Octodrachma of Ptolemy II

‎Egypt’s Ptolemy II issued this gold eight-drachma coin sometime after 265 B.C. The obverse features his parents, Ptolemy I and Berenice I. Above the couple, both deceased before this coin appeared, is the Greek word meaning “of gods.” The coin's reverse shows Ptolemy II and his second wife and full sister Arsinoe II under a Greek inscription meaning "of siblings." The coin’s unmistakable message? All of the people pictured are divine–the parents explicitly identified as gods, their children implicitly.

‎Ps 82:6,7, Isa 14:12–14, Isa 45:14, Dan 11:36, John 10:34, Rev 13:1–8

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Furnishings of the Tabernacle

Furnishings of the Tabernacle . ‎The book of Exodus details the construction of the tabernacle and its furnishings. As Yahweh’s sanctuary, the tabernacle served as God’s dwelling place among the Israelites—the expression of the covenant between Yahweh and His people ( Exod 25:8–9 ).

A Threshing Floor

A Threshing Floor In the ancient world, farmers used threshing floors to separate grain from its inedible husk (chaff) by beating it with a flail or walking animals on it—sometimes while towing a threshing sledge. Sledges were fitted with flint teeth to dehusk the grain more quickly. Other workers would turn the grain over so that it would be evenly threshed by the sledge.

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