{"id":4403,"date":"2012-01-31T07:29:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2012-01-31T07:32:05","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:32:05","slug":"god-uses-culture-how-egypt-influenced-the-tabernacle-ray-vander-laan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2012\/01\/31\/god-uses-culture-how-egypt-influenced-the-tabernacle-ray-vander-laan\/","title":{"rendered":"God Uses Culture &#8211; How Egypt Influenced the Tabernacle (Ray Vander Laan)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QW7F4ZjB6IU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The imagery of Ramses\u2019 war camp at the battle of Kadesh at Abu Simbel  shows remarkable similarities to the design of the tabernacle. 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