Table of Contents

Louis Ginzberg

PREFACE

THE LONG ROUTE

PHARAOH PURSUES THE HEBREWS

THE SEA DIVIDED

THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EGYPTIANS

THE SONG AT THE SEA

THE AWFUL DESERT

THE HEAVENLY FOOD

MIRIAM'S WELL

AMALEK'S WAR AGAINST ISRAEL

AMALEK DEFEATED

JETHRO

THE INSTALLATION OF ELDERS

JETHRO REWARDED

THE TIME IS AT HAND

THE GENTILES REFUSE THE TORAH

THE CONTEST OF THE MOUNTAINS

THE TORAH OFFERED TO ISRAEL

ISRAEL PREPARES FOR THE REVELATION

THE REVELATION ON MOUNT SINAI

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT

THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS REVEALED ON SINAI

THE UNITY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

MOSES CHOSEN AS INTERMEDIATOR

MOSES AND THE ANGELS STRIVE FOR THE TORAH

MOSES RECEIVES THE TORAH

THE GOLDEN CALF

MOSES BLAMED FOR ISRAEL'S SIN

THE PUNISHMENT OF THE SINNERS

MOSES INTERCEDES FOR THE PEOPLE

THE INSCRUTABLE WAYS OF THE LORD

THE THIRTEEN ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

THE SECOND TABLES

THE CENSUS OF THE PEOPLE

THE ERECTION OF THE TABERNACLE COMMANDED

THE MATERIALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TABERN…

BEZALEL

THE ARK WITH THE CHERUBIM

THE TABLE AND THE CANDLESTICK

THE ALTAR

THE SYMBOLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TABERNACLE

THE PRIESTLY ROBES

THE STONES IN THE BREASTPLATE

THE COMPLETION OF THE TABERNACLE

THE SETTING UP OF THE TABERNACLE

THE CONSECRATION OF THE PRIESTS

THE DAY OF THE TEN CROWNS

THE INTERRUPTED JOY

THE GIFTS OF THE PRINCES

THE REVELATIONS IN THE TABERNACLE

THE CLEANSING OF THE CAMP

THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLESTICK

THE TWELVE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES

THE CENSUS OF THE LEVITES

THE FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE LEVITES

THE FOUR STANDARDS

THE CAMP

THE BLASPHEMER AND THE SABBATH-BREAKER

THE UNGRATEFUL MULTITUDE

THE FLESH-POTS OF EGYPT

THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SEVENTY ELDERS

ELDAD AND MEDAD

THE QUAILS

AARON AND MIRIAM SLANDER MOSES

MIRIAM'S PUNISHMENT

THE SENDING OF THE SPIES

SIGNIFICANT NAMES

THE SPIES IN PALESTINE

THE SLANDEROUS REPORT

THE NIGHT OF TEARS

INGRATITUDE PUNISHED

THE YEARS OF DISFAVOR

THE REBELLION OF KORAH

KORAH ABUSES MOSES AND THE TORAH

MOSES PLEADS IN VAIN WITH KORAH

ON AND THE THREE SONS OF KORAH SAVED

ISRAEL CONVINCED OF AARON'S PRIESTHOOD

THE WATERS OF MERIBAH

MOSES' ANGER CAUSES HIS DOOM

EDOM'S UNBROTHERLY ATTITUDE TOWARD ISRAEL

THE THREE SHEPHERDS

PREPARING AARON FOR IMPENDING DEATH

THE FALSE FRIENDS

THE BRAZEN SERPENT

AT ARNON

SIHON, THE KING OF THE AMORITES

THE GIANT OG

MOSES' SPEECH OF ADMONITION

BALAK, KING OF MOAB

BALAAM, THE HEATHEN PROPHET

BALAK'S MESSENGERS TO BALAAM

BALAAM'S ASS

BALAAM WITH BALAK

BALAAM EXTOLS ISRAEL

BALAAM'S HOPES DISAPPOINTED

CURSES TURNED TO BLESSINGS

BALAAM'S WICKED COUNSEL

PHINEHAS, ZEALOUS FOR GOD

TWELVE MIRACLES

PHINEHAS REWARDED

THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD

MOSES' LEGACY TO JOSHUA

MOSES' LAST CAMPAIGN

THE COMPLETE ANNIHILATION OF MIDIAN

THE GRUESOME END OF BALAAM

THE VICTORIOUS RETURN FROM THE WAR

WEALTH THAT BRINGETH DESTRUCTION

MOSES' DEATH IRREVOCABLY DOOMED

MOSES' PRAYER FOR SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT

GOD TRIES TO COMFORT MOSES CONCERNING HIS DEATH

THE INTERCESSIONS FOR MOSES

MOSES SERVES JOSHUA

THE LAST DAY OF MOSES' LIFE

MOSES BEHOLDS THE FUTURE

MOSES MEETS THE MESSIAH IN HEAVEN

THE LAST HOURS OF MOSES

THE BLESSING OF MOSES

MOSES PRAYS FOR DEATH

SAMAEL CHASTISED BY MOSES

GOD KISSES MOSES' SOUL

THE MOURNING FOR MOSES

SAMAEL'S VAIN SEARCH

MOSES EXCELS ALL PIOUS MEN