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Ken MacLeod, Learning the World: The Height was a busy place, but how much of its activity represented something real, and how much really symbolic, was another matter.

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chapter 04

Once again, the Lord Spoke. Of the Levites, the Kohathites, male, 30 to 50, were taken census of and assigned to the gold and silver kind of stuff in the Tent of Meeting.

Dolphin skin, which ain’t real flipper, they likely refer to dugong and that is a now extinct sea creature from over hunting. For their meat, fat and skins.

Instructions how to take down camp. Holy things covered by priests so no one sees the holy stuff and has to die. Ark of the Pact. Bowls. Jugs. Crimson cloth. Luxury that was to remain for the upper class. The ruling class. Fuck the rest of the Israelites. The rest of the world. God said, or the Lord, take it all and fuck everything over.

The furnishings, poles, blue cloth, gold things, had to be covered with dolphin dugong skin.

And so, when Aaron and his sons had covered all the things so people wouldn’t die ‘cause they saw them, then the Kohathites carry them.

Elaazar, son of Aaron, the priest, was in charge of the precious oils, incense and roast beef.

If any Kohathite goes to carry stuff before it is covered, they gotta be killed. No one sees the stuff and lives lest he is a priest.

The Lord wanted a census of the Gershonites 30 - 50. They had to carry the tent flappy stuff, like whatever. And Aaron and his sons would give orders.

And the Merarites 30 - 50. They did the planks, bars, posts. Sockets. They had a list the Lord made for them. What to do. Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest, was their boss.

The Lord had in his service for the holy tent and all the holy stuff, 2,750 Kohathites, 30 - 50. Gershomites, 2,630. Merarites 3,200.

The Lord had a job for those 8,580 30 - 50 year old men. The big fuckin’ holy Tent of Meeting.


chapter 5

In case any one forgot, the Lord spoke to Moses. Non stop.

The next thing to say again was people with eruptions or discharges, or dirtied by a dead corpse, must be put outside of camp.

The Lord also said, if someone does something shitty to someone, there is a 20% interest charge. Surcharge over the 100%. If no one is left alive to take the payment, it goes to the priests. As well as a ram.

If a wife fucks someone other than her husband or a priest. Or if she hasn’t and her husband thinks she might have. Then she and some grain are taken to the priest.

She stands before the Lord and is given a witch test. The priest musses with her hair and makes a potion. The jealousy drink. The curse is laid upon her.

He tells her if you fucked around, your ass will sag, your tits will droop and you won’t have no more babies. You will be a curse among people.

If the poison don’t fuck her up, she didn’t fuck no one but her husband and the local priest and she can make more babies.

Priests gotta do these rituals so lotsa rituals are happening. Making culture. Like rotting cheese. The man will be clear of guilt. But the woman shall suffer for her guilt. Dirty slut.


chapter 6

Guess the fuck who told who to tell the Israelites about the rules of making a nazirite’s vow. And what did the vow mean. No wine, vinegar, grapes or razors. No trimming beard or split ends.

‘Cause his hair is holy. If his mom or someone dies, he, the vower, can’t see her, them. His hair is holy.

If some fucker dies and falls on him, he has to shave all his hair and start from the beginning of the vow. And must pay a lamb as penalty.

At the end of his vow, the Levite on the nazirite trip of avoiding grapes, things made of grapes and dead people and razors. Then he can pay a lam, a ram, cake, flour and oil.

The Nazirite then shaves off his hair and throws it on the sacred fire where his offering is being roasted over the coals. And he gets the shoulder of the ram, one cookie and a slab of flat crispy bread.

After that, the Nazirite can go get sloppy drunk.

So that’s the nazirite thing what the Lord made some rules for. Which means that is what is and anyone got any questions.

The Lord bless the people of Israel. And protect you. And make things nice. And I will bless them.


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