An Israelite’s Journal
I cannot believe we escaped Egypt. I was sure I was going to die stacking bricks for Pharaoh’s
tomb. How Moses convinced the Pharaoh to release us, I cannot fathom.
Today was the most terrifying day of my life. Pharaoh sent out his men to retrieve us and
enslave us again. We were hemmed by the Red Sea in front and the army behind. I, at the time,
wondered what Moses would do because all he had done was cry out to G-d.
Today I walked across the Red Sea on dry ground. It was a miracle! Moses held out his staff
and the sea parted like walls of water. We hurried across because the Egyptians were
descending upon us. Their commander gave the order and they came charging at us, but while
the Egyptians crossed, …show more content…
The whole Egyptian army now lies at the bottom of the sea. Miriam, Moses’s
sister, lead the women in a victory song and dance to G-d.
Wilderness of Sin.
I have never been this hungry. The whole camp is starving and it is Moses’s fault. At least in
Egypt we would be fed. Tonight we are camped in the Wilderness of Sin and Moses is
beseeching G-d for food, mostly because he is pretty sure the camp wants to stone him. He is
I woke this morning to white flakes outside my tent. I do not know what it is but some say it is
edible. Moses told us it is bread from Heaven and he calls it manna. We are supposed to collect
one omar a day, but I decided to collect more because I do not believe in leaving more work for
The manna I collected yesterday has worms! How revolting!
We were in deep trouble today. Amalek came with his powerful army to annihilate the whole
camp. Moses recruited us to fight this massive army and he also placed Joshua in command of
an army made of slaves. In the fight I saw Aaron and Hur holding up Moses’s arms. We fought
hard and to the glory of G-d, we defeated Amalek.
Moses went to G-d up on Mount Sinai, and has been gone for 40 days. The camp is
I cannot believe we escaped Egypt. I was sure I was going to die stacking bricks for Pharaoh’s
tomb. How Moses convinced the Pharaoh to release us, I cannot fathom.
Today was the most terrifying day of my life. Pharaoh sent out his men to retrieve us and
enslave us again. We were hemmed by the Red Sea in front and the army behind. I, at the time,
wondered what Moses would do because all he had done was cry out to G-d.
Today I walked across the Red Sea on dry ground. It was a miracle! Moses held out his staff
and the sea parted like walls of water. We hurried across because the Egyptians were
descending upon us. Their commander gave the order and they came charging at us, but while
the Egyptians crossed, …show more content…
The whole Egyptian army now lies at the bottom of the sea. Miriam, Moses’s
sister, lead the women in a victory song and dance to G-d.
Wilderness of Sin.
I have never been this hungry. The whole camp is starving and it is Moses’s fault. At least in
Egypt we would be fed. Tonight we are camped in the Wilderness of Sin and Moses is
beseeching G-d for food, mostly because he is pretty sure the camp wants to stone him. He is
I woke this morning to white flakes outside my tent. I do not know what it is but some say it is
edible. Moses told us it is bread from Heaven and he calls it manna. We are supposed to collect
one omar a day, but I decided to collect more because I do not believe in leaving more work for
The manna I collected yesterday has worms! How revolting!
We were in deep trouble today. Amalek came with his powerful army to annihilate the whole
camp. Moses recruited us to fight this massive army and he also placed Joshua in command of
an army made of slaves. In the fight I saw Aaron and Hur holding up Moses’s arms. We fought
hard and to the glory of G-d, we defeated Amalek.
Moses went to G-d up on Mount Sinai, and has been gone for 40 days. The camp is