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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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Yes, no doubt. Job is, of course, is fiction and the time of its writing is uncertain, but most scholars think it written in about 450 BC, long after Abraham lived.
How did Moses become leader of Israel?
God gave him the strength to be a good leader. He always told God that he wasn't a good speaker but God told him to do what he had to do anyways. The people saw that he was led by God and I guess God told their hearts that Moses was the one to follow. The important thing is he obeyed God. Listened, loved, and obeyed God. One very important thing he did was free the Israelites from slavary, so that played a vert big part about being a strong leader. He was also a very wise person.
What was the trip of moses out of Egypt called?
The Exodus. The Exodus is something for which we Jews remain eternally grateful to God. It is one of the reasons given for our observance of God's commands.1) It was the fulfillment of one of God's promises to Abraham (see Genesis ch.15).
2) It demonstrated God's involvement in this world and in the workings of history.
3) It showed that God's covenant with the Forefathers was still in effect.
4) It was the main preparation for the Giving of the Torah at Sinai several weeks later.
5) It made the Israelites into a distinct nation.
6) In the Exodus, God did miracles for which we remain grateful to this day.
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The answer to your question is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 2. The murder occured just before Moses left Egypt. At that time, Moses was being reared as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Not much more is said of the account that I am aware of. If you are looking for information as to the time in terms of world history, it would have been around 1480 BC, since Moses spent 40 years as a shepherd and the Exodus occdurred in aound 1440 BC.
He was adopted and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter, so of course he was educated, probably highly educated for a man of his day. The Bible states the following: "When the child was old enough, she (his mother) brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became as her son. Pharaoh's daughter named him Moses [Pulled Out] and said, 'I pulled him out of the water.' " (Exodus 2:10)
What two important things did Moses do for the Israelites?
He brought them out of Egypt (Exodus ch.12) and gave them the Torah from God (Deuteronomy 33:4).
Moses was 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. (See: How did Moses know he was an Israelite?)
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).
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Yes. He is mentioned literally hundreds of times, usually in a historic context.
Why is moses an appropriate figure for a spiritual?
This is because Moses led the Israelites out of slavery and persecution in Egypt and brought them the 10 commandments from God.
What was the name of the woman who found Moses?
Her name was Asis
A Bible perspective:As the question is categorized under "Old Testament," it should be noted that Scripture doesn't provide her name, identifying her only as "Pharaoh's daughter." The account is found in Exodus 2.What happened to Moses when he returned to Egypt?
Gee I don't know. He was here a minute ago.
Answer According to Deuteronomy final Chapter
34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee
to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according
to the word of the LORD.
Who does god say god is to moses?
Moses was regarded as a great prophet who led the people of Bani Israel (Israelites) from slavery and harsh life under the rule of Pharaoh. His brother Haroun also a prophet was his "Wazeer" (Arabic for Minister or secretary); both were sent to Pharaoh to accept the message of god. Prophet Moses was the only prophet that spoke directly to god, although he did not see god but vocally received direct guidance (divine revelation) from god. His miracles included white shining light when god commanded him to take his hand from his pocket, when god commanded him to release his cane it turned into a snake, the parting of the red sea so that his people including his brother may cross over and the Pharaoh along with his army drowned. The Qur'an mentions Moses more frequently than any other prophet.
Mount Sinai, where God gave the Law or Torah.
Mount Nebo, where he died.
In Jewish history, Moses was the prophet whom God chose (Exodus ch.3) to lead the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus ch.12) and to receive the Ten Commandments on the two Stone Tablets from God's hand (Exodus 31:18).
How is the Bible related to the Jewish Torah?
Answer 1
All of the answer is in the Holy Qur'an:
Allah -the most magnificent- talked directly to the prophet (Moses) and imbued him with the Holy Torah for the people of the Covenant (the Sons of Israel), and Allah ordered them to take it seriously, but, after Moses' death, they changed many of its verses and added from their own many parts to the (previously) Holy Torah, (See the Holy Qur'an, Sura [Ma'eda No. 5, verse 41]).
