show mercy if there were only ten righteous persons in that entire wicked city. At the end of the conversation, the Lord promised He would spare the entire city of Sodom if He found ten righteous persons in it. This story raised a question in my mind some years ago about the probable population of Sodom in the days of Abraham. After some considerable research, I came to the conclusion that, at a minimum, there must have been at least ten thousand persons in Sodom at that time. So, ten persons could
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