11:14 PM - Day 8 - Daily Bible Reading
Scriptures:
Genesis 15, 16
Psalms 8
Proverbs 8
Matthew 11
Notes on Genesis
Dead Sea is the lowest body of water on earth, approximately 1,300 feet below sea level.
Genesis 10:21 - Abram was the first to be mentioned in the Scriptures as a Hebrew. In other writings, Habiru or Apiru were assumed to mean "Hebrew" (property-less, independent, and immigrant). In Amarna Tablets (Egypt), they are mentioned unfavorably.
In ancient times, "rainsing one's hand&334; was a practice of taking an oath.
Notes on Proverbs
Linen was used only by wealthy people.
Notes on Matthew
"Agora" was a Hebrew word for market, which was a place for civic center - people congregated for recreation.
Tyre and Sidon were cities of the Phoenician coast, now known as Lebanon.
In Judaism, "yolk" was a metaphorical for the law.