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Bible Talk — A podcast by 9Marks

Numbers 5–8: On How Moses’ Test for Adultery Is Different Than Monty Python’s Test for Witches (Bible Talk, Ep. 44)

Bible Talk — A podcast by 9Marks

9Marks

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8718 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As Israel prepares to enter the Promised Land, we discover a strange test for adultery, the genesis of the Nazirite vow, and one of the most well-known passages in the whole Bible.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, the fact that they're making restitution to the person they've wronged shows that

0:06.7

there's a horizontal dimension to the morality and the purity of the people, but then they also

0:11.2

have to make sacrifice on account of their wrongdoing, which shows the vertical dimension to the

0:16.6

morality and the purity of the people. And I think this section here just kind of provides both of

0:21.0

those big theological ideas as we think about what it means for Israel to be the people of God

0:26.3

that lives with God in their midst.

0:34.8

Welcome to episode 44 of Bible Talk, a podcast brought to you by Nine Marks.

0:38.7

Nine Marks exists to help pastors build healthy churches.

0:41.6

For more, you can visit Nine Marks.org.

0:43.4

My name is Alex Duke.

0:44.7

And with me are my two friends.

0:46.4

Sam Amati, Jim Hamilton.

0:47.8

Now, guys, I need to start with Amia Copla.

0:50.0

What does Miyakoppa mean?

0:51.2

My bad.

0:51.8

My bad.

0:52.3

An apology. You know, because last week we opened

0:55.3

our conversation on numbers, right? And I somehow forgot that it was the fourth book of the Bible

1:02.1

and not the third. And so I compared it to Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift, which is the third

1:07.6

installment of the Fast and Furious series. And in fact, I should have compared it to the fourth installment of the Fast and Furious series. In fact, I should have compared it to the fourth installment of the Fast and Furious Enterprise,

1:14.9

which is called, believe it or not, Fast and Furious.

1:17.8

And so just forgive me.

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