Justbebronze by Justina A. Bell

  Exodus Chapter 14:1-31 Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in. I will harden Pharaoh's heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord." So the Israelites did this. The Egyptian Pursuit When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his official changed their minds about the people and said, "What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us. "He took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariot of Egypt, with officers in each one. The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt. His armies chased after them and caught up with them as they camped by the sea. As Pharaoh approach, the Israelites looked up and there were the Egyptians coming after them! The Israelites were terrified and cried out to the Lord for help. They said to Moses, ...

 Exodus 13:1-22 "Consecrate every firstborn male to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine." For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the Lord. You are to present to the Lord every firstborn male of the womb. All first offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the Lord's. You must redeem every firstborn of a donkey with a flock animal, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. However, you must redeem every firstborn among your sons. "In the future, when your son asks you, "what does this mean? "Say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery."So let it be a sign on you hand and a symbol on your forehead, for the Lord brought us out of Egypt by the strength of his hand. The Route of the Exodus  When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to th...

  Exodus Chapter 12:1-51 Instructions for the Passover   Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers' families, one animal per family. If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each will eat. You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goat. You are to keep it until the fourteenth day off this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and lintel of the house where they eat them, they are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roast over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling wa...

Exodus Chapter 7:1-25 The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood  Lord answer Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. The first plague is the changing of Egypt 's water into blood. When Pharaoh goes out to the river in the morning, Moses and Aaron must confront him on the bank of the Nile. They must make it clear to him that due to his refusal to let the people go, the water of the Nile will be changed into blood. The bible says that Aaron turned the Nile to blood by striking it with his staff. Pharaoh's magicians used their secret at to also strike the Nile, creating a second layer of blood. In addition to the Nile, all water that was held in reserve, such as jars, was also transformed into blood. Pharaoh heart was hard, and he did not let the people go. Exodus Chapter 8:1-32 The Second Plague: Frogs The second plague that was extended upon Egypt, from the "ROD" by Aaron, was that of frogs. The frogs came up fr...

But the Lord replied to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: because of a strong hand he will let them go, and because of a strong hand he will drive them from his land. God Promises Freedom, Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh  I am Lord. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, "Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go from his land." But Moses said in the Lord's presence, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am such a poor speaker?"Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them commands concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.  Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh. Yet identifying the Exodus pharaoh as Ramesses ii (or any of the other Ramesside pharaoh) based on Exodus 1:11 leads to further issues. Exodus 2:23 states that t...

 Moses Confronts Pharaoh  Then the Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the water and say to him, this is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your house. And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, thus saith the Lord God of Israel, let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. God then charged Moses to lead the Israelites out of bondage and bring them to the Promised Land. He also told him to use his brother Aaron as his spokesman, because "he can speak fluently"(Exodus 4:14). Moses and Aaron dutifully set out for Egypt, where they requested an audience with Pharaoh. According to the biblical narrative , Moses lived 120 years and was 80 when he confronted Pharaoh, but there is no indication how old he was when he went to see the Hebrews. Further...

 Miraculous Signs For Moses This will take place so that they will believe you, the God of Abraham, God of Jacob, and God of Isaac. Moses took his trusty walking stick and astonishment, the inanimate piece of wood was instantly transformed into a slithering, squirming, hissing reptile. A snake. The Lord told Moses, "Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail."In response to this, the Lord gave Moses three signs.First sign was of the rod turning into a serpent. The second sign was of his hand becoming leprous. The third sign was of the water turning to blood. Moses's Return to Egypt Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. The Lord said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. "God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak eloquent...

 Moses and the Burning Bush The burning bush was a powerful symbol, represents God's miraculous energy ,sacred light, illumination and burning heart of purity, love and clarity to both Jews and Christians. It also represent Moses reverence and fear before the divine presence, according to Langston. In verse 6 this messenger identified himself as God. He told Moses to remove his shoes because he was standing on holy ground which represents humility and respect. Exodus 3:4 is rightly understood as Moses' call story. God call him to a specific task, or vocation, and promises to be with him and provide the resources he needs to accomplish it. It is certainly unique; I do not know anyone else called to such a task from a bush that was om fire, but not burning up. Rescue, freedom, purpose, joy these promises are based on Exodus 6:6-7, when God promise Moses that he would deliver the people of Israel from slavery. We believe that just as God fulfilled his promises for Israel, God has ...

 Birth and Adoption  Moses's was not an orphan. Moses had a mother who loved him. Moses experienced separation as a 3month old infant through temporary separation when Pharaoh's daughter found him. A few years later, Moses returned to Pharaoh's daughter and became his (adoptive)mother. Moses was to be Gods man to deliver his people from oppression and slavery in Egypt. However, he was at a time when his own life would be in serious danger. The King had issued a decree that all the Hebrew newborn boys were to be killed by throwing them into the River Nile. God's presence as Savior was evident in Moses' early life. Moses' parents saved him from death by hiding him in a basket on the Nile. The basket is symbolic of the ark, which carried Noah and his family to safety when God destroyed wickedness from the face of the earth. Moses in Midian Moses spent 40 years in voluntary exile in Midian after killing an Egyptian. There, he married Zipporah, the daughter of Midian...

