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The Israelites Go Into The Promised Land Summary
The Israelites Finally Go into the Promised Land. After the death of Moses, God charged Joshua with the responsibility of leading the Israelites into
the promised land. Three times God tells Joshua to be strong and courageous. God also tells him to obey, study, and meditate on the law. Joshua sent
out two spies to Jericho and they stayed in the house of Rahab the prostitute. She hid them from soldiers looking for them and helped them escape.
She believed that God was the true god and asked to be in God's favor and protection. The spies came back to Joshua and told him all that had
happened and told him to conquer the land. The Israelites crossed the Jordan river with the ark of the covenant leading them, showing how God
actively leads them. When they crossed the Jordan with the ark, the priests stood on dry ground in the middle of the river and there they made a
memorial to show where God had shown his power and dried up a river. In the promised ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The people grew prideful and did not obey so they were defeated at the small town of Ai because God was angry. Joshua fasted and prayed to God,
asking why he would defile his name in such a way. God revealed the great sin of Achan who had taken some belongings of the Canaanites instead
of destroying it. He also took some silver and gold, which was supposed to be for the treasury and temple. Achan not only sinned against God but
also stole from him. Achan, his family, belongings, and those who hid his sin were stoned. The army again went to Ai they were victorious. Joshua
reminded the people of the law and gave thanks to God for their victory. The Gibeonite's deceived the Israelites because they were not in prayer, but
they were designated to serve as woodcutters–fulfilling the prophecy that Canaan would be a servant. The sun stood in order that the power of God
could show his power and that the Israelites would be victorious. Southern and Northern Canaan were defeated, but the East was not
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Moses And The Sin Of The Israelite
The actual painting is large suggesting that the artist really wants this painting to be seen. Moses is seen as larger than life size but yet Moses
character does not give off an theatrical or a daring persona. In this painting the colors really give off the feeling of the painting as well as it's
structure. In the painting you see Moses holding the tablet over his head and the pitning stops right at his waist and there are boulders constructing his
path at all angles. The sin of the Israelites is so large that Moses feels conflicted when he has to destroyed the tablets, that god has constructed and
inscribed in. So the artist places Moses in a inadequate space. This overall outputs the emotional aspect of the painting. The conflict that Moses
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Ancient Israelite Religion
Ancient Israelites from the Patriarchs to after the Romans had a different religious practice of worshipping to what happens in modern–day Jewish
communities. During the age of the patriarchs, a household leader, particularly the father, would build a place to worship God and would also be
the one to offer sacrificial purposes. (Frigge 203) During the time of David and Solomon, worshipping in high places became more popular instead.
(Frigge 203) When King Josiah of Judah came into power, the high places were destroyed so the Israelites prayed at the Jerusalem Temple. (Frigge
203) During the Babylonian exile, the temple was also destroyed, so, after the Israelites rebuilt the temple recalling it the Second Temple. WhenJesus
was born, the sacrificial
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Comparing The Israelites And The Puritans
The Puritans believe they are morally superior to everyone else. The Puritans are about to leave England. "They are Israelites is what they are. They
are fleeing Egypt. Good Riddance! Next stop, land of milk/honey(4)." Vowell uses a simile to compare the Puritans to the Israelites in order to reveal
how the Puritans consider themselves. "The Old Testament Israelites," references specifically the Israelites that escaped from Egypt in the Book of
Exodus. After the population of Jews in Egypt had become so numerous the Pharaoh feared what they might be able to do and put them into slavery.
The Israelites eventually escaped Egypt by crossing the Red Sea and eventually make it to land God had gifted them, the land of Canaan. The Puritans
compare to the Israelites because they too felt some religious persecution. Catholic rulers like Mary I persecuted Protestants and had many executed.
The Puritans also flee from a land not as pure as themselves in order to start anew. Cotton himself tells the Puritans that they are God's chosen, and
America is their Canaan. The Israelites inspire the Puritans to get away. "The Old Testament Israelites are to the Puritans what theblues was to the
Rolling Stones– a source of inspiration, a renewable resource of riffs(2)." Vowell uses an analogy to compare two unlike things like Puritans and the
Rolling Stones. The blues is a genre of music originating in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. The emotion
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Saving The Israelites Research Paper
Saving the Israelites
In the Book of Genesis, Joseph is utilized by God to save the Israelites which started due Joseph's boasting habits. His story begins with his ten
brothers and himself working for his father. Joseph had tendencies to share his dreams in which he was presented as higher than his brothers. As a
result, Joseph's angry brothers planned to kill him, but ends up in slavery due to his brother Rueben trying to save him. Therefore, God uses Joseph's
hardships to allow the Israelites to end up in Egypt.
Shortly after presenting Jacob and his family's background, the Book of Genesis shares a few of Joseph's dreams and his brothers disliked him even
more. As Kruschwitz says, "The brothers reportedly hate him not because ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
His dreams about his brother's foreshadowed his actual reign of Egypt. God portrayed this vivid dreams of heiarchy amoungst his family to assure
Joseph will be significant to him.Similarly, God gives him the success he needs to be promoted by Potiphar, from a Hebrew slave to being in charge
of Potiphar's property. Unfortunately, Potiphar's wife false rape accusation resulted in Potiphar's officials imprisoning innocent Joseph. Although even
during imprisonment, Joseph remains hopeful in God to save him and attempts to tell the cupbearer to help him get released after he interperts his
dream. Fortunately, Potiphar has a dream that no one can interpret but Joseph, after the cupbearer remembers him. Joseph explains to Pharaoh the
famine that God proclaims will happen in seven years. Again, God gives Joseph the ability to portray great leadership skills when Potiphar promotes
him to second in command. So, both men prepare for the famine and sell goods to people all over. During the famine, Jacob sends Joseph's ten older
brothers to Egypt to buy grain. Joseph reunites with his brothers, though hostile, allows them to bring Israelites to Egypt. Although Joseph was
confrontational towards his brothers, it was more of a lesson rather than a revenge plot. To demonstrate, Joseph states," But God sent me ahead of you
to preserve for you a remnant on earth and
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What Reason Does The Bible Give For Its Commands About...
Most of God's prophets and chosen people, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses are all at some point immigrants in a foreign.
Why does God call some of these "chosen people" to leave their home/families to go to a foreign land?
God asks the Israelites to love immigrants and take them as their own people
God protects Immigrants
Why does God go to the extent of making laws against mistreating immigrants?
Why are the punishments for mistreating immigrants so severe?
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An immigrant is an individual who leaves his/her land of origin and settles in a foreign land usually due to circumstances like war, famine, exile in
search of a better life. From Genesis 12 onward God either commands or creates circumstances that drive his ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph are examples of people who experienced being immigrants. However God seems to have a purpose for
driving each of them from their homes. One reason for making them foreigners is for God to build their characters. God asks Abraham to leave his
home to go a foreign land so he can turn him into the man known to many as "the father of all nations" .Moses is exiled from Egypt into the
wilderness for 40 years where God prepares him to be the man to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. According to the Anchor Bible dictionary
scholars refer to a sojourner as a person who occupies a position between that of his native born and foreign land .This Sojourner lacks the means
and protection a person would normally in their native land have . Perhaps one of the reason God drives his chosen people out of their homes to a
foreign land is to put them in a situation where they would have to depend entirely on God to protect and provide for them. Such circumstances not
only help develop character but help the people of Israel develop a stronger relationship with
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Israelites Journey
During the historical thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Egypt, for the Israelites was God divine plan which was "established in Genesis 17:7
Abraham the seed of his descendants and their generations for an everlasting covenant with God" (Fretheim 114). Abraham great–grandson Joseph
arrived Egypt as a prisoner and God miraculous power rose him up to second in command base on God covenant establish with Jacob Joseph father.
God miraculous actions develop a young immature boy into a faith believing man for humanity to have faith and believe in Him. God Enthralled the
relationship with Joseph to build his faith for all humanity to know that through Him we can have a divine connection in spite of our circumstances.
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But "God saving power brought the Israelites and us out of Egypt; God experienced by the the Israelites is made available to each participant at
the Passover Feast through eating unleavened bread (bread without yeast)" (104). God works of signs and wonders soaring like an eagle above the
"natural effect of Pharaonic oppression to bring judgment through the narrative flow of release to the Israelites" (104). "God stated the purpose
moves beyond Israel's liberation of freedom it was to bring the Egyptians to a point of knowing God is Lord of all in the earth" (104). "Israelite journey
out of Egypt through God spectacles planned (15:17–22) is interrupted by an Egyptian change of mind; that navigates God divine necessitate to
completed their escape by the Red Sea" (104). God parts the "Red Sea a scene grasp through kaleidoscope of images that are related to one another
impressionistically: divine messengers, pillars of fire and cloud, alternating light and darkness, a strong east wind, the sea
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Black Eyed Peas
"Where is the Love"
The Black Eyed Peas
This song sounds like something the Israelites would sing. The Israelites faced much persecution and hardships from the Egyptians. So this song
would be like them crying out to God and asking Him to show His love.
In the beginning of Exodus, the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians for many years which caused many of them to loose hope in the Lord.
They were wondering when the Lord would deliver them into the promised land. They could not see God's love. Just like the song says, "People
killin', people dyin'. Children hurt and you hear them cryin'." The Israelites were enslaved and suffering under the Pharaoh's rule. As a result, they
started praying to God they He could free them from the hands of Egyptians.
In the song it says, "Father, Father, Father help us. Send some guidance from above." This sounds like something the Israelites would pray for.
Therefore, later on in the Exodus, God sent Moses to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt. The Israelites needed deliverance from their sufferings.
"I Can See Clearly Now"
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In Exodus 19–20, God talks to Moses about a covenant that He is making. God is making this covenant because He wants a bond with the people
that will lead them to seek God in any circumstance. God has the best plans intended for the Israelites, but He can only make them possible if they
seek Him. We can see this same kind of relationship that God wants throughout this song. The chorus says, " I'm only one call away, I'll be there to
save the day, superman got nothing on me, I'm only one call away." This is like something God would say to the people. And what these lyrics are
essentially saying is to not look to other people or things to give your heart and affection to. Rather, give it me for I can guide and help you in ways
that no one else can. God wants a relationship with the Israelites in Exodus, but they need to seek Him
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How Did Moses Lead The Israelites Out Of Egypt?
Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt "I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and I know about their suffering, I have come down to
rescue them from the power of the Egyptians." (God) When most people think of racial injustice, Hitler comes to mind, but racial injustice leads all the
way back to the Bible times when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. Pharaoh's cruilty towards the Israelites affected 2 million people, causing
them to leave Egypt. To begin, Moses was an Israelite and a faithful Hebrew called by God. He was shepherding his flocks when an angel of the
Lord appeared to him, telling him to command Pharaoh to free the Israelites (Holy Bible: Holman Bible). "Who am I that I should go to the Pharaoh
and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" (Holy Bible: Holman Bible). God tells Moses that he will bring them into a land flowing with
milk and honey. (Holy Bible: Holman Bible) Even though Moses is scared, he knows that God will not leave him. ... Show more content on
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Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and ordered him to free the Israelites, but Pharaoh refused. (Holy Bible: Holman Bible). They go to Pharaoh ten
more times, and God sends a plague for every time the Pharaoh says no (The Ten Plagues). The ten plagues were: blood, frogs, bugs, wild animals,
pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and worst of all, the death of the first born. The last plague was called the death of the first born because the
death angel went to every house in Egypt and killed the firstborn. (The Ten Plagues)God told the Israelites if they put the blood of a year old,
unblemished, male sheep or goat on the two doorposts the angel will pass over their house. Even though the Egyptians suffered during the ten plagues,
God had a plan and a purpose for
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The Exodus Source Analysis Essay
The Exodus
In this source analysis paper I will be analyzing the Bible, specifically Exodus, to explore the Israelite people during their time of wandering from
Egypt to the Promised Land and why it took them so long to reach their destination. It will also touch on Moses and his descendants and reason as to
why he was able to look at the land, but unable to go and live there.
