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    The tales of Aeneas, Abram, and Moses all concentrate on one primary end point; the Promise Land, however, the purpose of their journey, their relationships with the divine, and their senses of duty all greatly contrast. Each character has a purpose, they have a homeland they will ultimately reach. That being said, each of them accepted their destiny dissimilarly, had varying motivations for reaching their promised land, and fought their obstacles in different ways. The authors support these claims

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    documents the beginning of the Passover story, but more importantly, in this case, intertwines the story of twelve different female protagonists; each greatly influences the life of Moses by fulfilling their roles as nurturers, protectors, and leaders. The list begins with the Hebrew midwives, proceeds with the woman [Moses’ mother], sister [Miriam], daughter of Pharaoh, and the seven sisters [particularly Zipporah]. To fully understand their roles, the interlinear bible will be used to examine as well

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    Servant of God: Moses and His Accomplishments The Life of Moses The life of Moses began when a new emperor of Egypt felt threatened by the rapid growth of the Israelites. He commanded his army to kill every male newborn of the Jews throughout the land. Moses’ mother wanted to save him, so she wrapped him in a blanket and put him inside a basket. She let the basket float down the Nile River until the daughter of Pharaoh found baby Moses while bathing. Pharaoh’s daughter named him Moses, meaning “drawn

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    Moses' Final Days The life of Moses is highly instructive from many standpoints. We have been thinking together about various aspects of the life of Moses, and we have seen that even his birth and his early years were years of great value, not only from the standpoint of what God was going to do with his life, but from the standpoint of instruction for us. The interesting thing is that not only were the early days of Moses instructive for us, and not only were the details of his life as a young

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    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. Saul ~ The first king of the new promise land for the Israelites. Around 1020 BCE, he worked with finishing things with the Philistines but he was not the one to create the final blow. He was the first king in the promised land after Moses brought the Hebrew people to Israel. David ~ He was Saul’s military leader

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    Joshua Of Mary, Aaron and Moses, roots leaders in Israel, God raised up a frail shoot, but intended to be the one who led God's people into the Promised Land. Joshua rose at the shadow of Moses, and was formed by him to the consecration to the service of the Lord. With God's permission, Joshua had the privilege to live in the tent, which functioned as,, tent of meeting "to making the great and glorious Tabernacle (Exodus, 33: 7-11). Joshua was noted to be a good leader at the Battle of Rephidim

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    illustrates Moses as powerful men who can go up the mountain and bring laws for his people to guide them. In her novel, Moses also represents as an African-American leader who will free slaves from the bondage of enslavement and bring them to the promise land. Hurston writes, “Moses stayed up on the mountain so long because, […] so Moses came down the mountain with plagues of death in his hands, besides more power to create and to do” (Hurston, 229). This quote shows how Hurston is portraying Moses as a

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    of Moses. When Moses was born the Hebrew were slaves in Egypt. When pharaoh saw the Hebrews population going up he took the drastic measures to kill every new born Hebrew boy. He sent his soldiers to do so. Moses’ mother hides him for 3 months without them finding him but she knew it wouldn’t be long before they killed Moses so she had to make a plan. She decided to put Moses into a basket and send him down the river. She sent her daughter to watch the basket as it went down the river. Moses ended

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    This man’s name is Moses. He didn’t grow up like the rest of his people. In fact, he grew up as royalty. Moses was given his name because of the circumstances that he came from. His name means “drew out” (Campbell). As a baby, he was placed in a river in order to save his life. He was rescued or drawn out of the water by the royal family where he was raised in the house of Pharaoh. Eventually, Moses was led by God and was to draw his people out of the land of Egypt. Moses was always meant to

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    Moses: A Perfect Personification of The Hero Myth Heroes are people that have special power, strengths, and they have a call to complete special missions or tasks. They have a special journey where they start from the bottom, which is their ordinary world, and choose to be the special hero. They might face different challenges, but they will be successful at the end. Moses, for the Christians, fits the category of the hero because he saved the Israelites from the Egyptians. The story of Moses is

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