OT -- Ezekiel 27:1-28:26
An interesting tidbit -- vs 28:3 "Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you?"
Is this the Daniel of the book? My study Bible and Rashi are silent on this verse. The timing is correct for the man, of course, since Ezekiel is prophesying after the young, rich, educated have been taken to Nebuchadnezzar's court but prior to N's death. But not the book of Daniel in the Bible. Those stories were codified and written in approximately 168 BCE. An interesting sideline.
Otherwise, more of the same doom and gloom for all the little nations around Judah.
NT -- Hebrews 11:17-31
Still keeping on with the 'by faith' stories and I have to admit, he picked some of my favorites. As a note -- vs. 23 "By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict." This is referring to the fact that Moses was born circumcised. But since that is Paul's big hangup, he doesn't actually mention WHY Moses was known as no ordinary child.
How do I know this?
Exodus 2:2 says that when Jocebed (Moses' mother) saw him, she saw that he was good. This is a euphemism for circumcised per Rashi.
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