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\"Humblest<\/p>\n

Yuriy Stasyuk shared the image above on Facebook. It is poking fun at the idea that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, since\u00a0Numbers 12:3 says,\u00a0\u201cNow the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Yuriy pointed out, \u201cIf Moses really wrote that he is the most humble, he would then be boasting about his humility \u2013 so in effect, not being humble, about being humble.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Someone then responded by offering the following image:<\/p>\n

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Yuriy Stasyuk shared the image above on Facebook. It is poking fun at the idea that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, since\u00a0Numbers 12:3 says,\u00a0\u201cNow the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.\u201d\u00a0 As Yuriy pointed out, \u201cIf Moses really wrote that he is the most humble, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":29069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4867,4869,4871,7250,7721,8907],"class_list":["post-29068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-numbers-bible","tag-humble","tag-humility","tag-humor","tag-meme","tag-moses","tag-pentateuch"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Humblest Man on Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yuriy Stasyuk shared the image above on Facebook. 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