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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2025 · 8 MIN

The Bronze Serpent and Philistine Foreskin

from Bottom Shelf Bible Study · host Jesse Ward and Peggy Murphey

We’re back, baby! After a short hiatus, Bottom Shelf Bible Study returns with a brand-new, rapid-fire format—welcome to our first-ever BSBS Blitz!What’s Inside? • The Israelites: History’s First Karens? 🙄Fresh out of Egypt, the Israelites are already whining about food, water, and how much they miss slavery. God, fed up with their nonsense, sends a plague of venomous snakes to speed up their character development. • God’s Unconventional Healthcare Plan 🏥🐍After realizing snake bites suck, the Israelites beg Moses for help. God’s prescription? A bronze snake statue that magically heals anyone who looks at it. Yes, really. • From Healing Relic to Golden Calf 2.0 🛑Classic Israelites move—they ignore God’s command to destroy the statue and instead start worshipping it because, of course, they do. • Bonus Blitz: King Saul’s 100-Foreskin Challenge 🤦‍♂️Trying to get David killed, King Saul tells him to collect 100 Philistine foreskins. David, ever the overachiever, brings back double. Naturally, we ask the real question: how exactly did he collect them? 🧐 • David’s Harp: Medieval Torture or Just an Annoying Playlist? 🎵🎯Some say Saul threw spears at David because of an evil spirit. We say maybe it was just because David wouldn’t stop playing the same damn harp song.Season Two: BSBS Blitz Has Arrived!After a run of full-length episodes, we’re kicking off Season Two with our new Blitz format—short, chaotic, and straight to the weirdest parts of the Bible.We’re back. We’re sorry. You’re welcome.

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BSBS Blitz: The Bronze Serpent We’re back, baby! After a short hiatus, Bottom Shelf Bible Study returns with a brand-new, rapid-fire format—welcome to our first-ever BSBS Blitz! Short, chaotic, and straight to the weirdest parts of the Bible. This time, we tackle the Bronze Serpent—where God responds to the Israelites’ non-stop whining by sending a plague of venomous snakes. Their bad. The fix? Staring at a bronze snake statue. Yes, Old Testament healthcare was wild. Oh, and because the Bible stays weird, we also cover King Saul’s 100-foreskin challenge—where David, always the teacher’s pet, brings back double. We’re back. We’re sorry. You’re welcome.

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