To give a brief description, Exodus is a Greek word that translates to departure or going out. A large chunk of Exodus as well as Leviticus, Numbers
and Deuteronomy follow the Israelites in their departure from Egypt to the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses (Coogan and Redmount 2001,
58). This story has become an important moment in the Israelite faith as ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The book starts out mentioning that Joseph and his descendants have past and a new king has risen that does not know of him and because of this
the Pharaoh feared the Israelites going too quickly and enslaved them, forcing them into hard labor and other duties within the Kingdom. This did
not do much to stop them so he then ordered that all newborn Hebrew boys should be killed which is where Moses comes in. After being hidden
in the Nile river and found by Pharaoh's daughter, he was raised in the royal court and leaves once he becomes an older child because he decided
to kill an Egyptian tormented a fellow Israelite. After this is where he is met by God and his journey with the Israelites and mission to rescue them
from slavery to the Promised Land begins (Coogan and Redmount 2001, pg 60). After Moses parts the Red Sea the make camo at Sinai and this is
where God meets not only Moses but the Israelites as well and makes a covenant with them called the Ten Commandments and a series of laws called
the Book of the Covenant and details on how to build a temple where Jesus will reside (Exodus 20–23; 24:7;
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Joshua's Beliefs
Joshua, whose name means "God delivered", was the servant of Moses and was his successor when he died. He was Moses' general, who led the troops
in actual fighting while Aaron held up Moses' hands. Joshua, who actually led the Israelites into the promised land, was a military leader, a
political leader, and a spiritual leader. He believed in doing whatever it takes. He was bold, courageous and was confident when he spoke on behalf of
the Lord. When God gave Joshua orders, he did not try to defend the people or talk God out of His decisions, he was quick to obey. He gave the people
the choice of which God would they serve. The Israelites chose to serve God, the one and only true living God, so Joshua made a covenant with the
People. Joshua was
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Israelites And Their Meaning
The first lesson we should learn is that our complaining is always heard by God. (Num. 1:1,18, 12:2)
In verse 1 the Israelites find themselves facing hardships and they start to complain about them. We don't know exactly what it was they were
complaining about. We know they were in the desert, it was hot, at times they went w/o water, and there was a lot of walking. God doesn't tell us what
their hardship was; He only tells us they complained about it. He also tells us that He heard their complaining.
Vs. 1 says..."Now the people....and when he heard them." In verse 18 it says "Consecrate yourselves...The Lord heard you when you wailed". God
tells them He heard their wailing or whining. In ch. 12, Miriam and Aaron are complaining about their ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Matter of fact God tells Moses to record in verses 7 and 8 for all the world to know what He was giving the Israelites. This is what the Bible says about
the Manna. Look at 7,8
–He tells us it looked really good: V7 The word resin is used in Gen. 2 where God is describing the plush surroundings of the Garden of Eden. The
term is used to describe great beauty. The manna was something that looked appealing to the eye.
–He tells us that it tasted really good: V8 The phrase "It tasted like something made with olive oil" doesn't sound appealing to us. But it was fresh
and tasty. Ex 16:31 tells us it tasted like honey. It was sweet. The NKJV in Psalms 78:24 calls it the bread of heaven. So God gave them something
that tasted really good.
–He also tells us that they got it at a really good price: V9 They got a really good deal. It was free, and God sent it to them faithfully EVERY NIGHT.
No work. He graciously gave it to them w/o ever missing a single day. What God was giving them was not bland and tasteless, but healthy and good.
Unfortunately, it was not good enough for them. Their complaining revealed an ungrateful attitude for what the Lord was currently doing for
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Parting Of The Red Sea Essay
The parting of the red sea was part of a story from the Bible during the time of Moses and the children of Israel leaving Egypt. They are many real–life
suggestions that explains the parting of the sea. The story we are all familiar with is the "when Moses stretched his stick over the Red Sea, God
divided the sea and he and his people escape safety. Then the Pharaoh and his army tried crossing but end up drowning in the sea.
The story started when God brought the 10th plague which killed all the first born of the Egyptian to the land of Egypt, Pharaoh gave the children of
Israel their freedom told Moses to take his follow Israelites out of Egypt. After a few days the Israelites came to the Red Sea, there they rested and
was planning they next move, main while, Pharaoh and his men began to feel sorry that they had sent the Israelites away. "We have let our slaves go
and who is going to build for us!" they said.
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This view is argued upon the supposition that the Hebrew term sup is related to an Egyptian word meaning "reed." It is also possible, however, that
sup may relate to the Hebrew term sop, which signifies "end" or "conclusion" (of the earth), and thus could refer simply to several connected bodies of
water extending southward from Palestine and Arabia and wherever the exodus took place, it was at a point where the sea was deep enough to drown
the entire Egyptian army(Jackson). The author stayed that the reason why the children of Israel could survive the water was because the sea was not
deep enough to drown the iseriates but deep enough to drown the entire Egyptians army
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Israelites 12 Spies Analysis
As the Israelites left Egypt and began to head towards a promised land, they endured many tests and only began to grow into adulthood much later.
The original set of people who travelled under control of Moses and Aaron never made it to their destination, as God became angry with Moses when
he struck the rock twice in front of his people, and therefore prevented them from entering a promised land (Numbers 20.11–12). These Israelites did
not have complete faith in their God, and therefore continued to anger Him throughout their journey. Since they have a negative perspective on the
world around them and their situation, the first group of Israelites can be represented by ten of the twelve spies who actually enter Canaan. These ten
spies advise
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Types Of Government That Deuteronomistic Historians Should...
This paper is about the types of government that Deuteronomistic Historians would write about the Israelite nation. To understand the theory we need
to apprehend what is the Deuteronomistic History's main belief. The strongest belief was that when Israel is faithful, it prospers, but when unfaithful, it
is cursed with defeat, disaster, and exile from their land.
First, the earlier form of government was the confederation of the Israelite tribes. The Israelites believe that they could what they believe was right and
worship just Yahweh. "11Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Elohim and worshiped the Baals; 12and they abandoned the Elohim,
the Yahweh of their ancestors, who brought them out of the land of Egypt; they followed other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were
all around them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the Elohim to anger. (Judges2:11– 12n)" When they acted in such a disobedience way,
the following three things followed in a divine punishment, which led to repentance and finally deliverance . The Judge was involved in the process of
deliverance.
There was no higher authority of the tribal level, then the judge. They were military leaders with a few exceptions of handling interpretation of
covenantal law. The Deuternomistic Historians believed the judges were leaders of Israel; they could have been local or tribal leaders who emerged
during times of crises . The Israelite confederation consists of a freely woven
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Biblical Deuteronomy : Moses And The Israelites About God...
Deuteronomy 1:1–8 Moses tells the people about the promise land
Deuteronomy 1:9–18 Moses tells each of the tribes to choose a leader
Deuteronomy 1:19–33 Moses talks to the people about their complaining
Deuteronomy 1:34–45 Moses talks to the Israelites about God's wrath & anger
Deuteronomy 1:46–2:25 Moses speaks of the journey the people had
Deuteronomy 2:26–3:7 Moses tells of when they destroyed kingdoms on their journey
Deuteronomy 3:8–22 Moses discusses who he gave the conquered land to
Deuteronomy 3:23–29 Moses talks of when God was mad with him
Deuteronomy 4:1–14 Moses instructs Israel to follow the 10 commandments as given by God
Deuteronomy 4:15–31 Moses further reiterates the power of God's wrath if the people don't obey
Deuteronomy 4:32–40 Moses speaks of when God spoke to the people through fire
Deuteronomy 4:41–43 Moses develops three cities east of the Jordan
Deuteronomy 4:44–48 Moses' law and land
Deuteronomy 5:1–22 Moses tells the people the Ten Commandments once again
Deuteronomy 5:23–33 Moses tells the Israelites about what God heard after he spoke to them through fire
Deuteronomy 6:1–9 Moses establishes ordinances that Israel must follow in the promise land
Deuteronomy 6:10–25 Moses tells the Israelites to respect God and his wishes
Deuteronomy 7:1–5 Moses tells the people how to conquer their enemies
Deuteronomy 7:6–15 Moses speaks of God's love and his covenant that he made with past generations
Deuteronomy 7:16–26 Moses tells the Israelites about how God
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Problematize the Exodus-Liberation-Settlement Motif from...
PROBLEMATIZE THE EXODUS–LIBERATION–SETTLEMENT MOTIF FROM THE ADIVASI PERSPECTIVE Prepared: Kyrshanborlang
Mawlong. Introduction: In this paper we are trying to discussion the difficulties that the Israelites faced during staying in Egypt and how God response
to their crying by liberated them from the hand of the Egyptian and also how they enter and settled in Canaan. But, this liberation of the Israelite by
God create an impact on the indigenous people of the Canaan, we could see there are many problems or difficulties of Canaanite in mix up with
Israelites either in culture, religious and social as a whole. We will also see the situation of Adivasi in India how they are suppressed by the oppressors
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Assured of success, Joshua renewed his plans to conquer Ai. The enemy forces were lured into the open so that the thirty thousand men who had
stationed beyond the city by night were able to attack Ai from the near and set it afire. The defenders were annihilated, their king was hanged and the
site was reduced to rubble. When Israel makes its second attack, the people of Ai as well as the inhabitants of Bethel vacate their cities to pursue the
enemy (Josh. 8: 17). Not all of the Canaanites tried to resist Israel's invasion. One group, the Gibeonites, avoided destruction by deceiving the Israelites
into making a covenant of peace with them (Joshua 9:1). Alarmed by the defection of the Gibeonites to Israel, a group of southern Canaanite kings, led
by Adoni–zedek of Jerusalem, formed a coalition against the invading force. The kings threatened to attack the Gibeonites, causing Joshua to come to
the defense of his new allies. Because of supernatural intervention, the Israelites were able to defeat the coalition. Joshua then launched a southern
campaign which resulted in the capture of numerous Canaanite cities (Joshua 10:1). Joshua's third and last military campaign was in northern Canaan.
In that region King Jabin of Hazor formed a coalition of neighbouring kings to battle with the Israelites. Joshua made a surprise attack upon them at the
waters of Merom, utterly defeating his foe (Joshua 11:1–15). The invasion of Canaan met with phenomenal success; large
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Israelite and Greek Mythology Essay
The Works and Days is a Greek myth containing an appropriated version of the Israelites Ten Commandments from The Bible. Throughout Works and
Days, the myth constructs a virtually identical set of rules pertaining to moral conduct; all which, if disobey, are punishable by Zeus. Both the Israelites
and the Greeks believe that their Lord (for the Greeks, specifically all powerful Zeus) distributes retribution to those who disobey these moral rules of
conduct. In both texts, these guidelines for judgment are crucial because they give formal validity to the punishments that each god distributes. The
similarities found are as a result of the Greek appropriation of the Israelites mythology, however, the differences and variations within the... Show more
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Peace I about the land, fostering the young, and wide–seeing Zeus never marks out grievous war as their portion (West, 43).
Within Works and Days, there is an equal amount of emphasis placed on the rewards as well as the consequences. However, within the book of
"Exodus", there is an elaborate list of consequences attributed to certain actions and very few discussions about rewards for ones actions. It is
therefore sufficient to say that the Israelites put more emphasis on punishing those who are deviant and the Greeks provide incentive to behave justly
as well as include consequences for deviants. This reflects on the societies in which they live in because the Israelites were not ruled in a kingdom
and therefore essentially responsible for their own individual actions. The Greek society is distinctly different. The Greeks are ruled in a kingdom and
therefore are encouraged to behave responsibly on behalf of the king. In many Greek kingdoms, those who represented the king well were rewarded
with trophies. These myths reflect how each are rewarded and punished for their actions within society.
In addition, within the Works and Days, there is no retribution for those who do not worship the Greek gods. Perhaps this is because the story is only
directed at the Greeks themselves; in any case, this is an inherently distinguishing feature. In addition to constructing moral guidelines, the Ten
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The King Of The Israelites
he conquest of the Israelites spread like a lightning bolt. All the countries that lived within the boundaries of the Promised Land were in utter fear for
their lives. Kings who had strong fortified cities within massive stone walls trembled as the stories flooded in telling them how easily Israel fought and
defeated everyone in their path.
Kings everywhere came together in a united effort to stop God 's people from entering into their country. Instead their defiance of God 's will was met
with utter devastation. No one could stand up to the power behind the Israelite army.
Israel held tightly to the Laws of Moses doing everything commanded. Because of each man 's faithfulness a supernatural ability took over each
fighting soldier giving them the ability to stand and defeat a thousand men.
Leviticus 26:7&8, "You will be victorious over your enemies; five of you will be able to defeat a hundred, and a hundred will be able to defeat ten
thousand."
Every promise in the Law was fulfilled because the Israelites made a conscious effort to remember the Laws and apply them to their lives. Their
faithfulness to God 's words empowered the Spiritual forces of the unseen heavenly kingdom and the Spirits of God ran to protect every soldier from
harm while enabling them to defeat every person who tried to come up against them.
Hebrews 1: 14, "What are the angels, then? They are spirits who serve God and are sent by him to help those who are to receive salvation."
Conquering the
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Fall Of Israelites
Rise and Fall of the Israelites There are loads of civilizations that have had their spotlight and have fallen as well, though are some that still exist
today. The Israelites have grown from the bible into breaking off into different parts of the world and staying part of the world in religion. The
Israelites rose in popularity due to their cultural religious and political events. The fall of the Israelites was due to split division of people and beliefs
that were not the same for everyone. After the capture, the Israelites religion spread throughout the world today. The uprising of the Israelites starts
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Kings and Rulers can be a good or bad thing towards a civilization but with such power targeted to one person conflicts occur to when people feel
like their views are not being shared and only one opinion matters, the King. In the beginning that wasn't an issue since there were 12 tribes and
there wasn't a central government and communities chose judges to enforce laws and settlements. They all changed in 880 BC, when people had
realised there needed to be a mortal ruler for them. Overtime, there were other rulers that took over the Israelites after Saul. The reason I take this
as a main point for the fall of the Israelites is because with having a King, there is going to be division between the civilization. With this
knowledge, uprising of people's beliefs are questioned and lost. Similar to a domino effect, the people eventually were not as united together as they
should be or had God had pictured. To summarize, with religion rising up and conflicts between believers and nonbelievers, there are people that still
need someone to follow and with Kings, they will always believe that they are number one to their people. Which was a problem since there were
people that believed God was their King and that's who they
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The Israelite Perspective
Comparative study is new to me. Walton provides me with an understanding that when we compare literature of the ancient Near East with the Bible,
we will try to recover aspects of the ancient cognitive environment that may help us understand the Israelite perspective a little better (Walton, p.22). He
further says that by catching a glimpse of how they thought about themselves and their world, we sometimes discover ways that the Israelites would
have thought that differ totally from how we think. He provides a few examples. One that gives me new insight is about building tower of Babel which
I presume is about human getting into the heavens. I am surprised to learn that background study allows interpreters to know that the ziggurats of
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Joshua 11: Why The Israelites Attacked The Kingdom Of Hazar
After reading Joshua 11, it becomes understandable that the Israelites were a group of people that were slowing gaining territory (although we didn't
get to the read the context, this is what the book portrays) with the help of the Lord, God. What made this possible was their commitment to stick with
God's ultimate say. Orders were handed down from God to Moses and from Moses to Joshua, who was the one that executed it. Nonetheless, only by
reading Joshua 11 one can only contemplate mere assumptions on why the Israelites attacked the kingdoms of Hazar. Perhaps it was because these
kingdoms failed to recognize the Lord as their God, but this is far from context as what really is important is the military accomplishments of Israel.
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The Israelites Out Of Egypt
For this assignment I have chosen to analyze the section from Exodus where G–d approaches Moses about leading the Israelites out of Egypt. I found
this interesting as it begins the tale of the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt; one can argue that this was one of the most seminal and inspiring events in all
of human history. In Exodus 3, 1–15 G–d chooses and recruits Moses to lead the Exodus. Moses' leadership provided the inspiration for freedom
seekers for generations; yet Moses questions his ability to carry out this task. In this paper I will explore the interactions between G–d and Moses when
Moses is persuaded to assume this leadership role.
Section 3. 1 begins with Now, Moses tending his flock of Jethro his father–in–law, the priest of Midian).Why is important for the Tanakh to tell us
Moses' profession and his employer? I can think of the following explanations, the role of a shepherd. Being a shepherd is an important role yet It is
even more impressive because Moses performed this function for a priest. It shows that Moses was responsible because a shepherd is responsible for
sheep which were likely major financial assets for their owners. A symbol of things to come. Could Moses' role as a shepherd foreshadow how Moses
would later be responsible for all those for which he was responsible? Shows the G–d's power. Though being a shepherd is important, it does not
involve speaking and leading people. This could mean that we are being shown G–d's powers because with
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The Israelite Prophets
2.1 Agree: 1. Prophets were frequently rejected. 2. Prophets are a communicator between the people and God. 3. The prophet's "books" we have now
were not written by the prophets.
Unique: ABD– discusses themes that many of the prophets included like God, Israel, their relationship, and the future; EBD– mentions and proves that
accounts may not be "historically accurate"; ISBE– provides a unique comparison and contrast throughout the article of the Israelite prophets to the
prophets of the surrounding countries and civilizations
Disagreement– All of the articles disagree on how to apply the prophecies. Each piece provides multiple methods; however, none of them come to
consensus or agreement.
2.2– The articles were extremely informative for the understanding of prophecy. All of the articles in one way or another define what exactly
prophecy is and give various points about it to better explain the role of prophecy in the Bible and different ways to interpret it. The ABD article
mainly focused on ideas with explanations as well as opinions. The EBD article had an even mixture between proposing one idea and proposing many
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The ABD article may be more persuasive to such a person because there are a few more details or explanations provided along with the vital
content. The EBD article does not have too much persuasion to it, but it would be the easiest to follow. The extra details in the ABD add the
persuasion element while it is still easy to comprehend. The ISBE article would be very difficult to fathom without any prior knowledge of prophecy.
Consequently, I would not recommend it to anyone who has never heard of prophecy before. If one was to read EBD or ABD first, they might be able
to better understand ISBE, but it would remain confusing and
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God Is The Creator Of All People, And The Israelites
The modern Christian religion tells each of its followers that God loves us all, sinners and innocents alike, if only we would accept God into our
hearts. But how true is that statement? While God is the creator of all people, and the Israelites are supposed to be his chosen people, God does not act
as such in the Bible. Rather than being interested in humanity in general, or even the Israelites specifically, God is primarily interested in certain
individuals. These works suggest that even God has favorites. From Abraham to Moses to David, and all those heroes of the Bible, God preserves the
peoples from which he derives these favored individuals. In these passages, the presence of a "chosen one" makes or breaks a society, and more often ...
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As soon as Adam and Eve disobey God, he bans them from the garden of Eden. God drives out "man and at the east of the garden of Eden he
placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life" and to the entrance to the garden of Eden
(Genesis 3:24). These people may have been cared for by God, but by disobeying him, they lose God's favor, showing that it was only favor that
Adam and Eve had to begin with. Even the Israelites, God's chosen people, are only briefly in God's favor, and that is not as a result of any
inherent interest in this group of people, but rather because the majority of God's favorite individuals arise from this group. The people of Israel
were overcome by the Egyptians and the Egyptians thus "set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens" (Exodus 1:11). The Israelites
"groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help" and only then "God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob"
(Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24). God had forgotten about the people he promised to provide prosperity for in the future. In addition, God does not
remember the covenant as being with the Israelite peoples, but with his favorites of the previous generations, i.e. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Furthermore, rather than choosing to then save all of the Israelites with the power God obviously
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The Israelites Evil Behavior : Defying Of The Holy One Of...
In these verses Paul details the specifics of the Israelites evil behavior in defying of the Holy One of Israel and His judgment. In verse 8 most scholars
believe Paul to have summarized the events of Num25:1–9. Moses records acts of immorality and idol worship in verses 1 and 2 when he writes,
"while Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. 2 For they invited the people to the sacrifices of
their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods." God 's anger against them was turned by the brutal heroism of Phinehas (Num25:7–9).
Psa106:30–31 records:
Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed.
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Paul has not exceeded the truth. There were at least twenty three thousand that fell, though there might have been more."
Garland seems to understand that Paul got twenty three thousand from a deliberate mixture of Num25:9 and Ex32:28.
Garland says,
"Paul appears to have chosen Exod.32:28 as the model for his wording, they fell, [in that] one day and three thousand and combined if with the twenty
from the Numbers text. Since twenty four is a much more common multiple than twenty three in the OT, it (twenty four) would seem to be a deliberate
choice."
Nevertheless Paul 's point and warning is quite clear. Take heed fellow saints God demonstrated His mighty vengeance against the sins of willful
immorality and idol worship.
Paul 's next warning comes from the example of Israel 's trying, tempting or testing (G1598 ОµМ“ОєПЂОµО№ПЃО±МЃО¶П‰, ekpeirazoМ„) the
Lord (G5547 О§ПЃО№ПѓП„ОїМЃП‚, Christos) meaning the anointed or Messiah or Jesus Christ. As he did in 10:4, Paul again makes OT reference
to our Savior in the wilderness. Psa78:18 and 106:14 testify that the Israeli nation tempted (H5254 Ч ЧЎЧ” naМ‚saМ‚h naw–saw ') God in the dessert.
As the Israelites journeyed around the land of Edom by way of the Red Sea they became impatient and railed against God and Moses because they
feared death in the wilderness for lack of food and water. (See Num21:4–5, Psa78:19) God 's snake judgment is seen in Num21:6 The
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Achievements Of The Israelite Civilization
The Israelite civilization dates back to between 1300 and 1200 BCE when they settled in Canaan from Mesopotamia. This was considered their
homeland. The Israelites developed from the Cannanites, since their civilizations began together along with the Jebusites. They faced a lot of struggles,
but after migrating to Egypt, and being separated into two kingdoms, they kept the faith that they would someday return to their homeland. The greatest
achievements of the Israelites was their architecture, monotheistic religion, Ten Commandments, and their military. However, they were not enough to
save the civilization. They fell due to the decline in leadership within the civilization, and attacks and conquest from the Assyrians and Babylonians.
Overview
Just like any other civilization, the Israelites had multiple social classes. At the foundation of the civilization was the working class. This was
made up of the farmers and artisans who labored all day and produced the items that were often traded throughout the kingdom. The next tier was
the military and royal court. Anyone that served in the military was well respected by people of all classes. The royal court consisted of any
government officials, scribes, and the king's royal cupbearer. Scribes were the secretaries and typically involved in judicial and financial affairs.
The royal cupbearer was tasked with filling the king's goblet with wine and serving it to him. Second to the top of the social classes were the
priests. Similar to Ancient Egypt with the gods, priests were believed to have direct contact with the god the Israelites worshiped: Yahweh. Because
of this connection, priests were considered to be very sacred to the Israelites. At the top of the social pyramid was the king. The king of the
Israelites ruled over the kingdom, defended it, but also "rules on behalf of Yahweh, the Israelite god" . The daily life of an Israelite was hard to
determine, as archaeologists can only base this on archaeological surveys or excavations, since no one in this civilization wrote anything down or kept
records. These surveys told archaeologists other useful information, such as, says "Daily Life In Ancient Israel", "including the arrangement and size of
tribal
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The Torah : The Foundation Of The Abrahamic And Davidic...
The Torah was based on the Israelites growing relationship with God. God was loving and first made a Covenant with Abraham. The Abrahamic
Covenant was the foundation for the Mosaic and Davidic Covenant. Throughout the Torah, the Israelite people disobeyed the Lord countless times. No
matter how many times the Israelites sinned God forgave them. He gave them a second chance. The book of the Prophets was a very important aspect of
the Old Testament. It focused on the sin, punishment, and restoration of Israel. It would be seen that the Prophets found hope in the Abrahamic and
Davidic Covenant through the fact that each prophet believed that the Messiah would come and restore the nations and save the people.
At first, the Torah emphasized the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants. The Abrahamic Covenant involved God's promises that Abraham would become
the father of many nations. God promised that Abraham would maintain this covenant with him throughout many generations. He would be Abraham's
God as well as Abraham's descendants God. God promised Abraham and his people the Promised Land, which wasCanaan. When Abraham passed
away, Moses was commanded to lead the Israelites. God devised a covenant with Moses which advised the Israelites on how to treat one another.
However, the Israelites disobeyed many commands in the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants. God created the Davidic Covenant as a way to bring their
relationship with God back. God made several promises to David through the
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Moses: Israelites Response To The Song Of Moses
Referred to as the Song of the Sea, the Song of Moses, the Song of Miriam, a hymn of praise and Hebrew poetry, Exodus 15:1–21 is the Israelites
response to the saving actions of Yahweh at the sea. Moses and the people sing antiphonally about the miracle performed by the LORD and of their
faith in their divine warrior and king who reigns forever and ever. God triumphed gloriously and thwarted the plans and power of Egyptian army and
led his people through the sea to his holy habitation. The Israelites prophetically sing how their future enemies will hear of this triumph and be fearful.
Despite the order of the songs, as some scholars believe Miriam's song was first, Yahweh is given glory for destroying the Egyptian army and allowing
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Allen attributes the Song of Miriam as one of the older literary passages of the Old Testament and verses 13–16 presupposes their time in the desert
while verse 17 speaks of their worship in Jerusalem. Because of these two distinctions, he concludes the Song of Miriam served as a prototype for the
Song of Moses. Other commentators state Exodus 15:1–18 may be read as the response to Miriam's exhortation, and the mention of her name places
her in the leadership circle with Moses and Aaron. Russell says "This interpretation has led several scholars to argue that ideological forces have
been at work to minimize Miriam's role. Some scholars believe Miriam's 'anticlimactic' contribution has been downplayed and suppressed by
redactors." Brenner claims Miriam was the original author and performer of the Song of the Sea, but in the present literary context, she has been
reduced to a mere echo of Moses. Feldman, on the other hand, reconstructed the Qumran scroll 4Q365 of the Song of Miriam, concluded "the new
readings and reconstructions reaffirm the observation made by previous scholars that the Song of Miriam in 4Q365 relies on the wording for the Song
of the
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Compare And Contrast Passover And Exodus
Passover and Exodus
The Passover and Exodus explains the promise and faith that God made to Abraham he will restore blessing to his children and the next generation.
Passover is the time god decided that he would never his children suffer again. The Passover made for a sacrifice to god and even Jesus had a Passover
before he died for our sins to be forgive. After reading from the Jewish bible God spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the of Egypt. But God told the
people to begin mark the calendar with this month. God Spoke to the children of Israel because God wanted them to know what will happen and door
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but if the household is too small for a whole lamb then the head of the household and next neighbor should share one, dividing lamb into half to the
numbers of the people eating it (Exodus 12 CJB). The God of Abraham wanted to save the Israelite from the plague that will happen soon. God
wanted the Israelite to know he hears their prayer. For that, night was so important, God will pass through the Egypt and kill the firstborn in land
of Egypt, both men and animals, and God will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt (Exodus 12 CJB). The Passover means God bring
justice to the human evil also show mercy. That why god sent the message the blood would serve you as assign marking the houses where you are
and when I see the blood, God will pass over and when God strike the land of Egypt, the
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Israelites Curses
God has given us the freedom to choose between Good and Evil, Life and Death, and Blessings and Curses. These choices are to be balanced and
constant within our lives. God's intent for our destiny is to have eternal life, a life of peace and sanctification.However, whatever we decide, He will
respect our choice. Before the Israelites are ready for their journey to Canaan, Moses delivers three sermons (Deut1:1–4:43;4:44–28:68;29–33) to the
people. In the third sermon, Moses calls on the people and continues the renewal of the covenant. In Deuteronomy 30, the Israelites are given a
choice of "two ways", death or life. This was also known as the "Doctrine of Two Ways" or the "Doctrine of Divine Retribution." Rejecting Yahweh
meant the ultimate curse of death and disaster. Life and blessings were the rewards for the obedience to the Law. Moses called on heaven and earth to
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One would be cursed in the city and field, basket and kneading bowl, the fruit of one's womb and the fruit of their ground. When you come in, and
cursed when you go out, curses of confusion and frustration in all undertakings. Pestilence, disease, fever, inflammation, drought and blight, would
be delivered. One cannot offer to be a male or female slave for no one would buy them. The list goes on and on. In verse 37, the Lord says that you will
become a horror, a proverb, and a byword. I am mortified just reading this, and yet some of the Israelites did reject the offer of obeying. Being called
a proverb does not sound profoundly appealing, nothing Mark Twain would care to write
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God's Influence On Israelite Identity
Three characteristics formulated the identity and then community of God's people, known as Israelites, throughout the Hebrew Bible. Although not a
complete picture, these three ideas heavily influenced Israelite distinctiveness both in how the Ancient Near East interacted with them and how they
lived together. Israelite identity wrapped itself in "chosen–ness" of God. God's individual interactions with Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, and
Jacob birthed the original knowledge of being chosen. God chose them, they worshipped only God, they did what God said, and God protected them.
After the Exodus, Moses presented a tribal deity that had chosen the entire community. The people God chose moved from a family to an infant nation.
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The Year of Jubilee, captured in Lev 25:8–12, demanded rest of the entire nation: debt was forgiven, slaves set free, family members returned home
from afar, and the land was not worked. Purity laws gave those who had become tamae (unclean, holy) a mechanism to return to the community.
Unlike segregation based on superiority, the concept of tamae gave the Israelites a way to handle the holy things that scared them. Returning to
normal, tahor, was uniquely restorative for the community. Another unique way of living resulted from the prophet Ezekiel. For a time, community
sin held sway: a grandfather was guilty of a grandson's sin, or a family was held accountable for a father's sin, as in the story of Achan in Joshua 7.
The writer Ezekiel challenged the community in Ezekiel 18 to hold each individual alone accountable for their sin. These were radically different ways
of living from the ANE around the Israelites and helped define them as a community
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This week’s reading centered on the social contract...
This week's reading centered on the social contract between God and the Israelites. The reader, who had grown up familiar with the Exodus, found a
much deeper meaning and contextual understanding in this week's reading. Specifically, the reader's attention focused on two key aspects: 1) God's
control over nature as the contextual focus, and 2) how Exodus, Deuteronomy and Leviticus set forth blue prints blue prints for a society. Moreover, the
reader was previously familiar with the more traditional version of the commandments in Deuteronomy, but found the unfamiliar expression in
Leviticus an earthier contrast.
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This lead the reader question why God did not provide defined rules, or expectations, prior to the commandments? Previous covenants focused on
God's obligations: to not destroy mankind again and to provide Abraham offspring and the land of Canaan, whereas Exodus focused on Israelite
responsibilities (p. 114). In the end, the reader found Exodus a "rite of passage" that displayed God's trust in the Israelites and a formalized relationship
with God.
Deuteronomy and Leviticus were interesting in their literary differences and detailed accounts of what good is by detailing the social expectations for
society. The reader was more familiar with the "dryer" Deuteronomy during Catholic school growing up. After reading Leviticus, the reader
understands why it was perhaps not more focused on for adolescences because of the more graphic explanations. However, a verse the reader related to
from his adulthood was Leviticus 33 which states, "When an alien resides in the land, you shall not oppress them, but treat them as a citizen." This
reminded the reader of the Afghan Pashtun tradition to treat guests with protection, care and honor called Pashtunwali, which is a tribal code that
predates Islam.
The reader found parallels when reading the building a society expressed in Exodus, Deuteronomy and Leviticus with Plato's "The Republic". Book I
of "The Republic"
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The Historical Setting And How Much Of It Does Your Sermon...
–What is the historical setting and how much of it does your sermon require?
Israelites were free from slavery (which is what exodus means), and Moses took them to the place where the Lord had said to him to confront
Pharaoh in his name. Then, they were in the wilderness of Paran known also as Sinai, or Horeb. In this "second stage," they were waiting for God'
Law to know how to behave in different circumstances in life. Had they been able to follow the Law to the letter, it would not have been necessary for
Jesus to come, but no one follow the Law to the letter.
Israelites on one hand, means Jews, one of the people of ancient Israel, a descendant of Israel or Jacob. On the other hand, Israelites also means, son,
child (of either gender), descendant (in any generation), offspring (human or animal); by extension: it is a term of endearment; one of a class or kind
or nation or family. From this information, I can say that when talking about Israelites, the Bible is referring to any of God's human creation, regardless
of nationality.
Because Exodus is story where in many instances words have symbolic meanings, I tried to find out what the word Sinai means, and what I found is
the following: Sinai is a name for both, a) a wilderness area and the mountain at which the people of Israel made a covenant with God. b) It has also
been used to refer to the peninsula lying between Egypt and Palestine. Mt. Sinai is called Horeb in many of the biblical traditions, particularly in
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Biblical Story Of The Israelites
Introduction
The Old Testament has many complex and deeply embedded principals that can be useful in our current context. One of the key principals that has
developed throughout the biblical story of the Israelites is the love that God continued to pour out on them even through their temptation and rebellion.
We shall explore this principal through the history of theIsraelites and what this principal means to us today.
Body
Genesis tells us that 'in the beginning God created the heavens and earth' and then informs us of the beginning of man in the Garden of Eden. This
story develops as Adam and Eve are thrown from the Garden out into the harsh world. This is a prime example of God's love towards what would
become the Israelites because even though he could have wiped them from the earth and restarted he chose to allow them to leave the Garden and
begin to populate the earth. This love would follow the members of Adam's family pass the Great Flood onto the ancestor of the Israelites, Abraham.
Throughout the genealogy and history of the Israelites there is an underlying principal of the love from God in order to provide redemption for his
people. This can be seen in several key examples which I will be speaking about including, the escape for Egypt, Joshua and the Promised Land, the
Golden Period of David and Solomon and the exile towards restoration.
The story of the Israelites begins with Abraham who was promised from God that 'I will make you into a great nation and
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The Ten Plagues In The Book Of Exodus
Exodus, the second book of the New International Version of the Bible, begins with the end of Joseph's generation. Exodus I:6, "Now Joseph and all
his brothers and all that generation died, but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and become exceedingly numerous so that the land was
filled with them." The new king of Egypt, who did not know Joseph, came into power. He declared to his people that the Israelites had become too
plentiful and would eventually join their enemies in war, the king decided oppressive slave labor would keep their numbers slim. The opposite proved
true; the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread further escalating the fear of the Egyptians who worked them ruthlessly in
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According to P, God was known to the patriarchs as El Shaddai, "God Almighty" (Gen 17:1, 35:11, 48:3) and only at Sinai revealed his true name,
Yahweh." (JBC) The Ten Plagues occur from a major battle between Yahweh and the Pharaoh for the 'service of the Hebrews'. "Service," in both Hebr
and Eng, means both work and worship. The redactor has skillfully arranged and augmented old traditions about seven plagues (cf. the seven in Pss
78:43–51; 105:26–36 and the fact that there are only seven plagues in J) into three triplets, and the climatic tenth plague is outside the series." (JBC) As
the Israelites are initially given consent to leave, the actual route they took is discussed within the commentary, "The best route for the people is not the
Way of the Philistines–the most direct, but guided by the fortress at Zilu–but rather a route through the wilderness at the Sea of Reeds, a swampy area
around Lake Balah." (JBC) The climactic battle in which the Egyptian army comes after the Israelites and Moses parted the sea, is conceived by each
source differently. "According to P, Moses divided the sea by the rod and Israel walked through on dry land, the waters being a wall to their right and
left. When Israel got to the other side, Moses raised his hand and the walls of water crashed in on the Egyptian army, wiping them out. According to J,
Yahweh the storm–god drove back the sea long enough for Israel to cross in the night and then the sea returned to its wonted flow in the morning."
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The Book Of Leviticus Singles Out What God Has Done For...
The book of Deuteronomy singles out what God has done for the Israelites. It also teaches them what they need to do. Obedience and loving the Lord
is a major theme. It was written by Moses as a summary of the last 40 years that the Israelites wandered the desert before he died.
Deuteronomy stresses the theme of obedience. After 38 years of wandering the desert, the people who disobeyed God by not going over to the
promised land died. This was the time that God let the new generation cross over in the Promised Land to Canaan. This was the covenant that God made
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob many years before.
Deuteronomy 27–30 states, that there are blessing for obedience and curses for disobedience. God will also bless the land for crops, the livestock with
great herds and flocks, and wherever they may go, they will be blessed. There will be no worry about rain or how the harvest will grow. Enemies will
always fear them and will know that they are covered under the Lord their God. They will be free from any diseases and painful boils.
Just as God will bless everything of the Israelites for obedience, he will also take away all of the blessing He has given. The crops will dry up from
no rain, the herds will not produce and they will get many diseases and boils that they were protected against when they were obedient.
It is repeated many times that God is a jealous God. We are to fear the Lord our God. He is always watching over us and when we disobey Him,
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Analysis Of The Book ' Judges '
The book of Judges is a very structured literary piece that uses chronological structure to make a point and emphasize an idea. Judges narrates the
Israelites continual decline in morality and their downward spiral away from God, through the accounts of the judges, minor judges, and individuals.
While many people use the book of judges to teach courage and strength, it would be more accurately described as a book of brokenness and terror.
The book of Judges begins with a prologue. The prologue is twofold. The first part of the prologue takes a historical look back on the conquest of the
Promised Land, and reemphasizes the failure of Israelite tribes when they did not drive the inhabitance of the land out and fully take the land as God ...
