Mazu, originally named Lin Mo, was born on Meizhou Island in Putian, Fujian, during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Revered for her miraculous ability to calm storms and rescue ships in distress, she ...

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God commands Moses to make two statues of angels (cherubim) for the top of the Ark of the Covenant. Later in Numbers 21:8-9, God commands Moses to make a bronze serpent, so that the people who ...