Points To Ponder 02/10/2013

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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You have to wonder about those running our country when:

 You can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country illegally.

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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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(Old Testament/Stories of Samuel, Saul and David (I Samuel 6:12ff)

And the cows took the straight way in the direction of Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh. Now {the people of} Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes and saw the ark and were glad to see {it.} And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stood there where there {was} a large stone; and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the box that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to the LORD. And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day……………………... And the Lord struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because……………..

 

Why did the Lord strike down some of the men of Beth-shemesh? How many did he strike down?

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