Questions

Hello All,

Last Friday, we discussed the Levites slaying 3000 of those who worshipped the golden calf. Several participants wondered why God would order this killing especially having just given Moses the commandment "Thou shalt not kill"..

Here are a couple of answers-thank you to Brian Higgins for the first:

1. https://www.catholic.com/qa/the-death-penalty-in-the-old-testament

2. https://forums.catholic.com/t/moses-and-the-killing-of-3000/435345

It is still difficult to reconcile…

Also, I wasn't able to find an answer regarding the bronze altar and the altars in Catholic churches.

Thanks

Krishna Smith

Answers to Questions

Hello All,

Here are links containing to answers to questions from the past 2 weeks of the Friday morning bible study-The Bible Timeline. I am sending you links so that you're able to read the full answers/articles. Good websites to look at for answers include: catholic.com (Catholic Answers website), EWTN.com, and the Ascension Press website which contains lots of articles. There are others-these are just a few.

1. Adam and Eve's childrens' marriages/ Were there there humans at the time of Adam and Eve/Did we all come from one original couple?:

https://www.catholic.com/qa/adam-and-eve-had-three-children-cain-able-and-seth-who-married-and-had-children-whom-did-they

https://media.ascensionpress.com/2017/11/08/must-there-be-only-one-adam-and-eve/

https://www.catholic.com/qa/did-adam-and-eve-have-humanoid-company

https://www.catholic.com/qa/adam-and-eve-were-real-people

2. What is the mark of Cain?

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03142b.htm

3. What is the difference between Canaan and Israel?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan

4. Why did Lot allow his daughters to possibly be exposed to assault?

http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=335092&Pg=&Pgnu=&recnu=

5. Who is Melchizedek and where did he come from?

https://catholicexchange.com/who-is-melchizedek

http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=311017

6. Where are Bethel vs. Bethlehem vs. Bethsaida?

http://2or3.co/2013/03/25/bethel-bethlehem-and-bethesda/

7. Why is Isaac, not Ishmael, Abraham's "first born" ever though he was born second?

https://forums.catholic.com/t/abrahams-sacrifice-isaac-or-ismael/94946

8. Why a ram substituted for Isaac, not a lamb?

https://jewsforjesus.org/blog/ram-or-lamb/

Hope this this helps! Please email me with any questions. See you Friday for Session 5 in your study set (Patriarchs, Part 2) 

And thank you in advance to Joyce Lex who will be facilitating when I am out of town on Friday, October 19!

God bless,

Krishna Smith

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