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The first judge introduced is Othniel, who was raised up by the Lord to deliver the Israelites from the king of Mesopotamia. The land of Israel had rest
for 40 years under his judgeship. The Israelites went back to what was evil, and their next deliverer was Ehud, a left handed Benjaminite. He
delivered them from the Moabite king, Eglon, and the land experienced 80 years of rest. Shamgar is the next judge in the narrative. The striking
difference seen here is Shamgar does not have a semitic name or any tribe affiliation, so it is possible that the Israelites were delivered by a
Gentile. The next judge, Deborah, is the only woman judge mentioned. She is also said to have been a prophetess, and a judge with actual judicial
function, instead of a military leader. All the judges mentioned so far have not been said to have been good and righteous leaders, but it has also
not said they have been immoral or corrupt as later judges are, so it can be assumed that they were good judges. This drastically changes as we look
at the next judges. The narrative of judges takes a momentary break to mention the Lord sending a prophet to the people of Israel. The prophet
reminds the Israelites of the deliverance they received from God in Egypt, and calls them not to fear the gods of the Amorites. The prophet ends with
"But you have not obeyed my voice (Jud. 6:10)." From this point on in
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The Israelites Go Into The Promised Land Summary

  • 1. The Israelites Go Into The Promised Land Summary The Israelites Finally Go into the Promised Land. After the death of Moses, God charged Joshua with the responsibility of leading the Israelites into the promised land. Three times God tells Joshua to be strong and courageous. God also tells him to obey, study, and meditate on the law. Joshua sent out two spies to Jericho and they stayed in the house of Rahab the prostitute. She hid them from soldiers looking for them and helped them escape. She believed that God was the true god and asked to be in God's favor and protection. The spies came back to Joshua and told him all that had happened and told him to conquer the land. The Israelites crossed the Jordan river with the ark of the covenant leading them, showing how God actively leads them. When they crossed the Jordan with the ark, the priests stood on dry ground in the middle of the river and there they made a memorial to show where God had shown his power and dried up a river. In the promised ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The people grew prideful and did not obey so they were defeated at the small town of Ai because God was angry. Joshua fasted and prayed to God, asking why he would defile his name in such a way. God revealed the great sin of Achan who had taken some belongings of the Canaanites instead of destroying it. He also took some silver and gold, which was supposed to be for the treasury and temple. Achan not only sinned against God but also stole from him. Achan, his family, belongings, and those who hid his sin were stoned. The army again went to Ai they were victorious. Joshua reminded the people of the law and gave thanks to God for their victory. The Gibeonite's deceived the Israelites because they were not in prayer, but they were designated to serve as woodcutters–fulfilling the prophecy that Canaan would be a servant. The sun stood in order that the power of God could show his power and that the Israelites would be victorious. Southern and Northern Canaan were defeated, but the East was not ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Moses And The Sin Of The Israelite The actual painting is large suggesting that the artist really wants this painting to be seen. Moses is seen as larger than life size but yet Moses character does not give off an theatrical or a daring persona. In this painting the colors really give off the feeling of the painting as well as it's structure. In the painting you see Moses holding the tablet over his head and the pitning stops right at his waist and there are boulders constructing his path at all angles. The sin of the Israelites is so large that Moses feels conflicted when he has to destroyed the tablets, that god has constructed and inscribed in. So the artist places Moses in a inadequate space. This overall outputs the emotional aspect of the painting. The conflict that Moses ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Ancient Israelite Religion Ancient Israelites from the Patriarchs to after the Romans had a different religious practice of worshipping to what happens in modern–day Jewish communities. During the age of the patriarchs, a household leader, particularly the father, would build a place to worship God and would also be the one to offer sacrificial purposes. (Frigge 203) During the time of David and Solomon, worshipping in high places became more popular instead. (Frigge 203) When King Josiah of Judah came into power, the high places were destroyed so the Israelites prayed at the Jerusalem Temple. (Frigge 203) During the Babylonian exile, the temple was also destroyed, so, after the Israelites rebuilt the temple recalling it the Second Temple. WhenJesus was born, the sacrificial ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Comparing The Israelites And The Puritans The Puritans believe they are morally superior to everyone else. The Puritans are about to leave England. "They are Israelites is what they are. They are fleeing Egypt. Good Riddance! Next stop, land of milk/honey(4)." Vowell uses a simile to compare the Puritans to the Israelites in order to reveal how the Puritans consider themselves. "The Old Testament Israelites," references specifically the Israelites that escaped from Egypt in the Book of Exodus. After the population of Jews in Egypt had become so numerous the Pharaoh feared what they might be able to do and put them into slavery. The Israelites eventually escaped Egypt by crossing the Red Sea and eventually make it to land God had gifted them, the land of Canaan. The Puritans compare to the Israelites because they too felt some religious persecution. Catholic rulers like Mary I persecuted Protestants and had many executed. The Puritans also flee from a land not as pure as themselves in order to start anew. Cotton himself tells the Puritans that they are God's chosen, and America is their Canaan. The Israelites inspire the Puritans to get away. "The Old Testament Israelites are to the Puritans what theblues was to the Rolling Stones– a source of inspiration, a renewable resource of riffs(2)." Vowell uses an analogy to compare two unlike things like Puritans and the Rolling Stones. The blues is a genre of music originating in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. The emotion ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Saving The Israelites Research Paper Saving the Israelites In the Book of Genesis, Joseph is utilized by God to save the Israelites which started due Joseph's boasting habits. His story begins with his ten brothers and himself working for his father. Joseph had tendencies to share his dreams in which he was presented as higher than his brothers. As a result, Joseph's angry brothers planned to kill him, but ends up in slavery due to his brother Rueben trying to save him. Therefore, God uses Joseph's hardships to allow the Israelites to end up in Egypt. Shortly after presenting Jacob and his family's background, the Book of Genesis shares a few of Joseph's dreams and his brothers disliked him even more. As Kruschwitz says, "The brothers reportedly hate him not because ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... His dreams about his brother's foreshadowed his actual reign of Egypt. God portrayed this vivid dreams of heiarchy amoungst his family to assure Joseph will be significant to him.Similarly, God gives him the success he needs to be promoted by Potiphar, from a Hebrew slave to being in charge of Potiphar's property. Unfortunately, Potiphar's wife false rape accusation resulted in Potiphar's officials imprisoning innocent Joseph. Although even during imprisonment, Joseph remains hopeful in God to save him and attempts to tell the cupbearer to help him get released after he interperts his dream. Fortunately, Potiphar has a dream that no one can interpret but Joseph, after the cupbearer remembers him. Joseph explains to Pharaoh the famine that God proclaims will happen in seven years. Again, God gives Joseph the ability to portray great leadership skills when Potiphar promotes him to second in command. So, both men prepare for the famine and sell goods to people all over. During the famine, Jacob sends Joseph's ten older brothers to Egypt to buy grain. Joseph reunites with his brothers, though hostile, allows them to bring Israelites to Egypt. Although Joseph was confrontational towards his brothers, it was more of a lesson rather than a revenge plot. To demonstrate, Joseph states," But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. What Reason Does The Bible Give For Its Commands About... Most of God's prophets and chosen people, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses are all at some point immigrants in a foreign. Why does God call some of these "chosen people" to leave their home/families to go to a foreign land? God asks the Israelites to love immigrants and take them as their own people God protects Immigrants Why does God go to the extent of making laws against mistreating immigrants? Why are the punishments for mistreating immigrants so severe? Question 2 An immigrant is an individual who leaves his/her land of origin and settles in a foreign land usually due to circumstances like war, famine, exile in search of a better life. From Genesis 12 onward God either commands or creates circumstances that drive his ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph are examples of people who experienced being immigrants. However God seems to have a purpose for driving each of them from their homes. One reason for making them foreigners is for God to build their characters. God asks Abraham to leave his home to go a foreign land so he can turn him into the man known to many as "the father of all nations" .Moses is exiled from Egypt into the wilderness for 40 years where God prepares him to be the man to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. According to the Anchor Bible dictionary scholars refer to a sojourner as a person who occupies a position between that of his native born and foreign land .This Sojourner lacks the means and protection a person would normally in their native land have . Perhaps one of the reason God drives his chosen people out of their homes to a foreign land is to put them in a situation where they would have to depend entirely on God to protect and provide for them. Such circumstances not only help develop character but help the people of Israel develop a stronger relationship with ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Israelites Journey During the historical thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Egypt, for the Israelites was God divine plan which was "established in Genesis 17:7 Abraham the seed of his descendants and their generations for an everlasting covenant with God" (Fretheim 114). Abraham great–grandson Joseph arrived Egypt as a prisoner and God miraculous power rose him up to second in command base on God covenant establish with Jacob Joseph father. God miraculous actions develop a young immature boy into a faith believing man for humanity to have faith and believe in Him. God Enthralled the relationship with Joseph to build his faith for all humanity to know that through Him we can have a divine connection in spite of our circumstances. God narrative structure flows ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... But "God saving power brought the Israelites and us out of Egypt; God experienced by the the Israelites is made available to each participant at the Passover Feast through eating unleavened bread (bread without yeast)" (104). God works of signs and wonders soaring like an eagle above the "natural effect of Pharaonic oppression to bring judgment through the narrative flow of release to the Israelites" (104). "God stated the purpose moves beyond Israel's liberation of freedom it was to bring the Egyptians to a point of knowing God is Lord of all in the earth" (104). "Israelite journey out of Egypt through God spectacles planned (15:17–22) is interrupted by an Egyptian change of mind; that navigates God divine necessitate to completed their escape by the Red Sea" (104). God parts the "Red Sea a scene grasp through kaleidoscope of images that are related to one another impressionistically: divine messengers, pillars of fire and cloud, alternating light and darkness, a strong east wind, the sea ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Black Eyed Peas "Where is the Love" The Black Eyed Peas This song sounds like something the Israelites would sing. The Israelites faced much persecution and hardships from the Egyptians. So this song would be like them crying out to God and asking Him to show His love. In the beginning of Exodus, the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians for many years which caused many of them to loose hope in the Lord. They were wondering when the Lord would deliver them into the promised land. They could not see God's love. Just like the song says, "People killin', people dyin'. Children hurt and you hear them cryin'." The Israelites were enslaved and suffering under the Pharaoh's rule. As a result, they started praying to God they He could free them from the hands of Egyptians. In the song it says, "Father, Father, Father help us. Send some guidance from above." This sounds like something the Israelites would pray for. Therefore, later on in the Exodus, God sent Moses to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt. The Israelites needed deliverance from their sufferings. "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash Before ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In Exodus 19–20, God talks to Moses about a covenant that He is making. God is making this covenant because He wants a bond with the people that will lead them to seek God in any circumstance. God has the best plans intended for the Israelites, but He can only make them possible if they seek Him. We can see this same kind of relationship that God wants throughout this song. The chorus says, " I'm only one call away, I'll be there to save the day, superman got nothing on me, I'm only one call away." This is like something God would say to the people. And what these lyrics are essentially saying is to not look to other people or things to give your heart and affection to. Rather, give it me for I can guide and help you in ways that no one else can. God wants a relationship with the Israelites in Exodus, but they need to seek Him ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. How Did Moses Lead The Israelites Out Of Egypt? Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt "I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and I know about their suffering, I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians." (God) When most people think of racial injustice, Hitler comes to mind, but racial injustice leads all the way back to the Bible times when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. Pharaoh's cruilty towards the Israelites affected 2 million people, causing them to leave Egypt. To begin, Moses was an Israelite and a faithful Hebrew called by God. He was shepherding his flocks when an angel of the Lord appeared to him, telling him to command Pharaoh to free the Israelites (Holy Bible: Holman Bible). "Who am I that I should go to the Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" (Holy Bible: Holman Bible). God tells Moses that he will bring them into a land flowing with milk and honey. (Holy Bible: Holman Bible) Even though Moses is scared, he knows that God will not leave him. