Jacob lived and died faithfully and left the twelve famous, but not so obedient or moral sons to pass on the blessings to the future generations.
These twelve sons and 58 dependants moved temporarily to Egypt to weather out a famine which came upon Canaan, under the protection of the visionary estranged brother Zaphenath-Paneah, better known as Joseph, who rose to the highest rank in service to thePharoah of Egypt, as harvest produce supremo.
This minor migration was part of the plan to start revealing the nature, power, and authority of the soon to be published name of almighty God, Jehovah.
His name, well known in heaven by angelic and demon forces was not revealed to humans, till the time of the great exodus of the Hebrews, out of Egypt, calledby them the Habiru.
Jehovahs power was soon shown in his humbling of all the false gods of Egypt, whose nation had imprisoned the descendants of Jacob, to use as tied labour.
Moses, a son of the Habiru who was raised up in the Egyptian court, finally led them out of Egypt, in the face of impotent priestly and royal opposition.
The Egyptians suffered continious plagues of destruction, including the death of their firstborn.
They died despite the imploring of the various priests, to the gods of their temples, including the highly venerated Amun - Ra, which may have then contributed to their temporary change to a monotheistic worship, that of a single god, the Aten of Armarna fame, of pharoah Akhen-aten.
Moses led them out of Egypt on a route to the promised land of Canaan.
On the border of this land, Moses sent out spies to check out the land and the forces that might be arrayed against them.
The spies were in the land of Canaan for 4o days and when they returned they gave an account of what they saw there, a land flowing with milk and honey with a great many fortified towns and strong military units protecting them.
The majority of the spies were for moving on to find another more softer target, out of fear of these formidible foes.
Jehovah was incensed by them and their lack of faith, especially after all the signs and wonders given in Egypt, to deliver them, and so he punished them, the faithless ones with a year in the wilderness for every day of their spying out the land.
Forty years were spent out in the wilderness. A year for every day.
Over time Moses gave them the rules and laws to live by such as the ten commandents and the priestly law to sacrifice daily 2 lambs. One in the morning and the other in the evening with some olive oil, flour, and wine. This was to be the daily sacrifice, the constant feature.
After moses had passed away, they were advised to follow the instructions of their guiding angel, Joshua 5 :13 and 1st corinthians 10 : 4, and it was at this time that Archangel Michael had a dispute with satan over the body of Moses, Jude verse 8, in which Michael refused to be goaded by Satan into losing his temper, or relinquishing the body, possibly to prevent an unauthorised shrine being built for Moses to be worshipped at. The dead body of Moses was of no use to him now, as he had already obtained a new spritual one as a member of the elite elders council, one of the twenty four.
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