Matot-Massei Haiku

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I
Fathers and husbands
could annul daughters or wives
vows – but not today

II
Soldiers give gold to
God as thanks for not one death
Why does God need gold?

III
Descendants of Gad
want to stay on this side of
the Jordan – cold feet.

IV
Forty two journeys
from Egypt to this moment.
Tents open and close.

V
Our claim to Canaan
will require a Canaanite
genocide, says God.

VI
Forty years out of
Egypt and we’ve still got to
build someone’s cities.

VII
Despite war, refuge
intra-marriage – we survive
strongly and strengthened.

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