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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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What nationality was Moses wife?

Ethiopian, therefore she was most likely black. Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

Could Moses climb?

Yes Moses climbed Mount Sinai.

Who rescued Moses from the Ark of Bulrushes?

The Pharaoh's daughter Thermuthis (Bithiah), who discovered him while she was bathing. He was then adopted into the Royal Family.

What did Moses have to do because he was on holy ground?

As Moses was standing on holy ground , at the time of the burning bush. he was told to remouve his shoes.

Who was the mother of Moses Bithia or Thermuthis?

The birth mother of Moses was Jochebed (poss. pronounced Joe-ker-bed), by her husband Amram, who was also her paternal nephew, though they were of similar age (in large families, this was and still is not uncommon to have nieces/nephews who are peers to or older than aunts and uncles). See Exodus Chapter 2, and Chapter 6.

Moses was born in 1593 BC (1,513 years before the birth of Christ) also called BCE. He was the youngest of 3 children, Aaron being 3 years older (b.1596 BC) and Miriam being again, about 3-6 years older than Aaron (b.abt 1600 BC).

Unfortunately, the Egyptian princess who was Moses' adoptive mother is unlikely to have been either of the two women mentioned above, although since Thermuthis is a claim made by the Jewish writer, Josephus, it has more possibility than Bithiah. She is not named in the Bible, and the massive problems with accurate dating of historical events (which is a global, pan-discipline issue, not limited to Egyptology), especially the further back in time you go, means that there a variety of candidates. Bithiah is "in the frame" as she is mentioned in Chronicles as a wife (one of two) of Mered, a Judah-tribe Israelite. There is nothing to link her to Moses in any way, and the "mythology" that has grown up around her over time is purely fictional. There is a possibility, though no evidence exists to support it, that Moses' adoptive mother was Queen Ahhotep I of the 17th Dynasty - see below.

History relies on "fixed" or "pivotal dates" (ones that everyone agrees with) to work out timelines before or after that date, and for the bible there are only 2, arguably 4: 29 AD (also called CE), 539 BC and some would include 763 BC and 664BC. This means it is very complicated to try and be exact, especially when so much evidence has been lost - sacked cities, destroyed archives, burned libraries, etc.

There are several "competing chronologies" that give timelines for Egyptian history, and new discoveries are always being made, but these are sometimes proven or disproven and that can take months or years.

According to Exodus, Moses had flee Egypt aged 40 in 1553 after murdering an Egyptian who was attacking a Hebrew, and "Pharaoh" tried to execute him for the crime. Sometime between 1553 and 1514, that Pharoah died and a new, but still oppressive pharaoh came to power. The Pharaoh ruling in 1513BC was killed in the Red Sea, but since Moses was 80 at that time, his adoptive mother would be long dead, along with her Pharaoh father, and her siblings, as were his birth parents.

Interestingly, some scholars posit a "low" or "short Chronology, which has Pharaoh Tutmoses I of the 17-18th Dynasty acceding the throne in 1526BC, and dying in 1513. He was succeeded by his daughter, the famous female Pharaoh Hatshepsut, which could explain why the Israelites were not pursued still by a vengeful male Pharaoh after the Red Sea. If accurate, this would make the Pharaoh who tried to execute Moses in 1553 BC, Tutmoses I's grandfather, Ahmose I, and the Pharaoh who was reigning in 1593 BC may have been Intef VI or VII. During the period immediately before Moses birth there was civil unrest in Egypt, with several different (but equally valid) pharaohs ruling from different capitals.

Again, interestingly, Ahmose I was only Pharaoh because his elder brother, Pharaoh Kamose, disappears from history after a 3 year reign, apparently killed in battle during a successful attempt (started by his father, whose own year of death is similarly uncertain, but was violent) to drive out the foreign Hyksos (not the Israelites) rulers of North Egypt.

Moses was claimed to have been a great military and political leader until he fled aged 40 from Egypt. It is also possible to infer a connection due to the fact that "mose(s)" derives from the Egyptian meaning "born of" - tutmoses was "born of the god Tut or Thoth".

Upon fleeing Egypt, Moses would certainly have dropped the prefix part of his name to leave Moses. If Kamose = Moses, then it is highly unlikely he ruled as Pharaoh, but was probably co-Regent with one of his stepmothers (Pharoahs had a Great Royal Wife, major queens, secondary wives (princesses) and concubines), the brilliant Ahhotep I, who was mother of Ahmose I, but not Kamose. It appears that when Ahmose I's father Tao II was killed fighting the Hyksos, Ahmose was only 7 years old. Moses adoptive mother was called the "daughter" rather than the "wife" of Pharoah in 1593 BC (she married a brother/half-brother, as was customary), this gives scope for Moses/Kamose to be her "eldest" "child", and Ahmose to be a younger one. In Egyptian royalty, an adopted child was viewed as equal to a biological child, with in-laws, stepsiblings and assorted such all being "valid" members of the Royal Family. If Ahmose I assumed the throne around 1570 (d.1546, according to one chronology) at the age of 10, then after his mother and Kamose stepped aside, if Kamose = Moses, as he grew up, he would probably have seized the chance in 1553 to "get rid" of a potential rival and a Regent more popular, intelligent and competent than he was, and Moses' rash act in killing the Egyptian gave him an excuse.

Essentially, one possible chronology is:

1593 = Pharoah, Tao I, daughter Ahhotep, adoptive mother of Moses, son Tao II

after 1593 - then Pharoah Tao II, who marries sister Ahhotep, by whom he has 7 children, not including "Kamose"

1573 - Tao II killed, co-regency of Ahhotep I and Kamose (Moses??)

