Chapter 25...

[pasithea]

Fear me, for I am a fashion conscious God and I want my bachelor pad JUST right or else.

Also, get me some of that Shittin' wood and make me a 'mercy seat'...

Uh... Did God just ask them for a gold-plated porta-john and a big purple curtain to put around it so he could dump in peace?



I suppose that's what he gets for eating all that unleavened bread and dry-cooked savory meatz.

You could stick Jim Theis' description of a sandal from The Eye of Argon into this part of the bible and no one would EVER notice.

Comments

[zeeth_kyrah]

I'm just going to guess, here, but "mercy seat" could have been an old term for the throne of a high judge or king, one who decides the life and death of a petitioner or criminal. Without mercy, there is no fairness in justice.

[moonscream.livejournal.com]

'Shittem wood' is commonly thought nowadays to be a name for ironwood...which is an actual wood, one that cannot be cut without being soaking wet because it is so hard. The harder woods last longer, even thousands of years, like ebony has (there's still a stump in front of Hatshepsut's temple, from the gardens she planted). God is asking them to do something which would take MUCH devotion, and hopefully drive home the point that they have the fortitude to keep it going for generations...which, of course, they didn't.

Siege is right on the other part.

I should note that I figured you were actually kidding with the way you phrased it. ;)

--Zhora