. There is quite a bit of interesting information about Jesus' world and the first century. A good teacher might be Ray VanderLaan with "In The Dust of the Rabbi" and "That the World May Know." He did some work with Focus on the Family a few years back and has been a blessing to me personally. MJH |
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3 | Reason 4 "6" Cities of Refuge? | Num 35:6 | Pattycake | 213962 | ||
Thanks MJH, That is great information. These are authors I already know, love and appreciate their Biblical teachings and values. Sometimes we have to put the student in the place of those biblical counterparts in order to understand the nature of what was going on in their worlds and exactly how much they had to suffer for our Saviour. Complacency is all around in our Christian world and churches. It is one thing to wear a cross and another to bear it. My premise for this teaching in Mark is when Jesus asks the disciples to leave their Mothers, Fathers and everything behind to follow Him. What are some other things or people they may have had to leave behind? From studying the life of Mary and Joseph recently, I assumed most young men pursued marriage very young. I need to check it out more thoroughly. Thanks for that challenge too. I should never be that busy to dig a little deeper. Be blessed Angela |
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4 | Reason 4 "6" Cities of Refuge? | Num 35:6 | MJH | 213964 | ||
You are on the right track. It can be a lot of fun discovering the life and times of Jesus and the Apostles. I agree with you that young men pursued marriage and a young age, but probably not as young as the women. I disagree with the History and Discovery Channel depicting the 30 something men marrying 13 year olds. There is more evidence that in Jesus world men married closer to 20 and girls a bit younger. Girls also had a say to some extent. It would be an exception for a girl to marry a man she did not agree with. While that may not be true for all places and times in the Jewish world, it most likely was in the first century Galilee. Anyway, enjoy learning and reading. It's a long journey with many "flowers" to smell along the way. MJH |
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