Questions

I have questions. Many of them crop up while reading my Bible, and I seek out the answers in various sources. Usually I can find something to explain them. There are a few questions tho' that I'm still wondering about...

For instance, what ever happened to Moses' wife and sons? At the end of the wilderness wandering, we're told that Moses orders his army to wipe out the Midianites because they plotted the downfall of Israel by seducing the Hebrew men to worship the gods of their Midianite love interests (Num. 31:1-30). Moses wife, Zipporah, was a Midianite, and his father-in-law, Jethro, was a Midianite priest. Were they still around when this went down?

Another thing I've wondered about is Jacob's name. When God changed Abram's name to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, Simon to Peter, etc., He called them by the new name. After He gave Jacob a new name, Israel, He continues to refer to him, with only a few exceptions, as Jacob ("the God of Ahraham, Isaac and Jacob"). Any reason?

Exodus 12:38 says that when the people left Egypt, they had large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. So why were they complaining that they had no meat (Ex.16:1, Num.11:4)? Were all the animals to be kept for the sacrifices and they resented this?

Then there's this 'fat' thing. Leviticus 3:16b says 'All the fat is the Lord's'. What is that about? (and... He can sure have mine!)

And while not Bible related, do cannibals NOT eat clowns because they taste funny?

And then there's the socks... where do they go after I put them in my dryer?

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. Prov. 25:2