Quotes About Exodus

Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine.

In Exodus 31 God sanctifies a wide spectrum of artistic gifts by blessing "all kinds of craftsmanship.

I brought the birdcages to the windows. I opened the windows, and opened the birdcages. I poured the fish down the drain. I took the dogs and cats downstairs and removed their collars. I released the insects onto the street. And the reptiles. And the mice. I told them, Go. All of you. Go. And they went. And they didn't come back

And remember We divided the sea for you and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people within your very sight.

Nor is there reference to an exodus in contemporary Egyptian sources. Such a reference is not really to be expected, however: Egyptian royal inscriptions avoided mentioning setbacks and defeats unless they were followed by victories, and administrative records from the time and place of the exodus have mostly perished.

The Exodus from Egypt occurs in every human being, in every era, in every year, and in every day.

The emancipatory gift of YHWH to Israel is contrasted with all the seductions of images. The memory of the exodus concerns the God of freedom who frees.

The reason Miriam and the other women can sing and dance at the end of the exodus narrative is the emergence of new social reality in which the life of the Israelite economy is no longer determined and compelled by the insatiable production quotas of Egypt and its gods (15:20–21).

The creedal disclosure of Exod. 34:6-7 and the initial "pray-back" of Moses in Numbers 14 form a tap root for Israel's recurring prayer to this You who does wonders of costly solidarity.

The first commandment is a declaration that the God of the exodus is unlike all the gods the slaves have known heretofore. This God is not to be confused with or thought parallel to the insatiable gods of imperial productivity. This God is subsequently revealed as a God of mercy, steadfast love, and faithfulness who is committed to covenantal relationships of fidelity (see Exod. 34:6–7).

We went from Greece to Macedonia, and then to Serbia, Hungary, and Austria before reaching Germany.

nakba, the word the Arabs used to describe the catastrophe of their flight from the land of Palestine. The

There was only one ambition that anyone on the planet ever had, and that was to leave.

How to Leave the Planet 1. Phone NASA. Their phone number is (713) 483-3111. Explain that it's very important that you get away as soon as possible.

People often ask me how they can leave the planet, so I have prepared some brief notes.

Most often the people in Exodus have contact with God by representative only; it is Moses who has the personal connection to and interaction with God, not the Israelite people, but he does so on their behalf, not his own. Exodus also shows how the high priest will represent the people in his actions of worship ritual so they can be assured of access to the (limited) presence of God and the benefits of that close proximity to eternal and universal sovereignty.52

The Israelites of Exodus were a people on the go, not a people who had yet arrived at their ultimate destination.

Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.

Jabbar Khan blundered by persecuting Hindu Kashmiris. Many of them left the Valley

Anyone who had anything got out

The God of Exodus is the God of history and of political liberation more than he is the God of nature.

The Sumerian Tablets speak of King Sargon the Elder being found as a baby floating in a basket on the river and brought up by a royal family. Exodus speaks of Moses being found as a baby floating in a basket on the river by a royal princess and how he was brought up by the Egyptian royal family. The list of such 'coincidences' goes on and on.

1. WATER TURNS TO BLOOD. Exodus 7:14–25 2. FROGS. Exodus 8:1–15 3. LICE. Exodus 8:16–19 4. FLIES. Exodus 8:20–32

5. DEATH OF EGYPTIAN CATTLE. Exodus 9:3 and 6 6. BOILS AND BLAINS. Exodus 9:8–12 Boils and blains seem to go together. Blains were blisters, small inflammations of the skin that were filled with pus. 7. HAIL AND FIRE. Exodus 9:13–35 8. LOCUSTS. Exodus 10:1–20 9. THICK DARKNESS. Exodus 10:21–29