To Canaan’s period took around 40 years (1290-1250) and it is described in Exodus 12-40, the books of Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua. During this period, we can see the exodus of Israel through the leadership of Moses, the covenant, the pilgrimage of Israel through the desert, the leadership of Joshua and the conquest of Canaan by the twelve tribes.
Moses was an Israelite, but he grows as the son of the daughter of Pharaoh. After Moses had identified with his people, killed an Egyptian and spent forty years in the anonymity, God called him. God reveals His name to Moses and commissions him to deliver Israel. …show more content…
Pharaoh resisted Moses and the will of God. God punished Pharaoh and Egypt with ten plagues (Gen. 7:14 – 12:32). Israel celebrated for the first time the Passover. Pharaoh sent Israel away.
The Exodus shape Israel as people of God and in the purpose of God to use His people to be a blessing for the rest of the nations (Exodus 12:1-27, 43-49; 13:1-16). Israel learned to remember “Community,” what YHWH did. The legacy of community, a calendared community, sanctified community and worshipping community.
At the Sinai, the people of God received the Law of God (Torah), the Ten Commandments. However, it is important to mention that the Torah is the center of the communion of Israel with YHWH, and it is the center of the