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(URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with seven new stories from the Biblical book of (URL) Judges> telling the story of Israel's fifth judge, Gideon: (2 URLs) Uses Midianites to Oppress Israel> (2 URLs) Demands a Sign> (2 URLs) (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote: snip (...) Excellent beheadings! I have a quibble with "Gideon and His Sons". The (URL) ephod> was a priestly garment - "a 'skirt' with two shoulder straps, to which the golden breastplate was (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Brendan, Great work as usual. God Uses Midianites to Oppress Israel - The coolest pic in this story is the second one. The Jack Stone columns behind the inverted arches makes an interesting wall, and the mosaic floor is very cool. In the first (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. That's always a nice compliment to hear. :) (...) When I first read this story about Gideon setting up an "ephod" at Ophrah which all the Israelites "prostituted themselves" to, I was pretty confused about just what was going on. I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. (...) I'm not sure why I got wrapped up in creating mosaic patterns out of headlight bricks before trying the simpler idea of creating them out of regular ol' bricks and plates. I guess the headlight mosaics have the nice (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Thank you for the detailed reply - I never thought I'd be getting an education in Hebrew etymology on LUGNET. The most interesting theory was from the (URL) Jewish Encyclopedia> link - that the ephod started out as a garment for an an (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Splendid as always, Rev. The great blood effects bring me back again and again. Makes me think of Monty Python's sendup of Sam Peckinpah. Thanks to you, Lego Bible Study is going to be a big hit at church camp this summer. -Teddy (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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