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Moses
Moses is the most important prophet in Judaism and is also important in Christianity and Islam. Moses led the Israelites out of their slavery in Egypt, miraculously crossing a divided Red Sea. At Mount Sinai he received the Ten Commandments. He led the Israelites through 40 years of desert wandering and finally to the Promised Land. He died there, within sight of his goal, at the age of 120.
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When and how did Moses get the ten commandments?
Mount Sinai Around 1440 BC. This is based on the early date for the exodus event which in turn is based on: 1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. In turn, archeology has established the date for the temple construction at around 961 BC., which by simple arithmetic produces a date of 1441 for the exodus, with the giving of the Torah on Sinai soon after.
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How many years between Moses and Nehemiah?
Solomon began construction of the Temple in the 480th year after the Exodus (1 Kings 6:1). See also:
What Pharaoh asked Moses and Aaron after a plague of locusts?
At first, he hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, begging them, "I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. Please bear my sin just this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this (source of) death" (Exodus 10:16).However, once God had removed the locusts, Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go, since God hardened his heart (Exodus 10:20).
God had given him a job to do and Moses did that job to the best of his ability.
We must remember that Moses was brought up as an Egyptian and he had always showed compassion for the Israelite slaves that worked for them. When Ramses found that Moses was himself a Hebrew, he went to his father the Pharaoh and told him the deceit of his sister and Moses.
Moses was banished from Egypt.
Remember too, that Moses was a human being walking of this earth. He was doing Gods bidding the only way he knew how. Granted, it was not always the most intelligent way, but to err is human. NO, Moses and all the rest of the people that were alive at the foot of Mt Sinai were NEVER to SET FOOT ON the PROMISED LAND, because of the the unspeakable sins that were committed while Moses was on the mountain.
To further the point that Moses was NOT a VICIOUS & CRUEL man read Exodus 32:10-14, where he is PLEADING with GOD not to take his wrath out on the people at the base of the mountain that are sinning.
GOD CHANGED HIS MIND!, all because of MOSES.
Exodus
32:10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
What role did Moses play with the early Hebrew people?
Moses is also traditionally credited with actually writing the Pentateuch. However, most scholars say that the books were actually written by several authors, many centuries after the time attributed to Moses.
Why were the 10 Commandments handed down to Moses?
== == The Bible does not say how many commandments were on each tablet. Some cultures maintain a tradition that there were four on one and six on the other. The first four commandments are commands on how and why we are to love God. They are longer than the next six commandments on how to we are to love our fellow man. God may have written the first four commandments on how to love Him on one tablet, and the other six on the second tablet, but examples often depicted on wooden plaques in churches tend to have only one side of each tablet in use, which is not true to the biblical record. Exodus 32:15-16 "And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written; And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables."
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_Ten_Commandments_do_the_Christians_follow_the_one_in_Exodus_20_or_Exodus_34_or_Deuteronomy_5 Also please note that the original Hebrew text says there were 613 commandments (The law of Moses).
What structure was built on the site of the burning bush through which God spoke to Moses?
Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, in 327 CE established the Chapel of the Burning Bush on the very spot where she said the burning bush was located.
Helena also located, to her own complete satisfaction, many other previously unknown but important sites such as the very spot where Jesus was crucified and the original location of his tomb, as well as important relics such as the True Cross of Jesus. With so many improbable finds attributed to just one person, there is reason to doubt the veracity of the supposed location of Moses' burning bush. There is good reason to say that we will never know the exact location, or even that there was no burning bush.
God made the rainbow covenant after the flood of Noah. This meant that he will never cause a flood which will cover the whole world like he did to get rid of the evil people of the times
How might pharaoh's daughter know that Moses was a Hebrew baby?
1) He was circumcised2) There would have been no other reason for him to be in the bullrushes
3) Israelites were lighter-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis ch.12), and Moses had two Israelite parents
Why did pharaoh want to kill baby boys?
He had been told in a dream that the a Jewish boy born during this period of time would destroy him. He wanted to wipe out any possibility of this happening. This is why Moses was put into a basket and floated on the Nile.
What are the 5 health laws of Moses?
Among the laws which Moses received from God at Mount Sinai were The Ten Commandments (Exodus ch.20). Also: laws concerning damages (Exodus ch.21), the Tabernacle (Exodus ch.25-27), kosher-laws (Leviticus ch.11), festivals (Leviticus ch.23), and many more.
What evidence is there that Moses existed?
There is no evidence. There is only a story, which for all intents and purposes
was probably metaphorical rather than something to have any relation to a real
person, hence why the Pharaoh is never given a name. He is only referred to
by his title.
