Certainly there are commands not to covet the idols of the nations, but the verses you quoted come from Deuteronomy 7:25-26, where the context is giving instructions for when the Israelites enter the land, rather than commentary on the 10th commandment. If anything, it is more an application of the 1st and 2nd commandments. The account of the 10 commandments in Deuteronomy appears earlier, in 5:6-21, where Moses is quoting the commandments given in Exodus 20:1-17 by way of reminder to the new generation that is about to enter the promised land without him. The command not to covet is generally understood as having broader application than just not coveting idols.
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That interpretation of the commandment against coveting seems very unlikely. Exodus 20:17 says:
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s."
Nothing there mentions idols, and given the references to wives, servants and houses, it seems particularly unlikely that it is specifically referring to idols.
I assume because it is a relatively new city planned to replace Seoul as the capital city to reduce congestion. Its population would be mostly people from outside moving into the area, and elderly people tend to be more set in their ways and less willing to take risks like moving to a newly formed city.
That code point is U+0D9E SINHALA LETTER KANTAJA NAASIKYAYA. It’s a letter in a writing system used in Sri Lanka.
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where T: Sizedfor references&T? A reference can definitely point to an unsized type, e.g.&str.
I think the point being made is that the layout shown only applies for
SizedT. Layouts for&[T]and&dyn Traitare shown elsewhere on the sheet.&stris noted under&[T].Edit: although, similar considerations would apply to other pointer types, but that isn’t noted on the sheet except for
Box<[T]>- Why does it say
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Support (lemm.ee)@lemm.ee•How old does an account need to be before you can upload an image?English
5·1 year agoAnd in case you can’t find the sidebar, the relevant part is:
- Image uploads are enabled 4 weeks after account creation
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the dumbest thing you thought as an adult that you recently learned was wrong?English
17·2 years agoA cup can refer to a variety of different measurements (see Cup (unit) - Wikipedia). The cup OP referenced is a metric cup, a US customary cup is 8 US fluid ounces. Measuring cups can come labelled using cups as a unit, usually including a whole cup, and that is presumably what OP was referring to.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Threads will allow you to follow Mastodon users by year-end, according to Meta meeting details | TechCrunchEnglish
17·2 years agoWell, the good news is that according to this list, your instance already blocks Threads.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do some posts all of a sudden have a yellow background to them?English
2·2 years ago10 minutes based on my experience.
To give a theological answer, no. A lich is usually understood as a sorcerer who has achieved an undead state or immortality, usually by binding their soul to the corporeal world in a phylactery. That does not apply in Jesus’ case, since he did not pursue any sort of magic to avoid death, much less binding his soul to a phylactery. The resurrection of Jesus was a supernatural act of God, restoring Jesus to true life.
As to the second part of your question, I was not aware that holy water harming liches was a common trope in fiction (it is usually seen in reference to vampires), but even if it is applied to undead more widely, we have established that Jesus was restored to true life, not to any form of unnatural undeath. Moreover, holiness comes from God (that which is holy is set apart for God), and Jesus is fully God, so contact with holy things would not harm him. Indeed, Christ is now in the true holy place in heaven (Hebrews 9:24), which we can only enter when cleansed by his blood (Hebrews 10:19-22).
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Rust@programming.dev•Getting into rust and could use some pointersEnglish
2·2 years agoI’m glad my points we’re helpful!
There is some documentation on examples in the Cargo book. The basic procedure is to put it in an
examplesdirectory alongside thesrcdirectory (and in its own subfolder if it has multiple files), and you can add an entry for it in theCargo.toml(although it should automatically detect it if you put it in theexamplesdirectory, so that is only strictly necessary if you want to change the default settings).
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Rust@programming.dev•Getting into rust and could use some pointersEnglish
6·2 years agoA few things I noticed:
- In
http::request::parse(), do you actually need aBufReader? It would be better to make it generic over something implementingBufRead, that allows what you have but also makes tests and examples easier since you wouldn’t have to open a TCP connection just to do something that is essentially string parsing. - In
http::response::Response::to_string(), that match on lines 78-85 makes me uneasy, because you are silently changing the status code if it isn’t one you recognise. It would be better to signal an error. It would be even better to just check when the status code is set (perhaps with a status code enum to list the ones you support, since what you have isn’t all the defined codes) so that you can’t fail when converting to a string. - Consider whether you need a special
to_string()method at all, or whether you can just implementDisplay(which gives youto_string()for free via theToStringtrait). - You are using
Stringas an error type pretty much everywhere. The better approach is to create an enum representing all the possible errors, so that a user of your library can match against them. Make the enum implementErrorandDisplayand it will fit fine into the rest of the error handling infrastructure. There are crates likethiserrorthat can reduce the boilerplate around this. - You have an
io.rsthat doesn’t appear to be connected to anything. - You have a
main.rs, which seems off in something that sounds like it should be purely a library crate. You probably want that to be an example or an integration test instead.
That’s all I could see with a quick look. In terms of general advice: remember to look at warnings, run
cargo clippy, and look at the API guidelines.- In
25 isn’t too young, and makes sense if you have focused on education and career. I followed a similar path in that I spent a lot of time in education, only starting to properly consider courting someone around the age of 25 or 26 after I finished my PhD. Things were complicated somewhat by Covid, but I got married last year at the age of 30.
As to losing weight, I can’t speak much from experience on that, but losing some weight may be a good idea, as much for your own health as anything else. Unless you are really overweight (in which case it is a medical issue that you should address), I think you shouldn’t worry too much about it in terms of dating.
The understanding I’ve generally heard, and which seems supported by the context, is that the fig tree symbolises the unfruitfulness of God’s people. This is particularly apparent in that both Matthew and Mark record it as happening alongside Jesus casting out people trading in the temple (Luke records the cleansing of the temple but not the fig tree thing). It is then followed by Jesus telling a series of parables against the religious leaders. There may also be a relation to the parable of the barren fig tree earlier on in Luke 13.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Zuckerberg: Actually, Threads Is Great, Approaching 100M Monthly Active UsersEnglish
2·2 years agoI can understand why people wouldn’t specifically talk about the fediverse on other sites. It just seems like there is a lot of coverage of X and Meta in the news, but there doesn’t seem to have been even a passing mention of fediverse sites in most of what I’ve seen. I guess the more established social media sites are still a lot more significant than fediverse alternatives though.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Zuckerberg: Actually, Threads Is Great, Approaching 100M Monthly Active UsersEnglish
7·2 years agoWhat’s sad is that people aren’t talking about Mastodon nearly as much as they are talking about Threads and X. It just doesn’t seem to get much publicity outside of the fediverse.
Image uploads are currently disabled on lemm.ee: https://lemm.ee/post/5839513. Images were restricted in size before that as well to avoid using too much server space. The idea is to use image hosting sites instead.
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Reformed Christianity@lemm.ee•What do you think is the greatest benefit to society that came out of the Reformation?English
01·2 years agoTo add to that, there were even cases where a push for religious reform led directly to political reform, like the English Civil War.
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Reformed Christianity@lemm.ee•What songs did you sing in corporate worship today?English
01·2 years agoAnd in the evening service, a version of the Nun section of Psalm 119 to the tune of “Amazing Grace”, and “The God of Abraham praise”





I would certainly set the day apart and not do work or unnecessary housework. I try to focus on reading Christian books and spending time with church members in the afternoon as well. It helps to focus on God.