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Forty years in the wilderness were designed as a humbling experience to force the Israelites to learn to rely on God's provision (Deuteronomy 8:2-3). Historically, Jews had a number of outward acts that indicated that they were humbling themselves. Many of these are culturally specific, others more general.
- Taking off shoes or sandals.371
- Bowing low, prostrating oneself.372
- Fasting.373
- Beating one's breast.374
- Tearing one's clothes.375
- Wearing sackcloth and ashes.376
- Weeping, mourning.377
- Confession, acknowledgement of one's sins, and repentance.378
- Renewing the covenant.379
- Desecrating and destroying idols and objects of sin.380
- Correcting injustice.381
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I'm sure you can think of others. The scripture verses in the footnotes can be multiplied many-fold. Humbling ourselves voluntarily is central to faith and Christian living.
End Notes
[371] Exodus 3:5; 5:15.
[372] 2 Samuel 16:4; Deuteronomy 9:18; Genesis 42:6; etc.
[373] Ezra 8:21; 1 Kings 21:27-29; Psalm 69:10; Jonah 3:5.
[374] Luke 18:13.
[375] Ezra 9:3-5; 2 Chronicles 34:27; 2 Kings 22:19.
[376] 1 Kings 21:27-29; Psalm 69:11; Esther 4:3; Psalm 35:13-14; Isaiah 58:5-6; Jonah 3:5.
[377] 2 Chronicles 34:27; James 4:9; 2 Kings 22:19.
[378] Ezra 9:6ff; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9; Luke 18:13.
[379] 2 Kings 23.1-4; Nehemiah 8.
[380] 2 Kings 23:4-16.
[381] 2 Chronicles 34:31; Isaiah 58:5-6.
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