1,850

The footnotes reveal
All the human error in
The inspired book

1,434

One book, two authors

One offers praise, one takes swipes

Still the word of God

1,274

God opened his eyes

And allowed him to see what

God had kept hidden

1,233

Even we don’t know

What this ceremony means

But it’s still holy

1,231

Rules for the in group

Bind people together and

Define good and bad

1,225

Read Leviticus

Why do we need Jesus if

Sin offerings work?

1,219

List of instructions

Both culturally specific

And strangely graphic

1,203

Wait just a minute

God did not say that; you did

What is going on?

1,198

Make me some curtains

Three hundred feet long and made

Of finest goat hair

1,182

Is God not God for

Everyone? Read Exodus.

Apparently not.

1,181

Two different authors

And two different characters

Can you not see that?

1,180

Footnotes still amaze

Miraculous plagues explained

As natural facts

1,179

His name is Yahweh
He’s sporting with Egyptians
Destroying their food

1,177

What does it mean when

Magicians do miracles

With their secret arts?

1,176

If you want Pharaoh

To let your people go then

Don’t harden his heart

1,175

If you’re asked to prove

You spoke directly to God

Do this magic trick

1,174

Go do what I say

And then I’ll try to kill you

In Exodus 4

1,168

The Land of Goshen

Also the Land of Ramses

Best land in Egypt

1,158

Part of the reward
Take their women and small ones
Make them all your slaves

1,157

Wrestling angels
And other non-sequiturs
Are hard to accept