To show that the plagues were directed only against the Egyptians, for as the Bible tells us, “There had not died of the cattle of the Israelites even one.” Even cattle belonging to a Hebrew and in the possession of an Egyptian was saved, as was also the cattle owned in shares by ...
“I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I am Yahweh; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt.” —Exodus 12:12I thought about Egypt a lot as a kid—though growing up on the ...
Foreign Rulers: The Hyksos. Foreign Climate: The Ten PlaguesA spell of a warm and arid climate at ca. 1800 B.C. brought the Hyksos invasion of Egypt and at about 1700 B.C. a king of Hyksos origin occupied the throne. At the same time officials of Apiru (Hebrew?) origin reached ...
A few have indicated that Job could have been the first written book of the Bible, though many point to a later time of writing. Even if it were not written down prior to Mount Sinai, the narrative appears to be before the children of Israel entered the land of Egypt during the time ...
Moses returns to Egypt and confronts the new pharaoh, Ramses II, with ten plagues, which ravage the land and its people. Despite the horrors that befall them, Ramses refuses to let the Hebrews go until the final plague, the death of the firstborn, claims his own son. Finally, Ramses rel...
with, it has to give everyone a name. The name of Moses’s mom is totally not mentioned in Exodus as it states “Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son.” However, in the movie, the mother of Moses...
I am the Lord thy God'; II. 'which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt'; III. 'out of the house of bondage'. I. I am the Lord thy God. Here we have a description of God; (1) By his essential greatness, 'I am the Lord;' (2) By his relative goodness, 'Thy God...
As Moses continues to challenge Pharaoh's hold over his people, Egypt is beset by divine plagues. We see the water turned into blood, and hear of others. But Rameses hears of a naturalistic explanation of a mountain beyond the Nile cataract spewing red mud, although this would not have exp...
Since Egypt controlled Canaan (Palestine) and part of Syria and had contacts with other nations of the Fertile Crescent, Moses undoubtedly had general knowledge of life in the ancient Near East. During his education he learned somehow that he was a Hebrew, and his sense of concern and ...