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cbabe

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5. Moses would've been speaking an Afro-asiatic language. Not sure about god.

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:43 AM

Jun 12

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language

Egyptian language

The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian (r n kmt;[1][note 3] 'speech of Egypt'), is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world following the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian scripts in the early 19th century.

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Good. travelingthrulife Jun 12 #1

I'm so glad the lawsuits have started. Ilsa Jun 12 #2

Moses would've been speaking an Afro-asiatic language. Not sure about god. cbabe Jun 12 #5

Thank you. My ancient history, anything BCE, is Ilsa Jun 12 #9

Afro. Asiatic. Two words to strike fear in a maga. Cheers backatcha. cbabe Jun 12 #10

People have a right to any religion they want Americanme Jun 12 #3

Which version of the TCs is the official state-approved list? There are differences. Norrrm Jun 12 #4

I looked it up!!! Grins Jun 12 #11

The Bible has all the answers... IF: Norrrm Jun 12 #13

Huckabee (R-Idiot): No one is gonna sue us over this! sakabatou Jun 12 #6

Don't be cruel. That should cover most everything. twodogsbarking Jun 12 #7

These days, such a statement is viewed as partisan political speech 0rganism Jun 12 #8

Want to make the Arkansas Bible-bangers really howl?? Grins Jun 12 #12