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The Death Of Moses
And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. Then he said :
"I am a hundred and twenty years old this day. I can no longer go out and come in. Also the Lord
has said to me, 'You Shall not go over the Jordan.' Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the Lord
has said."
And Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel:
"Be strong and of good courage. For you must go with this people into the land which the lord has promised their fathers. And you shall cause them to inherit it. "
Then God said to Moses:
"Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and will forsake me and breake the agreement which I have made with them. Then I will hide my face from them, when they have turned to other gods. Many evils and troubles shall plague them."
Then God said to Moses:
"Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and will forsake me and breake the agreement which I have made with them. Then I will hide my face from them, when they have turned to other gods. Many evils and troubles shall plague them."
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Moses Returns To Egypt
Moses went and returned to his father-in-law and said to him:
"Let me go, I beg you, and let me return to my kinsmen who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive."
"Go in peace," said he to Moses.And God said to Moses in Median:
"Go return to Egypt, for all the men are dead who sought your life."
So Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt, taking the rod of God in his hand.And the Lord said to Moses: "When you return there, see that you do before pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand.But I will harden his heart so that he shall not let the people go."
And the Lord said to Aaron:
"Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."
Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and kissed him.And Moses told Aaron all that the Lord had said to him, and all the signs that he had told him to do.
Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel, and Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses, and did all the signs for the people to see.
The people believed.And when they heard that he Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their suffering, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
"Let me go, I beg you, and let me return to my kinsmen who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive."
"Go in peace," said he to Moses.And God said to Moses in Median:
"Go return to Egypt, for all the men are dead who sought your life."
So Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt, taking the rod of God in his hand.And the Lord said to Moses: "When you return there, see that you do before pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand.But I will harden his heart so that he shall not let the people go."
And the Lord said to Aaron:
"Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."
Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and kissed him.And Moses told Aaron all that the Lord had said to him, and all the signs that he had told him to do.
Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel, and Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses, and did all the signs for the people to see.
The people believed.And when they heard that he Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their suffering, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
God Speak To Moses
The Moses returned to the Lord and said:"Lord, why have you treated these people so badly? Why have you sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done nothing to save them."
The God said Moses:
"Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he shall let the people go. With a strong hand he will drive them out of his land."
"For I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by the name of God Almighty. I made a promise to them, to give them the land of Canaan."
"Say to the children of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will take you out of slavery. I will make you my people, and I will be to you a God. I will bring you to the land I promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And I will give it to you and your descendants.'"
Moses told the children of Israel all that the Lord had said. But they did not listen to Moses in their suffering and their misery. And God said to Moses:
" You shall say all that I have to tell you. And Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, telling him to send the children of Israel out of his land. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart and perform many signs and miracles in the land of Egypt. Still Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring forth my armies and my people out of Egypt by my great judgments."
"The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring the children of Israel out from among them."
The God said Moses:
"Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he shall let the people go. With a strong hand he will drive them out of his land."
"For I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by the name of God Almighty. I made a promise to them, to give them the land of Canaan."
"Say to the children of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will take you out of slavery. I will make you my people, and I will be to you a God. I will bring you to the land I promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And I will give it to you and your descendants.'"
Moses told the children of Israel all that the Lord had said. But they did not listen to Moses in their suffering and their misery. And God said to Moses:
" You shall say all that I have to tell you. And Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, telling him to send the children of Israel out of his land. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart and perform many signs and miracles in the land of Egypt. Still Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring forth my armies and my people out of Egypt by my great judgments."
"The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring the children of Israel out from among them."
Pharaoh And The Israelite's
Moses and Aaron went before Pharaoh and spoke to him, saying: "These are the words of the God of Israel: 'Let my people go, so that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
But Pharaoh said:
"Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go. Why do you, Moses and Aaron, interfere with the work of the people? Get back to your tasks. The people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labors."
The same day pharaoh gave orders to the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying:
"you shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as you have done in the past. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. But the number of bricks which they made before, you are still to demand of them. You shall require as much from them as before, for they are idle. That is why they cry out saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.' Let the men be given more work, so that they may have no time to listen to empty talk."
The taskmasters and officers went out and spoke to the people, saying:
"Pharaoh says, 'I will not give you straw. Go out and get straw where you can find it, for you shall make no fewer bricks than before.'"
So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt. And their taskmasters kept after them, saying, "Fulfill your works and your daily tasks, as when there was straw." And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your task of making bricks both yesterday and today, as many as you have made before?"
So the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying:
"Why do you deal with your servants in this way? No straw is given to us, and we are told, 'Make bricks.'
We are beaten, but the fault is with your own people."
"You are idle," Pharaoh answered.
"That is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.'"
"So go now and work. There shall be no straw given to you. And still you shall have to make us many bricks as before."
