#the exodus begins

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.

12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

14 “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance. 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.

17 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. 18 In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19 For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”

21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.

29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

The Exodus

31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!” 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians.

37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt. 42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.

Passover Restrictions

43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal:

“No foreigner may eat it. 44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him, 45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.

46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it. 49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.”

50 All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions. — Exodus 12 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Genesis 15:14; Genesis 17:12-13; Genesis 24:53; Genesis 39:21; Genesis 47:11; Exodus 3:8; Exodus 4:23; Exodus 4:31; Exodus 6:1-2; Exodus 6:26; Exodus 10:2; Exodus 10:9; Exodus 13:3-4; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 13:9-10; Exodus 16:1; Exodus 16:19; Exodus 29:13; Numbers 9:4; Deuteronomy 11:20; 1 Samuel 5:12; Psalm 51:7; Matthew 13:33; Matthew 26:17; Mark 14:1; Luke 2:41; Luke 2:43; John 19:31; John 19:33; John 19:36; Acts 7:6; Acts 7:36; Acts 13:17; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 11:27-28; Jude 1:5

The Passover

Key Passages in Exodus 12

1. The beginning of the year is changed 3. The Passover is instituted 11. The import of the rite of the Passover 15. Unleavened bread 29. The firstborn are slain 31. The Israelites are driven out of the land 37. They come to Succoth 41. The time of their sojourning 43. The ordinance of the Passover

[iwantofall]

TO LOVE IS TO SACRIFICE

[exodus-au]

Prologue - Sky's escape

The story begins - Sky escapes the Hylian nebula.

(1215 words)

“Come on you damn ship plot the coordinates already…” His hands danced over the controls in front of him. Trained hands and eyes dodging and weaving through black sparks of energy as the ship spiralled through the space in front of him. The yellows that danced across his viewfinder slowly faded as he forced his ship further and further into the dark of the expanse.

“Master” A familiar chime across his implant echoed through his mind as Fi sprung to life. “I detect hull damage; our attackers appear to be targeting your engines.” Her voice was cool and collected as she had been for so long. The calm in the torrent storm that was in his mind after allowing himself to be convinced by Sol to recon the planet.

A shot hit home, and he felt the impact force the ship forward ever so slightly. Sending his body forward, he flapped his wings to steady his footing before opening another panel. Allowing the command chamber to expand. Reds and blues danced through his vision as he lifted himself off the ground. Wings spread wind as anger erupted through his core. “Alright, You damn D3 assassin’s. Come here.

“Fi I’m commencing Symbiotic connection” With the press of a button on the controls, gold holographic feathers began to spiral around him.

They danced across his body as he could feel the controls of the ship echo through his soul. The ship was now his body. A symbiotic bond formed.

With a flap of his wings, he spun around and performed an aerial flip. The ship followed his movements as he closed the gap between himself and his attacker. Settling the ship behind him he raised an arm, forcing a feather into his palm as he went. Slashing it in front of him the ship followed his movements. Huge mechanical claws Slashed across the viewfinder as they cut into the Ship in front of him. Splitting it in half as he rose, forcing the ship to rise with him. Before releasing the control for the weapons and forcing the ship to accelerate instead.

His head began to throb.

“Master you must release the symbiotic control.” Fi’s voice echoed through his head again.  As he continued to push through the throbbing in his head. “You are unable to maintain that state for long.”

Don’t remind me…

“They are trying to stop me from escaping.” He flapped his wings again, the ship steadily increasing in its acceleration as he continued to dodge fire from his now less-of-a-problem group of attackers.  “They are trying to box me in.”

His eyes scanned the dark expanse of space moving his body left then right, dodging and weaving the laser fire as he continued ever onward. The comforting yellows fading out to deep black and purple.

“I know master. But you must stop.” Her voice seemed more insistent. “Go back to standard controls.”

Nope… He looked over to the controls again. The SC Drive wasn’t fully charged but it would be soon. Another impact forced the ship to lurch again, the sudden movement in the space around him forced him to the ground. Sending the ship into a free dive as he attempted to stand.

“Master. Maintaining full symbiotic control over the ship while you also must do so for your wings will lead to exhaustion. You risk your life by continuing this course of action.” Her steady voice the sound of reason in his mind as emotions rocked through him.

His head hurt… His eyes stung.

His eyes flashed over the controls one by one. “Can't lead him to the fleet…” He was trapped, he would die and he would fail and his people would die. “Can’t take him to Skyloft…” His hands stilled as laser fire rocked the ship again. The throbbing in his head was more prominent.

“Master.”

He paused. Before releasing the feathers from his body. Allowing them to fade as he landed gently on the ground. One hand to the floor while the other held his head.

“Fi…”

“I have already taken limited control of the ship to allow you time to recover.”

“Sol said there was some sort of government on the other side of the expanse…” Standing he pulled up a map, allowing it to flicker to life as the sounds of explosions echoed through his ears. Spotting a collection of planets.

“Farore’s core… Farores core…” He hastily said as he opened up a panel. His hands shook. “I have to.. I have to.”

“Spiral charge drive almost charged Master Celestial Sphere.” Fi’s voice echoed through his head again. A wave of calm washed over his body as the lights of alarm bells rang through the ship. Warning lights and ship warnings echoed through the air.

“I told you to call me Sky…” He mumbled.

‘Fire detected in engine bay two.’

His head turned rapidly to the right before he scanned the control panel once again. It now flashing a shade of orange. “Then you better hurry it up, take power from other systems if you must I don’t know…”

He was cut off by the sound of an explosion. “Dammit!”

