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The Original Ten Commandments Page 2 You can't imagine my surprise when the teacher said, "Wrong!" He asked me to open my Bible and read Genesis 7:2-3 -- Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female: of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Was it two of every kind or 14 of some kinds? There it was in black and white, in my Bible, and I had never seen it before. It was at that moment that I discovered the power of religious traditions and childhood religious training. If there is another Bible story that is as well known as the Noah story -- it is the story of the Ten Commandments. It is another one of those things that I would never have thought to question -- so, while rereading the story in Exodus, it was no surprise that it brought back old memories of my Bible College experience with Noah. Get your Bible out so you can follow along as we retrace the footsteps of Moses up and down Mount Sinai so we can see if our long held beliefs line up with the account recorded in our Bible. The Journey of Moses The traditional account of the Ten Commandments is
found in Exodus 20:1-17. The
immediate context of the account begins at Exodus 19:1 -- In
the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of
Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. Look at the map below and locate the area called "Sinai" and look below it and between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aquaba you will find the traditional location of Mt. Sinai. You can see by the arrows what is thought to be the path of Moses' journey. Of course we have to add the 40-years of wandering in the wilderness before entering the new land. Now let's see exactly where Moses goes and what he does.
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