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and ordered him to free the Israelites, but Pharaoh refused. (Holy Bible: Holman Bible). They go to Pharaoh ten more times, and God sends a plague for every time the Pharaoh says no (The Ten Plagues). The ten plagues were: blood, frogs, bugs, wild animals, pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and worst of all, the death of the first born. The last plague was called the death of the first born because the death angel went to every house in Egypt and killed the firstborn. (The Ten Plagues)God told the Israelites if they put the blood of a year old, unblemished, male sheep or goat on the two doorposts the angel will pass over their house. Even though the Egyptians suffered during the ten plagues, God had a plan and a purpose for ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. The Exodus Source Analysis Essay The Exodus In this source analysis paper I will be analyzing the Bible, specifically Exodus, to explore the Israelite people during their time of wandering from Egypt to the Promised Land and why it took them so long to reach their destination. It will also touch on Moses and his descendants and reason as to why he was able to look at the land, but unable to go and live there. To give a brief description, Exodus is a Greek word that translates to departure or going out. A large chunk of Exodus as well as Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy follow the Israelites in their departure from Egypt to the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses (Coogan and Redmount 2001, 58). This story has become an important moment in the Israelite faith as ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The book starts out mentioning that Joseph and his descendants have past and a new king has risen that does not know of him and because of this the Pharaoh feared the Israelites going too quickly and enslaved them, forcing them into hard labor and other duties within the Kingdom. This did not do much to stop them so he then ordered that all newborn Hebrew boys should be killed which is where Moses comes in. After being hidden in the Nile river and found by Pharaoh's daughter, he was raised in the royal court and leaves once he becomes an older child because he decided to kill an Egyptian tormented a fellow Israelite. After this is where he is met by God and his journey with the Israelites and mission to rescue them from slavery to the Promised Land begins (Coogan and Redmount 2001, pg 60). After Moses parts the Red Sea the make camo at Sinai and this is where God meets not only Moses but the Israelites as well and makes a covenant with them called the Ten Commandments and a series of laws called the Book of the Covenant and details on how to build a temple where Jesus will reside (Exodus 20–23; 24:7; ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Joshua's Beliefs Joshua, whose name means "God delivered", was the servant of Moses and was his successor when he died. He was Moses' general, who led the troops in actual fighting while Aaron held up Moses' hands. Joshua, who actually led the Israelites into the promised land, was a military leader, a political leader, and a spiritual leader. He believed in doing whatever it takes. He was bold, courageous and was confident when he spoke on behalf of the Lord. When God gave Joshua orders, he did not try to defend the people or talk God out of His decisions, he was quick to obey. He gave the people the choice of which God would they serve. The Israelites chose to serve God, the one and only true living God, so Joshua made a covenant with the People. Joshua was ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. Israelites And Their Meaning The first lesson we should learn is that our complaining is always heard by God. (Num. 1:1,18, 12:2) In verse 1 the Israelites find themselves facing hardships and they start to complain about them. We don't know exactly what it was they were complaining about. We know they were in the desert, it was hot, at times they went w/o water, and there was a lot of walking. God doesn't tell us what their hardship was; He only tells us they complained about it. He also tells us that He heard their complaining. Vs. 1 says..."Now the people....and when he heard them." In verse 18 it says "Consecrate yourselves...The Lord heard you when you wailed". God tells them He heard their wailing or whining. In ch. 12, Miriam and Aaron are complaining about their ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Matter of fact God tells Moses to record in verses 7 and 8 for all the world to know what He was giving the Israelites. This is what the Bible says about the Manna. Look at 7,8 –He tells us it looked really good: V7 The word resin is used in Gen. 2 where God is describing the plush surroundings of the Garden of Eden. The term is used to describe great beauty. The manna was something that looked appealing to the eye. –He tells us that it tasted really good: V8 The phrase "It tasted like something made with olive oil" doesn't sound appealing to us. But it was fresh and tasty. Ex 16:31 tells us it tasted like honey. It was sweet. The NKJV in Psalms 78:24 calls it the bread of heaven. So God gave them something that tasted really good. –He also tells us that they got it at a really good price: V9 They got a really good deal. It was free, and God sent it to them faithfully EVERY NIGHT. No work. He graciously gave it to them w/o ever missing a single day. What God was giving them was not bland and tasteless, but healthy and good. Unfortunately, it was not good enough for them. Their complaining revealed an ungrateful attitude for what the Lord was currently doing for ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Parting Of The Red Sea Essay The parting of the red sea was part of a story from the Bible during the time of Moses and the children of Israel leaving Egypt. They are many real–life suggestions that explains the parting of the sea. The story we are all familiar with is the "when Moses stretched his stick over the Red Sea, God divided the sea and he and his people escape safety. Then the Pharaoh and his army tried crossing but end up drowning in the sea. The story started when God brought the 10th plague which killed all the first born of the Egyptian to the land of Egypt, Pharaoh gave the children of Israel their freedom told Moses to take his follow Israelites out of Egypt. After a few days the Israelites came to the Red Sea, there they rested and was planning they next move, main while, Pharaoh and his men began to feel sorry that they had sent the Israelites away. "We have let our slaves go and who is going to build for us!" they said. So, Pharaoh had a change of mind again. He quickly got his war chariot and his army ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This view is argued upon the supposition that the Hebrew term sup is related to an Egyptian word meaning "reed." It is also possible, however, that sup may relate to the Hebrew term sop, which signifies "end" or "conclusion" (of the earth), and thus could refer simply to several connected bodies of water extending southward from Palestine and Arabia and wherever the exodus took place, it was at a point where the sea was deep enough to drown the entire Egyptian army(Jackson). The author stayed that the reason why the children of Israel could survive the water was because the sea was not deep enough to drown the iseriates but deep enough to drown the entire Egyptians army ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Israelites 12 Spies Analysis As the Israelites left Egypt and began to head towards a promised land, they endured many tests and only began to grow into adulthood much later. The original set of people who travelled under control of Moses and Aaron never made it to their destination, as God became angry with Moses when he struck the rock twice in front of his people, and therefore prevented them from entering a promised land (Numbers 20.11–12). These Israelites did not have complete faith in their God, and therefore continued to anger Him throughout their journey. Since they have a negative perspective on the world around them and their situation, the first group of Israelites can be represented by ten of the twelve spies who actually enter Canaan. These ten spies advise ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Types Of Government That Deuteronomistic Historians Should... This paper is about the types of government that Deuteronomistic Historians would write about the Israelite nation. To understand the theory we need to apprehend what is the Deuteronomistic History's main belief. The strongest belief was that when Israel is faithful, it prospers, but when unfaithful, it is cursed with defeat, disaster, and exile from their land. First, the earlier form of government was the confederation of the Israelite tribes. The Israelites believe that they could what they believe was right and worship just Yahweh. "11Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Elohim and worshiped the Baals; 12and they abandoned the Elohim, the Yahweh of their ancestors, who brought them out of the land of Egypt; they followed other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were all around them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the Elohim to anger. (Judges2:11– 12n)" When they acted in such a disobedience way, the following three things followed in a divine punishment, which led to repentance and finally deliverance . The Judge was involved in the process of deliverance. There was no higher authority of the tribal level, then the judge. They were military leaders with a few exceptions of handling interpretation of covenantal law. The Deuternomistic Historians believed the judges were leaders of Israel; they could have been local or tribal leaders who emerged during times of crises . The Israelite confederation consists of a freely woven ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Biblical Deuteronomy : Moses And The Israelites About God... Deuteronomy 1:1–8 Moses tells the people about the promise land Deuteronomy 1:9–18 Moses tells each of the tribes to choose a leader Deuteronomy 1:19–33 Moses talks to the people about their complaining Deuteronomy 1:34–45 Moses talks to the Israelites about God's wrath & anger Deuteronomy 1:46–2:25 Moses speaks of the journey the people had Deuteronomy 2:26–3:7 Moses tells of when they destroyed kingdoms on their journey Deuteronomy 3:8–22 Moses discusses who he gave the conquered land to Deuteronomy 3:23–29 Moses talks of when God was mad with him Deuteronomy 4:1–14 Moses instructs Israel to follow the 10 commandments as given by God Deuteronomy 4:15–31 Moses further reiterates the power of God's wrath if the people don't obey Deuteronomy 4:32–40 Moses speaks of when God spoke to the people through fire Deuteronomy 4:41–43 Moses develops three cities east of the Jordan Deuteronomy 4:44–48 Moses' law and land Deuteronomy 5:1–22 Moses tells the people the Ten Commandments once again Deuteronomy 5:23–33 Moses tells the Israelites about what God heard after he spoke to them through fire Deuteronomy 6:1–9 Moses establishes ordinances that Israel must follow in the promise land Deuteronomy 6:10–25 Moses tells the Israelites to respect God and his wishes Deuteronomy 7:1–5 Moses tells the people how to conquer their enemies Deuteronomy 7:6–15 Moses speaks of God's love and his covenant that he made with past generations Deuteronomy 7:16–26 Moses tells the Israelites about how God ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Problematize the Exodus-Liberation-Settlement Motif from... PROBLEMATIZE THE EXODUS–LIBERATION–SETTLEMENT MOTIF FROM THE ADIVASI PERSPECTIVE Prepared: Kyrshanborlang Mawlong. Introduction: In this paper we are trying to discussion the difficulties that the Israelites faced during staying in Egypt and how God response to their crying by liberated them from the hand of the Egyptian and also how they enter and settled in Canaan. But, this liberation of the Israelite by God create an impact on the indigenous people of the Canaan, we could see there are many problems or difficulties of Canaanite in mix up with Israelites either in culture, religious and social as a whole. We will also see the situation of Adivasi in India how they are suppressed by the oppressors or non– Adivasis/high caste. The ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Assured of success, Joshua renewed his plans to conquer Ai. The enemy forces were lured into the open so that the thirty thousand men who had stationed beyond the city by night were able to attack Ai from the near and set it afire. The defenders were annihilated, their king was hanged and the site was reduced to rubble. When Israel makes its second attack, the people of Ai as well as the inhabitants of Bethel vacate their cities to pursue the enemy (Josh. 8: 17). Not all of the Canaanites tried to resist Israel's invasion. One group, the Gibeonites, avoided destruction by deceiving the Israelites into making a covenant of peace with them (Joshua 9:1). Alarmed by the defection of the Gibeonites to Israel, a group of southern Canaanite kings, led by Adoni–zedek of Jerusalem, formed a coalition against the invading force. The kings threatened to attack the Gibeonites, causing Joshua to come to the defense of his new allies. Because of supernatural intervention, the Israelites were able to defeat the coalition. Joshua then launched a southern campaign which resulted in the capture of numerous Canaanite cities (Joshua 10:1). Joshua's third and last military campaign was in northern Canaan. In that region King Jabin of Hazor formed a coalition of neighbouring kings to battle with the Israelites. Joshua made a surprise attack upon them at the waters of Merom, utterly defeating his foe (Joshua 11:1–15). The invasion of Canaan met with phenomenal success; large ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Israelite and Greek Mythology Essay The Works and Days is a Greek myth containing an appropriated version of the Israelites Ten Commandments from The Bible. Throughout Works and Days, the myth constructs a virtually identical set of rules pertaining to moral conduct; all which, if disobey, are punishable by Zeus. Both the Israelites and the Greeks believe that their Lord (for the Greeks, specifically all powerful Zeus) distributes retribution to those who disobey these moral rules of conduct. In both texts, these guidelines for judgment are crucial because they give formal validity to the punishments that each god distributes. The similarities found are as a result of the Greek appropriation of the Israelites mythology, however, the differences and variations within the... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Peace I about the land, fostering the young, and wide–seeing Zeus never marks out grievous war as their portion (West, 43). Within Works and Days, there is an equal amount of emphasis placed on the rewards as well as the consequences. However, within the book of "Exodus", there is an elaborate list of consequences attributed to certain actions and very few discussions about rewards for ones actions. It is therefore sufficient to say that the Israelites put more emphasis on punishing those who are deviant and the Greeks provide incentive to behave justly as well as include consequences for deviants. This reflects on the societies in which they live in because the Israelites were not ruled in a kingdom and therefore essentially responsible for their own individual actions. The Greek society is distinctly different. The Greeks are ruled in a kingdom and therefore are encouraged to behave responsibly on behalf of the king. In many Greek kingdoms, those who represented the king well were rewarded with trophies. These myths reflect how each are rewarded and punished for their actions within society. In addition, within the Works and Days, there is no retribution for those who do not worship the Greek gods. Perhaps this is because the story is only directed at the Greeks themselves; in any case, this is an inherently distinguishing feature. In addition to constructing moral guidelines, the Ten ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. The King Of The Israelites he conquest of the Israelites spread like a lightning bolt. All the countries that lived within the boundaries of the Promised Land were in utter fear for their lives. Kings who had strong fortified cities within massive stone walls trembled as the stories flooded in telling them how easily Israel fought and defeated everyone in their path. Kings everywhere came together in a united effort to stop God 's people from entering into their country. Instead their defiance of God 's will was met with utter devastation. No one could stand up to the power behind the Israelite army. Israel held tightly to the Laws of Moses doing everything commanded. Because of each man 's faithfulness a supernatural ability took over each fighting soldier giving them the ability to stand and defeat a thousand men. Leviticus 26:7&8, "You will be victorious over your enemies; five of you will be able to defeat a hundred, and a hundred will be able to defeat ten thousand." Every promise in the Law was fulfilled because the Israelites made a conscious effort to remember the Laws and apply them to their lives. Their faithfulness to God 's words empowered the Spiritual forces of the unseen heavenly kingdom and the Spirits of God ran to protect every soldier from harm while enabling them to defeat every person who tried to come up against them. Hebrews 1: 14, "What are the angels, then? They are spirits who serve God and are sent by him to help those who are to receive salvation." Conquering the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Fall Of Israelites Rise and Fall of the Israelites There are loads of civilizations that have had their spotlight and have fallen as well, though are some that still exist today. The Israelites have grown from the bible into breaking off into different parts of the world and staying part of the world in religion. The Israelites rose in popularity due to their cultural religious and political events. The fall of the Israelites was due to split division of people and beliefs that were not the same for everyone. After the capture, the Israelites religion spread throughout the world today. The uprising of the Israelites starts with cultural diffusions that happened during BC. Religion was a huge aspect of the Israelites and what has been adapted over time to... