exodus
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The Israelites, often granted victories by God, fought their way to the promised land, causing fear among the surrounding nations.. Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of Bashan, both came out with armies against them; but the Israelites overcame them, and took possession of their territories. The victorious Israel army gathered in…
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The people initially apologized for disobeying God, but eventually forgot about it and, when without water, they continued to curse Moses and Aaron. Then God commanded Moses to take the rod with which he had struck the rock in Horeb, and before all the people to speak to a certain rock, which He pointed out,…
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In the wilderness of Paran, Moses sent twelve spies to inform the Israelites about the land of Canaan and its people.. He also told the men to bring back with them some of it’s fruits. So the twelve men were out forty days. They brought large grapes from Eshcol so large and ripe that two…
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God’s ten commandments on Mount Sinai were written on stone tablets by God. Moses, angered by the people worshipping the gold calf, threw them down, causing them to be broken. But after God, at Moses’ prayer, had so far forgiven the sin of the Israelites as not to destroy them all, He bade moses hew…
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Moses’ wife, sons, and father-in-law visited him in the wilderness, and Jethro suggested that Moses should appoint officers to manage the numerous Israelite’s concerns. But God Himself had the chief government of the people; and on Mount Sinai, where Moses spoke to Him and saw His great glory, He gave to them, not only the…
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AFTER THE EGYPTIANS were all destroyed, the Israelites went forward into the wilderness; and after three days journey, they were in distress for want of water. They found bitter water at Marah, but couldn’t drink it, blaming Moses for not providing drink. Then God bade him throw into the water a certain tree which He…
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Moses and Aaron sought Pharaoh’s release of the Hebrews, but he refused, despite God’s severe plagues as punishment for wickedness. As Pharaoh ordered slaying of Hebrew sons, God destroyed first-born in Egypt, and the Egyptians drove out the Israelites, as they feared for their lives. There were Six hundred thousand men, beside women and children,…
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MOSES WAS BROUGHT up in the court of Egypt. But when he was about forty years old, he went among his own people again, and was grieved to find how sadly they were oppressed by the Egyptians. Once he saw an Egyptian ill-treating a Hebrew; so he killed the Egyptian, and buried his body in…
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Joseph died in Egypt at 110 years old, and the descendants of Jacob were later treated harshly by an Egyptian king. They were forced to work hard and became slaves. But, the more he oppressed them, the more they increased in number, and the Egyptians feared that the Israelites might turn against them during war.…