Moses Final Days Research Paper

6. Exodus 14:31 When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the Lord had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before him. They put their faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses. Obsevation:The people put their faith in God and God’s appointed leader, Moses, after a miraculous thing happened.When good things happen people put their faith in the person who led them through what happened.

The fact that he is born in a time when the Pharaoh is oppressing the Hebrew people is a large problem. If we look deeper into the Historical context it we see that Pharaoh had decreed the midwives to kill any Hebrew baby boys. This was an attempt to try and control the rising population of Hebrews. The climax of the narrative is when the daughter of Pharaoh finds the basket that Moses had been placed in. If one had never heard the story of Moses before it would be a situation of great anticipation knowing that the Pharaoh had decreed for Hebrew boys to be killed. The context of the story should be read with great intensity and suspense to get a feel for how Miriam may have felt seeing this all

     “Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Horev, the mountain of Elohim. The angel of YHVH appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush. He gazed: the

Moses’ eyesight was so strong at 120 years old that he could clearly see far into the western sea and as far as Zoar. God loved Moses so much that He wanted Moses to at least see the Promised Land even though Moses would not get an opportunity to enter into it. God buried Moses Himself when he died, but He wouldn’t allow anyone to know where Moses’ burial was located. After Moses’ death, the Israelites grieved, wept and mourned for Moses for thirty

Around the time of Moses’s birth, a large number of the Hebrew population in Egypt was enslaved by the Pharaoh. Pharaoh was afraid of what would happen if the Hebrew population continued to grow. “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.” (110) Moses's mother refused to let this happen so she made a basket coated with tar and sent the basket, with Moses inside, down the Nile river. To anyone’s surprise, Moses survived and happened to float into a part of the river where the Pharaoh’s daughter was bathing. Pharaoh's daughter took Moses and saw that he was a Hebrew child and decided to keep him as her son. Even though Moses was too young to recognize this as a problem, it’s amazing how he was able to survive the Nile, and to be raised as a royal member of the family, considering his, “Grandfather”, had ordered all Hebrew male babies to be killed. This itself

I would consider this to be a little unbelievable and strange how they would pop up at that moment. As Moses I would be confused and would not know what to say to the people in Egypt. As an archeologist it would probably puzzle me hearing and seeing this story. It is puzzling that the Gods would not tell moses what to say or do to get the people out of Egypt, only that it had to be done. If I were a god and cared about my people I would tell Moses exactly what to do. If I heard a voice in a haystack in Iowa I would probably ignore it like I

Exodus created an identity for the Israelites through the form of Moses, which also defined the main relationship with their God. Through Moses, the Israelite people were eventually granted access to leave their bonds in Egypt and begin the journey to their promised land. However, God's covenant with the Israelites is extremely conditional. No other forces may be worshipped other than the true God, and everyone must follow the Ten Commandments, as well as trusting in Moses and his words. Those who did not follow directions were usually treated to a plague, widely seen throughout Exodus 7-12, when the Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go during God's words via Moses. This continued on through the entire passage to the promised land.

I can only imagine how Joshua felt as he got up that first day without Moses to lead the people. How the people felt as they stared across the Jordan at the land they were going into and its inhabitants. Fear, excitement, sadness, regret, doubt they were probably all there in equal measure. In the midst of this mix of feelings God speaks to Joshua and tells him to be strong and courageous and to keep the law and that He will be with them.

While out one day with his flock, Moses came upon a burning bush. That bush ended up being God. This is where God asks Moses to go back to Egypt to ask the Pharaoh to let his people go. Moses hesitates and asks God how and why him. During his conversation with God, Moses is convinced that he must do what the

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

Throughout the journey of Moses, God always led him down the path God had planned for him and his people. Unlike some of the people in the stories of Exodus and Deuteronomy who did not listen to God, Moses listened and allowed God to mold him into the leader of the Hebrew people. Moses should not be recalled as a leader of the Hebrew people because he was a teachable student of God, he listened to both God and the Israelites, and he ensured God’s people were obedient to God.

To understand this scripture, we must first look at who the writer is. The writing of the book of Exodus is attributed to Moses. There is evidence cited which states that “Moses usual procedure was to record events soon after they occurred in the form of historical annals.” (The Open Bible:80) The key people in the lesson is Moses and Aaron. The setting is at Mount Sinai which comes from Exodus 31:18 (The Open Bible:127). The time line is estimated to be between 1445 B.C. and 1405 B.C. (The Open Bible:80). Moses is leading the Israelites from their bondage in Egypt to the promised land that God has set for them.

Now when we get to this part of the story we might say, “Hang on a minute Moses, you’ve made a mistake here.

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).

Years have past Moses is an adult now and he looks into his roots and realizes that he is a Hebrew. And one day he sees an elderly Israelite being mercilessly beaten by an Egyptian and he intervinds and accidently kills the Egyptian man. So Moses runs a away to the Midian, a small town where he meets a priest named Jethro. Meets a woman who turns out to be Jethro’s daughter. He now starts his new life as shepherd and he during his daily duties and he notices something on Mount Horeb. There is a bush on fire, but it was not burning at all. So Moses went over to the burning bush to investigate “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.” So God discuss his plan with Moses to bring the Israelites to Canaan “to a land flowing with milk and honey” and send Moses back towards Egypt to