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   The Jewish Encyclopedia entry on "Amorites" reads in part:

This refers to the strange story of Kenaz, preserved in the 

"Chronicle of Jerahmeel" (Cohn in "Jew. Quart. Rev." 1898, pp. 294 et seq., 

and translation of Gaster, p. 166), which relates how the tribes of Israel 

learned all their wickedness from the Amorites, the masters of 

witchcraft, whose books they kept hidden under Mount Abarim, and 

whose wonder-working idols—seven holy nymphs—they had concealed 

beneath Mount Shechem. Each of these idols was adorned with precious 

stones, which shone at night like the light of day, and by their power 

sight was restored to the blind. Kenaz, the son of Caleb and father of 

Othniel, when hearing of this, forthwith destroyed the idolatrous Israelites 

by fire, but tried in vain to destroy either the magic-books or the 

stones. So he buried the books, but in the morning found them 

transformed into twelve precious stones, with the names of the twelve 

tribes of Israel engraved thereon, and later they were used in Solomon's 

Temple.

Thus, according to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Jewish lore holds that the 

unholy pagan witchcraft and sorcery books and idols of the Amorites 

were incorporated into the structure of Solomon's Temple in Jebus 

/ Jerusalem.  Does this not have an obvious 

interpretation?  Namely, that the Temple of Jebus / Jerusalem — and all 

that that symbolizes — was built upon pagan roots?

How can the Temple of Jebus be holy if it incorporates Amorite witchcraft 

idols?  Moreover, the "12 precious stones engraved with the names of the 

tribes of Israel" is a clear reference to the Ephod worn by the High Priest 

with its 12 Shamran (sp?) stones.  That is, the full impact of the pagan 

impurity was concentrated in, of all places, in the High Priest 

himself.

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Bismarck Senior Member Joined: 01 March 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 286	Topic: Amorite Witchcraft in Solomon’s Temple Posted: 05 July 2007 at 12:24am
	The Jewish Encyclopedia entry on "Amorites" reads in part: This refers to the strange story of Kenaz, preserved in the "Chronicle of Jerahmeel" (Cohn in "Jew. Quart. Rev." 1898, pp. 294 et seq., and translation of Gaster, p. 166), which relates how the tribes of Israel learned all their wickedness from the Amorites, the masters of witchcraft, whose books they kept hidden under Mount Abarim, and whose wonder-working idols—seven holy nymphs—they had concealed beneath Mount Shechem. Each of these idols was adorned with precious stones, which shone at night like the light of day, and by their power sight was restored to the blind. Kenaz, the son of Caleb and father of Othniel, when hearing of this, forthwith destroyed the idolatrous Israelites by fire, but tried in vain to destroy either the magic-books or the stones. So he buried the books, but in the morning found them transformed into twelve precious stones, with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel engraved thereon, and later they were used in Solomon's Temple. Thus, according to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Jewish lore holds that the unholy pagan witchcraft and sorcery books and idols of the Amorites were incorporated into the structure of Solomon's Temple in Jebus / Jerusalem. Does this not have an obvious interpretation? Namely, that the Temple of Jebus / Jerusalem — and all that that symbolizes — was built upon pagan roots? How can the Temple of Jebus be holy if it incorporates Amorite witchcraft idols? Moreover, the "12 precious stones engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel" is a clear reference to the Ephod worn by the High Priest with its 12 Shamran (sp?) stones. That is, the full impact of the pagan impurity was concentrated in, of all places, in the High Priest himself.
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