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Wednesday, May 01, 2024

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat

"A concept superficially similar to the biblical scapegoat is attested in two ritual texts of the  

24th century BC archived at Ebla. 

They were connected with ritual purification on the occasion of the king's wedding. In them, a she-goat with a silver bracelet hung from her neck was driven forth into the wasteland of "Alini"; "we" in the report of the ritual involves the whole community.  

Such "elimination rites", in which an animal, without confession of sins, is the vehicle of evils (not sins) that are chased from the community are widely attested in the Ancient Near East." 



ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat 


"In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of a pair of kid goats that is released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities, while the other is sacrificed.  

The concept first appears in the Book of Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert to carry away the sins of the community." 


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"The obligations of the goel include the duty to redeem the relative from slavery, if the latter had been obliged to sell himself into slavery (Leviticus 25:48–49);  

to repurchase the property of a relative who had had to sell it because of poverty; 

 to avenge the blood of his relative;  

to marry his brother's widow in order to have a son for his brother, in the case that the brother had no son to pass on his name (Deuteronomy 25:5–6); 

 and to receive the restitution if the injured relative had died (Numbers 5:8)." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goel_(Judaism)

'Jewish tradition has also attributed the blood avenger role in modern times to a prosecuting attorney, who pleads on behalf of the victim the case against the criminal. 

 Thus, he is responsible for bringing the offender to court, finding evidence against him, presenting the case to the court, and collecting damages from the offender"   



'the goel hadam,  

commonly translated to English as 

 "avenger of blood."



 

"We are trying our best to keep everyone safe while ending this unlawful occupation of our Palestine." 


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"The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized: Reite oki Kaisen, lit. ' 

Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle', Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) 

 was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria  

the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved."  


It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon from 23 to 26 October 1944  

It was the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks, and

 it was the last naval battle between battleships in history.

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"Mount Olympus departed from the East Coast in early July, arriving at Hawaii via the Panama Canal on 23 July. With the Commander, 3rd Amphibious Force, embarked, she was underway from Hawaii on 29 August. 

 She arrived Leyte Gulf 20 October, there to serve as the floating headquarters for the huge U.S. Army invasion force. " 

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 "Champlin reported to headquarters, Twelfth Naval District, in August 1944, and on October 7, 1944 was ordered to a shore assignment in the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington, DC,  

where he was placed in charge of research and development of naval guns, mounts and missile launchers. 

 Detached in October 1948, he assumed command of USS Mt. Olympus, 

 and continued in command of that Amphibious Force, Flagship, in the Atlantic, until December 1949.  

He next had thirty-three months’ duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, attained to the Division of International Affairs as  

Chief of Foreign Military Aid Matters." 




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