Moses
Moses, who was born about 1500 BC. He was chosen to lead
Israel out of slavery and give them God`s laws. When the
Book of Exodus begins, the Hebrews were living in Egypt and
after time they grew in number and the new Pharaoh didn`t
remember Joseph and put them into slavery. The Hebrew
slaves had been reproducing so fast that the king felt
thr...
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By God`s providence, Moses-- the child of a Hebrew slave--
was found and adopted by an Egyptian princess, the daughter
of the Pharaoh himself. He was reared in the royal court
as a prince of the Egyptians: "And Moses was learned in all
the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and
deeds" (Acts 7:22). At the same time the Lord determ...
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Moses was educated in a civilization unsurpassed by any
people at that time. His training was designed to prepare
him for a high office, or even the throne of Egypt. He
became familiar with life at Pharaoh`s courts and the pomp
and grandeur of Egyptian religious worship. He was schooled
in the writing and literary ideas of the time. He witness...
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When he was 40 years old, Moses became angry at an Egyptian
taskmaster who was beating a Hebrew slave; he killed the
Egyptian and buried him in the sand (Ex. 2:12). When this
became known, however, he feared for his own life and fled
from Egypt to the desert land of Midian where he married a
daughter of Jethro in agreement to tend Jethro`s flo...
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After about 40 more years, God spoke to Moses from a bush
that was on fire but didn`t burn. God sent Moses back to
Egypt to lead the Hebrews out of slavery, and into the land
promised to Abraham. God demonstrated His power to Moses
and revealed to Him His holy Name "YHVH" or "Yaweh"
(Jehovah became a popular pronunciation in the 16th century
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God anointed Aaron to go with Moses to be the spokesman
and they persuaded the people of Israel to follow them
but Pharaoh would not let them go. Then God sent 10
devastating plagues on the Egyptians, the last plague
being the death of the firstborn in every home whose
doors were not marked with blood.
First Plague: Blood
Second Plague: Fr...
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After the tenth plague, Pharaoh finally gave in and agreed
to let Israel go (and with all the wealth of Egypt), but as
soon as they left, Pharaoh changed his mind. He sent his
army after them where Israel was cornered against the Red
Sea....
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God parted the waters and led them through on dry ground.
Exod 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong
east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land,
and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went
into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the wat...
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The Israelites were guided by the mysterious Shekinah glory
cloud that led them to Mount Sinai. On the way their faith
was tested as they experienced intense heat, hunger,
thirst, and war. God did many miracles including "manna",
bread that fell from heaven....
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