Hallo W. Mattfeld,
the magical ritual of pulverizing the Golden Calf into dust, placing this dust into
water and then making Israel "drink" it is constructed similar to the law of
Numbers 5,11-31 concerning a divine ordeal in the case of undemonstrable infidelity in
marriage.
A pulverisation of gold into dust and mixing it with water is however a mater
of phisical impossibility. Gold separates on the spot from water, as a matter
of fact. ...
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I reorder the text according to the donation ritual description as described
in Judges 8.24-27 here following.
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