Anyone reading what Ezekiel wrote at the time would understand that human dung as fuel made the bread ritually unclean.
Read all of Ezekiel (better the whole Old Testament) and it will make sense.
Rule # 2 for understanding the Bible.
Never take a text out of its context in order to prove a pretext.
The dung is fuel and is still used as fuel in many parts of the world.
Ezekiel 4:12
And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.
So, I have to put captions on my grandkids birthday party video before I upload it to a family web site.
The law of unintended consequences applies.
--------
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
Slashdot Mirror
Anyone reading what Ezekiel wrote at the time would understand that human dung as fuel made the bread ritually unclean. Read all of Ezekiel (better the whole Old Testament) and it will make sense. Rule # 2 for understanding the Bible. Never take a text out of its context in order to prove a pretext.
The dung is fuel and is still used as fuel in many parts of the world. Ezekiel 4:12 And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.
So, I have to put captions on my grandkids birthday party video before I upload it to a family web site. The law of unintended consequences applies. -------- Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity