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necessary if a nation wished to attain
to spiritual purity. Punishment that
resulted in physical disfigurement was
condemned by our law-giver as de-
s l ired with new hope and courage.
Now that the Hebrews were safely Ornately lead them to a goal much to grading to human dignity. If cor-
poral punishment was resorted to,
ress the Roil Sea, Moses was able I be desired. Then there were the
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romised land; not by the short am
ber, and had to be inflicted in the
I I ingers route through the way
tau ght them since the time that Aiwa-
le land of the Philistines, but the , ham awoke to the overlasting truth presence of a judge. Such was his
love for humanity that not only did
through the
I mg and non-hostile way
ulong th e wes t-. of the existence of God. On these }loses think of the criminal and lay
7=3 mountainous territory
as I Levites, the idolatory and voice of down laws fur maleration in his
•rn coast of the peninsula of Sinai,
the Egyptians had no effect. They
ar south as Mount Sinai, and from I lived among them but were not of punishment, but his mind traveled to
the criminal's family, and out of the
beset. by journeying up the eastern
Levitt fathers taught their tenderness of his great heart he spoke'
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east into the land of their destine•
For many years to come, he I 'blithe!) all that they themselves had t his people and told them that they
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of our pe ple is their life u in i learnt a') ut the God of Israel, and most n. t let the family of a criminal
endeavor-
ust their own children, but endeavor-
suffer for his wrongdoing, but they
wandered I
t'
his region whore
!strut, feeding their flocks on the I cd t, educate any off the Hebrews must be treated just as kindly as if
grass lands scattered for tughout the 1 these children in their torn handed one of the members of their family
down (he same beliefs and customs. had done no wrong. In no law codes
erritory. We do not know exactly
how long they lived thus, but we can Doubtless the Levites did not teach e of other ancient peoples are there to
ttint thi intheteheeiitef fiduit. ,t,rritrdt. hrTthhees be found laws enjoining the humane
be sure it was a great number of living w
years, for not one of those who on would naturally do all in their power treatment of animals. But our Law-
the 15th of Nisan left Rameses
et giver did not forget the winged birds.
Moses in his mighty at
work.
beasts-of-burden, nor the winged bird.
alite to enter the to hell'
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premised land, but only those who' What teas Moses' school system and Oxen during threshing time were not
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were born and bred in the desert.
grea t Although we speak off the Hebrews free as reword for their labor. They
The Hebrews were often in
wandering in the wilderness, we must also were to have their day of rest.
danger of wholesale destruction a
remember that they also settled for If a man found a bird's nest, he had
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certain length of time at one place the right to take the eggs but not
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or another along their route. It was the mother bird, which was to be left
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sho wed their mean spirits by adding questions, nail all day he sat ROSATI. - affect the Israelites whose rightful
the right heritage they were, but later the
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already n stud on the shoulders of the and wrong, and patiently explaining whole of humanity. It would take
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the slightest provocation, they bitter- brews know of liberty? Moses had to can judge of their breadth, their
ly rebuked Moses for having taken teach them that in the sight of God depth and their spiritual character:
tht on out of Egypt. "Ye have brought all men were equals, each man had a how they relate to every phase of
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us forth into the wilderness," whole
life, how they touch upon the main
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did these Hebrews, used to tend to the refinement of popular
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at it would have been better to die proper treatment of servants and oth-
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in slavery where they at least haul er dependents? Moses had to teach marks about the religious side of
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a hilst endeavoring to realize their human-being as his master—that a well that the most important truth
uee freedom. Poor misguided Imo- d master who maltreated . his servants that the Jewish religion teaches, the
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so that permanent injury resulted very heart you may say of Judaism,
plc. Generations o
the
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picture.
