Posted on 07/30/2020 6:58:28 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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1 And God spoke all these words:
2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 You shall have no other gods before me.
4 You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
7 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God...
8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 11 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.
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 You shall not covet your neighbors house. You shall not covet your neighbors wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.
20 Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.
21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
EXODUS 24
12 The Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.13 Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14 He said to the elders, Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
EXODUS 31
18 When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
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AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, artists have been eager to portray God giving His Ten Commandments to Moses. With more than 100 images to show you, which is far too many for one installment of this series, here is the final of four posts focusing on the Decalogue.
There are several distinct varieties of images, so for viewing coherence theyre grouped into like kinds. Today we conclude with 22
A T T R I B U T E D. . . . P A I N T I N G S
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by ALEX LEVIN
The commandments given to Moses at Mount Sinai
by CECIL B. DEMILLE
The Ten Commandments
by CECIL B. DEMILLE
The Ten Commandments
by GEORGE ROSSIDIS
Moses and the 10 Commandments
by JOÃO ZEFERINO DA COSTA
Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law
by GEBHARD FUGEL
Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
by JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD
by BENJAMIN WEST
Moses Receiving the Law on Mount Sinai
by GUIDO RENI
Moses with the Tables of the Law
by GIORA ESHKOL
Moses and the Ten Commandments
by GUSTAV DORÉ
Moses Coming Down From Mt. Sinai
by GUSTAV DORÉ
"The Giving of the Law Upon Mt. Sinai"
by CECIL B. DEMILLE
The Ten Commandments
by ARON DE CHAVEZ
Moses and Aaron with the Ten Commandments
by JACQUES DE LÉTIN
Moses at Mount Sinai
by MARC CHAGALL
Moses receives the Ten Commandments
by BARBARA GOSHU
Moses and the Ten Commandments
by PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE
Moses Presenting the Tablets of the Law
by JOHANN FRIEDRICH GLOCKER
by GABRIEL COHEN
Moses & the 10 Commandments
by RAE CHICHILNITSKY
Moses
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Again, here is the Bing page "MOSES IN ART,
showing various painters' conceptions.
Several shown here are serious works worthy of interest.
Also, here are links to compendia of three masters
who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:
REMBRANDT van RIJN
GUSTAV DORÉ
(241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours)
JAMES TISSOT
Finally, here are links to the
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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!
SNEAK PEEK: Next time, THE GOLDEN CALF!
The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!
But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire years viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.
Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast. Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet accessbest 35 bucks Ive ever spent (I dont recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 42 years ago).
Thanks for posting this thread.
Inspiring stuff.
God Bless!
Thanks for these! :-)
That's the point! So very glad they inspire you, as they do me. God has sooooooooooooooooo many inspirations and blessings for each of us: His storehouses are overflowing and His production line is creating more 24-7-12.
Happy to be of service.
A wonderful selection. Thank you.
I appreciate your labor of love.
Of course, on some subjects that will prove impossible, particularly if and when we reach the Gospels. I'll need fresh instruction then on how to treat the hundreds of Nativity and thousands of crucifixion images I'm expecting. (I've already stumbled upon the A+++++ crucifixion image, by Tissot: the view from the cross.)
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