I've heard of getting your mouth washed out with soap. But here's how they did it in the Bible.
One time, Moses had been up on the mountain, and apparently, the children of Israel were a little too antsy for some guidance. So they had Aaron make them a golden calf out of all their earrings. P.S. I've always thought a golden calf was kind of a weak thing to worship. Why not a golden tiger or a golden bear?
The Lord told Moses what was going down, and when Moses saw it for himself, he was so ticked that he threw down the stone tablets, which were in mint-condition, breaking them.
Exodus 32:20
"And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink it."
Take that. And you don't even know where those earrings had been before or if Moses had washed his hands before strawing the gold upon the water.
I'm guessing their drink was nothing like the Golden Opulence Sundae that you can order for $1,000 at New York's Serendipity 3 restaurant.
1 comment:
Good point about the cleanliness...I mean, ear wax aside, I'm sure there was quite a lot of dead skin on those earrings.
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