Emmet Fox on the importance of the Ten Commandments

Emmet Fox was a prominent New Thought minister in New York, drawing crowds in the thousands back in the 1930s and 1940s. He is famous for his sermons (which became a book) on the Sermon on the Mount, but he also wrote a wonderful little book on the Ten Commandments. Here are a few quotes from the first chapter:

The book of Exodus, part of Chapters 19 and 20, is not only one of the most important sections of the Bible, but also one of the most dramatic...

Modern translation of Exodus 19 and 20, "The Message"; ALSO Deuteronomy 5

Mount Sinai
1Three months after leaving Egypt the Israelites entered the Wilderness of Sinai. 2They followed the route from Rephidim, arrived at the Wilderness of Sinai, and set up camp. Israel camped there facing the mountain.

Note from the Jerusalem Bible on the Exodus

The Jerusalem Bible (Doubleday, 1966) is an out-of-print Catholic translation with outstanding, informative footnotes. The following is an illuminating note about the Exodus concerning chapters 13 and 14:

This is the true beginning of the Exodus, that is to say the journey of God's people through the desert to the Promised Land; the prophets will look back on this time as the first days of God's marriage with his people, Jer. 2:2; Hosea 2:16+; 11:1f; Ezek 16:8. Throughout the Bible, Yahweh will be the one 'who brought his people out of Egypt', Jos 24:17; Amos 2:10; 3:1; Mal 6:4; Ps 81:10. The second part of Isaiah sees the return from Babylon as a second Exodus, Is. 40:3+. In Christian tradition, the crossing of the Reed (or Red) Sea and the forty years in the desert have been seen as types of Christ's baptism and forty days in the desert, and consequently as figures of Christian baptism and progress towards heaven.

Metaphysical symbolism of Exodus

Here are a few selected metaphysical meanings of the elements of the Exodus story. Remember: Every person and place represents some aspect of your consciousness. The interaction of the people and elements in the story symbolize the interactions of various levels or parts of our being.

Brief Historical Summary: From Joseph to Moses

The story of the Exodus is pivotal to Old Testament history. It tells how Israel was delivered from slavery in Egypt in about in the 13th century B.C.E., and traveled to Canaan to found a new nation there. But it isn't too clear how they got into slavery in the first place. Genesis ends

Map of the Exodus

The Journey to Mount Sinai

1446/1260 b.c.
Among the many theories regarding the route of the exodus, the traditional route to Jebel Musa is considered by many scholars to be the most plausible. Beginning at Rameses, the Israelites journeyed to Succoth, but these two sites are the only ones on the route identified with certainty. From there they traveled to