THE BOOK OF WISDOM – PART XIV

WISDOM IN THE DELIVERANCE OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE

I. The end of chapter 10 concludes the section broadly describing the working of Wisdom in the great people of old and introduces the Exodus as the subject matter for the second half of the book.

A. The passage describes the Chosen People as "a holy people and a blameless race."

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B. The passage them says how Wisdom entered into Moses and gave him great power.

II. The next passage then describes in broad terms how God made the people prosper through their time in the desert.

III. The book then moves onto the first great contrast, between the Israelites, who were given water from the rock, and the Egyptians, whose water turned to blood.

B. The passage says they called upon the Lord in their need.