Passover - History and Events
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Vivek Nambiar 9CJW The History: The festival of Passover originated about 3500 years ago, when God, via Moses, and Pharaoh had a dispute over the tribe of the Israelites. Jacob and his twelve sons settled in Egypt. His family grew into a nation (more like a large tribe). Eventually the nation or the Israelites became slaves. Moses, was an Israelite by birth but he was unaware of this fact. As a baby he had been abandoned, so that he would be protected from Pharaoh, who wanted to kill all the baby boys. Unfortunately for Pharaoh his daughter found Moses and raised him as her own in the Pharaoh's palace. As he grew older Moses found out that he was an Israelite and ran away. He was disgraced at the way his people were being treated. Soon after God appeared to Moses, as a burning bush. The bush was on fire,...

