Moses

Prophet and lawgiver of Judaism

Ancient influential 144 sayings

Sayings by Moses

I am who I am.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 3:14, God speaking to Moses from the burning bush.
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Let my people go.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 5:1, Moses speaking to Pharaoh on behalf of God.
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The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 15:2, part of the Song of the Sea after crossing the Red Sea.
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Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 14:13-14, spoken to the Israelites before crossing the Red Sea.
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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Deuteronomy 6:4, the Shema, a central prayer in Judaism.
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Choose life so that you and your descendants may live.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Deuteronomy 30:19, part of a final address to the Israelites.
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You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 19:4, God speaking to Moses to relate to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
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Now, if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 19:5-6, God speaking to Moses to relate to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
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You shall not murder.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 20:13, one of the Ten Commandments given to Moses.
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You shall not commit adultery.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 20:14, one of the Ten Commandments given to Moses.
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You shall not steal.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 20:15, one of the Ten Commandments given to Moses.
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You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 20:16, one of the Ten Commandments given to Moses.
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You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 20:17, one of the Ten Commandments given to Moses.
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The Lord will provide.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating for the writing of the Pentateuch) — Genesis 22:14, Abraham's statement, but a foundational concept in the Pentateuch, often associated w…
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I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 33:2, God speaking to Moses.
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The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 34:6-7, God revealing Himself to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. Observe them carefully and you will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Deuteronomy 4:5-6, Moses speaking to the Israelites.
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For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call on him?

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Deuteronomy 4:7, Moses speaking to the Israelites.
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You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 20:4-6, part of the Ten Commandments.
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Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating) — Exodus 20:8-11, part of the Ten Commandments.
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