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Kings and Rulers can be a good or bad thing towards a civilization but with such power targeted to one person conflicts occur to when people feel like their views are not being shared and only one opinion matters, the King. In the beginning that wasn't an issue since there were 12 tribes and there wasn't a central government and communities chose judges to enforce laws and settlements. They all changed in 880 BC, when people had realised there needed to be a mortal ruler for them. Overtime, there were other rulers that took over the Israelites after Saul. The reason I take this as a main point for the fall of the Israelites is because with having a King, there is going to be division between the civilization. With this knowledge, uprising of people's beliefs are questioned and lost. Similar to a domino effect, the people eventually were not as united together as they should be or had God had pictured. To summarize, with religion rising up and conflicts between believers and nonbelievers, there are people that still need someone to follow and with Kings, they will always believe that they are number one to their people. Which was a problem since there were people that believed God was their King and that's who they ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. The Israelite Perspective Comparative study is new to me. Walton provides me with an understanding that when we compare literature of the ancient Near East with the Bible, we will try to recover aspects of the ancient cognitive environment that may help us understand the Israelite perspective a little better (Walton, p.22). He further says that by catching a glimpse of how they thought about themselves and their world, we sometimes discover ways that the Israelites would have thought that differ totally from how we think. He provides a few examples. One that gives me new insight is about building tower of Babel which I presume is about human getting into the heavens. I am surprised to learn that background study allows interpreters to know that the ziggurats of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Joshua 11: Why The Israelites Attacked The Kingdom Of Hazar After reading Joshua 11, it becomes understandable that the Israelites were a group of people that were slowing gaining territory (although we didn't get to the read the context, this is what the book portrays) with the help of the Lord, God. What made this possible was their commitment to stick with God's ultimate say. Orders were handed down from God to Moses and from Moses to Joshua, who was the one that executed it. Nonetheless, only by reading Joshua 11 one can only contemplate mere assumptions on why the Israelites attacked the kingdoms of Hazar. Perhaps it was because these kingdoms failed to recognize the Lord as their God, but this is far from context as what really is important is the military accomplishments of Israel. Israel ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. The Israelites Out Of Egypt For this assignment I have chosen to analyze the section from Exodus where G–d approaches Moses about leading the Israelites out of Egypt. I found this interesting as it begins the tale of the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt; one can argue that this was one of the most seminal and inspiring events in all of human history. In Exodus 3, 1–15 G–d chooses and recruits Moses to lead the Exodus. Moses' leadership provided the inspiration for freedom seekers for generations; yet Moses questions his ability to carry out this task. In this paper I will explore the interactions between G–d and Moses when Moses is persuaded to assume this leadership role. Section 3. 1 begins with Now, Moses tending his flock of Jethro his father–in–law, the priest of Midian).Why is important for the Tanakh to tell us Moses' profession and his employer? I can think of the following explanations, the role of a shepherd. Being a shepherd is an important role yet It is even more impressive because Moses performed this function for a priest. It shows that Moses was responsible because a shepherd is responsible for sheep which were likely major financial assets for their owners. A symbol of things to come. Could Moses' role as a shepherd foreshadow how Moses would later be responsible for all those for which he was responsible? Shows the G–d's power. Though being a shepherd is important, it does not involve speaking and leading people. This could mean that we are being shown G–d's powers because with ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. The Israelite Prophets 2.1 Agree: 1. Prophets were frequently rejected. 2. Prophets are a communicator between the people and God. 3. The prophet's "books" we have now were not written by the prophets. Unique: ABD– discusses themes that many of the prophets included like God, Israel, their relationship, and the future; EBD– mentions and proves that accounts may not be "historically accurate"; ISBE– provides a unique comparison and contrast throughout the article of the Israelite prophets to the prophets of the surrounding countries and civilizations Disagreement– All of the articles disagree on how to apply the prophecies. Each piece provides multiple methods; however, none of them come to consensus or agreement. 2.2– The articles were extremely informative for the understanding of prophecy. All of the articles in one way or another define what exactly prophecy is and give various points about it to better explain the role of prophecy in the Bible and different ways to interpret it. The ABD article mainly focused on ideas with explanations as well as opinions. The EBD article had an even mixture between proposing one idea and proposing many in the sense that in some things it ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The ABD article may be more persuasive to such a person because there are a few more details or explanations provided along with the vital content. The EBD article does not have too much persuasion to it, but it would be the easiest to follow. The extra details in the ABD add the persuasion element while it is still easy to comprehend. The ISBE article would be very difficult to fathom without any prior knowledge of prophecy. Consequently, I would not recommend it to anyone who has never heard of prophecy before. If one was to read EBD or ABD first, they might be able to better understand ISBE, but it would remain confusing and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. God Is The Creator Of All People, And The Israelites The modern Christian religion tells each of its followers that God loves us all, sinners and innocents alike, if only we would accept God into our hearts. But how true is that statement? While God is the creator of all people, and the Israelites are supposed to be his chosen people, God does not act as such in the Bible. Rather than being interested in humanity in general, or even the Israelites specifically, God is primarily interested in certain individuals. These works suggest that even God has favorites. From Abraham to Moses to David, and all those heroes of the Bible, God preserves the peoples from which he derives these favored individuals. In these passages, the presence of a "chosen one" makes or breaks a society, and more often ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As soon as Adam and Eve disobey God, he bans them from the garden of Eden. God drives out "man and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life" and to the entrance to the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:24). These people may have been cared for by God, but by disobeying him, they lose God's favor, showing that it was only favor that Adam and Eve had to begin with. Even the Israelites, God's chosen people, are only briefly in God's favor, and that is not as a result of any inherent interest in this group of people, but rather because the majority of God's favorite individuals arise from this group. The people of Israel were overcome by the Egyptians and the Egyptians thus "set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens" (Exodus 1:11). The Israelites "groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help" and only then "God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob" (Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24). God had forgotten about the people he promised to provide prosperity for in the future. In addition, God does not remember the covenant as being with the Israelite peoples, but with his favorites of the previous generations, i.e. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Furthermore, rather than choosing to then save all of the Israelites with the power God obviously ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. The Israelites Evil Behavior : Defying Of The Holy One Of... In these verses Paul details the specifics of the Israelites evil behavior in defying of the Holy One of Israel and His judgment. In verse 8 most scholars believe Paul to have summarized the events of Num25:1–9. Moses records acts of immorality and idol worship in verses 1 and 2 when he writes, "while Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. 2 For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods." God 's anger against them was turned by the brutal heroism of Phinehas (Num25:7–9). Psa106:30–31 records: Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted to him as righteousness from ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Paul has not exceeded the truth. There were at least twenty three thousand that fell, though there might have been more." Garland seems to understand that Paul got twenty three thousand from a deliberate mixture of Num25:9 and Ex32:28. Garland says, "Paul appears to have chosen Exod.32:28 as the model for his wording, they fell, [in that] one day and three thousand and combined if with the twenty from the Numbers text. Since twenty four is a much more common multiple than twenty three in the OT, it (twenty four) would seem to be a deliberate choice." Nevertheless Paul 's point and warning is quite clear. Take heed fellow saints God demonstrated His mighty vengeance against the sins of willful immorality and idol worship. Paul 's next warning comes from the example of Israel 's trying, tempting or testing (G1598 ОµМ“ОєПЂОµО№ПЃО±МЃО¶П‰, ekpeirazoМ„) the Lord (G5547 О§ПЃО№ПѓП„ОїМЃП‚, Christos) meaning the anointed or Messiah or Jesus Christ. As he did in 10:4, Paul again makes OT reference to our Savior in the wilderness. Psa78:18 and 106:14 testify that the Israeli nation tempted (H5254 Ч ЧЎЧ” naМ‚saМ‚h naw–saw ') God in the dessert. As the Israelites journeyed around the land of Edom by way of the Red Sea they became impatient and railed against God and Moses because they feared death in the wilderness for lack of food and water. (See Num21:4–5, Psa78:19) God 's snake judgment is seen in Num21:6 The ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Achievements Of The Israelite Civilization The Israelite civilization dates back to between 1300 and 1200 BCE when they settled in Canaan from Mesopotamia. This was considered their homeland. The Israelites developed from the Cannanites, since their civilizations began together along with the Jebusites. They faced a lot of struggles, but after migrating to Egypt, and being separated into two kingdoms, they kept the faith that they would someday return to their homeland. The greatest achievements of the Israelites was their architecture, monotheistic religion, Ten Commandments, and their military. However, they were not enough to save the civilization. They fell due to the decline in leadership within the civilization, and attacks and conquest from the Assyrians and Babylonians. Overview Just like any other civilization, the Israelites had multiple social classes. At the foundation of the civilization was the working class. This was made up of the farmers and artisans who labored all day and produced the items that were often traded throughout the kingdom. The next tier was the military and royal court. Anyone that served in the military was well respected by people of all classes. The royal court consisted of any government officials, scribes, and the king's royal cupbearer. Scribes were the secretaries and typically involved in judicial and financial affairs. The royal cupbearer was tasked with filling the king's goblet with wine and serving it to him. Second to the top of the social classes were the priests. Similar to Ancient Egypt with the gods, priests were believed to have direct contact with the god the Israelites worshiped: Yahweh. Because of this connection, priests were considered to be very sacred to the Israelites. At the top of the social pyramid was the king. The king of the Israelites ruled over the kingdom, defended it, but also "rules on behalf of Yahweh, the Israelite god" . The daily life of an Israelite was hard to determine, as archaeologists can only base this on archaeological surveys or excavations, since no one in this civilization wrote anything down or kept records. These surveys told archaeologists other useful information, such as, says "Daily Life In Ancient Israel", "including the arrangement and size of tribal ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. The Torah : The Foundation Of The Abrahamic And Davidic... The Torah was based on the Israelites growing relationship with God. God was loving and first made a Covenant with Abraham. The Abrahamic Covenant was the foundation for the Mosaic and Davidic Covenant. Throughout the Torah, the Israelite people disobeyed the Lord countless times. No matter how many times the Israelites sinned God forgave them. He gave them a second chance. The book of the Prophets was a very important aspect of the Old Testament. It focused on the sin, punishment, and restoration of Israel. It would be seen that the Prophets found hope in the Abrahamic and Davidic Covenant through the fact that each prophet believed that the Messiah would come and restore the nations and save the people. At first, the Torah emphasized the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants. The Abrahamic Covenant involved God's promises that Abraham would become the father of many nations. God promised that Abraham would maintain this covenant with him throughout many generations. He would be Abraham's God as well as Abraham's descendants God. God promised Abraham and his people the Promised Land, which wasCanaan. When Abraham passed away, Moses was commanded to lead the Israelites. God devised a covenant with Moses which advised the Israelites on how to treat one another. However, the Israelites disobeyed many commands in the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants. God created the Davidic Covenant as a way to bring their relationship with God back. God made several promises to David through the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Moses: Israelites Response To The Song Of Moses Referred to as the Song of the Sea, the Song of Moses, the Song of Miriam, a hymn of praise and Hebrew poetry, Exodus 15:1–21 is the Israelites response to the saving actions of Yahweh at the sea. Moses and the people sing antiphonally about the miracle performed by the LORD and of their faith in their divine warrior and king who reigns forever and ever. God triumphed gloriously and thwarted the plans and power of Egyptian army and led his people through the sea to his holy habitation. The Israelites prophetically sing how their future enemies will hear of this triumph and be fearful. Despite the order of the songs, as some scholars believe Miriam's song was first, Yahweh is given glory for destroying the Egyptian army and allowing his chosen ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Allen attributes the Song of Miriam as one of the older literary passages of the Old Testament and verses 13–16 presupposes their time in the desert while verse 17 speaks of their worship in Jerusalem. Because of these two distinctions, he concludes the Song of Miriam served as a prototype for the Song of Moses. Other commentators state Exodus 15:1–18 may be read as the response to Miriam's exhortation, and the mention of her name places her in the leadership circle with Moses and Aaron. Russell says "This interpretation has led several scholars to argue that ideological forces have been at work to minimize Miriam's role. Some scholars believe Miriam's 'anticlimactic' contribution has been downplayed and suppressed by redactors." Brenner claims Miriam was the original author and performer of the Song of the Sea, but in the present literary context, she has been reduced to a mere echo of Moses. Feldman, on the other