The Bible In Paintings, #26: MOSES, Part 4 – THE PEOPLE GO, EXODUS!

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[Hebrews 11:6]

THE PEOPLE GO!

E X O D U S . . 1 2 New International Version, emphases added
Abridged – the complete text is in your Bible

31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!” 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians.

37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt.

“Pharoah Ordering the Israelites Out of Egypt”
Manuscript Illumination From The Golden Haggadah, Spain c.1320

by JAMES TISSOT
“Pharaoh Sueth to Moses”

by GUSTAV DORÉ
“The Egyptians Urge Moses to Depart”

“The Israelites Despoiling the Egyptians” – Golden Hagaddah, 14th Century

by AHUVA KLEIN
“The Israelites Prepare to Leave Egypt”

by CECIL B. DEMILLE
“The Ten Commandments”

by JOHANN HEISS
“The Israelites Leaving Egypt”

by DAVID ROBERTS
“Departure of the Israelites”

by GRIGORY MEKHEEV
“Exodus”

by YORAM RAANAN
“The Jews Leave Egypt”

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PILLAR OF CLOUD & FIRE

EXODUS 13
17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.

19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”

20 After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. 21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

by CECIL B. DEMILLE
“The Ten Commandments”

“The Pillars of Cloud and Fire”

by JAMES TISSOT
“The Exodus”

by PAUL HARDY
“The Pillar of Fire”

by PATRICK REYNTIENS
All Saints Church, Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, England

“The Pillar of Cloud”……….....………… “The Pillar of Fire”
North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church, North Carolina
To enjoy their magnificent 18 other windows, click here

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Again, here is the Bing page "THE EXODUS IN ART”,
showing various painters' and glassmakers’ conceptions.
Several shown here are serious works worthy of interest,
by unknown artists except as noted.

Also, here are links to compendia of three masters
who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANT van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
(241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours)

JAMES TISSOT

Finally, here are links to the
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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!

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SNEAK PEEK: Next time,

PARTING THE RED SEA

[Hebrews 11:6]

At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" for my own amusement and learning, and I thought others might enjoy it, too. My intent is to proceed methodically left-to right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all.. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us! But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 42 years ago).

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[TheConservativeParty]

Thank you for posting. Always enjoy these threads.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Always enjoy these threads.

[TheConservativeParty]

Not sure if you have a ping list, but if so, I’d like to be added to the list.
Thanks again

[Hebrews 11:6]

It’s advertised in post #2, just above your post. And you’re now on it. Welcome aboard!

[TheConservativeParty]

Thank you! 🙂

[Hebrews 11:6]

Did you notice the link below the bottom pair of stained-glass windows? It really is worth a look. Don’t know how the doctrine and teaching is there, but the building is amazing: sort of a modern American, though more modest, version of the French cathedrals in Amiens and Chartres.

[TheConservativeParty]

Just checked it out. Magnificent!
I like the Fire and Cloud stained glass you featured on the thread.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Both of those churches saw the wisdom in putting them side-by-side. To sit there staring at those awesome symbols of God’s protection and guidance....

[freepertoo]

I’ve often wondered if the pillars of cloud and fire were actually God’s glory, much as the burning Bush was not actually a flame.

[left that other site]

Excellent! :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Bingo! My memory is that, at some point, the text explicitly makes it clear that’s exactly what the pillar was, I think a bit later in connection with the pillar’s presence at the Tabernacle. I shall be on the lookout for that and report to you once I find it.

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