After spending 430 years in abject poverty and enslaved by the Egyptian monarchy, the Israelites were desperately crying out to God for the deliverance promised by Joseph in Genesis 50:25. Moses and the IsraelitesĪlthough the book of Exodus opens over four centuries after the end of its predecessor Genesis, it picks up right where Genesis left off. Whether you're looking for a new topic for your next Bible study at an assisted living community under the Bethesda Senior Living Communities umbrella or just wanting to explore the Old Testament on your own time, Moses and the Israelites is a good place to start. But it has many interesting stories and lessons that we can learn. The Old Testament is part of the Bible we may not often turn to in favor of comforting Psalms or tidbits about Jesus' life in the Gospels.
