Having emerged victorious over 31 kings and having conquered thus, a sizeable part of Canaan, Joshua allocated the land to the ‘Twelve Tribes of Israel’. The moment the Israelites set foot in the land of Canaan, Joshua shifted the ‘Tabernacle’ from Gilgal to Shiloh, which was a centrally located city. The Tabernacle had always occupied […]
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Having crossed the Jordan, the Israelites had camped at Gilgal. It was here that Joshua had, along with the memorial of the Twelve Stones, also got the Tabernacle temporarily erected, the Tabernacle that served to remind the Israelites of God’s constant companionship throughout the time they wandered the desert. It was to be here for […]
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The death of Moses drowned the Israelites in a sea of sorrow. It was now Joshua, the trusted aide of Moses, who had assumed his responsibilities. It was the duty of the 82 year-old brave Joshua to take the Israelites to the ‘Promised Land’. To ensure the passage of such a large congregation of Jews […]
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Moses realized his mistake. He accepted it and along with it also, the punishment that God pronounced. He had no complaints. The same punishment was meted out to Aaron as well for being part of the idol and animal worship. He was not going to set foot on the land of Canaan either. It was […]
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God told Moses about what happened at the foot of Mount Sinai and furious, He pronounced His intent of killing all the Jews and restarting the religion of Judaism with the descendants of Moses. Moses sought God’s mercy reminding Him of His covenant with Abraham-Isaac-Jacob and also pleaded with Him to forgive the Jews one […]
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The sound of the horn grew louder, crescendoed for a long time, scaled a particular high point and suddenly ceased…. A profound silence descended on the Jews, who then heard a sombre yet solemn voice, the voice of God. The first ten sentences uttered by God that fell on the ears of the Jews, received […]
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Thus, by providing divine food from the skies, God saved the Israelites from starvation. This phenomenon went on not for one or two years but for forty long years. The Jews now travelled on from the desert of Zin. The assemblage continued following the ‘Pillar of the Cloud’ by day and the ‘Pillar of the […]
Read More »Moscow: ‘Whenever there exists a vindictive thought process, it is necessary that everyone unites against it and takes a stern stand against it. We have learnt this lesson from the rise and defeat of the Nazis.’, appealed Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel. He made this appeal during his meeting with the Russian President […]
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Thus, the grace and blessings of God successfully averted the threat that the Pharaoh, all along in hot pursuit, meant to the Jews. Free from fear, they now proceeded with their journey. They traversed human settlements, leaving behind habitation of all kinds and were soon trudging across barren desert land. They were now fast running […]
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The Jews, after being freed from the clutches of slavery, were on their way to the ‘Promised Land’. The cruel Pharaoh, determined to enslave the Jews once again, was inching closer in hot pursuit. But there was no possibility of escape forwards either. What with the vast expanse of the Red sea in front of […]
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