Exodus Upto Deuteronomy

The Bible Book of Exodus Introduction about Exodus: • Second Book of the Pentateuch • “departure” – Greek word because of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt • Focuses on the prime importance to the prime people • Divided into four divisions: I. The Israelites in Egypt, II. The Exodus in Egypt and the Journeys to Sinai, III. The Covenant at Mount Sinai, IV. The Dwellings and its Furnishings Chapter 1 Jacob’s Descendants in Egypt • Sons of Jacob who accompanied him and migrated with him into Egypt – Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Isaachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher • Total number of descendants – 70 descendants • Joseph was already in Egypt • Even though Joseph and all his brothers and the whole generation had died, the Israelites remained fruitful. The Oppression • New king of Egypt said, “how numerous and powerful the Israelites are growing… stop their increase… they might fight against us…” • Egyptians dreaded the Israelites, reduced them to slavery, and made life bitter for them. Command to the midwives • Order of the Pharaoh to the Hebrew midwives – “when giving birth, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she may live…” • Shiphrah and Puah –the Hebrew midwives • Both of them refused the order of the Pharaoh, for they fear God. • Hebrew midwives are not like Egyptian midwives. • “Throw into the river every boy that is born to the Hebrews, but you may let all the girls live.” – Pharaoh Chapter 2 Birth and Adoption of Moses • A certain man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman and bore a son. • They hid the son for 3 months • When they can’t hide him any longer, the child was placed in a papyrus basket and placed among the reeds of the river bank. • Pharaoh’s daughter came down to the river to bathe. • She saw the baby boy crying inside the basket • She called for the child’s mother and said, “take your child, nurse it for me, and I will repay you.” • When the child grew, he was adopted by the daughter of Pharaoh. • She called him MOSES because “taken from the water” Moses’ Flight to Midian

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Moses slew an Egyptian when he saw the Egyptian striking a Hebrew Pharaoh sought to put him into death but Moses fled and stayed in the land of Midian. While Moses is in a well, 7 daughters of a priest of Midian came to draw water, but shepherds came and drew them away. Moses defended the 7 daughters from the shepherds and even watered their flock. Reuel – father of the 7 daughters “who is that man who saved you? why did you leave him there in the well? You should have invited him something to eat.” – Reuel said to his daughters Moses agreed to live with them Zipporah – wife of Moses

Gershom – Son of Moses and Zipporah • Gershom – “I am a stranger in a foreign land.” The Burning Bush • Israelites still cried out because of slavery Chapter 3 • Jethro – Father-in-law of Moses; the priest of Midian • Horeb – mountain of God • An angel appeared • Moses saw a flaming bush but it was not burned. The Call of Moses • God called Moses to save the Israelites from the oppression of the Egyptians. He shall go to the Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt. • God said to Moses: “I am who am….. this is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.” – meaning “ The Lord, the God of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob has sent me to you.” • “go and tell the elders of Israelites what I have told you..” - Lord • “ I have decided to lead you up out of the misery of Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.” – Lord Chapter 4 Confirmation of Moses’ Mission • 3 signs/proofs if Israelites will not believe Moses: • Turning of Staff into a snake • A hand becomes leprous, then back into the hand like the rest of his body • Water from the river turns into blood in a dry land Aaron’s Office as Assistant • “I will assist you in speaking and will teach you what you are to say” – Lord said to Moses since Moses is not good in speaking • Aaron the Levite – brother of Moses; spokesman or prophet of Moses Moses’ Return to Egypt

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Moses took his wife and his sons and started back to Egypt One night, the Lord came upon Moses and would have killed him, but Zipporah get apiece of flint and cut off her son’s foreskin. Then, God let Moses go Aaron kissed Moses when they met at the mountain of God Moses performed the signs before the Israelites and the people believed in him.

Chapter 5 Pharaoh’s Obduracy • Moses and Aaron go to the Pharaoh and say whatever God has told them to say and to do so. • Pharaoh said to Moses and Aaron that what they want to say is to take the people away from their work • The same day, the Pharaoh ordered the taskmasters and foremen not to supply the people of Israel with straw for their brick making as they have previously done, yet they still need to levy the same quota of bricks as they have previously done • “They are lazy; that is why they are crying… increase the work for the men.” – Pharaoh Complaint of the Foremen • Israelite foremen came to appeal with the Pharaoh saying: “Why do you treat your servants in this manner? … Your servants are beaten. It is you who are at fault.” • Pharaoh replied that they are just lazy. • The foremen left the Pharaoh and went to Moses and Aaron and said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge! You have brought us bad odor with the Pharaoh…” Renewal of God’s Promise • Moses said to the Lord, “why do you treat this people so badly? Why did you send me on such a mission? When I went to the Pharaoh and speak in your name, he has maltreated this people of yours and you have done nothing to rescue them.”

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Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the Lord. And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.” But Moses denied the request. And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, “Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. “ And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? “ And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. Ancestral trace of Moses and Aaron: Jacob

Levi (137 years) Gershon

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“I am the Lord: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which deliver you out from under the burdens of the

Zipporah Chapter 7: Aaron's Rod Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”

Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.” 9 plagues of Egypt: The Plague of Blood. “Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:” and behold, until now you haven’t listened. Thus says Yahweh, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe drinking water from the river.” Chapter 8 The Plague of Frogs “Let my people go, that they may serve me. If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs: and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs: and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.” Pharaoh said, “You and your people can go but pray to Yahweh to remove all of this frogs” But as soon as the frogs were gone the pharaoh hardens his heart refuses to set the Israelites free. The Plague of Lice. Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.” The magicians tried to do the same but they couldn’t, still the pharaoh hardens his heart as Yahweh said. The Plague of Flies “Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth. I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be.”

Pharaoh couldn’t stand the flies so again; he let the Israelites sacrifice to Yahweh. But as soon as the flies were gone; he hardens his heart again and stopped them from getting out of Egypt. Chapter 9 The Plague on the Cattle “Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still, behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence. Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.” Still, he didn’t let the people go. The Plague of Boils “Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt.” The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians. Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses. The Plague of Hail “Let my people go, that they may serve me. For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth; but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth; as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go. Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn’t brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die.” Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail. “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thundering and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” Pharaoh said When Pharaoh saw the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, his heart was hardened, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.

Chapter 10 The Plague of Locusts “How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won’t be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.” Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?” Pharaoh only wants men to serve Yahweh but Moses demanded that all of them must go even the flocks. Pharaoh refuses them to go so the locusts came and destroyed what was left in the hail storm. The Plague of Darkness “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.” Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They didn’t see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.” Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God. Our livestock also shall go with us. There shall not a hoof be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there.” But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go. Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!” Moses said, “You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.” CHAPTER 11 Moses announces the first birth • God will give the pharaoh 1 more plague • All of the first born in Egypt will die including first born beasts- the plague that God will give to the Egyptians • There will be a great cry in Egypt CHAPTER 12 PASSOVER • 10th day of the first month every house of the Israelites should have one lamb

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The lamb should be w/o blemish and of its first year, a sheep or goat • 14 days Israelites should keep the lamb • God told Moses to take off the blood of the lamb and strike the blood unto the door’s posts and on the upper door posts of the houses where they shall eat • They should it the lamb in the night roasted on fire with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. FESTIVAL OF THE UNLEAVENED BREAD • God told the israelites that for seven days thou should not eat bread with yeast only unleavened bread • For the first day the israelites should get rid of all the yeasts in their houses • If on person eats a leavened bread from the first day until the 7th day, that person’s soul shall be cut off from Israel • In the first day there will be a holy convocation and in the 7th day there will also be a convocation FIRST PASSOVER • Moses told the Israelites what God told him about the Passover •

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The Israelites should kill a lamb, take a sprig of hyssop dip it in the bowl containing the lamb’s blood and strike it in the door’s posts and also above the door for each Israelite house The Passover came God smote all of the first born in Egypt and the great cry occur where every house in Egypt has one dead The king rose up and called Aaron and Moses and sent them away from Egypt with all the Israelites and all of their goat, sheep, cattle Israelites left Egypt with Moses an Aaron They journeyed from Ramese to Succoth 600,000 people not including the women and the children They live 430 years in the Egypt REGULATION ABOUT THE PASSOVER No foreigner shall eat the Passover meal Others are in the bible hehe dami eh verses 43-51 hehe thanks

