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The Old Testament Quotes
The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
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The Old Testament Quotes
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“Then I put everything out to the four winds, and I made a sacrifice … The gods smelt the fragrance, The gods smelt the pleasant fragrance, The gods like flies gathered over the sacrifice.2 Likewise, in Genesis, after the Flood Noah released a raven once and a dove three times, and offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, who “smelled the pleasing odor” (Gen. 8:21).”
― The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
― The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
“When the seventh day arrived,
I put out and released a dove.
The dove went; it came back,
For no perching place was visible to it, and it turned round.
I put out and released a swallow.
The swallow went; it came back,
For no perching place was visible to it, and it turned round.
I put out, and released a raven.
The raven went, and saw the waters receding.
And it ate, preened, lifted its tail and did not turn round.”
― The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
I put out and released a dove.
The dove went; it came back,
For no perching place was visible to it, and it turned round.
I put out and released a swallow.
The swallow went; it came back,
For no perching place was visible to it, and it turned round.
I put out, and released a raven.
The raven went, and saw the waters receding.
And it ate, preened, lifted its tail and did not turn round.”
― The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction
