• white_rabbit@lemmynsfw.com
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    Except that’s literally what the story says that Job would pray for:

    Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom. Job 1:5b, NIV

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      His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

      Makes it seem more of a following their birthday feast custom than an everyday habit in context.

      A response to feared decadence than a main goal of keeping family safe.