Robert Moses

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…

Moshe Pearlman vividly whisks the reader away in a literary time machine, titled In the Footsteps of Moses. This literary time machine is achieved through placing us, the reader right into the years that came before, the years throughout and the time that passed after Moses lifetime including the standing impact that is echoed in Jewish culture today. I especially find that Pearlman’s decision to present the history and vast amount of information upon his subject in the form of a story being…

God speaks to Abram again while they are in this vicinity in the next verse, giving more insight into what God's plans are for Abram and his family. "Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, 'To your offspring I will give this land.' So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him" (NRSV). There is a theophany indicated by this verse, however, there is not answer to in what form did God appear in to deliver these messages. His message here of land is already following up…

main events occurred. It began in Egypt ending in the wilderness. These occasions incorporates with the conception of Moses and Exodus; new identity in God and creating a Holy Nation; and additionally worshiping of One God.” The differences between the historical context of the Israelites and the contemporary situation will be distinguished concluding with God calling Moses to go and deliver his people from their suffering. Body As Israel and sixty six of his family members moved to Egypt…

Hammurabi ruled a small city-state called Babylonia. On his stone stele, there is a picture of Shamash, The god and Hammurabi taking orders from him. Below that he has the 282 laws. In this essay, I’m going to prove that Hammurabi’s laws are just. In document A it states “Hammurabi, the protecting king am I. ...That the strong might not injure the weak, in order to protect the widows and orphans, …”. As I stated that Hammurabi enforced his laws to protect the weak, the widows and the orphans.…

Right vs. Wrong: How Did a Christian in the Old Testament Know If They Have Sinned? Criminals, we know them and we have them. In order to be a criminal you must commit a crime. Question is how does one know when a crime is committed? Laws the answer to the question is laws. Laws are created to keep order. Imagine America without a president. It would be very chaotic and people would be out of control. In Judges 21:28, Israel was without a king. Everyone was right in their own sight. This is an…

displayed in Moses’ Ten Commandments and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount are similar in many ways. Beginning with Moses, the greatest prophet of the Jewish faith was born in Egypt to Amram and Jochebed. Following the order for the killing of all newborn Hebrew males, Moses’ mother Jochebed sent her son down the River Nile in Egypt. Years later, Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt to what is known as Caanan or “The Promised Land”. While in the Sanai desert At Mount Sinai, Yahweh presented Moses with…

The tradition of story has been a part of human tradition for centuries teaching us valuable life lessons and taking us on an elaborate adventure. One of the most influential stories is contained in the Bible. The most notable being the first five books called the Torah. Encompassed in the Torah is the creation of the world and God’s nation, Israel. The Torah as previously stated, contains five books arranged in the following order: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, and Deuteronomy. The…

God used Moses as a tool to bring the water out of the rock. It says in Exodus 17:6 “Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.” Psalm 78:15-16 says “He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as…

and shape the foundation of what is to become the nation of Israel. The factual accounts of the timeline in the history of Israel point to how they were able to move forward under the leadership of Joshua after the death of Moses. Just as in the past relationship of God and Moses, we see that God has promised to continue that relationship with Joshua as he leads the Israelites to take possession of the land that God had promised. What we can take from the story is to see how God is directing…