What help did Moses give to the Jewish people?

Answer 1

Moses was a Jew, but was "adopted" by the Egyptian princess. He later fled Egypt and lived with his new wife and her parents. While living there, God spoke to him through a burning bush and told him to help the enslaved Israelites out of slavery and out of Egypt. Afterward, Moses and his brother Aaron went to the Pharaoh and asked him to free the Israelites. The Pharaoh refused, and even increased the work load of the Israelite's. After God caused the plagues of; water turned to blood, frogs, gnats, flies, death of livestock, boils and sores, hail and fire, locusts, darkness, and repeated askings by Moses and Aaron to be free, Pharaoh still refused. Lastly, God instituted the death of every firstborn son whose door was not marked by lamb's blood. (This is the Passover.) Finally, Pharaoh makes the Israelites leave Egypt. They follow a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, supplied to them by God, towards the land of Canaan.

When the Egyptians decided to follow the Israelites, God gave Moses the power to put his staff in the Red Sea, and cause it to split. The Israelites crossed safely, but the sea closed again behind them, drowning every last Egyptian.

Moses' story continues from the book of Exodus in The Bible all the way to the end of Deuteronomy.

So simply, Moses was a prophet used by God to free the Israelites from Egypt.

Answer 2

Abraham and Moses were neither Israelites nor Jews. They came from the line of Eber making them Hebrews. Judaism started when the Israelites were captives by the Babylonians. That was about 1000 years after Moses and thus you can see as much in the holy scripts. But later, the Hebrews were called Israelites and then Jews. With this said, you could see why the history of the Hebrews is so important for Jews and Christians.

Answer 3

Judaism holds, contrary to Christianity, that the Mosaic Law is not only achievable, but attempting to do so is very desirable. As a result, the intricate study of these laws is requisite to living a good life. Since it was Moses who provided the Jews with these laws, he is essential for the creation and promulgation of the religion.

Answer 4

Moses was an Israelite, a great-great grandson of Jacob. He was born 245 years after the death of Abraham. The time when Moses was born was when the Pharaoh ordered his people to kill all Jewish male infants because he (Pharaoh) was afraid that the Israelites would become too strong for him (Exodus ch.1-2). Moses' mother didn't want him to die. So she made a basket for him and put him in it to float in the Nile reeds. He was found by the Pharaoh's daughter, who took pity on him (Exodus ch.2) and raised him as her own son. He was forced to flee after killing a cruel Egyptian taskmaster, and went to Midian, where he wedded the daughter of Jethro. He eventually achieved the highest level of prophecy (Deuteronomy ch.34) and was called upon by God (Exodus ch.3). He brought the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery (Exodus ch.12). He received the Torah from God (Exodus 24:12) and later recorded it in writing (Deuteronomy 31:24). He went up on Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights (Deuteronomy ch.9-10) and brought down the Two Stone Tablets with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 31:18). He brought the Israelites into the covenant with God (Exodus ch.19 and ch.24), and he oversaw the building of the Tabernacle (Exodus ch.35-40). He was the humblest of men and the greatest of prophets (Numbers ch.12).

Answer 5

Moses is absolutely foundational to biblical history and the development of Jewish tradition. He is credited with leading the Hebrew people out of slavery, in the Exodus from Egypt, receiving the Ten Commandments from God and leading the people to the Promised Land, which Joshua, his protege and successor, conquered.
However, the contribution of Moses is in religious tradition, not in history. It is the strong consensus of scholars that there never was an Exodus from Egypt as described in the Bible, and without an Exodus, we do not have a historical Moses. The Hebrew people living in Israel and Judah wanted a story that would help to understand their past, and the epic story of the Exodus gave them a vivid account around which the rich tapestry of modern Judaism could develop.

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Answer 6

Moses helped the Jewish people by he ruled the Egyptian land with god.

Answer 7

He led them out of Egypt where they had been slaves for hundreds of years.