 Israel Oppressed in Egypt The pharaoh becomes concerned by the umber and strength of Israelites in Egypt and enslaves them, commanding them to build at two "supply "or "store cities" called Pithom and Rameses (Exodus1:11). The Pharaoh also orders the slaughter at birth of all male Hebrew children. According to the Bible, Abraham's descendants moved into Egypt to escape a drought and stayed for centuries. Things went reasonably well until one pharaoh turned against the Israelites, mistreating them as slaves and slaughtering their male children. Moses then led his people to freedom in Exodus. Pharaoh fears that the burgeoning Israelite population will become a threat to his rule, he summons two Hebrew midwives and orders them to kill the newborn boys that they deliver from Hebrew women. (Exodus1:22) Pharaoh then commanded all his people,"You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live." Taskmaster: Egyptian that o...

Jacob's Burial  Jacob's last wish was that he be buries in the cave his father Abraham had purchased for the burial of Sarah. In the midst of his grief, Joesph arranged to fulfill his father's final request. He had Jacob embalmed by personal physicians, with the full service of respect paid to his beloved father. After Jacob died, his body was embalmed in Egypt. Following a period of mourning, Joseph and his brothers buried Jacob's body in the land of Canaan, according to his wishes. Pharaohs too were mourned for seventy days in an elaborate ceremony. The Egyptian mourned for Jacob so intensely because he was the father of Joseph, the grand vizier who had saved them from famine. Jacob died at the age of 147 been buried in Cave of Machpelah. Joseph's Kindness Joesph showed kindness to his brothers by putting the money they paid for their grain back in their sacks. It was a wonderfully generous, freely given act of kindness. His hardship enables Joseph to see life dif...

Jacob's Last Words "And Jacob called his son and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.Assemble yourselves together and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph(who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147.He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave Machpelah. When Jacob traveled from Beersheba towards Haran he had a dream in which he saw himself on the earth at the foot of a ladder that reached to heaven where the Lord stood above it. Following a period of mourning, Joseph and his brothers buried Jacob's body in the land of Canaan, according to his wishes. Jacob's Burial Instructions Then he commanded them "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestor in the cave in the field of Ephron ...

 Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh However, much to Joseph's surprise, Jacob crossed his hands, placing his right hand on Ephraim's head and the left one on Manasseh. He saw prophetically that while great men would descend from both sons, Ephraim's offspring had a greater destiny to fulfill and needed the stronger blessing .Genesis 48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying," God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.Jacob also blessed the two sons of Joseph with the blessings of their father, which they inherited, and the place Ephraim, the younger, before Manasseh, the elder and by inspiration of the Lord conferred upon Ephraim the birthright in Israel. Ephraim's Greater Blessing This is the blessing spoken by the patriarch Jacob in Genesis 48:20 over his two grandsons. So, he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will bless, saying, May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh! "And thus he sat Ephri...

Pharaoh Welcomes Jacob Genesis 47:1-12 describes how Joseph's family officially arrived as landowners in Egypt. They are given the fertile region Goshen. At court, Joseph's brothers formally request permission to settle there, and Jacob blesses Pharaoh twice. Joseph's brothers are being interviewed by the Pharaoh of Egypt. He has already invited Jacob's large family to relocate to Egypt with all they own to survive the famine in the land (Genesis45:16-20).And Jacob said to Pharaoh," The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my father." The Land Becomes Pharaoh's Joseph brought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them. The land became Pharaoh. The Egyptians called their country Kemet, literally the "Black Land" (Kem meant "black" in ancient Egyptian). The name derive...

 Joseph's brothers are being interviewed by the Pharaoh of Egypt. He has already invited Jacob's large family to relocate to Egypt with all they own to survive the famine in the land. (Genesis 45:1-20) Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt. Governor ,who the men do not realize is their long-lost brother, Joesph. Genesis 43:1-15 describes how Jacob is forced to send his beloved son, Benjamin, to accompany his other sons to Egypt to buy more grain. If Bejamin doesn't go, they will not be allowed to purchase anything. This is by the order of the Egyptian Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confident of the phar...

Joseph is the founder of the Israelite Tribe. His story functions as an explanation for Israel's residence in Egypt. He is the favorite son of the patriarch Jacob, and his Jealous brothers sell him into slavery in Egypt, where he eventually ends up incarcerated. There were many people in the room, and he said to his attendants, "Out, all of you!" So he was alone with his brothers when he told them who he was. Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him, and word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh's palace." I am Joseph!" he said to his brothers. Following an emotional breakdown, Joseph finally reveals his identity to his baffled brothers. After they realize the governor of Egypt is the one they sold into slavery two decades earlier, he rushes to tell them he does not hold them responsible. God spoke to Joseph in a very special way, through his dreams. Now it's important to remember, throughout the bible there is progress in ...