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caused
the once proud Hebrews t be- should set that servant free for life; is embodied in the words "Hear, 0
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that it was unjust not to pay a hired Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is
9 ‘ come slaves in mind
body. Slavish Hebrew parents br ought servant his wage at the end of his One." Immediately connected with
forth slavish children, until the time day because that servant and his this principle is the teaching that this
came when almost every man of them family might be in sore distress for God loves righteousness and hates all
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had a soul as well suited for bun triage the necessities of life. These Ile- forms of wickedness. Moses was not
Is his body was used t ) the fey ptian brews who had been strangers in a the first Hebrew to realize this.
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a very gentle shepherd to his down- horrible treatment, what feelings do of Moses, God haul revealed himself
trodden Hebrew flock. But at times you think they in their turn would en- to Abraham, and from that time, the
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tertain towards an alien? Moses laid knowledge of the unity of God had
even his calm nature was arouse
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he showed himself to be as hum an as great stress upon the duty of the become a possession peculiar to the
he was noble. One very good in stance Israelite to treat kindly any alien who Hebrew people.. But what of those
en i n our came to live among them. "Just be-
'rsoof o f ths i fiery element
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who had been born and bred in Egypt:
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li y the cause you were aliens in Egypt and
c haracter is a
hnerpo
who, every day of their life, had wit-
following incident. The Ilebre as he- were so badly treated," said the great nessed thousands of people wor- tivoom
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came tired of eating this niann a and law-giver, "you should never do an shipping idols; who saw all around
they
peevish children
act of injustice to a stranger among
like a lot of
nn 'rating you Treat him as one of yourselves, them signs of idolatry? I am afraid
that a great number of them had for-
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hall give ills fl esh to love hint as a brother, and if he com-
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retting brews who had lived so long in Egypt human-being, but something beyond
description. I am afraid that many of
, about such a trivial matter as the had become hardened to witnessing un- them fell into idolatrous habits, and
sameness of the diet, at a tim e when chastity and bestial forms of punish- took part in Egyptian ceremonies.
they should have been think ing of ment. Moses did not forget to thun- You may he sure that the understand-
es that
forth laws against all forms of ing Moses realized this, and he de-
r higher things, so incensed Moo lasting der
immorality; nor would be countenance termined to stamp out idolatry from
of their ever
t
u terly weary
complaints, he spoke aloud to t he God the cruel punishments that were in- Battings this people. He knew that an
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with whom he was ever silent ly com- dulged in throughout the ancient impure religion was the main cause #4
musing. Thoroughly out of temper, world. No nation can properly under- of a people's impurity. Around the
he wanted to know why God had so stand the meaning of true morally, belief in one God, Moses wove all
m the unless its people are taught to re-
afflicted him as to make hi
the gard the human body as sacred. Moses his religious teachings. Over and over 0 426
leader of such tiresome people as
again he spoke of this Divine Unity,
Hebrews. "Ha' e I given birth to all tried to shew his people that respect- exhorted the Israelites to have perfect
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me carry them in thy bosom?" he bit- physical side of life was absolutely
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insp ''d hO • in the first place to take
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Hob. ei.v tribes into a nation.
SO much for the Hebrew's and their
manner of life in the wilderness. What
of Moses? Did he think that, now
they were away from Egypt, his work
merely consisted of leading his people
safely through the desert and looking
after their material needs as well as
realized
ihe could. Indeed no! Muses
from the first that however hard it
would he to prevail upon Pharoah to
allow the Hebrews to leave Egypt, a
task 10 times greater awaited him
once they were out of the Egyptian's
clutches. Fur then he was to weld
de-
the people together, (Inch ow their
their and
fensive and attacking p,
above all to educate them to such a
point that they would be capable of
believing in one God and acting in ac-
cordance with moral prples. In
order to understand how difficult this
was you must remember that the in-
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very undeveloped and childlike. Even
supposing it haul been safe for the
Hebrews to travel by the shorter route
, t., Canaan, they themselves were not
j fit to enter upon their inheritance so
r0 soon. As it was, during all those
years of journeying and temporary
A I settlement in the desert Moses haul
plenty of time and opportunity to pre- I
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.T'ill of existence. That desert, chit
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safe passage
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