07-12-2022, 09:45 PM
Don't see where I listed so many scriptures, just 2 that I can see. The rest were just references to other books of the Hebrew bible and I purposely didn't list all of the verses.
There is a BIG difference between "riches" and an anklet.
I'm not sure who you are referring to as a "disobedient general". And even so, why would he bring an offering of those items to "atone for our souls before the Lord" if he didn't think it would do anything?
What about Exodus 30? You seemed to have overlooked that as it is clearly spoken from G-d.
Here is a recap (again emphasis mine) -
11 - The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 - When you take the sum of the children of Israel according to their numbers, let each one give to the Lord an atonement for his soul when they are counted; then there will be no plague among them when they are counted.
13 - This they shall give, everyone who goes through the counting: half a shekel according to the holy shekel. Twenty gerahs equal one shekel; half of [such] a shekel shall be an offering to the Lord.
14 - Everyone who goes through the counting, from the age of twenty and upward, shall give an offering to the Lord.
15 - The rich shall give no more, and the poor shall give no less than half a shekel, with which to give the offering to the Lord, to atone for your souls.
There is a BIG difference between "riches" and an anklet.
I'm not sure who you are referring to as a "disobedient general". And even so, why would he bring an offering of those items to "atone for our souls before the Lord" if he didn't think it would do anything?
What about Exodus 30? You seemed to have overlooked that as it is clearly spoken from G-d.
Here is a recap (again emphasis mine) -
11 - The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 - When you take the sum of the children of Israel according to their numbers, let each one give to the Lord an atonement for his soul when they are counted; then there will be no plague among them when they are counted.
13 - This they shall give, everyone who goes through the counting: half a shekel according to the holy shekel. Twenty gerahs equal one shekel; half of [such] a shekel shall be an offering to the Lord.
14 - Everyone who goes through the counting, from the age of twenty and upward, shall give an offering to the Lord.
15 - The rich shall give no more, and the poor shall give no less than half a shekel, with which to give the offering to the Lord, to atone for your souls.