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Readers will remember the interesting multi-blog exploration of the story of Elisha and the she-bears<\/a> that was sparked off by David Ker on his blog Lingamish<\/a>. Well, here\u2019s a video<\/a> I happened across that tackles (in places, quite literally!) that same story:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever be able to read that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illustratedbiblestories.ca\/elisha_9.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">story<\/a> again with the bears doing Power Rangers moves and using Force lightning!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6952415229649044210?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers will remember the interesting multi-blog exploration of the story of Elisha and the she-bears that was sparked off by David Ker on his blog Lingamish. 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