hand, reconstructed the Qumran scroll 4Q365 of the Song of Miriam, concluded "the new readings and reconstructions reaffirm the observation made by previous scholars that the Song of Miriam in 4Q365 relies on the wording for the Song of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Compare And Contrast Passover And Exodus Passover and Exodus The Passover and Exodus explains the promise and faith that God made to Abraham he will restore blessing to his children and the next generation. Passover is the time god decided that he would never his children suffer again. The Passover made for a sacrifice to god and even Jesus had a Passover before he died for our sins to be forgive. After reading from the Jewish bible God spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the of Egypt. But God told the people to begin mark the calendar with this month. God Spoke to the children of Israel because God wanted them to know what will happen and door say on the 10th day of this month each head of the house hold is take a lamb and god ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... but if the household is too small for a whole lamb then the head of the household and next neighbor should share one, dividing lamb into half to the numbers of the people eating it (Exodus 12 CJB). The God of Abraham wanted to save the Israelite from the plague that will happen soon. God wanted the Israelite to know he hears their prayer. For that, night was so important, God will pass through the Egypt and kill the firstborn in land of Egypt, both men and animals, and God will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt (Exodus 12 CJB). The Passover means God bring justice to the human evil also show mercy. That why god sent the message the blood would serve you as assign marking the houses where you are and when I see the blood, God will pass over and when God strike the land of Egypt, the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Israelites Curses God has given us the freedom to choose between Good and Evil, Life and Death, and Blessings and Curses. These choices are to be balanced and constant within our lives. God's intent for our destiny is to have eternal life, a life of peace and sanctification.However, whatever we decide, He will respect our choice. Before the Israelites are ready for their journey to Canaan, Moses delivers three sermons (Deut1:1–4:43;4:44–28:68;29–33) to the people. In the third sermon, Moses calls on the people and continues the renewal of the covenant. In Deuteronomy 30, the Israelites are given a choice of "two ways", death or life. This was also known as the "Doctrine of Two Ways" or the "Doctrine of Divine Retribution." Rejecting Yahweh meant the ultimate curse of death and disaster. Life and blessings were the rewards for the obedience to the Law. Moses called on heaven and earth to be his witnesses (Deu.30:19).... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... One would be cursed in the city and field, basket and kneading bowl, the fruit of one's womb and the fruit of their ground. When you come in, and cursed when you go out, curses of confusion and frustration in all undertakings. Pestilence, disease, fever, inflammation, drought and blight, would be delivered. One cannot offer to be a male or female slave for no one would buy them. The list goes on and on. In verse 37, the Lord says that you will become a horror, a proverb, and a byword. I am mortified just reading this, and yet some of the Israelites did reject the offer of obeying. Being called a proverb does not sound profoundly appealing, nothing Mark Twain would care to write ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. God's Influence On Israelite Identity Three characteristics formulated the identity and then community of God's people, known as Israelites, throughout the Hebrew Bible. Although not a complete picture, these three ideas heavily influenced Israelite distinctiveness both in how the Ancient Near East interacted with them and how they lived together. Israelite identity wrapped itself in "chosen–ness" of God. God's individual interactions with Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, and Jacob birthed the original knowledge of being chosen. God chose them, they worshipped only God, they did what God said, and God protected them. After the Exodus, Moses presented a tribal deity that had chosen the entire community. The people God chose moved from a family to an infant nation. A sense ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Year of Jubilee, captured in Lev 25:8–12, demanded rest of the entire nation: debt was forgiven, slaves set free, family members returned home from afar, and the land was not worked. Purity laws gave those who had become tamae (unclean, holy) a mechanism to return to the community. Unlike segregation based on superiority, the concept of tamae gave the Israelites a way to handle the holy things that scared them. Returning to normal, tahor, was uniquely restorative for the community. Another unique way of living resulted from the prophet Ezekiel. For a time, community sin held sway: a grandfather was guilty of a grandson's sin, or a family was held accountable for a father's sin, as in the story of Achan in Joshua 7. The writer Ezekiel challenged the community in Ezekiel 18 to hold each individual alone accountable for their sin. These were radically different ways of living from the ANE around the Israelites and helped define them as a community ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. This week’s reading centered on the social contract... This week's reading centered on the social contract between God and the Israelites. The reader, who had grown up familiar with the Exodus, found a much deeper meaning and contextual understanding in this week's reading. Specifically, the reader's attention focused on two key aspects: 1) God's control over nature as the contextual focus, and 2) how Exodus, Deuteronomy and Leviticus set forth blue prints blue prints for a society. Moreover, the reader was previously familiar with the more traditional version of the commandments in Deuteronomy, but found the unfamiliar expression in Leviticus an earthier contrast. The reader previously read the story of Moses parting the Red Sea as God using the sea to defeat the Pharaoh's Army. The... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This lead the reader question why God did not provide defined rules, or expectations, prior to the commandments? Previous covenants focused on God's obligations: to not destroy mankind again and to provide Abraham offspring and the land of Canaan, whereas Exodus focused on Israelite responsibilities (p. 114). In the end, the reader found Exodus a "rite of passage" that displayed God's trust in the Israelites and a formalized relationship with God. Deuteronomy and Leviticus were interesting in their literary differences and detailed accounts of what good is by detailing the social expectations for society. The reader was more familiar with the "dryer" Deuteronomy during Catholic school growing up. After reading Leviticus, the reader understands why it was perhaps not more focused on for adolescences because of the more graphic explanations. However, a verse the reader related to from his adulthood was Leviticus 33 which states, "When an alien resides in the land, you shall not oppress them, but treat them as a citizen." This reminded the reader of the Afghan Pashtun tradition to treat guests with protection, care and honor called Pashtunwali, which is a tribal code that predates Islam. The reader found parallels when reading the building a society expressed in Exodus, Deuteronomy and Leviticus with Plato's "The Republic". Book I of "The Republic" ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. The Historical Setting And How Much Of It Does Your Sermon... –What is the historical setting and how much of it does your sermon require? Israelites were free from slavery (which is what exodus means), and Moses took them to the place where the Lord had said to him to confront Pharaoh in his name. Then, they were in the wilderness of Paran known also as Sinai, or Horeb. In this "second stage," they were waiting for God' Law to know how to behave in different circumstances in life. Had they been able to follow the Law to the letter, it would not have been necessary for Jesus to come, but no one follow the Law to the letter. Israelites on one hand, means Jews, one of the people of ancient Israel, a descendant of Israel or Jacob. On the other hand, Israelites also means, son, child (of either gender), descendant (in any generation), offspring (human or animal); by extension: it is a term of endearment; one of a class or kind or nation or family. From this information, I can say that when talking about Israelites, the Bible is referring to any of God's human creation, regardless of nationality. Because Exodus is story where in many instances words have symbolic meanings, I tried to find out what the word Sinai means, and what I found is the following: Sinai is a name for both, a) a wilderness area and the mountain at which the people of Israel made a covenant with God. b) It has also been used to refer to the peninsula lying between Egypt and Palestine. Mt. Sinai is called Horeb in many of the biblical traditions, particularly in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Biblical Story Of The Israelites Introduction The Old Testament has many complex and deeply embedded principals that can be useful in our current context. One of the key principals that has developed throughout the biblical story of the Israelites is the love that God continued to pour out on them even through their temptation and rebellion. We shall explore this principal through the history of theIsraelites and what this principal means to us today. Body Genesis tells us that 'in the beginning God created the heavens and earth' and then informs us of the beginning of man in the Garden of Eden. This story develops as Adam and Eve are thrown from the Garden out into the harsh world. This is a prime example of God's love towards what would become the Israelites because even though he could have wiped them from the earth and restarted he chose to allow them to leave the Garden and begin to populate the earth. This love would follow the members of Adam's family pass the Great Flood onto the ancestor of the Israelites, Abraham. Throughout the genealogy and history of the Israelites there is an underlying principal of the love from God in order to provide redemption for his people. This can be seen in several key examples which I will be speaking about including, the escape for Egypt, Joshua and the Promised Land, the Golden Period of David and Solomon and the exile towards restoration. The story of the Israelites begins with Abraham who was promised from God that 'I will make you into a great nation and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. The Ten Plagues In The Book Of Exodus Exodus, the second book of the New International Version of the Bible, begins with the end of Joseph's generation. Exodus I:6, "Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and become exceedingly numerous so that the land was filled with them." The new king of Egypt, who did not know Joseph, came into power. He declared to his people that the Israelites had become too plentiful and would eventually join their enemies in war, the king decided oppressive slave labor would keep their numbers slim. The opposite proved true; the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread further escalating the fear of the Egyptians who worked them ruthlessly in retaliation. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... According to P, God was known to the patriarchs as El Shaddai, "God Almighty" (Gen 17:1, 35:11, 48:3) and only at Sinai revealed his true name, Yahweh." (JBC) The Ten Plagues occur from a major battle between Yahweh and the Pharaoh for the 'service of the Hebrews'. "Service," in both Hebr and Eng, means both work and worship. The redactor has skillfully arranged and augmented old traditions about seven plagues (cf. the seven in Pss 78:43–51; 105:26–36 and the fact that there are only seven plagues in J) into three triplets, and the climatic tenth plague is outside the series." (JBC) As the Israelites are initially given consent to leave, the actual route they took is discussed within the commentary, "The best route for the people is not the Way of the Philistines–the most direct, but guided by the fortress at Zilu–but rather a route through the wilderness at the Sea of Reeds, a swampy area around Lake Balah." (JBC) The climactic battle in which the Egyptian army comes after the Israelites and Moses parted the sea, is conceived by each source differently. "According to P, Moses divided the sea by the rod and Israel walked through on dry land, the waters being a wall to their right and left. When Israel got to the other side, Moses raised his hand and the walls of water crashed in on the Egyptian army, wiping them out. According to J, Yahweh the storm–god drove back the sea long enough for Israel to cross in the night and then the sea returned to its wonted flow in the morning." ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. The Book Of Leviticus Singles Out What God Has Done For... The book of Deuteronomy singles out what God has done for the Israelites. It also teaches them what they need to do. Obedience and loving the Lord is a major theme. It was written by Moses as a summary of the last 40 years that the Israelites wandered the desert before he died. Deuteronomy stresses the theme of obedience. After 38 years of wandering the desert, the people who disobeyed God by not going over to the promised land died. This was the time that God let the new generation cross over in the Promised Land to Canaan. This was the covenant that God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob many years before. Deuteronomy 27–30 states, that there are blessing for obedience and curses for disobedience. God will also bless the land for crops, the livestock with great herds and flocks, and wherever they may go, they will be blessed. There will be no worry about rain or how the harvest will grow. Enemies will always fear them and will know that they are covered under the Lord their God. They will be free from any diseases and painful boils. Just as God will bless everything of the Israelites for obedience, he will also take away all of the blessing He has given. The crops will dry up from no rain, the herds will not produce and they will get many diseases and boils that they were protected against when they were obedient. It is repeated many times that God is a jealous God. We are to fear the Lord our God. He is always watching over us and when we disobey Him, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Analysis Of The Book ' Judges ' The book of Judges is a very structured literary piece that uses chronological structure to make a point and emphasize an idea. Judges narrates the Israelites continual decline in morality and their downward spiral away from God, through the accounts of the judges, minor judges, and individuals. While many people use the book of judges to teach courage and strength, it would be more accurately described as a book of brokenness and terror. The book of Judges begins with a prologue. The prologue is twofold. The first part of the prologue takes a historical look back on the conquest of the Promised Land, and reemphasizes the failure of Israelite tribes when they did not drive the inhabitance of the land out and fully take the land as God ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The first judge introduced is Othniel, who was raised up by the Lord to deliver the Israelites from the king of Mesopotamia. The land of Israel had rest for 40 years under his judgeship. The Israelites went back to what was evil, and their next deliverer was Ehud, a left handed Benjaminite. He delivered them from the Moabite king, Eglon, and the land experienced 80 years of rest. Shamgar is the next judge in the narrative. The striking difference seen here is Shamgar does not have a semitic name or any tribe affiliation, so it is possible that the Israelites were delivered by a Gentile. The next judge, Deborah, is the only woman judge mentioned. She is also said to have been a prophetess, and a judge with actual judicial function, instead of a military leader. All the judges mentioned so far have not been said to have been good and righteous leaders, but it has also not said they have been immoral or corrupt as later judges are, so it can be assumed that they were good judges. This drastically changes as we look at the next judges. The narrative of judges takes a momentary break to mention the Lord sending a prophet to the people of Israel. The prophet reminds the Israelites of the deliverance they received from God in Egypt, and calls them not to fear the gods of the Amorites. The prophet ends with "But you have not obeyed my voice (Jud. 6:10)." From this point on in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...