Chapter 13: THE PILLAR OF CLOUD AND FIRE • Moses told the Israelites to remember that day where they got out from Egypt • The lord shall bring the Israelites to the land of the Canaanites, Hitites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites • The people shall hear what happened to the Egypt and be afraid: sorrow for the Palestina, the dukes of Edom shall be amazed, Moabites trembling nd the Canaanites melting away • Every first born males and even first born male animal belongs to God • To buy back a first born male donkey one must offer a lamb • Every family must buy back every first born of their family • God took the Israelites the way to the red sea

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Moses took Joseph’s bone with him. He sworn the children of Israelites that God will visit you and they shall carry those bones They journeyed form Succoth to Etham The lord came with them by the pillar of cloud by the day and pillar of fire by the night to give them light

CHAPTER 14: CROSSING THE RED SEA • Pihahiroth- between Migdol and the red sea near Baalzephon; Israelites camped • The king sent out his men with chariots and caught up with the Israelites • Israelites cried out unto the lord • Lord told Moses to lift his rod and hold it over the sea; the water was divided into two making a way for the Israelites to cross • The Egyptians followed them but when they were in the red sea Moses returned the water back into normal • The Egyptians lied dead on the sea • The Israelites saw the great power of God and worshiped God CHAPTER 15: THE SONG OF MOSES • Song of moses- verses 2-18

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Miriam- Aaron’s sister took her timbrels and all of the women followed her • Verse 21-song of Miriam BITTER WATER • They went to the desert of Shur for 3 days and soon arrived in Marah • Marah- a place where water is bitter and they could not drink from it • The Lord gave them a tree and they cast it into the waters and the water became sweet • Elim-there were 12 wells and 3 score and 10 palm trees where they camped by the waters Chapter16 The Manna and Quails • On the 15th day of the 2nd month after they had left Egypt they came to the desert of Sin. • Sin is between Elim and Sinai. • Israelites said to the Moses, why did you brought us here? In Egypt we can eat what ever we want but now where here to do want us to starve to death? • Then god said to Moses ,”I will give you food for you to gather in six days”. • Dazzling light indicates that the Lord here the Israelites complains, • In twilight Israelites will have meat to eat, in the morning they will have as many bread as they want • In evening a large flock of quails flew in ,in the morning there was dew all around. • Then Moses said to them, if they are gathering food and supply consume it once, don’t save for other days. • Israelites did not listen to what Moses told them to do, they save for the next day but the food became rotten and spoiled.

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Sabbath-the day of rest dedicated to the lord ,that in six days they will gather food and on the seventh day ,is the day of rest • Manna is a food with small white seed ,taste like thin cakes made with honey • Covenant box –where the manna is kept • Almost 40yrs that the Israelites are eating this kind of food Chapter 17 Water from the Rock • Rephidim is where Moses and the Israelites camped ,there was no water in that place. • Mount Sinai-where he struck the rock and water came out • Massah and Meribah –the two place where the Israelites put the Lord in to the test • Amalekites-attacked the Israelites ,Joshua and his troops fought with the Amalekites • Moses raise up his hand while holding the stick ,when he is bring down the stick the amalelikes are winning ,when he is raising his hands up high again Joshua and his troops are the one winning • Moses, Hur and Aaron went to the hill ,Aaron and Hur helped Moses when Moses is getting tired • The Lord is my banner-name of the altar Chapter 18 • When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt; • Jethro took Zipporah Moses wife • Gershom and Eliezer Moses’s sons • And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. Chapter 19 • In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. • And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, • And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai. • And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him • The lord order that no one shall touch or go to the mount because you will turn to stone • God appear to them Chapter 20 • Thou shall have no other gods before me. • Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

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Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God given thee. Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Chapter 31 Choice of Artisans • Bezalel – son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah -chosen by the Lord and filled him with a divine spirit and understanding and knowledge in every craft:  Embroidery  Making things of gold, silver, or bronze  Cutting and mounting precious stones  Carving wood • Oholiab – assistant of Bezalel -son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan Aaron – the priest Things ordered by the Lord for Moses to make: The meeting tent The ark of commandments with the propitiatory on top of it All the furnishings of the tent The table with its appurtenances The pure gold lampstand The altar of incense The altar of holocausts The laver with its base The service clothes The sacred vestments for Aaron, for his sons and the ministry The anointing oil The fragrant incense for the sanctuary Sabbath Law • Sabbaths – token between God and the Israelites • Keep the Sabbath something sacred. “Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.” • Mount Sinai – where God talked to Moses God gave him two tablets of the commandments; the stone tablets inscribed by God’s own fingers. Chapter 32 The Golden Calf • Aaron ordered the Israelites to take off their golden earrings and bring them to him. - He fashioned this gold with a graving tool and made a molten calf

- He built an altar before the calf • The next day, the people offered holocausts and brought peace offerings. • Moses threw the tablets down and broke them on the base of the mountain • “Whoever is for the Lord, let him come to me!” – Moses • The Levites rallied to Moses Chapter 33 Tribes driven out by the Lord: - Philistines - Amorites - Moabites - Ammonites - Hittites - Jebbusites - Perizzites Moses’ Intimacy with God • Meeting tent – anyone who wished to consult the Lord would go to this meeting tent • Joshua – assistant of Moses - son of Nun Chapter 34 Renewal of the tablets • The Lord asked Moses to cut two stone tablets like the former Religious Laws • The Lord will drive out the Philistines, Amorites, Moabites, Ammonites, Hittites, Jebbusites, Perizzites - not to make a covenant with them - tear down their altars - smash their sacred pillars - cut down their sacred poles • the Lord – “The Jealous One”

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“You shall keep the Feast of the Unleavened Bread.” – God

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“For seven days at the prescribed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you; for in the Month of Abib, you came out of Egypt.” • Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) – the festival of Thanksgiving for the harvest Celebrated seven weeks or 50 days after the beginning of the harvest Radiance of Moses Face • Moses stayed with the Lord in Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights, without eating any food or drinking any water and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the 10 Commandments. •

Moses’ skin became radiant while he conversed with the Lord When he finished talking with the Israelites, he put a veil over his face; whenever he enters the presence of

the Lord, he removes the veil until he came out again. Book of Leviticus Brief Description: • Third book of the Pentateuch • Continuation of the legislation given by God to Moses at Mt. Sinai • The laws contained in this book serve to teach the Israelites that they should always keep themselves in a state of purity and sanctity as a sign of their union with God • “You shall be holy, because I, the Lord, am holy.” • Divided into 5 divisions Book of Numbers Brief description: • Numbers – derived from the account of the two censuses of the Hebrew people (near the beginning and end of the journey) • Continuation of the story of the journey , begun in Exodus • Describes the experiences of the Israelites for 38 years • Divided into 3 divisions Book of Deuteronomy Brief Description: • Fifth and last book of the Pentateuch • Deuteronomy – meaning “second law” • Not a new law but a partial repetition, completion, and explanation of the law proclaimed on the Mt. Sinai • Moses’ aim: to enforce among the Israelites the Lord’s claim to their obedience, loyalty, and love • Events took place in the lands of Moab • Crossing the Jordan river • Period of no more than 40 days • Divided into 4 divisions Deuteronomy Chapter 34 Death and Burial of Moses • Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo • Mount Nebo – headland of Pisgah which faces Jericho • The Lord showed him all the land - Gilead, and as far as Dan - All Naphtali - The land of Ephraim and Manasseh - All the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea - The Negeb - The circuit of the Jordan with the lowlands at Jericho - City of Palms, and as far as Zoar • Land of Moab (Mount Nebo) – where Moses died • Moses died at 120 years old

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The Israelites wept for Moses for 30 days Joshua – son of Nun - Carried out the Lord’s command to Moses