Bright Idea

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.-1 Samuel 4:1-11***The Philistines descended from Mizraim, and Mizraim was born to Ham, and Ham was born to Noah the ark builder. The Israelites (Hebrews) descended from Noah's son Shem. The Philistines worshiped idols, and some of Shem's descendants, including Terah, the father of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), worshiped idols. Abraham and Sarah, their son Isaac, Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and their descendants the Israelites worshiped the Lord God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. When Jacob was 130-year-old, he moved with his family from Canaan, to Egypt, the country wherein Joseph, the 1st son born to Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel, was second-in-command. Sometime after 147-year-old Jacob died in Egypt and Jacob's family buried his body in Canaan, and 110-year-old Joseph and his siblings were dead, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Miriam and her younger brothers Aaron and Moses were Israelites from the tribe of Levi, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, the Lord God sent Moses and Aaron to speak to the Israelite elders and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. After the Lord God brought the 10th and final plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt, Pharaoh told Moses and Aaron to get the Israelites and their animals out from Egypt and go serve the Lord God. Moses and Aaron led the Israelites, and those with them, away from Egypt, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur. In the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God began giving Moses judgments for the Israelites. When Moses was upon Mount Sinai with the Lord God 40 days and nights, the Lord God described and showed to Moses the pattern for making the transportable tabernacle and the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and other sacred items. The Lord God told Moses that Aaron and Aaron's sons and the sons born to their descendants were to be the only Israelites to serve the Lord God as priests. The Levites from the Kohath clan were the only Israelites allowed to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord by the gold covered poles. During the 40-year journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Miriam died and was buried in Kadesh, in the desert wilderness of Zin. Upon Mount Hor, 123-year-old Aaron died. When Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua,  Moses' successor, was from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. Immediately before Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan River, the priests stood still in the middle of the divinely parted Jordan River, carrying the ark of the covenant, until all of the Israelites had walked across and were standing upon the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. The tabernacle, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the other sacred items were placed in Shiloh years before 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land. Moreover, the tabernacle, and the ark of the covenant and the other sacred items were in Shiloh when the Lord God sent Samuel, the priest, prophet and judge from the tribe of Levi, to anoint Saul, from the tribe of Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin, to reign as king. Over 1,000 years after the Lord God sent Samuel to anoint David, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, to reign as king, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 3:1-4:49, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 18:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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quit = wihyu = hayah = become, conduct yourselves, be

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