The Moses Had On The Jewish Religion - 1438 Words

Kathryn Paris Humanities -2223 Prof. Reagan Smith The Importance the Moses had in the Jewish Religion For us to really understand this we must start at the beginning. Moses was born in 1393 BCE he was the third child to Jocheved and Amram, he had a brother and sister Aaron and Miriam during this time the Israelites were enslaved. Due to the many decree handed down by the rulers of the time his mother had no choice to when he was 3 months old to place him in a basket and send him down the Nile river, because of a decree had been passed that all male Hebrew infants were to be drown in an attempt to control the slave population which the Pharaoh’s were getting concerned was growing much too quickly. While Moses was floating down the Nile†¦show more content†¦According to legend we are told that one day much later in his life, while tending to his father-in-law’s flock on of the sheep runs away and Moses chases after it. It is at this time that God reveals himself to him in the presence of a â€Å"Burning Bush† at Mount Horeb (Sinai) as it is well known. This is when Moses is told that he was needed to go back to Egypt and free his people from slavery, Moses was shaken and he even refused several times causing God to become angry at him but, and still God beckoned him to do this task. Finally Moses agreed, but Moses was worried as to how he would be able to accomplish such and enormous task. That is when God told him not to worry because he would be with him the entire way. Moses still had one big question for God and that is â€Å" Who is he that he could go to the Pharaoh and tell him to let my people go† and God responded â€Å"that we has his messenger and that he was to lead his children out of Egypt and out of Slavery† and that â€Å" He would be with him always†. Once Moses reaches Egypt he goes to see Pharaoh and tells him what God has instructed him to, but Pharaoh just ignores him and doesn’t believe that his God even exists, so Moses having brought one of his sons with him has him show Pharaoh just how real God is by turning his staff into a serpent, with this Pharaoh is not impressed and simply states that any good magician can do the same. Moses tells Pharaoh not to anger God and once more tells him to let his people