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How did God convince Moses to go back to Egypt?
One day, when he was in the desert, Moses heard the voice of God speaking to him through a bush which flamed but did not burn. God asked Moses to lead his people out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land.
When did the children of Israel want back to Egypt?
Even when they had reached the borders of the Promised Land, after 40 years in the desert, all the Children of Israel wanted was to go back to Egypt. In Erez Biton’s poem, the immigrant from Algeria and his son fail to build a home in Israel.
What does the Bible say about returning to Egypt?
Pharaoh is ultimately defeated by the LORD and the Israelites, along with liberated slaves of other nations kept by Pharaoh, cross the Red Sea, to go into the Promised Land. And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
What must Moses say to the people of Israel?
You must tell them: ‘The one who is called I AM has sent me to you.’ God answered Moses, “I Am Who I Am. This is what you must say to the people of Israel: ‘I Am has sent me to you.'” God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and then said, “Tell the Israelis: ‘I AM sent me to you.'”
Did Moses get less than he had hoped for?
And yet Moses is said to see the “backside” of God in our text. Does this suggest that Moses got less than he asked for, or less than he had hoped for? Hardly! The text makes it clear that the backside of God is His good side, for it is the “goodness of God” which will pass before Moses.
Did Moses see the backside of God in the Bible?
The person who brings up the rear is the loser. The devil, we are told, gets the hindmost. And yet Moses is said to see the “backside” of God in our text. Does this suggest that Moses got less than he asked for, or less than he had hoped for?
Why did Moses Pray before the Lord God?
And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm? Moses tried to get the LORD God to change his mind: Our LORD, you used your mighty power to bring these people out of Egypt.