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MANGA MELECH
By Joshua Ginter
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Copyright © 2010 NEXT
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4143-1683-3
Chapter One
FOR 400 YEARS, THE ISRAELITES WERE SLAVES IN EGYPT. THEN GOD SENT MOSES TO LEAD, THEM TO FREEDOM.
1. Journey to Sinai
THE LORD GOD PROMISED THEM THEY WOULD ENTER THE LAND OF CANAAN-A LAND OF PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND REST. BUT EVERY DAY THE JOURNEY SEEMED TO GROW MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.
MOSES ...
WHAT IS THIS PLACE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?
MOUNT SINAI ...
WHERE THE LORD FIRST SPOKE TO ME.
WHAT?!
WH- WHY AREN'T WE GOING STRAIGHT TO CANAAN?
THIS ROAD IS TERRIBLE ... DO YOU THINK HE REALLY KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GOING?
I DON'T KNOW ...
BUT MY FAMILY CAN'T SURVIVE THIS AIMLESS WANDERING ...
AND I'M STARING!
I CAN'T BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE!
THEY JUST GOT OUT OF EGYPT, AND THEY'RE ALREADY COMPLAINING ...
PATIENCE, MY BROTHER ...
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN ROBBED OF HONOR AND DIGNITY FOR 400 YEARS ...
IT'S HARD TO EE STRONG.
THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND ...
...
BUT MOSES, THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING SERIOUS ...
ALL THE FOOD IS GONE AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT!
MIRIAM, DON'T EE AFRAID ...
GOD KNOWS, AND HE WILL PROVIDE.
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ...
I KNOW YOU'RE AFRAID ...
BUT YOU MUST LEARN THAT THE LORD WILL EE YOUR PROVIDER!
THIS EVENING, YOU WILL EE SATISFIED WITH MEAT, AND IN THE MORNING, BREAD!
LOOK!
QUAIL!
HOORAY!!
THE NEXT MORNING, A LAYER OF DEW COVERED THE CAMP. AND WHEN IT DRIED ...
EH?
WHAT'S THIS WHITE, FLAKY STUFF?
THIS IS THE BREAD THE LORD PROMISED.
GATHER AS MUCH AS YOU NEED FOR ONE DAY ...
BUT DON'T KEEP ANY OF IT OVECNIGHT.
MMMM ... IT'S GOOD!
TASTES LIKE CRACKERS AND HONEY.
ON THE SIXTH DAY, GATHER TWICE AS MUCH ...
BECAUSE THE SEVENTH DAY WILL EE A DAY OF REST AND THERE WILL EE NOTHING IN THE FIELDS.
THE PEOPLE CALLED THE FOOD "MANNA," WHICH I MEANS "WHAT IS IT?" IT APPEARED SIX DAYS A WEEK, OUST AS MOSES I SAID IT WOULD. BUT SOON ...
MOSES!
WE NEED WATER, NOW!
WE HAVE CHILDREN TO CARE FOR!
WHY ARE YOU ANGRY WITH ME?
IT'S THE LORD GOD YOU'RE COMPLAINING AGAINST!
BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT THE LORO GAVE THEM WATER.
HE CARED FOR ALL THEIR NEEDS. AND WHEN A FIGHT WOULD ARISE AMONG THE PEOPLE ...
GOD USES MOSES AS A JUDGE BETWEEN J THEM.
THIS WAS A BIG JOB.
MOSES ... IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR YOU, HASN'T IT?
YOU KNOW, AARON AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU MORE ...
MIRIAM, THANK YOU ...
BUT THE LORD GAVE ME THIS WORK, AND ...
MOSES!
YOU'VE GOT VISITORS!
HUH? WHO ...
THERE YOU ARE, MOSES ...
MY SON.
ZIPPORAH!!
MOSES!
GEERSHOM ... ELIEZER ... IT'S YOU!
DAD!
MY FATHER, JETHRO ...
WELCOME!
WHO?
IT'S MOSES' FAMILY, AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW FROM MIDIAN.
WELL ...
THEN IT IS REALLY TRUE ...
YOU HAVE BROUGHT A PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM.
A MIGHTY WORK OF GOD.
PRAISE GOD!
HE BROUGHT ABOUT JUSTICE BY HIS MIGHTY HAND ...
YOUR GOD, MY SON ...
IS TRULY THE GREATEST OF ALL GODS!
MOSES, I AM ASTOUNDED BY THE SIZE OF YOUR CAMP ...
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THE LORD RESCUE FROM EGYPT?
THE MEN ALONE NUMBER ABOUT 600,000 ...
WHA- MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE?!
YES. AND ALL OF THEM ARE CHILDREN OF OUR ANCESTOR ABRAHAM.
ABRAHAM'S GRANDSON ISRAEL HAD 12 SONS ...
AND WE ARE THEIR CHILDREN, THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
THE TRIBES OF REUBEN, SIMEON, LEVI, JUDAH ...
AND OF ...
ZEBULLIN, ISSACHAR, DAN ...
GAD, ASHER, AND NAPHTALI.
THE TWO TRIBES OF MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, FROM JOSEPH ...
AND THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN.
AND NOW I MUST BRING ALL OF THEM TO CANAAN, THE LAND GOD PROMISED TO OUR FOREFATHERS YEARS AGO.
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(Continues...)
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