But Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.’ From Exodus 14:5-18, NRSV No sooner had the Pharaoh sanctioned the…
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Although you are sovereign in strength, you judge with mildness,and with great forbearance you govern us;for you have power to act whenever you choose. Through such works you have taught your peoplethat the righteous must be kind,and you have filled your children with good hope,because you give repentance for sins. From Wisdom 12:13,16-19 In the…
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Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves;I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.‘I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares;I will seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him, but found him not. From…
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This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance. From Exodus 11:10-12:14, NRSV The ten plagues that had been sent to Egypt had not persuaded the Pharaoh to release the people of Israel from…
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God said to Moses, ‘I am who I am.’ He said further, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “I am has sent me to you.” ’ God also said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you”.…
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The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.’ But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out…
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One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labour. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. From Exodus 2:1-15, NRSV In today’s…
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Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape…
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For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty,but it…
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die; but God will surely come to you, and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.’ So Joseph made the Israelites swear, saying, ‘When God comes to you, you shall carry up…
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