96:3.5 But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] was not discouraged; he bided his [[time]], and in less than a year, when the Egyptian [[military]] forces were fully occupied in resisting the [[simultaneous]] onslaughts of a strong [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Libya Libyan] thrust from the south and a [[Greek]] naval [[invasion]] from the north, this intrepid [[organizer]] led his compatriots out of Egypt in a spectacular night flight. This dash for [[liberty]] was carefully [[planned]] and [[skillfully]] [[executed]]. And they were successful, notwithstanding that they were hotly pursued by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_of_the_Exodus Pharaoh] and a small body of Egyptians, who all fell before the fugitives' [[defense]], yielding much booty, all of which was augmented by the loot of the advancing host of [[escaping]] [[slaves]] as they marched on toward their [[ancestral]] [[desert]] [[home]]. | 96:3.5 But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] was not discouraged; he bided his [[time]], and in less than a year, when the Egyptian [[military]] forces were fully occupied in resisting the [[simultaneous]] onslaughts of a strong [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Libya Libyan] thrust from the south and a [[Greek]] naval [[invasion]] from the north, this intrepid [[organizer]] led his compatriots out of Egypt in a spectacular night flight. This dash for [[liberty]] was carefully [[planned]] and [[skillfully]] [[executed]]. And they were successful, notwithstanding that they were hotly pursued by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_of_the_Exodus Pharaoh] and a small body of Egyptians, who all fell before the fugitives' [[defense]], yielding much booty, all of which was augmented by the loot of the advancing host of [[escaping]] [[slaves]] as they marched on toward their [[ancestral]] [[desert]] [[home]]. |