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Exodus


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The Finding of Moses

Exodus 2:1–10

The Angel of the Lord Attacks Moses and Zipporah Circumcises their Son to Allay God’s Wrath by School of Rembrandt van Rijn
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A Bridegroom of Blood

Exodus 4:19–29

The Green Line, Jerusalem by Francis Alÿs and Julien Devaux
My English breath in foreign clouds by Tacita Dean
La sombra (The Shadow) by Regina Galindo

Pillars of Cloud and Fire

Exodus 13:17–22

Sarcophagus of the crossing of the Red Sea by Unknown artist
Crossing the Red Sea by Marc Chagall
Israelites Crossing the Red Sea by Israelites Crossing the Red Sea

Crossing the Red Sea

Exodus 14

The Dance of Miriam and preparation for Seder, from the Golden Haggadah by Unknown artist
The Song of Miriam by Luca Giordano
Miriam's Song of Praise by Wilhelm Hensel

The Song of Miriam

Exodus 15:20–21

Emergence by Bill Viola
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Manna in the Desert

Exodus 16

Moses Striking the Stone by Arthur Boyd
Jonah Sarcophagus by Unknown artist
Moses Striking the Rock by Bacchiacca

Striking the Rock

Exodus 17:1–7; Numbers 20:1–13

One of Twenty Vignettes, Sinai's Thunder (Illustration to 'The Pleasures of Hope') by Joseph Mallord William Turner
Mount Horeb, Sinai by Francis Frith
Death of a Forest by Paul Landacre

Sinai Calling

Exodus 19

Icon on the Triumph of Orthodoxy (Icon of the Sunday of Orthodoxy) by Unknown Byzantine artist
Fragment from an Early Tenth-Century Qur'an by Unknown artist
The Iconoclasts and the Crucifixion, from The Chludov Psalter by Unknown Byzantine artist

The Second Commandment

Exodus 20:4–6

Incense-burner by Unknown Sabaen artist
English silver penny, Obverse: knot bust, with hand holding sprigby Unknown Anglo-Saxon artist
The Tabernacle of Moses from the Codex Amiatinus by Unknown English artist

The Altar of Incense

Exodus 30

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The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin

The Golden Calf

Exodus 32

Booklet with Scenes of the Passion by Unknown artists
IMG_0320 by Julia Rooney
Hester Middleton by Mary Roberts

The Tabernacle: Evolutions of Intimacy

Exodus 35–40


Genesis Leviticus

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