Form criticism is used in this story because there is an oral tradition hidden in the text. The oral tradition used is that the Israelites have to trust in God. He led them through Moses out of Egypt to freedom. If the Israelites learn from the exodus from Egypt, then they should know that God wouldn’t let them thirst to death. The story of Numbers is told somewhat differently: The Israelites had no water while in the wilderness, and complained to Moses and Aaron.
The once loved and sought after love of God from the people of Judah was no more, they began to worship other Gods, trees, and rocks. Jeremiah prophesied to the people of Judah this message from God, "Listen to the Lord's message, you descendants of Jacob, you tribes of Israel. The Lord says: "What accusation did your ancestors bring against me? What made them turn away from me? They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
Abraham asked his father why he worshiped idols that could not talk, hear, or see. Abraham tried to get his father to change his beliefs, it didn’t work. He then turned to others and also asked them to change their ways. From the Quran; “And recite to them the story of Abraham. When he said to his father and his people: “What do you worship?” They said: “We worship idols, and to them we are ever devoted.” He said: “Do they hear you, when you call (on them)?
The Noahic Covenant made at Mount Ararat is a result of God regretting his creation and sending a flood, and is within the context of His favouring Noah and relenting of his anger to save Noah and part of his creation through ordering him to build an ark. The flood destroyed many creatures, leaving only the ones saved by Noah. God makes this Covenant between Himself and Noah, and Noah’s offspring (Gn. 9:9) and all the creatures that were saved in the ark. God states that as long as the Jewish people follow his laws and worship him, he will never again send a flood to Earth.
During the time of Paul, Jews were so preoccupied with upholding the Law that their lives where devoted to a strict regimented life. Paul would assert that freedom from sin (or rather the punishment of sin) comes only through Jesus Christ since he was sent from God as fulfillment of the Law1. Jews in the first century saw this as an attempt to throw away that Law, to make it void. It is easy see how the Jews would assume that this radical new idea, being free from sin purely by faith rather than austere adherence to the Law, but that is not entirely what Paul’s message is. In Galatians 3:15-18, Paul argues that a new covenant does not void previously made promises of God.
To fully comprehend Moses’s heroism we must first understand who he is, his calling and his relationship with God. The Pharaoh’s daughter adopted Moses and he grew up in their household under their ruling. There came a day when an Egyptian was mistreating an Israelite and Moses slew him (Exodus 2:12). At this point, the type of heart Moses had for his people is shown. He placed his life at risk for them, which led him to depart from Egypt.
He also said that he will bless those bless you and he will curse those who curse you and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. In order for that to happen,Abraham had to leave his country, his people, and his father's household to go to the land God shows him. If Abraham did this god promised Abraham takes the offer and leaves. At this point Abraham is seventy-five years old. When Abraham gets to the new land which God told him to go to the Lord appeared to Abraham and sad I will give this land to you.
Note that in chapter 8 Jesus' disciples have just understood his full identity as the their Messiah or King, this is called the turning point in Mark's gospel. As from Ch 8:31, Jesus began to tell his disciples about his kingdom and how it would be established. It would be through suffering and death, this was very shocking to his disciples, not what they expected, they probably wanted a head-on collision with the Roman empire and unfaithful Jews. A look at 10: 31, Jesus had established the nature of his Kingdom in that “But many that are first shall be the last and the last shall be the first.” The Immediate context of 10:42-45, Jesus' disciples still had not gotten the point, they were asking to sit in the position of glory with him [10:37]. But following Jesus in his kingdom is following the way of suffering and selflessness, it is about servitude,, not to be served.
Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”(Genesis 17:10-14) The sons of Jacob promised Hamor, that if all the males among the Hivites would be circumcised, they could give Dinah as a wife for Hamor’s son and the two families would become one people. The sons of Jacob used this religious act of circumcision as ploy to attack the Hivites and plunder their city. The Bible goes out of its way to tell us that Jacob’s son put forth the circumcision challenge with deception in mind (Genesis 34:13) And the fact that they threatened to have Dinah removed from Shechem’s house during the negotiations (Genesis 34:17), implies that she was there as guest, not as a hostage.
This upset the pharaoh because he then feared that the Israelites would become powerful enough to upset his rule. He felt threatened and wanted to gain his power so much so, that in order to prevent this he made the Israelites into slaves. Fearing to become permanent slaves, [the Israeli people] "They cried for help, and God heard them." (Ex 2:23) According to the Bible, God asked Moses, an Israelite who had been raised by the Pharaoh’s daughter, to ask the Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave Egypt. However, the pharaoh refused and as result a series of divine signs, including ten plagues, struck the Egyptians.