I always thought, since I found out about these, that the Urim and Thummim were two large coins the size of a basketball… when I read what they were in late 2012 when I first read about them in a study Bible I had purchased to write Bible notes from start to finish for the very first time. I was 21. But anyway, that’s a lot of extraneous detail about what Aaron and his descendants were to wear for their priestly work uniform code. Thankfully, we don’t need to do that today, but I think it’s weird that the VOICE translators had rendered the Hebrew in the last verse here “forever” —- I don’t know if that’s the actual word there… I’ll go look as I finish this note. This chapter is found in pages 48-49 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project (God-willing, I finish the whole thing, of course), pages 61-62 of my NASB Bible I’m using for this, pages 106-107 of my VOICE copy (with its notes), and pages 101-102 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. (I’m using my phone to type this, it predicted much of what I was going to write down in the previous sentence. This phone is smart! I love it.)
The reason I’m saying God-willing here, well… I’m coming to terms with the fact that due to what’s going on in the world today, I might not be able to finish due to having no chance to live much longer, possibly, if someone kills me for my devotion to Jesus because He doesn’t like nationalism of any kind, just as a girl in 1999 who was only 17 when she died for her own devotion to Jesus… this happened for the same reason (the two men hated God and worshiped Hitler, I think). The shooters’ names? Eric(k) and Dylan. They shot themselves dead soon after that, and are now in Hell, but the girl is now in Heaven and partying it up with Jesus big time forever. I didn’t find out about this monumental disaster until I was 17 myself, in early 2008, when my high school drama teacher, Brandon Flowers, from Colorado (did he go there? He was in his 20s back then) told us all about these events. I was actually inspired and wanted to live boldly for Jesus since then, especially after receiving Him almost a year and a half later after graduation. Still, I don’t like writing about horrific events like how I explained above… but they actually made a movie by Pureflix Studios explaining what happened called I’m Not Ashamed. The girl’s name was… well, I guess you can figure this out. The movie was released 5-6 years ago, and I’ve seen it twice, but I don’t think we need to watch it at an inopportune time…. but it was quite educational. I sure hope nothing like this EVER happens to my nieces, though 👯🏽♀️👭🏽🦋🦋🦋 I want to be around for them all my days 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I do want for them to put Jesus above me, though, for they don’t need to listen to everything I’m saying. No one does, actually… and if someone slanders me for saying this, they should learn to mind their own business and not put themselves above God or others. I’d rather not overshare anything though.
I have other things to say, but I can’t put them anywhere on the Internet, so I’ll leave you with this bottom line: we should revere God and do His will regardless of what anyone thinks but without offending others as far as we can take it. For one thing I can think of, I was implicitly discussing with a fabulous friend from college this week about males being the bride of Christ as well as females 🫂 I’d rather you email me about this or some other request at ron.outland4727@gmail.com. I’ll see you in chapter 29! Later 😊
Edit: I couldn’t find the Hebrew for the word in my study Bible, but I can understand that it can be interpreted as hyperbole, and the Hebrew-to-English translations are often pretty awkward at best. But whatever. We don’t need to do any Mosaic things today.
I’ll see you in chapter 29, ladies and gentlemen! Take care.
Ron And His Stories 