"If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account." [Phm 1:18] When the slave to Philemon, named Onesimus, ran away, just as it was Ruth’s “’hap’…to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,” [Ruth 2:3] so too it was Onesimus’ “happenstance” to meet the apostle Paul. Of …
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His Precious Possession
"I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine." [Num 3:12] In Exodus, The LORD says that because “by strength of hand The LORD brought [Israel] out from Egypt, from the house of …