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ἐλθὼν δὲ ιωσηφ ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ φαραω λέγων ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ τὰ κτήνη καὶ οἱ βόες αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτῶν ἦλθον ἐκ γῆς χανααν καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἐν γῇ γεσεμ
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ἐλθὼν δὲ ιωσηφ ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ φαραω λέγων ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ τὰ κτήνη καὶ οἱ βόες αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτῶν ἦλθον ἐκ γῆς χανααν καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἐν γῇ γεσεμ
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: A Way Forward, Part 1
Topic: Second Coming
Summary: The events depicted in the biblical exodus are a picture of how we as individuals and as a world culture can move forward spiritually.
References:
Genesis 37:36; 42:1-3; 47:27
Exodus 1:1-14; 3:1-8; 14:26-31; 19:1
Numbers 9:1-5; 10:11-12; 13; 14:1-4, 34
Deuteronomy 34:1-5, 9-10
Judges 1:1; 2:7-11
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.
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All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
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All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
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Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?"
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They said one to another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt."