Naked Bible 271: Exodus 12 Part 1
The Naked Bible Podcast
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The Problem With Exodus 1240
In the world view of the Bible, history cannot be merely a series of disconnected and haphazard events. Sarna says maybe we ought to think about the numbers being what they are because the writer wants to tie two sections of God's work on earth together. But again, if you're going to go that route, it does call into general questions the literalness of the numbers. In other words, could other numbers associated with the Exodus and Israelite history be artificial for the same symmetrical literary rhetorical purposes?
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