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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 1 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This series brings to life the world of the Old Testament through informative entries and full-color photos and graphics. Here readers find the premier commentary set for connecting with the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament. Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure....

But here the celebrants are directed to change clothes. Some ritual texts, especially those involving the king, portray him putting on clean garments for a ritual.531 For many celebrants, however, the issue may not be what they are changing into, but what they are changing out of. When work or other activity has sullied one’s clothing, it is appropriate to change clothes in order to avoid ritual impurity. For Jacob’s entourage, this may be necessitated simply to eliminate the dirt and grime of travel
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