Many years afterwards, Allah sent the prophet Eissa-known by Christians as Jesus-and sent him the Holy Bible, but the unbelievers-helped by the Jews- tried to kill him, but Allah (lifted) him up to the sky, to be re-landed again before the end of earth's life. Some of his followers worshiped him-instead of following his instructions to worship Allah-and said the God is of three elements, two of them are Jesus and his mother Mary, and rewrote the Bible, nearly totally, with horrible changes of the truth that Allah sent Jesus as a prophet, not a God, (See the Holy Qur'an, Sura [Nisa' No. 4, verses 157-159 and 171, and Tawba No. 10, verse 30]).
Then, 500 years later, Allah sent the last of prophets, Mohammad-peace be upon him- with the Qur'an and Allah said that he-the most magnificent- will keep Qur'an from any changes by himself. Muslims wrote Qur'an as taken from prophet Mohammad PBUH with no change of a letter. The Qur'an carries a totally comprehensive strategic system of life to the whole world, not confined to Arabs, the thing that led the whole world to fight Islam and Muslims, to keep living as they want, not as their Creator wants.
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Arthur Jeffery writes in "The Foreign Vocabulary of the Quran", in page 1 of the introduction:
"One of the distinct impressions gleaned from a first perusal of the Quran, is that of the amount of material which is borrowed from the religions that were active in Arabia at the time when the Quran was in process of formation. It is plain that Muhammad drew his inspiration not from the religious life and experiences of his own land and his own people, but from the great monotheistic religions which were pressing down into Arabia in his day."
Charles Torrey in "The Jewish Foundation of Islam", writes on page 43: "It was at home, not abroad, that the Muhammad received the Biblical and Haggadic narratives which occupy so large a part of the Koran."
How many generations from Moses to Jesus?
According to the Bible book of Matthew Jesus' lineage divided into three sections of 14 generations each. If you count the names you get 41 in all. From Abraham to David there are 14 names, then with David as the first name of the second section to Josiah, you get 14 names, and then you begin with Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin, to Jesus as the last 14. Luke also recorded Jesus' ancestry. Other books such as Genesis, Ruth, and 1 Chronicles (written by Moses, Samuel, and Ezra, respectively) have recorded the geneology of Jesus and none of these list Moses as being a direct descendant of our Lord. Moses was the great-grandson of Levi of Israel, but Judah was the son of Jacob, or Israel, that got to be the direct descendant of Jesus, so Moses was not part of that, but he was related through the line of Jacob. I hope that helped.
What did God reveal to Moses at the Burning Bush?
Approaching the Burning Bush
Moses intially saw a bush on fire, but which was not reduced to ashes, so he decided to go closer for inspection. (cf. Ex 3:1-3)
As he approached, God asked him to remove his sandals since he was standing on holy ground (cf. Ex 3:5 and Joshua 5:15).
At the burning bush, God revealed both his plan for rescuing the Israelites from Egypt, and his own personal name. (cf. Boadt 1984, p. 166)
Dialogue Between God and Moses
After God calls Moses to work with Him, their dialogue follows the pattern of four excuse/response pairs:
God's call: Come, now! I will send you to Pharaoh to lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. Ex 3:10 NAB
Excuse 1: Moses worries he's not the right person for God's task. cf. Ex 3:11 NAB
Reply 1: God tells Moses I will be with you; cf. Ex 3:12a NAB
Excuse 2: Moses worries people will ask God's name. cf. Ex 3:13 NAB
Reply 2: God tells Moses his name: I AM WHO AM. Ex 3:14 NAB
Excuse 3: Moses worries people will not believe him. cf. Ex 4:1 NAB
Reply 3: God provides miracles as proof for Moses to work through his staff (e.g. becoming a serpent and then a staff again), and through his hand (becoming leprous and becoming healthy again). cf. Ex 4:2-9 NAB
Excuse 4: Moses worries because he is not a good speaker. cf. Ex 4:10
Reply 4: God tells Moses He will send Aaron to help him. cf. Ex 4:11-17
Throughout the dialogue, theologians have noted a pattern of timidness on the part of Moses, and reassurance on the part of God. One conclusion that has been frequently drawn is that rather than calling the strong and mighty to bring about His plan of salvation, God calls the lowly and the meek. (cf. Lk 1:48) An initial display of timidity is also a common theme later among the prophets when they receive their calls from God respectively. The pattern is reflected in the New Testament as well, for just as God called Moses despite his weakness and doubt, so too did Jesus call the disciples despite their weaknesses and doubts. (cf. Smith-Christopher 2005, p. 92)
I AM WHO AM
Theologians and philosophers have frequently pointed out that the name of God, I AM WHO AM, derives from the Hebrew verb hawah for "is." Scholars have thus often translated the name as "He who causes what is." (cf. Boadt 1984, p. 166) In this sense, God's very name indicates what he does and what he is:
a) what he does: He gives existence to all things (i.e. ex nihilo Deus creat), and
b) what he is: He himself is Subsistent Being, as scholars such as St. Thomas Aquinas point out; i.e. having existence is not properly predicated of God. Rather, God is the fulness of Existence, of Being Itself.
