Points To Ponder 07/21/2013

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POINTS TO PONDER:

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Some people will see the light only when they feel the heat.

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BIBLE QUIZ: 

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Old Testament/Stories of David (II Samuel 24:1 ff)

 . . . Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah." And the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, "Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and register the people, that I may know the number of the people." But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king {still} see; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?" Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king, to register the people of Israel. And they crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and toward Jazer. Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon, and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, {to} Beersheba. So when they had gone about through the whole land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of ______ months and ____ days.

And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel ___________ valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were ______________ men. . . .

How long did it take for the census and what was the count they came up with?

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