Moses at Bat

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Though I’ve seen this a few times, it always makes me smile.

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Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men…arise and play before us� (II Samuel 2:14)
…[and] all the people rose up… (Exodus 33:8)
And Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; and Sheva was scribe… (II Samuel 20:24-25)
And they said unto Jephthah, “Come and be our [Captain]� (Judges 11:6)
…and he measured two lines… (II Samuel 8:2)
And he set the bases… (I Kings 7:39)
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp (Judges 7:21)
…behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher… (Genesis 24:45)
Ehud…the Benjamite, a man left-handed … (Judges 3:15)
…the children of Israel …said “Who shall go up for us first…?� (Judges 20:18)
…seek out a man who is a skillful player… (I Samuel 16:16)
…Judah [shall go up] first… (Judges 20:18)
[And] Judah took… (Judges 1:18)
Three times… (Exodus 23:14)
…and…it was good. (Genesis 1:10)
…and Abram went down… (Genesis 12:10)
…out at the base… (Leviticus 4:18)
And Moses…smote… (Exodus 7:20)
…and… [it] became foul… (Exodus 7:21)
And Moses went out… (Numbers 11:24)
…and none came in. (Joshua 6:1)
And there was not a man left… (Joshua 8:17)
And Miriam was shut out… (Numbers 12:15)
And the children of Benjamin went out… (Judges 20:31)
…and went into the field … (Numbers 22:23)
And…Aaron waved… (Leviticus 9:21)
And he looked this way and that way… (Exodus 2:12)
…and [he] delivered up… (Numbers 21:3)
…and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand… (Joshua 8:19)
…and they fell on their faces to the ground… (Judges 13:20)
Get thee up; wherefore now art thou fallen upon thy face? (Joshua 7:10)
…for it was an error… (Numbers 15:25)
…second and third… (Genesis 6:16)
And Joseph [spoke]… (Genesis 45:3)
…concerning the error which he committed… (Leviticus 5:18)
…make [an] atonement for thyself… (Leviticus 9:7)
Thou shalt fan them… (Isaiah 41:16)
Then Joseph commanded to filltheir…sack[s]… (Genesis 42:25)
and…all the people saw it [and] they shouted… (Leviticus 9:24)
“Who can stand before the [Giants]?� (Deuteronomy 9:2)
and…Aaron waved… (Leviticus 9:21)
…and pitched on the other side… (Numbers 21:13)
…and suffered not a man to pass… (Judges 3:28)
…but…the seventh… (Exodus 31:15)
Gideon…smote… (Judges 8:11)
…Israel…at…first… (Jeremiah 33:7)
And Noah went in… (Genesis 7:7)
And there ran a young man … (Numbers 11:27)
…he turned and went back… (Judges 18:26)
…unto the base… (Numbers 8:4)
…Noah walked… (Genesis 6:9)
Let us go and sacrifice… (Exodus 5:8)
And Moses lifted up his hand and smote… with his rod… (Numbers 20:11)
…the…hide… (Leviticus 20:4)
…a long blast… (Joshua 6:5)
…[outside] the camp… (Judges 7:17)
…[for] an ‘omer… (Exodus 16:36)
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted… (1 Samuel 17:52)

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