The officers of the children of Israel, seeing that the numbers of bricks to be made was to be no less, went forth from Pharaoh. On their way, they met Moses and Aaron, and they said to them:
"May the Lord look upon you and judge you, because you have made us hateful in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of is servants, so that they want to kill us."
But Pharaoh said:
"Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go. Why do you, Moses and Aaron, interfere with the work of the people? Get back to your tasks. The people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labors."
The same day pharaoh gave orders to the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying:
"you shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as you have done in the past. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. But the number of bricks which they made before, you are still to demand of them. You shall require as much from them as before, for they are idle. That is why they cry out saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.' Let the men be given more work, so that they may have no time to listen to empty talk."
The taskmasters and officers went out and spoke to the people, saying:
"Pharaoh says, 'I will not give you straw. Go out and get straw where you can find it, for you shall make no fewer bricks than before.'"
So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt. And their taskmasters kept after them, saying, "Fulfill your works and your daily tasks, as when there was straw." And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your task of making bricks both yesterday and today, as many as you have made before?"
So the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying:
"Why do you deal with your servants in this way? No straw is given to us, and we are told, 'Make bricks.'
We are beaten, but the fault is with your own people."
"You are idle," Pharaoh answered.
"That is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.'"
"So go now and work. There shall be no straw given to you. And still you shall have to make us many bricks as before."
The officers of the children of Israel, seeing that the numbers of bricks to be made was to be no less, went forth from Pharaoh. On their way, they met Moses and Aaron, and they said to them:
"May the Lord look upon you and judge you, because you have made us hateful in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of is servants, so that they want to kill us."
Monday, August 11, 2014
God Calls Moses
At this time Moses was keeping the flock of this father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb, There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. Moses looked and saw that the bush burned with fire, but it was not destroyed.
And he said:
"I will stop here and see this great sight, and discover why the bush is not burnt."
When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, he called out of the middle of the bush and said:
"Moses, Moses"
"Here am I," answered Moses.
"Do not come near." God said.
"Take your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
And God said further:
"I am the God of your father, the God Abraham, the God Isaac, and the God Jacob."
Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
And God said:
"I have seen the misery of my people who are in Egypt and I have heard their cries because of their taskmasters. i realize their sorrows. So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey."
"Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may lead forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
But Moses said to the Lord:
"Who am I, that I should go to pharaoh, and that I should lead forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
And God said:
"Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be a token that I have sent you:
When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God upon this mountain."
Then Moses said to the Lord:
"When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your father has sent me to you' and they say to me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"
And God said:
"This you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The Lord God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you."
"'Yahew is my name for ever, and by this I will be remembered to all generations.'"
"God and gather the elder of Israel together, and tell them all that I have said to you. They shall listen to your voice, and you and the elder of Israel shall go to the king of the Egypt and say to him, 'The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us, and we beg you to let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, so that we may worship the Lord our God.'
"And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders. And after that he will let you go."
And he said:
"I will stop here and see this great sight, and discover why the bush is not burnt."
When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, he called out of the middle of the bush and said:
"Moses, Moses"
"Here am I," answered Moses.
"Do not come near." God said.
"Take your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
And God said further:
"I am the God of your father, the God Abraham, the God Isaac, and the God Jacob."
Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
And God said:
"I have seen the misery of my people who are in Egypt and I have heard their cries because of their taskmasters. i realize their sorrows. So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey."
"Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may lead forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
But Moses said to the Lord:
"Who am I, that I should go to pharaoh, and that I should lead forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
And God said:
"Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be a token that I have sent you:
When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God upon this mountain."
Then Moses said to the Lord:
"When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your father has sent me to you' and they say to me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"
And God said:
"This you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The Lord God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you."
"'Yahew is my name for ever, and by this I will be remembered to all generations.'"
"God and gather the elder of Israel together, and tell them all that I have said to you. They shall listen to your voice, and you and the elder of Israel shall go to the king of the Egypt and say to him, 'The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us, and we beg you to let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, so that we may worship the Lord our God.'
"And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders. And after that he will let you go."
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Moses In Midian
One day, when Moses was grown up, he went out among his kinsmen and watched them labour. And he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his kinsmen. He looked this way and that way. When he saw that there was no one near, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
When he went out the next day, he saw two Hebrew men fighting each other. He said to the one who was in the wrong:
"Why are you srtiking your own comrade?"
The man replied:
"Who made you a prince and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?"
And Moses was afraid and said to himself, "What I have done must be known."
When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses escaped from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian.
There one day he sat down beside a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water from the well, and filled the throughs to water their father's flock. Shepherds came and tried to drive them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
When they came home to their father, he said:
"How is it that you have come back so early tody?"
And they answered:
"An Egyptian protected us from the shepherds, and also drew enough water for us, and watered the flock."