“Master, I detect multiple impacts. We can't take much more damage.”

‘Left hand wing integrity at 23%’

“I know… I know…” He worked over the controls faster entering final coordinates as a green nebula appeared on the viewfinder. And a marker indicating the planet. Or at least he hoped it was a planet. Appeared.

“Master coordinates set for Farore’s core. Spiral charge core online, we must depart the Hylian nebula if we are to survive.”

“Then let's get out of here!” With the wave of his hand he opened the system to confirm the jump. Thumping it with his fist. It flashed green twice, then a voice sounded over the internal ship systems.

‘Spiral charge launching, destination Castle, Farore’s core.’

“I’ll come back my rising sun, We’ll take back bolt from Demise. We have too…”

The viewfinder stretched the stars as they began to spiral around his vision. Forming a tunnel which the ship hurried through. The sounds of laser fire fading to the stars as he felt the tunnel close behind them.

He released the breath he was holding as the alarms continued to flare.

‘Fire detected in engine bay four’

“Fi! Send a distress call to the nearest planet when we exit. I don’t think I’m going to be awake for.”

CRASH

The ship lurched, throwing the Skyloftian from his pedestal. The he registered the crack of something as he hit the steel walls. He could hear alarms as the world around him spun. A warm substance dripped down the side of his face. He could feel his wings had become detached… The remainders of the mounting device in pieces besides him.

Fi… He tried to call through the noise.

‘Warning spiral charge core offline, course not completed, planetary destination changed’

That wasn’t good…

‘Warning, engines two and four are offline, unable to course correct.’

Prepare for emergency declaration procedures.

Deceleration procedures failed.

Collision imminent

‘Fire in engine bays four through seven.’

Fi… I… need… cover…

Collision imminent

‘Hull damage in sectors one seven and nine.’

Fi… help…

Collision imminent

‘Life support systems on emergency power’

Collision imminent

Fi…

And his world went dark.

[hoyotunes]

Exodus of the Five Dragons from Experience the Paths Vol. 1 Laetus.L, HOYO-MiX

[chaobu]

I've given my blog a fresh coat of paint (changed out the banner and icon I've been using since 2017) and I feel ready to use it again!

I'll probably be over here more often given the situation happening on twitter lol.

[aniseandspearmint]

Anyone got recs for other language apps or sites?

There ARE still alternatives to Duolingo right?

Heads up to not use Duolingo or to cease using it

In December 2023 they laid off a huge percentage of their translation teams, replacing them with ai and having the remaining members review the ai translations to make sure the translations are “acceptable” (Note how they use the world acceptable and not accurate)

Link to the tweet that informed me of this:

https://x.com/rahll/status/1744234385891594380?s=46&t=a5vK0RLlkgqk-CTqc0Gvvw

If you’re a current user prepare for an uptick in translations errors as I’ve already seen people in the comments say they’ve noticed

[angelkwill]

Do You See What I See?

“Once Upon A Time…”always leads to “The End”showing but a fragment of the whole. For all beginnings are birthed out of endings,and all endings birth new beginnings. If it always is to be, it always has been.Do you see what this means?From beginning to end. The Christ-mas story is so much morethat what many real-ize. He who has eyes let him see.He who has ears let him hear. Gen-esis is a…

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

The Tenth Inspector’s theme song ‘Salve, Decem’ from ‘The Hanukkah Exodus’

was later reworked as ‘Farewell, Ten’ for his swansong in ‘The Beginning of Space’.

[mrevilgoose]

REJOICE EVERYONE!!

twitter has become even worse cuz elon fucked up again!!

hopefully it dies now cuz itd be funny but itll probably not :(

[deeisace]

signature two reordering complete!

food break and then we’ll start the third one!

[iwantofall]

а это все!

[bdkinz]

Prayer before Prayer

Every so often, it is important to come back to certain basics of spiritual growth as a means of reflection. Perhaps, even more than that, it is important to habituate ourselves in practices that enhance our spirituality while at the same time finding ways to make the habits into something that continues to feel new. One of those is the opening words of the Amidah, ה’ שפתי תפתח ופי יגיד…

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

before you talk to Christians about texts or events "predating" Christianity, you need to understand that Christians do not view our religion as beginning with the incarnation of Christ. Christians view our religion as beginning with Adam & Eve, continuing with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, etc., all to foreshadow Christ.

We believe the Old Testament is AS IMPORTANT to the Christian faith as the New Testament. We do not see them as separate stories, they are together telling the same story. We don't view the Old Testament as "the Jewish part" and the New Testament as "the Christian part." To the Christian, the story of the Exodus is a Christian story. To the Christian, the story of the Babylonian Exile is a Christian story.

Christianity is entirely about continuity. The covenant God made with Abraham is fulfilled in the covenant Christ made with us.

[druidshollow]

Was holding off on showing this off but now that I have a (hopeful) date chosen to start publishing the comic, you can have the cover page!

I already made it my banner so some people have probably seen it but here's the whole thing!

Rain World: Exodus is going to launch sometime in the beginning of November! I'm very passionate about the comic and I hope you guys are excited too!

The comic will be presented mostly in the sketchy style of the ones I post here, but quite a bit of it will be lined and coloured as well. It's going to be a pretty slow burn but I'm just so excited to share it with you guys. The characters and story really mean a lot to me

I'll be hosting on Comicfury, probably exclusively unless I find another venue I like. I might consider making a sideblog on here for updates as well

[gwiazdaerydanu]

Exodus Clip: The Fear of God Is the Beginning of Wisdom

[scalytunster]

This is not an exodus, is it? More of a beginning.

And of course...

Bonus :D