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Re: why evangelics love Israel
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Originally Posted by aegsm76
EB - so you are basically saying that because they cannot trace their lineage, then they are not "Biblical" Jews.
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Exactly what Ezra and Nehemiah said. Lineages were everything in ancient societies. If a child was born, if someone died, or if they committed an offense against the tribe. Names were either entered or blotted out. The Bible shows us who is who. Ezra and Nehemiah didn’t accept untraceable people.
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