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Desert Experience


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God provided for the people’s

survival in the desert but thepeople continued complainingto him.


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The Manna is a substanceproduced by the action of insectson tamarisk bushes.The Quails pause to rest in the

Sinai region during migration andare easily caught for food.


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These are nevertheless the gifts ofGod for their survival but then the

people continued to complain whohave been used to a comparativeluxury of life in gypt. The people of

God are not slow to complain as they !ourney to the mountain of God.


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Three months after they had beenfreed from the gyptians" the#sraelites reached Mt. Sinai.


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There Moses was summoned

by God to givehis messagethat as a people

they are boundto God by acovenant"

re$uiring themto behaveaccording tocertain laws


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The Sinai

covenantdemanded thepeople of #srael

to behave asGod’s peopleunder God’s

laws andconditions.


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xodus %&'( "the peopleratified the

covenant ')*e will doeverything

that the +ordhas told us.,


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They became onenation and united

in God as theyshared in thesprinkling of the blood of the lambon the altar and onthe people.#srael’s obedience

to the covenant was the basis ofen!oying life with

God.


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Still the people complaint of thehardships encountered in the desert andso God punished them by wandering for

forty years in the desert and some arestuck dead by God. The people who cameout of gypt were not worthy to see

promises of God to be fulfilled.


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Some of these experiences'

The Golden -alf ebellion at /adesh the people chose somebody to lead

them back to gyptMiriam and 0aron rebelled against

Moses The 1ron2e Serpent


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The desert experiences provided#srael the knowledge of their ownGod. *ho 3ahweh is and his

character. 3ahweh shown 4imselfas a 5rovidential God who providesthe needs of his people while they

were still in their !ourney towardsthe 5romised +and.


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The desert experiences of the

people of #srael helped them toform themselves as a communityand a nation with commonexperiences bound together by the

covenant with God. Theirconscience were form to care forthe poor" liberation of slaves and

particular sensitivity to foreigners.These were traces of early socialawareness of the people of #srael.


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6id your ever know of a lawless

society76id you hear news of pirates inSomalia abducting seamen passingalong the gulf near their country7

5erhaps you heard what kind ofgovernment do they have in theircountry7 -an you comment on this7

8n the other hand why did you sign thecontract in your Student 4andbook7


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*hat is expected of you when yousigned the Student 4andbook7

follow and obey the rules andregulations of the institution

behave and act as expected by the

institution share in the vision9mission of theinstitution

to accept the penalties stipulated inthe policies of the institution whenever violations are committed by misconduct or misbehaviour.


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ules and regulations are meant for the

common good and at the same time theyexpress the ideals of the institution.These rules and regulations are

commonly known as laws thatprescribed ways and means by which we are to conduct ourselves in relationto others. They imply a certain kind of

moral behaviour. +et us now examinehow God and #srael enter into acovenant law.


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Moses wasregarded as the

great 4ebrewlawgiver andleader who led the

#sraelites out ofslavery in gypt tothe land of-anaan" wherethey settled as anorgani2ed nation.


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The 1iblicalaccounts showthat in the thirdmonth after thexodus" Moses

went to the peakof a mountain inthe Sinai desert

while his people were encamped atthe foot of thismountain.


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There he receivedthe moral law fortheir communitylife" the Ten-ommandments"

which became the basis of what laterknown as the

Mosaic law" or theTorah.

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The function of theMosaic law was to

make known the willof God to his people.#t was not regardedas ordinary law" butas the explicitexpression of the willof God demanded by

the -ovenant? the basis for thecommunity life of

#srael.


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The Ten-ommandments

served as guidefor decisionsabout what wasright and wrong.The Mosaic law

was the centraland the

distinguishingmark of the@ewish religion.


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B#8+0T#8A58M8T#8A

:Cpholding the-ommandment>

Dirst

“I , the Lord, amyour God. You shallnot have other gods

beside Me.”

God as first

priority

#dolatry"

materialism

/nowing and loving

God" gratitude forall his blessings

Second

“You shall not takethe name of the Lord, in vain.”

espect forGod’s name"sacred persons"places" thingsand events

1lasphemy"inattentiveness inprayer

1ehaving properlyin -hurch andduring prayertimes" not usingreligion for selfishmotives

Third

“Remember to keepholy the abbath

day.”

Sunday worshipand rest Aon9observance ofSunday obligation -elebrating Sundayliturgy" havingfamily bonding andhealthy leisure time


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B#8+0T#8A 58M8T#8A:Cpholding the-ommandment>

Dourth

“!onor your fatherand your mother.”

espect for5arents andlegitimateauthority

6isrespect"disobedience"taking parentsfor granted

especting andfollowing one’sparents" helpingin household

chores

Difth

“ You shall not kill.”

espect forlife

Suicide"smoking"fighting

Taking care ofone’s health

Sixth

“You shall not"ommit adultery.”

espect forsexuality as aGod9given gift

#ndecentexposure"pornography

especting girls


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B#8+0T#8A 58M8T#8A:Cpholding the

-ommandment>

Seventh

)You shall notsteal.”

espect forprivateproperty"

!ustice andstewardship

Stealing" vandalism"and cheating

Taking care of borrowed books"observing wastesegregation

ighth

“You shall not bear false #itness against

your neighbour.”

Good name"reputation"truthfulness

+ying"gossiping"slander

Giving sincerecompliments" beingtruthful in thought"

word and deed

Ainth

“You shall not "ovetyour neighbour$s

#ife.”

-lean thoughts +ust Turning away fromtemptations


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B#8+0T#8A 58M8T#8A:Cpholding the

-ommandment>

Tenth

“You shall not "ovet

your neighbour$sgoods.”

Simplicity"gratitude forone’s blessings

nvy" discontentfor what one has

1eing for thesuccess ofothers" not

showing offone’s wealth orprivileges