Deuteronomy 23:10 If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
This must make for some very interesting conversations "outside the camp."
Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said,
"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you."
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
I wonder what the statement "you desire will be your your husband" means and why it's a curse?
Psalms 137:8-9 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
Happy is the one who repays you as you have served us!
Happy is the one who takes and dashes
Your little ones against the rock!
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
Some of my favorite verses in the Bible are:
Happy are those who are gentle and humble.
Happy are those who are hungry and thirsty for justice.
Happy are those who are merciful.
Happy are those whose hearts are pure.
Happy are those who work for peace.
These verses are distinctively different than our reading for today.
Genesis 35:5 Then they set out, and the terror of God fell upon the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
There's something unsettling about the phrase "the terror of God."
Numbers 1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who goes near it shall be put to death.
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
Other translations say "stranger" or "layman" or "outsider." However, it does seem as if it applies to anyone who is not a Levite.
