Moses Montefiore

the children of Israel took all their riches and saved their female virgins whom they held captives (Numbers 31:1-54). The Bible later told us that the five Midianite kings who died in the hands of Moses were the princes of Sihon, the Amorite king who reigned in Heshbon who was previously defeated by Moses. When king Sihon conquered the territories of Moab, he did not eliminate their kings, but rather had them served as kings in these territories which was then part of his kingdom (Joshua…

many differences between the Exodus described in the Bible and the Exodus shown in the 2007 film The Ten Commandments. From how Moses found out that he was a Hebrew to the one responsible of making the Golden Calf, the stories within the movie accommodate to its audience; the children. In addition to the difference in names for the LORD, the film focuses on portraying Moses and Aaron as exceptional men in the eyes of God, while the Bible has a more bitter, realistic feeling to it. The contrasts…

1. Moses asked the Lord, "Suppose everyone refuses to listen to my message, and no one believes that you really appeared to me?" Contemporary English Version 2. Throughout the different variations of the passage Psalms 23:4, the valley is described in five different ways. The differences in scripture are as follows. Contemporary English version: I may walk through the valley as dark as death, King James Version: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, New Living…

There is nothing more frustrating to an employee than having a manager that sends out negative messages or contradicting messages. For example, a manager tells Employee A that the number one job goal is schedule patients as soon as possible, a patient should never have to wait for an appointment. This same manager tells Employee B that the number one job goal is to make sure that patients are making payments and if they refuse to pay their debt then they need to have their appointment canceled.…

Question 1 In Exodus 16:3, the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron stating, “if only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” The Israelites were trapped by believing their only food source was from the Pharaoh and agricultural sources. By leaving Egypt and following Moses, the Israelites were being liberated from the constraints of the…

through it, God governs His relationship with His chosen. Later in Exodus 3, Moses meets God in the form of a burning bush that is not consumed. Through this encounter, Moses’ interest is piqued by the majesty of God and it is there that…

As evolutionary theory was finding its voice in the mid nineteenth century, art and literature grappled with religious skepticism. Perhaps most tellingly, Tennyson, through his trance-like process of unconscious mining, accessed and worked toward the source of his doubt in the verses of “In Memoriam.” Prompted by the untimely death of companion Arthur Hallam, questions of justice, morality of God and natural law became more obscure and complicated. The often quoted line, "nature, red in tooth…

The background to Exodus is the presence of God as the people of Israel journey toward the promise land. There are many signs to the people of God’s presence. The setting is at Mt. Sinai, as the Lord meets with Moses to reveal the covenantal law for the Israelites (Harrelson, 2013, p. 85). Thunder, lightning, darkness, and fire are signs to the Israelites that God is close. God would save Israel from Egypt to bring them into a new relationship with himself (Varughese, 2006, p. 83). The Gospel…

great events in Moses’ life, there is one time period that is probably the most important—his time in Midian. Moses had grown up in the palaces of Egypt from a young age. He knew what it was to have much, and it was probably an extremely good life. Egypt was never known for being the poorest among nations in history, so it stands to reason that Moses, who was adopted into the royal family, had much. However, one simple act brought about a huge change in Moses’ life. One day, Moses looked out…

In the Old Testament, God uses prophets as His mediators. They serve as a middle man between God and man. As God’s story unfolds in the Old Testament, we see great prophets emerge during times of great injustice. Among these great prophets is Elijah, an Israelite and worshiper of God under during the reign of Ahab and his murderous, idolatrous wife Jezebel. Ahab himself let his uncertainty and fear drive his passivity, which, even more so, gave way to Jezebel’s evil desires. As Ahab & Jezebel…