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The Law of Moses asks and answers questions essential to the reading of Scripture. Some of these questions are launched upwards: Who is Yahweh? What are his credentials, promises, and expectations? Can he be trusted? Other questions of torah are launched outwardly: Who is this Moses? What are his credentials? Can he be regarded as a reliable guide? Finally, questions of torah are...

fact that having makes persons more greedy.”21 Not surprisingly, Achan’s selfish sin emerges at the precise moment when Israel moves from landless to landed, from scarcity to plenty. The objects of Achan’s greed consist of a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold. This booty is sleek and significant, but not beyond what a single man could conceal and carry. The robe is recognized as a foreign import, coming hundreds of miles from Mesopotamia.22 Two hundred
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