Sacrifice
Sacrificing to various Gods was a practice common to many civilizations long before Moses came along. Apparently sacrifice was the only way to appease God, no matter whose God it Continue Reading →
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The Law
ORIGINS OF THE LAW In this section we’ll be going over some of the statutes that Moses came up with to keep his merry band of wanderers in line. These Continue Reading →
The Ten Commandments
Once they were free of the Egyptians, Moses hiked his merry band to the foot of Mount Sinai where they set up camp. God told Moses to go up the Continue Reading →
The Plaques and Passover
THE PLAGUES This is where the Bible says Moses showed his magic and brought ten plagues on the Egyptians. These plagues were; 1) turning the Nile water into blood, 2) Continue Reading →
Moses and Pharaoh
So Moses met up with Aaron and they went back to Egypt to talk to the elders of Israel. Moses did a couple of magic tricks and that was good Continue Reading →
The Burning Bush
According to the Bible, Moses was out with the flocks one day when he came across a burning bush. The bush wasn’t being consumed, it was just burning. There are Continue Reading →
Exodus
So Abraham and all his family, flocks, cattle, menservants and maidservants and everything they had, all went down to Egypt to live off the fat of the land. They were Continue Reading →
Israel Comes to Egypt
To make a long story short, the famine came and the whole world1 was starving to death, including Israel and his household. So Israel sent his sons down to Egypt Continue Reading →
Joseph
Israel had a soft spot for Joseph and Benjamin since they were the children of Rachel, the only woman he ever really loved. In fact Joseph was Israel’s favorite son Continue Reading →
Israel, Benjamin and Rachel’s Tomb
Along the way, God reiterated to Jacob his promise to Abraham and Issac; that his offspring would possess all the land he could see and beyond.1 He also changed Jacob’s Continue Reading →