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The Book Exodus

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Paula Aguilar
September 21, 2015
Exodus

In the book of Exodus, it is about the journey of Moses and how God used him to free the Israelites from Egypt. Moses was a Hebrew baby that was found by the Pharaoh’s daughter and was raised by them. As Moses got older, he witnessed the cruel way an Egyptian was beating an Israelite worker. Moses intervened and ended up killing the Egyptian. Out if fear Moses leaves Egypt and lands in Midian.
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 …show more content…

Moses and Aaron make their way back to Egypt, they speak with the Pharaoh and the Pharaoh asks then to prove that God is speaking through him. To prove the Pharaoh that God is speaking through Moses, Moses performs a miracle by throwing his staff to the floor turning his staff into a snake. The Pharaoh shows Moses that anyone can do that trick and he brings out his magician to prove his point. After the first meeting, the Pharaoh increases the Israelites work load. God responds by inflicting a series of ten plagues on Egypt. The first plague was turned the Nile River into blood, the second plague was the infestation of frogs all over Egypt, the third plague was when God turned all of the dust in Egypt to gnats, and the fourth was the swarms of flies that came into the houses of Pharaoh and his officials. God’s fifth plague was when he infested Egypt’s livestock with a disease, the sixth plague he created festering boils on humans and animals, the seventh plague he sends thunder, hail, and fire that destroy crops, livestock, and people. The eight plague is when God sends swarms of locusts, the ninth plague God covers Egypt with “a darkness that can be felt” (10:21). Before each plague, Moses would stand before the …show more content…

Also, that he deeply cared and helped out his people when they were in need.
Three positive things that this book teaches about humanity is that people can be selfless, like the way Moses stood up for the Israelites. Also that not all people were evil like the Pharaoh; like the midwives who didn’t participate in the murders of baby boys. The last is that the dedication and sacrifice of one man saved the lives of thousands. The negative things this book teaches is that people are selfish, greedy, ungrateful and cruel.
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