This hypothesis is also demonstrated by the complete lack of any record in
Egyptian history as ever having had Hebrew slaves, despite the large amount
of information we have about the period in Egyptian history during which the
exodus should have happened.
I suppose it should be stipulated that this only means no evidence has been
found yet; however, it should also be noted that it is very unlikely that any will
ever be found.
Answer:
The evidence is the national, unbroken chain of tradition of the Israelite
people. We possess the names of those who handed down our traditions,
all the way back to Abraham without a single break. And it's recorded in
the Torah. No Hebrew copy of the Torah has ever been found to contradict
the precise Masoretic (traditional) text.
Where did Moses stay when he was exiled from Egypt?
Midian
Genesis 2:15 Moses fled to Midian after killing a man for beating a Hebrew slave in Egypt.
What mountain did Moses die on?
Moses died on Mt Nebo after the Lord showed him the Promise Land that is to be given to Abraham, Issac, and Jacobs descendants You can read it for yourself in Deut. 34:1-5, linked below.
However, nobody knows the current location of Mount Nebo.
The Bible does not mention the names of any daughters.
Why are damaged Torah-scrolls buried?
If the damage is confined to one relatively small area, then that piece can be removed
and either repaired or replaced. If the damage is spread throughout a large part of
the scroll, such as the result of flood or fire damage, then the entire scroll is retired.
In either case, the damaged section or scroll are buried, in a Jewish cemetary.
Also in either case, a Torah with any fault, damage, or blemish may not be used for
the public reading during the synagogue service, even if the damaged part is far
from the portion being read. Any reading from any part of the text requires a
completely perfect scroll.
1) Nearly being killed in infancy and again as a young man (Exodus ch.2).
2) Being unsure of his abilities (Exodus ch.3-4).
3) Opposition (Exodus ch.5, Numbers ch.16-17).
4) The stubbornness of Pharaoh (Exodus ch.6-8).
5) Pharaoh's army (Exodus ch.14).
6) Complaints (Exodus ch.15, Numbers ch.11).
7) War (Exodus ch.17, Numbers ch.21).
8) Sinners (Exodus ch.32, Numbers ch.25).
9) Doubters (Numbers ch.13).
10) The attempted curses of Bil'am (Numbers ch.22-24).
Note that for some of the above, more than two examples could be given. And it should be pointed out that a lot of the overcoming of problems was thanks to God's help.
More about Moses:
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 had ordered his people to kill all Israelite 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 Pharaoh's daughter, who took pity on him (Exodus ch.2) and raised him as her own son.
Moses 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).
Moses from the Bible? He more kind of 'was' than 'is'.
He was a 2nd or 3rd generation immigrant descendent of a bunch of nomadic tribes people, from a place called Canaan who were so dominated by a single family called "Israel" that they liked to call themselves "Israelites"; and who, having failed to make ends meet in their own land, had trecked over to Egypt in search of food for their empty bellies.
Moses had a kind of privileged up-bringing in the royal court (following a bizarre set of events), away from his family. And that up-bringing will have given him self-confidence and a certain lack of defference to authority; but it also gave him some patriotic feeling for the plight of his own ethnic group who were increasingly out of favour by the Pharaoh and his cronies.
He was a leader, either by birth or by up-bringing, and led his compatriots up and out of Egypt, with some intention of leading them back home to Canaan. Beyond a doubt, Moses was a devout follower of his religion; but with equal certainty, he was no navigator. He led the Israelites a merry dance for some 40 years to travel around 400km, and actually expired before getting there.
That's the sort of peron Moses was.
Abraham was a 'friend' of God and kept all His commandments. The most dramatic test for Abraham was being asked to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Abraham was about to do so when God intervened via an angel. Read it for yourself in Genesis 22. Because of Abrahams deep faith, God made His covenant with Abraham irrevocable and permanent.
How was Moses' appearance changed when he came down from the mountain?
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, his face emanated rays that reflected God's glory.
Exodus 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
How long was Moses in the desert?
Moses and the Israelites spent 40 years wandering in the wilderness, which comes to 14,600 days. Moses was an Israelite who was made a prince in the Egyptian palace, and later became a religious leader as well as a prophet.
Why is Moses known as Moses the lawgiver?
Emancipator: because God sent him to Pharaoh to demand the freedom of the Israelites (Exodus ch.3), thus setting the Exodus in motion.
Lawgiver: because it was Moses who conveyed God's Torah to the Israelites (Exodus 24:12).
To correct the above, He married a Kushite woman. Kushite's were the southern neighbors of Egypt which is modern day Ethiopia and Sudan.
