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were made up of adulterers, thieves and run- I was very pleased to find your web-site. My
away slaves around B.C. 664. Also, according wife and I have been incorporating more and
to Durant, Locrians requested advice, due to more of the Law into our lives and have come
suffering disorders from the defects of their to the conclusion that we need to be following
qualities, from the oracle at Delphi, and were the Mosaic Law (truly called, "God's Law").
told to get themselves laws. Zaleuces gave to Your site has helped us a lot because we have
Locri laws he said he received from the gods been wanting to follow God's holy days and not
(apparently Athena dictated them to him in a the holidays of our culture and the world.
dream). This was the first written code of laws
in the history of Greece. I do have a question, however -- you note two
different dates for Pentecost: February 6th and
In your article you state that some of the colo- June 11th. Can you explain this?
nies founded by the Israelites included Troy,
Greece and Italy. It is interesting that some of Also, what is acceptable to do on the Sabbath?
the founders of Locri were runaway slaves, is- Is it acceptable to drive a car? To eat out? To
n't this around the time of the Assyrian captiv- visit friends?
ity? Also, being thieves and adulterers sounds
like the Israelites while Moses was on Sinai 40 We chose to use Friday at sunset until Saturday
days, because of these defects they receive the at sunset as our Sabbath because we have small
code of laws from Athena much like God hand- children and it is a LOT of WORK to get them
ing Moses the ten commandments. I find these to and from church on Sundays for two separate
parallels interesting. services. Therefore, our day of rest is on
Saturday.
My question is this: Is it possible for Locri to
be a colony started by Israelites? Do you have I will continue to read more from your site, but
any more information on this topic? if you could help us in this, I'd appreciate it.

I know it doesn't matter if we are of Israelite Also, do you keep the other 603 Laws? (Aside
origin but it would be interesting to know. Any- from God's Ten Commandments.) For instance,
how, keep up the great work for the Great God, the law about not trimming the beard, not cut-
He is truly blessing your efforts in these last ting the hair at the sides of the head, not tattoo-
days. ing the body, etc." I would appreciate your
perspective on this, too.
D.A.
B. R.
Comment: My research indicates that large ar-
eas of Southern Italy (including Locri) were Comment: We cannot choose God's Sabbath
colonized by people of Israelite origin. Not Day out of convenience. God tells us when the
only that, but the the original Etruscans and the Sabbath Day is -- the only choice we have is
Latini (from which the Romans descended) whether we keep it or not. The Bible clearly
were of Israelite origin. Hopefully I will cover shows that the Sabbath is the 7th day of the
this more in future articles. week according to God's calendar -- not the
Gregorian calendar we keep today. Also, the
Greetings, Bible clearly shows that the Sabbath is linked
to the phases of the moon, which means the
Sabbath can fall on any day of the week in the

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