February 10, 2022

Selective Interpretation

God told Noah to build an Ark

giving him explicit instructions

(three hundred cubits long, by

fifty cubits wide, by

thirty cubits high)

and Noah built it as instructed

and whenever we draw Noah’s Ark

we draw it as a lovely little ship

God told Moses to build an Ark

giving him explicit instructions

(two and a half cubits long, by

one and a half cubits wide, by

one and a half cubits high)

and Moses built it as instructed

and whenever we draw Moses’ Ark

we draw it as a rectangular box

and I wonder why

why do we interpret God differently

when we draw Noah’s Ark

than when we draw Moses’ Ark