The two greatest leaders in Israel’s history were Joshua and Moses. God used Moses mightily in leading the Israelites out of Egypt and to the Promised Land. God used Joshua in conquering the Promised Land. Both these men allowed themselves to be used by God in mighty ways. Yet neither one of these two were perfect and they both had similar pitfalls in their lives. Moses and Joshua both suffered from being the same issue of not listening fully for God to tell them what to do in certain cases and yet we can learn from them understanding where in our lives we may make the same mistakes they did.
Moses was the first great leader for the nation of Israel yet he was not perfect. Moses life started out on the edge of death, and when he left
Subsequently, in the books of Joshua and Judges the authors capture the tribulations of the Israelites in their attempts to conquer the Promised Land (Tullock & McEntire, 2012, p. 96). Additionally, in the first twelve chapters of the book of Joshua exhibit a decisive conquest through the entirety of the land of Canaan, which provides the initial impression of a seamless transition between the work of Moses and the leadership of Joshua (Tullock & McEntire,
Joshua was born a slave in Egypt but he was selected to follow Moses as the leader of Israel. He was the man God used to fulfill His promise regarding the land of Canaan. Joshua had been Moses' Chief of Staff. He assisted him, ministered to him, and led the armies into battle. He watched and learned as God led Moses. He experienced the
The most important character in this unit is Moses, who is introduced in Exodus and leads the Israelites through their journey to the promised land until he dies in Deuteronomy. He not only was a leader for the Israelites, but he was a very religious and had a special connection with God. His accomplishments influence the Roman Catholicism today. He freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; he delivered them the Ten Commandments; he led them to the promised land of Canaan; on their journey, he protected, nourished, and sheltered the Israelites. As a leader of this Israelites, he guided them because most of them did not know anything but slavery. After the Moses died in Deuteronomy, the Israelites' population grew more powerful. In conclusion,
Moses listens to God and goes on a journey as an epic hero in order to free the people. God then sends ten plagues so the pharaoh will let the people go. After the tenth plague the Pharaoh finally frees the people, but immediately changes his mind and runs after Moses and his followers. Moses then splits the Red Sea with his staff and all the Israelites evade and the Pharaoh and all his men drown in the sea. Furthermore after freeing the people and crossing the Red Sea Moses receives the Ten Commandments on the top of Mount Sian from God.
Let’s begin by discussing each of them as individuals. Moses was first called on by God when God came to him with the burning bush. Even though Moses tried to get out of doing what God was calling him, he ended up leading the Israelites out of Egypt. In Exodus 13:3 it sys, “Then Moses said to the people, ‘Remember this day in which you came out of Egypt.’” This quote shows the power that God gave Moses. Moses had a brother and a sister. His brother’s name was
The writer, William stated, “God chose men to lead.” He referenced leaders such as Moses, Aaron, and Solomon.
Moses’ sister Miriam came out and asked Pharaoh’s daughter if she would want a Hebrew woman to raise the child and Pharaoh’s daughter agreed. She gave Moses to Miriam, who took him to Jochebed. Pharaoh’s daughter later got him back and gave him the name Moses. He grew up as a prince with respect and royalty. He would deliver his people from pharaoh but didn’t understand it. God made him a ruler over them but they still rejected him, the same way Jesus was rejected. Moses and Jesus can be compared as they share some similarities. They were both favored by God and were rejected. Pharaoh sought to kill Moses because he had killed an Egyptian soldier, so he fled to a land called Midian because he would have find refuge there. One day, Moses sat by a well, he saw some women, getting water. The owner of the land came and told them to leave but Moses stood up for them and watered the flock. They told their father and he was brought into the family. The father sat him and he ate with them, later he gave his daughter Zipporah to him. She, later gave him a son. The Israelites cried out to God because they wanted to be free. One day Moses led his flock up a mountain,
The story starts with the Pharaoh being afraid that the Hebrews would become too strong because they were becoming greater in number. To solve this the Pharaoh enslaved them in order to avoid an uprising, and ordered that all Hebrew newborn sons be killed, “And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.” (King James Bible, Exodus 1:22). However, one Hebrew son, Moses, survived by being hidden and put in a basket in the Nile river. The basket was found by the Pharaoh’s daughter and the Hebrew son was found and brought up in the Pharaoh’s home and was named Moses. When Moses was an adult, he fled Egypt after murdering a slave driver. God appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush, demanding the Moses lead His people out of Egypt. Moses obeyed God and led his people through the desert for forty years until they found the Promised
Moses: Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in numbers and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally with Egypt's enemies. God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak with assurance or eloquence, so God allowed Aaron, his brother, to become his spokesperson. After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments
~ The Jews, were being used as slaves in Ancient Egypt and were looking for their promise land. Moses was the one who brought them to their freedom to bring them forward to their promise land, sent forth by God.
God summons Moses to liberate the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and bring them to Canaan. Moses’ journey with the Hebrews lasted forty years and ended when the Moses died at Mount Nebo and his followers had reached the Promised
Moses helped lead the Israelite out of Egypt from slavery. He divided the waters so they can
Moses was a great leader of the Israelites. In the 1300s B.C.E., by the time of Moses, a large group of Abraham’s descendants were living in Egypt. The pharaoh was scared of their growth so he quickly put them into slavery. According to the Torah, God had told Moses “I will send you to the pharaoh, and you shall free my people.”, Moses went to the pharaoh, the Torah continues, and told him to let the Israelites go free, The pharaoh refused. Because of that God punished Egypt with ten terrible plagues. According to the Torah, the pharaoh quickly changed his mind, but when the Israelites left the Egyptians followed them and caught up with them at the sea of reeds. But Moses raised his staff and waters of the seas parted. The Israelites safely
Moses was a humble man, but God sees that he is mightier than Moses sees himself. When God tells him that he must lead the Jews out of Egypt, he grows fearful and unworthy of such a task. Moses humility toward God is what makes him capable of such a tremendous mission. Although, he would have much rather not lead the Jews out of Egypt because he is afraid and does not have faith in himself, however, he is able to do it because God has told him to and God would not ask him to do so if it was impossible. Moses successfully leads the Hebrews out of Egypt. Moses was capable of freeing the Jews of slavery with a quality of humility (No Title, 1986).
For all of the good that moses did, he did have some major faults. One day in Egypt after being brought up in Pharaoh's house, he killed an egyptian man who was beating an Israelite and had to flee into the desert. When first asked to go and bring the people of israel out of egypt his first responses were, “Who am I to do this?” “What shall I tell the Israelites about who sent me?” “What if they don't listen to me?