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To: Tax-chick

The sacrifice of turtle doves always seemed incongruous for a family that otherwise seems fairly well-to-do. Perhaps they were cleaned out by the taxes they had to pay in Bethleham.


116 posted on 12/24/2004 9:53:38 AM PST by stop_fascism
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To: stop_fascism

Or just hadn't made it back home between the birth and the Purification. They probably buried their money in the kitchen floor, if they had any actual coinage.


119 posted on 12/24/2004 9:56:14 AM PST by Tax-chick (Benedicere cor tuo! Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?)
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To: stop_fascism

I don't think that everyone in the family tree was rich. I think if Joseph was rich, he could have taken a whole herd of animals and also the people that worked for him to Bethlehem. They could have build a shelter for Mary to have her baby in.


122 posted on 12/24/2004 9:57:14 AM PST by Lemondropkid31 (Vote for the man who has bible-based values. Vote Bush.)
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