"Where is he?" their father asked.
"Why have you left the man behind? call him to eat with us."
Moses was happy to live with this man, and the man gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
Zipporah bore Moses a son, and he called him Gershom, which means "a srtanger there," for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land."
And in due course it came to pass that the king of Egypt died. But the children of Israel were still oppressed and in slavery. In their suffering they cried out, and their cry carried up to God. He heard their groaning and remembered his promise to Abraham to Isaac, and to Jacob.
And the Lord looked down upon the children of Israel and had pity on them.
When he went out the next day, he saw two Hebrew men fighting each other. He said to the one who was in the wrong:
"Why are you srtiking your own comrade?"
The man replied:
"Who made you a prince and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?"
And Moses was afraid and said to himself, "What I have done must be known."
When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses escaped from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian.
There one day he sat down beside a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water from the well, and filled the throughs to water their father's flock. Shepherds came and tried to drive them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
When they came home to their father, he said:
"How is it that you have come back so early tody?"
And they answered:
"An Egyptian protected us from the shepherds, and also drew enough water for us, and watered the flock."
"Where is he?" their father asked.
"Why have you left the man behind? call him to eat with us."
Moses was happy to live with this man, and the man gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
Zipporah bore Moses a son, and he called him Gershom, which means "a srtanger there," for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land."
And in due course it came to pass that the king of Egypt died. But the children of Israel were still oppressed and in slavery. In their suffering they cried out, and their cry carried up to God. He heard their groaning and remembered his promise to Abraham to Isaac, and to Jacob.
And the Lord looked down upon the children of Israel and had pity on them.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Moses In The Bulrushes
Now there was a man of the family of Levi whose wife bore him a son. And when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months. Then, when she could no longer hide him, she took a basket made of bulrushes, daubed it with pitch and put the child into it. She took it and laid it in the reeds by the river's edge. And the baby's sister stood far away to watch what was done to him.
The daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maids walked along by the river's side. When she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maids to fetch it.
When she opened the basket, she saw the child, and he was crying. So she took pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
The baby's sister came forward and said to Pharaoh's daughter:
"Shall I go and find a nurse from the Hebrew woman to look after the child for you.?"
"Go," said Pharaoh's daughter, and the girl went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said to the woman: "Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages."
So the mother took her child and nursed it.
The daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maids walked along by the river's side. When she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maids to fetch it.
When she opened the basket, she saw the child, and he was crying. So she took pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
The baby's sister came forward and said to Pharaoh's daughter:
"Shall I go and find a nurse from the Hebrew woman to look after the child for you.?"
"Go," said Pharaoh's daughter, and the girl went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said to the woman: "Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages."
So the mother took her child and nursed it.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
The Birth Of Moses
The children of Israel were fruitful. They increased greatly in number and prosered , and the land of Egypt became filled with them.But there arose a new king over Egypt who did not know Joseph and the great work he had done. This new Pharaoh said to his people :
"The children of Israel are more and mightier than we are . Let us deal wisely with them. For, if they continue growing in numbers , they may join our enemies and fight against us in time of war and go away from our land."Therefore the Egyptians set taskmasters over the children of Israel and forced them to work for them. They built for Pharaoh the treasure cities of Pithom and Rameses. But the more the Egyptians oppressed them , the more the Israelites grew in strength and increased in number.
So the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, saying :
"When a Hebrew woman gives birth and you see that it is a son , then you shall kill him. But if it is a daughter , she shall live."
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them. Instead , they let the men children live. So the king called the midwives and said to them :
"Why have you done this thing?
Why have you let the men children live?"
"Because", answered the midwives , "the Hebrew women give birth without our knowing of it before we come to them."
God was pleased with the midwives and dealt well with them. And the people continued to increase and grow stronger. So Pharaoh commanded his people , saying :
"Every Israelite son that is born you shall cast into the river , and every daughter you shall let live."
Thursday, June 12, 2014
The Visit Of The Wise Men
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the
days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, asking:
"Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in
the east and are come to worship him."
When Herod the
king heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when
he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he
asked them where Christ should be born. "In Bethlehem of Judea," they
said: "For thus it is written by the prophet:
'And you, Bethlehem,
in the land of Judah,
are not the least
among the prince of Judah.
For out of you shall
come a Governor, that
shall rule my people
Israel.'"
Then Herod sent
secretly for the wise men, and asked them that time the star had appeared. And
he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search carefully for the young
child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I may come and worship him
also."
When they had
heard the king, they departed. And, lo, the star which they saw in the east
went before them till it came and stood over the place where the young child
was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy. And when they came
into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and they fell
down and worship him, and presented to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and
myrrh. And being warned by God in a dream that they should not return to Herod,
they departed and returned to their own country by another way.
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