World English Bible · Egypt and Sinai
Deuteronomy 33
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This is the with which the the before his . He said, " came from Sinai, and rose from to them. He shone from Mount . He came from the ten thousands of . At his was a law for them. Yes, he loves the people. All his are in your hand. They sat down at your feet. Each receives your words. commanded us a law, an for of . He was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. "Let live, and not ; Nor let his men be few." This is for Judah. He said, "Hear, , the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his ." About he said, "Your and your are with your godly one, whom you proved at , with whom you contended at the waters of . He said of his , and of his mother, 'I have not seen him.' He didn't his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your . They shall teach your , and Israel . They shall put before you, and whole burnt offering on your . , his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not ." About he said, "The beloved of will in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders." About he said, "His land is by , for the precious things of , for the , for the deep that couches beneath, for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield, for the best things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the hills, for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let this come on the head of , on the of the head of him who was separated from his brothers. Majesty belongs to of his herd. His are the of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of . They are the thousands of ." About he said, "Rejoice, , in your going out; and , in your tents. They will call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer of , for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden of the sand." About Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is . He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the of the head. He provided the first part for himself, for the lawgiver's was reserved for him. He came with the heads of the people. He executed the of , His with Israel." About Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of ." About he said, ", satisfied with , full of , Possess the west and the south." About Asher he said, "Asher is with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil. Your bars will be iron and bronze. As your days, so your strength will be. "There is no one like , Jeshurun, who rides on for your help, in his excellency on the skies. The is your . Underneath are the arms. He thrust out from before you, and said, 'Destroy!' Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of alone, In a land of grain and . Yes, his drop down . You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people by , the shield of your help, of your excellency? Your will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their ."
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The world at this moment · Egypt and Sinai, 1450 BC to 1200 BC ›
Israel in and then out of Egypt, at a period when Egypt was an imperial power that also controlled Canaan. The nation is formed as a people with a law before it has any land.
- Egypt
- The New Kingdom at its imperial peak, with a professional army, a chariot corps, and control reaching up through Canaan. Ramesses II reigns for sixty-six years and covers the country in monuments to himself. Egyptian power in this period is the reason Canaan is garrisoned rather than free.
- The Hittites
- The other superpower, in what is now Turkey, and Egypt's rival for the Levant. The two fight the largest chariot battle of the ancient world at Kadesh, then sign a treaty whose text survives from both sides. Hittite treaty form, with its historical prologue, stipulations, witnesses, blessings, and curses, is the shape the Sinai covenant takes, which is one of the stronger arguments for the antiquity of that material.
- The Aegean
- Mycenaean Greece: warrior kings in stone citadels at Mycenae and Pylos, keeping palace accounts in Linear B. The world of the Trojan War stories, whatever lies behind them.
- Further afield
- The Shang dynasty in China is casting extraordinary bronzes and writing questions to its ancestors on ox bones. In Mesoamerica the Olmec are beginning the first civilisation of the Americas.