6 Apr 2013
Biblical Oddities: Small Things
Not all oddities have to be giant and life-changing. Sometimes a person comes across little things that bring a smile. For example, Job seemed to be a big fan of adding salt to food:
Job 6:6: “Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
I think that’s a terrific verse of the day. Can’t you see it stitched on pillows, or elaborately framed and hung on the wall? That verse definitely belongs in the kitchen; I say put it right over the stove. “Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?”
As you can see, Job also believed that the white of an egg was pretty tasteless. (What do you think the odds are that he added salt to it?)
Proverbs warns us to moderate our intake of honey, lest we overdo it and vomit:
Proverbs 25:16: “Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
On a completely unrelated note, in the book of Jeremiah God mentions a very unusual writing instrument:
Jeremiah 17:1: “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;”
Writing with “the point of a diamond” – now there’s a modern idea! Apparently that concept was also a “modern idea” a couple thousand years ago. It makes you wonder what other modern ideas are actually very old – but that is a discussion for another time.