Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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Even as Moses is in the presence of God receiving the Ten Commandments, the people down below are already breaking the first of them.
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From the Kaufmann Haggadah (14th century), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A reluctant Moses is sent back to Egypt on a delicate diplomatic mission.
By John Martin (1789-1854), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Moses asks Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, but every wonder God performs only makes Pharaoh more obstructive.
By Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Pharaoh dismisses Moses’s embassy for the last time, and Moses prepares the Israelites for a hasty departure.
By Chris Hadfield, courtesy of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Pharaoh has the Israelites trapped on the shore of the Red Sea, but God has yet another surprise for him.
By William Hogarth (1697–1764), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Jochebed hides her baby son from Pharaoh’s soldiers, only for him to be discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter.