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Moses and the Israelites
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(Exodus 1-40; Numbers 1-36; Deuteronomy 1-34)
When
Jacob's sons were all grown and had families of their own, there was a
famine in Canaan, where they lived. They ended up moving to Egypt, where
there was plenty of food. At that point they were in good standing with
the Egyptians. However, after several years (when Jacob and all his sons
were dead), there was a new Pharoah (king of Egypt) who saw that the
Israelite nation was multiplying tremendously and began to see them as a
threat, so he made the Israelites slaves. While the Israelites were in
slavery in Egypt, a baby was born who was named Moses. Although Moses was
an Israelite baby, he was raised as the son of the Pharoah's daughter.
When Moses became a man, God chose him to lead the Israelites out of
bondage in Egypt and guide them to the land of Canaan, which God had
promised to restore to the Israelites. God sent ten plagues on the
Egyptians, after which the Pharoah finally decided to let the Israelites
go. Along the way from Egypt to Canaan, many events occurred. God parted
the waters of the Red Sea so the Israelites could walk through on dry
land, escaping the Egyptians who had decided to pursue them.
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