1570 - Ahmose I, Ahhotep I's son, assumes throne, Kamose "disappears" from royal authority, but is not confirmed to have been killed, no tomb yet found, unlike his co-regent, Ahhotep I.

1553 - Ahmose I tries to execute Moses who flees to Midian

1546, Ahmose I dies, succeeded by son Amenhotep I

1526 - Amenhotep I dies, succeeded by son Tutmose I

1513 - Exodus, Tutmose I killed, succeeded by daughter, Hatshepsut

However, this is all speculation, as there are so many conflicting chronologies, all of which have both supporting evidence and anti-evidence, that at this time there is no way to determine who was ruling as Pharoah, or Pharaohs (Ahmose I contemporary was Pharaoh Khamundi of the 15th (Hyksos) Dynasty in Lower Egypt) in the critical years of 1593, 1553, and 1513 BC.

I am sorry that this is a long and somewhat long-winded answer, but in short = nobody knows the answer, and it is unlikely to have been either woman listed.

Was Moses a murderer?

yes

That makes just about all of us murderers according to 1 John 3.15 -` How we need Jesus!

What is the Badger skin in the tabernacle of Moses?

badgers skin was a rough and none attractive skin from badgers obviously. But its a type of Jesus christ because inside that badges skin (which was the outside of the tabernacle) was the GLORY OF GOD.. This is a type of Jesus because he was not attractive, was flesh, but inside him dwelt the Glory of God (1tim 3:16)

The Law of Moses and traditions are contained in the?

The mitzvot (commands) given to the Jewish people through Moses by God, are found in the Torah.

The halachot (details of the laws) and traditions of the Jewish people are found in the Talmud.

Moses transformed his rod into a?

Moses threw his rod and it changed to a serpant.

Was miriam older than moses?

Yes,Miriam was the big sister of Moses. It was Miriam who was watching the basket of baby Moses as it floated on the river (Exodus 2)

What were the three phases of Moses's life?

The three phases of the life of Moses are spiritual childhood or the Little Children Stage, the Young Man Stage and the Father Stage. They occurred at ages 40, 80 and 120. Read more at the link below.

What did Joshua not have and Moses did have?

Sons and direct prophecy from God.

Answer:Joshua had no sons, but he did have direct prophecy from God (Joshua 8:18 and many other verses).

Is Moses dead?

He moses could be dead , but we see in the new testament Moses and Elijah with Jesus, so as Elijah was taken to the heavens so Moses to could have been taken up as his grave is not found yet.

How many childrens did Moses have?

"Now concerning Moses the man of God, … the sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. -1 Chronicles 23:14,15 KJV

The above summary is in the book of Chronicles. The background to these two verses can be found in the book of Exodus. It tells us that Moses married Zipporah and she bore him two sons, the first of which was Gershom:

"And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom." Exodus 2:21,22 KJV

Some time later:

"Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites. He heard especially about how the Lord had rescued them from Egypt.

2 Earlier, Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro, who had taken them in. 3 (Moses' first son was named Gershom, for Moses had said when the boy was born, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land." 4 His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, "The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.") 5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, now came to visit Moses in the wilderness. He brought Moses' wife and two sons with him, and they arrived while Moses and the people were camped near the mountain of God. 6 Jethro had sent a message to Moses, saying, "I, Jethro, your father-in-law, am coming to see you with your wife and your two sons."

7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. He bowed low and kissed him. They asked about each other's welfare and then went into Moses' tent."

Exodus 18:1-4 New Living Translation

The Bible does not mention or indicate that Moses had any other children other than his two sons, Gershom and Eliezer.

Why did she have to give Moses up?

the story from the bible is that the pharoe of Egypt orderd all hebrews to become his slaves and he also commanded that all new born males were to be murdered so that they could not take the place of pharoe. when moses' mother heard of this she put moses in a basket and pushed him down the nile to save him. the person who found him was the pharoe's daughter.

What is moses mother name?

Exodus 6:20 (ESV) - Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.

Did moses look like an Ethiopian?

Of course not. This kind of speculation crops up from time to time and is based upon wishful thinking and lack of research.

Tradition states that Moses was tall (Rashi commentary, Talmud Berakhot 54b), beautiful (Avoth d'Rabbi Nathan 9:2), and he wasn't skinny (Rashi commentary, Talmud Kidushin 33b).

He was born in Egypt, but that proves nothing concerning his skin color, since he had two Israelite parents. The Israelites did not "mix" (have sexual relations) with the Egyptians (Rashi commentary, Numbers ch.26).

Just as today, Israelites came in differing skin-tones, heights, and body-types. Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).

Abraham and Sarah came from southern Iraq and their wider family from northern Iraq. Since DNA tests have shown that Jews intermarried infrequently throughout history, Abraham and his Israelite descendants, including Moses, looked like Jews today.

DNA testing of Jewish communities worldwide has shown that they are all interrelated and of Middle Eastern genetics, not African or Egyptian.

In 2000, the analysis of a report by Nicholas Wade "provided genetic witness that Jewish communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries. The results accord with Jewish history and tradition."

The only exception to this is the Ethiopian Jews, who show only a trace of DNA connection to other Jewish communities. Western ethnologists today hold the view that the Jews of Gondar (Ethiopia) either emerged from a Judaizing strain among Ethiopian Christians, or were converted by Yemeni Jews who crossed the Red Sea. A study by Professors Lucotte and Smets has shown that the genetic father of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) was close to the Ethiopian non-Jewish populations.

When did the first known worshiping of gods begin?

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With Adam, the first man.


ANSWERI imagine the elements were first worshiped and prayed to. So far back in time we would probably call ourselves cavemen. Boom! lightning! pray for no more of that!