Book of Exodus

God uses certain people to impact many others. After reading the first twenty chapters of Exodus, it is clear that God was still living out his promise to Abraham through Moses. Moses’ lineage traces back to Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham. God placed the infant Israelite, Moses, in Pharaoh’s household, speaks to Moses, uses Moses to free the Israelites and finally taught the Israelites of God’s laws in these chapters. God’s covenant to Abraham included all of Abraham’s decedents taking over the…

First, Moses began his life as an adopted son to the Egyptian court. But when she hid him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and cover it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile (Exodus 2:3), however the daughter of the Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens waling alongside the Nile; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her…

Any rich story weaves in symbolism and foreshadowing. This enhances the meaning of the narrative, gives the audience clues to the future, and sets the stage for multiple themes. The drama of the Bible checks all of these boxes and then some. Although there are many characters in the first formative years of Israel’s existence, the character of Joshua, leads Israel into a temporary Promised Land, which foreshadows the role that Jesus plays in the unfolding narrative. Joshua was critical to the…

In this Rebellion story the political and power support was definitely behind the rebels. However, they failed to be successful because Moses had what they lacked- the spiritual connection to the God of Israel. With all the earthly credentials, the most important was missing. The story asks us to do two main things: (i) trust in our leaders and (ii) be humble as he that exalts himself shall be humbled and he that humble himself shall be exalted. The Israelite rebels in their thirst for power…

treatments of the Bible in the past centuries. The five treatments include use of the Bible for conquest, rejection of the Bible, the "popular" reading of the bible and Indigenous hermeneutics. In this first treatment, the Biblical narrative from Exodus is used to justify the conquest and genocide of non-Christians throughout history. Stating that just as the Israelites took the land of Canaan, so should the conquerors take other land, said to be theirs by the Pope. The second treatment is…

1. Omens are the signals that will guide Santiago during his travel to the pyramids in Egypt. The first omen are the two stones that king Melchizedek gives Santiago the stones will help him make a decision when he gets confused. Santiago was a good omen to the crystal merchant with his idea of serving tea in the crystal glass help him make lots of money. Going to the desert was also an omen because it allows Santiago the opportunity to meet Fatima the love of his life. The hawk killing each…

as you asked. Just go! And bless me, too!” Many scholars think that Joshua was 45 when Moses led Israel out of Egypt, but there is nothing in the Scriptures to confirm it. If I have read correctly there is no mention of Joshua in Scripture until Exodus 17:9-13; at which time Moses commands Joshua to go and battle against the Amalek’s. In this first combat mission for the now freed Israelite people; Joshua as the Israelites armies’ leader led the new Israelite former slave army to victory over…

Give some examples of places where the movie closely follows the Biblical text and some examples of places where the movie makes changes from the Biblical text. The movie follows the biblical text in how it recreates events of importance that built to the freedom of the Hebrews. In the movie and the biblical text Moses was called by the flaming bush who was the lord telling him he must go and tell the Egyptians to free the Hebrews and he will guide and help him towards their freedom. Moses…

In The Known World by Edward P.Jones, Moses is revealed to be attuned to nature through a juxtaposition of his former slave status and his new slavelike obsession of earth. As the passage opens Moses's owner has died, so that means Moses is a free slave. His attunement to nature is then revealed when he continues to work the land even though he is free. “He was the only man in the realm slave or free to eat dirt,” meaning that the earth was the “only thing in his small life that meant as much…

The biblical passages Exodus 23:23-33 and Deuteronomy 20:10-20 illustrates God’s plan for the Israelites. These two passages share an overall purpose of emphasizing what is to be done with the non-Israelites who inhabit the land of Canaan (Exod 23:33 and Deut 10:20). This paper will discuss the various similarities and differences between these two passages by exploring how God is depicted and the immerging themes that are present throughout both these passages. To begin with, the language…