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Daily Archives: July 5, 2018
The Firstborn and the Levites
Originally posted on theoutwardquest:
There is a requirement in both Exodus 22:29-30 and Exodus 34:19-20 that people give their first-born sons to God. In both cases the offering of human sons is parallel to the offering of livestock in blood…
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Book Write-Up: The Lost World of Scripture
John H. Walton and D. Brent Sandy. The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority. IVP Academic, 2013. See here to purchase the book. John H. Walton teaches Old Testament at Wheaton College, and D. Brent Sandy … Continue reading
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