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NASB | Deuteronomy 16:1 "Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 16:1 "Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. |
Bible Question: what does it mean when it states that Lot "sat at the gate" of Sodom. As in Genesis |
Bible Answer: I believe that DocTrinsograce answered that on Sunday. he said then: ' Eastern peoples used the city gates as the place where business, government, and judicial decisions were made. The term "gates" eventually came to be used as a term to describe the place of authority for a city or nation. Based on the verse you have cited, we know that Lot had become a person of some influence in the city of Sodom. This does not mean that he was necessarily involved in the immorality of that wicked city, although Peter tells us that his soul was "vexed" by being exposed so regularly to their thinking (see 2 Peter 2:7-8). In Him, Doc' |
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steveandbelinda | ||
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Rolff |