'When Israel went out of Egypt' retells the Exodus in compressed, almost surreal poetic imagery, mountains skipping like rams and the sea fleeing at the sight of God. Compressing a national origin story into eight verses of pure imagery is a distinct...
Historical & Cultural<b>a people of a strange tongue</b> With another language, which is not the Holy Tongue. A similar expression is (Isa. 33:19): “A people of a strange tongue you shall not see, a people of speech too obscure, etc.” The “nun” and the “lammed” are inter...
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