1.16 Exodus IV: Origins of the Old Israelite Religion

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 October 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The major festivals of Judaism are created, the Tent of Meeting is designed, and the priesthood under Aaron established. God is outraged when the feckless Aaron makes two idols, but in an astonishing display of nepotism, Moses lets Aaron off the hook and instead consigns 3,000 Israelites to death. We also find the real Ten Commandments: they are not what you think.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Gary Stevens, and welcome to the History in the Bible podcast.
0:24.8	All the history, in all the books, in all the Bibles.
0:27.9	Thank you. Episode 1.16.
0:44.0	Origins of the Old Israelite Religion.
0:47.6	In the last episode, I left off in the middle of the Book of the Covenant,
0:53.0	the three chapters of laws that follow God's appearance on Mount Sinai.
0:58.2	Many of the laws in these chapters are concerned with property rights and livestock disputes,
1:04.7	matters of importance to the Bronze Age Israelites.
1:08.4	Mixed in with the rules on how to deal with an ox that has fallen into a pit
1:12.7	are some of great compassion. The Israelites are enjoined not to oppress strangers,
1:19.8	for they themselves were strangers in Egypt. And there is this from the Schocken Bible
1:25.5	translation. Quote, Exodus 2221. is this from the shock in bible translation quote exodus 22 21 any widow or orphan you are not to afflict
1:34.4	oh if you afflict them afflict them for then they will cry cry out to me and i will hearken hearken to their
1:42.4	cry my anger will flare up and I will kill you with the sword
1:47.1	so that your wives become widows and your children orphans.
1:52.6	End quote.
1:54.9	One law you never ever hear mentioned by Wall Street financiers is the very next one.
2:01.5	Quote, Exodus 2224,
2:06.1	If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you,
2:10.9	do not act toward them as a creditor.
2:13.8	Exact no interest from them.
2:16.5	If you take your neighbour's garment in pledge,
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