It is also worth noting that Jesus took this very name that was spoken by God to Moses at the burning bush and applies it to himself, thus unambiguously identifying himelf as God: So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM." So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area. John 8:57-59 NAB
REFERENCES
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The New American Bible, (Iowa Falls, IA: World Bible Publishers, Inc. 1991).
Boadt, L. Reading the Old Testament - An Introduction, (New York, NY/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1984).
Smith-Christopher, D. The Old Testament - Our Call to Faith & Justice, (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2005).
What are the basic commandments of Judaism?
1) Believe in God,
2) Don't worship idols or entities outside of God; don't create, bow to, or worship an image or statue,
3) Don't take God's name in vain,
4) Observe the Shabbat (Sabbath),
5) Honor your parents,
6) Don't murder,
7) Don't commit adultery,
8) Don't kidnap,
9) Don't testify as a false witness, and
10) Don't envy
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The philosophy of Judaism is that this world is a purposeful creation by God, in which all people are tested concerning their use of free-will. We possess a soul which lives on after the body dies and is held responsible for the person's actions.
What are the 5 books of the Jewish Bible?
The 5 books of the Jewish bible are: # Genesis (בראשית, Bereshit: "In the beginning...") # Exodus (שמות, Shemot: "Names") # Leviticus (ויקרא, Vayyiqra: "And he called...") # Numbers (במדבר, Bamidbar: "In the desert...") # Deuteronomy (דברים, Devarim: "Words") For more details see http://www.answers.com/topic/torah
How did the Jews get the land from the Canaanites?
God promised it to Abraham (Genesis ch.15 and elsewhere), and instructed Joshua to conquer it (Joshua ch.1), which he did.
Moses was a former Egyptian prince later turned prophet, religious leader and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. He was from the tribe of Levi. In 1445 bc five years after Death of Thutmose III's death, Moses returns to Egypt. (Exodus 4:18-7:13) He then becomes the leader of the Israeli.
No. Hanukkah is a minor holiday that commemorates the victory of the Jews against the Syrian-Greeks in the Maccabean War of 165 BCE. Moses was already dead for more than 1100 years by then.
What was the name of the mountain Moses walked to get the tablets?
The name of the mountain that Moses climbed to receive the ten commandments is called Mount Sinai.
Yes. After Moses (peace be upon him) escaped from Pharaohs palace, he married Tzipora - Jethro's daughter - and shepherded his sheep. Read about it in Exodus Ch. 2 and 3 JoJmnz144: He settled down with his family in the land of his father-in-law, Medea. It is across from the Sinai Peninsula in what is now Saudi Arabia, just south Eilat. They actually cross the Gulf of Aqaba. It is 29000'10,55"N by 34040'37,22"E in the Google Earth. ...Improved answer.... Although I am not challenging the entire answer, the correct spelling of Moses' wife name is "Zipporah", and she and her father were from the land of "Midian".
